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Billing and Finance

Thank You for Choosing Blessing Financial Assistance We provide medical care regardless of the patient’s ability to pay. A variety of payment options are offered…

Blessing Hospital Earns Four-Star Review from Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services

The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released its latest ratings of the 4,000 Medicare-certified hospitals across the country. The rating program is called Hospital Compare. Blessing Hospital earned a rating of four out of five stars.

Visiting restrictions in place at Blessing and Illini hospitals due to flu

The visiting restrictions are in compliance with the recommendation of the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) when flu cases reach a “regional level.” IDPH has declared a regional level flu outbreak in its Peoria Region, of which Blessing Hospital is included.

Surgery staffer earns Honey Bee award

Adam Bailey, surgery support tech, became the hospital’s 24th Honey Bee Award winner during a surprise presentation on August 27, 2020

PCA earns Honey Bee Award

Rachel Trowbridge, patient care assistant, Centralized Staffing, became the 15th Blessing Hospital support staff member to receive the Honey Bee Award during a surprise presentation recently.

Heard of sepsis? If not, please read this. It could save a life.

The Weigand family of Warsaw, IL, lived a nightmare. The nightmare had a name. Sepsis.

Man finds out that when it comes to heart care, the movie line is true – there is no place like home

Jerry Kaszynski knows how to keep the beat. For the past three years, the 75-year-old retired chemist from Hannibal has played bass guitar in the Southern Rail country music band – to the delight of line dancers from Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri to Riverside, Iowa, and many towns in the Tri-State area.

A life-long cough may have saved this woman’s life

Candy Tretter has enjoyed good health for most of her life, except for what she calls “this stupid little cough.”

Palmyra man finds life-changing care in his own backyard

Dustin Day moved his family – teen-age daughter and wife – from southern California to Palmyra, MO, to be closer to his wife’s family. The move had some unexpected benefits for Dustin including saving his life.