Marshfield Medical Center-Dickinson (MMC-D) Home Health / Hospice Team Passes Joint
Commission Survey to receive Preliminary Deemed Accreditation. After a rigorous three-day
long, initial survey, the Joint Commission surveyor issued a passing grade, and commended the
MMC-D Home Health / Hospice team, “Thank you for your commitment to the Hospice
initiative and staying focused on the patients and your communities.”
Marshfield Medical Center-Dickinson, Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) Trenton Rankin, commented,
“A Joint Commission Initial Survey is more stringent than the typical annual surveys. If you
receive any high-level citations, the survey stops and you have to start the whole process over
again. We have been operating our Hospice initiative for nearly two years while waiting for the
initial survey. I am so proud of our team for passing, with flying colors!”
For more than seventy years, MMC-D has provided care in our community, and only until most
recently, has MMC-D offered Hospice care. Tina Zarcone, Marshfield Medical Center-Dickinson
Home Health and Hospice Administrator, shared, “Our team works very hard preparing and
developing high-level processes to ensure that when the Joint Commission arrives, it will be just
another day at work. Our hard work paid off! We are awaiting the formal notification from the
Joint Commission fully deeming and qualifying our service as an official Hospice program! We
are so proud to offer these much needed services in our community.”
For additional information about the Marshfield Medical Center-Dickinson Home Health /
Hospice services, please contact us at (906) 776-1925.
About Marshfield Clinic Health System
Marshfield Clinic Health System is an integrated health system whose mission is to enrich lives
through accessible, affordable, compassionate health care. The Health System serves Wisconsin
and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula with more than 1,500 providers comprising 170 specialties,
health plan, and research and education programs. Primary operations include more than 60
Marshfield Clinic locations, 11 hospitals, Marshfield Children’s Hospital, Marshfield Clinic
Research Institute, Security Health Plan, and Marshfield Clinic Health System Foundation. Learn
more at www.marshfieldclinic.org
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