Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center is dedicated to providing the highest level of pediatric care. As Greater Cincinnati`s only pediatric hospital, Cincinnati Children`s is committed to bringing the very best medical care to children in our community. 

Provides improved access for specialities including: gastroenterology, ENT, neurology, heart, genetics, urology, pediatric surgery clinic. Open M-F (8am-5pm), Closed Sat/Sun

The Cincinnati VA Medical Center is a two-division campus located in Cincinnati, Ohio and Fort Thomas, Kentucky serving fifteen counties in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana with six Community Based Outpatient Clinics located in Bellevue, KY; Florence, KY; Lawrenceburg, IN; Hamilton, OH; Clermont County, OH, and Georgetown, OH. Three Cincinnati VAMC  campus locations are also available in Cincinnati to include an Eye Center, Vet Center and Mental Health Outreach Community Division.

Cincinnati VA is an affiliated teaching hospital, providing a full range of patient care services, with state-of-the-art technology, medical education, and research. The Medical Center provides comprehensive health care through primary care, dentistry, specialty outpatient services, and tertiary care in areas of medicine, surgery, psychiatry, physical medicine and rehabilitation, and neurology. A Community Living Center (CLC) is located adjacent to the Cincinnati VAMC that provides hospice, palliative care, short-term rehab and long-term care. 

The Cincinnati VA Medical Center is a two-division campus located in Cincinnati, Ohio and Fort Thomas, Kentucky serving fifteen counties in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana with six Community Based Outpatient Clinics located in Bellevue, KY; Florence, KY; Lawrenceburg, IN; Hamilton, OH; Clermont County, OH, and Georgetown, OH. Three Cincinnati VAMC  campus locations are also available in Cincinnati to include an Eye Center, Vet Center and Mental Health Outreach Community Division.

Cincinnati VA is an affiliated teaching hospital, providing a full range of patient care services, with state-of-the-art technology, medical education, and research. The Medical Center provides comprehensive health care through primary care, dentistry, specialty outpatient services, and tertiary care in areas of medicine, surgery, psychiatry, physical medicine and rehabilitation, and neurology. A Community Living Center (CLC) is located adjacent to the Cincinnati VAMC that provides hospice, palliative care, short-term rehab and long-term care. 

Clinton Memorial Hospital offers a full range of inpatient and outpatient specialized services, including emergency services, medical and radiation oncology, orthopedics, obstetrics, surgery, diagnostic and interventional radiology and more.

CMH Regional Health System's network of outpatient physician practices and services—including primary care, internal medicine, neurology, and sports medicine—extends through Clinton, Fayette, and Highland counties.

CMH Regional Health System is part of LifePoint Health.

If you would like to see our most recent Community Health Needs Assessment, you can view the full report here. We were proud to partner with HealthFirst for Clinton County to make this health needs assessment possible.

The Foster J. Boyd, MD, Regional Cancer Center—A Member of The James Cancer Network brings together a range of advanced medical and radiation oncology services, programs, and staff expertise.

Our affiliation with The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center–James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC–James) through The James Cancer Network brings world-class cancer care to Wilmington, Ohio. Patients benefit from the latest research and innovation in cancer care and treatment—including access to clinical trials, the OSUCCC–James existing treatment plans and National Comprehensive Cancer Care Network-derived guidelines for the delivery of chemotherapy.

Our cancer center, an 18,000-square-foot healing facility built in 2007, is named for Foster (Jack) Boyd, MD, a surgeon and original member of the Clinton Memorial Hospital (CMH) medical staff when it opened in 1951. Dr. Boyd founded CMH's accredited cancer program. The fully integrated center features treatment "neighborhoods" throughout the building, including a chemotherapy infusion area, radiation suite with linear accelerator, resource library, boutique (offering various items for patients, including hats and turbans, sun protective clothing, wigs, breast prosthetics, and skin care items) and healing garden (accessible from the chemotherapy infusion area).

Daniel Drake Center for Post-Acute Care, a member of UC Health, is the region’s premier provider of long-term acute care offering a complete range of inpatient and outpatient services including medically complex care, ventilator weaning/pulmonary care and diagnostic services, skilled nursing, assisted living, wellness services and research.

The Dayton VAMC is a state of the art teaching facility that has been serving Veterans for 150 years, having accepted its first patient in 1867. The Dayton VA Medical Center provides a full range of health care through medical, surgical, mental health (inpatient and outpatient), home and community health programs, geriatric (nursing home), physical medicine and therapy services, neurology, oncology, dentistry, and hospice.

The Medical Center has 356 hospital beds:

• 185 nursing home beds
• 80 acute care beds
• 91 domiciliary beds

The Medical Center also has contracts with Wright Patterson Air Force Base and eleven (11) area hospitals. We offer a wide variety of unique programs including:

• Hospice Unit
• Geriatric Evaluation and Management
• Respite Care
• Alzheimer's Unit
• Home Base Primary Care
• Residential and Outpatient Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Substance Abuse Programs
• Homeless
• Sleep Disorder
• Women's Health Programs

At Encompass Health, we are committed to delivering the highest quality care to our patients. From inpatient rehabilitation to home-based care, we’re with our patients for every step of their post-acute journey. Our clinical collaboration and cutting-edge treatments ensure patients receive the best care for their needs at all times. We’re proud to say our approach helps patients achieve better outcomes.

• Inpatient Rehabilitation
• Home Health
• Hospice

At Encompass Health, we are committed to delivering the highest quality care to our patients. From inpatient rehabilitation to home-based care, we’re with our patients for every step of their post-acute journey. Our clinical collaboration and cutting-edge treatments ensure patients receive the best care for their needs at all times. We’re proud to say our approach helps patients achieve better outcomes.

• Inpatient Rehabilitation
• Home Health
• Hospice

Kettering Health Miamisburg offers advanced technology, expert providers, and personalized care. Serving the communities of Warren, Butler, and Montgomery counties, we help guide every person we care for to their best health. Open 24 Hours, 7 days per week.

Mercy Health provides easy access to leading physicians, advanced technology, experienced and compassionate caregivers, and a wide range of care. The organization is comprised of a staff of 33,500 employees and is affiliated with more than 1,700 physicians who represent a wide array of medical and surgical specialties.

Our broad range of inpatient and outpatient services includes an emergency department, birthing center, comprehensive heart care, oncology, women’s health services and the best orthopedic and spine care. You can rely on our skilled doctors, nurses and staff for your inpatient and outpatient medical and surgical needs.

Mercy Health — Clermont Hospital offers you the high-quality health care you need and the compassion you deserve, conveniently located for residents of Clermont and Brown counties in Ohio. Our expert doctors, nurses and caregivers are here for you with one of the region’s largest intensive care units, a dedicated wound care center, 24/7 emergency care, pulmonology care unit, orthopedic and spine care and surgical services. In addition, Mercy Health — Clermont Hospital is home to the Behavioral Health Institute, providing a full spectrum of behavioral health care and recovery services.

Established in 1973, we’ve proudly served as Clermont County’s leading health care provider. Our award-winning services and programs were designed to make lives better — mind, body and spirit.

At Mercy Health — Fairfield Hospital, we think the best care should be close to home. That's why we've been proudly serving Butler County and northern Cincinnati for nearly 40 years with cutting-edge, nationally ranked health care services. We have a network of almost 70 locations, just minutes from I-75 and I-275. This means you have easy access to some of the best health care services in the nation, including award-winning heart and vascular care, maternity, advanced women's health and much more -- conveniently close to home.

Mercy Health — Fairfield Hospital continues to be recognized by leading national and world-wide health care organizations for our superior expertise, cutting-edge technologies and advances, as well as exceptional care environments and outstanding patient experience and patient safety benchmarks.

At The Jewish Hospital — Mercy Health, we’re proud of our legacy as the first Jewish hospital in the United States, founded in 1850 to serve the Jewish community of Cincinnati. Yet since the beginning, we’ve been privileged to welcome and care for people of all faiths. To this day, our doctors, residents, nurses and staff remain focused on delivering compassionate care and the best outcomes for patients and their families.  

The Jewish Hospital — Mercy Health was founded in 1850, when a cholera epidemic sickened thousands of Cincinnatians. The Jewish community saw a need to provide care for poor Jews, and founded the first Jewish hospital in the United States. Since its early days, The Jewish Hospital has always welcomed and cared for people of every faith.

The Jewish Hospital’s legacy of teaching the next generation of physicians dates back more than 100 years, and today, residents in surgery, medicine, podiatry and pharmacy all train at The Jewish Hospital.

The Jewish Hospital — Mercy Health is located in Kenwood, a Cincinnati suburb that provides convenient access from around the Tristate.

Our renowned services include the region’s first and most comprehensive adult Blood & Marrow Transplant Center; enhanced neurosciences capabilities with our Brain Tumor Center – a partnership with OHC (Oncology Hematology Care), the region’s largest oncology practice, and Mayfield Brain & Spine, the region’s largest neurosurgical practice – to treat brain tumors; a premier Joint Replacement Center performing nearly 1,000 total joint replacements every year; the region’s most experienced mobile mammography program; the Weight Management Center and full-spectrum cardiovascular and emergency services.

We’re excited about the progress of our renovation and expansion over the next few years, which contribute to our continuous drive to put our patients, their families and their health care team at the center of it all.

Mercy Health —West Hospital delivers world-class health care to the communities of Cincinnati's West Side. That means you get the treatment you need and the compassion you deserve, conveniently close to home.

Our broad range of inpatient and outpatient services include state-of-the-art emergency medicine, birthing center, comprehensive heart care, oncology, women's health services and the best orthopedic and spine care. You can rely on our skilled doctors, nurses and staff for your inpatient and outpatient medical and surgical needs. 

Atrium Medical Center is a 279-bed hospital in Warren County, a quarter mile east of Interstate 75 at State Route 122. Atrium offers family-centered care and advanced technology supporting a full range of services including cardiac care, sports medicine and physical therapy, a multidisciplinary cancer program and a wide array of women`s services.

Physician Referral Lines

• Atrium Medical Center Physician Referral
  Carefinders Physican Referral
  866.608.3463

Licensed as long-term acute care hospitals, our hospitals form a national network of critical illness recovery hospitals. Our typical patient survived critical care but has continued weakness and significant medical needs. Select Specialty and Regency hospitals are designed to provide comprehensive, specialized care for high-acuity patients who need more time to recover.

Local mental health centers refer patients to Summit Behavioral Healthcare by determining whether someone meets criteria for admission. Unfortunately, we are not able to provide service for direct admissions or "walk-ins." Please contact your local mental health center for assistance.

Behavioral Health Services
The Christ Hospital offers a comprehensive Behavioral Health program for adult and geriatric patients. 

Adult Inpatient Mental Health Unit 

The focus of the Adult Inpatient Mental Health Unit is crisis stabilization for individuals 18 years of age and older who have a primary psychiatric diagnosis. The program includes a multidisciplinary assessment, diagnosis, intervention, evaluation and referral. 

Senior Adult Mental Health Unit 
The Senior Adult Mental Health Unit is a specialty unit designed for patients age 60 and older who require acute inpatient psychiatric care. The program includes a multidisciplinary assessment, diagnosis, intervention, evaluation and referral. In addition, gerontologists are available for medical management.

The Christ Hospital Center for Health and Aging
Provides comprehensive, coordinated care for older adults who have interacting chronic medical conditions while offering support in dealing with the emotional, social and economic strain illness may bring.

4900 Babson Place, Suite 600
Cincinnati, Ohio 45227
Phone: 513-272-8444
Fax: 513-272-0015

The Christ Hospital Center for Health and Aging provides a wide range of solutions for older adult patients who face:

•  memory loss

•  management of chronic health conditions

•  frequent stays at the hospital

•  taking numerous medications that require constant rigorous monitoring

•  a lack of integrated medical care

•  having difficulty performing day-to-day functions, like bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting and eating

•  requiring help for caregivers who may seek outside counseling or other medical services and

•  needing help in coordinating medical and community services

For more information: www.thechristhospital.com/HealthAndAging

Christ Hospital Clinic
2123 Auburn Avenue
Medical Office Building, Suite A28
Cincinnati, OH 45219
Call, do not walk in.
513-585-2472
Hours: Monday - Friday, 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Closed Holidays
Eligibility: No private insurance or Bureau of Worker`s Compensation (BWC) is taken, no one under the age of 16 years. Must qualify financially, sliding scale payments are possible.

Christ Hospital Dialysis Center
513-585-2431

Senior Care Preferred Plus (SCPP)
Senior Care Preferred Plus is a membership program, exclusive to Christ Hospital, dedicated to assisting those 50 and older with living a healthy life. IMPORTANT NOTICE: The Christ Hospital Health Network is discontinuing Senior Care Preferred Plus (SCPP), a membership program that assists those 50 and older with living a healthy life. Although we will no longer offer a paid membership program, The Christ Hospital Health Network will continue to share information with current SCPP members about upcoming seminars, screenings and events, service offerings, physicians, research and other news older adults need to stay healthy and well.

Current SCPP members will continue to have access to all the benefits of being a SCPP member until their current annual membership expires in 2013 or for some, in Jan. 31, 2014. 

Cardiac Rehabilitation, Cardiovascular Testing, Emergency Medicine, Family Birthing Center, Imaging, Inpatient Care, Inpatient Surgery, Lab & Testing Services, Outpatient Surgery, Physical & Occupational Therapy

TriHealth provides a wide range of clinical, educational, preventive and social programs. TriHealth`s non-hospital services include physician practice management, fitness centers and fitness center management, occupational health centers, home health and hospice care.

TriHealth Physician Telephone Referral Line
513-569-5400

TriHealth Senior Programs

TriHealth Seniority
Free hospital-based program helps members age 50 and older maintain healthier, more active lives through special events, exclusive classes and valuable discounts. Includes:

• Expert health education and information
• Special courtesies from Bethesda North and Good Samaritan hospitals
• Assistance with insurance paperwork and billing issues
• Educational programs, lectures and classes
• Social outings and entertainment events
• Travel opportunities to local, national and international destinations
• Discounts on health-related products and services
• No-cost discount prescription card
• TriHealth Seniority Insider, our timely newsletter and calendar with dates and descriptions of all our upcoming events.

Bethesda North Hospital
Email or call (513) 865-1700

Good Samaritan Hospital
Email or call (513) 862-3633

TriHealth Driver Rehabilitation Program
For disabled drivers of all ages, TriHealth offers an objective evaluation of the skills necessary for driving. You must have a physician prescription to participate in this test. TriHealth can perform the in-clinic evaluation at Good Samaritan Hospital or the TriHealth Fitness & Health Pavilion.

Parish Nurses
In 1998, Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation, with a grant from what is today called the Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati, hired two nurses to cover eight schools. Their work in the schools complements that of 10 parish nurses based at churches in Over-the-Rhine, North Fairmount, Bond Hill, Winton Terrace/Winton Hills, Clifton/Mt. Auburn and Walnut Hills.

Parish nurses strive to be advocates for people who have little access to health care resources. For more information about the Parish Nurse program and how you can help, call (513) 569-6138.

TriHealth Senior Behavioral Health Program
513-872-4100
Serves older adults in an inpatient mental health setting.

The Centers for Interactive Geriatric Assessment (CIGA)
513-699-1852
Executive Park
4050 Executive Park Drive, Suite 240
Cincinnati, OH 45241

TriHealth Fitness and Health Pavilion
513-985-0900
6200 Pfeiffer Road
Cincinnati, OH 45242

Bethesda Alcohol and Drug Treatment Program.
The highly-regarded program, established in 1978, is the longest-running of its kind in Greater Cincinnati. It provides a path to recovery for those at risk of losing their families, careers and health to chemical dependency.

The Bethesda Alcohol and Drug Treatment Program continues to incorporate treatment advances into an already well-established program, which uses traditional tried-and-true approaches including family involvement, extended continuing care and self-help group support.

We offer our intensive outpatient program at two facilities in Greater Cincinnati.

619 Oak Street
4th Floor West
Cincinnati, OH 45206
Phone 513 569 6116 

11305 Reed Hartman Hwy.
Suite 106
Cincinnati, OH 45241
Phone 513 489 6011 

Bethesda Butler Hospital’s full range of high quality services recently was enhanced with a new, two-story inpatient building. The expansion includes all new, private medical/surgical beds and a new ICU unit so that area residents have greater access to high-quality care, with more services and amenities close to home.

In addition to inpatient care, Bethesda Butler Hospital provides everything from surgery, cardiology and imaging to physical therapy and sleep studies. With operating rooms, endoscopy suites, procedure rooms and a full-service emergency department, the hospital is complemented by additional services and physician offices for primary care, pediatrics and specialty care on campus.

Bethesda North Hospital is part of the TriHealth network, which includes two acute care hospitals and more than 50 other locations. 

Good Samaritan Hospital Clinic

• Clinic Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
• They do not see clients with private insurance. There is a sliding scale payment for medical bills.

Bethesda and Good Samaritan Hospital joined together to form TriHealth in 1995.  Through these two acute care hospitals and more than 50 other locations, TriHealth provides a wide range of clinical, educational, preventive and social programs. TriHealth`s non-hospital services include physician practice management, fitness centers and fitness center management, occupational health centers, home health and hospice care.

Good Samaritan Dialysis Center
513-872-2448

TriHealth Physician Referral Line
513-569-5400
Bethesda North and Good Samaritan Hospitals

TriHealth Seniority
Our free hospital-based program helps members age 50 and older maintain healthier, more active lives through special events, exclusive classes and valuable discounts.

Includes:

• Expert health education and information
• Special courtesies from Bethesda North and Good Samaritan hospitals
• Assistance with insurance paperwork and billing issues
• Educational programs, lectures and classes
• Social outings and entertainment events
• Travel opportunities to local, national and international destinations
• Discounts on health-related products and services
• No-cost discount prescription card
• TriHealth Seniority Insider, our timely newsletter and calendar with dates and descriptions of all our upcoming events.

With Good Samaritan Western Ridge, TriHealth delivers Good Samaritan Hospital quality to the West Side, with services that include:

• Emergency Department
• Comprehensive Diagnostic Services 
• Cardiology Services
• Laboratory Services
• Primary and Specialist Physician Offices 

On Harrison Avenue near I-74, our center provides easy access to Green Township, Dent, White Oak, Colerain Township, Groesbeck and Westwood, among others.

A comprehensive, fully accredited hospital and serve a wide geographic region that includes Butler and Preble counties in Ohio and Franklin, Union and Fayette counties in eastern Indiana. The facilities include the main hospital and a medical building in Oxford, a medical center in Brookville, Indiana, a medical center in Ross, Ohio, and an expansion of the Physical Therapy Department in Hamilton, Ohio.

Survivor Benefits

If the deceased was receiving monthly payments you will need to notify the VA of the death.

If the deceased was a veteran who received a discharge other than dishonorable, survivors may receive $300 toward funeral expenses and $150 for burial costs. Burial in a national cemetery is free to a veteran, spouse, and dependent children. Veterans are also eligible for a headstone or grave marker.

The surviving spouse and dependent children of disabled veterans may also be entitled to a lump sum death benefit; monthly payments, such as educational assistance; and medical care.

Check with the regional VA office about your eligibility for the different types of veteran`s benefits and the documents you will need to apply for benefits.

Health Care Facilities, Benefits and Prescription coverage

To receive health care benefits, enroll with the VA. You can enroll for benefits at any time.

Ohio veterans of all eras have earned a number of federal and state benefits. Veterans may qualify for a number of other benefits ranging from health care, compensation for injuries and illness, home loans and education to direct financial assistance, special license plates and the Ohio Veterans Homes. Please visit your county veteran`s service office and find out what you`re eligible for. For more information, call 1-877-OHIO VET (1-877-644-6838), or visit www.dvs.ohio.gov.

CHAMPVA: The Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA) is a comprehensive health care program in which the VA shares the cost of covered health care services and supplies with eligible beneficiaries. The program is administered by Health Administration Center, located in Denver, Colorado.

Prescription coverage is available for veterans with an honorable discharge. Must enroll with VA and be seen by VA doctor. Free prescriptions for low-income veterans.

VA Hospitals and Clinics:  The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs operates a network of health care facilities across the country.  Click here to search for a facility by state.

Click here to find your regional VA Benefits Administration office. 

Veterans Funerals

If the deceased was a veteran, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs provides small burial allowances. All veterans can receive a burial flag and burial in national cemeteries. Burial at no charge may be possible in an area where a national Veterans Cemetery is located. Call 800-555-1212 for the toll-free number of your Regional Veterans Affairs office or visit the web site.

Click here to locate a Veterans Cemetery. 

Daniel Drake Center for Post-Acute Care, a member of UC Health, is the region’s premier provider of long-term acute care offering a complete range of inpatient and outpatient services including medically complex care, ventilator weaning/pulmonary care and diagnostic services, skilled nursing, assisted living, wellness services and research.

UC Health, Cincinnati’s only academic medical center, is an integrated system spanning across the Tristate region. With main campuses located in Clifton and West Chester, as well as in various community settings, our physicians are providing the best care where you need it most.

UC Health includes University of Cincinnati Medical Center, West Chester Hospital, Daniel Drake Center for Post-Acute Care, University of Cincinnati Gardner Neuroscience Institute, Lindner Center of HOPE, Bridgeway Pointe, and University of Cincinnati Physicians, our 800-plus physician group.

UC Health, Cincinnati’s only academic medical center, is an integrated system spanning across the Tristate region. With main campuses located in Clifton and West Chester, as well as in various community settings, our physicians are providing the best care where you need it most.

UC Health includes University of Cincinnati Medical Center, West Chester Hospital, Daniel Drake Center for Post-Acute Care, University of Cincinnati Gardner Neuroscience Institute, Lindner Center of HOPE, Bridgeway Pointe, and University of Cincinnati Physicians, our 800-plus physician group.

UC Health, Cincinnati’s only academic medical center, is an integrated system spanning across the Tristate region. With main campuses located in Clifton and West Chester, as well as in various community settings, our physicians are providing the best care where you need it most.

UC Health includes University of Cincinnati Medical Center, West Chester Hospital, Daniel Drake Center for Post-Acute Care, University of Cincinnati Gardner Neuroscience Institute, Lindner Center of HOPE, Bridgeway Pointe, and University of Cincinnati Physicians, our 800-plus physician group.