Coulee Medical Center on a Medicare mission to screen

Last updated 10/23/2019 at 9:47am

Kelly Steffens, who has been reaching out to groups to get her message across, mans an information table at Gathering of Wellness powwow the hospital organized in September. - Scott Hunter photo

A coming change in federal rules is pushing healthcare professionals to focus more on preventing illness rather than treating it after the fact, and Coulee Medical Center is implementing a plan that focuses on senior citizens.

"It's proven to be quite effective for our patients," Kelly Steffens told people at the chamber of commerce luncheon last week, referring to a free program that has peopl...

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