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You may need help managing your allergies, or your tonsils may need to be removed. You might be having trouble with dizziness or balance, or you may need a biopsy to check for head and neck cancer. Whatever the reason, the ear, nose and throat (ENT) providers at Phelps Health have you covered. That is because Phelps Health’s ENT care ...

A moment of inspiration while meditating years ago led Thomas Guerrero-Garcia, MD, to choose healthcare as his career path, and to this day, he is glad he made that decision. One day in high school, he began meditating, which was something he had never done before. He thought about what he wanted to do in life and what he enjoyed ...

Opioid abuse has become an epidemic in the United States, with more than 11 million people reporting they had personally misused prescription opioids in 2015, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Like other substance abuse disorders, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has defined opioid use disorder (OUD) as a “problematic pattern of ...

How did you first get involved with Phelps Health Foundation? My wife and I moved to Rolla, MO, in 2016, when she was hired at Phelps Health. She was introduced to Phelps Health during a rotation while in graduate school. She discovered a passion for this community and the importance of providing excellent healthcare here. Her passion brought us to ...

A partnership between Phelps Health and Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (MIR) is benefiting patients who need medical imaging in a variety of ways. MIR, which is based at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO, signed on to provide radiology services for Phelps Health beginning December 24, 2018. “This collaboration between Phelps Health and Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology ...

Seven years ago, Lona Phillips was letting her dog outside when she began sweating. The 61-year-old Salem, MO, woman was unsure what was wrong. Phillips had recently seen her primary care provider for a possible case of pneumonia. However, her symptoms started getting worse to the point where she nearly passed out, could not get out of a recliner and ...

For about a year, Delores Wagner had an itch in her ear that would not go away – no matter what she did. “It was just a terrible itch,” Wagner recalled, adding that her itchy ear would cause her to wake up in the middle of the night. “It drove me crazy.” Wagner, who is 77 and lives in the ...

This spring, Phelps Health’s General Surgery clinic will move to a new, larger space to better serve patients in south-central Missouri. The General Surgery clinic, located on the fourth floor of the Medical Office Building on the main Phelps Health campus in Rolla, MO, will be relocating to the second floor of the building that houses the Delbert Day Cancer ...

2025 Dental Premiums Per Pay Period Employee $11.16 Employee/Spouse $22.33 Employee/Child(ren) $27.91 Family $39.08 Procedure Coverage and Limits (Percentage shown per covered person) Type I - Preventive Procedures: 100% Coverage Oral examinations Cleanings X-ray examinations Type II - Basic Procedures: 80% Coverage Fillings Oral surgery (excluding surgical removal of impacted teeth) Simple extractions Stainless steel crowns Type III - Major ...

Phelps Health offers life insurance where money will be paid to a designated beneficiary upon the death of the policyholder. For more information about Phelps Health’s life insurance, please contact Cathy Moore at (573) 458-7168 or at cmoore@phelpshealth.org. Benefit Options Available Basic Life and AD&D (Accidental Death and Dismemberment) – All regular full-time and all regular part-time employees receive a ...