Inside MMH: The Sales Tax As we continue our series on taking the community inside our walls and our operations, today we discuss the one-quarter-cent sales tax speculation. Few subjects involving McCurtain Memorial Hospital have created more confusion than the one-quarter-cent county sales tax. For years, people have repeated claims that the hospital receives millions of dollars in taxpayer money, that the hospital controls those funds, or that receiving the sales tax makes

INSIDE MMH: Obstetrics The Service We Wish We Still Had — and the Reality Behind Rural Labor & Delivery There is one question we hear from our community perhaps more than any other when discussing services at McCurtain Memorial Hospital: Why don’t we deliver babies anymore? It is a fair question. More importantly, it comes from a place we understand. For families who have welcomed children at this hospital, for mothers who remember giving birth here, and for generations who h

The Ground Beneath Our Hospital: The Joplin Family, the Land, and More Than 50 Years of Healthcare

"A hospital's greatest asset isn't its building. It isn't its equipment. It isn't even the incredible people who walk its halls each day. A hospital's greatest asset is its mission, because a mission is what gives purpose to every decision, every sacrifice, and every life it touches."

Healthcare organizations, senior advocates, and many policy analysts have expressed concern that ending the stabilization payments could increase monthly premiums for many Medicare beneficiaries.

"The truth is that McCurtain Memorial Hospital doesn't fit neatly into any of those categories, and understanding why requires us to take another short journey through history."

"Every hospital has a beginning. Ours didn't begin with bricks, concrete, or steel. It began with people who refused to accept that their neighbors deserved anything less than hope."

An Inside Look at Your Hospital.

The work is not finished, and neither are we. We invite this community to reject rumor, demand truth and stand with the people working every day to preserve local healthcare.

One of the greatest responsibilities I carry as a rural hospital CEO isn’t just managing budgets or navigating regulations—it’s recognizing people. Rural America presents challenges for every industry, but healthcare feels it most. Limited resources. Smaller talent pools. Fewer “traditional” candidates with perfectly linear resumes. If we waited only for the ideal, textbook hire, many rural hospitals simply wouldn’t survive. That reality forces us to look deeper. In rural hea

Campbell, Straley and LaRue elected to MMH Board of Trustees

I remember from as early as 5 years old my appreciation for a fine ink pen and my pursuit to have as good a penmanship as my elmentary...

On Tuesday, hospital president and CEO Brian Whitfield announced that following conversations with County Commissioner and Chairman, John...

On Thursday, hospital President and CEO, Brian Whitfield, and Chief Marketing Officer, Kayla Manginell, were invited to speak to the...

At 12:41AM on 6/21/2023, hospital CEO Brian Whitfield announced an “all clear” and the lockdown was lifted. The hospital was placed on...

MMH on lockdown

McCurtain Memorial Hospital, in a separate visit paid for through federal grant dollars, received an on-site visit on Thursday, June 13,...

In early 2024, McCurtain Memorial Hospital was selected to participate in the Targeted Technical Assistance Program (TTAP) at no cost to...

IDABEL, OK- McCurtain Memorial Hospital launched a survey recently across the county to poll local residents on their views of the need...

In November 2022, the voters of McCurtain County voted overwhelmingly to pass a 2% lodging tax to fund the building of a new hospital. In...