Pictured seated (from left): William Dewar III, MD, Wayne Memorial Chief of Staff; CEO David Hoff; PA Senator Lisa Baker (R-20); Wayne Memorial Community Health Centers Executive Director Fred Jackson. Standing: James Cruse MD; Patricia Dunsinger, Wayne Memorial CFO; Governor Tom Wolf; PA Rep. Jonathan Fritz (R-111); Hospital & Health System Board Chair Hugh Rechner; Wayne Memorial Director Patient Care Services Jim Pettinato; Mary Beth Wood, executive director, Wayne Economic Development Corporation. (
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Honesdale. During a whirlwind, one-day, walking tour of Honesdale, Governor Tom Wolf stopped at Wayne Memorial Hospital for a brief conversation about rural healthcare. Wayne Memorial CEO David Hoff touched on how the Rural Health Model is working for WMH, one of five hospitals who joined the global payment initiative this year. The groundbreaking model is designed to help stabilize rural hospitals and keep people healthy — or, as Hoff put it, “keep people out of the hospital, making us truly a health-care system and not just a sick-care entity.” The governor, along with PA Senator Lisa Baker and PA Rep. Jonathan Fritz, also discussed credentialing roadblocks for mid-level providers moving into the area to practice and professional recruiting challenges of rural hospitals. Hospital administrators thanked Governor Wolf for a $1.5 million state grant that helped fund the recent $40 million construction and renovation project at WMH. The governor also visited the Wayne County Historical Society and Yoga International on Main Street