Ocean Beach Hospital and Medical Clinics
Kimberly Bennett has extensive experience in the healthcare and insurance sectors. Currently serving as a Scheduler and Insurance Authorization Specialist and Referral Coordinator at Ocean Beach Hospital and Medical Clinics since December 2017, Kimberly previously worked with American Family Insurance as an Agency Producer from March 2010 to August 2016, providing customer service related to billing, coverage explanations, and claims processing. Prior roles include Agency Producer at Farmers Insurance, Certified Nursing Assistant at both Ocean View Convalescent Home and Columbia Memorial Hospice House, Teacher at YMCA, Mailroom Supervisor at Bank of America, and Customer Service Representative at Macy's. Kimberly holds an Associate of Science in Registered Nursing from Clatsop Community College and an Associate of Science in English Language and Literature from Portland Community College, with ongoing education at Lower Columbia College.
Ocean Beach Hospital and Medical Clinics
Ocean Beach Hospital & Medical Clinics (OBHMC) is committed to providing you with quality, patient focused care. Our team of skilled healthcare professionals is here to help meet your medical needs and answer questions you may have about your care. OBHMC provides its community a 24/7 Emergency Department staffed by trained emergency medicine physicians. As a Critical Access Hospital, OBHMC is licensed for 25 inpatient beds and boasts an active "Swing Bed" program - where patients needing a lower acuity care setting can rehabilitate (if medical necessity is met) from surgeries, hospital stays and other healthcare events. The Ocean Beach Medical Group (OBMG) is comprised of 3 physicians (Internal Medicine, General Surgery, and Family Practice), 3 Nurse Practitioners and 3 Physician Assistants. OBMG provides care at 3 sites (Ilwaco, Naselle, and Ocean Park, WA). A Providence Medical Group Cardiologist sees patients one day a week at the Ilwaco Clinic site. OBMG is here to provide high quality primary care and specialty services. OBHMC provides a full service radiology (CT-128, X-Ray, Ultrasound, MRI, Nuclear Medicine, Bone Densitometry and 3D Digital Mammography) and laboratory department. OBHMC recently opened a new Physical Therapy gym that is staffed/led by 4 Doctors of Physical Therapy. OBHMC also provides infusion services, cardiac and pulmonary rehab programs and PFT testing - and is otherwise here to provide its community with high quality inpatient and outpatient health care services. OBMHC is a proud member of the AHA, National Association of Rural Health Clinics, WSHA and the Washington Rural Health Collaborative - a group of like-minded facilities that collaborate to improve the services and quality of care provided at its member hospitals. OBHMC was recently awarded a Silver Plus certificate in Stroke Care (for 2019 - 2020 award pending).