{"id":3394,"date":"2022-08-19T22:45:09","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T22:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ekdesigns.us\/arizona\/?p=3394"},"modified":"2022-08-19T22:45:09","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T22:45:09","slug":"catching-up-with-marisue-garganta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amissionofmercy.org\/arizona\/catching-up-with-marisue-garganta\/","title":{"rendered":"Catching up with Marisue Garganta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3395 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/ekdesigns.us\/arizona\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/Marisue-Garganta-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"304\" height=\"304\" \/>As part of MOM AZ\u2019s 25<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary celebration, we\u2019re visiting with past and present volunteers, patients and community partners who have been integral to MOM\u2019s mission over the years. Today we connected with <\/em><em>Marisue Garganta,<\/em> <em>who served as Director of Community Health Integration for St. Joseph\u2019s Hospital and Medical Center, one of MOM AZ\u2019s longest-standing community partners, for two decades before retiring in 2019.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>When Mission of Mercy (MOM) first launched its operations in Arizona, MOM needed a fiscal agent in order to receive grants and donations. St. Joseph\u2019s Foundation, which raised funds for the hospital\u2019s charity clinics, turned out to be an ideal fit for this role. Early on, Marisue Garganta oversaw a legacy gift that MOM received from a corporate donor and helped foster a synergy with St. Joseph\u2019s already-established mobile healthcare unit that provided maternal care to underserved women, a service that Mission of Mercy did not provide.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was a continuity of care between the two mobile units that was complementary,\u201d Marisue recalls. \u201cAs the relationship between St. Joseph\u2019s and Mission of Mercy expanded, we were able to provide a great deal of in-kind surgeries for MOM\u2019s patients. Initially, all radiology services came through St. Joseph\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marisue also worked to develop MOM\u2019s first patient referral partnership that allows direct referrals of uninsured patients from discharge to MOM as their medical home. This was piloted with St. Joseph\u2019s and MOM now accepts referrals from any Dignity medical center across the Valley.<\/p>\n<p>Much of the work over the first decade of operation was opening doors and building relationships, in addition to developing a plan for sustainability. Marisue was integral in supporting MOM in these activities and identifying ambassadors for MOM within the community. Along with former Executive Director Catherine Amiot, the two women worked together to establish the first advisory council for MOM comprised of healthcare leaders who believed in MOM\u2019s mission to provide care to the uninsured.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are such a great nation, but we really stink when it comes to healthcare. There are those who can afford care and those who can\u2019t. It shouldn\u2019t be like that,\u201d Marisue said. \u201cWe all deserve to lead healthy, safe and productive lives. MOM provides unencumbered healthcare at a moment in time when someone truly needs it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As MOM moves into its next 25 years of caring for the uninsured and underinsured in Arizona, Marisue believes the organization is really coming into its age.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know MOM will be part of the conversation of what the future of healthcare is going to look like and continue to be part of the solution,\u201d she said. \u201cThere are always going to be people in that donut hole who lack healthcare coverage and don\u2019t have a place to go. MOM will be there for them.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of MOM AZ\u2019s 25th\u00a0anniversary celebration, we\u2019re visiting with past and present volunteers, patients and community partners who have been integral to MOM\u2019s mission over the years. 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