Wheeling Health Right Appoints New Staff To Handle Increased Patient Volume
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WHEELING -- Wheeling Health Right's administrative and clinical teams have expanded with the addition of Kelly Clutter as assistant director and Shawn Core as clinical director.
The clinic's board of directors said the move was necessary to accommodate increase in patient load, constant changes in Medicaid reimbursement and reporting requirements and ongoing health care changes at the national and state levels.
Core earned a bachelor's degree in nursing from Capital University and a master's degree as a nurse practitioner from Wheeling Jesuit University. She served in the Army as a cardiovascular intensive care unit nurse at The Ohio State University, Letterman Hospital at Presidio in San Francisco and the University of California at San Francisco.
She served at Walter Reed Hospital during Operation Iraqi Freedom and retired from the armed forces as a major in 2005. Her first job as nurse practitioner was at Wheeling Health Right in 2001, after which she entered independent practice until her recent return to Health Right.
During that time, Core served on the Wheeling Health Right board of directors for several terms, the most recent of which guided her back to practice at the free and charitable clinic.
"I personally decided to answer a call for the need for strong leadership on the medical side at Wheeling Health Right as I've always had an affinity for the work the clinic does for the community," Core said.
The mother of two and the grandmother of six, Core and her husband Todd Tipton live in St. Clairsville.
Clutter received a bachelor's degree in sports marketing from Marshall University and a master's degree in sports management from West Virginia University. She served as director of ticketing for the Wheeling Nailers, responsible for games operations, sales and promotions.
She worked for both the Atlanta Falcons and the Georgia Dome as manager of executive services, where she oversaw corporate sales and VIP experience for all events at the stadium. Recently, she worked as collections manager for Main Street Bank in Wheeling.
Clutter plans to use her leadership and administrative skills to work with Core to advance the mission of the clinic.
"The Ohio Valley is my home and I'm honored to serve our uninsured and underinsured neighbors by expanding funding options," she said. Clutter and her son live in Wheeling.
Executive Director Kathie Brown said the Core-Clutter tandem brings a robust solution to myriad and ever-present challenges.
"At Wheeling Health Right, we constantly respond to the changing health care needs of our patients as they maneuver rising costs and the complex world of health care delivery and payment," Brown said. "Shawn and Kelly will work together to ensure that our health care delivery and payment landscapes align so that we may continue to serve the Upper Ohio Valley well into the future."
Since Wheeling Health Right opened in 1985, the clinic has gained a national reputation for serving the uninsured and underinsured in the Northern Panhandle. The clinic serves more than 22,000 residents of the community whose earnings are at or below 250 percent of the federal poverty level.
Wheeling Health Right expands programming to adults in Hancock, Brooke, Ohio, Marshall and Wetzel counties in West Virginia and Belmont County in Ohio as new patient needs arise. For information about its services, volunteer opportunities or eligibility requirements, call 304-233-9323.