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Phone: (276) 623-1332 Dr. Andrew S. Rhinehart is a board-certified Internist with Highlands Internal Medicine, part of a multi-specialty group called Abingdon Physician partners in Abingdon, Virginia. Dr. Rhinehart has a partner, Robert Walker, M.D.,who is also board certified in Internal Medicine. Family nurse practitioner, Jennifer Taylor, supports the work of the physicians. Born March 1, 1966, Dr. Rhinehart attended undergraduate school at Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, where he graduated Cum Laude in 1988. Upon graduation, he went to the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, where he earned an M.D. degree in 1992. In 1995, Dr. Rhinehart completed a three-year residency in Internal Medicine at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee. Dr. Rhinehart was Chief Medical Resident in his third year of training. Dr. Rhinehart has worked with Highlands Internal Medicine, P.C. since 1995. Dr. Rhinehart is Medical Director for the nursing home, Grace Health Care. Office hours at Highlands Internal Medicine are from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. In September 2003, the practice started using electronic medical records. Dr. Rhinehart sees an average of 25 patients a day in the office. About 85% of Dr. Rhinehart's patients are over the age of 45, with another 15% between the ages of 13 and 44. Dr. Rhinehart estimates that 40% of his patients have Medicare coverage, 50% are covered by commercial carriers, 5% are enrolled in Medicaid, and the remaining 5% are uninsured. Highlands Internal Medicine is located in a renovated brick building on a quiet and shady street in Abingdon. The clinic has 12 patient exam rooms and a "CLIA waived" medical laboratory. The physicians do few procedures on the premises other than simple repair of lacerations, other skin surgeries, and echocardiograms. A hospitalist sees patients during hospital stays.
Services at Johnston Memorial include: emergency services, inpatient and outpatient care, intensive care, surgery and anesthesia, obstetrics, neonatal intensive care, radiology, imaging, cardiopulmonary rehab, laboratory, nutrition, physical therapy, pharmacy, and home health. Dr. Rhinehart is particularly interested in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diabetes. He has been the physician advisor for the Diabetes Education Center at Johnston Memorial Hospital. In September 2002 and October 2005, Dr. Rhinehart was honored by the ADA/NCQA Provider Recognition Program for the delivery of quality diabetes care. In 2003, Dr. Rhinehart received the Cup of Kindness Award for Innovation from the Tri-Cities Business Journal - Health Care Heroes organization. The Rhinehart family includes three children, two boys and a girl, born in 1994, 1997, and 1999. Dr. Rhinehart is a avid runner and cyclist. GMEC should be able to secure a furnished apartment to house residents who train with Dr. Rhinehart in Abingdon. However, short-term rentals are hard to find in small towns, and so residents may opt to stay in a number of area hostelries - Alpine Motel, Best Western, Comfort Inn, Holiday Inn Express, or Hampton Inn. Chartered in 1778, Abingdon (p. 7,780) is the oldest town west of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It is the seat of government for Washington County (p. 51,103). Local attractions include the Barter Theatre, the Martha Washington Inn, the Tavern, the William King Regional Arts Center, White's Mill, the Fields-Penn Museum, the Virginia Highlands Festival, and the Virginia Creeper Trail. Outdoor enthusiasts can swim, hike, bike, hunt, fish, and ride in several state and national recreation areas within easy driving distance - Grayson Highlands State Park, Mount Rogers Recreation Area, Jefferson National Forest, and South Holston Lake. Washington County stretches across the broad and beautiful Tennessee Valley. Clinch Mountain bounds the county to the north and the southeastern corner pushes into the Iron Mountain range. Two branches of the Holston River drain the area and offer sport for fishermen. The local landscape is characterized by pastured hills, quiet, cultivated valleys, and densely forested mountain steeps. Major elements of the Washington County economy include manufacturing (22.0%), educational, health, and social services (17.8%), wholesale and retail trade (17.8%), arts, entertainment, recreation, food and accommodation services (7.1%) and construction (7.3%). In 1995, the largest employers in the county were Bristol Compressors (refrigeration and heating equipment), the school board, Johnston Memorial Hospital, Mid-Mountain Foods, and the Camac Corporation (organic fibers.) For more information about Abingdon and Washington County, see www.uvawise.edu/gmec.
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Andrew
S. Rhinehart, M.D.
Johnston
Memorial Hospital is an acute care facility with 135 staffed beds and
a 1997 occupancy rate of 44.6%. Almost 10% of the hospital's expenses
in 1997 were consigned to charity care, bad debts, and taxes and 10.8%
of patient care days were utilized by patients with Medicaid.