Fhi Services

Programs: Fhi services is a 501(c) (3) non-profit corporation. Fhi services is governed by the same board and management team as its parent organization, fhs services, and its brother/sister organization, the fauquier health foundation (dba the path foundation). The three entities, collectively, are referred to as the organization". The organization's" mission is to strengthen the health and vitality of the communities of fauquier, rappahannock and northern culpeper counties. Fauquier health is operated by a joint venture (fauquier holding company) owned in part by fhi services (20%) and lifepoint health (80%). Fhi services appoints 50% of the members of the fauquier holding company llc's governing board and fhi services has majority governance with respect to items/issues impacting the tax-exempt purpose of fhi services (charitable override provision). The community benefit contribution of fhi services includes programs and activities that improve access to healthcare and improve health in fauquier, rappahannock and northern culpeper counties. Organizational commitment to providing a community benefit includes: fauquier health (fh) is a 97 bed not-for-profit acute care facility that provides comprehensive healthcare services to the communities it serves. The mission is to make the communities it serves healthier. Fh is the only hospital in the primary service area of fauquier county with a population of 109,986. The service area is growing and aging, with overall projected growth between 2017-2022 of 6. 3% and with a 45+ population comprising 45% of the total in 2022. To address the growing and changing healthcare needs resulting from these population changes, fh continues to support fifteen physicians, two obstetrics/gynecologists, two family medicine physicians, a rheumatologist, a neurologist, an infectious disease specialist, five internal medicine physicians, two urologists, and a hematologist/oncologist. All patients at fh have impartial access to treatment or accommodations that are available or medically indicated, regardless of race, creed, sex, national origin, religion, or source of payment for care. The 24-hour emergency department is open to everyone in the community, regardless of ability to pay, and participates in medicare, medicaid, and champus/tricare standard. Fh has an open medical staff with privileges available to all qualified physicians in the area. The majority of the members of the governing bodies for fh are independent representatives of the communities served. Fh provides medical oversight, direction, and orders to paramedics in the field and in route to the hospital. Our emergency department offers 24-hour access to medical services and helicopter transport for critically ill or injured individuals. Fh has a financial assistance program that provides free care for patients within 200% of the federal poverty guidelines and discounted care for patients within 300% of the federal poverty guidelines. The financial assistance program also provides free care to patients who reside in other areas who are within 100% of the federal poverty guidelines. In addition, through a continuing care fund, fauquier health offers assistance to individuals who have inadequate financial means to cover the cost of post-hospitalization health services, such as nursing care. To help train and educate health care professionals, fh works with local community colleges to provide tours, lectures, and internships for students. Fh staff provided approximately 23,059 hours at a cost of approximately $779,920. In addition, partnerships have been established with local non-profits (e. G. Fauquier free clinic, the chamber of commerce, schools and churches) and national organizations (e. G. The american cancer society) to support local events and provide community health and wellness programs. These community benefit activities are coordinated by a full-time community outreach staff person, supported by administrative and clinical departments, and auxiliary volunteers as needed. In addition to the contributions made by the hospital, fhi services invests in the community by providing grants related to the four priority areas of childhood wellness, mental health, senior services and access to health. Fhi services offers several grant cycles during the year to help nonprofits and government agencies better the communities it serves. In the current year, competitive program and planning grants, general operations grants, non-competitive health priority grants, and responsive grants, were funded. Program and planning grants these 12-month grants are designed to support clearly defined program-based initiatives and/or specific organizational planning strategies. Offered annually, the objectives of these grants are to provide ongoing support to signature programs of established organizations; encourage innovation in creating and introducing new initiatives and offerings; and to strengthen evolving organizations focused on capacity and process improvement. Programs may be new or ongoing and funds may be used to create, implement and/or sustain specific programs. Planning grants may be considered for a variety of processes including strategic planning, board development, master facility plans, surveys and evaluations, pilot programs and other capacity-building activity. All program and planning grants relate to one of four key priorities: access to health, childhood wellness, mental health, senior services totaling $505,583 in fy2017. General operations grants offered in alternating years, general operations grants are the path foundation's most competitive awards. A small number of grants were made to local nonprofits demonstrating the highest standards and principles in our community totaling $501,283 in fy2017. The purpose of these grants is twofold: to empower exceptional nonprofits to expand, improve or pursue their best ideas; and to establish a shared standard of best practices that any nonprofit, regardless of size, can aim for. Funds may be used for any direct or indirect costs related to the nonprofit's activities, including but not limited to payroll, rent, utilities, supplies and equipment, project costs, professional development, capital improvements, programs, planning, marketing, and professional services. Health priority grants and responsive grantshealth priority grants are reserved for special initiatives, often developed or led by path which include major and sometimes multi-year projects designed to have long-range impact on our four areas of focus. In the current year, notable initiatives included fauquier reaches for excellence in school health (fresh), commit to be fit, and support for telehealth, broadband, community design and walkability. Health priority grants in support of special initiatives totaled $1,699,299 in fy 2017. A responsive grant in the amount of $265,000 was provided to support the northern piedmont community foundation.