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Causes: Ambulatory & Primary Health Care, Health
Mission: We deliver superior health care with compassion.
Programs: Wellmont medical associates, inc. Is physician-led and professionally managed. From its board of directors and leadership team members to the providers who care for patients every day, wellmont medical associates, inc. 's commitment to physician leadership is clear. Wellmont medical associates, inc. , a non-profit healthcare provider, delivers exceptional care to patients in the tri-cities region of northeast tennessee and southwest virginia. Based in kingsport, tennessee, as well as locations expanding from sneedville, tennessee, to marion, virginia, wellmont medical associates, inc. Offers the latest in technological advances to ensure patients receive superior care. (con't on schedule o) we are dedicated to improving our community's access to quality, affordable health care, educating our region's caregivers, improving the health status of our communities and contributing to the overall quality of life in the areas we serve. In fiscal year 2017, we had 521,835 office visits and 147,760 hospital/nursing home visits and patient encounters of 669,959. Regardless of race, religion, ethnicity or ability to pay, wellmont medical associates, inc. Treats all patients for medically necessary conditions. Recognizing that some patients cannot afford essential medical services, we provided care for indigent patients incurring costs of 2,296,622. Additionally, we provided care to persons covered by medicare, medicaid, tenncare and champus at less than cost. Due to mandated reductions in medicare funding from the balanced budget act and declining reimbursement from tenncare, the shortfall between receipts and the cost of providing care to these patients totaled 54,225,872. Overall, we returned more than 51,929,250 in benefits to our region. It is our obligation to support the causes that improve the quality of life in our region. We sponsored educational, community-based programs on healthy lifestyles, risk factor identification and options for diagnosis and treatment. Programs included: - lectures about asthma to area elementary schools - working with friends in need, which provides on-site primary care - providing free medical care through remote area medical clinic - working with appalachian mountain project access - teaching at lincoln memorial university-debusk college of osteopathic medicine - teaching at university of virginia's college at wise - providing a free clinic in church hill, tennessee - the health wagon in wise, virginia we also participated in a number of health fairs and community screenings. Employees gave their time to area nonprofit organizations, which included the united way and the tri-cities affiliate of susan g. Komen for the cure. They also donated as part of wellmont's employee giving campaign to funds such as the wellmont cancer institute patient assistance fund, employee emergency fund and many others.