Big Sandy Health Care Inc

“Upon its receipt from the accounting firm, bshc sent its form 990 electronically to all members of its board of directors for review. During its regular meeting on june 26, 2023, the finance committee of the bshc board of directors reviewed and approved the organization's form 990 for fiscal year ended january 31, 2023.”

“During a regular meeting of the bshc board of directors on may 24, 2021 james herald, esq. Bshc's general counsel, reviewed the organization's conflict of interest policy. Subsequently, each director and key employee completed a statement designed to reveal any conflicts of interest.”

“During the tax year, bshc's governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statemetns were available to the public upon request at the organization's administrative office.”

“During the tax year, bshc's governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements were available to the public upon request at the organization's administrative office.”

“Charitable mission: big sandy health care (bshc) is organized as a nonprofit corporation and an exempt entity under irc section 501(c)(3).bshc operates exclusivly for the charitable purpose of providing primary health care services to a large number of low-income and uninsured persons through its seven primary care centers in rural, southeastern kentucky. Bshc's primary service area is comprised in floyd, johnson, magoffin, martin and pike counties. The area is rural and economically distressed. A disproportionate number of people have no health insurance and the region's medicaid eligibility is high compared to state and national averages. In this context, bshc offers charitable health care to low-income and uninsured persons. As part of its commitment to its charitable mission, bshc has instituted a charity discount program for patients whose household incomes fall below 200 percent of the federal poverty guidelines. During fiscal year ended january 31, 2025, bshc provided charity discounts of approximately 531,931 to approximately 10% of its over 28,000 patients. Bshc management believes that charity discounts for services is the most important indicator of its fulfillment of its charitable purpose and, therefore, fully discloses this information in addition to its charitable mission. Bshc is committed to strict adherence to all of the requirements 501(c)(3) organizations. Pursuant to these requirements, bshc ensures that none of its earnings inure to any private director or other individual. Bshc makes no attempt to influence legislation in any substantial way. Furthermore, bshc does not participate in campaign activity for or against any political office.”

“Primary health care services big sandy health care, inc. (bshc) operates ten community health care sites in eastern kentucky. Through these sites, bshc provides a wide array of primary health care services, including medical, dental, vision, behavioral health, pharmacy, diagnostic x-ray, medical laboratory, podiatry, and optometry services. In addition to services provided in its health center sites, bshc provides services in hospitals, nursing homes and schools. During the fiscal year ended january 31, 2025, bshc provided services to over 28,000 unduplicated individuals. Bshc provides services to any resident in the region it serves, but especially attracts low-income and uninsured persons. Bshc provides significant amounts of charity services for these persons.”