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| (i) Name of supported organization | (ii) EIN | (iii) Type of organization (described on lines 1- 10 above (see instructions)) | (iv) Is the organization listed in your governing document? | (v) Amount of monetary support (see instructions) | (vi) Amount of other support (see instructions) | |
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(a) 2014 | (b) 2015 | (c) 2016 | (d) 2017 | (e) 2018 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grant.") .. | ||||||
| 2 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf.... | ||||||
| 3 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | ||||||
| 4 | Total. Add lines 1 through 3 | ||||||
| 5 | The portion of total contributions by each person (other than a governmental unit or publicly supported organization) included on line 1 that exceeds 2% of the amount shown on line 11, column (f).. | ||||||
| 6 | Public support. Subtract line 5 from line 4. | ||||||
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(a) 2014 | (b) 2015 | (c) 2016 | (d) 2017 | (e) 2018 | (f) Total | |
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| 7 | Amounts from line 4.. | ||||||
| 8 | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources... | ||||||
| 9 | Net income from unrelated business activities, whether or not the business is regularly carried on.. | ||||||
| 10 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.).. | ||||||
| 11 | Total support. Add lines 7 through 10 | ||||||
Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2014 | (b) 2015 | (c) 2016 | (d) 2017 | (e) 2018 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") . | ||||||
| 2 | Gross receipts from admissions, merchandise sold or services performed, or facilities furnished in any activity that is related to the organization's tax-exempt purpose | ||||||
| 3 | Gross receipts from activities that are not an unrelated trade or business under section 513 ..... | ||||||
| 4 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf... | ||||||
| 5 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge | ||||||
| 6 | Total. Add lines 1 through 5 | ||||||
| 7a | Amounts included on lines 1, 2, and 3 received from disqualified persons | ||||||
| b | Amounts included on lines 2 and 3 received from other than disqualified persons that exceed the greater of $5,000 or 1% of the amount on line 13 for the year. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 7a and 7b.. | ||||||
| 8 | Public support. (Subtract line 7c from line 6.) | ||||||
Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2014 | (b) 2015 | (c) 2016 | (d) 2017 | (e) 2018 | (f) Total | |
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| 9 | Amounts from line 6... | ||||||
| 10a | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources.. | ||||||
| b | Unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 taxes) from businesses acquired after June 30, 1975. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 10a and 10b. | ||||||
| 11 | Net income from unrelated business activities not included in line 10b, whether or not the business is regularly carried on. | ||||||
| 12 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.) .. | ||||||
| 13 | Total support. (Add lines 9, 10c, 11, and 12.).. | ||||||
| Section A - Adjusted Net Income | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Net short-term capital gain | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Other gross income (see instructions) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Add lines 1 through 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Depreciation and depletion | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Portion of operating expenses paid or incurred for production or collection of gross income or for management, conservation, or maintenance of property held for production of income (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Other expenses (see instructions) | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Adjusted Net Income (subtract lines 5, 6 and 7 from line 4) | 8 | ||||
| Section B - Minimum Asset Amount | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Aggregate fair market value of all non-exempt-use assets (see instructions for short tax year or assets held for part of year): | 1 | ||||
| a | Average monthly value of securities | 1a | ||||
| b | Average monthly cash balances | 1b | ||||
| c | Fair market value of other non-exempt-use assets | 1c | ||||
| d | Total (add lines 1a, 1b, and 1c) | 1d | ||||
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Discount claimed for blockage or other factors (explain in detail in Part VI): |
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| 2 | Acquisition indebtedness applicable to non-exempt use assets | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Subtract line 2 from line 1d | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Cash deemed held for exempt use. Enter 1-1/2% of line 3 (for greater amount, see instructions). | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Net value of non-exempt-use assets (subtract line 4 from line 3) | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Multiply line 5 by .035 | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Minimum Asset Amount (add line 7 to line 6) | 8 | ||||
| Section C - Distributable Amount | Current Year | |||||
| 1 | Adjusted net income for prior year (from Section A, line 8, Column A) | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Enter 85% of line 1 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Minimum asset amount for prior year (from Section B, line 8, Column A) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Enter greater of line 2 or line 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Income tax imposed in prior year | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Distributable Amount. Subtract line 5 from line 4, unless subject to emergency temporary reduction (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| Section D - Distributions | Current Year | |
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| 1 Amounts paid to supported organizations to accomplish exempt purposes | ||
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Amounts paid to perform activity that directly furthers exempt purposes of supported organizations, in excess of income from activity |
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| 3 Administrative expenses paid to accomplish exempt purposes of supported organizations | ||
| 4 Amounts paid to acquire exempt-use assets | ||
| 5 Qualified set-aside amounts (prior IRS approval required) | ||
| 6 Other distributions (describe in Part VI). See instructions | ||
| 7Total annual distributions. Add lines 1 through 6. | ||
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Distributions to attentive supported organizations to which the organization is responsive (provide details in Part VI). See instructions |
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| 9 Distributable amount for 2018 from Section C, line 6 | ||
| 10 Line 8 amount divided by Line 9 amount | ||
| Section E - Distribution Allocations (see instructions) |
(i) Excess Distributions |
(ii) Underdistributions Pre-2018 |
(iii) Distributable Amount for 2018 |
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Distributable amount for 2018 from Section C, line 6 |
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Underdistributions, if any, for years prior to 2018 (reasonable cause required-- explain in Part VI). See instructions. |
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| 3 Excess distributions carryover, if any, to 2018: | ||||
| a From 2013....... | ||||
| b From 2014....... | ||||
| c From 2015....... | ||||
| d From 2016....... | ||||
| e From 2017....... | ||||
| fTotal of lines 3a through e | ||||
| g Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| h Applied to 2018 distributable amount | ||||
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Carryover from 2013 not applied (see instructions) |
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| j Remainder. Subtract lines 3g, 3h, and 3i from 3f. | ||||
| 4Distributions for 2018 from Section D, line 7: | ||||
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| a Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| b Applied to 2018 distributable amount | ||||
| c Remainder. Subtract lines 4a and 4b from 4. | ||||
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Remaining underdistributions for years prior to 2018, if any. Subtract lines 3g and 4a from line 2. If the amount is greater than zero, explain in Part VI. See instructions. |
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Remaining underdistributions for 2018. Subtract lines 3h and 4b from line 1. If the amount is greater than zero, explain in Part VI. See instructions. |
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7 Excess distributions carryover to 2019. Add lines 3j and 4c. |
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| 8 Breakdown of line 7: | ||||
| a Excess from 2014...... | ||||
| b Excess from 2015..... | ||||
| c Excess from 2016..... | ||||
| d Excess from 2017..... | ||||
| e Excess from 2018..... | ||||
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| Return Reference | Explanation |
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| Software ID: | 18007218 |
| Software Version: | 2018v3.1 |
Attach to Form 990 or 990-EZ.
Go to www.irs.gov/Form990 for the latest information.
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| Form 990, Part III, Line 4d: Other Program Services Description | OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Dickenson Community Hospital (DCH) is a federally designated critical access hospital. Federal critical access hospital designation requires that a hospital be small and located in a rural area and located more than a 35-mile drive from another hospital or more than a 15-mile drive from another hospital in an area with mountainous terrain or only secondary roads, and be state-designated as a necessary provider of health care services to residents in the area. DCH is the only hospital located in Dickenson County, with the next nearest hospitals located a 45-minute drive away. DCH is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Norton Community Hospital (NCH). NCH has two members: Mountain States Health Alliance (50.1%) and Community Healthcare Foundation (49.9%). In February 2018, Mountain States Health Alliance (MSHA) and Wellmont Health System (WHS) merged to form Ballad Health, a tax-exempt entity and parent company of MSHA and WHS. Ballad operates 3,162 licensed beds in 21 hospitals, an outpatient addiction treatment facility, long-term care facilities, home care and hospice services, retail pharmacies, outpatient services and a comprehensive medical management corporation.During FY19, we experienced 7, 153 visits to our ER, 26,032 outpatient visits an increase of 11% over FY18, and 261 inpatient admissions.PROMOTE COMMUNITY HEALTHDickenson Community Hospital continues to subsidize a rural physician clinic to provide some relief of the physician shortage in our area. Our FY19 subsidy was just over $196,000. The primary care physician ratio in our county (number of residents to 1 primary care physician) is 185% higher than the overall state ratio. Recruiting physicians to a rural county such as ours is often challenging due to a myriad of factors, such as geography, economics, culture and education. Geographically, rural communities are often far removed from suburban and urban centers that provide access to educational, cultural and economic opportunities. These limitations influence the relocation decision of the physician candidate and his/her spouse/children to locate to a rural area. The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) issued a press release dated April 11, 2018 stating that the United States could see a shortage of up to 120,000 physicians by 2030. The U.S. population is estimated to grow by nearly 11%, with those over age 65 increasing 50% by 2030. Much of the increased demand comes from a growing, aging population. The aging population will also affect physician supply since one-third of all currently active doctors will be older than 65 in the next decade and likely to retire. The AAMC points out that data conducted in 2017 indicated that an additional 31,600 physicians would have been needed if underserved populations utilized the same health care services as insured individuals. The data looked at people in non-metropolitan areas and people without insurance compared to people living in metropolitan areas. Furthermore, the study indicated nearly half of the shortage was in the South. DCH spent $3,723 during FY19 to recruit and retain physicians. DCH recruitment efforts are based on documented community need. DCH is located in a MUA (medically underserved area), as designated by the U.S. Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA). MUA designation indicates an area as: having too few primary care providers, having a high infant mortality, a high poverty rate or a high elderly population.As the sixth leading cause of death in the United States, Alzheimer's disease is an irreversible, progressive brain disorder that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills and, eventually, the ability to carry out the simplest tasks. According to the National Institute on Aging, the number of people diagnosed is increasing each year. Alzheimer's is one of the many conditions treated at our Green Oak behavioral health unit, which focuses on senior citizens and the elderly. Green Oak is the only inpatient behavioral health unit in Southwest Virginia specifically for older adults. The unit, in conjunction with our outpatient Senior Life Solutions program, treats patients over the age of 55, and some over the age of 45 (on a case-by-case basis), keeping families that would normally have to travel for these services close to home. Green Oak is a 10-bed inpatient unit. During FY19, there were 235 admissions. The population in our region is aging and with the next closest inpatient behavioral facility about two hours away, Green Oak provides care close to home for patients from Southwest Virginia and Southeastern Kentucky.Senior Life Solutions, our outpatient behavioral health program, allows seniors access to behavioral health services without having to travel outside of the area. 21% of our residents are 65 years of age or older and with mountainous terrain especially dangerous in winter months, residents needing behavioral health services previously had to leave the area or do without needed care. Similar to our Green Oak inpatient unit, the benefit of this outpatient program extends benefit to patients families and friends since they often provide transportation for seniors to medical care appointments. Despite incurring a significant operating loss to provide our Senior Life Solutions program, DCH and NCH recognizes the need in our service area for these valuable services.Another essential service we provide despite financial loss is our wound care program. Wound care patients often have multiple health issues and many times travel is very difficult for them. These hardships often caused patients the inability to access necessary care. Patients served at DCH include those with diabetic ulcers, venous stasis ulcers, arterial ulcers, non-healing traumatic and surgical wounds and other chronic wound conditions. Mountain States Health Alliance (Mountain States) is one of only 29 organizations in the country participating in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) new initiative, Accountable Health Communities Model (referred to as AHC Program), aimed at improving the health of eligible Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. The AHC Program is designed to integrate care for health-related social needs into usual care by implementing systematic screening, referral, and patient navigation services for needs such as food insecurity, housing instability, safety, transportation needs, and utility assistance. Mountain States serves as the Bridge Organization for the AHC Program locally, leading a collaborative of multiple organizations and clinical delivery sites to bring needed services to beneficiaries residing in Southwest Virginia. Full implementation of the AHC Program was achieved during FY19. There are nine full-time team members for the program, whose positions are financed by federal funds, (six Navigators, one Lead Navigator, one Screening and Referral Specialist, and one Program Manager), while two part-time Navigator positions remain open. Fifty-two locations serve as clinical delivery sites in Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee and have processes in place to identify health-related social needs. Patients that screen positive for health-related social needs are given a Community Referral Summary, which contains contact and program information for relevant resources that assist with the needs identified by the screening. Since formal go-live of the AHC Program on November 17, 2018 through June 30, 2019 there have been 61,705 offered screenings, 35,544 answered screenings, 9,050 needs identified, 5,030 Community Referral Summaries given to patients, and 2,142 navigated patients. The stats provided are inclusive of the Ballad Health Virginia hospitals plus three Tennessee hospitals located close to Southwest Virginia. Mountain States also created an internally-produced data system for the screening, referral, and navigation services in lieu of using the CMS AHC Data System. This data system improved operational efficiency by at least five-fold over the CMS Data System. Patient Navigators have been re-deployed from five Virginia Community Services Boards in our service area to hospital emergency departments and primary care offices. This allows the Navigators to establish initial contact with a patient and complete a personal interview and action plan related to the health-related social needs identified by the patient. Laptops and cell phones were purchased for the Navigators to have the ability to work at the clinical delivery sites and from other locations, as needed. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: Ballad Health embarked on a campaign near the end of fiscal year 2018 to reduce hospital-acquired C. diff by 30% in 90 days. This was a bold undertaking by Ballad Healths new Clinical Council and our Infection Prevention Department. C. diff is a significant threat to hospital patients everywhere. It is our duty as caregivers to protect our patients from harm all of the time, so preventing C. diff i |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 6: Explanation of Classes of Members or Shareholder | The corporation is organized as a Virginia non-stock, nonprofit corporation. Dickenson Community Hospital IS A 100% owned subsidiary of Norton Community Hospital, Inc. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 7a: How Members or Shareholders Elect Governing Body | The board of directors of Norton Community Hospital annually elect members to the board of directors for Dickenson Community Hospital. A requirement of at least (1) member is to be from Dickenson County Industrial Development Authority. Norton community hospital is the sole member of Dickenson Community Hospital. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 7b: Describe Decisions of Governing Body Approval by Members or Shareholders | Certain decisions of the board are, pursuant to charter and Virginia stature, subject to approval of the members. These decisions include: dissolution of the corporation; merger of the corporation; non-ordinary course of business sale of assets, etc. No ordinary day-to-day decisions are subject to member approval. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process | The CFO reviewed the Form 990 with the board of directors prior to filing the return with the IRS. The return was made available to each board member in an electronic format prior to the review. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts | Ballad Health has a conflict of interest policy for all members of the Board of Directors, the Executive Chair/President, Executive Vice Presidents, Senior Vice Presidents, and Vice Presidents, and applies to all Ballad Health organizations. All persons covered by this policy are required to complete a conflict of interest disclosure form on an annual basis. Should a conflict arise, it is the responsibility of the conflicted individual to update his or her disclosure immediately. All meetings of the board or board committees have a standing agenda item first on the agenda titled Conflicts of Interest. If a member of the board or board committee has a conflict of interest involving any issue on the board agenda, he or she must declare the conflict of interest during the period allotted for disclosure. If any issue arises during a meeting in which the board member has a conflict of interest, he or she must immediately declare the conflict. While each member of the board or board committee is responsible for disclosing conflicts of interest, it is also the responsibility of any board member aware of a conflict which has not been disclosed to ensure the board is made aware. The presiding officer of a board or board committee meeting may ask a conflicted member to excuse themselves from the meeting during the discussion related to the issue with which the conflict of interest applies. Under no circumstances shall a member vote on a matter that gives rise to a potential conflict. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available | Governing documents and conflict of interest policy are made available upon request to the appropriate parties requesting them. Financial statements are made available upon request to appropriate parties requesting them, and they are made available to those parties who own indebtedness of the company on a quarterly basis. |
| Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other Increases | Change in Temp. Restricted Net Assets = $5000 |
| Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other Increases | Elimination of Intercompany Receivables/Payables = $164441 |
| Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other Increases | Pension Liability Adjustment = $10556 |
| Part V, Line 2A: W-2 Employees | Dickenson Community Hospital (DCH) team members are paid by Norton Community Hospital, DCH's sole member, except for the CEO and CFO who are paid by Ballad Health. The CEO and CFO salary and benefit costs are allocated between NCH and DCH. Norton Community Hospital bills DCH for its share of salary and benefits and the expense is recorded on DCHS books. There were three DCH team members that received reportable compensation in excess of $100,000. |
| Part VI, Line 15A - Compensation Process for Top Official | On an annual basis, Ballad Health's Human Resource (H/R) Department evaluates compensation for all executives at a position level of Assistant Vice President and above. The review includes DCH/NCH's CEO. H/R's evaluation is based on market data obtained from independent third-party consultants for positions with similar responsibilities at similarly situated organizations. Based on this comparable data, the President & CEO of Ballad Health evaluates the data and submits his recommendations to the Board of Directors for Ballad Health for their final review and approval. In addition, Ballad Health offers an incentive plan to executives based on targeted achievement metrics set in advance of the pay year. Established metrics include: communication with patients, patient evidence-based care scores and patient safety, value-based purchasing, etc. |
| Part VI, Line 15B - Compensation Process for Officers or Key Employees | Similar to DCH/NCH's CEO, DCH's CFO receives compensation that complies with salary policy of Ballad Health. His pay is set at a market percentile specific to his position as CFO of DCH and NCH. |
| Part Vll - Related Organizations | Director compensation: Dickenson Community Hospitals board members, Shane Hilton and Monty McLaurin, receive compensation for services provided to related organizations and do not receive compensation for services as a DCH board member. |
| Software ID: | 18007218 |
| Software Version: | 2018v3.1 |