BIG SANDY HEALTH CARE INC
EIN 61-0849776 · Ambulatory & Primary Health Care (E30)
What they do
BIG SANDY HEALTH CARE (BSHC) is ORGANIZED AS A NONPROFIT CORPORATION and AN EXEMPT ENTITY UNDER IRC SECTION 501(C)(3). BSHC OPERATES EXCLUSIVELY 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. BSHCS 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 REGIONS 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 PROGRAM for UNINSURED PATIENTS WHO RECEIVE SERVICES AT ITS FACILITIES. THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES FINANCIAL RELIEF to PERSONS WHO QUALIFY BASED ON A COMPARISON of THEIR FINANCIAL RESOURCES AND/OR INCOM
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1975
- Location
- 1709 KY ROUTE 321 3, PRESTONSBURG, KY 41653
- County
- Floyd
- In care of
- JAMES HERALD