Columbia-montour Home Health Svcs- Visiting Nurses Association Inc

What it reported doing in 2013

See schedule o i. General program service information columbia-montour home health services (cmhhs) was established in july 1967 as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation to provide home health and hospice services in central Pennsylvania. Cmhhs is located in bloomsburg, pa. Cmhhs includes one major program: 1.columbia montour hospice (cmh): a hospice program that provides care to the patient who is terminally ill with a life expectancy of 6 months or less. Base services include: skilled nursing, hospice aide, medical social work, spiritual care, bereavement. In addition, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy are utilized when the patient can benefit from those disciplines. Needs of the hospice patient family are also addressed by the hospice team, ie. Caregiver stress, depression, anxiety. Hospice services are provided to patients in central Pennsylvania and are available 24 hours a day. Patients are served in their place of residence - their home, skilled nursing facility or assisted living facility. The hospice program is both medicare and medicaid certified, and therefore may provide hospice services to all payor categories. Ii. Uncompensated care cmhhs recognizes that its mission is to promote excellence in end of life care to patients with a life-limiting illness and their families. Care is provided by an interdisciplinary team delivering physical, emotional, psychosocial and spiritual support in a cost efficient manner. In this regard, cmhhs provides free or subsidized care below cost and supports various health activities and programs in support of the community. A. Other uncompensated patient services in addition to the above, cmhhs provides other patient services for which full payment is not received. The uncompensated cost of providing such patient services during the fiscal year ended june 30, 2014 was 59. Iii. Community health, education, and outreach cmhhs serves the community thru provision of the following uncompensated programs valued at 50,450 for fiscal year ended june 30, 2014: health fairs and screenings community bereavement groups bereavement camp for children bereavement retreat for parents community health education v. Volunteer services the volunteers of the hospice program are an active and vital part of the activities and mission of columbia montour home health services. Volunteers from local communities contributed 7,071 hours toward the common purpose of servicing the healthcare of the community. The value of this contribution, 164,754, is given back to the community through lower costs. Vi. Community benefit summary other compensated care 59 community health, education, and outreach 50,450 volunteer services (valued at 01/01/2014 statewide average weekly wage) 164,754 total 215,263 vi. Operational changes expected during fiscal 2015 during fiscal year 2015, columbia-montour home health services merged with geisinger community health services, a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization which will continue the charitable mission of cmhhs.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 69.3%; rating input score 69
• Program expense ratio: 81.7%; rating input score 82
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Limited
• Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 15.2%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
• Officer compensation ratio: 45.7%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: Limited
• Revenue growth: -11.5% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -51.3% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings