Ohio Valley Home Care Inc

What it reported doing in 2011

Ohio valley home care, inc. (ovhc) provides services that assist seniors in remaining independent at home at a fraction of the cost to stay in a nursing home. The caring trained staff of nurses, personal care aides, homemaker aides, and daycare aides work together to provide multiple services such as: personal care services, homemaker services, independent living assistance, adult daycare, and chore services. The agency serves approximately 100 clients per month.ovhc is a provider of passport services (medicaid waiver) in columbiana and jefferson counties in Ohio. Passport provides in-home alternatives to nursing home care for low-income seniors through area agency on aging. Passport will design a personal care plan and arrange an appropriate mix of in home services to supplement care provided by family members and friends. Currently an average of 72 clients utilize passport on a monthly basis.ovhc operates senior link, an adult day care center that provides a clean, safe and fun environment for seniors that are unable or unwilling to remain at home alone during the day. Senior link provides: nursing services (on a limited basis), hot lunches, snacks, daily activities, community outings, quarterly podiatry visits, case conferences with family/caregivers and transportation. Adult day care averages 21 clients monthly.although the majority of the clients are passport, ovhc does offer private duty services under the passport standards. The agency will provide non-discriminatory services for clients regardless of ability to pay. Despite the agency's low-cost operations, on occasion the agency has operated at a loss. Consequently, these services are only feasible through public support in the form of grants and donations.ovhc networks with other health care providers to offer wellness programs that are needed within our community and are broad enough to benefit many different classes of people in the community, such as health fairs.on may 31, 2011 the organization terminated and transferred all activities to Ohio valley home health services, the parent organization.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: Limited
• Program expense ratio: Limited
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Limited
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -2.5%; rating input score 37; 37th 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: 2.7%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: Limited
• Revenue growth: -85.2% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -200% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings