Heritage Valley Beaver Foundation

Heritage Valley Beaver Foundation expended $550,000 from board-designated funds for renovation and equipment costs to fund a community-based six chair dental clinic to serve the dental needs of adults and children in Beaver county. Primary health network will assume responsibility for the on-going operations and funding, which will commence operations in january 2018. The dental clinic will provide a community-based dental service for both emergent and routine dental care; will lead to decreased use of emergency room visits for routine dental care which is inefficient and expensive, and will improve access to dental care services for the uninsured and under-insured and for medical assistance recipients.

Heritage Valley Beaver Foundation transferred to Heritage Valley Beaver, a division of Valley medical facilities, inc., a related tax-exempt organization, for the purchase of capital equipment using funds restricted by donors for that specific purpose.

Transferred to Heritage Valley Beaver, a division of Valley medical facilities, inc., a related tax-exempt organization, to reimburse for costs incurred for community health services (chs), which provide patients living with chronic health conditions with the highest quality and most efficient care through programs in pregnancy health services, pediatric asthma, diabetes/nutrition comprehensive care, community advanced illness, smoking cessation, metabolic syndrome, community outreach and pediatric obesity.

Heritage Valley Beaver Foundation transferred to Heritage Valley Beaver, a division of Valley medical facilities, inc., a related tax-exempt organization, for the purchase of capital equipment using funds restricted by donors for that specific purpose. The cardiology fund expended $80,955 to Heritage Valley Beaver for the replacement of multi-patient contrast injectors for the cardiac catheterization lab.

Heritage Valley Beaver Foundation transferred to Heritage Valley Beaver, a division of Valley medical facilities, inc., a related tax-exempt organization, for the purchase of capital equipment using funds restricted by donors for that specific purpose. The pediatrics fund expended $5,030 for a hand-held ultrasound imaging device (accuvein) used to guide iv placement in neonatal patients where iv starts can be difficult.

Heritage Valley Beaver Foundation transferred to Heritage Valley Beaver, a division of Valley medical facilities, inc., a related tax-exempt organization, for courtesy van transportation for patients discharged from Heritage Valley Beaver. This service improves the customer experience by reducing lengthly wait delays of being discharged, and improves timely admission to an inpatient bed for waiting patients.

Heritage Valley Beaver Foundation transferred to Heritage Valley Beaver, a division of Valley medical facilities, inc., a related tax-exempt organization, for patient transportation. Due to state budget cuts to the medical assistance transportation program, these funds are used to assist with transportation costs for patients in need.

Heritage Valley Beaver Foundation transferred to Heritage Valley Beaver, a division of Valley medical facilities, inc., a related tax exempt organization, to reimburse the hospital for tuition expenses for employed rns interested in advancing their rn degree to a bsn degree at an accredited recognized educational institution. 3 students were assisted from july 1, 2017 to december 31, 2017.

Heritage Valley Beaver Foundation transferred to Heritage Valley Beaver, a division of Valley medical facilities, inc., a related tax exempt organization, for the calmer kids emergency department program, which is a program to improve staff awaremess to pediatric pain and anxiety, in order to make the overall emergency department experience a positive, non-traumatic visit that would ease the minds of the child and parent. The Heritage Valley emergency department had 3,925 pediatric visits from july 1, 2017 to december 31, 2017.

Heritage Valley Beaver Foundation provided monetary aid to cancer patients in Beaver county for the purchase of wigs and prostheses, using funds restricted by donors for that specific purpose. From july 1, 2017 to december 31, 2017, 38 patients received assistance.

Heritage Valley Beaver Foundation transferred to Heritage Valley Beaver, a division of Valley medical facilities, inc., a related tax exempt organization, to purchase medications for eligible patients. 27 patients were assisted from july 1, 2017 to december 31, 2017.