Charitable mission: big sandy health care (bshc) is organized as a nonprofit corporation and an exempt entity under irc section 501(c)(3). Bshc operates exclusivly for the charitable purpose of providing primary health care services to a large number of low-income and uninsured persons through its five primary care centers in rural, southeastern kentucky. Bshc's primary service area is comprised on floyd, johnson, magoffin, martin and pike counties. The area is rural and economically distressed. A disproptionate number of people have no health insurnace and the region's 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 discount program for patients whose household incomes fall below 200 percent of the federal poverty guidelines. During fiscal year ended january 31, 2018, bshc provided charity disco

Primary health care services big sandy health care, inc. (bshc) operates five community health care sites in eastern kentucky. Through these sites, bshc provides a wide array of primary health care services, including medical, dental, behavioral health, pharmacy, diagnostic x-ray and medical laboratory services. In addition to services provided in its health center sites, bshc provides services in hospitals, nursing homes and schools. During the fiscal year ended january 31, 2018, bshc provided services to over 24,000 unduplicated individuals. Bshc provides services to any resident in the region it serves, but especially attracts low-income and uninsured persons. Bshc provides significant amounts of charity services for these persons.