Novant Health FORSYTH Medical Center

Novant Health, inc. is a non-profit integrated network of more than 900 locations, including 19 Medical centers, more than 750 physician clinics and urgent care centers, outpatient facilities, and imaging and pharmacy services. Novant Health's more than 40,000 team members along with more than 8,500 independent and employed clinicians care for patients and communities in north carolina and south carolina. The Novant Health integrated healthcare system operates to carry out its charitable mission of creating a healthier future for the communities it serves and delivering a remarkable patient experience. Novant Health accomplishes that mission by providing and supporting excellent healthcare facilities and physician practices and by making a commitment to community outreach/service through the provision of community benefit programs. By bringing together world-class technology and clinicians to provide quality care, Novant Health is committed to creating a healthcare experience that is simpler, more convenient and more affordable so patients can focus on getting better and staying healthy. In 2024, Novant Health provided more than 7 Million patient visits and over $1.6 Billion of community benefit expenditures system-wide. In addition to providing a high quality, comprehensive catalog of healthcare services, Novant Health offers a robust patient financial assistance program, working with its patients to assist with establishing reasonable payment plans, discounting patient bills and providing free care for those that qualify under its financial assistance policy. FORSYTH memorial hospital, inc. is an integral part of the Novant Health system and includes four hospital facilities as follows: Novant Health FORSYTH Medical center ("NHFMC"), Novant Health kernersville Medical center ("nhkmc"), Novant Health clemmons Medical center ("nhcmc"), and Novant Health rehabilitation hospital of winston-salem, llc. - NHFMC is a 859-bed hospital in winston-salem, nc offering a wide range of services in emergency, Medical, surgery, Neurology, critical care, Oncology, women's Health and wellness and behavioral Health. Centers of excellence include the maya angelou women's Health and wellness center, heart and vascular institute, derrick l. Davis cancer institute, stroke and neurosciences center, orthopedic center and behavioral Health. - nhkmc is a 63-bed community hospital in kernersville, nc offering a wide range of services in emergency, surgery, cardiovascular, maternity, diagnostic and cancer care close to home for local residents. - nhcmc is a 36-bed community hospital in clemmons, nc offering a wide range of services in emergency, imaging, laboratory, Medical, surgery and orthopedic services. - nh rehab hospital of winston-salem, llc is a joint venture hospital facility offering inpatient rehabilitation for stroke, brain injury, hip fracture and other complex neurological and orthopedic conditions. Community outreach community outreach is a critical component to the mission of Novant Health. The healthcare system provides hundreds of programs that serve patients, neighbors, and some of the communities' most vulnerable citizens. Novant Health also provides financial assistance (I.e., charity care) for its qualified uninsured patients, catastrophic settlements and long-term payment plans to medically indigent patients, services to patients with Medicare, Medicaid, and other government Medical program coverage (reimbursed at less than cost), community Health education, support groups, subsidized outreach services and community events/screenings. In addition, Novant Health participates in Medical research, as well as academic Health programs and partnerships with a diverse group of organizations to provide other community initiatives. Novant Health is also committed to supporting the communities it serves through charitable contributions to community-based programs that improve Health equity and upward mobility for those who need it most. Toward that goal, Novant Health invests in community-based programs that align with its two investment priorities of developing healthy communities and expanding opportunities for healthcare education. The annual Novant Health community impact report, available at https://www.novanthealth.org/about/community/community-Health-needs/, includes qualitative and quantitative information regarding the healthcare system's community benefit efforts and achievements. For 2024, Novant Health's system-wide community benefit expenditures totaled approximately $1.61 Billion, including $225 Million of financial assistance. Note: numeric data in this report is not based upon form 990, schedule h instructions, but rather in accordance with north carolina healthcare association community benefit reporting guidelines. Novant Health community impact report should not be relied upon as equivalent to form 990, schedule h community benefit, community Health needs assessment or community benefit implementation strategy reporting. In 2024, Novant Health and the ymca of northwest north carolina continued its strategic partnership to encompass the ymca's 17 branch locations across alexander, davie, FORSYTH, iredell, stokes, wilkes and yadkin counties. Guided by the local community Health needs assessments ("chnas"), the two non-profit organizations will expand wellness programming, support youth sports, and establish physical and telehealth clinic locations to create integrated healthcare access for the region. NHFMC supported the community in 2024 through resources, screenings/clinics, Health education initiatives and classes, social & environmental improvement activities, community building activities, in-kind donations, and more. Some examples of resources provided to the community include: - mycommunity access, which enabled community members to search for free or reduced cost resources located within the community. Novant paid the annual fees for this platform that community members would have otherwise had to pay. - hurricane helene disaster relief efforts, including blood drives in partnership with the American Red Cross. - printed resource cards for anyone to search for local free and reduced cost services. - hispanic outreach specifically for navigating healthcare, including mammograms and prenatal education. - screenings/clinics for blood pressure/hypertension, cholesterol, Diabetes, immunizations and breast cancer, in both stationary and mobile clinic settings. - maternal & infant Health initiatives included childbirth preparation, breastfeeding, infant safety & cpr, car seat safety, newborn care (in english and Spanish), sibling preparation, dad's 411, financial checklist for new parent classes, and increasing comfort in labor, postpartum 101. - support groups established for postpartum, gi wellness, gyn Oncology, lung cancer, and nursing mothers (baby caf). - nutrition, exercise & wellness programs including pregnancy yoga, mommy & baby yoga, chair yoga, traditional yoga, breast cancer nutrition prevention, and survivorship classes. - social and environmental improvement activities & community building including kappa community Health fair day, naacp Health fair/community day, and clemmons community day at jerry long ymca. - in-kind gifts for first-aid personnel at community events. - other community educational programs and activities including cancer education classes, cpr/first aid training, Health fairs, back to school backpack drive, heart Health talks, bariatric solutions for senior's Health talk, education, and various wellness webinars. Nhkmc provided mycommunity access and printed resource cards for anyone to search for local free and reduced cost services. Screenings/clinics provided were for blood pressure and hypertension screening. Health education initiatives included a wellness webinar, healthy living expo & other heart Health programming, and an 'ask an educator' event. Nhcmc provided mycommunity access and printed resource cards for anyone to search for local free and reduced cost services. Screenings/clinics provided were for blood pressure and body fat measurements. Nhcmc provided blood pressure checks and hands-only cpr demonstrations at clemmons community day and provided breast education and first aid for events hosted by the lewisville-clemmons chamber of commerce. Nhcmc also hosted a blood drive for hurricane helene victims and collected canned goods and hygiene items for donation.