Health Services Of Central Georgia Inc

AS AN AFFILIATE OF NAVICENT HEALTH, INC., HEALTH SERVICES, NAVICENT HEALTH, EMPLOYS FACULTY PHYSICIANS FOR THE RESIDENCY TRAINING PROGRAMS OF THE MEDICAL CENTER, NAVICENT HEALTH (MCNH) AND PHYSICIANS WHO ARE IN SHORT SUPPLY IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THE MISSION OF MCNH.

HEALTH SERVICES OF CENTRAL GEORGIA, INC. (HSCG) IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT AFFILIATE OF NAVICENT HEALTH (FORMERLY CENTRAL GEORGIA HEALTH SYSTEM, INC.) WHICH EMPLOYS A PREMIER NETWORK OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS SUCH AS PHYSICIANS, NURSE PRACTITIONERS, AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS. HSCG PROVIDES FACULTY PHYSICIANS TO THE RESIDENCY TRAINING PROGRAMS OF THE MEDICAL CENTER OF CENTRAL GEORGIA, AND PHYSICIAN SERVICES THAT ARE IN SHORT SUPPLY IN PRIVATE PRACTICE. IT HAS BEEN OUR MISSION TO PROVIDE CRITICALLY NEEDED PHYSICIANS AND EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE HEALTH SERVICES IN ORDER TO MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE. HSCG PROVIDES FACULTY PHYSICIANS AND PHYSICIAN EXTENDERS TO THE PEDIATRIC RESIDENCY TRAINING PROGRAM OF THE MEDICAL CENTER OF CENTRAL GEORGIA. DURING THE YEAR THIS GROUP OF PHYSICIANS PERFORMED APPROXIMATELY 34,000 PATIENT ENCOUNTERS, PEDIATRIC PATIENTS FROM BIBB AND THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES. APPROXIMATELY 75% OF PATIENTS SEEN WERE COVERED BY GEORGIA STATE MEDICAID OR UNINSURED. THIS GROUP OF PHYSICIANS ALSO PROVIDED EDUCATION AND TRAINING TO 19 PEDIATRIC RESIDENTS AS WELL AS 102 MEDICAL STUDENTS FROM THE MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. HSCG ALSO PROVIDES FACULTY PHYSICIANS AND PHYSICIAN EXTENDERS TO THE SURGICAL RESIDENCY TRAINING PROGRAM OF THE MEDICAL CENTER OF CENTRAL GEORGIA. THEY PROVIDED EDUCATION AND TRAINING TO 26 SURGICAL RESIDENTS, IN ADDITION TO 102 MEDICAL STUDENTS FROM THE MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. THE FACULTY PHYSICIANS PROVIDED CARE FOR APPROXIMATELY 5,100 PATIENTS AT THE ANDERSON HEALTH CENTER AT THE MEDICAL CENTER OF CENTRAL GEORGIA. OF THOSE PATIENTS, APPROXIMATELY 33% WERE UNINSURED, MEMBERS OF THE MEDICAL CENTER OF CENTRAL GEORGIA'S MANAGED CARE PROGRAM FOR UNINSURED OR UNDER INSURED CITIZENS, OR CONSIDERED SELF-PAY, AND 12% WERE MEDICARE PART B RECIPIENTS. THEY ALSO PROVIDED APPROXIMATELY $510,000 OF CARE IN OTHER OUTPATIENT SERVICES AND SURGICAL SERVICES TO INDIGENT AND UNINSURED PATIENTS DURING THIS TIME. THIS GROUP ALSO PROVIDED LEVEL I SURGICAL TRAUMA SERVICES AT THE MEDICAL CENTER OF CENTRAL GEORGIA. HSCG ALSO PROVIDES FACULTY PHYSICIANS AND PHYSICIAN EXTENDERS TO THE FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY TRAINING PROGRAM. DURING THE YEAR THIS GROUP OF PHYSICIANS, IN CONJUNCTION WITH FACULTY FROM THE MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE SAW OUTPATIENTS FROM BIBB AND THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES. THIS GROUP OF PROVIDERS SAW A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF PATIENTS COVERED BY GEORGIA STATE MEDICAID AND MEDICARE PART B, AS WELL AS UNINSURED PATIENTS. THIS GROUP OF PHYSICIANS ALSO PROVIDED EDUCATION AND TRAINING TO 29 FAMILY PRACTICE RESIDENTS, AS WELL AS 102 MEDICAL STUDENTS FROM THE MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. OTHER HSCG ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE PROVIDING FACULTY PHYSICIANS TO EDUCATE AND TRAIN 17 OBSTETRIC AND GYNECOLOGIC RESIDENTS. THIS FACULTY DEPARTMENT PROVIDES SPECIALTY CARE, EDUCATION, AND TRAINING IN OB/GYN, UROGYNECOLOGY, GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY, REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY, AND MATERNAL FETAL MEDICINE WHILE PROVIDING PATIENT ENCOUNTERS. HSCG ALSO PROVIDED PHYSICIANS AND PHYSICIAN EXTENDERS IN GASTROENTEROLOGY, PEDIATRIC SURGERY, PEDIATRIC ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY, PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY, PEDIATRIC HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY, ORTHOPEDIC TRAUMA SURGERY, MAXILLOFACIAL TRAUMA SURGERY, BARIATRIC SURGERY, OPHTHALMOLOGY, PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY, VASCULAR SURGERY, CARDIAC SURGERY, THORACIC SURGERY AND FAMILY MEDICINE, ALL AREAS OF HIGH NEED AND PHYSICIAN SHORTAGE IN THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE.