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August 2014
Issue # 8
Newsletter
Honor Roll of Investors:
Aflac Foundation
Bradley-Turner Foundation
St. Francis Hospital
Synovus Foundation
Valley Healthcare Board of Trustees
James D. Yancey
Regions Bank
South Columbus United Methodist Church
The Home Depot Foundation
New Strategic Partnership:
St. Francis Women's Hospital
Valley Healthcare System has launched Building Bridges of Hope and
Health, an extraordinary five-year program establishing partnerships to
encourage new health initiatives while stimulating economic growth in
Columbus and the Chattahoochee Valley.
In June 2012, the board of directors
Who is .....
Valley Healthcare is a
nonprofit (501c3)
corporation, locally

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Robert Granger, President & CEO, St.
Francis Hospital with Dr. Kamesha M. Fair
Harbison and Sarah Lang, President &
CEO Valley Healthcare System.
of Valley Healthcare opened the new
30,000 SF $12.4 million medical
headquarters on 13 acres at 1600
Fort Benning Road, 1.5 miles
northwest of the National
Infantry Museum. This community
outpatient health care facility
provides medical, dental, optical,
diagnostic laboratories, pharmacy
and mental health services all under
one roof. As a result of our new
partnership with St. Francis Hospital,
the board is turning on the lights for
the first time to provide services in
our Women's Health/ OBGYN Care
Unit.
This Strategic Partnership
demonstrates St. Francis'
commitment to patient care
throughout the region. At the same
time, it allows Valley to open the new
Women's Health/OBGYN Care
Unit. "Our partnership with Valley Healthcare is an extension of St.
Francis' goal to reduce the rate of infant mortality and low birth weight
babies in our community, a goal that Valley Healthcare shares." said
Robert Granger, St. Francis Hospital President and CEO. "Through
collaboration, both organizations and the community will benefit."
As part of this partnership, Dr. Kamesha M. Fair Harbison joined the staff
at Valley Heathcare from her home town of Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Fair
Harbison has a Bachelor of Science in Biology Pre-Med from Xavier
University, LA and a Masters in Secondary Education along with a Doctor
of Medicine from the University of Iowa, Roy J. & Lucille A. Carver
College of Medicine. She completed her residency in
Obstetrics/Gynecology at Mercer University: Medical Center of Central
Georgia.
"Valley Healthcare System is a comprehensive healthcare facility" states
Dr. Fair Harbison,"our model for health care includes the integration of
behavioral health and primary care as
a means for providing quality care all
under one roof." Dr. Fair Harbison's
husband is Edward Harbison, Jr. They
were married on May 31, 2014 at the
Rivermill in Columbus, GA.
Currently, Valley Healthcare serves
4,430 women age 18-64. Through
this new partnership and over the next
two years, an additional 2,410 women
will be treated in prenatal care
treatments, heath screenings, and
annual physical checkups. The
Women's Health Unit officially first
celebrated prenatal care services on May 13, 2014 with the arrival of
twins by a mother under Dr. Fair Harbison's care.
operated, community
outpatient health care
facility, based in Columbus
with medical and dental
offices in Talbotton and
Fortson, GA. Delivering
services since 2004, our
mission is... to provide
comprehensive primary
health care ... regardless of
individual circumstances.
In 2013, Valley Healthcare
served 9,708 patients and
provided 31,946 patient
visits with board certified
and eligible physicians on
staff.
Valley Healthcare System
Story & Talking Points
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Partners in the News
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celebrating friends
achievements.

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Dear Mrs. Lang,
I've been a patient at Valley since 2003. I was referred to
them by a doctor at the Medical Center on one of my stays,
because of my financial situation and no insurance. I suffer
from severe COPD, chronic bronchitis ... depression and high
blood pressure.
Valley provides me access to doctors and medications that
otherwise I could not afford. I greatly appreciate the kind
and caring people that I have grown to depend on many of
whom goes above and beyond the call of duty.
I pray that Jesus will acknowledge their many acts of
kindness by continuing His works through them for they are
truly some of God's angels!
So Very Blessed,
(Name withheld)
National Health Center Week August 10-16, 2014:
"America's Health Centers - Local Engines for
Healthier Communities."
Health Centers nationally save the healthcare community over $24 billion
annually including $6 billion in savings to the Medicaid Program. Valley
Healthcare System eases the burden on financially stressed Columbus
hospitals and emergency rooms by providing services that are lower in
cost than the average hospital visits of $17,089. In 2013 alone, Valley
Healthcare saved the community an estimated $5,002,165 in health care
Aflac Recognized
by Forbes
Sen. Ed
Harbison
Georgia Health Centers
Receive Outreach & Enrollment
Assistance for FY 2014
Rev. Hal Brady at
MercyMed's
Dedication
Convergent Nonprofit
Supports Grant Request for
Marketing and Communications
and Award of $45,000.

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dollars.
Columbus is fortunate to have Valley Healthcare System. They are the
only Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in the region and as a
result, cannot turn anyone away for services. Without this designation,
Columbus would have lost over $2,000,000 of federal health care funds
in 2013. This covered 67% of our costs leaving $1,379,221 to be made
up from other sources.
Service Locations:
Valley Healthcare System, 1600 Fort Benning Road, Columbus, GA
31903 Main Office: 706.322.9599 Campaign Office: 706.221.2284
Valley Health Fortson - Medical/Dental, 94 McCray Road, Fortson, GA
31808 Main Office: 706.987.8216
Valley Health Talbotton - Medical/Dental, 341 North Washington
Avenue, Talbotton, GA 31827 Medical: 706.665.2585; Dental:
706.665.2139
www.ValleyHealthColumbus.com
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