Estos fondos se concedieron a través del programa de créditos fiscales para hospitales rurales de Georgia. Este programa se creó en 2016 debido al creciente número de cierres de hospitales rurales desde 2008.
Una gran mayoría de los hospitales rurales, como el Colquitt Regional, se han enfrentado a importantes dificultades financieras y a recortes en los reembolsos sanitarios. La Asamblea General de Georgia puso en marcha este programa en 2016 para ayudar a estos hospitales a crecer y ampliar sus servicios sanitarios en tiempos de dificultades económicas.
Colony Bank was one of 236 Georgia taxpayers in 2022 to redirect their Georgia income tax liability to help support Colquitt Regional. The check was presented to Colquitt Regional President and CEO Jim Matney by Colony Bank Regional President Tommy Clark and Market President Cole Posey.
“We are proud to serve a community that is steadfast in their generosity towards our health system,” said Colquitt Regional President and CEO Jim Matney. “These contributions allow us to continue our growth and keep adding services and technologies that will make a lasting impact on our patients. We are grateful to organizations like Colony Bank for helping us in carrying out our mission of providing exceptional healthcare that exceeds expectations.”
Tax contributions received through Georgia HEART have aided in several major expansions and construction projects at Colquitt Regional over the last few years.
“Since first participating in the Georgia HEART program in 2018, we have benefited immensely from the benevolence of our donors,” said Hospital Authority Chairman Richard E. Turner, Jr. “With these donations, we have been able to build a brand new, state-of-the-art oncology center, expand that center to include radiation therapy, construct a behavioral health unit, and will be opening a 39,000-square-foot education building and physician clinic in the fall.
Para obtener más información sobre el Programa de Créditos Fiscales para Hospitales Rurales de Georgia, póngase en contacto con Nicole Gilbert o Gina McDonald en el 229-890-3416.
