A healthy workforce is essential to a healthy economy, which is why we should work hard to preserve and protect our local hospital. I am Damien Scott, CEO at Emanuel Medical Center, and I’d like to help you get to know our hospital better and tell you about an amazing way in which you can support it…
Emanuel Medical Center opened in 1952. It is currently licensed for 72 acute care beds, with a 49-beds in our long-term care facility, Emanuel Nursing Home and a 15-bed Senior Behavioral Health unit that serves patients ages 55 and older with mental instability issues and helps manage social withdrawals, paranoia, aggressive or combative behaviors, agitation, recurrent thoughts of dying, or other comparable issues. We have 10 clinics that serve Emanuel and surrounding counties for non-emergency conditions.
What you may not know is that Emanuel Medical Center is one of 54 rural hospitals that qualify to participate in the Georgia HEART Hospital Program, which allows Georgia taxpayers (like all of us) to receive a state income tax credit for 100% of the amount they contribute to hospitals like ours.
Since the HEART program’s inception in 2017, Emanuel Medical Center has received $2,779,048.17 in contributions. These investments have helped our hospital remain open, update our equipment and facilities, attract more doctors and nurses, and enhance the overall care we provide. For example, we have a state-of-the-art 3D Mammogram machine.
Yet, the need is still great.
But through HEART, we all can help!
The state of Georgia allows you, as an individual or a business, to decide how your tax dollars are spent. By contributing to Emanuel Medical Center through HEART, you transform your next tax payment into a life-changing and life-saving investment for the people of Emanuel County.
Also, there is a brand-new benefit for pass-through businesses, allowing a SALT (state & local income tax) limit workaround, coupled with a more generous HEART tax credit opportunity during the first six months of the year, per Georgia HB 149. Take a look at your “Benefit Meets Opportunity” handout for more information.
I invite you to join me and my Emanuel Medical Center colleagues in ‘taking HEART’ this year. The process is easy and quick – just visit www.georgiaheart.org or contact Carmen Tanner at 478-289-1274 or cfagler@emanuelmedical.org to sign up to contribute for your 100% state income tax credit. This program is a win-win! Your participation will truly make an essential, positive, and lasting impact on our hospital and community.
Thank you!
