Hchha

HILLSBORO COUNTY HOME HEALTH AGENCY, INC.

The Hillsboro County Home Health Agency (HCHHA), originally named the Middleboro Home Health Agency (MHHA), Inc. was founded in CY-68 as a non-profit home health agency to provide health care services to the area's population. Three years ago, in conjunction with it establishing an office in Jasper, it changed its name to reflect better its countywide orientation. Today, it is the only home health agency that is Medicare certified located in Hillsboro County. The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO) accredits it.

Mission

The mission of HCHHA is to serve individuals in their usual environments being concerned with well people and the sick and disabled. We strive to prevent disease or to retard its progress and to reduce the ill effects of unavoidable disease. We provide quality nursing and therapeutic care to the non-institutionalized sick and handicapped. We also provide information and encouragement to individuals and families, special groups, and the community, as a whole for the promotion of health. (approved by the Board of Directors, December 31, CY-4)

Governance

Overall responsibility for HCHHA rests with the Board of Directors. The twenty-one (21) person board meets monthly to review the status of the corporation. Except as noted the Board acts as a committee of the whole. All directors serve for a three-year term and may be reelected by the Board. The Executive Committee nominates individuals for membership on the Board. The new Board then elects its officers. The election of directors is done by the full Board at the June meeting. New directors and officers take their positions beginning July 1st.

The Executive Committee (President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer) of the Board meets, as needed, with the Executive Director to resolve special issues and plan board meetings. In April of each year, the Executive Committee...