Punxsutawney Area Hospital, Inc.

Punxsutawney Area Hospital, Inc. (doing business as Punxsutawney Anesthesia Services) is a tax-exempt nonprofit hospital based in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania that receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient and participates in federally funded programs as a sub-recipient, with no federal contract prime or sub footprint. The organization operates predominantly as a sub-recipient (70% of recent awards) under grants administered by the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service, with a smaller prime grant portfolio anchored to rural healthcare infrastructure and telemedicine expansion.

Punxsutawney Area Hospital's prime grant work centers on rural healthcare delivery. The organization received a $868,500 Community Facilities grant (CFDA 10.766) from the Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service in January 2022 to support construction and infrastructure improvements at the rural healthcare facility, with completion targeted for January 2024. In August 2023, the hospital was awarded an $838,749 Project Grant under the Rural Utilities Service's Distance Learning and Telemedicine program to deliver educational and telemedicine services remotely to rural residents in the Punxsutawney area through advanced telecommunications technologies, running through August 2025. In July 2025, the hospital received a congressionally delegated Community Project Grant from the Rural Utilities Service with completion targeted for July 2027.

Customer concentration is highly specialized. The Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health accounts for six awards (60% of the total award count), while the Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service holds three awards and the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration holds one. The concentration reflects the hospital's role as a sub-recipient on family planning services grants from Adagio Health Inc. (five quarterly sub-awards from March 2025 through June 2026) and one sub-award collaboration with The Pennsylvania State University on the Small Rural Hospital Improvement Grant Program in April 2025.

Total combined dollars obligated across all federal awards (prime and sub) stands at $3 million over the past four years. Activity has been episodic — one award in 2022, one in 2023, then six awards in 2025 — with only one award facing ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal near-term recompete exposure. The organization does not sit on federal contract vehicles or GWACs; its federal engagement is confined to grant-based funding for rural healthcare infrastructure, telemedicine capability, and clinical service delivery in a rural Pennsylvania market.