Union General Hospital, Inc.

Union General Hospital, Inc., doing business as Union General Hospital And Union County Nursing Home, is a non-profit healthcare provider located in Blairsville, Georgia. The organization primarily provides clinical nursing home services, healthcare-related reporting, and program support to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) through federal contract awards. As a hospital and nursing home operator, Union General Hospital serves the healthcare needs of veterans and other patients in its local community. The entity has been registered to receive federal awards since November 2004 and maintains an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM.gov). Through its federal engagements, Union General Hospital contributes to the VA's mission of providing quality healthcare services to veterans in the southeast region.

Union General Hospital has consistently delivered EXPRESS reporting services and community nursing home care to the VA's Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Veterans Integrated Service Network 7 (VISN 7) through federal contract awards. These services typically involve providing detailed reports on expenditures related to community nursing home programs, as well as direct clinical nursing home care for veterans. The contract awards are predominantly firm-fixed price delivery orders issued against an EXPRESS REPORT contract vehicle. The funding agency for these awards has consistently been the Department of Veterans Affairs VHA VISN 7, with no set-aside designations applied. The contract work is performed at Union General Hospital's facilities in Blairsville, Georgia, supporting the VA's healthcare programs for veterans in the region. The hospital's contract awards have ranged from approximately $11,000 to $225,000, with varying periods of performance, all focused on providing essential healthcare services and reporting to support the VA's mission.

Union General Hospital's involvement in federal grant programs appears limited based on the provided information. The entity is listed as a sub-recipient under a COVID-19 Preparedness and Response grant awarded to the Georgia Hospital Association Research and Education Foundation, Inc. This sub-award was part of a program funded by the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act and the Public Health Service Act, aimed at supporting urgent preparedness and response needs of hospitals and health systems during the COVID-19 pandemic. The grant sought to bolster the capabilities of healthcare providers like Union General Hospital in addressing the challenges posed by the pandemic. No other grant award information was provided, suggesting that Union General Hospital's primary engagement with federal funding is through contract awards rather than grants.

Union General Hospital holds a significant federal contract Indefinite Delivery Vehicle (IDV) awarded by the Department of Veterans Affairs VISN 7. This single-award IDV, valued at $1,521,839.00, is for the provision of community nursing home services. The contract, which runs from July 1, 2024, to July 31, 2028, allows the VA to issue recurring firm-fixed price task orders to Union General Hospital for skilled nursing care and related program support services for veterans in VISN 7's service area. This IDV serves as the primary contracting vehicle through which the VA procures these essential healthcare services from Union General Hospital, supporting the VA's regional healthcare programs and operations by leveraging the hospital's expertise in clinical nursing home services and healthcare-related reporting. The IDV demonstrates the VA's long-term commitment to partnering with Union General Hospital for critical veteran healthcare services in the southeast region.