2017-590-E Finance - Duke HomeCare & Hospice - Outside Agency Performance Agreement

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DocuSign Envelope ID:E522BFFC-A634-4A11-A162-195A3BE957A4 EXHIBIT A PROVIDER'S OUTSIDE AGENCY APPLICATION d) Agency's History with Providing These Services: Now in its 38th year, Duke Hospice (formally Triangle Hospice) was founded by a group of volunteers in 1979. During this span, it became one of the largest and foremost providers of hospice care in North Carolina. During the early 1990's these volunteers, led by former governor, the late Terry Sanford, raised $2 million to build a 6-bed Inpatient Care Facility in the Meadowlands in Hillsborough, which provides 24-hour care for those hospice patients in psychosocial crisis, unmanageable pain and/or need for respite care. In 1995, with a gift from GlaxoWellcome, the Beard House, which is on the same 11-acre site, was transfoinied into the Unicorn Bereavement Center. Staffed with two full-time bereavement counselors and one part-time bereavement counselor, the UBC serves both hospice families and those in the community who have lost a loved one. Each year, more than nine multi-week support groups and workshops are held at the UBC. We provide medical, psychosocial, spiritual and bereavement care for terminally ill patients and families, regardless of ability to pay. Bereavement services are provided to anyone in the community, regardless of connection to hospice, through individual, family, and group sessions, as well as in the Chapel Hill- Carrboro and Orange County School Systems. e) Other Pertinent Agency Information (Ex. Has the agency experienced any major changes in the past year?Is there a new Executive Director?Are there new initiatives?) f) Schedule of Positions (For Entire Agency) • Full Time Equivalent(FTE) staff will be noted as 1.00; half time as .50; quarter time as .25, etc. • Calculate a Full Time Equivalent for all recorded volunteer hours using the following: Total Volunteer Hours = Volunteer FTE # of FTE - Full-Time Paid Positions: See attached # of FTE - Paid Part-Time Positions: See attached # of Volunteers: 1,635 # of FTE Volunteers:1,635 g) Living Wage Does this agency pay permanent employees a minimum living wage? (Yes/No) Yes If yes, is this agency an Orange Count Livin• VVase Certified Em'to er? No If no, please explain. Duke University and Duke University Health System pay the minimum wage of$13.00 per hour, effective January 1, 2017. This will be the second increase in Duke's minimum wage within the last two years, representing a 19.2 percent increase during that time, as we moved from $10.91 to $12.00, and now to $13.00/ hour. We anticipate reviewing this threshold each year to ensure Duke remains highly competitive in the area of total compensation. DO NOT SUBMIT THIS PAGE 1/25/2017 11:09:12 AM Page 4 of 6