2011 Business in Focus

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September 28 , 2011

where community matters.

2 • Business Focus September 2011

Palmetto Primary Care Physicians 3

Lowcountry Women’s Specialists 4

Charleston Pediatric Dentistry 4

Sweetgrass Pediatrics 4

Oak Hill Cemetery 5

First National Bank 6

Fetter Family Health Center 6

Edisto Gas 7

Table of Contents

For over 15 years, Palmetto PrimaryCare Physicians have provided patientswith the best medical care available in

the Lowcountry.The group has grown to over 400 employ-

ees, including 70 clinical providers and nowhas 25 offices throughout Berkeley,Charleston and Dorchester counties. Whilethe name is synonymous with primary care,the group recently added the following spe-cialty groups: neurology, vein specialty andsleep medicine specialty.

Throughout the years Palmetto PrimaryCare Physicians have remained leaders inhealthcare, not only among the local commu-nity – but also nationally. They were amongone of the first physician’s groups to integrateElectronic Medical Records (EMR) almostten years ago and most recently launched aPatient Centered Medical Home (PCMH)pilot project.

While it is the main topic of conversation inmany medical organizations, very few havelaunched and measured the success of aPatient Centered Medical Home (PCMH). Atthe center of the PCMH model is the patient’s

p r i m a r ycare physi-cian – whocoordinatesc a r ethrough a‘team’ con-sisting ofspecialists,s o c i a lw o r k e r s ,p h a r m a -cists, nurs-es and ad i a b e t e seduca to r.The idea isto providep a t i e n t swith all theresourcesthey needin one con-venient ‘medical home’, which improves thequality of care.

Palmetto Primary Care Physicians partneredwith Blue Cross / Blue Shieldof South Carolina to launchthe pilot program. The pilotproject focused on diabeticpatients who were membersof BC/BS of South Carolinaand BlueChoice HealthPlanof South Carolina. A 2008study by the National Centerfor Chronic DiseasePrevention and HealthPrevention showed that10.1% of South Carolinianswere diagnosed with diabetescompared to the national

average of8.2%.

The pilotp r o g r a mw o u l dwork onimprovingthe qualityof care fort h o s ep a t i e n t swith dia-b e t e s .Appointedcase man-a g e r scalled onp a t i e n t sa n dremindedthem ofupcominga p p o i n t -

ments with specialist, of the importance oftaking their medication as instructed and wereeven registered for wellness clinics. Otherbenefits included: free glucometers, exerciseguides, gym discounts and a secure web-based patient portal where patients couldcommunicate with their doctors. These out-comes were then measured through the mon-itoring of patient blood sugar levels and cho-lesterol levels, as well as the number of emer-gency room incidences and other serious con-ditions that arose.

What has resulted is three years worth ofdata that show mass improvement in patient’squality of life. The individual treatment plansand case managers helped to reduce the gapsin care, subsequently lowering emergencyroom incidences in patients and improvingblood sugar and cholesterol levels.

The group has received national attentionfor their results, including Medical NewsToday, American Medical News and will bepresenting at the 12th Annual Summit forURAC in Chicago this October – whichfocuses on continuous improvement on qual-ity in healthcare.

The most impressive aspect of this pilot pro-gram has been the integration of technology toimprove patient’s quality of care. In order forthe primary care physician to plan coordinatedcare through their team, they need to have allof the information in front of them. ElectronicMedical Record’s aggregate information fromthe local Emergency Rooms, case managersand other specialists that the patient might beseeing, which allow the physician to look atthe whole picture. Instead of looking at justone component – like the rash on a patient’sarm, the primary care physician has access toall of the patient’s medical records. Maybenoticing new medication that the specialistprovided, which is now causing the patient’srash. The Patient Centered Medical Homemodel allows all providers to look at the samepicture.

Another advantage to the Patient CenteredMedical Home model is that it makes forhealthier patients because it focuses on pre-ventative care. By having a team of special-ists, case managers and medical educators atthe patient’s fingertips, it provides them withyear-round care as opposed to just an annualvisit. The residual affects of properly takingblood pressure medication or managing theirdiabetes could very well raise their quality oflife, avoiding more life threatening medicalissues.

For more information on PatientCentered Medical Homes or to find aphysician near you, visit www.palmetto-primarycare.com

Palmetto Primary Care Physicians gains national recognition

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COMPANY: Palmetto Primary Care PhysiciansADDRESS: 25 convenient locations WEBSITE: www.palmettoprimarycare.comCEO: Ron PiccionePRESIDENT: David Castellone, MDYEARS IN BUSINESS: 15

Quashela Gadsden, clinician for Palmetto Primary CarePhysicians poses with an employee at the Coca-Colahealth fair where she administered blood sugar tests tocheck for diabetes.

Serving the Lowcountry since 1996

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With three locations to serve you better in the tri-county area, Sweetgrass Pediatrics is a commu-nity of caring professionals dedicated to provid-

ing continuity of quality health care.“Our physicians are all pediatric-trained and provide a full

range of pediatric services including sports physicals, wellchild visits, and sick visits including asthma, dermatology,ADHD and the care of premature infants.”

Sweetgrass Pediatrics is proud to offer a new ‘wart clinic’for its patients. “Sweetgrass Pediatrics is also now able to

treat common warts, plantarwarts and other skin lesions withpencil tip accuracy. The wartclinic is now being held in ourNorth Charleston office onFriday mornings. No specialtyreferral or co-pay needed. Callfor your appointment.”

Sweetgrass Pediatrics alsooffers pediatric sports medicinefor any pediatrics sports-relatedinjury. We have offices locatedin Moncks Corner (401 N. LiveOak Dr.), Summerville (748Orangeburg Rd.) andCharleston (2713 Dantlzer Dr.)

Over the millennia, women have gotten used to puttingup with certain facts of life. And the medical options fordealing with those problems have been limited, or

involved major surgery. But Lowcountry Women’s Specialists wants women to know

that today they have options. “It’s a service to women who need it who think they don’t

have any other options,” said Sonya Wyatt, practice manager, ofsome of the procedures offered by the practice.

Heavy, uncomfortable bleeding is one of thosethings that some women think they have to justdeal with.

Lowcountry Women’s Specialists offersendometrial ablation – an in-office procedurethat depletes the lining in the uterus, thus elimi-nating or greatly reducing the volume of bleed-ing.

The procedure is safe, uses a local anesthetic,has a quick recovery time and usually requiresonly an office co-pay, Wyatt said.

Another in-office procedure is implantation ofpermanent birth control, intended for womenwho know their families are complete.

The method is very effective, doesn’t requiregeneral anesthesia or incisions, is hormone-freeand allows the woman to quickly return to hernormal routine.

For women whose problems require a greaterlevel of intervention, Lowcountry Women’s Specialists offershysterectomies using the da Vinci surgical system, or “robotic”surgery.

Blood loss and scarring are minimal, Wyatt said, and unliketraditional surgery, the recovery time is minimal, too.

“We have some women who get these and they’re back at

work the next week,” she said. Lowcountry Women’s Specialists, with offices in

Summerville and North Charleston, has been around for morethan 25 years.

For more information go to lcwomensspecialists.com or call843-797-3664.

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COMPANY: Low Country Women’s SpecialistsADDRESS: 77 Springview Ln., Summerville;

and 9291 Medical Plaza Dr. , North CharlestonWEBSITE: www.lcwomensspecialists.comPHONE: 843.797.3664YEARS IN BUSINESS: 25 years

COMPANY: Sweetgrass PediatricsADDRESS: 401 N. Live Oak Dr. – Moncks CornerWEBSITE: www.sweetgrasspediatrics.comPHONE: 843.764.1722OWNERS: David & Colleen BoylstonYEARS IN BUSINESS: 9 years

LowCountry Women’s Specialists

Charleston PediatricDentistry is proudlycelebrating 20

years in practice. Dr.Sheryl E. Goltra, or Dr.Sherry as her patients knowher, is very excited aboutreaching this milestone.

It has always been Dr.Sherry's goal to teach gooddental hygiene habits to herpatients. Now after 20years she has been able tocontinue this with the nextgeneration as her formerpatients are now entrustingher with their own chil-dren’s dental care.

Dr. Sherry strives tomake parents a vital part oftheir children’s dentalhealth by working togetherto make each and everyvisit to our dental office afun and successful one.

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COMPANY: Charleston Pediatric Dentistry, PAADDRESS: 9217 University Blvd. #1C - CharlestonWEBSITE: www.kidssmilemaker.comPHONE: 843.797.5133OWNER: Sheryl E. Goltra, DMDYEARS IN BUSINESS: 20 years

20 years of smiles


Sweetgrass Pediatrics Offering a a full range of pediatric services


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From left to right: Dr. Christy L. Hunter, Dr. William ‘Bo’ Reeves, III, Dr.Jennifer J. Heinemann, Dr. Christopher R. Accetta, Dr. Heaather S.Schwartzberg, Dr. Ronnie M. Givens, II, Dr. Michael W. Prystowsky (notpictured).

We take care of you for life



Just past theM o n c k sCorner town

limits, along awinding forestedpath, lies Oak HillCemetery, a newperpetual care cemetery that aims to provide apeaceful, garden-like resting place shielded fromdevelopments and traffic. A peaceful, serene set-ting with approximately 300 acres surroundingthe cemetery will ensure the land can’t be devel-oped, so the cemetery will always maintain thequiet, meditative air that it has now.

Most cemeteries are visible from the road, but thisone is farther back. What it loses in visibility, thecemetery gains in privacy and tranquility, showcas-

ing a beautiful land-scape encouragingquiet moments ofcontemplation orwalks.

This new addi-tion to Berkeley

County features gardens allowing upright andflat memorials in your choice of granite, marble,or bronze. Oak Hill Cemetery offers lots, estatesections, above ground crypts, a cremation gar-den for burial of cremains, and a columbariumfor above ground entombment of cremains.

Oak Hill’s grounds and statuary reflect a tradi-tional Lowcountry sanctuary, satisfying the expec-tations of the families being served.

Oak Hill Cemetery serves families of all faithsand ethnic origins and their expectation

for the future is to serve the entire tri-county region as there aren’t manycemeteries like it in the area.

The “perpetual care” feature of thecemetery is very important. Itensures the everlasting beauty ofthe cemetery through an irrevoca-ble trust mandated by the StateCemetery Board.

You are invited to visit Oak HillCemetery and to contact the own-ers regarding any questions or con-cerns.

For more information please call843-899-6900.

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Oak Hill’s grounds and statuary reflecta traditional Lowcountry sanctuary

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COMPANY: OAK HILL CEMETERY

ADDRESS: 684 Broughton Rd. - Moncks CornerPHONE: 843.899.6900 OWNER: Lois Dangerfield & Shelly CooperYEARS IN BUSINESS: 1 year

Oak Hill Cemetery:Peaceful, serene

Oak Hill cemetery offers a peaceful, garden-like resting place shielded from developments and traffic.

Unlike many newer cemeteries, Oak Hill allows upright markers.


Oak Hill Cemetery


Quality, affordable healthcare – that is the missionof Franklin C. Fetter

Family Health Center Inc.Chartered in South Carolina

since 1975, Franklin C. Fetter is anon-profit Section 330 federallyqualified community health cen-ter serving the residents ofBerkeley, Charleston, Colletonand Dorchester Counties.

The Center accepts most insur-ance; patients who are uninsuredor underinsured may participatein a sliding fee discount program.Medications and lab work arealso provided at a discounted fee.

Patients must be registered toreceive services. The followinginformation is needed for regis-tration: a picture I.D., utility billwith current address, SocialSecurity card, current check stub,or unemployment documenta-tion.

The Center’s Cross site special-izes in adult primary care.Medications may be acquired at a

discounted cost from the pharma-cy at FCFFHC’s Downtown Site,which is located at 51 NassauStreet in Charleston.

Franklin C. Fetter Pediatricsprovides services to infants and

adolescents. At each well childvisit, children between the ages of6 months and 5 years will receivea new book.

Both sites offer laboratory serv-ices, which are also discounted.

The mission of Franklin C.Fetter Family Health Center is toprovide quality, affordable, cul-turally sensitive comprehensiveprimary health and home careservices to children and adultsthroughout our communities.

First National Bank ofSouth Carolina has beenserving communities

across the lowcountry for a longtime – for more than 100 years,actually.

It has not been around in GooseCreek quite that long – it openedthe branch on ThomasonBoulevard in 1999 -- but First

National Bank of South Carolinahas become an important andinvolved part of the Goose Creekbusiness community.

There are reasons for thebank’s longevity and success,says President Ron Anderson.

Strong customer service andfriendly, downhome atmosphereare important complements to

First National’s long-standingand well-earned reputation forhonesty, integrity, and businesssavvy.

The bank started in 1905 asFirst National Bank of HollyHill and has only had eight pres-idents in 106 years of being inbusiness. It was one of just 13banks in South Carolina allowedto remain open during the GreatDepression. It has survivednumerous national economicrecessions, several wars, andmore recently, the trend towardnational consolidation and megabank mergers.

That’s not to say the bank hasnot grown and prospered – ithas. Over the years FirstNational has opened branches inGoose Creek, Harleyville,Eutawville, Ridgeville, andSummerville and not only hasgrown its business but hasbecome actively involved in the

communities in which it doesbusiness.

So one could say the bank hasgrown, but it hasn’t grown toobig for its britches, as the down-home saying goes. First Nationalstays competitive. It offers allthe services larger banks offer,from mortgage service to onlinebanking, but has never compro-mised on customer service.

It is that commitment to cus-tomer service that’s the main –and most important – difference,Anderson says.

“We know our customers and

greet them by name,” Andersonsaid. “You come here and weknow who you are and youknow us. You hear laughter inthe bank; you hear people talk-ing. It’s all part of that home-town atmosphere we value andour customers value.”

All employees are very acces-sible, he notes. That’s becauseFirst National enjoys – indeedprides itself on – taking care ofcustomers and finding solutionsto whatever questions they mayhave or situations they mayencounter.

That accessibility is not limitedto front line employees, either,Anderson said. Everyone has anopen door and everyone is rightthere, in the building, in plainsight.

“You can actually talk to thepresident of the bank, in person,face to face,” he said. “I’m nothidden away from anyone.”

“We realize that we haveserved the parent’s parents ofmany of our customers todayand we intend to be here to servetoday’s customers and their chil-dren’s children,” he said.

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COMPANY: First National Bank of South CarolinaADDRESS: 106 Thomason Blvd., Goose CreekWEBSITE: www.fnbsc.comPHONE: 843.553.0344YEARS IN BUSINESS: 106 years

A hometown bank for more than a century

First National Bank’s branch in Goose Creek.

Serving the Lowcountrysince 1905

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COMPANY: Cross Family Health CenterADDRESS: 1659 Old Hwy 6 - CrossWEBSITE: www.fnbsc.comPHONE: 843.753.2334COMPANY: Franklin C. Fetter Family Health Center Inc.ADDRESS: 303 E. Main St. – Moncks CornerPHONE: 843.761.7744YEARS IN BUSINESS: 42 years


Franklin C. Fetter Family Health CenterCross office

The mission of Franklin C. Fetter Family Health Center is to provide quality,affordable, culturally sensitive comprehensive primary health and home careservices to children and adults throughout our communities.


Whether you need LP gas for your appliances athome, for use on the farm or to run your commer-cial business, Edisto Gas is the place to go.

Edisto Butane Gas Co., Inc. opened in 1964. Their first

location was in Orangeburg, S.C. Since then, they havegrown to be a regional propane dealer with retail stores inHolly Hill, Orangeburg, Columbia, Williston and Winnsboroand in Waynesville, North Carolina.

Don’t have LP gas friendly appliances? Edisto Gas sellsand services propane appli-ances in all locations, in addi-tion to gas log fireplaceinserts and Rinnai Tanklesshot water heaters.

The Holly Hill locationopened in 1989. Their mainproduct is liquefied petroleumgas, which requires a refill-able tank. The company leas-es tanks to their customersand there is no fee as long asyou use three times the capac-ity of the tank annually. Tankscome in a variety of sizes,some are small enough justfor cooking or using a gasfireplace.

Unlike its counterpart natu-ral gas, LP gas is not toxic ordamaging and will not harmthe environment if it isreleased into the atmosphere.

The portable and clean burning nature of LP gas makes it anideal substitute for solid fuel used for residential cooking andheating.

For more information on Edisto Gas Company’s productsand services call them in Holly Hill, 803-496-3326.

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100% Employee owned

Let Edisto Gas Company get you filled up!

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COMPANY: Edisto Gas CompanyADDRESS: 8654 Old State Rd. – Holly HillWEBSITE: www.edistogas.comPHONE: 803.496.3326OWNERS: Employee ownedYEARS IN BUSINESS: 22 years

Serving the Lowcountrysince1989

Provided

LP gas is great for cooking and heating.


SJH-608567 1

106 Thomason Blvd.Goose Creek, SC 29445

www.fnbsc.com

843-553-0344Serving the Lowcountry since

1905

106 Years

SJ07-608270 BI01-608861

Franklin C. FetterPediatric Center

300 East Main Street,Moncks Corner, SC

843-761-7744Cross Family Health Center

1659 Old Hwy. 6, Cross, SC


1969

42 Years

SJH-609987 1 SJH-609984 1 SJ05-608886

25 Years

77 Springview LaneSummerville, SC 29485

9291 Medical Plaza DriveNorth Charleston, SC 29406

797-3664Serving the Lowcountry since

1986SJH-609973 1

SJ05-608910

Sheryl E. Goltra, DMD9217 University Blvd. # 1C

Charleston, SC 29406www.kidssmilemaker.com

843.797.5133Serving the Lowcountry since

1991

20 Years

SJ05-608928

25 locations, visitwww.palmettoprimarycare.com

for location nearest you.

Serving the Lowcountry since

1996

15 Years

401 N. Live Oak Dr.Moncks Corner, SC 29461

located in the Moncks CornerTrident Health Center

843-764-1722www.sweetgrasspediatrics.com


2002

9 Years

BI01-608866 SJH-609978 1BI01-608865

Lois Dangerfield, OwnerShelly Cooper, Owner/Manager

Oak Hill Cemetery684 Broughton Road

PO Box 96Moncks Corner, SC


2010

1 Year

8654 Old State Rd.Holly Hill, SC 29059www.edistogas.com

(803) 496.3326(800) 892.3016


1989

22 Years

SJ04-608298


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