Fulton County Medical Center

What Fulton County Medical Center does

Fulton County Medical Center (FCMC) is an independent, not-for-profit community hospital headquartered at 214 Peach Orchard Road, McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1949 and operating for over 75 years, it is the only inpatient hospital in Fulton County, with an 88-bed campus that consolidates primary care (Fulton Family Practice), 24-hour emergency services, a Level IV Trauma Center (currently suspended by PTSF effective November 23, 2025), diagnostic imaging, surgical services, long-term/post-acute care, home health, and a range of specialty services including cardiology, pulmonology, nephrology/dialysis, orthopedics, OB/GYN, neurology, podiatry, audiology, and urology. The technology stack is conventional clinical infrastructure — digital mammography, 3D mammography (Tomosynthesis), diagnostic imaging, dialysis, and rehabilitation equipment — with no proprietary platform; the only digital extension is a FastHealth.AI-powered Health Intelligence Center embedded on the patient-facing website for knowledge retrieval.

FCMC's business model is a standard community-hospital revenue model: net patient service revenue from inpatient, outpatient, emergency, surgical, diagnostic, dialysis, rehabilitation, and long-term care services, billed through insurance claims with patient responsibility for co-pays, deductibles, and uncovered amounts. As of March 1, 2025, FCMC replaced its prior in-house assisted payment plan with AblePay Health, a third-party patient payment processor that reduces hospital receivables in exchange for offering patients a lower out-of-pocket rate for prompt payment. The hospital is funded through operating revenue, supplemented by the FCMC Foundation's community fundraising (including an annual golf tournament), and operates a Nurse Extern Program that pays nursing students $20/hour as a workforce development channel. There is no disclosed equity, debt, or private capital structure in the source data.

Name

Fulton County Medical Center

Legal name

Fulton County Medical Center

Website

https://fcmcpa.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1949

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Fulton County Medical Center is an independent, not-for-profit 88-bed community hospital in McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania, serving as the sole inpatient provider for Fulton County with primary, specialty, emergency, and long-term care services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Hospital Services

NAICS

Outpatient Care Centers (6214), All Other Outpatient Care Centers (621498), Diagnostic Imaging Centers (621512), Ambulatory Health Care Services (621)

SIC

Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062), Services-Skilled Nursing Care Facilities (8051), Services-Home Health Care Services (8082)

akta.pro primary industry

Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) (HLAFAGAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Independent Diagnostic Testing Facilities (IDTFs) & Multi-Specialty Diagnostic Centers (HLAFAKAN)

Keywords

• Community hospital services
• Emergency medical care
• Primary care medicine
• Diagnostic imaging services
• Long-term nursing care

Headquarters

HQ city

Mcconnellsburg

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Patient Care Services: Revenue generated from inpatient and outpatient medical services including emergency care, diagnostic imaging, laboratory, dialysis, cardiology, surgical services, rehabilitation, and long-term care. Billed through standard medical billing processes with insurance claims submitted following patient visits.
2. Patient Payment Processing (AblePay): FCMC partners with AblePay Health to manage out-of-pocket medical expenses, offering patients a lower payment rate in exchange for prompt payment. AblePay helps reduce receivables and expenses for the hospital while providing cost savings to patients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Fulton County Medical Center (FCMC) is an independent, not-for-profit community hospital operating an 88-bed facility in McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania, the only inpatient hospital in Fulton County. It delivers a comprehensive suite of acute care, primary care, specialty care, emergency services, diagnostic imaging, surgical services, dialysis, rehabilitation, and long-term/post-acute care services from a single local campus. The hospital is supported by an online patient portal, a Foundation for fundraising and community outreach, and partnerships such as AblePay Health for patient billing.

Product overview

Fulton County Medical Center is a not-for-profit, independent community hospital offering comprehensive healthcare services through a platform-plus-services model. With 88 beds, it is the only inpatient hospital in Fulton County, providing primary care (Fulton Family Practice), emergency services (24-hour), a Level IV Trauma Center (temporarily suspended as of November 2025), and extensive specialty services including cardiology, pulmonology, surgical services, dialysis, and rehabilitation. The center operates advanced diagnostic capabilities including digital and 3D mammography (Tomosynthesis), general imaging, sleep studies, and laboratory services. Additional services include long-term care, wound care, diabetes education, community health programs, and home health services. The organization also runs a Nurse Extern Program for nursing student education.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Acute Care

Quantifiable outcome

• Multiple national accreditations received from American College of Radiology (ACR) and Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) for Diagnostic Imaging Department, indicating high standards for image quality, patient safety, and staff qualifications comparable to larger medical facilities.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability2 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• AblePay HealthcoreOthers · 1 March 2025FCMC partnered with AblePay Health as of March 1, 2025, replacing its previous assisted payment plan. AblePay provides a straightforward payment service that helps medical providers reduce receivables and expenses. In return for prompt payments, providers can offer a lower rate covering business costs. AblePay also offers patients savings on out-of-pocket medical expenses by removing providers from the payment process. Contact: (484) 292-4000.
• FastHealth CorporationcoreTechnology or IntegrationFCMC links to FastHealth.AI to provide research options through AI-powered applications, chat, and search engines. FastHealth provides the technology infrastructure powering the FCMC website (as noted in the website copyright). The partnership delivers health intelligence resources to patients. FastHealth Corporation holds the copyright for the FCMC website.
• Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation (PTSF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFCMC operated a Level IV Trauma Center accredited by the PTSF. The PTSF temporarily suspended this accreditation effective November 23, 2025, due to a deviation from accreditation standards. The trauma center is located in McConnellsburg, PA.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• UPMC Bedford Memorial: A small rural community hospital in Bedford County, PA — neighboring Fulton County and explicitly referenced in FCMC's own management team's prior affiliations — providing a directly comparable independent community hospital profile with inpatient, emergency, and outpatient services to a rural PA population.
• Indiana Regional Medical Center: An independent, not-for-profit community hospital of similar size in rural Indiana County, PA. Closely comparable in scale, service mix (inpatient, emergency, specialty, imaging, long-term care), and rural independent-hospital economics.
• Evangelical Community Hospital: An independent, not-for-profit community hospital in Lewisburg, PA serving a largely rural central PA service area. Comparable in mission, scale, and integrated single-campus service model to FCMC.
• Wayne Memorial Hospital: An independent, community-based hospital in rural northeastern Pennsylvania (Honesdale) providing inpatient, emergency, outpatient, and long-term care to a small rural county — closely analogous to FCMC's rural, independent, single-campus model.

Regional players

• Penn Highlands Healthcare: A regional health system serving rural central and western Pennsylvania with multiple community-hospital campuses of comparable scale to FCMC, including Penn Highlands Tyrone. Directly comparable footprint and rural-community service profile.
• Mount Nittany Health: A community-based health system based in State College, PA serving surrounding rural counties. Comparable as an independent regional provider with a similar mix of inpatient, outpatient, and specialty services targeting central PA communities.
• Conemaugh Health System: A regional health system based in Johnstown, PA serving surrounding rural counties in west-central PA. Comparable as a multi-community provider with overlapping service lines to FCMC and a relevant referral destination for higher-acuity cases.

Broad incumbents

• UPMC: A major integrated health system with broad presence across Pennsylvania including rural communities (e.g., UPMC Bedford). Represents the dominant incumbent that independent rural PA hospitals either partner with or risk losing referrals to.
• Geisinger: A large integrated health system serving central and northeastern Pennsylvania, including rural communities. Comparable as the type of system FCMC may eventually affiliate with to gain scale, payer leverage, and specialty access.
• WellSpan Health: A regional health system serving south-central Pennsylvania including rural counties adjacent to Fulton County. Represents a plausible affiliation partner and a benchmark for the consolidated community-hospital model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/fcmcpa
• YouTubeyoutube.com/FCMCPA
• Facebookfacebook.com/FCMCPA
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fulton-county-medical-center

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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