Aspirus Ironwood Hospital & Clinics Inc

Programs: Aspirus ironwood hospital and clinics is a 25-bed critical access hospital which provides health care services to residents of ironwood, michigan and its surrounding communities. Some of the services provided beyond traditional inpatient hospitalizations include surgery, emergency care, radiology, laboratory, therapies, eye care, oncology, sleep lab, and cardiology, among various other health care services. Aspirus ironwood hospital and clinics provides health care services to all people, regardless of their ability to pay. For those individuals unable to pay for their health care needs, aspirus ironwood hospital and clinics offers services for free or at a reduced price through the financial aid discount policy. Please refer to schedule h of the form 990 for additional information on the cost of financial aid discounts provided to patients during fiscal year 2017. Aspirus ironwood hospital and clinics also provides health care services to individuals covered under government programs such as medicare and medicaid which often reimburse the hospital at amounts substantially lower than the usual and customary charge. Those people covered by these types of programs need access to health care, but are often times unable to travel long distances to receive this care. Aspirus ironwood hospital and clinics provides this local, quality health care to many elderly and low income individuals that are in need of health care. During fiscal year 2017, more than 71. 70% of the hospital's gross patient service revenue was from beneficiaries of medicare and medicaid.