Baptist Memorial Hospital Booneville Inc

Programs: Baptist memorial hospital-booneville, inc. Provides quality medical healthcare regardless of race, creed, sex, national origin, handicap, or age. Although reimbursement for services rendered is critical to the operation and stability of baptist memorial hospital-booneville, inc. It is recognized that not all individuals possess the ability to purchase essential medical services, and further, that the mission of the baptist memorial hospital-booneville, inc. Is to serve the community with respect to providing healthcare services and healthcare education. (continued on schedule o, pg 66)these activities include wellness programs, community education programs, and special programs for the elderly, handicapped, medically underserved, and a variety of broad community support activities. Therefore, in keeping with its commitment to serve all members of its community, baptist memorial hospital-booneville, inc. Provides the following:--free care and/or subsidized care,--care provided to persons covered by governmental programs at below cost, and--health activities and programs to support the communityduring the year ending september 30, 2017, baptist memorial hospital-booneville provided services for 1,010 inpatients and more than 22,753 outpatients. Baptist memorial hospital-booneville provides care to persons covered by governmental programs from which the hospital receives at less than market value reimbursement. Recognizing its mission to the community, services are provided to medicare, medicaid and uninsured patients. To the extent reimbursement is below cost, baptist memorial hospital-booneville recognizes these amounts as charity care in meeting its mission to the entire community. During the year ending september 30, 2017 the unreimbursed value of providing care to these patients was $46,980,050. Charity care is also provided through many reduced priced services and free programs offered throughout the year based upon activities and services that baptist memorial hospital-booneville believes will serve a bona fide community health need. The largest program services provided the following for the period ending september 30, 2017. --the geriatric psych department had 3,821 patient days at a cost of $2,007,283. --the radiology department performed 18,256 tests at a cost of $901,804. --the pharmacy department dispensed medication at a cost of $1,101,783. --the pathology department performed 45,189 procedures at a cost of $852,419. --the cardiology/r. T. Services department had 17,257 tests at a cost of $609,732. Community relations activitiesbaptist memorial hospital-booneville has provided a number of services in the community:--reduced price mammograms through susan g. Komen grant--speakers for various community groups with various health-related subjects--back to school health fair--community fall festival--blood pressure screeningsclasses & seminarsbaptist memorial hospital offered classes and seminars to the community at no cost to participants which were community diabetes education classdonations and direct financail suppourt to the community--prentiss county development association--united way--breast cancer awareness luncheon--northeast mississippi community college--hospital volunteer program--sealant day sponsor for mississippi oral healthcare association--community advisory council--relay for life (american cancer society)--boy scouts of america--alziemer's walk--booneville & prentiss county main street associationvolunteerismbaptist memorial hospital-booneville recognizes that its people are the most valuable asset. To share this asset with the community at large, all personnel are encouraged to get involved by volunteering. Below is a partial list of organizations and activities baptist memorial hospital-booneville supported through its volunteer efforts:--rotary club--kiwanis club--susan g komen race for the cure north mississippi--boys & girls club--united way--american cancer society--alzhiemer's association