Castle Medical Center

Programs: Castle medical center provides quality medical health care regardless of race, creed, sex, national origin, handicap, age, or ability to pay. Although reimbursement for services rendered is critical to the operation and stability of castle medical center, the organization recognizes that not all individuals possess the ability to pay for essential medical services. Adventist health's vision is to enhance the health of the communities where we live and serve, by engaging our community and our patients in a new definition of a partnership for personal community health. In keeping with this commitment to serve all members of the community, the following will be considered when individuals who need health care cannot pay:providing free care and/or subsidized careproviding care to persons covered by governmental programs at below costproviding health/wellness activities and community education programsnot only does castle medical center provide low-cost care to individuals covered by government programs and those unable to afford health care, but it also helps patients find and access private and governmental resources for health care benefits. Castle medical center recognizes below-cost reimbursement as charity and uncompensated care in meeting its mission to the entire community. The unreimbursed value of providing care to these patients in 2016 was $19,988,623. Inpatient services in 2016 were provided to 7,500 patients. These services included:babies delivered - 1,108surgeries performed - 1,997radiology procedures performedcardiac catherizations and other procedureslaboratory tests performedoutpatient services in 2016 were provided to 65,526 patients. These services included:emergency room visits - 34,797outpatient surgeries performed - 1,592radiology procedures performedcardiac catherizations and other procedureslaboratory tests performedmedical clinics - 12,511castle medical center recognizes it has an obligation to provide human services above and beyond its role as a healing facility. The following community benefits demonstrate the tangible ways in which the organization is fulfilling its mission:national food day, thanksgiving project for the needy, giving tree (christmas giving for the needy). His christmas breakfast (feeding the homeless)beach clean-upboys & girls club-cooking demos/donate bookswellness classes offered to the community