Geisinger Clinic

Programs: Physician services - see schedule o i. General information geisinger clinic (gc), a 501(c)(3) not for profit corporation, employs 1332 physicians practicing at 132 sites in 64 communities of northeastern and central pennsylvania. Gc provides the multi-specialty physician group practice for the geisinger health system. The salaried physician staff is dedicated to improving the health of the people of pennsylvania through an integrated system of health services based upon a balanced program of patient care, education and research. Some of the locations in which geisinger clinic practices include: bellefonte mifflintown belleville millville benton milton berwick montoursville bloomsburg moosic bradford mount carmel burnham mount pocono carbondale mountaintop catawissa nanticoke clarion nicholson clarks summit northumberland coal township olyphant dallas orwigsburg danville peckville dunmore philipsburg east stroudsburg pittston elysburg plains forty fort port matilda hazelton pottsville honesdale scranton huntingdon selinsgrove jessup shamokin dam kingston state college kulpmont sunbury lewisburg tannersville lewistown tunkhannock lock haven wilkes-barre mahanoy city williamsport mechanicsburg wyoming ii. Uncompensated care geisinger clinic recognizes that its mission is to serve all the members of the community with respect to the provision of healthcare services and healthcare education. Gc provides quality medical healthcare regardless of race, creed, sex, national origin, handicap, age or ability to pay. In this regard, gc provides free care or subsidized care, to persons covered by governmental programs at or below cost, and provides various health activities and programs in support of the communities where gc practices. A. Charity care the primary concern of gc is the delivery of health care to all the citizens in northeastern and central pennsylvania, regardless of their ability to pay. The unreimbursed cost of charity care represents the cost gc incurs by providing free or discounted services to those who cannot afford to pay. For fiscal year ended june 30, 2017, the cost of charity care was 10,965,421. B. Medicare/medicaid recognizing its mission to the community, services are provided to the elderly (medicare) and the poor (medicaid). Clinic provides care, below cost, to persons covered by these governmental programs. To the extent reimbursement is below the cost of providing healthcare, gc is furthering its mission to the entire community. The unreimbursed value of medicare and/or medicaid is equal to the cost of providing services less the amount of reimbursement received under the program. For fiscal year ended june 30, 2017, the unreimbursed value of providing care to these patients was 232,110,650. C. Other uncompensated patient services in addition, gc provides other patient services for which full payment is not received. The uncompensated cost of providing such patient services during the fiscal year ended june 30, 2017, was 3,458,867. Iii. Research support geisinger clinic supports its charitable mission through medical research activities at two facilities on the campus of the geisinger medical center: the siegfried and janet weis center for research (wcr) and the henry hood center for health research. The wcr provides a focus for laboratory research and research training, and supports the clinical staff in their research programs. The primary mission of the wcr is to conduct original and innovative research that contributes new knowledge to biomedical science. Scientists apply modern molecular and cellular approaches to diverse research problems in the areas of cardiovascular function, cancer and developmental biology. The henry hood center for research houses two research programs: the geisinger center for health research (gchr) and the center for clinical studies (ccs). Gchr conducts health services, epidemiologic and population genetics research on the broad range of conditions typically seen in primary and specialty care settings. The mission of the ccs is to plan, conduct, foster and support innovative clinical research trials to help advance diagnosis and treatment of disease and improve patient care. All three research programs investigate extramural resources for funding and work collaboratively on building the capability for population-based genetics research. To the extent revenues and grants received are below the cost of research operations, geisinger clinic is furthering its mission to the entire community. The unreimbursed cost of geisinger clinic's research operations for fiscal year 2017 was 8,091,783. Iv. Community health, education and outreach geisinger clinic strives to serve as partners to the communities in which they are located. Gc provides care to the community through many reduced price services and free programs throughout the year based upon activities and services that gc believes will serve a bonafide community health need. These services and programs include support groups, health education series, wellness fairs, health screenings, and other health related programs. The cost of these services totaled 298,150 in fiscal year ended june 30, 2017. Some of the services and programs provided include: a. Support groups memory loss sight loss b. Health education health & safety education children and teen outreach diabetes education education materials/publications family/parenting/sibling teen pregnancy strokenutrition/weight management c. Other services and programs camp horizon/camp victory child immunizations community coalitions ems program support and training flu shots - bloomsburg fair free clinics health fairs health screenings relay for life ronald mcdonald house school vision screenings school sport physicals v. Community service summary charity care 10,965,421 medicare/medicaid 232,110,650 research 8,091,783 uncompensated care 3,458,867 community health, education, and outreach 298,150 total 254,924,871 vi. Statistics total number of clinic visits (clinic-wide) 2,699,575 clinic service days 599,601 geisinger clinic physicians admit to the six geisinger owned facilities, geisinger medical center, geisinger wyoming valley, geisinger community medical center, geisinger bloomsburg hospital, geisinger lewistown hospital, and geisinger holy spirit hospital, as well as ten non- geisinger owned facilities. Geisinger has a policy to see patients of all payors.

research - see schedule 0

education - see schedule 0