Geisinger Jersey Shore Hospital

Programs: Healthcare - see schedule o as a rural healthcare facility and dedicated community hospital with a commitment to providing a high quality circle of care, geisinger jersey shore hospital (gjsh) developed delivery systems that provide an efficient balance of outpatient care, acute and sub-acute inpatient care, primary care, and outreach services. The hospital maximizes the effectiveness of its programs for quality, efficiency, and accessibility by integrating with other providers and alternative care organizations in the service area to assure community access to a broad array of service options. The hospital provides an environment of care that is compassionate, highly-personalized, ano focused on the physical, psycho-social, and spiritual needs of its patients through the use of skilled nurses, physicians, technical and support staff, management, and community leaders. The hospital also provides health education, programs in prevention, and related support services to the community with the goal of improving the overall wellness of its residents. The hospital ensures that the necessary resources are available to provide the most cost effective manner while maintaining a safe, pleasant, and meaningful work and patient care environment. Uncompensated care geisinger jersey shore hospital recognizes that its mission is to serve all the members of the community with respect to the provision of healthcare services and healthcare education. Gjsh provides quality medical healthcare regardless of race, creed, sex, national origin, handicap, age or ability to pay. In this regard, gjsh 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 gjsh practices. A. Charity care the primary concern of gjsh is the delivery of health care to all the citizens in its pennsylvania service area, regardless of their ability to pay. The unreimbursed cost of charity care represents the cost gjsh incurred by providing free or discounted services to those who could not afford to pay. For fiscal year ended june 30, 2017, the cost of charity care was 101,913. B. Medicare/medicaid recognizing its mission to the community, services are provided to the elderly (medicare) and the poor (medicaid). Gjsh provides care, below cost, to persons covered by these governmental programs. To the extent reimbursement is below the cost of providing healthcare, gjsh 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 3,588,279. C. Other uncompensated patient services in addition, gjsh 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 627,406. Community benefits summary medicare/medicaid/other governmental 3,588,279 charity care 101,913 other uncompensated care 627,406 total 4,317,598 statistical summary fiscal year ended june 30, 2017 discharges 603 outpatient visits (including er visits) 75,881 urgent care visits 15,613 patient days 2,248 total or procedures 948 available beds 25