Good Shepherd Medical Center-Linden Inc

Programs: Good shepherd medical center - linden is a not-for-profit critical access hospital committed to providing quality, compassionate, and comprehensive health-related services to all patients that present themselves to us, whatever their needs, regardless of race, creed, gender or ability to pay. Leadership is ever cognizant of the responsibiilty to demonstrate good stewardship of the health of the residents served and to the health system that supports the medical center. Good shepherd medical center - linden offers a broad spectrum of healthcare services, including 24-hour emergency treatment with a level iv trauma center, inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation services, diagnostic imaging, laboratory services, inpatient and same-day surgery, and sports medicine. Good shepherd medical center - linden strives to meet the healthcare needs of all citizens living in northeast texas. Good shepherd medical center - linden's service area includes cass, morris and marion counties. Good shepherd purchased three rural family health clinics to expand services and better address regional healthcare needs. These clinics offer primary medical care, woman's health services, pediatric care, treatment for acute injury and illness, health and wellness education, laboratory services and x-rays. Good shepherd medical center - linden maintains records to identify and monitor the level of financial assistance it provides to the communities it serves. In fiscal year 2014, ending september 30, charity care based on established rates was rendered in the amount of $966,288. Good shepherd provided charity care, government-sponsored indigent healthcare and other community benefits costing almost $2,623,855 or 29 percent of good shepherd's total operating expenses. Good shepherd's bad debt expense for the period was $1,654,999 or 24 percent of net patient revenue. Good shepherd medical center - linden also participates in the medicare and medicaid programs, as well as other federal, state and local healthcare reimbursement programs for those in financial need. These programs account for a significant portion of good shepherd medical center's gross patient revenue. Good shepherd medical center - linden is impacted by the significant changes in healthcare today. To ensure that good shepherd medical center - linden is strongly positioned for the future, the following major strategies have been adopted. - improve clinical quality outcomes and customer service- improve operating performance and reduce costs- develop an integrated delivery system and provide a full continuum of hospital, physician and insurance services- improve the health status of the service area- improve the capability and adaptability of employees as a not-for-profit healthcare organization. Good shepherd medical center - linden exists to benefit the public through the provision of healthcare services. Governed by a voluntary board of directors, good shepherd medical center - linden returns to the community all revenue in excess of expenses in the form of improved facilities, new equipment and community services. The physical therapy and sports medicine department provides free sports medicine programs for high-school and college athletic teams in need of trainers or physicians. This includes pre-game preparation, injury management during play, post-game management of injuries, and an athletic injury clinic during football season. Many good shepherd employees represent the hospital on not-for profit boards. Some examples include the board of directors for the community services of northeast texas (head start and meals on wheels), texas music awards, relay for life, wildflower trails festival and winterfest, chamber of commerce and the texarkana alzheimer's association. The following is a list of services available at good shepherd medical center - linden. Ancillary serviceshome healthoccupational therapyphysical therapyrespiratory therapyspeech therapyinpatient rehabpatient and family servicessocial workchaplaincymhmr referral servicesemployee servicesemployee assistanceemployee health servicestuition reimbursementoccupational medicinepre-employment testingdot testingdrug and alcohol screeninglaboratory servicespre-operative testingfull-service outpatient testingmedical/surgical servicesacute care nursinggeriatric care with skilled nursing facilitycardiac rehabilitationinfection controlrehabilitationpsychotherapytrauma caremedical imagingdiagnostic x-raycomputerized tomographyultrasoundnuclear medicineother servicesemergency serviceswound careems servicesfamily health centershughes springs, txjefferson, txlinden, tx