Programs: Lmhmc provides inpatient and outpatient healthcare services to the communities it serves. In support of its mission, lmhmc voluntarily provides medically necessary patient care services that are discounted or free of charge to persons who have insufficient resources and/or who are uninsured. During fiscal year 2017, lmhmc provided financial assistance on approximately 13,630 patient accounts (of which 2,480 accounts received discounts totaling 100% of costs) and resulted in lmhmc incurring roughly $5,829,240 in uncompensated costs associated with this program. In addition to charity care, lmhmc provides services under various states' medicaid programs for financially needy patients, medicare beneficiaries and other government programs for which the cost of treating these patients exceeds the government payments received. During fiscal year 2017, lmhmc incurred approximately $13,665,160, $5,177,900 and $333,465 in uncompensated costs attributable to medicaid, medicare, and other government programs, respectively. Lmhmc also provides a variety of other community benefit activities such as medical education, donations to other charitable entities, research, and other health improvement services which totaled roughly $1,006,850 during fiscal year 2017. Lmhmc is part of legacy, which collectively provided over $46 million, $199 million, $113 million, and $2 million in uncompensated care attributable to its financial assistance, medicaid, medicare, and other government programs, respectively, in fiscal year 2017. In addition, legacy provided over $23 million in other community benefit activities during fiscal year 2017.
