Marlette Regional Hospital

Programs: During fiscal year 2016-2017 marlette regional hospital served 422 acute and 98 swingbed inpatients, provided care to 41,779 outpatients, including 8,599 emergency department patients, and served 29,171 patients in its owned medical and rural health practices. Recognizing its mission to the community, the hospital participates in the federal government's medicare program and numerous medicaid health plans, often providing charity care or service at rates of reimbursement that are below the hospital's actual cost. In the last fiscal year, the non-reimbursed value of providing care to all of mrh's patients was approximately 19,890,977 representing a write-down of 38. 3 percent of the hospital's charges, including charity care expenses of 13,623. Additionally, the hospital's allowance for uncollectable bad debts are estimated by the use of the allowance method. Bad debts for the years ending june 30, 2017 and 2016 amounted to 858,523 and 933,384, respectively. The bad debt expense on line 2 of section a is determined using the cost based upon the cost to charge ratio that is developed in schedule h. Other community benefits are provided through many reduced price services and free programs offered throughout the year based on activities and services that mrh believes will serve a bona fide community health need. A sampling of these community benefits is provided below: educational services/programs "abuse and neglect recognition training for community and hospital staff "career guidance for area school students "cooperative professional training with local colleges "disease/condition-specific education, e. G. , diabetes "education/counseling for families of patients "education/counseling for patients "educational programs for employees (adult education) "organ donation information campaigns "school health programs "support groups for patients, their families and the community "training of public health and safety personnel health promotion and preventions activities "blood pressure clinics "discharge planning with follow-up support programs "health promotion/wellness programs "health screening/health fairs "nutrition and weight control "rural health outreach services "stress management "work site health promotion service emergency services/programs "emergency services department "advanced life support ambulance service "fire and police assistance "helicopter transfer assistance clinical services "certified rural health clinics "childhood immunizations "primary care services "acute medical and surgical services "residential and home-based hospice services "uniquely-accredited hospital, laboratory, cardiopulmonary, and long-term care services "mobile pet and bone density testing technology "coordination of patient care services in hospital "free or low cost services to low income families "general health screening clinics "respiratory/pulmonary disease services "school health clinics (primary care) "school sports physicals "skilled nursing services/intermediate care facility non-clinical hospital services "advocacy on behalf of specific patients needing intervention with public agencies (social services) "free meeting rooms for community groups "guidance and referral to community services and public assistance programs, including medicaid "meals for family members "translation or interpreter services for non-english speaking patients support for other health care providers "radiation and chemotherapy services provided by st. Marys on campus "visiting medical and surgical specialists to complement primary care physicians' care "support for blood drives "donation of used equipment to other providers "physician referral services "partner in regional rural health networks working relationship with others "civic organizations such as lions club and toys for tots "american association of retired persons "community-based business groups such as chambers of commerce "economic development agencies "home health agencies "hospices "local schools and colleges "nursing homes "senior citizens organizations "state and local agencies and organizations marlette regional hospital is committed to serving our patients in ways that respect the original values of our community - a compassion for our neighbors and a sense of duty to serve those in need. In respecting these values, marlette regional hospital acknowledges its obligation to offer services to patients that may not be able to fully afford the care they need, while also serving the health improvement needs of our larger community. To that end, the hospital has adopted policies that describe how services are discounted and how charity care is determined and offered.