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- EIN 43-1127200
- (816) 756-1160
- 901 E 104th Street Kansas City MO 64131-4517 USA
- www.saintlukeshealthsystem.org
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Causes: Hospices, Human Services
Mission: Saint luke's health system home care and hospice, an affiliate of saint luke's health system, is committed to enhancing the physical, mental, and spiritual health of the communities we serve. We provide home care services and products including: home health nursing and therapy, home infusion pharmacy, hospice, and home telemonitoring.
Programs: Saint luke's health system home care and hospice ("slhs hch") provides in-home health care services directly to the patient and families in 29 counties in missouri and kansas. The specialty services include cardiac home care, geriatric care, home infusion, telemonitoring, rehabilitation (physical, occupational and speech), skilled nursing, social services and wound care. Care is also provided to terminally ill patients in homes, nursing homes and hospitals. A multidisciplinary hospice team consisting of nurses, social workers, chaplains, music therapists, grief counselors and social workers work with the families and patients to provide the best care for the end of life transition. Saint luke's health system hospice house has 12 beds and serves patients and families needing end of life care outside of the home. The volunteers and donors at the house make it possible to maintain and operate the facility. Slhs hch makes a significant commitment to those covered by the medicaid program. Unreimbursed costs for medicaid were $265,000 for 2014. Additional unreimbursed costs of $82,000 for charity care were incurred in 2014. Slhs hch also provides community education and outreach. In 2014, 1,041 staff hours were spent on support groups, volunteer training, public speaking, funerals and health fairs. The total costs of these programs were approximately $31,000.