Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital

Programs: Schoolcraft memorial hospital (smh), a component unit of schoolcraft county, is organized under public act of 230 and is a county hospital corporation that operates a 12-bed acute care facility. Smh provides comprehensive inpatient, outpatient, emergency, medical clinic, and home health services in total. Healthcare is offered in at least 30 specialties, some of which include cardiology, neurology, general and orthopedic surgery, a 24-hour physician staffed emergency room, a walk-in clinic, physical and occupational therapy, cardiac rehabilitation, and a wide range of diagnostic services including a full-service laboratory, x-ray, mammography, ct scans, mri's, and nuclear medicine. Smh is an equal opportunity provider and employer. During 2016 smh had 1,524 acute and swing bed patient days, 502 inpatient and outpatient surgeries, 40,362 outpatient visits, and 8,326 home health visits. The hospital provides health care services to patients who meet certain criteria under its charity care policy without charge or at amounts less than established rates. Since the hospital does not pursue collection of these amounts, they are not reported as patient service revenue. The estimated cost of providing these services was $80,000 in 2016, calculated by multiplying the ratio of cost to gross charges for the hospital by the gross uncompensated charges associated with providing charity care to its patients.

smh owns a provider based rural health clinic, which had nine physicians, two physician assistants, and three nurse practitioners. Smh had 25,155 rhc visits in 2016.

smh offers 24/7 emergency services staffed with a physician who is on-site. Smh treats all patients, regardless of their ability to pay. Smh had 4,765 er visits in 2016.