The Medical Center At Franklin Inc

Programs: The medical center at franklin ("mcf") is recognized by medicare as a critical access hospital. Mcf is engaged in providing to inpatients, by or under the supervision of physicians, diagnostic and therapeutic services for medical diagnosis, treatment, and care of injured, disabled, or sick persons, or rehabilitation of injured, disabled, or sick persons. Organization the medical center at franklin, inc. , a kentucky non-stock, non-profit corporation exempt from income taxes under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code of 1986, was established to act and operate exclusively for charitable purposes serving the local city, county and surrounding counties in simpson county, kentucky. Effective september 2, 2003, the medical center at franklin, inc. Obtained designation as a critical access facility under the medicare regulations. Services the hospital is primarily engaged in providing to inpatients, by or under the supervision of physicians, diagnostic and therapeutic services for medical diagnosis, treatment, and care of injured, disabled, or sick persons, or rehabilitation services for the rehabilitation of injured, disabled, or sick persons. As a hospital, it maintains clinical records on all patients and has bylaws in effect concerning its staff of physicians. It requires that every patient must be under the care of a physician and provides 24-hour nursing service by or supervised by a registered professional nurse, and has a licensed practical nurse or registered professional nurse on duty at all times. It has in effect a hospital utilization review plan and is licensed or is approved by the state of kentucky as meeting the standards established for such licensing. It also meets other health and safety requirements of the secretary of health and human services. The hospital's professional staff includes physicians who are engaged in the practice of medicine and who represent multiple specialties, including family practice and emergency care. The staff also includes nurses, physical, occupational, and speech therapists, psychologists, respiratory therapists, nutritionists and others. Using an interdisciplinary team approach, the staff works collaboratively to provide primary outpatient care, rendered in an emergency room and outpatient setting, and secondary care consisting of inpatient services of a general and specialized nature. Community benefit and charity as a hospital, the medical center at franklin: (1) is organized as a nonprofit charitable organization for the purpose of operating as a hospital for the care of the sick, (2) is operated for the care of all persons in the community regardless of ability to pay the cost thereof, either directly or through third-party reimbursement, (3) will not restrict use of its facilities to a particular group of physicians and surgeons to the exclusion of all other qualified doctors, and (4) will not permit any of its earnings to inure directly or indirectly to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual. The medical center at franklin provides care to patients who meet certain criteria under their care policy without charge or at amounts less than their established rates. Because the medical center at franklin does not pursue collection of amounts determined to qualify as charity care, revenue is not recorded for such services. The medical center at franklin maintains records to identify and monitor the level of charity care provided. These records include the amount of charges forgone for services and supplies furnished under the charity care policy. The medical center at franklin's additional community benefit expense may be quantified in terms of uncompensated care, services to the poor, and benefits to the broader community provided on an ongoing basis: charity care $6,616 bad debt 2,179,804community health services 254,265health professionals education 68,928community building activities 15,530 total medical center community benefits $2,525,143benefits for the poor include services provided to persons who cannot afford health care because of inadequate resources or who are uninsured. This includes traditional charity care at standard billing rates and the costs of treating medicaid beneficiaries in excess of government payments. The medical center at franklin does not pursue the collection of amounts determined to be traditional charity care. Therefore, these amounts are not included in net patient service revenues. Benefits for the broader community include services provided to other needy individuals that may not qualify as indigent but who need special services and support. Examples include the elderly, substance abusers, victims of child abuse, and the disabled. They also include the cost of health promotion and education, health clinics and screenings, and the unreimbursed cost of medical training, which benefit the broader community. During fiscal year 2017 the hospital admitted 704 acute patients who received 2,358 patient days of care and 339 swing bed patients who received 4,516 days of care. During fiscal year 2016 the hospital admitted 762 acute patients who received 2,261 patient days of care and 366 swing bed patients who received 5,371 days of care.

the hospital serves the community by providing certain outpatient services, including an emergency department, by or under the supervision of physicians, diagnostic and therapeutic services for medical diagnosis, treatment, and care of injured, disabled, or sick persons, or rehabilitation of injured, disabled, or sick persons.