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Causes: General Hospitals, Health
Mission: United memorial medical center has been established as a general acute care community hospital, serving an estimated 93,000 residents of genesee county and adjacent areas. Its purpose is to operate inpatient and outpatient services, oriented toward general medical/surgical, pediatric, maternity and emergency care. The hospital continually monitors the needs of the community and develops services to maximize benefits to the community, consistent with the financial resources available to the hospital. In 2014, ummc served 4,426 inpatients and 219,959 outpatients. The hospital accepts all patients, regardless of ability to pay. The hospital has a charity care program that is designed to assist those patients who do not have the resources available to reimburse the hospital for medical services rendered. The total amount of charity care rendered by the hospital totaled approximately $5,905,940 for 2014.
Programs: Healthcare programs, general/other: united memorial medical center has been established as a general acute community hospital, serving an estimated 93,000 residents of genesee county and adjacent areas. Its purpose is to operate inpatient and outpatient services, oriented towards general medical/surgical, pediatric, maternity and emergency care. The hospital continually monitors the needs of the community and develops services to maximize benefits to the community, consistent with the financial resources available to the hospital. In 2014, ummc served 4,426 inpatients and 219,959 outpatients. The hospital accepts all patients, regardless of ability to pay. The hospitals charity care program is designated to assist those patients who do not have the resources available to reimburse the hospital for the services it provides. Discounts will be awarded based according to the federal poverty guidelines as published annually by the department of health and human services. Charity care rendered by the hospital totaled approximated $5,905,940 for calendar year ending december 31, 2014. The hospital currently applies a 60% reduction in charges to all self-pay patients regardless of their abilities to pay for their service. Ummc is committed to enhancing the health of the residents in its primary service area, so it offers an in-patient alcohol and substance abuse program serving a four county area. United memorial medical center is dedicated to providing the very best healthcare possibilities to residents of the genesee region. We strive to build a culture of excellence focusing on the fact that we are doing more than just treating patients - we are caring for our neighbors, our friends and our families every day. Our mission is working together to promote, enhance and restore health for the people of our community.