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Mission: Rio grande hospital is part of valley citizens foundation for health care, inc. , a community nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide health care to the western san luis valley.
Programs: Hospital services include acute, swing bed, skilled nursing care, observation, emergency room, outpatient, radiology and surgeries. The organization also operates four physician clinics. During 2017, the hospital had 1,103 acute days, 905 swing bed days, 2,734 observation hours, 5,705 emergency room visits, 23,671 clinic visits, 10,202 radiology procedures, 194,005 lab procedures and 636 surgery procedures. The hospital maintains records to identify and monitor the level of charity care it provides. These records include the amount of charges foregone for services and supplies furnished under its charity care policy. The amount of charges foregone, based on established rates, was $348,000 for the year ended december 31, 2017. Total direct and indirect costs related to these foregone charges were $183,000, based on an average ratio of cost to gross charges. Hospital saw 10,862 medicaid primary visits or 2,460 unique patients with $6,762,049 of gross charges $2,775,567. 91 of payments and 3,236 medicaid secondary visits or 462 unique patients with $2,940,919 of gross charges and $320,198. 71 of payments.