Wellmont Hawkins County Memorial Hospital Inc

Programs: Wellmont health system prepares a consolidated community benefit report, which includes the activities of all its operations and affiliates. In contrast, an internal revenue service (irs) form 990 is filed for each tax-exempt corporation (7 separate form 990s), and there is no such irs form for the taxable corporations. In addition, the irs instructions to form 990 have specific definitions, methods and worksheets to calculate the community benefits to be included on the form 990. As a result, there are significant differences between the community benefits reported in the consolidated community benefit report and the various form 990s. There are also funds and services that are provided that do not meet the specific definitions of the irs instructions, such as (con't on schedule o ) contributions to community organizations that do not meet the definition of "restricted to one or more of the activities described in the table in part i, line 7 of schedule h-hospitals. Wellmont hawkins county memorial hospital, inc. Is a public trust. This hospital, like the other wellmont health system facilities of which it is a member, was born of its community's commitment to provide superior health care for its citizens. It is our mission to deliver superior health care with compassion to the people we serve, and it is our vision to deliver the best health care anywhere. Consistent with this mission, we have worked toward improving our community's access to quality, affordable health care, educating our region's caregivers, improving the health status of our communities and contributing to the overall quality of life in the areas we serve. Overall, we returned more than 7,789,531 in benefits to our community in fiscal year 2017, including 7,753,401 of unreimbursed costs for indigent and medicaid patients and 36,130 for other community activities. Wellmont hawkins county memorial hospital, inc. Is a 50-bed facility in rogersville, tennessee. We provide a wide variety of services, including emergency care, physical, stroke and occupational therapies, surgery, intermediate medical care, outpatient specialty clinics, laboratory services, audiology services, cardiovascular services, respiratory therapy, sleep evaluations and treatment, infusion, spine rehabilitation services and diagnostic imaging. In march 2014, hawkins county memorial opened a second infusion center in johnson city, tennessee. The infusion centers in hawkins county and johnson city offer patients convenient access to cancer services in a healing environment. Amenities in the infusion centers include heated and massage chairs. In fiscal year 2017, we provided services to 965 inpatients, had 215 inpatient and outpatient surgical cases, and had 15,995 emergency room visits. We are mindful of our responsibilities as one of hawkins county's largest companies. Hundreds of families count on us for their livelihoods. Our area relies on us as a driver of economic development. It is our duty as a corporate citizen to support those endeavors and causes that improve the quality of life in our region. And we also recognize it is our responsibility to care for those in need - regardless of their ability to pay. It is our commitment - indeed, it is implicit in our mission - to support the causes and develop the initiatives that will propel our community toward a better, brighter, healthier and more vibrant future. Regardless of race, religion, ethnicity or ability to pay, wellmont hawkins county memorial hospital, inc. Treats all patients for medically necessary conditions. Recognizing some patients cannot afford essential medical services, we provided care for indigent patients, writing off 5,260,294 of charges and incurring costs of 1,243,134. We support and encourage our employees to give their time to area not-for- profit organizations, which included the american heart association, american cancer society, the rogersville heritage association, civic groups such as kiwanis and rotary, various united way agencies and the rogersville area chamber of commerce and its programs. Many of our employees also serve in community rescue squads. Wellmont hawkins county memorial hospital, inc. Will succeed in our mission by continually reinvesting in our most precious resource - our people. To that end, we provided on-the-job training to nursing candidates. This program utilizes nursing staff that have completed a degree but not yet passed board certification. This provides invaluable experience for new nurses, who are supervised by board-certified nurses. We also provided educational opportunities to students in other medical disciplines, such as radiology. Forewarned is forearmed. The best way to keep our communities healthy is to provide them with the latest information about their health. We strive to provide information about everything from disease and injury prevention to the latest treatments and technologies available to coping with disease and its symptoms. Our total community benefit for community health improvement services had a direct cost of 18,310. Wellmont hawkins county memorial hospital, inc. Provided cash and in-kind contributions at a direct cost of 33,769. In-kind services included conference room space donated to non-profit community groups such as alcoholics anonymous, narcotics anonymous, and the rotary club. Other in- kind services provided were food donations to community events and donation of flu vaccines to cherokee high school.