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St. Helena hospital clear lake provides quality medical health care regardless of race, creed, sex, national origin, handicap, age, or ability to pay. Although reimbursement for services rendered is critical to the operation and stability of st. Helena hospital clear lake, the organization recognizes that not all individuals possess the ability to pay for essential medical services. Adventist health's vision is to enhance the health of the communities where we live and serve, by engaging our communities and our patients in a new definition of a partnership for personal community health. In keeping with this committment to serve all members of the community, the following will be considered when individuals who need health care cannot pay:providing free care and/or subsidized careproviding care to persons covered by governmental programs at below costproviding health/wellness activities and community education programsnot only does st. Helena hospital clear lake provide low-cost care to individuals covered by government programs and those unable to afford health care, but it also helps patients find and access private and governmental resources for health care benefits. St. Helena hospital clear lake recognizes below-cost reimbursement as charity and uncompensated care in meeting its mission to the entire community. The unreimbursed value of providing care to these patients in 2016 was $6,572,989. Inpatient services in 2016 were provided to 34,710 patients. These services included:babies delivered - 170surgeries performed - 240radiology procedures performed - 2,953cardiac catheterizations and other procedures - 363laboratory tests performed - 30,962skilled nursing facility visits - 22outpatient services in 2016 were provided to 374,999 patients. These services included:emergency room visits - 21,770outpatient surgeries performed - 1,187radiology procedures performed - 28,446cardiac catheterizations and other procedures - 4,985laboratory tests - 191,367medical clinic visits - 127,244st. Helena hospital clear lake recognizes it has an obligation to provide human services above and beyond its role as a healing facility. The following community benefits demonstrate the tangible ways in which the organization is fulfilling its mission:christmas joyimagination libraryprenatal ob transportationemployee catastrophic fundbright start programdiabetes connection walks