Baptist memorial hospital-union county, inc. Provides quality health care regardless of race, creed, sex, national origin, handicap or age. Its mission is to serve the community with respect to providing health care services and health care education.

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Baptist memorial hospital-union county, inc. Provides quality health care regardless of race, creed, sex, national origin, handicap, or age. Although reimbursement for services rendered is critical to the operation and stability of baptist memorial hospital-union county, inc. ,it is recognized that not all individuals possess the ability to purchase essential medical services, and further, that the mission of baptist memorial hospital-union county, inc. Is to serve the community with respect to providing health care services and health care education. (see continuation at schedule o, page 71)therefore, in keeping with its commitment to serve all members of its community, baptist memorial hospital-union county, inc. Provides the following:--free care and/or subsidized care where the need and/or an individual's inability to pay coexist,--care provided to persons covered by governmental programs at below cost, and--health activities and programs to support the communitythese activities include wellness programs, community education programs, and special programs for the elderly, handicapped, medically underserved, and a variety of broad community support activities. Baptist memorial hospital-union county program services as of september 30, 2017 included the following:--the skilled nursing department had 11,006 patient days at a cost of $9,589,179. --the surgery department performed 4,304 procedures at a cost of $7,423,380. --the radiology department performed 54,206 procedures at a cost of $2,755,747. --the pharmacy department dispensed medication at a cost of $2,421,778. --the lab department performed 177,988 procedures at a cost of $2,360,005. Baptist memorial hospital-union county serviced 3,024 inpatients and provided more than 63,044 outpatient visits during the fiscal year 2017. Baptist memorial hospital-union county provides care to persons covered by governmental programs from which the hospital receives less than market value reimbursement. Recognizing its mission to the community, services are provided to medicare, medicaid, and uninsured patients. To the extent reimbursement is below cost, baptist memorial hospital-union county recognizes these amounts as charity care in meeting its mission to the entire community. During the year ending september 30, 2017, the un-reimbursed value of providing care to these patients was $125,343,977. Charity care is also provided through many reduced price services and free programs offered throughout the year based upon activities and services which baptist memorial hospital-union county believes will serve a bona fide community health need. Baptist memorial hospital-union county has provided a number of services in the community, some of which include the following: --hospital clinical rotations for new albany/union county allied health students --provided representatives who spoke free of charge to various community groups, churches, industries, and schools --provided multiple health fairs in various sectors of the community including schools and businesses. --sponsored healthy lifestyle programs as well as 5k runs for adults and children. --provided multiple health screenings and vaccinations for the community at no-charge or reduced prices. --conducted free luncheons on various health-related topics for the community, such as breast cancer awareness, heart health, pallative care, and nutrition for both senior adults and pediatrics. Baptist memorial hospital-union county also provided various free or reduced priced classes to the community which included the following:--cpr, first aid, aed classes --childbirth classes --breastfeeding classes --tobacco cessation classes--diabetic classes baptist memorial hospital-union county offers a free annual community health fair. Individuals were able to receive free cholesterol, glucose, triglycerides, and psa results. Flu vaccines were also provided free at the community health fair. Other screenings available for free included: