Our pledge to you is community benefit
By Jay Eckersley, St. John's President/CEO
As we begin a new year, it’s always good to
take stock of the year coming to an end and look at plans for the months ahead.
At St. John’s, our fiscal year runs from June through July, and in this edition
of Healthy People we’ve included one of our important barometers of that
business year.
Our community benefit report provides us with an accounting of services St.
John’s provides without payment, or less than our cost of providing that
service. Nearly 690,000 people benefited from these activities last year, and
the estimated benefit to our region is more than $41.6 million.
That amount includes more than $36 million in charity care and the unpaid cost
of Medicaid. It also includes the services provided through health screenings,
patient education and support to area clinics providing health services to the
poor such as the Kitchen to name just a few.
Our employees have built five Habitat homes over the years, with co-workers
providing much of the labor, and St. John’s buys the materials.
Providing ambulance services to rural areas is another item reflected in the
report. A story in this issue provides details of the level of service our
emergency medical services co-workers provide around the clock. Our ambulance
service has pioneered the use of a number of life-saving technologies that has
improved the level of care in the region.
Our mission is reflected in our Community Benefit Report, and we wanted to share
it with you at the beginning of your new year.
Community Benefit Report for St. John's Health System
Fiscal Year 2002: July 1, 2001 - June 30, 2002
A. All Nonbilled Services, such as community education
and outreach, health screenings,
support groups, counseling,
self help,immunizations, free
or discounted clinics,
patient education.
Number of Persons:
394,076
Benefit to Community*:
$1,440,648.00
B. Medical Education, such as physician/nurses/technicians in clinical settings,
internships, residencies, financial assistance,
preceptor programs, clinical pastoral education.
Number of persons:9,006
Benefit to Community:$1,558,229.00
C. Subsidized Health Services, such as free-standing community
clinic, or support for free clinics,
such as The Kitchen clinic,
plus uncompensated rural EMS
services
Number of persons:3,092
Benefit to Community: $876,643.00
D. Research, such as un-reimbursed studies
on therapeutic protocols,
research papers prepared by
staff for professional journals,
CCOP support, trauma research
Number of persons: 5,100
Benefit to Community: $107,107.00
E. Cash and In-Kind Donations, ssuch as cash, equipment
(beds, computers, office furniture,
etc.), food to shelters, use of rooms/facilities, donated office space,
United Way, hospitality rooms,
medications, medical missions.
Number of persons:268,408
Benefit to Community:$953,905.00
F. All Community Building Activities - community building includes cash,
in-kind donations, and
budgeted expenditures for the
development of community health
partnerships and healthier communities
such as Born to Read, Habitat for Humanity House,
Community Sponsorships and
Kornerstones Adult Education in
Shell Knob.
Number of persons:2,948
Benefit to Community: $308,317.00
TOTAL BENEFIT OF ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS
Number of persons:682,630
Benefit to Community: $5,244,849.00
Traditional Charity Care,
adjusted for cost ratio
Number of persons: 600
Benefit to Community: $6,099,871.00
Unpaid Cost of Medicaid,
adjusted for cost ratio
Number of persons: 5,000
Benefit toCommunity: $30,344,488.00
TOTAL AMOUNT OF
COMMUNITY BENEFIT
Number of persons: 688,230
Benefit to Community: $41,689,208.00
* Based on actual costs of providing services 3-Oct-02
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