Geisinger Clinic

GEISINGER CLINIC STRIVES TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE POPULATION IT SERVES BY PROVIDING ACCESS TO QUALITY POPULATION HEALTH SERVICES DELIVERED BY PHYSICIANS AND ADVANCED PRACTITIONERS........ SEE SCHEDULE O

I. GENERAL INFORMATION GEISINGER CLINIC (GC), A 501(C)(3) NOT FOR PROFIT CORPORATION, EMPLOYS 1,712 PHYSICIANS PRACTICING AT 258 SITES IN 64 COMMUNITIES OF NORTHEASTERN AND CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. GC PROVIDES THE MULTI-SPECIALTY PHYSICIAN GROUP PRACTICE FOR THE GEISINGER HEALTH SYSTEM. THE SALARIED PHYSICIAN STAFF IS DEDICATED TO IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE OF PENNSYLVANIA THROUGH AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM OF HEALTH SERVICES BASED UPON A BALANCED PROGRAM OF PATIENT CARE, EDUCATION AND RESEARCH. SOME OF THE LOCATIONS IN WHICH GEISINGER CLINIC PRACTICES INCLUDE: BELLEFONTE MIFFLINTOWN BELLEVILLE MILLVILLE BENTON MILTON BERWICK MONTOURSVILLE BLOOMSBURG MOOSIC BRADFORD MOUNT CARMEL BURNHAM MOUNT POCONO CARBONDALE MOUNTAINTOP CATAWISSA NANTICOKE CLARION NICHOLSON CLARKS SUMMIT NORTHUMBERLAND COAL TOWNSHIP OLYPHANT DALLAS ORWIGSBURG DANVILLE PECKVILLE DUNMORE PHILIPSBURG EAST STROUDSBURG PITTSTON ELYSBURG PLAINS FORTY FORT PORT MATILDA HAZELTON POTTSVILLE HONESDALE SCRANTON HUNTINGDON SELINSGROVE JESSUP SHAMOKIN DAM KINGSTON STATE COLLEGE KULPMONT SUNBURY LEWISBURG TANNERSVILLE LEWISTOWN TUNKHANNOCK MAHANOY CITY WILKES-BARRE WILLIAMSPORT WYOMING II. UNCOMPENSATED CARE GEISINGER CLINIC RECOGNIZES THAT ITS MISSION IS TO SERVE ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WITH RESPECT TO THE PROVISION OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES AND HEALTHCARE EDUCATION. GC PROVIDES QUALITY MEDICAL HEALTHCARE REGARDLESS OF RACE, CREED, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN, HANDICAP, AGE OR ABILITY TO PAY. IN THIS REGARD, GC PROVIDES FREE CARE OR SUBSIDIZED CARE, TO PERSONS COVERED BY GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAMS AT OR BELOW COST AND PROVIDES VARIOUS HEALTH ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS IN SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITIES WHERE GC PRACTICES. A. CHARITY CARE THE PRIMARY CONCERN OF GC IS THE DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE TO ALL THE CITIZENS IN NORTHEASTERN AND CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA, REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY. THE UNREIMBURSED COST OF CHARITY CARE REPRESENTS THE COST GC INCURS BY PROVIDING FREE OR DISCOUNTED SERVICES TO THOSE WHO CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY. FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021, THE COST OF CHARITY CARE WAS 13,730,105. B. MEDICARE/MEDICAID/OTHER GOVERNMENTAL RECOGNIZING ITS MISSION TO THE COMMUNITY, SERVICES ARE PROVIDED TO THE ELDERLY (MEDICARE) AND THE POOR (MEDICAID). CLINIC PROVIDES CARE, BELOW COST, TO PERSONS COVERED BY THESE GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAMS. TO THE EXTENT REIMBURSEMENT IS BELOW THE COST OF PROVIDING HEALTHCARE, GC IS FURTHERING ITS MISSION TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. THE UNREIMBURSED VALUE OF MEDICARE, MEDICAID AND OTHER GOVERNMENTAL PAYERS IS EQUAL TO THE COST OF PROVIDING SERVICES LESS THE AMOUNT OF REIMBURSEMENT RECEIVED UNDER THE PROGRAM. FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021, THE UNREIMBURSED VALUE OF PROVIDING CARE TO THESE PATIENTS WAS 293,559,771. C. OTHER UNCOMPENSATED PATIENT SERVICES IN ADDITION, GC PROVIDES OTHER PATIENT SERVICES FOR WHICH FULL PAYMENT IS NOT RECEIVED. THE UNCOMPENSATED COST OF PROVIDING SUCH PATIENT SERVICES DURING THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021, WAS 8,720,393. III. RESEARCH SUPPORT GEISINGER CLINIC SUPPORTS ITS CHARITABLE MISSION THROUGH MEDICAL RESEARCH ACTIVITIES AT TWO FACILITIES ON THE CAMPUS OF THE GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER: THE SIEGFRIED AND JANET WEIS CENTER FOR RESEARCH (WCR) AND THE HENRY HOOD CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH. THE WCR PROVIDES A FOCUS FOR LABORATORY RESEARCH AND RESEARCH TRAINING AND SUPPORTS THE CLINICAL STAFF IN THEIR RESEARCH PROGRAMS. THE PRIMARY MISSION OF THE WCR IS TO CONDUCT ORIGINAL AND INNOVATIVE RESEARCH THAT CONTRIBUTES NEW KNOWLEDGE TO BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE. SCIENTISTS APPLY MODERN MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR APPROACHES TO DIVERSE RESEARCH PROBLEMS IN THE AREAS OF CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION, CANCER AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY. THE HENRY HOOD CENTER FOR RESEARCH HOUSES TWO RESEARCH PROGRAMS: THE GEISINGER CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH (GCHR) AND THE CENTER FOR CLINICAL STUDIES (CCS). GCHR CONDUCTS HEALTH SERVICES, EPIDEMIOLOGIC AND POPULATION GENETICS RESEARCH ON THE BROAD RANGE OF CONDITIONS TYPICALLY SEEN IN PRIMARY AND SPECIALTY CARE SETTINGS. THE MISSION OF THE CCS IS TO PLAN, CONDUCT, FOSTER AND SUPPORT INNOVATIVE CLINICAL RESEARCH TRIALS TO HELP ADVANCE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF DISEASE AND IMPROVE PATIENT CARE. ALL THREE RESEARCH PROGRAMS INVESTIGATE EXTRAMURAL RESOURCES FOR FUNDING AND WORK COLLABORATIVELY ON BUILDING THE CAPABILITY FOR POPULATION-BASED GENETICS RESEARCH. TO THE EXTENT REVENUES AND GRANTS RECEIVED ARE BELOW THE COST OF RESEARCH OPERATIONS, GEISINGER CLINIC IS FURTHERING ITS MISSION TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. THERE WAS NO UNREIMBURSED COST DURING THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021. IV. COMMUNITY HEALTH, EDUCATION AND OUTREACH GEISINGER CLINIC STRIVES TO SERVE AS PARTNERS TO THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH THEY ARE LOCATED. GC PROVIDES CARE TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH MANY REDUCED- PRICE SERVICES AND FREE PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR BASED UPON ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES THAT GC BELIEVES WILL SERVE A BONAFIDE COMMUNITY HEALTH NEED. THESE SERVICES AND PROGRAMS INCLUDE SUPPORT GROUPS, HEALTH EDUCATION SERIES, WELLNESS FAIRS, HEALTH SCREENINGS, AND OTHER HEALTH RELATED PROGRAMS. THE COST OF THESE SERVICES TOTALED 452,398 IN THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021. SOME OF THE SERVICES AND PROGRAMS PROVIDED INCLUDE: A. SUPPORT GROUPS BREASTFEEDING SUBSTANCE ABUSE B. HEALTH EDUCATION EDUCATION MATERIALS/PUBLICATIONS TV INTERVIEWS NUTRITION/WEIGHT MANAGEMENT HIV/AIDS INFORMATION C. OTHER SERVICES AND PROGRAMS TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE MEDICATION TAKE-BACK CONTAINERS COMMUNITY COALITIONS EMS PROGRAM SUPPORT AND TRAINING YOUTH SPORTS PHYSICALS FREE CLINICS HEAD START SCREENING COVID VACCINE CLINICS FINANCIAL DONATIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY: GC ALSO PROVIDED 6,397,590 IN CASH AND IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS TO CARING COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER ("CCHC") DBA COMMUNITYCARE, A FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER LOOK-A-LIKE PROVIDING A RANGE OF SERVICES TO MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS INCLUDING INDIGENT AND UNINSURED. THIS INCLUDES A FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE GRANT TO ALLOW CCHC TO MEET THE ANTICIPATED COST OF PROVIDING UNCOMPENSATED CARE AND ENHANCE THE AVAILABILITY OF HEALTH CARE IN THE AREAS SERVED BY CCHC. V. COMMUNITY SERVICE SUMMARY CHARITY CARE 13,730,105 MEDICARE/MEDICAID/OTHER GOVERNMENTAL 293,559,771 UNCOMPENSATED CARE 8,720,393 COMMUNITY HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND OUTREACH 6,849,989 TOTAL 322,860,258 VI. STATISTICS TOTAL NUMBER OF CLINIC VISITS (CLINIC-WIDE) 3,642,500 GEISINGER CLINIC PHYSICIANS ADMIT TO THE SIX GEISINGER OWNED FACILITIES, GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER, GEISINGER WYOMING VALLEY, GEISINGER COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER, GEISINGER BLOOMSBURG HOSPITAL, GEISINGER LEWISTOWN HOSPITAL, AND GEISINGER JERSEY SHORE HOSPITAL AS WELL AS TEN NON-GEISINGER OWNED FACILITIES. GEISINGER HAS A POLICY TO SEE PATIENTS OF ALL PAYORS.

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