Sartori Health Care Foundation

SARTORI FOUNDATION RAISES DOLLARS AND MANAGES FUNDS, ENDOWMENT & OTHER, THAT FURTHER THE CHARITABLE GOALS OF SARTORI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC., ITS SUPPORTED 501(C)(3) ENTITY.

MERCYONE NORTHEAST IOWA IS A FAITH-BASED 511-BED, NOT-FOR-PROFIT, COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL/SURGICAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDER OFFERING ACUTE LEVELS OF MEDICAL CARE AT COVENANT MEDICAL CENTER IN WATERLOO, SARTORI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN CEDAR FALLS, AND MERCY HOSPITAL IN OELWEIN. ITS SERVICES IN THE REGION ALSO INCLUDE COVENANT CLINIC WITH MORE THAN 100 PRIMARY CARE AND SPECIALTY PROVIDERS; COVENANT FOUNDATION, SARTORI HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION AND MERCY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION. AREAS OF EXCELLENCE INCLUDE CARDIOLOGY, ORTHOPEDICS, NEUROSURGERY, MATERNITY AND NICU, CANCER TREATMENT, MINIMALLY INVASIVE AND BARIATRIC SURGERY. THE IOWA OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN PART OF A 140 YEAR SYSTEM OF CARE SPONSORED BY THE WHEATON FRANCISCAN SISTERS, FORMERLY INCORPORATED IN 1983. IN 2016, THE WHEATON FRANCISCAN SISTERS TRANSFERRED THEIR IOWA OPERATIONS TO MERCY HEALTH NETWORK, AN IOWA-BASED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM BASED OUT OF DES MOINES, IOWA. MERCY HEALTH NETWORK (MHN) IS AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM OF MEMBER HOSPITALS AND OTHER HEALTH AND PATIENT CARE FACILITIES UNITED INTO ONE OPERATING ORGANIZATION TO IMPROVE THE DELIVERY OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO THE PEOPLE OF IOWA AND ADJOINING STATES. MHN'S SPONSORS OWN AND OPERATE MEDICAL CENTERS AND OTHER SERVICES IN CLINTON, DES MOINES, DUBUQUE, MASON CITY, AND SIOUX CITY, AND COMMUNITY HOSPITALS IN SIX OTHER LOCATIONS. IN ADDITION, MHN HAS 27 MEMBERS WHO PARTICIPATE THROUGH CONTRACTS FOR MANAGEMENT AND OTHER SERVICES. MERCY HEALTH NETWORK (MHN) WAS FOUNDED IN 1998 UNDER A JOINT OPERATING AGREEMENT BETWEEN TWO OF THE LARGEST CATHOLIC, NOT-FOR-PROFIT HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES: CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES, BASED IN ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO, AND TRINITY HEALTH, BASED IN LIVONIA, MICHIGAN. COVENANT MEDICAL CENTER IN WATERLOO, IOWA WAS FOUNDED IN 1986 WHEN WHEATON FRANCISCAN SERVICES CONSOLIDATED ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL (FOUNDED IN 1912) AND SCHOITZ MEDICAL CENTER (FOUNDED IN 1904). COVENANT MEDICAL CENTER WAS LOCATED IN TWO LOCATIONS UNTIL 1991 WHEN ALL ACUTE CARE SERVICES WERE COMBINED AT ONE SITE. THE OTHER SITE WAS TRANSFORMED INTO AN ASSISTED LIVING CENTER AND ADULT SERVICES CENTER. IN 1995, WHEATON FRANCISCAN SERVICES' IOWA REGION WAS RENAMED COVENANT HEALTH SYSTEM AND INCLUDED COVENANT MEDICAL CENTER IN WATERLOO, COVENANT FOUNDATION IN WATERLOO, MERCY HOSPITAL IN OELWEIN, N. E. IOWA REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS AND SCHOITZ HEALTH RESOURCES. SARTORI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL BECAME A PART OF COVENANT HEALTH SYSTEM IN 1996 WHEN THE SYSTEM ENTERED A LONG-TERM LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF CEDAR FALLS. IN 2006, COVENANT HEALTH SYSTEM WAS RENAMED WHEATON FRANCISCAN HEALTHCARE-IOWA, TO REFLECT ITS CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO AN INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR RESIDENTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA. TODAY MERCYONE NORTHEAST IOWA INCLUDES COVENANT MEDICAL CENTER (AND ITS UNINCORPORATED DIVISION, COVENANT CLINIC) AND COVENANT FOUNDATION IN WATERLOO, MERCY HOSPITAL IN OELWEIN, SARTORI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND SARTORI HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION IN CEDAR FALLS, AND N. E. IOWA REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS. MERCYONE NORTHEAST IOWA ENTITIES: HOSPITALS COVENANT MEDICAL CENTER, INC. MERCY HOSPITAL OF FRANCISCAN SISTERS, INC. SARTORI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC. COVENANT CLINIC, AN UNINCORPORATED DIVISION OF COVENANT MEDICAL CENTER, INC. PATIENTS HAVE ACCESS TO MORE THAN 100 PRIMARY AND SPECIALTY CARE PHYSICIANS, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS, NURSE PRACTITIONERS, AND OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS LOCATED THROUGHOUT NORTHEAST IOWA IN 24 LOCATIONS. REGIONAL SERVICE LINES COVENANT CARDIOLOGY COVENANT CANCER TREATMENT CENTER COVENANT CLINIC ORTHOPEDIC SERVICES COVENANT HOME HEALTH EMERGENCY SERVICES IMAGING/RADIOLOGY SERVICES IOWA SPINE AND BRAIN INSTITUTE MIDWEST INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE AND WELLNESS COVENANT RETAIL PHARMACIES REHABILITATION SERVICES PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATIONS COVENANT FOUNDATION, INC. SARTORI HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION, INC. MERCYONE NORTHEAST IOWA COMMUNITY IMPACT IN IOWA FY2021 CHARITY CARE: $2,944,449. CHARITY CARE IS DEFINED AS FREE OR DISCOUNTED HEALTH SERVICES PROVIDED TO THOSE WHO CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY AND WHO MEET ALL CRITERIA FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. CHARITY CARE IS BASED ON COSTS, NOT CHARGES, AND DOES NOT INCLUDE BAD DEBT. UNREIMBURSED COST OF PUBLIC PROGRAMS: $14,988,562. UNREIMBURSED COST OF PUBLIC PROGRAMS IS DEFINED AS THE SHORTFALL EXPERIENCED WHEN PAYMENTS RECEIVED ARE BELOW THE COST OF TREATING PUBLIC BENEFICIARIES THROUGH MEDICAID AND OTHER LOCAL PUBLIC PROGRAMS. COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT SERVICES: $2,020,581. COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT SERVICES ARE DEFINED AS CLINICAL AND NON-CLINICAL SERVICES DESIGNED TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY HEALTH, WHICH ARE PROVIDED TO THE COMMUNITY FOR FREE OR FOR FEES THAT DID NOT COVER COSTS. FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS: $125,711. FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS ARE DEFINED AS CONTRIBUTIONS, INCLUDING CASH, NON-CASH ITEMS SUCH AS FOOD, FURNITURE, EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES, AND LOANED STAFF FOR VOLUNTEER AND CHARITABLE PURPOSES, MADE TO INDIVIDUALS, COMMUNITY GROUPS, OR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES. HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION: $804,014. HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION IS DEFINED AS DIRECT COSTS INCURRED FOR ACCREDITED TRAINING AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR PHYSICIANS, NURSES, ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND TECHNICIANS (DOES NOT INCLUDE ONGOING EDUCATION FOR STAFF). COMMUNITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES: $541. COMMUNITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES ARE DEFINED AS PROGRAMS THAT, WHILE NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO HEALTH CARE, PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES OF HEALTH PROBLEMS, SUCH AS POVERTY, HOMELESSNESS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES. COSTS FOR THESE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE CASH AND IN-KIND DONATIONS. COMMUNITY BENEFIT OPERATIONS: $6,196. COMMUNITY BENEFIT OPERATIONS ARE DEFINED AS COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH DEDICATED STAFF AND COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS AND/OR ASSETS ASSESSMENT, AS WELL AS OTHER COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH COMMUNITY BENEFIT STRATEGY AND OPERATIONS. SUBSIDIZED HEALTH SERVICES: $3,664,874. SUBSIDIZED HEALTH SERVICES ARE DEFINED AS THE NEGATIVE MARGIN FOR CLINICAL SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED DESPITE A FINANCIAL LOSS BECAUSE OF AN IDENTIFIED COMMUNITY NEED THAT WOULD NEED TO BE MET BY THE GOVERNMENT OR ANOTHER NOT-FOR-PROFIT IF IT WAS NOT OFFERED. THE FINANCIAL LOSSES ARE SO SIGNIFICANT THAT NEGATIVE MARGINS REMAIN AFTER REMOVING THE EFFECTS OF CHARITY CARE, BAD DEBT, AND MEDICAID SHORTFALLS. TOTAL BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY FOR IOWA FY2021: $24,554,928. SARTORI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC. (CEDAR FALLS, IOWA) THERESA SARTORI WAS NOT A WHEATON FRANCISCAN SISTER, BUT IT IS OFTEN SAID HER LIFE OF COMMUNITY SERVICE WAS SYNONYMOUS WITH THE SISTERS' MISSION. A NATIVE OF BADEN, GERMANY, SHE CAME TO THE UNITED STATES IN 1857 AND EVENTUALLY SETTLED IN CEDAR FALLS, IOWA. FOR 40 YEARS SHE SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE LADIES AID SOCIETY, HER CHURCH'S COMMUNITY SERVICE ORGANIZATION. SHE ASSISTED THE SICK AND HOMEBOUND THROUGHOUT CEDAR FALLS, SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE WOMEN'S RELIEF CORP, AND FOUNDED THE CEDAR FALLS WOMAN'S CLUB. UPON HER DEATH IN 1901, THERESA'S HUSBAND ARRANGED FOR A HOSPITAL TO BE BUILT IN HER NAME. THE HOSPITAL - THE FIRST IN CEDAR FALLS - BECAME KNOWN AS SARTORI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. IN 1996, SARTORI MEMORIAL BECAME A MEMBER OF WHEATON FRANCISCAN HEALTHCARE-IOWA. TODAY, SARTORI MEMORIAL IS A 100-BED, FULL SERVICE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL PROVIDING INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT CARE TO THE PEOPLE LIVING IN AND NEAR CEDAR FALLS. SERVICES INCLUDE 24-HOUR EMERGENCY ROOM AND AMBULANCE TRANSPORTATION, INTENSIVE CARE, GENERAL MEDICAL CARE, SURGERY, AND AMBULATORY CARE. SUPPORT SERVICES INCLUDE X-RAY, MAMMOGRAPHY, AND BREAST MRI, ULTRASOUND, LABORATORY, RESPIRATORY THERAPY, PHYSICAL THERAPY, SPIRITUAL CARE, SOCIAL SERVICES, AND NUTRITIONAL EDUCATION. THE SARTORI AMBULANCE DEPARTMENT SERVES AS THE EMERGENCY 911 RESPONDER FOR THE CITY OF CEDAR FALLS. BEYOND PROVIDING EXCEPTIONAL AND COMPASSIONATE HEALTH CARE SERVICE ON A DAILY BASIS, SARTORI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL EXTENDS ITS HEALING MISSION INTO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH NUMEROUS PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES FOR ALL, INCLUDING A 15-BED INPATIENT SENIOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH UNIT FOR THE ELDERLY AND A SURGICAL AND NON-SURGICAL WEIGHT LOSS MANAGEMENT CLINIC INCLUDING BARIATRIC SURGERY TO ADDRESS OBESITY. SARTORI ALSO HAS AN OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE AND WELLNESS PROGRAM, AS WELL AS GENERAL HEALTH EDUCATION AND SCREENINGS TO IMPROVE HEALTH DISPARITIES IN THE COMMUNITY. MERCYONE CEDAR FALLS FOUNDATION: THE MERCYONE CEDAR FALLS FOUNDATION EXISTS TO HELP BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN WHAT ADVANCES IN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY CURRENTLY OFFER AND WHAT THE REALITIES OF THE HOSPITAL'S BUDGET WILL ALLOW. THE FOUNDATION HAS GENEROUS FINANCIAL AND VOLUNTEER SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY, MATCHED BY EQUALLY GENEROUS SUPPORT FROM MERCYONE NORTHEAST IOWA AND THE EMPLOYEES. FUNDING FROM MERCYONE CEDAR FALLS FOUNDATION HAS HELPED MERCYONE CEDAR FALLS MEET THE NEEDS OF ITS PATIENTS AND THE COMMUNITY. IN FY21, THE MERCYONE CEDAR FOUNDATION, WITH THE SUPPORT OF DONORS, WAS ABLE TO FUND THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS: COVI