St Marys Medical Center Inc

TO MEET LIFETIME HEALTHCARE NEEDS OF THOSE SERVED

ST. MARY'S MEDICAL CENTER WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1924 AND, BASED ON THE CORE VALUES OF COMPASSION, HOSPITALITY, REVERENCE, TRUST, INTERDEPENDENCE, AND STEWARDSHIP, CONTINUES TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO RESIDENTS OF HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA AND THE SURROUNDING AREA. SERVICES ARE PROVIDED WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PATIENT'S RACE, CREED, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN, AGE, OR HANDICAP. FURTHERMORE, WHILE REIMBURSEMENT FOR CARE PROVIDED IS CRUCIAL TO THE CONTINUED OPERATION OF ST. MARY'S MEDICAL CENTER, IT IS RECOGNIZED THAT CIRCUMSTANCES EXIST WHICH RENDER CERTAIN PARTIES UNABLE TO PAY FOR NEEDED SERVICES, AND NO PATIENT IS DENIED SERVICES DUE TO THE LACK OF ABILITY TO PAY. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR WHICH ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2021, ST. MARY'S MEDICAL CENTER PROVIDED 105,698 DAYS OF INPATIENT DAYS OF CARE AND TREATED AN ADDITIONAL 310,627 PATIENTS IN THE EMERGENCY AND OUTPATIENT SETTINGS. APPROXIMATELY 77% OF THE INPATIENTS SERVED WERE COVERED BY GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAMS, SUCH AS MEDICARE AND MEDICAID. A SIMILAR PERCENTAGE IS APPLICABLE TO OUTPATIENT SERVICES. SINCE CARE PROVIDED TO MEDICARE AND MEDICAID BENEFICIARIES IS SUBJECT TO CONTRACTUAL REIMBURSEMENT RESTRICTIONS, PAYMENT RECEIVED FOR SERVICES PROVIDED IS OFTEN SIGNIFICANTLY BELOW THE ACTUAL COST OF THE SERVICES. ST. MARY'S MEDICAL CENTER HAS ESTABLISHED CHARITY CARE POLICIES AND GUIDELINES, USED TO HELP IDENTIFY THOSE PATIENTS WHO GENUINELY DO NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES TO PAY FOR SERVICES RECEIVED. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2021, THE HOSPITAL PROVIDED APPROXIMATELY $4.4 MILLION DOLLARS IN CHARITY CARE SERVICES, REPRESENTING CARE PROVIDED AT REDUCED PRICES OR COMPLETELY FREE OF CHARGE. THESE SERVICES INCLUDE INPATIENT SERVICES, AN ADULT OUTPATIENT CLINIC, A HANDICAPPED CHILDREN'S CLINIC, AND A SPECIALTY PREGNANCY CLINIC. ALSO, ST. MARY'S MEDICAL CENTER EXCEEDS THE GUIDELINES ESTABLISHED FOR THE WEST VIRGINIA AD VALOREM STATUTE.

IN ADDITION TO THOSE PATIENTS WITHOUT THE WHEREWITHAL TO PAY FOR SERVICES RENDERED, WE ASSIST IN THE RELIEF OF BURDEN OF GOVERNMENT FOR SEVERAL PROGRAMS. A STRONG AUXILIARY (OPERATED AS A DEPARTMENT OF THE HOSPITAL) EXISTS, WHICH CONTRIBUTES HEAVILY TO THE ACTIVITIES OF SMMC. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2021, THE AUXILIARY CONTRIBUTED APPROXIMATELY $300,000 TO ST. MARY'S FOUNDATION AND SMMC AWARDED GRANTS TO VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS IN THE AMOUNT OF $322,995. IN ADDITION, VOLUNTEERS PROVIDED OVER 9,544 HOURS OF SERVICE VALUABLE TO PROMOTING THE MISSION AND ACTIVITIES OF THE HOSPITAL. .

ALTHOUGH PROGRAMS WERE STRONGLY AFFECTED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, ST. MARY'S MEDICAL CENTER (SMMC) PARTICIPATED IN A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY-BUILDING ACTIVITIES DURING FY 2021 THAT PROMOTED WELLNESS AND HELPED ENRICH THE LIVES OF PEOPLE IN THE TRI-STATE. SOME OF THESE ARE AS FOLLOWS: COVID-19 RESOURCES: SMMC PROVIDED A NUMBER OF RESOURCES TO HELP THE COMMUNITY DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES WERE PROVIDED IN A NUMBER OF WAYS, INCLUDING THROUGH THE WEBSITE, SOCIAL MEDIA, LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS AND PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY PRESENTATIONS. SMMC SPIRITUAL CARE & MISSION AND SMMC MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING PRESENTED FACEBOOK LIVES ON A NUMBER OF TOPICS, INCLUDING "NAVIGATING GRIEF IN THE MIDST OF A PANDEMIC"SLEEPLESS IN A PANDEMIC: WAYS TO OVERCOME INSOMNIA"BUILDING EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE." HIMG, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CABELL-HUNTINGTON HEALTH DEPARTMENT, PROVIDED FREE COVID-19 VACCINES TO THE COMMUNITY. FROM MAY-SEPTEMBER 2021, 1,602 VACCINES WERE PROVIDED. SMMC ALSO PARTNERED WITH CABELL HUNTINGTON HOSPITAL AND THE CABELL-HUNTINGTON HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO ASSIST WITH THE COVID-19 VACCINE CENTER IN BARBOURSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA. SMMC PROVIDED VOLUNTEERS AND MARKETING OF THE SITE, WHICH PROVIDED 51,161 VACCINES DURING THE YEAR. COMMUNITY FLU SHOT CLINICS: SMMC, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CABELL-HUNTINGTON HEALTH DEPARTMENT, OFFERED A FREE DRIVE-THRU FLU SHOT CLINIC SATURDAY, OCT. 12 IN HUNTINGTON AND IN HURRICANE. 508 VACCINES WERE GIVEN IN HUNTINGTON AND HURRICANE TOTAL. ST. MARY'S ER IRONTON, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE LAWRENCE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, OFFERED A FREE DRIVE-THRU FLU SHOT CLINIC FRIDAY, OCT. 23 IN IRONTON, OHIO. 125 VACCINES WERE GIVEN. FREE WOMEN'S HEALTH SCREENINGS: ST. MARY'S BREAST CENTER OFFERED TWO FREE WOMEN'S HEALTH SCREENINGS TO THE COMMUNITY: A FREE BREAST SCREENING, WHICH INCLUDED A BREAST EXAM AND A COUPON FOR A DISCOUNTED MAMMOGRAM AND A FREE CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING, WHICH INCLUDED A PAP TEST. EIGHT WOMEN PARTICIPATED IN THE OCTOBER BREAST SCREENING, WHILE 10 WOMEN PARTICIPATED IN THE APRIL CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING. COMMUNITY WELLNESS BLOOD PROFILES: SMMC, IN CONJUNCTION WITH CABELL HUNTINGTON HOSPITAL AND HIMG, PROVIDED LOW-COST WELLNESS BLOOD PROFILES TO THE COMMUNITY DURING THE MONTH OF JULY. BLOOD PROFILES INCLUDED 29 DIFFERENT TESTS, SUCH AS GLUCOSE, CHOLESTEROL AND CALCIUM, WITH OPTIONAL TESTING AVAILABLE AT AN ADDITIONAL COST FOR HEMOGLOBIN A1C, THYROID-STIMULATING HORMONE (TSH), VITAMIN D AND PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN (PSA). THE PROFILES WERE AVAILABLE BY APPOINTMENT AT THE SMMC CONFERENCE CENTER, HIMG AND THE SMMC IRONTON CAMPUS. SMMC'S FACILITIES PROVIDED 702 PROFILES. COMMUNITY JOB FAIR: THE SMMC DIVERSITY COMMITTEE, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CABELL HUNTINGTON HOSPITAL DIVERSITY COMMITTEE AND MOUNTAIN HEALTH NETWORK (MHN) HUMAN RESOURCES, HOSTED A COMMUNITY JOB FAIR SATURDAY, APRIL 17 AT THE A.D. LEWIS COMMUNITY CENTER IN HUNTINGTON. HR REPRESENTATIVES FROM ALL MHN FACILITIES ACCEPTED RESUMES AND DISCUSSED OPEN SUPPORT STAFF POSITIONS. THE JOB FAIR WAS AN OUTREACH TO OUR MINORITY COMMUNITIES TO TARGET JOB CANDIDATES WHO HAVE BEEN TRADITIONALLY UNDERREPRESENTED IN THE WORKFORCE. SUPPORT GROUPS: SMMC OFFERS FOUR FREE SUPPORT GROUPS TO THE COMMUNITY EACH MONTH: . BREAST CANCER . CAN-CERVIVE (FOR ALL CANCERS) . FAMILIES MOTIVATING RECOVERY (FOR LOVED ONES OF PEOPLE STRUGGLING WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER) . WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY SMMC ALSO OFFERS NAVIGATING GRIEF, A FREE QUARTERLY FOUR-WEEK COURSE, TO HELP COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH LOSS. THE GROUPS DID NOT MEET OCTOBER 2020-MARCH 2021 DUE TO THE PANDEMIC. AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVES: DURING 2020 AND 2021, THE AMERICAN RED CROSS FACED A SEVERE BLOOD SHORTAGE DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. SMMC HOSTED COMMUNITY BLOOD DRIVES AT THE MEDICAL CENTER AND HIMG IN FEBRUARY, JUNE AND JULY. AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION HUNTINGTON HEART WALK VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE: SMMC REGIONAL HEART INSTITUTE PARTNERED WITH THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, THE LARGEST VOLUNTARY HEALTH ORGANIZATION WORKING TO PREVENT, TREAT AND DEFEAT HEART DISEASE, STROKE AND OTHER CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES, FOR THE 2021 HUNTINGTON HEART WALK. THE WALK WAS HELD VIRTUALLY ON THURSDAY, JUNE 24. PARTICIPANTS AND TEAMS WERE ENCOURAGED TO "WALK WHEREVER THEY ARE." THE WALK RAISED FUNDS AND AWARENESS FOR THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION. HUNTINGTON'S KITCHEN: HUNTINGTON'S KITCHEN, A COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM OF CABELL HUNTINGTON HOSPITAL, IS A COMMUNITY FOOD CENTER WHERE PEOPLE COME TO LEARN, COOK AND EXPERIENCE EVERYTHING THAT WELL-PREPARED FOOD AND HEALTHY LIVING HAVE TO OFFER. SMMC PARTNERED WITH HUNTINGTON'S KITCHEN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO PROVIDE SPEAKERS FOR TWO FREE MONTHLY COMMUNITY EVENTS: DINING WITH A DOC, WHICH OFFERS AN EVENING OF HEALTH INFORMATION AND COOKING WITH A PHYSICIAN, AND SENIOR FOCUS FRIDAY, A PROGRAM FOR PEOPLE 50 AND OLDER. TOPICS INCLUDED: DIABETES MANAGEMENT, THE IMPORTANCE OF A PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER AND COVID-19 VACCINES. NO CLASSES WERE HELD OCTOBER 2020-MARCH 2021 DUE TO THE PANDEMIC. FACING HUNGER FOODBANK: SMMC TEAMED UP WITH FACING HUNGER FOODBANK TO DISTRIBUTE FOOD BOXES TO CLINIC PATIENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THE CLINIC PROVIDES FREE HEALTH CARE TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO MEET FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINES. HIMG FACEBOOK LIVE: HIMG'S FACEBOOK PAGE HOSTED MONTHLY FACEBOOK LIVE EVENTS FOCUSING ON A NUMBER OF HEALTH TOPICS OF IMPORTANCE TO THE COMMUNITY. TOPICS INCLUDED: HEART HEALTH, UROLOGY AND COVID-19 VACCINES. PROACT (PROVIDER RESPONSE ORGANIZATION FOR ADDICTION CARE AND TREATMENT): PROACT'S GOAL IS TO OFFER INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR FAMILIES A VIABLE SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES POSITIVE OUTCOMES. PARTNER INSTITUTIONS WITHIN PROACT INCLUDE SMMC, CABELL HUNTINGTON HOSPITAL, MARSHALL HEALTH AND THOMAS HEALTH. THE PROACT CENTER, WHICH OPENED IN 2018, WAS CREATED TO ADDRESS THE CLINICAL, BEHAVIORAL, SPIRITUAL AND PROFESSIONAL ISSUES OF THOSE AFFECTED BY SUBSTANCE USE. IT FUNCTIONS AS THE CENTRALIZED HUB FOR TREATMENT, RECOVERY, THERAPY, EDUCATION, RESEARCH, WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITIES AND SUPPORT FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY ADDICTION. SMMC PROVIDES A FULL-TIME CHAPLAIN. COMPASS PROGRAM: THE COMPASS PROGRAM PROVIDES TRAINING, CLASSES AND A WELLNESS CENTER TO HELP FIRST RESPONDERS IN HUNTINGTON IMPROVE THEIR MENTAL HEALTH. SMMC PROVIDES SPIRITUAL CARE AND EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (EAP) SERVICES AS PART OF THE PROGRAM. CABELL-HUNTINGTON HEALTH DEPARTMENT HARM REDUCTION PROGRAM: SMMC, IN CONJUNCTION WITH CABELL HUNTINGTON HOSPITAL AND MARSHALL HEALTH SUPPORTS THE CABELL-HUNTINGTON HEALTH DEPARTMENT HARM REDUCTION PROGRAM (HRP). THE HRP PROVIDES STERILE SYRINGES, COLLECTS NON-STERILE (USED) SYRINGES, OFFERS NALOXONE AND RESCUE BREATHING TRAINING, AND ACTS AS POINTS OF ACCESS TO PREVENTION, TESTING AND TREATMENT FOR BLOOD-BORNE DISEASES AS WELL AS PROVIDING FAMILY PLANNING AND REFERRALS TO MEDICAL TREATMENT, SOCIAL SERVICES, MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES FOR CABELL COUNTY RESIDENTS. VOLUNTEER SERVICE ON COMMUNITY BOARDS: SMMC MANAGERS VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME TO THEIR COMMUNITIES THROUGH SERVICE ON A NUMBER OF NON-PROFIT BOARDS INCLUDING: LAWRENCE COUNTY (OHIO) CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, HUNTINGTON REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, UNITED WAY OF THE RIVER CITIES, BIG BROTHERS/BIG SISTERS, FACING HUNGER FOODBANK AND THE KEITH-ALBEE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER. COMMUNITY GIVING: SMMC EMPLOYEES PARTICIPATED IN A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY GIVING OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, INCLUDING PROVIDING FOOD AND WINTER ACCESSORIES FOR THE RIVERVIEW EAST HIGH-RISE IN GUYANDOTTE, WEST VIRGINIA. THE MEN AND WOMEN AT THE HIGH-RISE LIVE ON LIMITED INCOMES AND HAVE NO FOOD SERVICE IN THEIR BUILDING. COMMUNITY HEALTH SCREENINGS: PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC, SMMC PARTICIPATED IN HEALTH FAIRS THROUGHOUT ITS SERVICE AREA. THESE EVENTS PROVIDED FREE SCREENINGS FOR HEALTH ISSUES, SUCH AS CHOLESTEROL, BLOOD SUGAR, HDL, AND OSTEOPOROSIS. EDUCATION ABOUT STROKE, JOINT REPLACEMENT SURGERY, AND RISK FACTORS FOR DIABETES AND OTHER HEALTH ISSUES WAS ALSO PROVIDED.