Rush Care Inc

HOSPITAL AND CLINIC PATIENT SERVICE

THE SPECIALTY HOSPITAL OF MERIDIAN IS A PRIVATELY OWNED, NOT-FOR-PROFIT HEALTHCARE FACILITY PROVIDING ACUTE MEDICAL CARE. AS A LONG-TERM CARE HOSPITAL (LTCH), THE SPECIALTY HOSPITAL OF MERIDIAN (SHM) PROVIDES CONTINUED ACUTE-LEVEL CARE FOR PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM MEDICALLY COMPLEX ILLNESSES. SPECIALTY'S HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS WORK HARD TO GENERATE THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL OF OUTCOMES AND MAXIMIZE EACH PATIENT'S FREEDOM AND INDEPENDENCE WHILE INVOLVING THE PATIENT AND FAMILY IN THE TREATMENT PROGRAM.THE SPECIALTY HOSPITAL OF MERIDIAN HAS BEEN PROVIDING SPECIALIZED MEDICAL CARE FOR PATIENTS SINCE 1994. IT OPERATES AS A 49-BED LONG-TERM ACUTE-CARE HOSPITAL AND STRIVES TO DELIVER SUPERIOR HEALTHCARE TO THE COMMUNITIES OF MISSISSIPPI AND SURROUNDING STATES. THE SPECIALTY HOSPITAL OF MERIDIAN IS A DIVISION OF RUSH HEALTH SYSTEMS, WHICH SERVES A POPULATION OF 232,900 PEOPLE IN A 45-MILE RADIUS AND 526,500 RESIDENTS IN A 65-MILE RADIUS. NINE COUNTIES IN EAST MISSISSIPPI AND THREE COUNTIES IN WEST ALABAMA, MOST OF WHICH ARE PRIMARILY RURAL COUNTIES, MAKE UP THE MAJORITY OF THE SERVICE REGION.THERE ARE ONLY EIGHT LONG TERM ACUTE CARE HOSPITALS LOCATED IN MISSISSIPPI, SO THE SPECIALTY HOSPITAL OF MERIDIAN FILLS A UNIQUE AND IMPORTANT NICHE IN THE SPECTRUM OF INPATIENT CARE. IN 2021, SHM SERVED 333 INPATIENTS IN THE LONG-TERM ACUTE CARE SETTING. AS PRESENTED IN THE ATTACHED SCHEDULE H, SHM PROVIDED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND CERTAIN OTHER COMMUNITY BENEFITS DURING 2021 AT A COST OF $215,936. ALTHOUGH EQUITABLE PAYMENT FOR SERVICES IS ESSENTIAL TO THE ORGANIZATION'S FINANCIAL VIABILITY, SHM RECOGNIZES THAT NOT ALL INDIVIDUALS POSSESS THE RESOURCES REQUIRED TO REIMBURSE THE HOSPITAL FOR ALL SERVICES PROVIDED. KEEPING ITS COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY, SHM PROVIDES FREE CARE AND SUBSIDIZED CARE WITHIN EXISTING RESOURCES WHERE THE NEED FOR SUCH CARE EXISTS.THE MISSION STATEMENT OF THE SPECIALTY HOSPITAL OF MERIDIAN AND ITS AFFILIATED RURAL PROVIDERS IS STATED AS FOLLOWS: AS A LONG-TERM ACUTE-CARE HOSPITAL WITH AFFILIATED RURAL HEALTH PROVIDERS, WE ARE COMMITTED TO THE DELIVERY OF EXCELLENCE IN HEALTHCARE. WE WILL MAINTAIN HIGH STANDARDS OF CARE AND AVAILABILITY OF RESOURCES, CONSISTENT WITH THE EXPECTATIONS OF OUR CUSTOMERS, IN A COST-EFFECTIVE MANNER. OUR MISSION IS TO CARE FOR OUR PATIENTS AS WELL AS OUR COMMUNITIES, CARRYING OUT OUR MOTTO: "RESTORING QUALITY TO LIFE."PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO MEET THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF LONG-TERM CARE PATIENTS PROVIDED BY SHM INCLUDE SPECIALIZED HOSPITALIST, PULMONARY CARE, WOUND CARE AND MEDICALLY COMPLEX PATIENT CARE PROGRAMS AND THE RELATED SERVICES OF THOSE PROGRAMS SUCH AS VENTILATOR MANAGEMENT AND WEANING, TRACHEOSTOMY CARE, LONG TERM IV ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY, TREATMENT FOR RENAL FAILURE, COMPLICATED FRACTURES, STAGE III OR STAGE IV PRESSURE ULCERS AND A HOST OF OTHER CONDITIONS REQUIRING LONG-TERM HOSPITAL CARE. THE SPECIALTY HOSPITAL OF MERIDIAN PROVIDES QUALITY MEDICAL CARE REGARDLESS OF RACE, CREED, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN, HANDICAP OR AGE.