Marshall Medical Center

TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY AND OFFER HEALTH SERVICES OF SUPERIOR VALUE AND QUALITY.

IN KEEPING WITH THE COMMITMENT TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY AND OFFER HEALTH SERVICES OF SUPERIOR VALUE AND QUALITY, THE FOLLOWING WILL BE CONSIDERED WHEN INDIVIDUALS WHO NEED HEALTH CARE CANNOT PAY:- PROVIDING FREE CARE AND/OR SUBSIDIZED CARE;- PROVIDING CARE TO PERSONS COVERED BY GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAMS AT BELOW COST; AND- PROVIDING HEALTH/WELLNESS ACTIVITIES AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAMS.(CONTINUED IN SCHEDULE O)NOT ONLY DOES MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTER PROVIDE LOW-COST CARE TO INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS AND THOSE UNABLE TO AFFORD HEALTH CARE, BUT IT ALSO HELPS PATIENTS FIND AND ACCESS PRIVATE AND GOVERNMENTAL RESOURCES FOR HEALTH CARE BENEFITS. MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTER RECOGNIZES BELOW-COST REIMBURSEMENTS AS CHARITY AND UNCOMPENSATED CARE IN MEETING ITS MISSION TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. IN MARCH 2020, THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION DECLARED THE SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS DISEASE (COVID-19) A WORLDWIDE PANDEMIC. STATE MANDATED SHUTDOWNS AND RESTRICTIONS WERE IMPOSED AS A RESULT, LEADING TO DECREASED PATIENT VOLUMES AND CURTAILING COMMUNITY BENEFIT ACTIVITIES DURING TAX YEAR 2020. INPATIENT SERVICES IN TAX YEAR 2020 WERE PROVIDED TO 4,681 PATIENTS. SOME EXAMPLES OF INPATIENT SERVICES INCLUDED:- 288 BABIES DELIVERED- 40 SPECIAL PROCEDURES PERFORMED- 122 CARDIAC CATHETERIZATIONS- 165,292 LABORATORY TESTS PERFORMED- 4,410 CT SCANS- 8,356 RADIOLOGY PROCEDURES PERFORMEDOUTPATIENT SERVICES IN TAX YEAR 2020 WERE PROVIDED TO 185,938 PATIENTS. SOME EXAMPLES FOR OUTPATIENT SERVICES INCLUDED:- 24,794 EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS- 1,724 OUTPATIENT SPECIAL PROCEDURES PERFORMED- 40,863 RADIOLOGY PROCEDURES PERFORMED- 536 CARDIAC CATHETERIZATIONS- 425,566 LABORATORY TESTS PERFORMED- 12,374 CT SCANS- 1,705 RURAL HEALTH CLINIC VISITS- 20,819 CARDIOLOGY CLINIC VISITS- 4,525 PULMONOLOGY CLINIC VISITS- 6,066 ONCOLOGY CLINIC VISITS- 7,431 OP INFUSION CLINIC VISITS- 2,113 RHEUMATOLOGY CLINIC VISITS- 13,608 PEDIATRIC CLINIC VISITS- 11,525 OB CLINICS VISITS- 6,819 CANCER PROGRAM CASES- 67,252 FAMILY PRACTICE CLINICS VISITS- 7,624 GASTROENTEROLOGY CLINIC VISITS- 2,487 ENT CLINIC VISITS- 3,117 HEARING CLINIC VISITS- 17,354 ORTHOPEDIC CLINIC VISITS- 7,719 SURGERY CLINIC VISITS- 5,492 UROLOGY CLINIC VISITS- 4,148 PSYCHIATRY CLINIC VISITS- 2,385 PODIATRY CLINIC VISITS- 4,283 HBO & WOUND CARE CLINIC VISITS- 23,070 HOSPITALISTS VISITS- 4,762 CARES CLINIC VISTS- 1,132 NEUROLOGY CLINIC VISITS- 1,876 SPECIALTY SERVICES VISITSMARSHALL MEDICAL CENTER RECOGNIZES IT HAS AN OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE SERVICES ABOVE AND BEYOND ITS ROLE AS A HEALING FACILITY. THE FOLLOWING COMMUNITY BENEFITS DEMONSTRATE THE TANGIBLE WAYS IN WHICH THE ORGANIZATION IS FULFILLING ITS MISSION:- BLOOD PRESSURE CLINICS;- FLU CLINICS;- VOLUNTEER PROGRAM;- FOR YOUR HEALTH (A COMMUNITY MAGAZINE);- CANCER RESOURCE CENTER;- PALLIATIVE CARE PROGRAM;- HOLIDAY FOOD DRIVE FOR VARIOUS FOOD BANKS;- SEXUAL ASSAULT RESPONSE TEAM PROGRAM;- COMMUNITY HEALTH LIBRARY;- CHILDBIRTH CLASSES;- CONGESTIVE HEART ACTIVE TELEPHONE TREATMENT PROGRAM;- SCHOLARSHIPS;- PHARMACEUTICAL TRIALS;- USE OF HOSPITAL CONFERENCE ROOMS FOR COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS;- SEMINARS AND SUPPORT GROUPS;- FREE TRAINING FOR PHARMACY STUDENTS, NURSING STUDENTS, LVN STUDENTS, AND OTHER HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS;- SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM;- CONTRIBUTED TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH VOLUNTEER SERVICE TO ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE;- LOW-COST MAMMOGRAPHY PROGRAM;- HELD NUMEROUS COMMUNITY HEALTH EDUCATION CLASSES;- MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTER'S CHAPLAIN PROVIDED 1,553 PATIENT VISITS, 182 PATIENT COUNSELING VISITS, AND CONDUCTED 1 MEMORIAL SERVICE;- ACCEL PROGRAM (LOCAL PROJECT TO COORDINATE THE SAFETY NETWORK FOR EL DORADO COUNTY);- ELECTRONIC HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE;- PROVIDED FREE TRANSPORTATION TO PATIENTS UNABLE TO AFFORD TRANSPORTATION;- PROVIDED MEETING LOCATION FOR NUMEROUS SUPPORT GROUPS (MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID, STROKE EDUCATION AND SUPPORT AND MORE) AT NO CHARGE;- COMMUNITY SPONSORSHIPS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, CENTER FOR VIOLENCE-FREE RELATIONSHIPS, SOROPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL, HANDS4HOPE, AND ROTARY CLUB OF EL DORADO HILLS; AND- ENCOURAGED EMPLOYEES TO PARTICIPATE IN VARIOUS COMMUNITY-BUILDING ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO EL DORADO COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP, LEADERSHIP EL DORADO, EL DORADO UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT CAREER EDUCATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND VARIOUS HEALTH ORGANIZATION BOARDS.