UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS HEALTH SYSTEM INC

COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY REMAINS AT THE CORE OF THE SYSTEM'S MISSION: TO HEAL. TO TEACH. TO DISCOVER. IN 2023, UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS DEDICATED MORE THE $522 MILLION TO COMMUNITY BENEFIT PROGRAMS IN NORTHEAST OHIO CONSISTING OF: - EDUCATION AND TRAINING = $100 MILLION - RESEARCH = $58 MILLION - CHARITY CARE = $58 MILLION - MEDICAID SHORTFALL = $268 MILLION - COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT SERVICES, PROGRAMS AND SUPPORT = $38 MILLION - HOSPITAL CARE ASSURANCE PROGRAM (HCAP) = ($75 MILLION) REFER TO SCHEDULE H IN THE UH GROUP RETURN FOR FURTHER DETAIL ON HOW THE SYSTEM MEASURES AND REPORTS COMMUNITY BENEFIT. COMMUNITY BENEFIT FOR 2023 TOTALED $522 MILLION. IN ADDITION TO CHARITY CARE AND INSUFFICIENT FUNDING FROM THE MEDICAID PROGRAM, THE SYSTEM INCURS SIGNIFICANT LOSSES RELATED TO SELF-PAY PATIENTS WHO FAIL TO MAKE PAYMENT FOR SERVICES RENDERED OR INSURED PATIENTS WHO FAIL TO REMIT CO-PAYMENTS AND DEDUCTIBLES AS REQUIRED UNDER APPLICABLE HEALTH INSURANCE ARRANGEMENTS. IN 2023, $129 MILLION REPRESENTED REVENUES FOR SERVICES PROVIDED THAT WERE DEEMED TO BE UNCOLLECTIBLE. THE SYSTEM HAS A BROAD PRESENCE THROUGHOUT NORTHEAST OHIO, INCLUDING CUYAHOGA, LORAIN, GEAUGA, ASHTABULA, PORTAGE, ASHLAND, LAKE, AND RICHLAND COUNTIES SERVICE AREAS. THE BREADTH OF THE SYSTEM'S SERVICE AREA IS COVERED THROUGH ITS ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER, COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTERS, JOINT VENTURES, AMBULATORY HEALTH CENTERS AND MEDICAL PRACTICES. THE UH HEALTH SYSTEM PROVIDES WORK DIRECTLY FOR 38,433 (32,607 REPORTED ON THE UH GROUP FORM 990) EMPLOYEES AND PHYSICIANS. UH PROVIDES MANY COMMUNITY BENEFITS DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTLY THROUGH NEW OR EXPANDED BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES AND THROUGH IMPORTANT CAPITAL INVESTMENTS IN OUR FACILITIES. UH HAS COMMITTED - AND CONTINUES TO COMMIT - MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS WITHIN THE CITY OF CLEVELAND AND THROUGHOUT OUR REGION, PROVIDING CONSTRUCTION AND HOSPITAL-BASED JOBS. STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITIES AND SERVICES AT UH CLEVELAND MEDICAL CENTER, OUR WORLD-RENOWNED ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER IN CLEVELAND, PROVIDE CLEVELAND RESIDENTS AND PEOPLE FROM THROUGHOUT THE REGION AND THE WORLD WITH THE FINEST IN PRIMARY AND SPECIALTY HEALTH CARE. THE FACILITIES ALLOW US TO CONDUCT VITAL MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OFFER ADVANCED TRAINING FOR STUDENTS AND HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. THE QUENTIN & ELISABETH ALEXANDER NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AT UH RAINBOW BABIES & CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL SERVES OUR MOST VULNERABLE CHILDREN. THE SYSTEM'S EMERGENCY FACILITIES AT OUR MEDICAL CENTERS AND THE SYSTEM'S SEIDMAN CANCER CENTER AT UH CLEVELAND MEDICAL CENTER AND VARIOUS COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTERS, CONTINUE TO PROVIDE EXPANDED EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES WHILE EXTENDING UH'S MISSION TO MORE PATIENTS. NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART OUTPATIENT HEALTH CENTERS IN THE REGION HAVE SPURRED ECONOMIC GROWTH WHILE GIVING PEOPLE ACCESS TO THE CARE THEY NEED CLOSE TO HOME AND EXPANDING OUR COMMUNITY BENEFIT PROGRAMS. THE SYSTEM IS PROUD TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE HEALTH OF OUR CITIZENS AND TO BE A POSITIVE ECONOMIC FORCE IN OUR REGION. FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE SYSTEM'S COMMUNITY BENEFIT OR TO VIEW THE 2023 COMMUNITY BENEFIT REPORT, PLEASE VISIT THE SYSTEM'S WEBSITE AT WWW.UHHOSPITALS.ORG.