St Margaret's Health-Spring Valley

St. Margaret's Health-Spring Valley (Hospital), formerly known as St. Margaret's Hospital, previously doing business as St. Margaret's Health, is a 44-bed acute care hospital located in Spring Valley, Illinois. The Hospital also operates a network of primary and specialty care physician clinics in Spring Valley and the surrounding area. St. Margaret's Health-Spring Valley has a tradition of serving the poor and others in the area surrounding Spring Valley for over 100 years. Following in the footsteps of Jesus Christ, St. Margaret's Health-Spring Valley is reaching out to the poor and those most in need. The presence of St. Margaret's Health-Spring Valley means much more than dollars and cents. (Continued on Schedule O)The value of services to those in need has been more than a financial sheet can describe, because sometimes the smaller programs do the most good and because the organization cannot possibly count up all the services. St. Margaret's Health-Spring Valley has been a leader in the community, helping others to see the need to respond to the needs of the poor.The Hospital provides health care services to patients who meet certain criteria under its charity care policy without charge or at amounts less than established rates. Since the Hospital does not pursue collection of these amounts, they are not reported as patient service revenue. In addition, the Hospital provides services to other medically indigent patients under certain government reimbursed public aid programs. Such programs pay providers amounts which are less than established charges for the services provided to the recipients, and for some services the payments are less than the cost of rendering the services provided. The Hospital also commits significant time and resources to endeavors and critical services which meet otherwise unfulfilled community needs. Many of these activities are sponsored with the knowledge that they will not be self-supporting or financially viable.