SSM HEALTH CARE ST LOUIS

SINCE IT WAS FOUNDED IN 1872 BY CATHOLIC SISTERS, SSM HEALTH (SSMH) HAS EXISTED TO MEET THE HEALTH NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES. SSMH IS A CATHOLIC, NOT-FORPROFIT HEALTH SYSTEM SERVING THE COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH NEEDS OF COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE MIDWEST THROUGH ONE OF THE LARGEST INTEGRATED DELIVERY SYSTEMS IN THE NATION. WITH CARE DELIVERY SITES IN ILLINOIS, MISSOURI, OKLAHOMA, AND WISCONSIN, SSMH INCLUDES 23 ACUTE CARE HOSPITALS, ONE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, MORE THAN 650 PHYSICIAN OFFICES AND OTHER OUTPATIENT AND VIRTUAL CARE SERVICES, 12 POST-ACUTE FACILITIES, COMPREHENSIVE HOME CARE AND HOSPICE SERVICES, A PHARMACY BENEFIT COMPANY, A HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY, AND AN ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION. THE HEALTH SYSTEM EMPLOYS NEARLY 40,000 PEOPLE AND IS AFFILIATED WITH 13,900 PHYSICIANS MAKING IT ONE OF THE LARGEST EMPLOYERS IN EVERY COMMUNITY IT SERVES. IN THE TRADITION OF ITS FOUNDING SISTERS, SSMH STRIVES TO FULFILL ITS MISSION BY PROVIDING EXCEPTIONAL HEALTH CARE TO EVERYONE WHO COMES TO ITS HOSPITALS, REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY. ABOUT SSM HEALTH CARE ST LOUIS: SSM HEALTH CARE ST LOUIS PROVIDES HEALTH CARE SERVICES AT SIX WHOLLY-OWNED ACUTE CARE HOSPITALS: SSM HEALTH DEPAUL HOSPITAL-ST LOUIS, SSM HEALTH ST MARY'S HOSPITAL-ST LOUIS, SSM HEALTH ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL-ST CHARLES, SSM HEALTH ST CLARE HOSPITAL-FENTON, SSM HEALTH ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL-LAKE ST LOUIS, AND SSM HEALTH ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL-WENTZVILLE. SSM HEALTH CARE ST LOUIS IS ALSO THE SOLE CORPORATE MEMBER OF SSM HEALTH CARDINAL GLENNON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AND SSM HEALTH SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL. SINCE SSM HEALTH'S FOUNDING SISTERS BEGAN THEIR MINISTRY IN ST. LOUIS WITH JUST $5 AMONG THEM MORE THAN 145 YEARS AGO, IT HAS GROWN INTO ONE OF THE LARGEST INTEGRATED DELIVERY SYSTEMS IN THE NATION. IN THE ST. LOUIS REGION, SSM HEALTH OPERATES EIGHT HOSPITALS, AS WELL AS NUMEROUS URGENT CARE LOCATIONS, SSM HEALTH EXPRESS CLINICS AT WALGREENS, SSM HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP OFFICES, PEDIATRIC SPECIFIC LOCATIONS, OUTPATIENT REHAB CENTERS, OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH LOCATIONS AND HOSPICE AND HOME HEALTH SERVICES. SSM HEALTH CARE ST. LOUIS ALSO IS PARTIAL OWNER OF SSM HEAL TH REHABILITATION HOSPITAL, A SPECIALTY REHABILITATION HOSPITAL THAT OFFERS CARE AND ADVANCED TREATMENT FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH STROKE, BRAIN INJURY, SPINAL CORD INJURY, NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS, AMPUTATION, JOINT REPLACEMENT AND OTHER ORTHOPEDIC TRAUMA, AS WELL AS GENERAL MEDICAL REHABILITATION NEEDS. SSM HEALTH DEPAUL HOSPITAL-ST LOUIS OPENED IN 1828, WAS THE FIRST HOSPITAL WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND REMAINS THE OLDEST CONTINUOUSLY EXISTING BUSINESS IN ST LOUIS. TODAY SSM HEALTH DEPAUL HOSPITAL-ST LOUIS OFFERS THE ONLY LEVEL II TRAUMA CENTER IN NORTH ST. LOUIS COUNTY AND SERVES PATIENTS FROM ACROSS THE ST. LOUIS METROPOLITAN AREA, WITH CONCENTRATION IN THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES OF BRIDGETON, FLORISSANT, HAZELWOOD, ST ANN, ST JOHN, MARYLAND HEIGHTS AND OVERLAND IN MISSOURI. SSM HEAL TH DEPAUL HOSPITAL-ST LOUIS OFFERS A WIDE RANGE OF COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL CARE INCLUDING INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT SURGERIES USING STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY AND FACILITIES. WE OFFER THE MOST ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY AND PROCEDURES AVAILABLE INCLUDING MINIMALLY INVASIVE HEART, SPINE, KNEE, HIP AND WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY. THE JOINT COMMISSION HAS ALSO DESIGNATED THE HOSPITAL AS A JOINT COMMISSION CERTIFIED PRIMARY STROKE CENTER, DISTINGUISHING IT FROM OTHER STROKE CENTERS, FOR MEETING THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF CARE ESTABLISHED BY THE JOINT COMMISSION TO RECEIVE AND TREAT THE MOST COMPLEX STROKE CASES, AS A CERTIFIED HIP REPLACEMENT CENTER, A CERTIFIED KNEE REPLACEMENT CENTER, AND IS DESIGNATED AS A LEVEL I TIME CRITICAL DIAGNOSIS STEMI CENTER. IT IS ALSO A BARIATRIC SURGERY CENTER OF EXCELLENCE AS ENDORSED BY THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR METABOLIC AND BARIATRIC SURGERY. SSM HEALTH ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL IS A TWO-TIME WINNER OF THE PREMIER AWARD FOR QUALITY AND A LEVEL II TIME CRITICAL DIAGNOSIS STEMI CENTER. THE HOSPITAL HAS DISTINCTIVE CAPABILITIES IN HEART ATTACK CARE, HIGH-RISK PREGNANCIES, AND FETAL SURGERY. ADDITIONALLY, THE HOSPITAL HAS A CHEST PAIN CENTER, ADVANCED STROKE CARE CLINIC AND THE LATEST IMAGING AND OUTPATIENT SERVICES. A TEACHING HOSPITAL, SSM HEAL TH ST. MARY'S OFFERS AN INDEPENDENT, ACCREDITED INTERNAL MEDICINE RESIDENCY PROGRAM AND IS THE PRIMARY LOCATION FOR ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE'S DEPARTMENT OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY AND ITS FAMILY PRACTICE RESIDENCY PROGRAMS. SSM HEALTH ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL-ST CHARLES IS LOCATED IN A HISTORIC DOWNTOWN DISTRICT AND HAS BEEN SERVING THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY SINCE 1885. SSM ST. JOSEPH HOSPITALST CHARLES HAS GROWN STRUCTURALLY AND TECHNOLOGICALLY THROUGHOUT THE PAST 125 YEARS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF AN EVER-GROWING AND CHANGING POPULATION. TODAY, THE ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL OFFERS HIGHLY-SPECIALIZED CARE FOR CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS. THE HOSPITAL EXCELS IN MANY AREAS, INCLUDING OPEN-HEART SURGERY, CARDIAC CATHETERIZATIONS, TRAUMA AND EMERGENCY SERVICES, SLEEP MEDICINE, OBSTETRICS, SURGICAL SERVICES, ONCOLOGY, VASCULAR SURGERY, ORTHOPEDICS AND GASTROENTEROLOGY. THE FACILITY IS DESIGNATED AS A LEVEL II TRAUMA CENTER, A JOINT COMMISSION-CERTIFIED PRIMARY STROKE CENTER AND THE ONLY LEVEL I TIME CRITICAL DIAGNOSIS STEMI CENTER IN ST. CHARLES COUNTY. SSM HEAL TH ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL-LAKE SAINT LOUIS IS THE LEADING PROVIDER OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOR WESTERN ST. CHARLES, WARREN AND LINCOLN COUNTIES. THE HOSPITAL IS A STATE-DESIGNATED LEVEL ILL TRAUMA CENTER, A LEVEL II TIME CRITICAL DIAGNOSIS STEMI CENTER AND SPECIALIZES IN OBSTETRIC AND PEDIATRIC CARE. IT ALSO OFFERS INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT HEALTH CARE SERVICES. IN 2014 IT WAS NAMED ONE OF THE NATION'S TOP 100 HOSPITALS BY TRUVEN HEAL TH ANALYTICS AND MADE BECKER'S HOSPITAL REVIEW'S LIST OF 100 GREAT COMMUNITY HOSPITALS. SSM HEALTH ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL-WENTZVILLE HAS BEEN PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY HEALTH CARE TO RESIDENTS IN WESTERN ST. CHARLES, WARREN, LINCOLN, AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES SINCE 1987. OPERATING UNDER THE SSM HEAL TH ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL-ST. CHARLES HOSPITAL LICENSE, THE FACILITY CURRENTLY OFFERS PATIENTS IN WENTZVILLE AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES A 24-HOUR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND AMBULATORY SERVICES, AS WELL AS CONVENIENT ACCESS TO OUTPATIENT PROGRAMS, INCLUDING DIAGNOSTIC, CARDIOLOGY, PULMONARY AND REHAB SERVICES. BEHAVIORAL HEAL TH INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT CARE ALSO IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE SERVICES OFFERED AT THE HOSPITAL. THE HOSPITAL OFFERS INPATIENT PSYCHIATRIC CARE ON CAMPUS WITH CLOSE SUPERVISION, WITH THE GOAL OF STABILIZING PATIENTS AND HELPING THEM UNDERSTAND THEIR CONDITION AND DEVELOP COPING STRATEGIES TO MANAGE THEIR EMOTIONS AND BEHAVIORS. SSM HEALTH ST. CLARE HOSPITAL-FENTON IS A LEVEL I TIME CRITICAL DIAGNOSIS STEM! CENTER AND A LEVEL I STROKE CENTER, SERVES THE MEDICAL NEEDS OF THE EXPANDING COMMUNITY IN SOUTHWEST ST. LOUIS COUNTY. SPECIALIZING IN HEART AND VASCULAR, NEUROSCIENCES, CANCER CARE, MATERNITY AND OTHER MEDICAL SERVICES. THE HOSPITAL ALSO RECEIVED THE HEALTHGRADES OUTSTANDING PATIENT EXPERIENCE AWARD IN 2019. SSM HEALTH CARE ST LOUIS FURTHERS ITS EXEMPT PURPOSE WITH THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES: - OPERATES AN EMERGENCY ROOM THAT IS OPEN TO ALL PERSONS REGARDLESS OF ABILITY TO PAY,- HAS AN OPEN MEDICAL STAFF WITH PRIVILEGES AVAILABLE TO ALL QUALIFIED PHYSICIANS IN THE AREA, - HAS A GOVERNING BODY IN WHICH INDEPENDENT PERSONS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMUNITY COMPRISE A MAJORITY - ENGAGES IN THE TRAINING AND EDUCATION OF HEAL TH CARE PROFESSIONALS,- PARTICIPATES IN MEDICAID, MEDICARE, CHAMPUS, TRICARE, AND/OR OTHER GOVERNMENT-SPONSORED HEAL TH CARE PROGRAMS - ALL SURPLUS FUNDS GENERATED BY SSMH ENTITIES ARE REINVESTED IN IMPROVING OUR PATIENT CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM.QUANTIFIABLE UNCOMPENSATED CARE: THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF THE TYPES OF PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT COULD BE INCLUDED AS UNCOMPENSATED CARE: TRADITIONAL CHARITY CARE - $35,315,404UNPAID COST OF OTHER MEANS-TESTED PROGRAMS - $9,396,333TOTAL QUANTIFIABLE UNCOMPENSATED CARE - $44,711,736