Bonner General Hospital Inc

Bonner General Hospital (BGH), located in Sandpoint, Idaho, is a full-service critical access hospital licensed for 25 beds. BGH is accredited by the DNV. BGH is the sole provider of all inpatient acute care and many other various outpatient services in Bonner County. BGH provides services to a predominantly rural and widely dispersed population of 60,000 plus and growing. Its patient service areas extend to the Canadian border, the western edge of Montana and the eastern border of Washington. BGH provides inpatient and outpatient services regardless of an individual's ability to pay, utilizing moral and ethical principles. Services provided include emergency care, Continued on Schedule O...diagnostic, primary care, therapeutic services, and prevention programs. BGH also provides educational programs, support groups, counseling and seminars for patients and the general public, in addition to professional education programs for high school and college students and its staff. BGH is dedicated to providing quality, patient-focused services that are determined to be both necessary and feasible. Through evaluation and planning by hospital leadership, BGH will continue to identify the existing and future needs of the patient service area and will strive to continually improve its performance in meeting those needs.During the period of 01/01/23 to 12/31/23, BGH admitted 1,062 patients, serviced 11,086 emergency room visits, delivered 95 babies and performed 3,003 surgical procedures. During that same period, BGH provided 3,607 days of patient care and 3,760 Hospice visits. BGH provides care to persons covered by government-sponsored health care programs (i.e. Medicare and Medicaid) at below cost, as well as free and/or subsidized care to indigent patients. For the period of 01/01/23 to 12/31/23 BGH provided $35,717,460 in unreimbursed care to government-sponsored health care program (i.e. Medicare and Medicaid), $3,047,403 in uncompensated care to private pay patients, and $292,133 in charity care, based on gross charges.