BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-CRITTENDEN INC

BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-CRITTENDEN, INC. PROVIDES QUALITY MEDICAL HEALTH CARE REGARDLESS OF RACE, CREED, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN, HANDICAP, OR AGE. ALTHOUGH REIMBURSEMENT FOR SERVICES RENDERED IS CRITICAL TO THE OPERATION AND STABILITY OF BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-CRITTENDEN, INC., IT IS RECOGNIZED THAT NOT ALL INDIVIDUALS POSSESS THE ABILITY TO PURCHASE ESSENTIAL MEDICAL SERVICES, AND FURTHER, THAT OUR MISSION IS TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY WITH RESPECT TO PROVIDING HEALTH CARE SERVICES AND HEALTH CARE EDUCATION. THEREFORE, IN KEEPING WITH ITS COMMITMENT TO SERVE ALL MEMBERS OF ITS COMMUNITY, BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-CRITTENDEN, INC. PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING: - FREE CARE AND/OR SUBSIDIZED CARE WHERE THE NEED AND/OR AN INDIVIDUAL'S INABILITY TO PAY COEXIST, - CARE PROVIDED TO PERSONS COVERED BY GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAMS AT BELOW COST, AND - HEALTH ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY. THESE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE WELLNESS PROGRAMS, COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR THE ELDERLY, HANDICAPPED, MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED, AND A VARIETY OF BROAD COMMUNITY SUPPORT ACTIVITIES. BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-CRITTENDEN, INC. OPENED ITS DOORS IN DECEMBER 2018 TO BEGIN SERVING THE COMMUNITY AND ITS HEALTH CARE NEEDS. PRIOR TO THE HOSPITAL OPENING, CRITTENDEN COUNTY HAD ENDURED FOUR YEARS WITHOUT AN INPATIENT BED, AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, OR A CT SCANNER IN THE COMMUNITY. PATIENTS HAD TO DRIVE TO TENNESSEE OR AN HOUR NORTHWEST TO JONESBORO, ARKANSAS FOR THESE AND MANY OTHER TYPES OF SERVICES. THE LARGEST PROGRAM SERVICES PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2024: - THE ONCOLOGY DEPARTMENT PROVIDED 4,547 BILLABLE PROCEDURES AT A COST OF $3,694,957.- THE ER DEPARTMENT HAD 22,231 VISITS AT A COST OF $3,387,683.- THE RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT PERFORMED 35,333 PROCEDURES AT A COST OF $1,822,296.- THE LAB DEPARTMENT PROVIDED 118,350 TESTS AT A COST OF $1,471,503.- THE MEDICAL/SURGICAL DEPARTMENT PROVIDED CARE FOR 1,782 DAYS AT A COST OF $1,126,304. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2024, BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-CRITTENDEN, INC. PROVIDED SERVICES FOR 471 INPATIENTS AND MORE THAN 30,320 OUTPATIENTS.BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-CRITTENDEN, INC. PROVIDES CARE TO PERSONS COVERED BY GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAMS FROM WHICH THE HOSPITAL RECEIVES PAYMENT AT LESS THAN MARKET VALUE REIMBURSEMENT. RECOGNIZING ITS MISSION TO THE COMMUNITY, SERVICES ARE PROVIDED TO MEDICARE, MEDICAID, AND UNINSURED PATIENTS. TO THE EXTENT REIMBURSEMENT IS BELOW COST, BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-CRITTENDEN, INC. RECOGNIZES THESE AMOUNTS AS CHARITY CARE IN MEETING ITS MISSION TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2024, THE UNREIMBURSED VALUE OF PROVIDING CARE TO THESE PATIENTS WAS $26,933,869. CHARITY CARE IS ALSO PROVIDED THROUGH MANY REDUCED-PRICE SERVICES AND FREE PROGRAMS OFFERED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR BASED UPON ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES THAT BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-CRITTENDEN, INC. BELIEVES WILL SERVE A BONA FIDE COMMUNITY HEALTH NEED. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS WERE OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC ON A PERIODIC BASIS. IN ADDITION, VARIOUS SUPPORT AND COMMUNITY GROUPS REGULARLY MEET IN THE HOSPITAL MEETING ROOMS. PARAMEDIC STUDENTS FROM ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY - MIDSOUTH COME TO BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-CRITTENDEN, INC. TO COMPLETE THEIR CLINICAL ROTATIONS. STUDENTS ALSO COME FROM ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY TO RECEIVE TRAINING IN RADIOLOGY. DIRECT SUPPORT: - AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION - ARKANSAS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION - MARION CHAMBER OF COMMERCE - WEST MEMPHIS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE - MARION ROTARY - DELTA ARTS - NATIONAL TOURISM & HERITAGE COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES: - LEADERSHIP WEST MEMPHIS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE- MARION CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BOARD- HEALTH FAIRS- SPEAKERS ON HEALTH TOPICS FOR ROTARY CLUB, MARION CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND WEST MEMPHIS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE- MEMPHIS POLICE DEPARTMENT - BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CRITTENDEN COUNTY- ASU MID-SOUTH - ACHIEVERS LEARNING ACADEMY- PROJECT NEURO