Northwest Medical Foundation Tillamook

Northwest Medical Foundation Tillamook, DBA Adventist Health Tillamook (AHTM), provides quality medical healthcare regardless of race, creed, sex, national origin, handicap, age, or ability to pay. AHTM has been serving Tillamook County as a faith-based, nonprofit healthcare organization since 1973. It includes a 25-bed critical access medical center in Tillamook, the largest hospital-based ambulance service in Oregon with four stations, and six rural health and urgent care medical offices across the northern Oregon coast and inland communities of Vernonia and Estacada. With over 500 associates and healthcare providers, AHTM is part of Adventist Health, an integrated nonprofit system serving over 80 communities on the West Coast and Hawaii with more than 400 care sites. Although reimbursement for services rendered is critical to the operation and stability of AHTM, the organization recognizes that not all individuals possess the ability to pay for essential medical services. Adventist Health's vision is to enhance the health of the communities where we live and serve by engaging our communities and our patients in a new definition of and partnership for personal community health. In keeping with this commitment to serve all members of the community, the following coverage will be considered when individuals who need health care cannot afford to pay: - Free care and/or subsidized care - Care to persons covered by governmental programs at/or below cost - Health/wellness activities and community education programs Not only does AHTM provide low-cost care to individuals covered by government programs, and those unable to afford healthcare, it also helps patients find and access private and governmental resources for healthcare benefits. AHTM recognizes below-cost reimbursement as charity and uncompensated care in meeting its mission to the entire community. The unreimbursed cost of providing care to these patients in 2024 was $916,180. The following services were provided to all our patients: - 87,544 clinic visits - 86 deliveries - 882 discharges - 10,619 emergency room visits - 186 inpatient surgeries - 88,346 outpatient hospital visits - 993 outpatient surgeries - 3,368 patient days AHTM recognizes it has an obligation to provide human services above and beyond its role as a healing facility. Schedule H provides more details on the tangible ways in which the organization is fulfilling its mission. The total unreimbursed cost of these community benefits in 2024 was $5,682,292. AHTM's quality and performance awards include: Reputation 800 Customer Service Award, Lown Institute Hospital Index "A" Scores in Community Benefit, Value, Avoiding Overuse, and Cost Efficiency, Becker's Hospital Review Critical Access Hospitals to Know and Best Places to Work, Forbes Best Employers in Oregon, ranked 4th overall and top healthcare employer, Ragan Workplace Wellness Recognition for Employee Experience Adventist Health's mission statement of living God's love by inspiring health, wholeness and hope is coupled with a vision to transform the health experience of our communities through collaborative programs, community investments and community outreach. We are inspired by the healing ministry, as represented by the life of Jesus Christ, and believe we are called to live out our mission intentionally in the communities we serve. In the small towns, suburbs, and inner cities we serve, we continue our journey to provide quality healthcare until every person made in God's image has experienced the best health today, hope for tomorrow, and God's love that endures forever. Websites for our community benefit information: https://www.adventisthealth.org/about-us/community-benefit/