ENLOE MEDICAL CENTER

ENLOE MEDICAL CENTER (EMC), A CALIFORNIA NONPROFIT BENEFIT CORPORATION IS LOCATED IN THE CITY OF CHICO (THE "CITY"), 90 MILES NORTH OF SACRAMENTO IN BUTTE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. EMC IS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAXES AS AN ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED IN SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. EMC PROVIDES A COMPREHENSIVE ARRAY OF INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO MORE THAN 400,000 RESIDENTS OF A SIX-COUNTY REGION OF CALIFORNIA, INCLUDING GLENN AND BUTTE COUNTIES (GENERALLY REFERRED TO AS THE NORTH VALLEY). EMC PROVIDES TRAUMA AND CARDIAC SURGERY SERVICES TO PATIENTS THROUGHOUT NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE REGIONAL SERVICE AREA IN WHICH EMC PROVIDES SERVICE IS PRIMARILY RURAL. INDUSTRY IS DOMINATED BY AGRICULTURE, GOVERNMENT AND SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS. A DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE OF RESIDENTS (75% +/-) ARE MEDICARE/MEDICAL PATIENTS.EMC OWNS AND OPERATES A NUMBER OF FACILITIES, INCLUDING THREE INPATIENT FACILITIES: AN ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL, ENLOE MEDICAL CENTER - ESPLANADE CAMPUS (THE "HOSPITAL"); A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FACILITY, ENLOE MEDICAL CENTER - COHASSET CAMPUS (THE "BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FACILITY"); AND A FACILITY FOR REHABILITATION SERVICES, ENLOE REHAB CENTER (THE "REHAB CENTER"). EMC IS THE LARGEST PROVIDER OF ACUTE CARE SERVICES AND SOLE PROVIDER OF COMPREHENSIVE CARDIOLOGY SERVICES IN THE REGION. INPATIENT UNITS INCLUDE MEDICAL/SURGICAL ACUTE CARE, INTENSIVE CARE, CORONARY CARE, NEURO-TRAUMA CARE, INTENSIVE CARE NURSERY, OBSTETRICS/GYNECOLOGY, PEDIATRICS, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND REHABILITATION. IN ADDITION TO A FULL RANGE OF INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT ANCILLARY AND SUPPORT SERVICES, EMC PROVIDES SPECIALTY SERVICES IN CARDIAC SURGERY, STROKE, NEUROSURGERY, ORTHOPEDICS, VASCULAR SURGERY, COLORECTAL, CANCER, WOMEN'S HEALTH, AND BARIATRIC SERVICES. EMC OPERATES, AT ITS ESPLANADE CAMPUS, ONE OF ONLY TWO LEVEL II TRAUMA CENTERS IN CALIFORNIA NORTH OF SACRAMENTO, AND HOUSES THE ONLY LEVEL II NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT IN THE REGION.EMC PROVIDES A COMPREHENSIVE SCOPE OF MEDICAL SERVICES AND PROGRAMS INCLUDING A BARIATRIC SURGICAL PROGRAM, INPATIENT BEHAVIOR HEALTH, INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT CANCER CARE, A COMPREHENSIVE HEART PROGRAM, DIGESTIVE HEALTH, EMERGENCY SERVICES, AN AMBULANCE AND FLIGHTCARE PROGRAM, HOME CARE AND HOSPICE SERVICES, A STROKE PROGRAM AND A COMPREHENSIVE WOUND CARE CLINIC, INCLUDING HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY, ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE TREATMENTS AVAILABLE FOR HARD-TO-HEAL WOUNDS AND OTHER CHRONIC CONDITIONS.THE HEART PROGRAM INCLUDES A COMPREHENSIVE SCOPE OF SERVICES INCLUDING CARDIAC DIAGNOSTICS, CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION LAB PERFORMING A RANGE OF SERVICES INCLUDING CORONARY ANGIOGRAMS, CORONARY STENTING AND ANGIOPLASTY, AND ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY SERVICES; AND CORONARY SURGERY INCLUDING CORONARY BYPASS, ENDOSCOPIC VEIN/ARTERY REMOVAL, TRANSMYOCARDIAL LASER REVASCULARIZATION AND VALVE REPAIR/REPLACEMENT. EMC IS DESIGNATED AS A STEMI RECEIVING CENTER FOR THE TREATMENT OF SEVERE HEART ATTACK KNOWN AS AN ST ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION.OUTPATIENT CANCER SERVICES ARE PROVIDED THROUGH THE ENLOE REGIONAL CANCER CENTER THAT PROVIDES BOARD-CERTIFIED ONCOLOGISTS, HEMATOLOGISTS AND RADIATION ONCOLOGISTS AND OTHER SPECIALTY TRAINED STAFF SUPPORTING MEDICAL ONCOLOGY/INFUSION THERAPY AND RADIATION ONCOLOGY.ENLOE MEDICAL CENTER IS CURRENTLY GOVERNED BY A 14-18 MEMBER BOARD OF TRUSTEES COMPRISED OF PERSONS WHO RESIDE OR MAINTAIN THEIR PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS WITHIN THE COMMUNITIES SERVED BY THE HOSPITAL. ENLOE MEDICAL CENTER IS A NON-MEMBER CORPORATION UNDER THE CALIFORNIA NONPROFIT PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION LAW. NEW MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE ELECTED BY ITS EXISTING MEMBERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROCEDURES SET FORTH IN THE BYLAWS OF THE ORGANIZATION. THE BYLAWS SPECIFY THAT TWO BOARD MEMBERS MUST BE PHYSICIANS AND THAT THE MEDICAL STAFF CHAIRMAN AND THE MEDICAL STAFF CHAIRMAN-ELECT SHALL SERVE AS BOARD MEMBERS EX OFFICIO WITH A VOTE. THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER SERVES ON THE BOARD EX OFFICIO WITH A VOTE AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ENLOE HEALTH FOUNDATION SERVES ON THE BOARD EX OFFICIO, WITH A VOTE. THE ELECTED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD SERVE STAGGERED TERMS OF THREE YEARS, FOR A MAXIMUM PERIOD OF THREE TERMS (OR NINE YEARS) PER MEMBER.