REDLANDS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL

FOR UNREIMBURSED MEDICAL CARE DESCRIPTIONUNREIMBURSED MEDICAL CARE: THE HOSPITAL IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING QUALITY MEDICAL CARE TO PATIENTS REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY. COST OF CARE FOR PATIENTS THAT MEET THE CHARITY CARE POLICY OF THE HOSPITAL ARE CLASSIFIED AS CHARITY. RCH HAD 2,050 INPATIENT/OUTPATIENT CHARITY ENCOUNTERS, 3,925 MEDICARE AND SENIOR HMO DISCHARGES, 2,506 MEDICAID AND COUNTY INDIGENT DISCHARGES. THE TOTAL ESTIMATED COST OF CHARITY CARE SERVICES AND UNPAID COST OF SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MEDICARE, MEDICAID AND COUNTY INDIGENT PROGRAMS AS WELL AS THE ESTIMATED COST ASSOCIATED WITH UNCOLLECTABLE ACCOUNTS WERE $246,587,401.

FOR HOSPITAL'S FAMILY CLINIC DESCRIPTIONAN ON-GOING GOAL OF THE HOSPITAL'S FAMILY CLINICS IS TO PROVIDE HIGH-QUALITY, LOW-COST HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO PEOPLE WHO DO NOT OTHERWISE HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, WHICH MAY BE DUE TO FINANCIAL, CULTURAL, LIFESTYLE OR PSYCHOLOGICAL BARRIERS. EQUALLY IMPORTANT IS THE DESIRE TO PROVIDE DISEASE SPECIFIC PATIENT/FAMILY EDUCATION, WITH EMPHASIS ON PROMOTING HEALTH AND WELLNESS AND THE SUPPORT NECESSARY TO PROMOTE INDIVIDUALIZED HEALTH CARE DECISION MAKING. THE REDLANDS AND YUCAIPA FAMILY CLINICS AND THE COMMUNITY BASED PERINATAL SERVICES PROGRAM (MATERIAL INFANT HEALTH) SERVE THE COMMUNITIES OF REDLANDS, LOMA LINDA, SAN BERNARDINO, HIGHLAND, YUCAIPA AND MENTONE, SUPPORTING THE HEALTHY START PROGRAMS IN THE REDLANDS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR LOW-INCOME, THE UNINSURED AND UNDERINSURED TO RECEIVE PRIMARY AND PREVENTIVE CARE, EARLY MEDICAL PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION, TREATMENT AND ASSISTANCE WITH THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND OBTAINING OF ELIGIBILITY FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. GOALS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN 2024: 1) ENHANCED PRIMARY CARE SERVICES, 2) WORKED WITH INLAND EMPIRE HEALTH PLAN (IEHP) TO PROMOTE PREVENTATIVE SERVICES THROUGH THEIR PAY FOUR PERFORMANCE (P4P)PROGRAM, PROP 56 AND OTHER PROGRAMS, 3) PROVIDED NO-COST SEASONAL FLU VACCINATIONS TO THE COMMUNITY, 4) EXPANDED AWARENESS OF THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE FAMILY CLINICS, 5) SUPPORTED REDLANDS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BY PROVIDING EMPLOYEE TB SCREENINGS, 6)EXPANDED SERVICES TO PREGNANT LOW-INCOME PATIENTS. FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024, REDLANDS AND YUCAIPA FAMILY CLINICS HAD 11,283 VISITS AND PERINATAL SERVICES HAD 3,060 VISITS.