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Auburn Community Hospital

Auburn Memorial Hospital
17 Lansing Street
Auburn, NY 13021
Bed count99Medicare provider number330235Member of the Council of Teaching HospitalsNOChildren's hospitalNO
EIN: 150532054
Display data for year:
Community Benefit Spending- 2021
(as % of functional expenses, which all tax-exempt organizations report on Form 990 Schedule H)
8.98%
Spending by Community Benefit Category- 2021
(as % of total functional expenses)
* = CBI denoted preventative categories
Community Benefit Spending Compared to Functional Expenses, 2010-2021
Additional data

Community Benefit Expenditures: 2021

  • All tax-exempt organizations file a Form 990 with the IRS for every tax year. If the tax-exempt organization operates one or more hospital facilities during the tax year, the organization must attach a Schedule H to Form 990. On Part I of Schedule H, the organization records the expenditures it made during the tax year for various types of community benefits; 9 types are shown on this web tool. By default, this web tool presents community benefit expenditures as a percentage of the organization’s functional expenses, which it reports on Form 990, Part IX, Line 25, Column A. (The more commonly heard term, ‘total operating expenses’, which organizations report to CMS, is generally about 90% of the ‘functional expenses’). The user may change the default to see the dollar expenditures.

    • Operating expenses$ 135,063,941
      Total amount spent on community benefits
      as % of operating expenses
      $ 12,129,964
      8.98 %
  • Amount spent in the following IRS community benefit categories:
      • Financial Assistance at cost
        as % of operating expenses
        $ 187,148
        0.14 %
        Medicaid
        as % of operating expenses
        $ 11,942,816
        8.84 %
        Costs of other means-tested government programs
        as % of operating expenses
        $ 0
        0 %
        Health professions education
        as % of operating expenses
        $ 0
        0 %
        Subsidized health services
        as % of operating expenses
        $ 0
        0 %
        Research
        as % of operating expenses
        $ 0
        0 %
        Community health improvement services and community benefit operations*
        as % of operating expenses
        Note: these two community benefit categories are reported together on the Schedule H, part I, line 7e.
        $ 0
        0 %
        Cash and in-kind contributions for community benefit*
        as % of operating expenses
        $ 0
        0 %
        Community building*
        as % of operating expenses
        $ 0
        0 %
    • * = CBI denoted preventative categories
    • Community building activities details:
        • Did tax-exempt hospital report community building activities?Not available
          Number of activities or programs (optional)0
          Physical improvements and housing0
          Economic development0
          Community support0
          Environmental improvements0
          Leadership development and training for community members0
          Coalition building0
          Community health improvement advocacy0
          Workforce development0
          Other0
          Persons served (optional)0
          Physical improvements and housing0
          Economic development0
          Community support0
          Environmental improvements0
          Leadership development and training for community members0
          Coalition building0
          Community health improvement advocacy0
          Workforce development0
          Other0
          Community building expense
          as % of operating expenses
          $ 0
          0 %
          Physical improvements and housing
          as % of community building expenses
          $ 0
          Economic development
          as % of community building expenses
          $ 0
          Community support
          as % of community building expenses
          $ 0
          Environmental improvements
          as % of community building expenses
          $ 0
          Leadership development and training for community members
          as % of community building expenses
          $ 0
          Coalition building
          as % of community building expenses
          $ 0
          Community health improvement advocacy
          as % of community building expenses
          $ 0
          Workforce development
          as % of community building expenses
          $ 0
          Other
          as % of community building expenses
          $ 0
          Direct offsetting revenue$ 0
          Physical improvements and housing$ 0
          Economic development$ 0
          Community support$ 0
          Environmental improvements$ 0
          Leadership development and training for community members$ 0
          Coalition building$ 0
          Community health improvement advocacy$ 0
          Workforce development$ 0
          Other$ 0

    Other Useful Tax-exempt Hospital Information: 2021

    • In addition to community benefit and community building expenditures, the Schedule H worksheet includes sections on what percentage of bad debt can be attributable to patients eligible for financial assistance, and questions on the tax-exempt hospital's debt collection policy. When searching a specific tax-exempt hospital in this web tool, Section II provides information about bad debt and the financial assistance policy, and whether the state in which the tax-exempt hospital resides has expanded Medicaid coverage under the federal ACA.

      • Of the tax-exempt hospital’s overall operating expenses, amount reported as bad debt
        as % of operating expenses
        $ 4,143,241
        3.07 %
        Is the tax-exempt hospital considered a "sole community hospital" under the Medicare program?NO
    • Information about the tax-exempt hospital's Financial Assistance Policy and Debt Collection Policy

      The Financial Assistance Policy section of Schedule H has changed over the years. The questions listed below reflect the questions on the 2009-2011 Schedule H forms and the answers tax-exempt hospitals provided for those years. The Financial Assistance Policy requirements were changed under the ACA. In the future, as the Community Benefit Insight web site is populated with 2021 data and subsequent years, the web tool will also be updated to reflect the new wording and requirements. In the meantime, if you have any questions about this section, we encourage you to contact your tax-exempt hospital directly.

      • Does the organization have a written financial assistance (charity care) policy?YES
        Did the tax-exempt hospital rely upon Federal Poverty Guidelines (FPG) to determine when to provide free or discounted care for patients?YES
        Amount of the tax-exempt hospital’s bad debt (at cost) attributed to patients eligible under the organization’s financial assistance (charity care) policy
        as % of operating expenses
        $ 187,148
        4.52 %
    • Did the tax-exempt hospital, or an authorized third party, take any of the following collection activities before determining whether the patient was eligible for financial assistance:
      • Reported to credit agencyNot available
    • Under the ACA, states have the choice to expand Medicaid eligibility for their residents up to 138% of the federal poverty guidelines. The Medicaid expansion provision of the ACA did not go into effect until January 2014, so data in this web tool will not reflect each state's current Medicaid eligibility threshold. For up to date information, please visit the Terms and Glossary under the Resources tab.

      • After enactment of the ACA, has the state in which this tax-exempt hospital is located expanded Medicaid?YES
    • The federal poverty guidelines (FPG) are set by the government and used to determine eligibility for many federal financial assistance programs. Tax-exempt hospitals often use FPG guidelines in their Financial Assistance policies to determine which patients will qualify for free or discounted care.

      • If not, is the state's Medicaid threshold for working parents at or below 76% of the federal poverty guidelines?Not available
    • In addition to the federal requirements, some states have laws stipulating community benefit requirements as a result of tax-exemption. The laws vary from state to state and may require the tax-exempt hospitals to submit community benefit reports. Data on this web tool captures whether or not a state had a mandatory community benefit reporting law as of 2011. For more information, please see Community Benefit State Law Profiles Comparison at The Hilltop Institute.

      • Does the state in which the tax-exempt hospital is located have a mandatory community benefit reporting statute?YES

    Community Health Needs Assessment Activities: 2021

    • The ACA requires all 501(c)(3) tax-exempt hospitals to conduct a Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) every three years, starting with the hospital's tax year beginning after March 23, 2012. The 2011 Schedule H included an optional section of questions on the CHNA process. This web tool includes responses for those hospitals voluntary reporting this information. The web tool will be updated to reflect changes in these questions on the 2012 and subsequent Schedule H forms.

      • Did the tax-exempt hospital report that they had conducted a CHNA?YES
        Did the CHNA define the community served by the tax-exempt hospital?YES
        Did the CHNA consider input from individuals that represent the broad interests of the community served by the tax-exempt hospital?YES
        Did the tax-exempt hospital make the CHNA widely available (i.e. post online)?YES
        Did the tax-exempt hospital adopt an implementation strategy to address the community needs identified by the CHNA?YES

    Supplemental Information: 2021

    This section presents qualitative information submitted by the hospital, verbatim from the 990H record.
    • Statement of Program Service Accomplishments
      Description of the organization's program service accomplishments for each of its three largest program services, as measured by expenses. Section 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) organizations are required to report the amount of grants and allocations to others, the total expenses, and revenue, if any, for each program service reported.
    • 4A (Expenses $ 120508821 including grants of $ 0) (Revenue $ 135435071)
      THE PURPOSE OF AUBURN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL IS TO MEET THE HEALTH CARE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING NECESSARY INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT SERVICES. TO THAT END, THE HOSPITAL TREATED 5,670 INPATIENTS FOR A TOTAL OF 23,744 PATIENT DAYS AND A TOTAL OF 92,082 OUTPATIENTS IN 2021.
      Facility Information
      Schedule H (Form 990) Section C. Supplemental Information for Part V, Section B.
      AUBURN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
      PART V, SECTION B, LINE 11: THIS COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT (CHNA) COVERING THREE YEARS REFLECTS THE COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP PROCESS BETWEEN AUBURN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (ACH), CAYUGA COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT (CCHD), KEY COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS AND RESIDENTS OF CAYUGA COUNTY. THE CHNA DEMONSTRATES ACH'S CURRENT AND FUTURE COMMITMENT, BOTH CLINICALLY AND FINANCIALLY, TO IMPROVE THE COMMUNITY'S HEALTH STATUS BY FULFILLING ITS MISSION TO PROVIDE COMPASSIONATE, QUALITY CARE AND IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY. THE HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY IS DEFINED BY THE MENTAL, PHYSICAL, SOCIAL, AND SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING OF ITS RESIDENTS. UNDERSTANDING HOW DIFFERENT DETERMINANTS AFFECT HEALTH AND FINDING WAYS TO IMPROVE UPON THEM IS CRUCIAL IN PROMOTING AND SUSTAINING HEALTH WITHIN A COMMUNITY. THE CHNA, WHICH IS GUIDED BY COMMUNITY INPUT, SERVES AS A SYSTEMATIC TOOL IN THE APPROACH TO RETRIEVING, EXAMINING, AND USING DATA TO IDENTIFY THE KEY HEALTH PRIORITIES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. THIS CHNA REPORT SERVES AS THE FOUNDATION FOR IMPROVING HEALTH, WELLNESS AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS IN CAYUGA COUNTY. ACH UNDERSTANDS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF IDENTIFYING AND PRIORITIZING HEALTH NEEDS IN DRIVING IMPACTFUL AND POSITIVE CHANGE IN HEALTH RISK FACTORS OF THE COMMUNITY. FINDINGS WITHIN THE CHNA ALLOW ACH TO UNDERSTAND AND ANTICIPATE SERVICES WHICH ARE MOST DESIRED AND EFFECTIVE AS IT RELATES TO GLOBAL HEALTHCARE DELIVERY, PATIENT-CENTERED CARE AND POSITIVE HEALTH OUTCOMES. NEW YORK STATE PREVENTION AGENDA OBJECTIVES AND NEW YORK STATE COMMUNITY HEALTH INDICATOR REPORTS (CHIRS) FOR CAYUGA COUNTY WERE REFERENCED DURING A REVIEW OF SECONDARY RESEARCH, ALONG WITH PRIMARY RESEARCH CONDUCTED BY RMS HEALTHCARE, A DIVISION OF RESEARCH & MARKETING STRATEGIES, INC. (RMS HEALTHCARE). THE QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH INCLUDED THE COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS OF ON-LINE SURVEY DATA FROM THE VARIOUS STAKEHOLDER GROUPS. THE QUALITATIVE WORK INCLUDED: IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS (IDI'S) WITH KEY COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS RESIDING IN CAYUGA COUNTY. THE COMBINATION OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY RESEARCH FINDINGS WAS USED AS A KEY REFERENCE GUIDE FOR THE 2019-2021 CHNA DEVELOPMENT. OVER TIME, THE PRIORITIES OF ACH HAVE CHANGED TO REFLECT THE GROWING HEALTHCARE NEEDS AND CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS OF CAYUGA COUNTY RESIDENTS. THE ISSUES BROUGHT TO LIGHT IN THIS REPORT REPRESENT THE CULMINATION OF COMMUNITY COLLABORATION TO IMPROVE THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH RESIDENTS RESIDE AND WHERE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED. ACH REMAINS COMMITTED IN TRANSITIONING ITS CARE MODEL TO SUPPORT MANAGING POPULATIONS OF PATIENTS, WITH SPECIFIC ATTENTION TO SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH, RECOGNIZING THAT HEALTH AND WELL-BEING ARE SHAPED NOT ONLY BY BEHAVIOR CHOICES OF INDIVIDUALS, BUT ALSO BY COMPLEX FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE INDIVIDUAL CHOICES. THROUGHOUT 2019, 2020, AND 2021, AUBURN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL CONTINUES TO WORK CLOSELY WITH CAYUGA COUNTY TO MONITOR AND EVALUATE THE CONTINUED NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY INCLUDING REGULAR MEETINGS AND CONTACT WITH INTERESTED MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
      AUBURN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
      PART V, SECTION B, LINE 20E: AUBURN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL DOES NOT MAKE PRESUMPTIVE ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATIONS. THE HOSPITAL ONLY DETERMINES ELIGIBILITY FROM COMPLETED APPLICATIONS.
      Supplemental Information
      Schedule H (Form 990) Part VI
      PART I, LINE 6A:
      AUBURN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL IS DEDICATED TO PROVIDING COMPASSIONATE, QUALITY CARE AND IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY. AS THE SOLE COMMUNITY PROVIDER OF ACUTE AND GENERAL HOSPITAL SERVICES IN CAYUGA COUNTY AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, WE SERVE A POPULATION OF APPROXIMATELY 80,000 THROUGHOUT THE FINGER LAKES REGION. MORE THAN 95% OF THE PHYSICIANS ON STAFF ARE BOARD CERTIFIED IN AT LEAST ONE SPECIALTY.AUBURN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL ALSO SUPPORTS OUR SPECIALIZED PHYSICIAN PRACTICE, AUBURN MEMORIAL MEDICAL SERVICES, PC, WHICH PROVIDES SPECIALIZED CARE SUCH AS NEUROLOGY, ORTHOPEDICS, OBGYN, NEPHROLOGY, PSYCHOLOGY, ENT, GASTROENTEROLOGY, SURGICAL SERVICES, PODIATRY, PULMONOLOGY, ENDOCRINOLOGY, UROLOGY, URGENT CARE AND PRIMARY CARE SERVICES. FOR MANY OF THESE PHYSICIAN SPECIALTIES, THE SERVICE WOULD BE UNAVAILABLE IN THE COMMUNITY IF THE HOSPITAL DID NOT FUND THE LOSS IN THE PRACTICE. AMMSPC IS ALSO A NON-PROFIT ENTITY THAT JOINS IN WITH THE HOSPITAL'S MISSION, PROVIDING PATIENTS COMPASSIONATE, QUALITY CARE TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY BY SEEING ALL PATIENT TYPES AND PAYORS WHICH A LOT OF SPECIALTY PROVIDERS DO NOT. THE AMMSPC PRACTICE PROVIDED CARE FOR 30,150 PATIENTS THROUGHOUT THE PRACTICE WITH 125,489 TOTAL VISITS IN 2021. PROVIDING THESE SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY RESULTED IN A LOSS OF $7,431,985 FOR 2021 OF WHICH THE HOSPITAL FUNDED $6,984,353 AS NOTED ON SCHEDULE R OF THE 990.UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC ANNOUNCED IN MARCH 2020, MANY OF OUR ANNUAL COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS HAD TO BE PUT ON PAUSE TO COMPLY WITH THE SOCIAL DISTANCE AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH BY OUR GOVERNMENT AND INTERNALLY (SUCH AS OUR ANNUAL WOMEN'S HEALTH FORUM AND MANY MEDICALLY SPEAKING EVENTS). HOWEVER, WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE ONE MEDICALLY SPEAKING EVENT AT THE BOYLE CENTER IN AUBURN ON AUGUST 19TH WHERE DR PAUL FU SPOKE TO THE COMMUNITY REGARDING STROKES AND MIGRAINES. THAT BEING SAID, AUBURN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL IS ALWAYS THERE FOR OUR COMMUNITY WHEN THEY NEED US. DURING 2021, THE HOSPITAL PROCESSED TESTED, AND REPORTED AN AVERAGE OF 141 COVID TESTS PER DAY OR OVER 51,000 TESTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.AUBURN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL CONTINUES TO PARTNER WITH THE SAINT AGATHA FOUNDATION. THE SAINT AGATHA FOUNDATION WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2004 TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS IN CENTRAL NEW YORK STATE WHO ARE AFFLICTED WITH BREAST CANCER. THE FOUNDATION IS DEDICATED TO PROVIDING SUPPORT, COMFORT AND CARE TO BREAST CANCER PATIENTS THROUGH FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. THE SAINT AGATHA FOUNDATION PROVIDES SUPPORT, ALLOWING PATIENTS TO FOCUS ON THEIR TREATMENT, NOT THEIR BILLS. ON SATURDAY NOVEMBER 20TH ACH IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ROCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL WILL SPONSOR FREE MAMMOGRAMS WITH THE MOBILE MAMMOGRAPHY CENTER BUS AT THE FINGERLAKES MEDICAL URGENT CARE ON GRANT AVE IN AUBURN, NY. ROCHESTER REGIONAL HEALTH MOBILE MAMMOGRAPHY CENTER HAS THE SAME STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY AND CERTIFIED MAMMOGRAPHY TECHNOLOGISTS YOU WOULD FIND AT ANY OF OUR BREAST IMAGING CENTERS. MOST WOMEN ARE BUSY. BETWEEN WORK AND FAMILY NEEDS, GETTING A MAMMOGRAM MAY SEEM ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE. OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SCREENING SIMPLE AND ACCESSIBLE. THE MOBILE MAMMOGRAPHY CENTER WILL BE VISITING THE HIGH SCHOOL IN AUBURN FOR FREE MAMMOGRAMS AND A DAY OF BREAST CANCER SCREENING AND AWARENESS.AUBURN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL PARTNERS WITH AUBURN ENLARGED SCHOOL DISTRICT AUBURN HIGH SCHOOL AND CAYUGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE WITH A PAID WORK STUDY PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS INTERESTED IN THE MEDICAL FIELD TO GET HANDS ON EXPERIENCE.ACH ALLOWS THE CAYUGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE NURSING PROGRAM TO PERFORM THEIR CLINICAL REQUIREMENT NEEDED FOR THEIR LICENSE WITHIN OUR FACILITY. THE HOSPITAL ALSO DONATES SPACE IN THE HOSPITAL TO THE CAYUGA-ONONDAGA BOCES NEW VISIONS STUDENT WHICH PROVIDES AN INSIDE LOOK AT MEDICAL PROFESSIONS FOUND IN HOSPITALS AND ANCILLARY HEALTH CARE FACILITIES. THROUGH DAILY INVOLVEMENT WITH VARIOUS MEDICAL STAFF, STUDENTS LEARN WHAT IS REQUIRED OF HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS AND THE APPLICATION OF THEIR EDUCATION TO REAL-LIFE SITUATIONS ON THE JOB. STUDENTS WILL GAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND PROFESSIONAL DEMANDS OF A BUSY TECHNICAL ENVIRONMENT AND WILL SEE HOW WORKING TOGETHER AS A TEAM CAN PROVIDE QUALITY PATIENT CARE.
      PART I, LINE 7:
      THE COSTING METHODOLOGY USED TO CALCULATE THE AMOUNTS IN THE TABLE IS A COST-TO-CHARGE RATIO. THIS COST-TO-CHARGE RATIO WAS DERIVED FROM WORKSHEET 2, RATIO OF PATIENT CARE COST-TO-CHARGES.
      PART I, LINE 7, COLUMN (F):
      THE BAD DEBT EXPENSE INCLUDED ON FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 25, COLUMN (A), BUT SUBTRACTED FOR PURPOSES OF CALCULATING THE PERCENTAGE IN THIS COLUMN IS $ 4,143,241.
      PART III, LINE 2:
      TO CALCULATE THE CURRENT BAD DEBT EXPENSE, A PERCENTAGE OF THE SELF-PAY ACCOUNTS ARE RESERVED BASED ON THE AGING BY BILLED DATE AT MONTH END. SELF-PAY ACCOUNTS FROM ZERO TO 60 DAYS ARE RESERVED AT 60%, 61 TO 180 DAYS ARE RESERVED AT 70% AND OVER 180 DAYS IS RESERVED AT 90%. ALL OTHER ACCOUNTS NET OF THE CONTRACTUAL ALLOWANCE AGED AT 91 TO 180 DAYS ARE RESERVED AT 25%, WHILE THE ACCOUNTS AGED OVER 180 DAYS ARE RESERVED AT 75%.
      PART III, LINE 3:
      TO CALCULATE THE AMOUNT OF BAD DEBT EXPENSE ATTRIBUTABLE TO PATIENTS ELIGIBLE UNDER THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICY, FIRST A RATIO OF PATIENT CARE COST TO CHARGES IS CALCULATED FROM THE TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSE TO THE GROSS PATIENT CHARGES. THIS PERCENTAGE IS THEN MULTIPLIED BY THE GROSS PATIENT CHARGES THAT WERE WRITTEN OFF PURSUANT TO THE CHARITY CARE POLICIES OF THE HOSPITAL. THE RESULT IS THE BAD DEBT EXPENSE ATTRIBUTABLE TO PATIENTS ELIGIBLE UNDER THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICY.
      PART III, LINE 4:
      SEE FOOTNOTES 3(K) ON PAGES 11-16 IN THE ATTACHED AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
      PART III, LINE 8:
      THE SHORTFALL SHOWN ABOVE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A COMMUNITY BENEFIT AS ALL PATIENTS WILL BE SEEN AND TREATED AT AUBURN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL REGARDLESS OF ABILITY TO PAY. THEREFORE, THE FACT THAT THE COSTS TO TREAT MEDICARE PATIENTS EXCEEDED THE REVENUES GENERATED FROM MEDICARE PATIENTS SHOULD ALL BE VIEWED AS A BENEFIT TO THE MEDICARE PATIENTS OF THE COMMUNITY. THE AMOUNT ABOVE WAS CALCULATED BY MULTIPLYING THE GROSS MEDICARE CHARGES FOR THE YEAR BY THE RATIO OF PATIENT CARE COST TO CHARGES AS CALULATED ON WORKSHEET 2.
      PART III, LINE 9B:
      PATIENTS ELIGIBLE ARE REASSESSED AT EACH ADMISSION AND NO FURTHER COLLECTIONS ARE PURSUED.
      PART VI, LINE 2:
      A STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS WHICH INCLUDES AN ANALYSIS BY RESEARCH & MARKETING STRATEGIES, INC (RMS) IS USED TO HELP DETERMINE THE NEEDS OF OUR GEOGRAPHIC AREA. THIS ANALYSIS HELPS AUBURN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL IN DETERMINING WHETHER WE HAVE ADEQUATE PHYSICIAN STAFFING TO PROVIDE THE APROPRIATE LEVEL OF CARE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
      PART VI, LINE 3:
      PATIENTS OF AUBURN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL ARE PROVIDED WITH FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE INFORMATION UPON BEING ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL, BOTH INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IS EVALUATED EVERY TIME A PERSON PRESENTS AT THE FACILITY. PACKETS ARE PROVIDED TO EVERY PATIENT.
      PART VI, LINE 4:
      AUBURN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL SERVES THE AUBURN, NY COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THE IMMEDIATE SURROUNDING AREAS.
      PART VI, LINE 6:
      AUBURN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL IS NOT PART OF AN AFFILIATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.
      PART VI, LINE 5:
      AUBURN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL PROMOTES HEALTH TO THE COMMUNITY BY HOSTING EVENTS WHENEVER MONEY PERMITS. THIS INCLUDES MEDICALLY SPEAKING EVENTS WHERE OUR PHYSICIANS DISCUSS DIFFERENT HEALTH ISSUES WITH THE COMMUNITY TO EDUCATE THEM, HOPE AFTER STROKE MEETINGS WHERE THE HOSPITAL STAFF IS AVAILABLE TO PREVIOUS STROKE PATIENTS TO SUPPORT THE UNDERSTANDING OF STROKE PREVENTION, REHABILITATION, RECOVERY AND OVERALL WELLNESS, ANNUAL FREE MAMMOGRAMS TO MAKE SCREENING SIMPLE AND ACCESSIBLE TO THE COMMUNITY, AND COVID TESTING AS WELL AS VACCINATION CLINICS TO ENSURE THE COMMUNITY IS AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE. THE HOSPITAL ALSO ALLOWS FOR THE AMMSPC TO PROVIDE SPECIALTY CARE TO THE COMMUNITY WHICH RESULTS IN A LOSS OF OPERATIONS DURING THE YEAR THAT THE HOSPITAL FUNDS TO ENSURE OUR COMMUNITY HAS ACCESS TO THE BEST CARE POSSIBLE CLOSE TO HOME.
      PART VI, LINE 7, REPORTS FILED WITH STATES
      NY