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Southeastern Regional Medical Center
Lumberton, NC 28358
| Bed count | 314 | Medicare provider number | 340050 | Member of the Council of Teaching Hospitals | YES | Children's hospital | NO |
(as % of functional expenses, which all tax-exempt organizations report on Form 990 Schedule H)
(as % of total functional expenses)
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 $ 355,620,245 Total amount spent on community benefits as % of operating expenses$ 18,700,245 5.26 %- Amount spent in the following IRS community benefit categories:
Financial Assistance at cost as % of operating expenses$ 7,488,319 2.11 %Medicaid as % of operating expenses$ 7,531,091 2.12 %Costs of other means-tested government programs as % of operating expenses$ 0 0 %Health professions education as % of operating expenses$ 3,642,295 1.02 %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 expensesNote: 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$ 38,540 0.01 %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 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 Persons served (optional) 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 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$ 66,230,200 18.62 %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$ 21,067,827 31.81 %- 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 agency Not 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? NO 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? YES 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
- 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 $ 206433245 including grants of $ 0) (Revenue $ 265614545) SERVICES PROVIDED FOR 11,297 ACUTE CARE INPATIENTS AND 131 LONG-TERM CARE INPATIENTS. WE ALSO PROVDED SERVICES TO 55,612 EMERGENCY ROOM PATIENTS.
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Facility Information
FACILITY 1, SOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTE - PART V, LINE 3E SEE COPY OF REPORT ON WEBSITE
FACILITY 1, SOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTE - PART V, LINE 3J THE CHNA REPORT WAS PREPARED AS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH SRMC, THE ROBESON COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE HEALTHY ROBESON TASK FORCE. COMBINED, THESE ENTITIES KNOW AND CARE FOR THE HEALTH NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
FACILITY 1, SOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTE - PART V, LINE 5 SRMC UTILIZED THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS OF THE ROBESON COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE HEALTHY ROBESON TASK FORCE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE OF THE COMMUNITY. IN ADDITION, AN OPINION SURVEY WAS ISSUED TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS AT LARGE TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK ON COMMUNITY NEEDS.
FACILITY 1, SOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTE - PART V, LINE 6B ROBESON COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, ROBESON HEALTHCARE CORPORATION, UNITED WAY OF ROBESON COUNTY, AND HEALTHY ROBESON TASKFORCE.
FACILITY 1, SOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTE - PART V, LINE 7D SRMC HELD NUMEROUS COMMUNITY MEETINGS TO PUBLISH THE CHNA INFORMATION. IN ADDITION, SRMC HOSTED, IN COMBINATION WITH THE ROBESON COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE HEALTHY ROBESON TASK FORCE, A COMMUNITY HEALTH SUMMIT WHICH INCLUDED MANY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND BUSINESS OWNERS. AT THIS SUMMIT THE CHNA WAS PRESENTED AND BREAKOUT TEAMS WERE HELD TO IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES TO EDUCATE ROBESON COUNTY TO BETTER HEALTH CHOICES.
FACILITY 1, SOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTE - PART V, LINE 11 THE 2020 COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT GAVE INSIGHTS INTO PRESSING HEALTH ISSUES IN ROBESON COUNTY. THE COMBINATION OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY DATA ENABLED THE CHNA ADVISORY TEAM TO PRIORITIZE KEY HEALTH NEEDS AND BEGIN TO IDENTIFY EVIDENCE-BASED INTERVENTIONS TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS. THE RESULTS OF THE 2020 CHNA WERE CRUCIAL FOR THE DEVELOPEMENT OF IMPLEMENTATION PLANS. PRIORITIZATION DISCUSSION OCCURRED AROUND THE TOP FIVE AREAS IDENTIFIED BY RESIDENTS. FROM THESE THE CHNA ADVISORY GROUP CATEGORIZED THESE AREAS INTO THREE PRIORITY AREAS OBESITY, SUBSTANCE MISUSE, AND SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH. IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES (ACTION PLANS) WERE DEVELOPED FOR EACH AREA OUTLYING HOW THE HOSPITAL FACILITIES WILL COLLABERATE WITH PARTNERS TO ADDRESS THE IDENTIFIED AREAS.
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Supplemental Information
SCHEDULE H, PART I, LINE 3C PERSONS WHO HAVE NO HEALTH INSURANCE OR WHO OBTAIN SERVICES NOT COVERED BY THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A 40% DISCOUNT ON CHARGE, EXCEPT FOR NON-MEDICALLY NECESSARY SERVICES. THIS DISCOUNT WILL BE GIVEN REGARDLESS OF INCOME OR NC RESIDENCY. PATIENTS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO COMPLETE AN APPLICATION TO RECEIVE THE UNINSURED DISCOUNT.
SCHEDULE H, PART I, LINE 6A COMMUNITY BENEFIT REPORT IS PUBLISHED ANNUALLY.
SCHEDULE H, PART I, LINE 7 COMMUNITY BENEFITS COST FOR PROVIDING PATIENT CARE TO THE MEDICAID POPULATION AND FOR PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE UNINSURED AND UNDERINSURED ARE BASED ON THE MEDICAID COST REPORT.
SCHEDULE H, PART III, LINE 2 SEE PAGES 15-16 OF THE ATTACHED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE FOOTNOTE RELATED TO BAD DEBT EXPENSE.
SCHEDULE H, PART III, LINE 3 SEE PAGES 15-16 OF THE ATTACHED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE FOOTNOTE RELATED TO BAD DEBT EXPENSE.
SCHEDULE H, PART III, LINE 4 SEE PAGES 15-16 OF THE ATTACHED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE FOOTNOTE RELATED TO BAD DEBT EXPENSE.
SCHEDULE H, PART III, LINE 8 ANSWERS ARE BASED ON THE MEDICARE COST REPORT.
SCHEDULE H, PART III, LINE 9B COLLECTION PRACTICES ARE CONSISTENT AND EQUALLY APPLIED ACROSS ALL PAYOR CLASSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH MEDICARE GUIDELINES.
SCHEDULE H, PART VI, LINE 2 SOUTHEASTERN ATTEMPTS TO ADDRESS PUBLIC CONCERN AND COMMUNITY NEEDS BY BEING HIGHLY INVOLVED WITH THE COMMUNITY AND AWARE OF PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF THE ORGANZATION. THE CEO AND SENIOR LEADERS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE MEDIA, AND HAVE DISCUSSED HEALTH CARE REFORM AND OTHER PUBLIC ISSUES IN MANY EVENTS AND FORUMS. THE CEO AND SENIOR LEADERS PARTICIPATE WITH MANY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, PRESENT REGULARLY, AND ANSWER QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS. TO ENSURE COMMUNITY NEEDS ARE ADDRESSED, SOUTHEASTERN COMMISSIONS A CONSUMER TOP OF MIND SURVEY TO IDENTIFY NEEDS, BELIEFS AND CONCERNS. THIS SURVEY IS USED TO TAILOR NEEDS TO THE COMMUNITY.
SCHEDULE H, PART VI, LINE 3 SOUTHEASTERN HAS FOUR BENEFIT ADVISORS WHO MEET WITH ALL SELF PAY PATIENTS. THEY SCREEN FOR MEDICAID, SSI-DISABILITY, AND CHARITY ASSISTANCE. THEY HELP PATIENTS APPLY FOR AND QUALIFY FOR ANY NUMBER OF ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES ADDITIONALLY REFER PATIENTS TO THESE ADVISORS BASED ON TELEPHONE INQUIRIES, E-MAILS, AND/OR LETTERS. PATIENT STATEMENTS INCLUDE THE CUSTOMER SERVICE TELEPHONE NUMBER IN THE EVENT A PATIENT FEELS THEY NEED ASSISTANCE WITH THEIR BILLS. THE SRMC WEB SITE, SRMC.ORG, INCLUDES INFORMATION AND AN ARTICLE PERTAINING TO CHARITY CARE AND OTHER FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS OFFERED. SRMC ALSO USES THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER AND BROCHURES FOR EDUCATING THE PUBLIC REGARDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
SCHEDULE H, PART VI, LINE 4 SOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER SERVES THE RESIDENTS OF ROBESON AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES. THE POPULATION IS COMPRISED OF TRIRACIAL DECENT, WHITE, AMERICAN INDIAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN. RECENT YEARS HAS SEEN AN INCREASE IN THE HISPANIC POPULATION.
SCHEDULE H, PART VI, LINE 5 WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER LOCAL HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE AGENCIES, SOUTHEASTERN OFFERS FREE HEALTH SCREENS, EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND EVENTS DESIGNED TO PREVENT, DETECT AND/OR MANAGE CHRONIC DISEASE IN HIGH RISK, UNDERSERVED INDIVIDUALS, NEIGHBORHOODS, AND COMMUNITIES. SOUTHEASTERN MAINTAINS AN OPEN MEDICAL STAFF AND THE LEADERS ARE MEMBERS OF VARIOUS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION BOARDS. ALL SURPLUS FUNDS GENERATED FROM THE OPERATIONS ARE UTILIZED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND SERVICES TO MAINTAIN AND UPGRADE THE HEALTH SERVICES OFFERED TO THE COMMUNITY.
SCHEDULE H, PART VI, LINE 6 N/A
SCHEDULE H, PART VI, LINE 7 NORTH CAROLINA
