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Scph Legacy Corporation
Columbia, SC 29204
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| Bed count | 258 | Medicare provider number | 420026 | Member of the Council of Teaching Hospitals | NO | Children's hospital | NO |
Scph Legacy CorporationDisplay data for year:
(as % of functional expenses, which all tax-exempt organizations report on Form 990 Schedule H)
(as % of total functional expenses)
Community Benefit Expenditures: 2016
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 $ 29,168,533 Total amount spent on community benefits as % of operating expenses$ 964,040 3.31 %- Amount spent in the following IRS community benefit categories:
Financial Assistance at cost as % of operating expenses$ 680,740 2.33 %Medicaid as % of operating expenses$ 283,300 0.97 %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 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$ 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 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: 2016
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$ 1,810,426 6.21 %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$ 905,200 50.00 %- 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: 2016
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? NO Did the CHNA define the community served by the tax-exempt hospital? Not available Did the CHNA consider input from individuals that represent the broad interests of the community served by the tax-exempt hospital? Not available Did the tax-exempt hospital make the CHNA widely available (i.e. post online)? Not available Did the tax-exempt hospital adopt an implementation strategy to address the community needs identified by the CHNA? Not available
Supplemental Information: 2016
- 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 $ 26003470 including grants of $ 0) (Revenue $ 18351544) Sisters of Charity Providence Hospital (SCPH) provides quality medical care in the Columbia, South Carolina community to all, regardless of race, creed, sex, national origin, handicap, age or ability to pay. In meeting this commitment to serve all members of the community, SCPH offers charity care, subsidized care, and care to persons covered by governmental programs at rates below cost.
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Facility Information
PART V Section B - Facility reporting group A consists of: Facility 1 - Providence Hospital Facility 2 - Providence Hospital Northeast Part V Lines 3 and 16a, b & c - The hospital facility was purchased by a third party on January 31, 2016. An updated CHNA is not required from SCPH. Further SCPH does not control the website associated with the hospital facility. Reporting of community building activities ended in 2015.
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Supplemental Information
"Part III, Line 2, 3 & 4: Because the provision for bad debts was disclosed eparately as an expense in the financial statements, no footnote was prepared to describe bad debt. An account will be classified as bad debt when it is placed with a collection agency. Accounts classified as ""patient responsibility"" began when current patient responsibility customer service and collection at final bill (registered) or at time of final insurance payment (residual). Between 120-150 days following original collection efforts, payment arrangements were documented and the account was placed with a collection agency and deemed as bad debt. Accounts returning from the 3rd-party collection agency will be considered worthless and collection efforts will cease. The account will be adjusted off to zero. At no time will an account be written off to bad debt prior to the end of the application period required by Reg. section 1.501(R)-6. SCPH estimates that approximately 50% of its total bad debt expense may be attributable to patients eligible for financial assistance. Through experience, SCPH estimates that self-pay patients who frequent the emergency room and use it for their primary source of health care would qualify for financial assistance if all information was available. Part III, Line 9b: The entire outstanding balance for patients who qualify for financial assistance is written off as charity. For this reason SCPH does not have a separate written debt collection policy."
Part VI, Line 2: A community needs assessment was completed by SCPH in collaboration with the Sisters of Charity Foundation of S. Carolina (SCF), Palmetto Health Richland Hospitals, The Columbia Housing Authority, Zarephath Ministries, and The University of SC College of Social Work. the most current assessment was completed and publicized in 2013. SCF, a ministry of the Sisters of Charity Health System, strives to impact the lives of the poor and be a voice for the underserved in all forty six South Carolina counties.
Part VI, Line 3: As part of its mission, SCPH makes its charity care applications available to anyone who request them. SCPH also posts notices as required by law regarding the availability of charity care.
Part VI, Line 4: SCPH is located in Columbia, SC which is in the seat of Richland County. The population identified is Richland and Lexington Counties. The US Census Bureau estimates the population of both counties to be 688,884 in 2015, with a median household income of $48,674-$54,170. Stats from www.census.gov.
Part VI, Line 5: SCPH provides quality medical care in the Columbia, South Carolina community to all regardless of race, creed, sex, national origin, handicap, age or ability to pay. In meeting this commitment to serve all members of the community, SCPH offers charity care, subsidized care, and care to persons covered by governmental programs at rates below cost. SCPH also provides community health education and screenings and participates in other community programs and activities that promote good health, including health screenings, community education, a poison center, pastoral care services, and women and children's services. In meetings its commitment to the community, SCPH serviced 728 inpatients and provided care to 5,453 emergency room patients in January 2016.
Part VI, Line 6: SCPH is affiliated with the Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine Health System (SCHS) in Cleveland, OH. SCHS provides oversight to organizations located in Canton and Cleveland, Ohio and Columbia, SC. It is dedicated to meeting the needs of each community it serves. While SCPH is part of the SCHS, its operations and meeting of community needs are directed locally by those living and serving the Midlands of South Carolina community on a daily basis.
