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Mercy Health System Inc
615 Elsinore Place
Cincinnati, OH 45202
EIN: 620480068
The hospital that you have selected is part of a multi-facility organization that reports community benefit expenditures in the aggregate and not by individual hospital. The data shown below are for the multi-facility organization. We encourage you to contact the individual hospital directly if you would like community benefit information on the hospital.Learn more
Individual Facility Details: Mercy Medical Center900 East Oak Hill Avenue
Knoxville, TN 37917
Knoxville, TN 37917
2 hospitals in organization:
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| Bed count | 473 | Medicare provider number | 440120 | Member of the Council of Teaching Hospitals | NO | Children's hospital | NO |
Mercy Health System IncDisplay data for year:
Community Benefit Spending- 2011
(as % of functional expenses, which all tax-exempt organizations report on Form 990 Schedule H)
(as % of functional expenses, which all tax-exempt organizations report on Form 990 Schedule H)
5.73%
Spending by Community Benefit Category- 2011
(as % of total functional expenses)
(as % of total functional expenses)
Community Benefit Spending Compared to Functional Expenses, 2010-2011
Additional data
Community Benefit Expenditures: 2011
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 $ 302,775,741 Total amount spent on community benefits as % of operating expenses$ 17,335,030 5.73 %- Amount spent in the following IRS community benefit categories:
Financial Assistance at cost as % of operating expenses$ 7,799,931 2.58 %Medicaid as % of operating expenses$ 5,278 0.00 %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$ 1,188,131 0.39 %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.$ 3,000,685 0.99 %Cash and in-kind contributions for community benefit* as % of operating expenses$ 69,220 0.02 %Community building*
as % of operating expenses$ 0 0 %- * = CBI denoted preventative categories
- Community building activities details:
Did tax-exempt hospital report community building activities? NO 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: 2011
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$ 31,165,708 10.29 %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$ 0 0 %- 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 Filed lawsuit Not available Placed liens on residence Not available Issue body attachments? (an order by the court commanding a sheriff or other official to physically bring before the court a person who is guilty of contempt of court) 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? NO 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: 2011
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? Not available 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 Did the tax-exempt hospital execute the implementation strategy? Not available Did the tax-exempt hospital participate in the development of a community-wide plan? Not available
Supplemental Information: 2011
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 $ 244306849 including grants of $ 531274) (Revenue $ 291591216) Mercy Health System, Inc extends the healing ministry of Jesus by improving the health of our communities with emphasis on people who are poor and under-served Mercy Health System accomplishes this by demonstrating behaviors reflecting our core values of compassion, excellence, human dignity, justice, sacredness of life and service.
4D (Expenses $ 0 including grants of $ 0) (Revenue $ 0)
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Supplemental Information
Schedule H (Form 990) Part VI
CATHOLIC HEALTH PARTNERS COST OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE WAS CALCULATED WITH A COST TO CHARGE RATIO USING WORKSHEET 2 THE COST RELATED TO MEDICAID PATIENTS WAS DETERMINED USING THE HOSPITAL COST ACCOUNTING SYSTEM AND INCLUDED BOTH INPATIENTS AND OUTPATIENTS FOR TRADITIONAL MEDICAID AND MEDICAID MANAGED CARE PLANS FOR SUBSIDIZED SERVICES THE HOSPITAL COST ACCOUNTING SYSTEM IS USED TO DETERMINE COST RELATED TO THE SPECIFIC SERVICE EXCLUDING TRADITIONAL MEDICAID AND MEDICAID MANAGED CARE PATIENTS COSTS FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND BAD DEBT ACCOUNTS ARE DEDUCTED USING A RATIO OF COST TO CHARGE SPECIFIC TO THAT SUBSIDIZED SERVICE COSTS FOR OTHER PROGRAMS REFLECT THE DIRECT AND INDIRECT COSTS OF PROVIDING THOSE PROGRAMS MHS ADVOCATES FOR IMPROVING ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES FOR ALL RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY FOR THE POOR AND UNDERSERVED THE HOSPITAL PROVIDES COMMUNITY SUPPORT BY ASSISTING IN DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PREPARING FOR DISASTERS IS AN IMPORTANT ROLE FOR THE HOSPITAL TO ASSURE THE SAFETY AND HEALTH OF COMMUNITY RESIDENTS IN THE EVENT OF A NATURAL DISASTER, INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT OR OTHER LARGE SCALE EMERGENCY THE HOSPITAL ENSURES ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES BY RECRUITING AND PROVIDING TRANSITIONAL SUPPORT TO PHYSICIANS TO ATTRACT THEM TO THE COMMUNRY FOR SPECIALTIES WHERE THERE IS A DEMONSTRATED NEED AN APPROPRIATE SUPPLY OF PHYSICIANS IS NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT RESIDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO ADEQUATE AND TIMELY DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT FOR ALL HEALTH CONDITIONS.
LEVERAGING REGIONAL AND CORPORATE RESOURCES AS A MHP AND CHP MEMBER HOSPITAL AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MEMBER FACILITIES. MERCY HEALTH SYSTEM, INC (MHS) ASSESSES AND CONTINUALLY RESPONDS TO CHANGING COMMUNITY NEEDS THROUGH THE SERVICES OFFERED MHS INCORPORATES PLANNING FOR COMMUNITY BENEFITS AS PART OF ITS ANNUAL BUSINESS AND STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESSES THE HOSPITAL RECOGNIZES THE HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY IS INFLUENCED BY SOCIAL. ECONOMIC, AND ENVIRONMEMTAL FACTORS. NOT JUST BY DISEASE AND ILLNESS OUR COMMUNITY BENEFIT INCLUDES BOTH OUALITATIVE AND OUANTITATIVE DATA, DEMOGRAPHICS INCLUDING RACE, AGE. AND ETHNICFTY. SOCIOECONOMIC DATA INCLUDING INCOME. EDUCATION, AND HEALTH INSURANCE RATES. PRIMARY CARE AND CHRONIC DISEASE NEEDS OF UNINSURED PERSONS. AND DATA ON HEALTH DISPARITIES IN HEALTH OUTCOMES AMONG MINORITY GROUPS MHS HAS A DEDICATED STAFF TO ASSIST IN THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT EFFORT THE HOSPITAL'S COMMUNITY BENEFITS COMMITTEE MEETS Bi-MONTHLY TO PROVIDE OVERSIGHT TO THE ORGANIZATION'S COMMUNITY BENEFITS PROGRAM MHS WORKS CLOSELY WITH HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS IN THE AREA. PARTNERING WITH SOME TO PROVIDE SERVICES AND TO AVOID DUPLICATION A VARIETY OF DATA SOURCES ARE REVIEWED AND UTILIZED TO PLAN COMMUNITY HEALTH BENEFIT ACTIVITIES THE DATA INCLUDES OTHER LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS NEEDS ASSESSMENTS, SUCH AS UNITED WAY, EAST TENNESSEE REGIONAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT, LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS, STATE HEALTH STATISTICS, AND REQUESTS FROM ORGANIZATIONS THAT SERVE.
MERCY HEALTH SYSTEM (MHS) POSTS ITS CHARITY CARE POLICY. OR A SUMMARY THEREOF, AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE CONTACT INFORMATION IN ADMISSIONS AREAS, EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER AREAS OF THE ORGANIZATION'S FACILITIES IN WHICH EUGIBLE PATIENTS ARE UKELY TO BE PRESENT MHS PROVIDES A COPY OF THE POLICY, OR A SUMMARY THEREOF, AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE CONTACT INFORMATION TO PATIENTS AS PART OF THE INTAKE PROCESS AND WITH DISCHARGE MATERIALS ADDITIONALLY, A COPY OF THE POLICY OR A SUMMARY ALONG WITH FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE CONTACT INFORMATION IS INCLUDED IN PATIENT BILLS MHS DISCUSSES WITH THE PATIENT THE AVAILABILITY OF VARIOUS GOVERNMENT BENEFITS, SUCH AS MEDICAID OR STATE PROGRAMS, AND ASSISTS THE PATIENT WITH QUAUFICATION FOR SUCH PROGRAMS. WHERE APPUCABLE THE HOSPITAL EUGIBIUTY UNK PROGRAM (HELP) IS A FREE REFERRAL SERVICE PROVIDED BY MHS THE PURPOSE OF HELP IS TO ASSIST PATIENTS IN OBTAINING MEDICAL BENEFITS THROUGH FEDERAL STATE AND HOSPITAL PROGRAMS HELP REPRESENTATIVES WILL PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING SERVICES AT NO COST TO THE PATIENT EXPLORE ELIGIBIUTY UNDER PUBUC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS -FILE APPUCATIONS ON PATIENT'S BEHALF -SCHEDULE AND ATTEND APPOINTMENTS -PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION WHEN NECESSARY -PROVIDE MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION TO SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION FOR DISABIUTY CLAIMS THROUGH HELP, PATIENTS AND THEIR COUNSELORS LOOK AT WHAT OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE MHS UNDERSTANDS THAT NOT EVERYONE CAN PAY FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES HELP IS HERE TO OFFER OPTIONS AND ASSISTANCE FOR.
THE HOSPITAL SERVES KNOX AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES THE POPULATION OF MHS'S PRIMARY SERVICE AREA IS APPROXIMATELY 699.247 OUR COMMUNITY IS CHANGING AND WE ALSO SERVE A GROWING UNINSURED AND UNDERINSURED POPULATION THERE ARE 5 HOSPITALS IN KNOX COUNTY AND ALL 5 ARE NON-FOR-PROFIT HOSPITALS PART OF THE HOSPITAL'S PRIMARY SERVICE AREA HAS BEEN FEDERALLY DESIGNATED AS A MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA OR POPULATION. THE DEMOGRAPHIC AREA SERVED BY MHS HAS 15% OF RESIDENTS IN HOUSEHOLDS BELOW THE FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINES. AND 15% OF FAMIUES ARE ON MEDICAID OR OTHER ASSISTANCE IN THE COMMUNITY SERVED BY THE HOSPITAL CANCER AND HEART DISEASE ARE THE MAJOR HEALTH PROBLEMS AND/OR LEADiNG CAUSES OF DEATH EACH OF THESE iS PREVENTABLE THROUGH PROPER CARE AND MAINTAINING CONTROL OF THE ILLNESSIDISEASE AS WELL AS LEADING HEALTHIER LIVES THE SMOKING RATE IS 22% OF THE POPULATION, AND ADULT OBESITY IS 28% THE HOSPfTAL WORKS CLOSELY WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY AGENCIES AND HEALTH DEPARTMENTS TO ADDRESS THESE PROBLEMS AND MINIMIZE THE EFFECTS ON THOSE WHO SUFFER
THE HOSPITAL OPERATES AN EMERGENCY ROOM OPEN TO ALL REGARDLESS OF ABILITY TO PAY IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING EMERGENCY SERVICES, MHS ALSO PROVIDES MINOR EMERGENCY AND URGENT CARE SERVICES TO ALL REGARDLESS OF ABILITY TO PAY THE HOSPITAL OPERATES PSYCHIATRIC, NEONATAL ICU, RENAL DIALYSIS, NEWBORN NURSERY, WOUND CARE, AND CARDIAC REHAB DEPARTMENTS MHS HAS AN OPEN MEDICAL STAFF WITH PRIVILEGES AVAILABLE TO ALL OUALIFIED PHYSICIANS IN THE AREA THE MAJORITY OF THE GOVERNING BODY CONSISTS OF INDEPENDENT PERSONS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMUNITY SERVED BY THE HOSPITAL THE HOSPITAL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES SUPPORT THE FREE MEDICAL CLINIC OF AMERICA, PEOPLES CLINIC THE VOLUNTEER MINISTRY CENTER. KNOXVILLE ARE PROJECT ACCESS. HOPE RESOURCE CENTER AND THE INTERFAITH HEALTH CLINIC THESE ARE FREE ANDIOR SLIDING SCALE PROVIDERS WHO SERVE THE WORKING POOR/UNDERINSURED AND UNINSURED THE HOSPITAL PARTICIPATES IN MEDICAID, MEDICARE, CHAMPUS, ANDIOR OTHER GOVERNMENT-SPONSORED HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS IN ADDITION TO OUR PARTICIPATION IN THESE PROGRAMS. MHS ABSORBED MORE THAN 515,150,956 IN UNREIMBURSED MEDICARE COSTS DURING 2011
PRIOR TO THE SALE ON OCTOBER 1, 2011 MERCY HEALTH SYSTEM (MHS) WAS A MEMBER OF THE MERCY HEALTH PARTNERS- TENNESSEE REGION AND AFFILIATED WITH MERCY MEDICAL CENTER WEST, ST MARY'S MEDICAL CENTER OF CAMPBELL COUNTY, ST MARY'S JEFFERSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. ST MARY'S MEDICAL CENTER OF SCOTT COUNTY, AND BAPTIST HOSPITAL OF COCKE COUNTY ALL ARE TENNESSEE NON-PROFIT CORPORATIONS MHS IS AN ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL WITH APPROXIMATELY 946 UCENSED BEDS MHS WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF CATHOUC HEALTH PARTNERS (CHP) CHP IS THE CONTINUATION OF THE HEALTH MINISTRY STARTED MORE THAN 150 YEARS AGO BY OUR CO-SPONSORING CONGREGATIONS THE SLSTERS OF MERCY. REGIONAL COMMUNITY OF CINCINNATI (OH (NOW THE SISTERS OF MERCY, SOUTH CENTRAL COMMUNITY), THE MID-ATLANTIC COMMUNlTY. THE SISTERS OF HUMILlTY OF MARY, THE FRANCISCAN SISTERS OF THE POOR, AND COVENANT HEALTH SYSTEMS OUR SYSTEM OF REGIONAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS SERVES LOCAL HEALTH NEEDS IN COMMUNITIES IN OHIO AND KENTUCKY. CHP IS FOCUSED ON IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF COMMUNITIES WE SERVE BY PROVIDING INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES THROUGH FACILITIES THAT INCLUDE ACUTE CARE HOSPITALS. SENIOR HEALTH AND HOUSING FACILlTIES. HOME HEALTH AGENCIES, HOSPICE PROGRAMS, OUTREACH SERVICES AND WELLNESS CENTERS OUR HOSPITALS INCLUDE CRITICAL ACCESS FACILlTIES OFFERING ESSENTIAL HEALTH SERVICES THAT WOULD OTHERWISE NOT EXIST IN THOSE COMMUNITIES WE CARE FOR EVERYONE WHO COMES TO US. REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY. AS WE HAVE DONE FOR DECADES, WE PROVIDE.
