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Verity Health System Of California Inc

St Vincent Medical Center

2131 West 3rd Street
Los Angeles, CA 90057

Bed count	381	Medicare provider number	050502	Member of the Council of Teaching Hospitals	NO	Children's hospital	NO

EIN: 912154438

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Community Benefit Spending- 2017
(as % of functional expenses, which all tax-exempt organizations report on Form 990 Schedule H)

13.92%

Spending by Community Benefit Category- 2017
(as % of total functional expenses)

* = CBI denoted preventative categories

Community Benefit Spending Compared to Functional Expenses, 2010-2017

Additional data

Community Benefit Expenditures: 2017

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.
Amount spent in the following IRS community benefit categories:

Financial Assistance at cost as % of operating expenses	$ 1,008,769 0.32 %
Medicaid as % of operating expenses	$ 42,366,038 13.29 %
Costs of other means-tested government programs as % of operating expenses	$ 0 0 %
Health professions education as % of operating expenses	$ 200,417 0.06 %
Subsidized health services as % of operating expenses	$ 146,186 0.05 %
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.	$ 660,114 0.21 %
Cash and in-kind contributions for community benefit* as % of operating expenses	$ 11,300 0.00 %
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: 2017

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	$ 12,283,488 3.85 %
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:
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.
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.
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.

Community Health Needs Assessment Activities: 2017

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?	NO

Supplemental Information: 2017

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 $ 294580966 including grants of $ 2500000) (Revenue $ 248892261)
"ST. VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER (""SVMC"") IS A 366-BED, SHORT-TERM ACUTE CARE, GENERAL HOSPITAL LOCATED IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA OF LOS ANGELES. SVMC SPECIALIZES IN TERTIARY LEVEL SERVICES, WITH A LONG-STANDING REPUTATION IN CARDIAC CARE, ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION, ONCOLOGY SERVICES, ORTHOPEDIC SERVICES AND TREATMENT OF HEARING DISORDERS. DURING THE JUNE 30, 2018 FISCAL YEAR, SVMC PROVIDED OVER $40 MILLION IN COMMUNITY BENEFIT PROGRAMS TO THE COMMUNITY. ANNUALLY,"

Facility Information

Schedule H (Form 990) Section C. Supplemental Information for Part V, Section B.

"PART V, SECTION B, LINE S IN AN EFFORT TO IDENTIFY THE MOST CRITICAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS IN ST. VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER'S SERVICE AREA, A COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT (""CHNA"") IS CONDUCTED EVERY THREE YEARS. THE MOST RECENT ASSESSMENT WAS COMPLETED IN FISCAL YEAR 2017 (TAX YEAR 2016) . THE CHNA BUILDS UPON THOSE EARLIER ASSESSMENTS. THE CHNA INCLUDED THE COLLECTION OF OVER 200 DATA INDICATORS THAT HELPED ILLUSTRATE THE HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY. THESE SECONDARY DATA WERE COLLECTED FROM A WIDE RANGE OF LOCAL, COUNTY, STATE AND NATIONAL SOURCES TO PRESENT DEMOGRAPHICS, MORTALITY, MORBIDITY, HEALTH BEHAVIORS, CLINICAL CARE, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC FACTORS, AND PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT. THESE CATEGORIES ARE BASED ON THE COUNTY HEALTH RANKINGS MODEL. THE COUNTY HEALTH RANKINGS MODEL ILLUSTRATES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HEALTH DRIVES WHICH INCLUDE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC FACTORS, HEALTH BEHAVIORS, CARE AND PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT, AND HEALTH OUTCOMES. CLINICAL PRIMARY DATA WERE COLLECTED THROUGH INTERVIEWS AND FOCUS GROUPS WITH KEY STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDING PATIENTS, PATIENT NAVIGATORS, COMMUNITY LIAISONS AND HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS. TWO COMMUNITY FOCUS GROUPS HELD ON TUESDAY AUGUST 16 AND TUESDAY AUGUST 30, 2016 WERE ATTENDED BY A TOTAL OF 21 PEOPLE. PARTICIPANTS WERE INVITED BY THE METRO HOSPITAL COLLABORATIVE. IN ADDITION TO FOCUS GROUP INTERVIEWS, IN-DEPTH SEMI-STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED WITH 5 KEY STAKEHOLDERS IN AUGUST 2016."

Supplemental Information

Schedule H (Form 990) Part VI

"PART I, LINE 7, COLUMN (F) : BAD DEBT EXPENSE FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 25, COLUMN A FOR ST. VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER REFLECTS A BAD DEBT EXPENSE OF $12,283,488 WHICH IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE LINE 7 CALCULATION.PART I, LINE 7: COSTING METHODOLOGY ST. VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER UTILIZES A COST I ACCOUNTING SYSTEM THAT DETERMINES COSTS FOR PROVI DING MEDICAL SERVICES BASED ON THE HOSPITAL'S RELATIONSHIP OF COSTS TO CHARGES.PART III, LINE 2,3, AND 4: BAD DEBT EXPENSE ST. VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER IS PART OF THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL .STATEMENTS OF VERITY HEALTH SYSTEM, AND INCLUDE ENTITIES OTHER THAN THOSE INCLUDED IN THIS FILING.ON AUGUST 31,2018, VERITY HEALTH SYSTEM OF CALIFORNIA, INC. (""VHS""OR""VERITY HEALTH SYSTEM"") AND MOST OF ITS AFFILIATED COMPANIES, INCLUDING THE HOSPITAL, FILED VOLUNTARY PETITIONS FOR RELIEE UNDER CHAPTER 11 OF"

NEEDS ASSESSMENT IN ADDITION TO THE FORMAL CHNA, ST. VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER ASSESSES THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES THROUGH ITS COMMUNITY BENEFIT REPORT.

"PATIENT EDUCATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE PATIENTS WHO PRESENT AT ST. VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER'S EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND ST. VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER'S ADMITTING DEPARTMENT ARE PROVIDED WITH A FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PACKET THAT CONSISTS OF AN INFORMATIONAL FLYER ON VARIOUS PROGRAMS FOR WHICH THEY MAY BE ELIGIBLE, ALONG WITH THE CONTACT NUMBER FOR STL VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER'S HEALTH BENEFITS RESOURCE CENTER (""HBRC""). THE FLYER IS PROVIDED IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES, INCLUDING ENGLISH, SPANISH, AND KOREAN. THE PACKET INCLUDES A MEDI-CAL APPLICATION, AS WELL AS A CHARITY CARE APPLICATION. SHOULD THEY MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH HBRC, PATIENTS CAN FILL OUT THE FORMS PRIOR TO THEIR APPOINTMENT, HBRC STAFF VISITS CASH/SELF-PAY PATIENTS AT BEDSIDE, SCREENS PATIENTS AND IDENTIFIES THE PROGRAMS FOR WHICH THEY ARE ELIGIBLE. IF THEY HAVE NO LINKAGE, HBRC PROVIDES INFORMATION ABOUT OTHER PROGRAMS FOR WHICH THEY MAY QUALIFY SUCH AS CHARITY CARE. IN ADDITION, THERE ARE SIGNS POSTED IN ENGLISH, SPANISH AND KOREAN IN THE PATIENT FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND AT EVERY POINT OF REGISTRATION STATING THAT ST. VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER HAS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND CHARITABLE PROGRAMS AVAILABLE FOR QUALIFIED LOW INCOME, UNINSURED PATIENTS WHO MAY NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO MEET THE FINANCIAL OBLIGATION OF THEIR HOSPITAL SERVICES AND A CONTACT NUMBER TO CALL. AFTER DISCHARGE, THE BACK OF THE MONTHLY PATIENT BILLS INCLUDES THIS SAME STATEMENT."

"COMMUNITY INFORMATION THE ST. VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER SERVICE AREA PROVIDED HEALTH SERVICES IN 24 ZIP CODES, 16 CITIES OR COMMUNITIES, AND THREE SERVICE PLANNING AREAS (""SPA"") WITHIN LOS ANGELES COUNTY. IN 2016, THE ST. VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER AREA SHOWED AN INCREASE IN ESTIMATED POPULATION FOR ALL ZIP CODES PERPRESENTED, WITH AN OVERAL INCREASE IN POPULATION (6.2%) ALMOST TWICE THAT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY (3.2%). BY 2020, THE POPULATION IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN THE ST. VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER SERVIE AREA BY APPROXIMATELY 4.8%. MORE THAN HALF (62.1%) OF THE POPULATION LIVING IN THE ST. VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER SERVIE AREA WAS OF HISPANIC/LATINO ORIGIN, A HIGHER PERCENTAGE THAN IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY (48.5%). FURTHER THE BLACK/AFRICAN AMERICAN POPULATION (19.5%) WAS THE SECOND LARGEST ETHNIC POPULATION IN THE ST. VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER SERVICE AREA. IN 2016, THE ST. VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER SERVICE AREA POPULATION HAD A NOTABLY LOWER LEVEL OF EDUATION THAN LOS ANGELES COUNTY. SPECIFICALLY, 35.9% OF INDIVIDUALS IN THE SERVICE AREA DID NOT GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL OR RECEIVE THEIR GED. IN 2016, 22.4% OF HOUSEHOLDS IN THE ST. VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER SERVICE AREA EARNED AN AVERAGE INCOME OF LESS THAN $15,000. APPROXIMATELY TWO-THIRDS (66.5%) OF THE ST. VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER SERVICE AREA POPULATION HAS A HOUSEHOLD INCOME LESS THAN $50,000. IN 2015, NEARLY DOUBLE THE PERCENTAGE OF FAMILIES IN THE ST."

ST. VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER IS A 366-BED TERTIARY AND SURGICAL SHORT-TERM ACUTE CARE, GENERAL HOSPITAL LOCATED IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA OF LOS ANGELES. ST. VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER SPECIALIZES IN TERTIARY LEVEL SERVICES WITH A LONG-STANDING REPUTATION IN CARDIAC CARE, ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION, ONCOLOGY SERVICES, ORTHOPEDIC SERVICES, AND THE TREATMENT OF HEARING DISORDERS. ST. VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER HAS AN EXTENSIVE AND RICH TRADITION OF SERVING THE RESIDENTS OF LOS ANGELES ALONG WITH PATIENTS FROM OTHER STATES AND FROM COUNTRIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. IN FY18, ST. VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER PROVIDED ACUTE DISCHARGES OF 10,378 AND TOTAL SURGERIES OF 6,263 AND TOTAL ER VISITS OF 29,802. ST. VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER PROVIDED HOSPITAL, MEDICAL, AND SURGICAL CARE, INCLUDING EMERGENCY SERVICES, TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WITHOUT REGARD TO AGE, SEX, RACE, RELIGION, OR NATIONAL ORIGIN, OR TO THE INDIVIDUAL'S ABILITY TO PAY. ST. VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER OPERATES A 24-HR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE TO ALL INDIVIDUALS

"AFFILIATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM VERITY HEALTH SYSTEM OF CALIFORNIA, INC., IS A CALIFORNIA NONPROFIT PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION (""VHS""), AND IS THE SOLE CORPORATE MEMBER OF ST. VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER IS A 366-BED TERTIARY AND SURGICAL SHORT-TERM ACUTE CARE, GENERAL HOSPITAL LOCATED IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA OF LOS ANGELES. ST. VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER SPECIALIZES IN TERTIARY LEVEL SERVICES WITH A LONG-STANDING REPUTATION IN CARDIAC CARE, ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION, ONCOLOGY SERVICES, ORTHOPEDIC SERVICES, AND THE TREATMENT OF HEARING DISORDERS. ST. VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER HAS AN EXTENSIVE AND RICH TRADITION OF SERVING THE RESIDENTS OF LOS ANGELES ALONG WITH PATIENTS FROM OTHER STATES AND FROM COUNTRIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. IN FY18, ST. VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER PROVIDED ACUTE DISCHARGES OF 10,378 AND TOTAL SURGERIES OF 6,263 AND TOTAL ER VISITS OF 29,802. ST. VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER PROVIDED HOSPITAL, MEDICAL, AND SURGICAL CARE, INCLUDING EMERGENCY SERVICES, TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WITHOUT REGARD TO AGE, SEX, RACE, RELIGION, OR NATIONAL ORIGIN, OR TO THE INDIVIDUAL'S ABILITY TO PAY. ST. VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER OPERATES A 24-HR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE TO ALL INDIVIDUALS"

STATE FILING OF COMMUNITY BENEFIT REPORT ST. VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER ANNUALLY UPDATES ITS COMMUNITY BENEFITS REPORT AND FILES A COPY OF IT WITH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

"THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY CODE. THE BANKRUPTCY CASES ARE JOINTLY ADMINISTERED UNDER CASE NO. 18-20151 IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. COURT FILINGS ARE AVAILABLE AT KCCLLC. NET/VERITYHEALTH. DUE TO THE CHAPTER 11 FILING, A FORMAL AUDIT WAS NOT COMPLETED FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018. INSTEAD, THE VHS ""MONTHLY OPERATING REPORTS"" REQUIRED BY THE U.S. TRUSTEE'S OFFICE CAN BE OBTAINED FROM KCCLLC. NET/VERITYHEALTH. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE FISCAL YEAR 2017 AUDIT FOOTNOTE REGARDING BAD DEBT FOR THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS REMAINS TRUE AND ACCURATE. THE FIGURE IN LINE 2 OF PART III IS ONLY ST. VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER'S PORTION OF THE CONSOLIDATED BAD DEBT EXPENSE. PART III, LINE 2: METHODOLOGY TO ESTIMATE BAD DEBT EXPENSE BAD DEBT EXPENSE IS ESTIMATED BY UTILIZING HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS DATA OF SELF-PATIENTS. IN MAKING THIS ESTIMATE, MANAGEMENT ALSO CONSIDERS BUSINESS AND GENERAL ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN ITS SERVICE AREA."

Operating expenses	$ 318,816,983
Total amount spent on community benefits as % of operating expenses	$ 44,392,824 13.92 %