4A (Expenses $ 2449930460 including grants of $ 564149507) (Revenue $ 1235280955)
"EMORY UNIVERSITY (""Emory or ""University"") A major research university that is privately endowed, coeducational and not-for-profit. With its nine colleges and schools, the University attracts top quality students from across the nation and abroad and has a current total enrollment of approximately 15,000 students. The University is a member of the Association of American Universities. In U.S. News and World Report's annual ranking of ""America's Best Colleges"" Emory ranked 21st in 2022 among national universities and has consistently been included in its top 25 list since 1992. Emory also ranks in the top 25 schools for ""best value schools."" In addition, Emory ranked 13th in Kiplinger's ""100 best college values and was named a ""best value college"" by the Princeton Review. The University includes one of the nation's leading research and patient-care medical complexes, the Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center. The Center includes the Emory University School of Medicine, Nell Hodson Woodruff School of Nursing, Rollins School of Public Health, and Emory National Primate Research Center. Among the many other centers for specialized research and study at Emory are the Winship Cancer Institute; The Global Health Institute; The Center for Health Discovery and Well Being; The Center for Faculty Development and Excellence; The Center for Aids Research; The Michael C. Carlos Museum; The Cherry L. Emerson Center for Scientific Computation; and The Claus M. Halle Institute for Global Learning."

4B (Expenses $ 1423864049 including grants of $ 0) (Revenue $ 1544330183)
EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MIDTOWN Since 1908, an Atlanta teaching hospital offering a myriad of patient care, education and research initiatives. In 2022, Emory University Hospital Midtown was ranked nationally by U.S. News World Report in Ear, Nose and Throat for the fourth year in a row since that program moved to the hospital. It was ranked No. 5 for a third year in a row both in Georgia and metro Atlanta rankings. The Hospital provides advanced services such as cardiology, oncology, and radiology as well as more traditional services such as obstetrics, with both routine and intensive care nurseries, as well as provides charity care in the form of indigent care to patients with no health insurance and catastrophic care to patients whose medical bills are so large that paying them would be permanently life-shattering. Emory University Hospital Midtown physicians provided $42.3 million in charity care during the current fiscal year. Emory University Hospital Midtown has 529 licensed beds and more than 1,200 licensed physicians on staff. The current community benefits report is published at http://whsc.emory.edu/publications/pdfs/community-benefit-reports/community-benefits-report-2022.pdf

4C (Expenses $ 1227793713 including grants of $ 0) (Revenue $ 1407064436)
EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL A teaching and research facility providing tertiary and quaternary care services, particularly cardiology, cardiac surgery, oncology, neurosciences, multiple organ and tissue transplantation, orthopaedics, geriatrics and endocrinology. In 2021, Emory University Hospital was ranked as the number one hospital in metro Atlanta and in the state of Georgia by U.S. News and World Report for the ninth year in a row. Emory University Hospital was also recognized in 2022 as one of the nation's top hospitals by the national research corporation's consumer choice awards for 21 of the past 22 years. Emory University Hospital provides integrated patient care with teaching and clinical research by physicians who are university faculty as well as provides charity care in the form of indigent care to patients with no health insurance and catastrophic care to patients whose medical bills are so large that paying them would be permanently life-shattering. Emory University Hospital physicians provided $50.4 million in charity care during the current fiscal year. The Hospital has 911 licensed beds, of which 120 are located at Emory University Orthopaedics and Spine Hospital and 82 are located at Wesley Woods, and more than 1,300 licensed physicians on staff. The Emory University Orthopaedics and Spine Hospital has earned the highest patient satisfaction rankings in the country based on returned surveys from patients that have been nationally benchmarked by Press Ganey. The current community benefits report is published at http://whsc.emory.edu/publications/pdfs/community-benefit-reports/community-benefits-report-2022.pdf

Schedule H, Part V, Section B, Line 3E
The significant health needs of the community were identified and prioritized through the CHNA.

Schedule H, Part V, Section B, Line 3 Facility A, 1
Facility A, 1 - Reporting Group A. COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT - INPUT FROM COMMUNITY: TO UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY WE SERVE, A COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT WAS CONDUCTED USING QUANTITATIVE DATA (E.G., DEMOGRAPHICS DATA, MORTALITY RATES, MORBIDITY DATA, DISEASE PREVALENCE RATES, HEALTH CARE RESOURCE DATA, ETC.) AND INPUT FROM STAKEHOLDERS REPRESENTING THE BROAD INTEREST OF OUR COMMUNITY (E.G., INDIVIDUALS WITH SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH, THE NEEDS OF THE UNDERSERVED, LOW-INCOME, AND MINORITY POPULATIONS, THE NEEDS OF POPULATIONS WITH CHRONIC DISEASES, ETC.). FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE APPENDIX B OF THE COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT AT: EMORYHEALTHCARE.ORG/COMMUNITY/INDEX.HTML

Schedule H, Part V, Section B, Line 5 Facility A, 1
Facility A, 1 - Reporting Group A. COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS: A KEY COMPONENT IN THE COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT IS GATHERING INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS. THESE STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDED A MIX OF INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL REPRESENTATIVES OF PASTORS, PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS, HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY REPRESENTATIVES, GOVERNMENT LEADERS, AND BOARD MEMBERS. DUE TO THEIR PROFESSION, TENURE, AND/OR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS OFFER DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES AND INFORMATION TO THE COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT. THEY ARE INDIVIDUALS AT THE FRONT LINE AND BEYOND THAT CAN BEST IDENTIFY UNMET SOCIAL AND HEALTH NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. INTERVIEWS WITH SEVENTEEN REPRESENTATIVES FROM ORGANIZATIONS AND ONE FOCUS GROUP WERE CONDUCTED BY THE WOODRUFF HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER STRATEGIC PLANNING OFFICE. FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE APPENDIX B OF THE COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT AT: HTTPS://WWW.EMORYHEALTHCARE.ORG/COMMUNITY/INDEX.HTML

Schedule H, Part V, Section B, Line 6a Facility A, 1
Facility A, 1 - Reporting Group A. COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT - HOSPITALS INCLUDED: THE COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR HOSPITALS INCLUDED IN THE EMORY RETURN WERE CONDUCTED BY THE WOODRUFF HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER STRATEGIC PLANNING OFFICE. THE HOSPITALS' COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENTS FOR ADDITIONAL OPERATING UNITS AND AFFILIATES OF EMORY HEALTHCARE INCLUDED: EMORY JOHNS CREEK HOSPITAL EMORY SAINT JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL EMORY DECATUR HOSPITAL EMORY HILLANDALE HOSPITAL EMORY REHABILITATION HOSPITAL EMORY LONG-TERM ACUTE CARE

Schedule H, Part V, Section B, Line 6b Facility A, 1
Facility A, 1 - Reporting Group A. THE COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT - ORGANIZATIONS OTHER THAN HOSPITAL FACILITIES: THE COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR HOSPITALS INCLUDED IN THE EMORY RETURN WERE CONDUCTED BY THE WOODRUFF HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER STRATEGIC PLANNING OFFICE AND INCLUDED ALL OF EMORY HEALTHCARE WHICH CONSISTS OF PHYSICIAN GROUPS AS WELL AS THE HOSPITAL FACILITIES.

Schedule H, Part V, Section B, Line 7 Facility A, 1
Facility A, 1 - Reporting Group A. COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT - AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC: THE COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT WAS MADE WIDELY AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY AND SHARED WITH ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH, GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, ROLLINS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY, UNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA, SAINT JOSEPH'S MERCY CARE SERVICES, VISITING NURSE HEALTH SYSTEMS, VISTACARE HOSPICE, GWINNETT SEXUAL ASSAULT CENTER CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER, GOOD SHEPHERD CLINIC, THE DRAKE HOUSE, DEKALB COMMUNITY SERVICE BOARD, CITY OF JOHN'S CREEK POLICE DEPARTMENT, CLAYTON COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH, AREA AGENCY ON AGING WITH ATLANTA REGIONAL COMMISSION, AND ADDITIONAL GROUPS.

Schedule H, Part V, Section B, Line 11 Facility A, 1
Facility A, 1 - Reporting Group A. DURING FISCAL YEAR 2022, EMORY HEALTHCARE CONDUCTED COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENTS (CHNAS) TO ASSESS THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITIES SERVED BY OUR HOSPITALS. USING THE REPORTS, EACH HOSPITAL IDENTIFIED PRIORITY HEALTH NEEDS FOR ITS COMMUNITY AND DEVELOPED STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS ACTIONABLE WAYS IN WHICH WE PLAN TO AID THOSE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. THROUGH THESE STRATEGIES, IT WAS AND CONTINUES TO BE OUR GOAL TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WHILE CONTINUALLY DELIVERING OPTIMAL CARE TO OUR PATIENTS. SINCE FISCAL YEAR 2022, EMORY HEALTHCARE HAS SOUGHT TO ADDRESS ALL THE NEEDS IDENTIFIED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 CHNAS THROUGH A VARIETY OF ACTIONS. THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 CHNAS INCLUDE AN ASSESSMENT OF PROGRESS MADE ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2019 IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY PLANS DEVELOPED BY EACH HOSPITAL. SEE FURTHER DETAILS AT: EMORYHEALTHCARE.ORG/COMMUNITY/INDEX.HTML

Schedule H, Part V, Section B, Line 13 Facility A, 1
Facility A, 1 - Reporting Group A. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICY AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE APPLICATIONS ARE DISCUSSED WITH PATIENTS DURING THE FINANCIAL SCREENING PROCESS. ALL PATIENTS ARE SCREENED. AS PART OF THE SCREENING PROCESS, A FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE APPLICATION IS COMPLETED ON BEHALF OF THE PATIENT AND ELIGIBLE PATIENTS ARE NOTIFIED OF THEIR STATUS OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AS EACH APPLICATION IS PROCESSED. WE ALSO UTILIZE A MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY VENDOR TO ASSIST PATIENTS IN APPLYING FOR MEDICAID OR OTHER GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICY PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE APPLICATION ARE LOCATED AT: EMORYHEALTHCARE.ORG/PATIENTS-VISITORS/FINANCIAL-ASSISTANCE.HTML

Schedule H, Part V, Section B, Line 15 Facility A, 1
Facility A, 1 - Reporting Group A. SAME AS LINE 13B ABOVE

Schedule H, Part V, Section B, Line 16 Facility A, 1
"Facility A, 1 - Reporting Group A. EMORY HEALTHCARE MAKES THIS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICY, THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICY APPLICATION FORM AND A PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY OF THIS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICY WIDELY AVAILABLE ON ITS WEBSITE AT: EMORYHEALTHCARE.ORG/PATIENTS-VISITORS/FINANCIAL-ASSISTANCE.HTML IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH. IN ADDITION, EMORY HEALTHCARE MAKES PAPER COPIES OF THIS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICY, THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE APPLICATION, THE AMOUNTS GENERALLY BILLED (""AGB"") DOCUMENT AND A PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY OF THIS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICY AVAILABLE, UPON REQUEST AND WITHOUT CHARGE, IN ADMISSIONS AND REGISTRATION AREAS, IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND, DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS, AT ALL ITS HOSPITAL LOCATIONS AS WELL AS THE EMORY CLINIC PATIENT ACCESS DEPARTMENT AND EMORY SPECIALTY ASSOCIATES PATIENT ACCESS DEPARTMENT."

Schedule H, Part I, Line 6a COMMUNITY BENEFIT REPORT
EMORY UNIVERSITY/WOODRUFF HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER COMMUNITY BENEFIT REPORT CAN BE FOUND ON THE WEB AT: http://whsc.emory.edu/publications/pdfs/community-benefit-reports/community-benefits-report-2022.pdf

Schedule H, Part V FACILITY INFORMATION
EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, EMORY ORTHOPAEDICS SPINE HOSPITAL, EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MIDTOWN AND EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SMYRNA ARE DIRECTLY CONTROLLED OPERATING DIVISIONS OF EMORY UNIVERSITY.

Schedule H, Part I, Line 3 Lines 3a 3b
Please see the Financial Assistance Policy and plain language summary at EMORYHEALTHCARE.ORG/PATIENTS-VISITORS/FINANCIAL-ASSISTANCE.HTML

Schedule H, Part I, Line 7g Subsidized Health Services
EMORY UNIVERSITY HAS INCLUDED $176,669,547 ATTRIBUTABLE TO PURCHASED SERVICES FROM THE EMORY CLINIC, INC. AS PART OF THE REPORTED SUBSIDIZED HEALTH SERVICES TOTAL ON PART I, LINE 7G.

Schedule H, Part I, Line 7 Bad Debt Expense excluded from financial assistance calculation
109079628

Schedule H, Part III, Line 2 Bad debt expense - methodology used to estimate amount
See Emory's audited financial statement footnote #6 for a detailed discussion.

Schedule H, Part III, Line 3 Bad Debt Expense Methodology
Emory uses a percentage of total bad debts to determine the estimated amount of charity care portion based on historical numbers.

Schedule H, Part III, Line 4 Bad debt expense - financial statement footnote
EMORY UNIVERSITY'S AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOOTNOTE #6 NET PATIENT SERVICE REVENUE INCLUDES DISCUSSION ON PROVISIONS FOR UNCOLLECTIBLE ACCOUNTS FOR EMORY HEALTHCARE. EMORY UNIVERSITY'S AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOOTNOTE #1 ORGANIZATION DESCRIBES WHAT IS INCLUDED IN EMORY HEALTHCARE FOR FINANCIAL REPORTING PURPOSES.

Schedule H, Part III, Line 8 Community benefit methodology for determining medicare costs
SHORTFALL IS NOT REPORTED IN LINE 7 COMMUNITY BENEFIT. TO DETERMINE MEDICARE ALLOWABLE COSTS REPORTED IN THE MEDICARE COST REPORT, THE COST-TO-CHARGE RATIO IS APPLIED TO GROSS PATIENT REVENUE ASSOCIATED WITH SERVICES PERFORMED FOR PATIENTS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICARE.

Schedule H, Part III, Line 9b Collection practices for patients eligible for financial assistance
CREDIT/COLLECTION POLICY REQUIRES ALL ACCOUNTS TO BE REVIEWED FOR POSSIBLE CHARITY WRITE-OFF. COLLECTION PRACTICES ARE NOT UNDERTAKEN WITH RESPECT TO CHARGES RELATED TO SERVICES COVERED BY THE ORGANIZATION'S FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICY.

Schedule H, Part V, Section B, Line 16a FAP website
A - EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL: Line 16a URL: EMORYHEALTHCARE.ORG/PATIENTS-VISITORS/FINANCIAL-ASSISTANCE.HTML;

Schedule H, Part V, Section B, Line 16b FAP Application website
A - EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL: Line 16b URL: EMORYHEALTHCARE.ORG/PATIENTS-VISITORS/FINANCIAL-ASSISTANCE.HTML;

Schedule H, Part V, Section B, Line 16c FAP plain language summary website
A - EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL: Line 16c URL: EMORYHEALTHCARE.ORG/PATIENTS-VISITORS/FINANCIAL-ASSISTANCE.HTML;

Schedule H, Part VI, Line 2 Needs assessment
EMORY HEALTHCARE CURRENTLY CONDUCTS AN EXTENSIVE ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, WHICH ENCOMPASSES EACH ENTITY WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION. THIS ASSESSMENT IS UTILIZED TO PLAN THE STRATEGIC DIRECTION FOR THE FOLLOWING FISCAL YEAR. THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT INCLUDES A DETAILED REVIEW OF PATIENT ORIGIN AND PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS, INCLUDING AGE, ETHNICITY, AND PAYER. THE POPULATION DEMOGRAPHICS FOR THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SERVICE AREAS ARE ANALYZED. THE ASSESSMENT ALSO INCLUDES A REVIEW OF SERVICES CURRENTLY UTILIZED BY PATIENTS ALONG WITH A FORECAST OF FUTURE SERVICE LINE NEEDS. IN ADDITION TO THIS ASSESSMENT, A DETAILED MEDICAL STAFF DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENT IS CONDUCTED ANNUALLY TO DETERMINE SPECIALTY NEEDS.

Schedule H, Part VI, Line 3 Patient education of eligibility for assistance
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICY AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE APPLICATIONS ARE DISCUSSED WITH PATIENTS DURING THE FINANCIAL SCREENING PROCESS. ALL PATIENTS ARE SCREENED. AS PART OF THE SCREENING PROCESS, A FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE APPLICATION IS COMPLETED ON BEHALF OF THE PATIENT AND ELIGIBLE PATIENTS ARE NOTIFIED OF THEIR STATUS OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AS EACH APPLICATION IS PROCESSED. EMORY ALSO UTILIZE A MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY VENDOR TO ASSIST PATIENTS IN APPLYING FOR MEDICAID OR OTHER GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICY PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE APPLICATION ARE LOCATED AT: EMORYHEALTHCARE.ORG/PATIENTS-VISITORS/FINANCIAL-ASSISTANCE.HTML

Schedule H, Part VI, Line 4 Community information
AS A TERTIARY CARE FACILITY, EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL (EUH) DRAWS PATIENTS FROM THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF GEORGIA AND THE SOUTHEAST. FOR THE PURPOSE OF EUH'S COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT, EUH'S COMMUNITY IS DEFINED AS THE AREA FROM WHICH OVER 55% OF EUH'S INPATIENT ADMISSIONS ORIGINATE. EUH'S COMMUNITY OR PRIMARY SERVICE AREA INCLUDES DEKALB, FULTON, GWINNETT, COBB, HENRY AND CLAYTON COUNTIES IN GEORGIA. AS A TERTIARY CARE FACILITY, EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MIDTOWN (EUHM) DRAWS PATIENTS FROM THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF GEORGIA AND THE SOUTHEAST. FOR THE PURPOSE OF EUHM'S COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT, EUHM'S COMMUNITY IS DEFINED AS THE AREA FROM WHICH OVER 75% OF EUHM'S INPATIENT ADMISSIONS ORIGINATE. EUHM'S COMMUNITY OR PRIMARY SERVICE AREA INCLUDES DEKALB, FULTON, GWINNETT, COBB, HENRY AND CLAYTON COUNTIES IN GEORGIA. AS A TERTIARY CARE FACILITY, EMORY ORTHOPAEDICS SPINE HOSPITAL (EUOSH) SERVES PATIENTS FROM THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF GEORGIA AND THE SOUTHEAST. FOR THE PURPOSE OF EUOSH'S COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT, EUOSH'S COMMUNITY IS DEFINED AS THE CONTIGUOUS AREA FROM WHICH OVER 55% OF EUOSH'S INPATIENT ADMISSIONS ORIGINATE. EUOSH'S COMMUNITY OR PRIMARY SERVICE AREA INCLUDES DEKALB, FULTON, GWINNETT, COBB, HENRY, AND CLAYTON COUNTIES. THE EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SMYRNA (EUHS) COMMUNITY IS DEFINED AS THE CONTIGUOUS AREA FROM WHICH OVER 75% OF EUHS'S INPATIENT ADMISSIONS ORIGINATE. EUHS'S COMMUNITY OR PRIMARY SERVICE AREA IS COBB COUNTY IN GEORGIA.

Schedule H, Part VI, Line 5 Promotion of community health
"FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE SEE ""COMMUNITY"" AS FOUND AT: EMORYHEALTHCARE.ORG/COMMUNITY/INDEX.HTML"

Schedule H, Part VI, Line 6 Affiliated health care system
EMORY HEALTHCARE IS THE CLINICAL ENTERPRISE OF THE ROBERT W. WOODRUFF HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER OF EMORY UNIVERSITY, WHICH FOCUSES ON PATIENT CARE, EDUCATION OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, RESEARCH ADDRESSING HEALTH AND ILLNESS, AND HEALTH POLICIES FOR PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF DISEASE. A KEY COMPONENT OF THE WOODRUFF HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER IS THE EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, WHICH HAS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE AND RESEARCH, PIONEERING MANY ADVANCES AND PROCEDURES THAT HAVE CHANGED THE FACE OF MEDICAL HISTORY.

Schedule H, Part VI, Line 7 State filing of community benefit report
GA

Schedule H, Part I, Line 7 Financial Assistance and Certain Other Community Benefits at Cost
"EMORY UNIVERSITY INCLUDES ONE OF THE NATION'S LEADING ACADEMIC COMPLEXES FOR TEACHING, RESEARCH, AND PATIENT CARE - THE ROBERT W. WOODRUFF HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER (WHSC). THE WHSC INCLUDES EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, NELL HODGSON WOODRUFF SCHOOL OF NURSING, ROLLINS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, WINSHIP CANCER INSTITUTE, Emory NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER, AND EMORY HEALTHCARE, WHICH IS THE WHSC'S SYSTEM OF HEALTH CARE OPERATIONS. EMORY HEALTHCARE INCLUDES PHYSICIAN GROUPS AS WELL AS THE FOLLOWING HOSPITALS: (1) Seven GENERAL AND ACUTE CARE HOSPITALS: EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, EMORY UNIVERSITY ORTHOPAEDICS SPINE HOSPITAL, EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MIDTOWN, EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SMYRNA, Emory Decatur Hospital, Emory Hillandale Hospital, and Emory Long-Term Acute Care Hospital; and (2) TWO JOINT VENTURES: EMORY-SAINT JOSEPH'S, INC. (WHICH INCLUDES EMORY JOHNS CREEK HOSPITAL, AND SAINT JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL OF ATLANTA, INC.) AND EMORY REHABILITATION HOSPITAL. ALTHOUGH PART OF THE EMORY HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, THE VARIOUS HOSPITALS ARE OPERATING DIVISIONS OF DIFFERENT EMORY ENTITIES. EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, EMORY UNIVERSITY ORTHOPAEDICS SPINE HOSPITAL, EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MIDTOWN AND EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SMYRNA ARE OPERATING DIVISIONS OF EMORY UNIVERSITY. EMORY JOHNS CREEK HOSPITAL AND SAINT JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL OF ATLANTA, INC. ARE PART OF A JOINT VENTURE WITH SAINT JOSEPH'S HEALTH SYSTEM INC. EMORY REHABILITATION HOSPITAL IS PART OF A JOINT VENTURE WITH SELECT MEDICAL CORPORATION. IN ADDITION, EMORY HAS CLOSE WORKING RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER HOSPITALS, INCLUDING GRADY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (""GRADY""), CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA, INC. AND THE ATLANTA VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER (""ATLANTA VA""). EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IS A MAJOR SUPPLIER OF THE PHYSICIANS (BOTH MEDICAL FACULTY AND PHYSICIAN RESIDENTS IN TRAINING) AT GRADY, PROVIDING 80% OF PHYSICIAN CARE AT THIS FACILITY, WHICH IS ONE OF THE LARGEST PUBLIC HOSPITALS IN THE SOUTHEAST. EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, EMORY ORTHOPAEDICS SPINE HOSPITAL, EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MIDTOWN, AS WELL AS GRADY, THE ATLANTA VA, AND CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA, INC. SERVE AS TEACHING FACILITIES FOR THE EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (PROVIDING VENUES FOR RESIDENCY TRAINING) AND EMORY'S NELL HODGSON WOODRUFF SCHOOL OF NURSING (PROVIDING DEDICATED EDUCATION UNITS FOR NURSING STUDENTS). EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AND EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MIDTOWN ALSO ARE ACTIVE SITES WITHIN THE CLINICAL INTERACTION NETWORK OF THE NIH-SPONSORED ATLANTA CLINICAL TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE INSTITUTE (ACTSI), WHICH SEEKS TO MAKE CLINICAL TRIALS FOR NEW TREATMENTS MORE EFFICIENT AND MORE AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. EMORY IS THE LEAD PARTNER IN ACTSI, WHICH ALSO INVOLVES MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND THE GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY. THROUGH THE EMORY MEDICAL CARE FOUNDATION, INC. (EMCF), WHICH IS CONTROLLED BY EMORY UNIVERSITY, EMORY PHYSICIANS PROVIDED $25 MILLION IN UNCOMPENSATED PATIENT CARE TO GRADY IN FY 2022. IN ADDITION, EMCF INVESTS ANY REIMBURSEMENTS THAT EMORY FACULTY DO RECEIVE FOR SERVICES RENDERED AT GRADY TO UPGRADE EQUIPMENT AND SUPPORT VITAL SERVICES PROVIDED BY EMORY PHYSICIANS WORKING AT GRADY. EMCF INVESTED $62 MILLION FOR THIS PURPOSE IN FY 2022. EMORY ALSO PROVIDES 80% OF PHYSICIAN CARE AT CHILDREN'S AT HUGHES SPALDING, A PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL ON GRADY'S CAMPUS OPERATED BY CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA, INC. THE TOTAL CHARITY CARE AND COMMUNITY BENEFIT ATTRIBUTED TO THE ORGANIZATION IS LOCATED ON PART I, LINE 7 OF SCHEDULE H. FOR A MORE COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF THE TOTAL CHARITY CARE AND COMMUNITY BENEFIT PROVIDED BY EMORY HEALTHCARE, PLEASE VIEW THE EMORY UNIVERSITY/WOODRUFF HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER COMMUNITY BENEFIT REPORT AT: HTTP://whsc.emory.edu/publications/pdfs/community-benefit-reports/community-benefits-report-2022.pdf IN COMPARISON WITH OTHER HOSPITALS IN METRO ATLANTA AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY, EMORY HEALTHCARE HOSPITALS ARE REFERRED A DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBER OF PATIENTS WITH EXTREMELY COMPLEX AND CHALLENGING CONDITIONS. OTHER AREA HOSPITALS ROUTINELY REFER PATIENTS TO EMORY FOR WHOM THEY HAVE NO OTHER TREATMENT RECOURSE. THESE SICKEST-OF-THE-SICK PATIENTS ARE NOT ONLY THE MOST CLINICALLY CHALLENGING BUT ALSO THE MOST COSTLY PATIENTS TO TREAT. AT EMORY, SUCH PATIENTS FIND CLINICIANS DETERMINED TO PROVIDE THE BEST, MOST COMPASSIONATE CARE POSSIBLE REGARDLESS OF THESE PATIENTS' ABILITY TO PAY. EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, IN PARTICULAR, IS NOTED AS A DESTINATION FOR PATIENTS IN THIS HIGH-ACUITY CATEGORY. THIS HOSPITAL CONTINUES TO Have a CASE-MIX INDEX higher than other academic medical centers. EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ALSO PROVIDES SERVICES AND PROCEDURES AVAILABLE NOWHERE ELSE IN THE STATE, INCLUDING HIGH COMPLEX TRANSPLANT PROCEDURES, AMONG OTHERS. EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HELPS PIONEER, TEST, AND DEVELOP NEW PROCEDURES THAT EVENTUALLY MAKE THEIR WAY INTO THE BROADER COMMUNITY OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS. IN ADDITION, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HAS A SPECIAL ISOLATION UNIT FOR THE CARE OF PATIENTS WITH SERIOUS COMMUNICABLE DISEASES - SUCH AS CDC EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE CONFIRMED, PROBABLE, OR SUSPECTED INFECTION WITH OR EXPOSURE TO PATHOGENS SUCH AS EBOLA, SMALLPOX, PNEUMONIC PLAGUE, OR SARS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH INFECTIVITY RATES. EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MIDTOWN (EUHM), WHICH INCLUDES A LEVEL III NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AMONG ITS OTHER ICUS, ALSO HAS A CASE-MIX INDEX THAT IS CONSIDERABLY HIGHER THAN THAT OF MOST COMMUNITY HOSPITALS. EMORY UNIVERSITY ORTHOPAEDICS SPINE HOSPITAL (EUOSH), AN EXTENSION OF EUH'S ACUTE CARE SERVICES, IS A 120-BED FACILITY THAT PROVIDES MEDICAL AND SURGICAL CARE FOR ORTHOPAEDIC AND SPINE PATIENTS AS WELL AS GENERAL ACUTE CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH NONSURGICAL NEEDS. AS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER, EUH AND EUOSH ARE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING THE BEST CARE FOR OUR PATIENTS, EDUCATING HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND LEADERS FOR THE FUTURE, PURSUING DISCOVERY RESEARCH, AND SERVING OUR COMMUNITY. EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SMYRNA (EUHS) HAS PROUDLY SERVED THE HEALTH CARE NEEDS OF OUR NEIGHBORS SINCE 1974. EUHS IS AN 88-BED COMMUNITY HOSPITAL THAT IS LOCATED IN SMYRNA (COBB COUNTY) GEORGIA. ORIGINALLY FOUNDED AS SMYRNA HOSPITAL BY A GROUP OF PHYSICIANS IN 1974, ADVENTIST HEALTH SYSTEM ACQUIRED THE HOSPITAL IN 1976, MAKING IT THE FIRST HEALTHCARE INSTITUTION IN THE ATLANTA AREA AFFILIATED WITH THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. IN 1995, ADVENTIST HEALTH SYSTEM ENTERED INTO A JOINT VENTURE WITH EMORY HEALTHCARE, THUS CREATING THE FIRST HOSPITAL CO-OWNED BY TWO LEADING HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS. THE FACILITY WAS RENAMED EMORY-ADVENTIST HOSPITAL. IN 2015, EMORY UNIVERSITY ACQUIRED EMORY-ADVENTIST HOSPITAL AND RENAMED IT EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SMYRNA. THE FACILITY IS ANTICIPATED TO UNDERGO SIGNIFICANT RENOVATION IN THE UPCOMING YEARS TO BETTER MEET THE NEEDS OF ITS COMMUNITY."