MERCY HOSPITAL LINCOLN
1000 EAST CHERRY STREET, TROY, MO 63379 www.mercy.net

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Organizations Filed Purposes: AS THE SISTERS OF MERCY BEFORE US, WE BRING TO LIFE THE HEALING MINISTRY OF JESUS THROUGH OUR COMPASSIONATE CARE AND EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE.

MERCY HOSPITAL LINCOLN ("MHL") PROVIDES QUALITY MEDICAL HEALTH CARE REGARDLESS OF RACE, CREED, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN, HANDICAP, AGE OR ABILITY TO PAY. IN ACTIVE PURSUIT OF THIS MISSION, MHL PROVIDED SERVICES TO 3,209 INPATIENTS, 12,641 EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS, 43,170 OUTPATIENT VISITS, AND 62,455 CLINIC VISITS.MHL IS A CATHOLIC HEALTH CARE CORPORATION THAT ENGAGES IN A MINISTRY WHICH PROVIDES GENERAL ACUTE CARE, AMBULATORY, SWING BED SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN ITS SERVICE COMMUNITIES. CONSISTENT WITH THE ORGANIZATION'S COMMITMENT TO SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE PROVISION OF COMMUNITY BENEFIT, MHL OFFERS OTHER SERVICES AND PROGRAMS WHICH FURTHER HEALTH PROMOTION, MAINTENANCE AND CARE. MHL'S SERVICES INCLUDE A FREESTANDING CLINIC AND THREE RURAL HEALTH CLINICS LOCATED IN TROY, ONE RURAL HEALTH CLINIC IN WINFIELD AND ANOTHER IN ELSBERRY. THESE CLINICS PROVIDE A SIGNIFICANT FOCUS ON PRIMARY CARE AS WELL AS PSYCHIATRY AND COUNSELING SERVICE. MANY CLINIC PATIENTS WERE ALSO TREATED, ON A CHARITABLE BASIS, AS INPATIENTS. ALTHOUGH REIMBURSEMENT FOR SERVICES RENDERED IS CRITICAL TO THE CONTINUED ABILITY TO PROVIDE HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO ALL PATIENTS, MHL RECOGNIZES THAT NOT ALL INDIVIDUALS POSSESS THE ABILITY TO PURCHASE ESSENTIAL MEDICAL SERVICES AND, FURTHER, THAT PART OF OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE HEALTHCARE SERVICES AND HEALTHCARE EDUCATION TO THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH OUR FACILITIES ARE LOCATED. IN KEEPING WITH MHL'S COMMITMENT TO SERVE ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES, MHL PROVIDES (I) FREE CARE AND/OR SUBSIDIZED CARE; (II) CARE TO PERSONS COVERED BY GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAMS AT BELOW COST; (III) HEALTH ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY; (IV) HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS; AND, (V) A VARIETY OF BROAD COMMUNITY SUPPORT ACTIVITIES. MHL PROVIDES CARE TO PATIENTS WHO LACK FINANCIAL RESOURCES AND ARE DEEMED TO BE MEDICALLY INDIGENT. AS DEFINED BY THE INSTITUTION'S CHARITY POLICY, MHL DOES NOT PURSUE COLLECTION OF AMOUNTS DETERMINED TO QUALIFY FOR CHARITY CARE. IN ADDITION, MHL PROVIDES SERVICES TO OTHER PATIENTS UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM AND VARIOUS STATE MEDICAID PROGRAMS. SUCH PROGRAMS PAY PROVIDERS AMOUNTS THAT ARE SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN BILLED CHARGES, AND FREQUENTLY LESS THAN THE COST, OF THE SERVICES PROVIDED TO THE RECIPIENTS. MHL HAS 56% OF ITS PATIENTS SEEN FROM EITHER THE MEDICARE OR MEDICAID PROGRAMS. IN THE RURAL HEALTH CLINICS, 18% ARE MEDICAID PATIENTS AND 33% ARE MEDICARE PATIENTS. THE COST, NET OF ANY PAYMENT RECEIVED (NET COST), TO MHL OF PROVIDING CARE TO PERSONS QUALIFYING FOR CHARITY/ MEDICAID, AND TO ELDERLY AND DISABLED PATIENTS UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM TOTALED $1,802,075 IN THE YEAR ENDED 6/30/19. THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY MHL, AS WELL AS THE AMOUNT OF CHARITY CARE PROVIDED, DEMONSTRATE THE ONGOING COMMITMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION TO SERVE IN A LEADERSHIP ROLE AS AN ADVOCATE FOR RESPONSIVE HEALTHCARE SERVICES FOR THE COMMUNITY, WITH A DEEP COMMITMENT AND SENSITIVITY TO MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE POOR AND UNDERSERVED.

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