CHRIST HOSPITAL
2139 Auburn Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45219 www.thechristhospital.com

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Organizations Filed Purposes: improve the health of our community and create patient value by providing exceptional outcomes and the finest experiences, all in an affordable way.

THE CHRIST HOSPITAL ("TCH") IS AN OHIO NONPROFIT CORPORATION FORMED IN JUNE OF 1891. TCH IS TAX-EXEMPT UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE ("THE CODE") AND FUNCTIONS AS A HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION 509(A)(1) AND 170(B)(1)(A)(III) OF THE CODE. TCH'S MISSION FOR THE NEARLY 130 YEARS OF ITS OPERATIONS HAS BEEN TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY AND TO BE A REGIONAL EXEMPLAR IN CREATING PATIENT VALUE THROUGH EXCEPTIONAL OUTCOMES AND PATIENT EXPERIENCE PROVIDED AT AN AFFORDABLE AND RESPONSIBLE COST THAT ENSURES ACCESS TO ALL MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WITHOUT REGARD TO FINANCIAL STATUS OR OTHER FACTORS SUCH AS RACE, ETHNICITY, BELIEFS OR GENDER. THROUGH ITS MAIN HOSPITAL CAMPUS IN MT. AUBURN, TCH IS DEDICATED TO ITS URBAN-HOSPITAL ROOTS, REMAINING STEADFAST IN COMMITMENT TO DIVERSE AND ECONOMICALLY CHALLENGED NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE UPTOWN SECTION OF CINCINNATI, OHIO. WHILE MAINTAINING THIS URBAN COMMITMENT THROUGH ITS BASE OPERATIONS, TCH HAS ALSO DEVELOPED A NETWORK OF OUTPATIENT CENTERS, A REMOTE HOSPITAL LOCATION AND PHYSICIAN PRACTICES THAT ENSURE ACCESS TO CARE THROUGHOUT THE GREATER CINCINNATI REGION, INCLUDING SUBURBAN AND RURAL REGIONS OF THE AREA THAT SERVE 14 COUNTIES LOCATED IN THREE STATES. TCH HAS ORGANIZED AND MAINTAINS AN ACCREDITED STAFF OF MORE THAN 1,000 PHYSICIANS, AND OFFERS ADVANCED SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGIES THROUGH EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP OF SEVEN KEY SERVICE LINES: CARDIOVASCULAR CARE, ORTHOPAEDIC AND SPINE TREATMENT, WOMEN'S HEALTH, ONCOLOGY, SPECIAL SURGERY, COMPREHENSIVE MEDICINE AND PRIMARY CARE. TCH MAINTAINS ITS SACRED TRUST WITH THE COMMUNITY AND GOVERNMENTAL OVERSIGHT PARTNERS IN EARNING AND MAINTAINING THE PRIVILEGE AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF TAX-EXEMPTION. THESE CORE COMMITMENTS INCLUDE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE NOT UNDERTAKEN FOR ECONOMIC GAIN, BUT IN FACT ARE PERFORMED AT A LOSS OR ARE WHOLLY UNREIMBURSED AND ARE PERFORMED AS A MATTER OF PUBLIC TRUST AND COMMITMENT. THESE CORE COMMITMENTS INCLUDE: 1. CHARITY CARE & CARE PROVIDED UNDER GOVERNMENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS - ACCESS TO CARE REGARDLESS OF ABILITY TO PAY AND FULL PARTICIPATION IN MEDICARE AND MEDICAID PROGRAMS WHEREIN ENTITLEMENT PAYMENTS ARE INSUFFICIENT TO COVER THE COSTS OF SERVICES PROVIDED. 2. MEDICAL EDUCATION - ASSURANCE OF SUFFICIENT NUMBERS AND COMPETENCY OF TRAINED AND LICENSED MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY. THIS INCLUDES RESIDENCY AND FELLOWSHIP TRAINING FOR PHYSICIANS THAT ARE OPERATED AT A FINANCIAL LOSS, AND FORMAL UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE TRAINING THROUGH ITS COLLEGE OF NURSING THAT REQUIRES SUBSIDIZATION THROUGH PHILANTHROPY AND PRIVATE SUPPORT. 3. RESEARCH & INNOVATION - THROUGH THE CARL & EDYTH LINDNER CENTER FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION AT THE CHRIST HOSPITAL, TCH INVESTS SUBSTANTIAL INTERNAL AND PHILANTHROPIC RESOURCES IN SUPPORTING THE ADVANCEMENT OF MEDICAL DISCOVERY AND IMPROVEMENT FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD THROUGH AN ARRAY OF CLINICAL TRIALS AND OTHER APPLICATION RESEARCH. THE ABOVE ACTIVITIES ARE THE ENDURING AND SACRED COMMITMENT AND RESPONSIBILITY OF TCH. YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT THESE COMMITMENTS WILL SERVE TO DEMONSTRATE HOW TCH HAS EARNED AND MAINTAINS ITS TAX-EXEMPT PRIVILEGE. TCH HAS CONSISTENTLY BEEN RECOGNIZED BY U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT AS ONE OF THE NATION'S TOP HOSPITALS, INCLUDING THE NUMBER ONE HOSPITAL IN THE GREATER CINCINNATI REGION AND RANKED "HIGHER PERFORMING" (TOP 10 PERCENT OF ALL HOSPITALS IN THE COUNTRY) IN SIX SPECIALTY SERVICES. FURTHER, TCH RANKED AS ONE OF BECKER'S HOSPITAL REVIEW "100 GREATEST HOSPITALS IN AMERICAAS ONE OF NEWSWEEK'S "THE WORLD'S BEST HOSPITALS," RANKING FIRST IN THE CINCINNATI REGION. TCH RECEIVED THE NRC HEALTH CONSUMER LOYALTY AWARD IN 2020. TCH HAS BEEN GRANTED MAGNET RECOGNITION FROM THE AMERICAN NURSES CREDENTIALING CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN NURSING CARE. ADDITIONALLY, FOR THE 14TH STRAIGHT YEAR, THE NETWORK WAS AWARDED HEALTHGRADES AMERICA'S 50 BEST HOSPITALS FOR BEING IN THE TOP 1% IN THE NATION FOR PROVIDING HIGHEST CLINICAL QUALITY YEAR OVER YEAR. WHILE MAINTAINING ITS COMMITMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY, TCH IS IN A PERIOD OF RAPID GROWTH, INCLUDING THE EXPANSION OF AN AMBULATORY OUTPATIENT STRATEGY CONSISTING OF AN EMPLOYED PRIMARY CARE AND SPECIALTY PHYSICIAN NETWORK, NUMEROUS OUTPATIENT CENTERS OFFERING A VARIETY OF SERVICES, AND OTHER COMMUNITY INITIATIVES. WITH A STAFF OF MORE THAN 1,000 PHYSICIANS, TCH OFFERS ADVANCED SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGIES IN CARDIOVASCULAR CARE, ORTHOPAEDIC AND SPINE TREATMENT, WOMEN'S HEALTH, ONCOLOGY, SPECIALTY SURGERY, AND A HOST OF OUTPATIENT SERVICES SUCH AS PHYSICIAN PRACTICES, IMAGING, TESTING, PHYSICAL AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, WOUND HEALING, DIABETES CARE, AND MORE. FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2020, TCH'S INPATIENT ADMISSIONS WERE APPROXIMATELY 22,000 AND ITS OUTPATIENT VISITS EXCEEDED 590,000. THESE VOLUMES WERE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED BY THE COVID-19 GOVERNMENT-MANDATED SHUT DOWN OF ELECTIVE PROCEDURES, BEGINNING IN MID-MARCH 2020 THROUGH JUNE 2020. PATIENT SERVICES THE NETWORK OFFERS A WIDE RANGE OF INPATIENT, OUTPATIENT AND EMERGENCY SERVICES THROUGH VARIOUS REGIONAL, NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY-BASED DISTRIBUTION MODELS. THE NETWORK'S CLINICAL PROGRAMS ARE DIVERSIFIED, ORGANIZED AND DELIVERED ACROSS ITS SEVEN KEY SERVICE LINES, WHICH INCLUDE CARDIOVASCULAR CARE, ORTHOPAEDIC AND SPINE TREATMENT, WOMEN'S HEALTH, ONCOLOGY, SPECIALTY SURGERY, COMPREHENSIVE MEDICINE AND PRIMARY CARE. THE NETWORK MAINTAINS A LEADING OR SECOND LEADING POSITION IN THE GREATER CINCINNATI REGION FOr KEY SERVICE LINES INCLUDING CARDIOVASCULAR, JOINT AND SPINE AND WOMEN'S HEALTH. THE NETWORK'S POSITIONING IN THE MARKET WITHIN THESE KEY SERVICE LINE FURTHER HIGHLIGHTS THE CRITICAL ROLE THE NETWORK PLAYS IN THE DELIVERY OF CARE TO THE COMMUNITY IT SERVES. HEART AND VASCULAR FROM GROUND-BREAKING TREATMENTS OPTIONS - CERTAIN TREATMENTS THE NETWORK'S PHYSICIANS HELPED PIONEER - TO THE DOZEN OF SUBSPECIALIZED PROGRAMS DEVELOPED BY THE NETWORK TO CARE FOR THE VARIED AND COMPLEX CONDITIONS FOR THE HEART, THE NETWORK IS RECOGNIZED AS A LEADER IN CARDIOVASCULAR CARE AS EVIDENCED BY NUMEROUS AWARDS. FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2020, THE NETWORK PERFORMED 519 OPEN HEART SURGERIES, 2,135 ANGIOPLASTIES AND 2,917 CARDIAC CATHERIZATIONS, MORE THAN ANY OTHER HOSPITAL IN THE GREATER CINCINNATI REGION. FOR 14 CONSECUTIVE YEARS, TCH HAS BEEN NAMED ONE OF THE NATION'S 50 TOP CARDIOVASCULAR HOSPITALS IN THE US BY IBM WATSON HEALTH. IN ADDITION, FOR 3 CONSECUTIVE YEARS TCH HAS BEEN NAMED TO BECKERS HOSPITAL REVIEW'S 100 HOSPITALS AND HEALTH SYSTEMS WITH A GREAT HEART PROGRAM. IN ADDITION TO THE VARIOUS AWARDS LISTED ABOVE, THE NETWORK HAS BEEN CREDITED WITH BEING THE FIRST HOSPITAL IN THE NATION TO PERFORM A NUMBER OF CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES. THANKS TO THE LINDNER CENTER FOR RESEARCH, THE NETWORK'S CARDIOVASCULAR PROGRAM IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF INNOVATION AND HAS BECOME THE INTERNATIONAL LEADER IN CLINICAL CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH. THE IMPACT OF THIS COLLABORATION TRANSFORMS CARDIOVASCULAR CARE AND BRINGS NEW TREATMENTS TO PATIENTS IN THE GREATER CINCINNATI REGION LONG BEFORE THE TREATMENTS ARE AVAILABLE ELSEWHERE IN OUR COUNTRY. MUSCULOSKELETAL THROUGH ITS WORLD CLASS JOINT AND SPINE CENTER, BUILT IN 2015, THE NETWORK'S ORTHOPAEDIC AND SPINE TREATMENT PROGRAMS ATTRACT PATIENTS ACROSS THE US, BUT ULTIMATELY ALLOWING FOR EXCEPTIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC AND SPINE TREATMENT FOR PATIENTS IN THE GREATER CINCINNATI REGION. THE NETWORK PARTICIPATES IN MEDICARE'S COMPREHENSIVE CARE FOR JOINT REPLACEMENTS ('CJR') MODEL, WHERE IT HAS EXPERIENCED TOP 10 RESULTS NATIONWIDE, EARNING INCENTIVE PAYMENTS FOR DELIVERY OF JOINT REPLACEMENTS TO MEDICARE SPONSORED PATIENTS, ON THE BASIS OF NOT ONLY AFFORDABLE CARE BUT ALSO QUALITY OUTCOMES ACHIEVED. TCH OFFERS COMPREHENSIVE ORTHOPAEDIC AND SPINE SERVICES PROVIDED BY EXPERT SPECIALISTS WHO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE RANGE OF SERVICES THAT FOCUS ON THE PREVENTION, DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION OF MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS. THE NETWORK CONTINUES TO DELIVER HIGH QUALITY OUTCOMES, RANKING "HIGH PERFORMING" BY US NEWS & WORLD REPORT. TCH USES A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO DIAGNOSING AND TREATING BACK AND NECK PROBLEMS THROUGH ITS TEAM OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS, NEUROSURGEONS, INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGISTS, PAIN MANAGEMENT PHYSICIANS AND PHYSICAL THERAPISTS WHO WORK COLLABORATIVELY TO ENSURE THAT PATIENTS RECEIVE THE BEST POSSIBLE CARE FROM THE EXPERTS BEST SUITED TO PROVIDE IT. THE NETWORK'S PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS HAVE PERFORMED MORE INPATIENT SPINE PROCEDURES THAN ANY OTHER HOSPITAL IN THE GREATER CINCINNATI REGION. FULL SUITE OF PATIENT SERVICES THE NETWORK'S INPATIENT SERVICES INCLUDE ALL MAJOR CATEGORIES OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TRAUMA. THE NETWORK'S OUTPATIENT LOCATIONS PROVIDE PRIMARY AND SPECIALTY CARE AND DIAGNOSTICS. SPECIFIC SERVICES OFFERED BY THE NETWORK INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: Comprehensive Medicine: Adult/Geriatric Inpatient Behavioral Intensive Care Unit Intensive Outpati

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