BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-DESOTO INC
350 N HUMPHREYS BLVD, MEMPHIS, TN 38120 www.baptistonline.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-DESOTO, INC. PROVIDES QUALITY MEDICAL HEALTH CARE REGARDLESS OF RACE, CREED, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN, HANDICAP, OR AGE. ITS MISSION IS TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY WITH RESPECT TO PROVIDING HEALTH CARE SERVICES AND HEALTH CARE EDUCATION.

BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-DESOTO, INC. PROVIDES QUALITY MEDICAL HEALTH CARE REGARDLESS OF RACE, CREED, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN, HANDICAP, OR AGE.

BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-DESOTO, INC. PROVIDES QUALITY MEDICAL HEALTH CARE REGARDLESS OF RACE, CREED, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN, HANDICAP, OR AGE. ALTHOUGH REIMBURSEMENT FOR SERVICES RENDERED IS CRITICAL TO THE OPERATION AND STABILITY OF BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-DESOTO, INC., IT IS RECOGNIZED THAT NOT ALL INDIVIDUALS POSSESS THE ABILITY TO PURCHASE ESSENTIAL MEDICAL SERVICES, AND FURTHER, THAT OUR MISSION IS TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY WITH RESPECT TO PROVIDING HEALTH CARE SERVICES AND HEALTH CARE EDUCATION. THEREFORE, IN KEEPING WITH ITS COMMITMENT TO SERVE ALL MEMBERS OF ITS COMMUNITY, BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-DESOTO, INC. PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING:- FREE CARE AND/OR SUBSIDIZED CARE WHERE THE NEED AND/OR AN INDIVIDUAL'S INABILITY TO PAY COEXIST,- CARE PROVIDED TO PERSONS COVERED BY GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAMS AT BELOW COST, AND- HEALTH ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY.THESE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE WELLNESS PROGRAMS, COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAMS, SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR THE ELDERLY, HANDICAPPED, MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED, AND A VARIETY OF BROAD COMMUNITY SUPPORT ACTIVITIES.DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2019, BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-DESOTO, INC. PROVIDED SERVICES FOR MORE THAN 16,598 INPATIENTS AND MORE THAN 128,052 OUTPATIENTS.THE LARGEST PROGRAM SERVICES PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2019:- ACUTE CARE SERVICES HAD 75,873 PATIENT DAYS AT A COST OF $37,753,639.- THE PHARMACY DEPARTMENT DISPENSED 117,107 UNIT DOSES OF MEDICATION AT A COST OF $16,267,429.- THE RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT PERFORMED 218,103 PROCEDURES AT A COST OF $29,953,122.- THE SURGERY DEPARTMENT PERFORMED 9,154 SURGERY HOURS AT A COST OF $14,059,082.BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-DESOTO, INC. PROVIDES CARE TO PERSONS COVERED BY GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAMS FROM WHICH THE HOSPITAL RECEIVES PAYMENT AT LESS THAN MARKET VALUE REIMBURSEMENT. RECOGNIZING ITS MISSION TO THE COMMUNITY, SERVICES ARE PROVIDED TO MEDICARE, MEDICAID AND UNINSURED PATIENTS. TO THE EXTENT REIMBURSEMENT IS BELOW COST, BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-DESOTO, INC. RECOGNIZES THESE AMOUNTS AS CHARITY CARE IN MEETING ITS MISSION TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2019, THE UNREIMBURSED VALUE OF PROVIDING CARE TO THESE PATIENTS WAS $938,137,817.CHARITY CARE IS ALSO PROVIDED THROUGH MANY REDUCED PRICED SERVICES AND FREE PROGRAMS OFFERED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR BASED UPON ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES THAT BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-DESOTO, INC. BELIEVES WILL SERVE A BONA FIDE COMMUNITY HEALTH NEED.FOR OVER 25 YEARS, BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-DESOTO, INC., LOCATED IN SOUTHAVEN, MISSISSIPPI, HAS GIVEN PATIENTS ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI A PLACE TO FIND QUALITY, SPECIALIZED CARE. ITS COLLEAGUES DEDICATE EACH DAY TO RAISING THE STANDARD FOR CLINICAL EXCELLENCE, AND THEIR HARD WORK HAS PAID OFF IN CONSISTENT NATIONAL RECOGNITION FOR QUALITY OUTCOMES. THE HOSPITAL HAS BEEN RANKED #1 IN MISSISSIPPI FOR CARDIAC SERVICES BY HEALTHGRADES, THE NATION'S LEADING INDEPENDENT RATINGS COMPANY. IT HAS BEEN AN ILLUSTRIOUS QUARTER-CENTURY FOR THE HOSPITAL WHICH CONTINUES TO GROW AND ENHANCE SERVICES TO MEET THE EVER-CHANGING NEEDS OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI. SINCE HEART DISEASE KILLS ONE IN FOUR MISSISSIPPIANS EACH YEAR, ALMOST 40 PERCENT OF THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPTIAL-DESOTO, INC. WERE ASSOCIATED WITH CARDIAC-RELATED ILLNESS. MISSISSIPPIANS RANK AS HIGHEST IN THE COUNTRY FOR CARDIAC RISK FACTORS INCLUDING: HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, HIGH CHOLESTEROL, LOW PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND TOBACCO USE. AS A PRINCIPAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDER IN A STATE WHICH HAS THE HIGHEST OBESITY RATE IN THE NATION, LIMITED AVAILABILITY OF PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS, A HIGH RATE OF PREVENTABLE HOSPITALIZATIONS DUE TO CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE AND A HIGH RATE OF DEATHS FROM CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE EACH YEAR, BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-DESOTO, INC. HAS AN URGENT RESPONSIBILITY AND OBLIGATION TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF HEART CARE IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI. IN RESPONSE TO THE STATEWIDE NEED TO ADDRESS HEART DISEASE, BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-DESOTO, INC. ESTABLISHED ITS STRONG HEARTS INITIATIVE IN 2010 AND CONTINUES TO DEVELOP THE PROGRAM EACH YEAR. THE GOAL IS TO EDUCATE RESIDENTS ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI ON PREVENTING HEART DISEASE AND RESPONDING PROPERLY WHEN SYMPTOMS ARE PRESENT. THROUGH THE STRONG HEARTS INITIATIVE, MANY ANNUAL PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED TO HELP THE COMMUNITIES OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI.

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