St Luke'S Health Network Inc

“The organization is the parent entity of the st. Luke's university health network ("network"); a tax-exempt integrated healthcare delivery network. The organization's form 990 reflects no top five independent contractors for services and reports that no forms 1099 were filed with the internal revenue service ("irs"). St. Luke's hospital of bethlehem, pennsylvania, a related internal revenue code section 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization pays all outstanding accounts payable invoices on behalf of this organization. In conjunction with this service, st. Luke's hospital of bethlehem, pennsylvania also prepares and issues forms 1099 to these vendors receiving payments where applicable and files these forms 1099 with the irs. St. Luke's hospital of bethlehem, pennsylvania allocates these payments to the organization via an intercompany account.”

“The organization is an internal revenue code section 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization and serves as the parent organization of st. Luke's university health network ("network"); a tax-exempt integrated healthcare delivery network. As the parent organization st. Luke's health network, inc. Provides various corporate related services for the benefit of various network entities. These corporate services, include, but are not limited to, executive, legal and risk management, compliance and governance, human resources and finance (accounting, payroll, accounts payable). The costs associated with these services are paid for by st. Luke's hospital of bethlehem, pennsylvania; a related internal revenue code section 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. St. Luke's hospital of bethlehem, pennsylvania allocates a portion of the costs for these corporate services to various network entities subject to approval by st. Luke's health network. In addition, st. Luke's health network, inc. Senior management personnel reported on this form 990 are issued forms w-2 from st. Luke's hospital of bethlehem, pennsylvania.”

“The organization is an affiliate within st. Luke's university health network ("network"); a tax-exempt integrated healthcare delivery network. St. Luke's health network, inc. Is the tax-exempt parent entity of the network. The organization's federal form 990 was provided to each voting member of the organization's governing body (its board of trustees) prior to the filing with the internal revenue service ("irs"). In addition, the st. Luke's university health network finance committee was updated as to this organization's current year form 990 prior to filing. St. Luke's health network, inc. Board of trustees delegated to the finance committee the responsibility to oversee and coordinate the federal form 990 preparation and filing process for the tax-exempt affiliates of the network. As part of the organization's federal form 990 tax return preparation process the organization hired a professional certified public accounting ("cpa") firm with experience and expertise in both healthcare and not-for-profit tax return preparation to prepare the federal form 990. The cpa firm's tax professionals worked closely with the network's finance personnel and various other network individuals ("internal working group") to obtain the information needed in order to prepare a complete and accurate tax return. The cpa firm prepared a draft federal form 990 and furnished it to the network's internal working group for their review. The network's internal working group reviewed the draft federal form 990 and discussed questions and comments with the cpa firm. Revisions were made to the draft federal form 990 where necessary and a final draft was furnished by the cpa firm to the network's internal working group for final review and approval prior to presentation of the federal form 990 to the members of the st. Luke's health network, inc. Finance committee. Thereafter, the final federal form 990 was provided to each voting member of the organization's governing body prior to filing with the irs.”

“The organization has a written conflict of interest policy and regularly monitors and enforces compliance with that policy. The policy requires that a conflict of interest disclosure form consistent with best governance practices and internal revenue service guidelines be circulated to officers, trustees, board committee members and senior management annually. The network's compliance department, including its corporate compliance officer and senior vice president/general counsel, assume responsibility for the completion of the conflict of interest questionnaires and enforcement with the policy. If a trustee discloses an interest that could give rise to a conflict, the trustee's potential conflict may be disclosed to the organization's governing body, which evaluates the conflict and its potential impact on the trustee's participation on the board. After consultation and discussion the board of trustees may take action, if appropriate and necessary, to address any such conflict in a manner consistent with the network's conflict of interest policy.”

“Compensation review executive compensation for the health network consists of fixed salary, at-risk compensation and other deferred compensation arrangements. Total compensation for network executives is approved annually by the network's board of trustees. The recommended compensation is established through a multi-faceted approach including use of an independent consultant engaged on an ongoing basis by the board of trustees and who works directly with the executive compensation committee of the board. Also included is the review of forms 990 and compensation surveys of other comparable healthcare organizations. Please refer to the schedule j, part iii response to schedule j, part i, question 3 for a more detailed description.”

“St. Luke's university health network, of which this entity is the parent, has issued tax-exempt bonds to finance various capital improvement projects, renovations and equipment. In conjunction with the issuance of these tax-exempt bonds, the organization's financial statements were included with the tax-exempt bond prospectus which was made available to the general public for review. In addition, the organization's filed certificate of incorporation and any amendments can be obtained and reviewed through the commonwealth of pennsylvania.”

“Core form, part vii and schedule j reflect certain board members and officers receiving compensation and benefits from related organizations. Please note this remuneration was for services rendered as full-time employees of this organization or a related organization and not for services rendered as a voting member or officer of this organization's board of trustees.”

“Frank ford, a former officer of this organization, is still employed within the st. Luke's university health network. Mr. Ford is the president of sacred heart hospital of allentown; a related internal revenue code section 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization.”

“The organization is the parent entity of the st. Luke's university health network ("network"); a tax-exempt integrated healthcare delivery network. Certain board of trustee members and officers listed on core form, part vii and schedule j of this form 990 may hold similar positions with both this organization and other affiliates within the network. The hours shown on this form 990 for board members who receive no compensation for services rendered in a non-board capacity, represents the estimated hours devoted per week for this organization. To the extent these individuals serve as a member of the board of trustees of other related organizations in the network, their respective hours per week per organization are approximately the same as reflected on core form, part vii of this form 990. The hours reflected on core form, part vii of this form 990, for individuals who receive compensation for services rendered in a non-board capacity, paid officers and key employees, reflect total hours worked per week on behalf of the network; not solely this organization.”

“Please note, in addition to the d/b/a included on page 1 of this form 990, this organization also filed the following fictitious name with the commonwealth of pennsylvania and operates under the following: st. Luke's care now.”

“St. Luke's university health network (st. Luke's), founded in 1872, is a fully integrated, regional, not-for-profit network of more than 18,000 employees and 1,900 physicians providing services at 14 campuses and more than 300 outpatient sites. Annual admissions and observations exceed 90,000 and emergency room visits top 350,000. With annual net revenue of approximately $3 billion, the network's service area includes 11 counties: lehigh, northampton, berks, bucks, carbon, luzerne, montgomery, monroe and schuylkill counties in pennsylvania and warren and hunterdon counties in new jersey. St. Luke's, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization, is committed to caring for the sick and injured regardless of their ability to pay, educating our health care professionals and improving the overall health of the communities it serves. Mission ------- the mission of st. Luke's university health network is to care for the sick and injured regardless of their ability to pay, improve our communities' overall health and educate our health care professionals. The mission will be accomplished by the following: - making the patient our highest priority. - promoting healthy lifestyles and continuously improving care provided to heal the sick and injured. - coordinating and integrating services into a seamless, easily accessible system of care. - improving the level of service provided throughout the network. - ensuring all health care services are relevant to the needs of the community. - striving to maximize the satisfaction of our patients, employees, medical staff and volunteers and, - training allied health professionals, nursing and medical students, and residents and fellows and attracting them to practice within our network's service area. Overview -------- in fiscal year 2022 st. Luke's provided total net community benefits of $402,074,855. Comprised of: charity care and means tested programs (the difference between cost of care versus medicaid reimbursement) of $173,273,250 plus other community health improvement services/cash and in-kind contributions, subsidized health services and health profession education of $228,801,605. St. Luke's strives endlessly to provide the highest quality care at the lowest cost and has been recognized by various rating organizations as a high value provider. The network operates on a conservative margin. Any excess revenue earned is continuously reinvested on behalf of the community to improving health care services. In fy 22, st. Luke's margin (the difference between the cost of providing care and revenue earned) was 2.3%. To put this into perspective that amounts to about 18 days of payroll. Caring for the sick and injured - improving quality and access in keeping with its mission, st. Luke's continuously works to improve both quality of care and access to care in all of the communities it serves. In recent years, both st. Luke's as a network, and its individual hospitals and programs, have received numerous, significant recognitions for quality. St. Luke's has made great strides in maintaining and improving access to health care services, especially in underserved rural areas and urban areas with low-income populations. Network-wide highlights ----------------------- one area of particular focus has been behavioral health care. As the covid pandemic highlighted, there is a great need for behavioral health services throughout the nation. To help meet this need in our region, st. Luke's university health network merged with penn foundation. Headquartered in sellersville, bucks county, penn foundation is a nonprofit, community-based behavioral health provider with 25 behavioral health and substance use treatment programs that serve approximately 20,000 individuals annually. It operates one of pennsylvania's first opioid use disorder centers of excellence and is an aetna institute of quality and an independence blue cross center of distinction. Penn foundation's merger with st. Luke's comes at a”

“Campus-specific highlights -------------------------- in fy 22, st. Luke's continued its quest to provide access high-quality health care services available for underserved areas of our region. In november 2021, st. Luke's university health network opened its newest addition, st. Luke's carbon campus. The new three-story, 80-patient-room, 160,000 square-feet facility is the largest of its kind in the history of carbon county and the first new hospital built in the county in 65 years. It is the centerpiece of the network's new 108-acre technologically advanced, multipurpose, rural medical and wellness complex and is redefining healthcare access, convenience and quality for the local population and surrounding areas. All rooms are private and outfitted with wall-mounted, 55-inch smart tvs to facilitate two-way audio/visual communication between patients and their providers anywhere, as well as patients and their family members worldwide. Real-time computer system-linked digital whiteboards in patient rooms display the names of the patient's caregivers, day of the week, scheduled activities and other useful safety information. First of its kind life-aire air purification systems installed in the air ducts throughout the hospital's treatment areas kill all air pathogens, including covid-19 and anthrax, making it one of the few hospitals in the nation with this novel technology. In october 2022, st. Luke's carbon campus opened its new emergency department, expanded to 30 beds to meet the high demand for quality emergency services. Each room has: - its own walls and doors, allowing for privacy. - cardiac monitors. - a bed that can weigh patients for calculating prescription dosages. - a television to help patients pass the time while waiting for test results and treatment. Also in fy 22, st. Luke's continued to expand its upper bucks campus, breaking ground for a new three-story west wing. The new $72 million, 118,000 square-foot wing will house comprehensive cancer services and palliative care on the first floor; expanded obstetrics services, birthing and neonatal intensive care units will occupy the second. Shelled space on the third floor will be reserved for future development. Expected to double the campus size, the new wing is scheduled for completion in early 2023. The monroe campus will also expand. St. Luke's university health network (sluhn) announced plans to build a 175,000 square-foot patient care tower in response to rising demand for the network's nationally recognized healthcare services. The $85 million, four-story addition will double the size of the existing hospital. In fy 21, st. Luke's continued to expand geisinger st. Luke's campus, which opened in november 2019 in orwigsburg. On july 1, 2020, the campus opened a 37,216-square-foot, three-story medical office building. The first hospital to open in schuylkill county in 90 years, the campus improves access to health care by bringing new services closer to home for area residents. The hospital is co-owned by danville, pa.-based geisinger, making the hospital the first in pennsylvania created by two health care organizations joining together to co-own and co-build a hospital. St. Luke's is managing the hospital, and both organizations are contributing medical expertise and specialists for patient care. The 130,000-square foot, $72 million geisinger st. Luke's campus began with two surgical bays and 30 private patient rooms, including 15 in the emergency department and six in the intensive care unit. Dedicated to advancing medical education ---------------------------------------- temple/st luke's medical school is a four-year regional medical campus that works collaboratively and in affiliation with temple's lewis katz school of medicine in philadelphia. It is the preeminent teaching hospital in central-eastern pennsylvania. In 2006, the lewis katz school of medicine at temple university (lksom) and st. Luke's university health network (sluhn) established a clini”

“Only 11 health systems in the country were awarded the psychiatry rural residency grant and st. Luke's family medicine rural residency program is one of only 35 accredited programs in the country and the only one in pennsylvania accredited as an integrated rural training track. The 49-bed st. Luke's miners campus, will be the primary teaching site of a new psychiatry-rural training track residency program. The new program began in july 2022 with a class of two residents per year (eight total). St. Luke's has committed to build a new rural outpatient clinic in schuylkill county to expand access to care for the community and to train residents for their outpatient continuity experience. The network is also affiliated with the philadelphia college of osteopathic medicine and has hosted 59 rotating students during the 2022-23 academic school year. In addition, we hosted 50 students from drexel university college of medicine and 71 students from students from 24 other medical and podiatric schools. Sluhn is accredited by the pennsylvania commission for continuing medical education to sponsor cme programs. The network sponsors approximately 1,000 cme programs each year, with more than 25,000 physicians, advance practice clinicians, nurses and other learners attending. Nursing education ----------------- nursing education is also a priority. St. Luke's operates the nation's longest continuously operating school of nursing, established in 1884. The 20-month accelerated program features 900 hours of clinical experience within st. Luke's university health network as well as other local acute care, chronic care and community agencies. The school offers both a traditional day program and an evening and weekend program - ideal for people who are working or caring for children or aging parents during the day. More than 150 applications are typically received for each incoming class of 100 students. There are currently 339 enrolled students. Typically, approximately 80% of nursing school students have been hired by network entities upon graduation. Currently 50% of the students are employees while they are in school, and benefitting from tuition reimbursement. Beginning august 2022, we started to offer eligible st. Luke's employees tuition coverage upfront. This represents a $26,000 value. Students at st. Luke's school of nursing are also provided with a laptop free of charge to use for coursework. Additionally, st. Luke's partners with northampton community college to cover the cost of prerequisite classes for our employees up front. Employees must still apply for the st. Luke's school of nursing program, follow application requirements and be accepted. Also, st. Luke' provides a residency program for new nurses. Classes focus on decision-making, critical thinking, clinical knowledge and quality, as well as emotional support. St. Luke's nurses engage in research on quality improvement innovations supported by the network center for nursing excellence, the registered nurse residency program, the nurse specialty fellowship programs and the office of clinical trials and research. In fy 22, moravian university announced a partnership with st. Luke's university health network (sluhn). This partnership calls for the development of a special rn to bsn program pathway that allows prospective students to complete one application for both the st. Luke's school of nursing and the helen s. Breidegam school of nursing and public health, promoting a seamless progression to the moravian bachelor of science in nursing (bsn) program. In may of 2022, the st. Luke's school of nursing's (son) diploma nursing program announced that was granted continuing accreditation by the accreditation commission for education in nursing (acen) through fall 2029. This a re-accreditation. The acen accreditation process included site visits and public input and had been ongoing over the past year. That the accreditation is good through the fall 2029 speaks to the quality of th”

“Improving the overall health of the community --------------------------------------------- every st. Luke's campus is committed to improving the overall health and enhancing the quality of life for the residents of the communities they serve. The individual campus reports provide many examples of how st. Luke's accomplishes this. In addition to the ways discussed previously, the list below provides highlights. In fy 22, st. Luke's: - operated medical clinics to serve lower income patients and those with inadequate insurance coverage. - provided mobile medical services to school children. Services included physicals, adolescent health assessments, vision services, insurance referrals and nutrition counseling. - provided mobile dental services to school children. - provided a wide range of health screenings at numerous community events. - conducted classes on life-saving topics including first aide and life support. - improved literacy by maintaining free lending libraries at various campuses and participated in school literacy programs. - encouraged physical activity through the use of the d&l trails and other walking/running/biking paths and providing and supporting numerous walks and runs. - encouraged healthy eating through the farm to school program that provides school children hands-on learning about nutrition and gardening, employee access to locally grown produce through the expansion of the community supported agriculture (csa), as well as numerous educational programs that educated patients how to improve their health through healthy eating. - worked with numerous media outlets to educate the community about health issues. - held national drug take back day events, where unused drugs were collected. - held food and clothing drives to benefit community members in need. - outfitted approximately 150 children needy children in the bethlehem area with coats, hats, gloves and scarves provided, with an estimated value of $80 for each child. The annual philanthropy project has been in existence for more than a quarter century and all funding is raised through donations by st. Luke's employees. Recipients are identified by area elementary schools, the salvation army and st. Luke's-affiliated assistance programs. Supporting the local economy ---------------------------- although st. Luke's is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization, the presence of its hospitals and other facilities provides an indirect benefit to local school districts and municipalities. St. Luke's is the largest, or one of the largest, employers in many of the communities where its hospitals are located. In fy 22 alone, st. Luke's paid $1.369 billion in wages and salaries to approximately 18,000 employees. In turn, these employees paid local income tax on their earnings. Most of these employees live in or near the city, town, borough or township; county and school district, as their place of employment and thus support the local tax base through the payment of property taxes and local income taxes. In addition, st. Luke's stimulates the local economy through the purchase of supplies and equipment, and purchased services, as well as the goods and services purchased by its employees. Also, maintenance of these hospitals and other network facilities - and construction of new ones, such as our newest hospitals, st. Luke's carbon campus - generate work for contractors, architects, designers, metal workers, carpenters, electricians, plumbers, painters and many more craftsmen. Furthermore, the circulation of hospital dollars has a ripple impact in local communities. In fact, the hospital and healthsystem association of pennsylvania (hap) estimates that in fy 21 (latest available report) total spending contributions of hospitals in the lehigh valley region - comprising berks, carbon, lehigh, northampton, and schuylkill counties - was $9 billion and total salary contributions were $3 billion. Total employment contributions topped 45,000 employees. Furthermore, data fro”

“In conjunction with the hispanic center of the lehigh valley, st. Luke's presented the first spanish community conversation about the covid-19 vaccine - "keeping our community safe" on feb. 24, 2021. The free virtual event will be presented entirely in spanish and was hosted and moderated by victor martinez, president and ceo of la mega radio. Meanwhile st. Luke's experts in epidemiology teamed with the st. Luke's marketing and community health departments to educate the public about covid-19, how it is spread, its treatments and the vaccine. In particular, epidemiologists jeffrey jahre, md, and kara mascitti, md, were frequent guests on local tv and radio shows, and even appeared on national news programs. Working together, the marketing department and clinical leaders continued to inform and educate its staff through team meetings and email communication, and the public through educational programming, social media platforms and the maintenance of covid-19 section on the st. Luke's website (sluhn.org). In january 2021, st. Luke's released a video to the public called "everything you need to know about vaccines. But were afraid to ask" as part of its emmy award-winning wellness 101 web series. Wellness 101 is a practical but humorous step-by-step guide to successfully complete some of life's most important tasks and deal with some of life's most perplexing, and in this case one of life's most serious, situations. Patient care highlights ----------------------- meanwhile the treatment of patients remained st. Luke's priority. In january 2021, st. Luke's infused its 500th covid-19 patient with monoclonal antibodies. Monoclonal antibody therapy at st. Luke's has helped all lehigh valley hospitals avoid being overwhelmed during the current surge, allowing certain high-risk patients to recover quickly in the comfort of their own homes. By feb. 24, 1,000 covid patients had received life-saving monoclonal antibody (mab) therapy. In february, st. Luke's miners campus opened: a monoclonal antibody (mab) treatment clinic, the only facility in rural schuylkill county offering this unique, proven therapy. In april 2021, st. Luke's introduced the covid recovery clinic for long-haulers, a program dedicated to the treatment of post-covid-19 patients with lingering symptoms. Further, sluhn leveraged work from home capabilities and reassigned staff utilization to address suspension of elective procedures. Sluhn retained 100% of staff, had no layoffs, and supported team members that experienced reduced hours by maintaining full health insurance benefits and other benefits. Virtual healthcare delivery at sluhn ------------------------------------ virtual visit capabilities expanded throughout sluhn since the beginning of march. Prior to covid (march 2020), sluhn virtual activity focused on simple urgent care/on demand retail visits and some inpatient specialty consultation work, specifically behavioral health and neurology. Covid accelerated sluhn adoption of virtual care on every level. The benefits have been significant, and all signs point to a landscape where digital methods of healthcare delivery will be permanent. Improved understanding of covid ------------------------------- improved understanding of the disease has yielded clinical protocols that have effectively reduced the length of stay and improved outcomes for covid patients. These developments provide a buffer to a potential increase admissions and capacity constraint relief. Sluhn remains in constant contact with the centers for disease control and prevention (cdc) and state and local health departments in pennsylvania and new jersey for the latest information. Sluhn has adopted an emergency plan in case a covid-19 outbreak in the community leads to staff absenteeism and established alternative staffing plans to ensure as many of sluhn facility's staff are available as possible. Sluhn has excellent relationships with key healthcare and public health partners in the communities i”

“Increased availability of personal protective equipment (ppe) by: - partnering as an investor-owner with premier, inc. To better access to ppe. - partnering with lehigh university to extend the use of existing ppe by using a high-throughput uv sterilization system to decontaminate 200 n95 masks. The system uses ultraviolet light to cause changes in the dna and rna of viruses and other pathogens, including the coronavirus, effectively deactivating them. - developing 3d modeling capability sent to a 3d printer to create custom n95 respirator masks, regular masks, stethoscopes, and face shields for front-line employees. Quality awards -------------- sluhn and its affiliates have received more than 200 awards since 1997, as well as additional national and state recognition for various achievements. These include: national awards: - st. Luke's university health network- named watson health #1 major teaching hospital (2021) - st. Luke's university health network- named watson health 15 top health systems category (2021) - st. Luke's bethlehem campus - named fortune/merative 100 top hospital- major teaching hospital category (2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2006, 1997) in fy 22, named #2 among the 20 best major teaching hospitals in 2022. - st. Luke's anderson campus was named #2 of the 15 best teaching hospitals (2022) - st. Luke's quakertown hospital (slq) - named fortune/merative 100 top hospital in small community hospitals category (2019, 2016) - st. Luke's miners hospital (slm)- named fortune/merative 100 top hospital in small community hospitals category (2021) - st. Luke's anderson hospital (slra) - named fortune/merative 100 top hospital in medium community hospitals category (2021, 2020, 2019) - recognized by newsweek as a top 1000 world's best hospitals in (2022, 2021, 2020 and 2019) - named newsweek- top 1000 world's best hospitals (2022, 2021, 2020, 2019) - selected as newsweek america's best maternity hospitals in 2022 - received the american heart association/american stroke association's: silver plus award; gold plus award; honor roll elite; honor roll elite plus - named watson 50 top cardiovascular hospitals (2022) - recognized by the national committee for quality assurance ("ncqa") as a level 3 oncology medical home for delivering, patient-centered care and clinical quality while providing focused care management to patients and family members. - designated by blue cross blue shield as a blue distinction center + for maternity care, bariatrics and cardiac. Blue distinction specialty care + is a national designation program which recognizes healthcare organizations for providing care that is not only high quality but also low cost. - recognized as a hospital & health networks most wired award winner (2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2013) - himss davies award of excellence (2022, 2021, 2020) - us news & world report in geriatrics and orthopedics specialty and top performance in diabetes, copd, abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, aortic valve surgery, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, colon cancer surgery, heart bypass surgery, heart failure, lung cancer surgery, heart attack, kidney failure, knee replacement, pneumonia, stroke, transcatheter aortic valve replacement (tavr) and uterine cancer surgery in 2022 - us news & world report ranked 8 out of 227 hospitals in pa - cms 5 star rating (highest)- (2022, 2017) - healthgrades america's 100 best hospitals (2020- 2022) - awarded by healthgrades as america's top 250 best hospitals award, top 5% in the nation consistently delivering clinical quality (2017-2022) - leapfrog safety a rating (highest) - (2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017). In fy 22, all st. Luke's university health network hospitals achieved this rating. - leapfrog top hospital - (2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018) leapfrog safety grade a. In fy 22, all st. Luke's university health network hospitals achieved this rating. State awards: pennsylvania - received 22 hospital and healthsyst”

“Key initiatives addressing chna-identified needs ================================================ access to care -------------- connections to care: - community health worker (chw) connection to care partnerships with early childcare education centers, including head start - school district community schools and chw partnership including mobile youth center (myhc) vans to connect to primary care, dental services, and integrated behavioral health. During fiscal year 2022, myhc served 836 students with 2,627 encounters at allentown school district bethlehem school district, and panther valley school district - community health connections to federally qualified health centers, rural health centers, primary care, dental care, integrated behavioral health and substance use disorders prevention, treatment and recovery services - parish nursing provides connections to care and resources targeting vulnerable populations, primarily homeless and near homeless individuals. A total of 115 patients completed primary care visits based on parish nursing referrals. Additionally, parish nursing served 369 unique patients with an estimated total of 1,145 encounters. - hispanic center lehigh valley partnership in bethlehem supports capacity and infrastructure to community-based programs that provide access and connections to food, housing, senior care, and social services workforce development and career mentoring initiatives: - adolescent career mentoring programs target both in-school and out of school youth between the ages of 15-24 who reside in lehigh and northampton counties through a combination of hospital rotations, professional development sessions, and work experience - school-to-work program, health career exploration program, health career exploration summer program, and careerlinking academy in allentown. These programs focus on increasing graduation rates in high-risk populations, improving english language skills for english as a second language learners (esl), increasing enrollment in post-secondary education and teaching employability skills. Our goals are to break the cycle of poverty and diversify the healthcare workforce in the lehigh valley. In fiscal year 22, 18 students were enrolled in the school-to-work program in the bethlehem area school district. Of those students, 15 graduated from high school with an overall graduation rate of 91%. Of the seniors in the program in fy 22, eight of the 11 students graduated, and the three that did not, withdrew from the school, with a total graduation rate for fy 22 at 72%. In total, there have been 383 students served by the school-to-work program. - on-the-job training (ojt) program provides access for low-income or minority populations to train and build skills while working at sluhn and making a livable wage with the ultimate goal of securing employment and establishing a career path for future success. During the first half of fy 2022, six participants were already hired through the program and by april 2022, two more phlebotomy school graduates were added as network employees. A ninth participant enrolled and was interviewed and met eligibility prior to the end of the fiscal year but did not begin until july 2022. This participant will therefore be included in the 2022-23 fiscal year cohort. The model proved to be successful, with eight of the nine participants now hired and retained as sluhn employees. Transportation & housing: - community collaborations with social service partners such as habitat for humanity, catholic charities and other local organizations for connection to care - st. Luke's find help self-navigation platform to search and connect to social determinants of health organizations that provide financial assistance, food pantries, transportation, housing, medical care and other free or reduced-cost support at www.sluhn.findhelp.com - transportation initiatives supported by sluhn align with the primary goal of improving access to primary care for homeless and n”

“Access to prevention, treatment and recovery: - hospital and community stigma education trainings - hospital and community naloxone education and distribution - screenings, brief intervention, referral to treatment (sbirt) trainings - campus safe medication disposal boxes at geisinger st. Luke's, st. Luke's miners, lehighton, carbon, monroe, quakertown and upper bucks campuses which collected a combined total of 802 pounds of unused medication covid-19 -------- public health guidance/health education/prevention and mitigation: - school district, nonprofit and community covid-19 response providing updated information and guidelines, vaccine clinics, and evidence-based education for vaccine confidence. Partnerships & committees ========================= internal community health partnerships: - behavioral health - case management - sports medicine - st. Luke's provider group and pediatrics - development - rural health centers - trauma department - legal and accounts payable external community health partnerships: - head starts - school districts - childcare centers - social service organizations, including children & youth and habit for humanity - non-profits organizations, including united way, ymca, salvation army and libraries - grassroots partners with lived experience - county offices, including mental health, drug and alcohol, area agency on aging, veterans associations, health bureaus and department of health - mental health and substance use disorder task forces - area health education center (ahec) - state public health and rural health offices - federally qualified health centers, including star community health - local business, foundations, colleges and universities - health resource service administration, rural community opioid response program media & publications: - virtual walk with a doc: dr. Emily bilyk - nutrition and depression on vimeo pbs39, hispanic center to present covid-19 vaccine town hall on thursday, october 7th at 7 p.m. (wlvt.org) - wlvt specials | hispanic center town hall covid vaccines: fact or fiction | season 2021 | episode 13 | pbs39 - st luke's university health network by findhelp - search and connect to social care - pa 211 - get connected. Get help. - mental and substance use disorders in families: multimedia resources | samhsa hispanic/latino resources, reports, initiatives & more | samhsa - walk. Run. Dance. Play. What's your move? - move your way | health.gov - read across america 2022 on vimeo - home - danny's ride (dannysride.org) - 005 | community health and healthcare equity with dr. Rajika reed - youtube - financial literacy month -april 2023 - national today - foundations of faith community nursing course (fcnntc.org) - sluhn recognized by park society for outdoor programs that promote health - sluhn partners with saquon barkley on his first hometown charitable endeavor - local hospital earning top marks, even as report finds majority of nation's - hospitals failing to meet expected charitable, community contributions | lehigh valley regional news | wfmz.com - naloxone (pa.gov) - state of the community 2022 community health needs assessment meetings - temple/st. Luke's medical school - collaboration in healthcare education - youtube - capital blue cross makes generous gift to dental van program - nimh - eating disorders: about more than food (nih.gov) - covid-19 local innovations in vaccine equity in pennsylvania grant - united way of pennsylvania (uwp.org) - firstenergy foundation invests with purpose to help northeast pennsylvanians live healthier lives (firstenergycorp.com) - first book and education researcher susan neuman launch groundbreaking classroom library tool as students struggle to access literacy rich environments (prnewswire.com) - read across america 2022 on vimeo sponsorship =========== in fy 22, st luke's university hospital and its campuses provided community sponsorships to many non-profit organizations serving our mutual community populations in need. They i”

“- miller-keystone blood center - miracle league network - montgomery county community college - moravian academy - moravian university - nativity bvm high school - nazareth area school district - nepa (northeastern pennsylvania alliance) - new bethany ministries - north hunterdon high school education foundation - north parkland athletic association - north schuylkill school district - northampton area school district - northampton community college - northampton county medical alliance - northern lehigh area school district - norwescap - notre dame elementary school of bethlehem - notre dame high school - notre dame high school - easton - oley valley school district - our lady of lebanon - our town foundation (hamburg) - palmer township - palmerton area school district - palmerton festival - pancreatic cancer cure foundation - pba (philipsburg police dept)(brother before other) - pedatric cancer foundation of the lehigh valley (pcflv) - pedro martinez foundation - pen argyl area school district - pennsylvania youth ballett - perkasie pride festival - philipsburg high school - philipsburg rotary golf tournament - phillipsburg school district - phoebe institute on aging - pleasant valley school district - pocono chamber - pocono mountain school district - pottsville area school district - pottsville library - project hope of easton - project of easton - psulv - pukmonary golf classic - quakertown alive event - quakertown borough - quakertown community outreach - quakertown school district - reading area school district - reading royals - representative mackenzie's health fair - richland township fire rescue and knights of columbus 5k - roseann corsi southside mile - ryan township fire company - safer streets for tamaqua's little feet - salem christian school - salisbury area school district - salvation army - saucon valley school district - schuylkill chorale society - schuylkill county chamber of commerce - schuylkill county council for the arts - schuylkill haven school district - schuylkill league, inc - skills council usa - southern lehigh school district - special hockey of the lehigh valley - st. Luke's community ambassador - stroudsburg area school district - synchronicity recovery foundation - tamaqua area school district - tamaqua community arts center - team fermin - team pa - temple skull yearbook - temple university hospital - the arc - the friends of tuscarora and locust lake state parks. - third street alliance for women & children - tulpehocken area school district - turn to us - two rivers health & wellness foundation - unidos - upper nazareth township community days - upper perkiomen school district - upper perkiomen ymca - via of the lehigh valley - vigilance hose company - volunteer center of the lehigh valley - warren county hot air balloon festivals - warren hills school district - weatherly area school district - wescoe foundation - western lehigh united soccer club - whitehall sports turf - whitehall-coplay school district - wildlands conservancey - wilson area school district - wilson borough - wilson borough 100th anniversary - wreaths across america - yasso rothrok christmas city classic - youth association of pocono mountain - ywca volunteers ========== in fy 22, 1,798 volunteers at st. Luke's university health network hospitals provided 138,810 volunteer hours. Individual campus reports ========================= geisinger st. Luke's hospital ----------------------------- geisinger st. Luke's campus is the first new acute-care, non-replacement hospital schuylkill county has seen in 90 years. Comprised of three stories and 130,091 square feet, the $100-million hospital building has 40 private patient rooms, including 10 critical care beds, and ability to add 40 more rooms the future. To promote healing, the rooms are spacious and beautifully decorated. The hospital also features state-of-the-art operating and procedure rooms, a helipad, a large and efficient emergency room and the most modern medical t”

“St. Luke's hospital of bethlehem -------------------------------- st. Luke's university health network's largest hospital campus is st. Luke's university hospital of bethlehem, which comprises st. Luke's bethlehem campus, st. Luke's allentown campus and st. Luke's sacred heart campus, all in lehigh county and st. Luke's lehighton campus. St. Luke's sacred heart campus was added on feb. 1, 2021, and st. Luke's lehighton campus on june 1, 2021. St. Luke's university hospital of bethlehem is recognized by the internal revenue service (irs) as an internal revenue code section 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. Pursuant to its charitable purposes, st. Luke's university hospital of bethlehem provides medically necessary healthcare services to all individuals in a non-discriminatory manner regardless of race, color, creed, sex, national origin or ability to pay. Moreover, st. Luke's university hospital of bethlehem operates consistently with the following criteria outlined in the irs revenue ruling 69-545: 1. St. Luke's university hospital of bethlehem provides medically necessary healthcare services to all individuals regardless of ability to pay; 2. St. Luke's university hospital of bethlehem operates an active emergency room for all persons, which is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days per year; 3. St. Luke's university hospital of bethlehem maintains an open medical staff, with privileges available to all qualified physicians; 4. Control of st. Luke's university hospital of bethlehem rests with its board of directors and the board of directors of st. Luke's health network, inc., d.b.a. St. Luke's university health network. All boards comprise a majority of independent civic leaders and other prominent members of the community, as well as physicians on the hospital/network medical staff; and 5. Surplus funds are used to improve the quality of patient care, expand and renovate facilities and advance medical care, programs and activities. The operations of the st. Luke's university hospital of bethlehem, as shown through the factors outlined above and other information contained herein, clearly demonstrate that the use and control of st. Luke's university hospital of bethlehem is for the benefit of the public and that no part of the income or net earnings of the organization inures to the benefit of any private individual nor is any private interest being served other than incidentally. St. Luke's bethlehem campus is the flagship of the network and contains 929,891 square feet of building space housed on 38.33 acres of land. St. Luke's bethlehem campus has 400 acute-care beds. St. Luke's bethlehem campus is a joint commission-accredited, not-for-profit, tertiary care, teaching hospital located in bethlehem, pa, founded in 1872. St. Luke's bethlehem campus offers more than 90 medical specialties and has 403 licensed acute care and rehabilitation beds. In fiscal year 2022 (fy 22), there were 20,513 admissions and observations, 505,404 outpatient registrations and 44,452 emergency department visits. St. Luke's allentown campus was founded in 1945 as the allentown osteopathic medical center and is located in the west end of the city of allentown. In 1997, the not-for-profit medical center entered into a merger with st. Luke's university health network. St. Luke's allentown campus has 163 licensed beds and is accredited by the joint commission. In fy 22, there were 13,015 admissions and observations, 284,795 outpatient registrations and 53,853 emergency department visits. St. Luke's sacred heart campus is a 173-bed, community and teaching hospital recognized by the internal revenue services (irs) as an internal revenue code section 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization in center city allentown, pennsylvania. In fiscal year 2022, (fy 22), st. Luke's sacred heart campus patient care included 4,574 observations and admissions, 92,251 outpatient visits and 26,834 emergency department visits. St. Luke's lehighton campus, formerly kno”

“St. Luke's hospital - easton campus ----------------------------------- st. Luke's easton campus (sl-easton) is a joint commission-accredited, not-for-profit, acute care hospital located in eastern northampton county. On july 1, 2020, st. Luke's university health network acquired the 125-year-old easton hospital and renamed it st. Luke's easton campus. The campus primarily services residents of northampton county and western warren county, nj. St. Luke's easton campus is recognized by the internal revenue service (irs) as an internal revenue code section 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. The hospital is recognized by the internal revenue service (irs) as an internal revenue code section 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. Pursuant to its charitable purposes, st. Luke's easton campus provides medically necessary healthcare services to all individuals in a non-discriminatory manner regardless of race, color, creed, sex, national origin, religion or ability to pay. Moreover, st. Luke's easton campus operates consistently with the following criteria outlined in the irs revenue ruling 69-545: 1. St. Luke's easton campus provides medically necessary health care services to all individuals regardless of ability to pay, including charity care, self-pay, medicare and medicaid patients; 2. St. Luke's easton campus operates an active emergency department, which is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days per year, for all persons; 3. St. Luke's easton campus maintains an open medical staff with privileges available to all qualified physicians; 4. Control of st. Luke's easton campus rests with its board of trustees and the board of directors of st. Luke's university health network, inc. D.b.a. St. Luke's university health network. Both boards comprise a majority of independent civic leaders and other prominent members of the community, as well as physicians on the hospital/network medical staff; 5. Surplus funds are used to improve the quality of patient care, expand and renovate facilities and advance medical care, programs and activities. The operations of st. Luke's easton campus, as demonstrated through the factors outlined above and additional information contained herein, clearly demonstrate that the use and control of st. Luke's easton campus is for the benefit of the public and that no part of the income or net earnings of the organization benefit any private individual, nor is any private interest being served other than incidentally. On july 1, 2020, st. Luke's acquired from steward health care easton hospital, its affiliated physician practices and residency programs with 36 physician residents. A national, for-profit health network, steward had owned easton hospital since 2017. The acquisition of easton hospital has preserved the 125-year-old hospital for future generations and brings st. Luke's world-class health care to the greater easton-area community. In keeping with its commitment to the communities it serves, st. Luke's has been building partnerships and supporting community programs in easton for years, culminating with the opening of st. Luke's anderson campus in 2011 and finally the purchase of easton hospital itself. This collaboration will ensure that easton-area residents will continue to receive the quality, compassionate care in a community hospital setting with access to the deep expertise and broad array of specialists in the network. In fy 22, st. Luke's easton campus provided care for 2,181 admissions and observations, 148,342 outpatient visits and 21,529 emergency department visits. For more information on st. Luke's hospital - easton campus, please refer to the statement of program service accomplishments included within schedule o of the st. Luke's hospital - easton campus (ein: 84-4475996) federal form 990 for the year ended june 30, 2022. Carbon-schuylkill community hospital ------------------------------------ the carbon-schuylkill community hospital, inc. (dba st. Luke's miners campus) is a jo”

“St. Luke's hospital monroe campus --------------------------------- st. Luke's hospital monroe campus, the first new acute-care, non-replacement hospital monroe county has seen in 100 years, comprises four stories and 180,000 square feet. The $100-million hospital building has 98 private patient rooms, including 12 beds for critical care patients. All are spacious and beautifully decorated to promote healing. The hospital also features state-of-the-art operating and procedure rooms, a helipad, a large and efficient emergency room, a cardiac catheterization lab and the most modern medical technologies from ge healthcare. Close to major roadways, st. Luke's monroe campus has the signature fountain feature and a walking trail nestled in a beautiful, natural setting to promote wellness in the community. From the day it opened, st. Luke's monroe campus has been embraced by the public and fy 22 was no exception. St. Luke's monroe campus is recognized by the internal revenue service (irs) as an internal revenue code section 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. Pursuant to its charitable purposes, st. Luke's monroe campus provides medically necessary healthcare services to all individuals in a non-discriminatory manner regardless of race, color, creed, sex, national origin, religion or ability to pay. Moreover, st. Luke's monroe campus operates consistently with the following criteria outlined in the irs revenue ruling 69-545: 1. St. Luke's monroe campus provides medically necessary healthcare services to all individuals regardless of ability to pay, including charity care, self-pay, medicare and medicaid patients; 2. St. Luke's monroe campus operates an active emergency room for all persons; which is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days per year; 3. St. Luke's monroe campus maintains an open medical staff, with privileges available to all qualified physicians; 4. Control of st. Luke's monroe campus rests with the board of trustees of st. Luke's health network, inc., d.b.a. St. Luke's university health network. The board is comprised of a majority of independent civic leaders and other prominent members of the community, as well as physicians on the hospital/network medical staff; and 5. Surplus funds are used to improve the quality of patient care, expand and renovate facilities and advance medical care; programs and activities. The operations of st. Luke's monroe campus, as shown through the factors outlined above and other information contained herein, clearly demonstrate that the use and control of st. Luke's monroe campus is for the benefit of the public and that no part of the income or net earnings of the organization inures to the benefit of any private individual nor is any private interest being served other than incidentally. On october 3, 2016, st. Luke's monroe campus opened its doors to the community, becoming the seventh hospital in the st. Luke's health network. The hospital provides acute inpatient and outpatient medical and surgical care. The campus has an annual capacity for 10,000 inpatient and observation admissions and has a 33-bed emergency department with an annual capacity for 62,000 visits. St. Luke's monroe campus provided care for 9,170 admissions and observations, 170,643 outpatient visits and 48,162 emergency department visits. For more information on st. Luke's monroe campus, please refer to the statement of program service accomplishments included within schedule o of the st. Luke's hospital - monroe campus (ein: 46-5143606) federal form 990 for the year ended june 30, 2022. St. Luke's penn foundation -------------------------- penn foundation, inc. (d.b.a st. Luke's penn foundation) is recognized by the internal revenue service (irs) as an internal revenue code section 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. Pursuant to its charitable purposes, st. Luke's penn foundation operates its campus in sellersville, bucks county as a community-based behavioral health provider with 25 mental health and subs”

“St. Luke's warren hospital, inc. -------------------------------- st. Luke's warren hospital, inc. Is a joint commission-accredited, not-for-profit, 198-licensed bed acute care hospital located in phillipsburg, warren county, new jersey, providing care primarily to residents of warren and hunterdon counties in new jersey, and the city of easton in northampton county, pennsylvania. Pursuant to its charitable purposes, st. Luke's warren campus provides medically necessary health care service to all individuals in a non-discriminatory manner regardless of race, color, creed, sex, national origin or ability to pay. Moreover, st. Luke's warren campus operates consistently with the following criteria outlined in irs revenue ruling 69-545: 1. St. Luke's warren campus provides medically necessary health care services to all individuals regardless of ability to pay, including charity care, self-pay, medicare and medicaid patients; 2. St. Luke's warren campus operates an active emergency room for all persons; which is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days per year; 3. St. Luke's warren campus maintains an open medical staff with privileges available to all qualified physicians; 4. Control of st. Luke's warren campus rests with its board of directors and the board of directors of st. Luke's health network, inc., d.b.a. St. Luke's university health network. Both boards are comprised of a majority of independent civic leaders and other prominent members of the community, as well as physicians on the hospital/network medical staff; and 5. Surplus funds are used to improve the quality of patient care, expand and renovate facilities and advance medical care, programs and activities. The operations of st. Luke's warren campus, as shown through the factors outlined above and other information contained herein, clearly demonstrate that the use and control of st. Luke's warren campus is for the benefit of the public and that no part of the income or net earnings of the organization inures to the benefit of any private individual nor is any private interest being served other than incidentally. In fiscal year 2022 (fy 22), st. Luke's warren campus annually provided patient care for 5,192 observations and admissions, 107,551 outpatient visits and 22,893 emergency department (ed) visits. It is recognized by the internal revenue service (irs) as an internal revenue code section 501(c) (3) tax-exempt organization. For more information on st. Luke's warren campus, please refer to the statement of program service accomplishments included within schedule o of the st. Luke's warren hospital, inc. (ein: 22-1494454) federal form 990 for the year ended june 30, 2022.”

“During the fiscal year ended june 30, 2022, richard a. Anderson, joel d. Fagerstrom and robert l. Wax, esq. Served as officers and were involved in the leadership and management of this organization on a full time basis. Additionally, thomas p. Lichtenwalner served as the senior vice president of finance/chief financial officer of st. Luke's university health network ("network") through november 27, 2021 and dean w. Evans served as the senior vice president for value based insurance and payer relations of the network through december 31, 2021. Although these individuals receive a federal form w-2 from st. Luke's hospital of bethlehem pennsylvania (ein: 23-1352213). Their common law employer/employee relationship is with st. Luke's health network, inc. Accordingly, this organization filed a 2021 federal form 4720 which included a remittance of excise tax related to each individual's compensation in excess of $1m.”

“Other changes in net assets or fund balances include: - contributions/donations received - $5,283,238; - pledges received - ($11,830,665); - new pledges - $12,019,545; - net assets released from restrictions used for purchase of property and equipment - ($3,747,311); - net assets released from restrictions used for operations - ($5,216,577); - allowance for pledges written off and actual write-offs - ($1,541,948); - contributions/donations received - $6,263,655; - income from investments - $2,599,187; - net realized gain on sale from investments - $3,064,553; - income released and transferred to general fund for operations - ($36,106); - appreciation transfer to/from endowment - ($563,542); and - other changes in donor restricted net assets - $38,037.”

“The taxpayer is the parent entity of st. Luke's university health network ("network"); a tax-exempt integrated healthcare delivery network. An independent cpa firm audited the consolidated financial statements of the taxpayer and its controlled affiliates for the years ended june 30, 2022 and june 30, 2021; respectively and issued a consolidated financial statement. An unmodified opinion was issued each year by the independent cpa firm. The network's finance committee assumes responsibility for oversight of the audit of the network's consolidated financial statements and the selection of an independent auditor.”

“On november 10, 2020, st. Luke's university health network ("network") entered into a definitive agreement (the "affiliation agreement") with penn foundation, inc., penn villa corp., penn gardens, inc., and penn foundation trust. On july 1, 2021, subsequent to the satisfaction of all conditions precedent, the affiliation was completed and consummated. Accordingly, pursuant to the terms of the affiliation agreement penn foundation, inc., penn villa corp. And penn gardens, inc. Each filed an amended certificate of incorporation with the state of pennsylvania and amended their bylaws to reflect st. Luke's health network, inc. As their ultimate sole member. Accordingly, these entities have been added to schedule r, part ii of this form 990.”