Major Hospital Foundation

Filing Period

Jan 1, 2011 to Dec 31, 2011

Signed

Oct 24, 2012

Return Version

2011v1.2

Gross Receipts

$1,734,380

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Prescription assistance program: the goal of the prescription assistance program is not only to help patients pay for their prescriptions, but also to reduce uncompensated care costs for the hospital. Uncompensated care reached nearly $15 million in 2011, driving up healthcare costs for everyone in the community and straining major health partners' ability to provide high-quality care to all patients. When an uninsured, low-income patient is about to be dismissed from the hospital, needs prescriptions to recover and/or stay healthy, and has no money to pay for the prescriptions, the patient is at-risk for being readmitted to the hospital, probably for the same reason as the initial admission. This is bad for the patient's health and drives up uncompensated care costs for the hospital. After all, if a person cannot afford necessary medications, he or she certainly cannot afford a hospital stay. The prescription assistance program will pay for these patients' prescriptions until long term assistance is found. The patient then has the medicine he or she needs to get well, stay healthy, and avoid an expensive, preventable hospital admission. At the same time, uncompensated admission to the hospital is avoided. The foundation spent $4,031.72

Activity 3

Patient support program: a visit to the hospital can be very stressful, and our patients often have needs beyond clinical care. The patient support program is in place to help reduce stressors for patients and to help meet unusual needs so that patients can concentrate on getting well instead of worrying. Examples of items purchased for patients include a stuffed animal for a frightened child who needs a friend, clothing to wear home if the patient's was destroyed in an accident that brought he or she to the hospital, cab fare for a ride home for patients who can't or shouldn't drive and don't have anyone to help them, and gas, phone, and meal cards for families with few resources whose patient must be transferred to a far-away facility. The expense for the program was $10,505 in 2011.major hospital foundation also partnered with major pediatrics and meridian psychologoical associates to provide a monthly parenting workshop. Fifty families attended, with expenses totaling $6,000

Filer

EIN

23-7118890