Carbon-Schuylkill Community Hospital Inc

“The organization is an affiliate within 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. In addition, this organization's form 990 reflects no compensated individuals from this entity. St. Luke's hospital of bethlehem, pennsylvania issues forms w-2 to individuals who provide services at carbon-schuylkill community hospital, inc., and files the applicable forms with the internal revenue service. St. Luke's hospital of bethlehem, pennsylvania allocates these payments to this organization via an intercompany account.”

“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. Serves as the parent organization of the network. St. Luke's health network, inc. And st. Luke's hospital of bethlehem, pennsylvania; both related internal revenue code section 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organizations within the network, provide various corporate related services and/or provide clinical and support personnel to various network entities; including this organization. The services may include, but are not limited to, executive, legal and risk management, compliance and governance, human resources and finance (accounting, payroll, accounts payable) as well as clinical and support personnel. 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, the st. Luke's health network, inc. Senior management personnel reported on their respective parent form 990 are issued forms w-2 from st. Luke's hospital of bethlehem, pennsylvania.”

“St. Luke's health network, inc. Is the sole member of this organization. St. Luke's health network, inc. Has the right to elect the members of this organization's board of trustees and has certain reserved powers as defined in this organization's bylaws.”

“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 has 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, including its senior vice president of finance, vice president of finance, director of accounting 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 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 network 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.”

“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. Compensation review executive compensation for the 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 additional information.”

“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 individuals and officers receiving compensation and benefits from a related organization. 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.”

“Michael p. Sabol, d.o. Serves as a voting member of this organization's board of trustees, an uncompensated position. Dr. Sabol is not compensated for serving as a voting memeber of the organization's governing body. Scott r. Wolfe is the chief financial officer of the network. Mr. Wolfe is included on this form 990 because during the fiscal year ended june 30, 2024 he served as the top financial official of st. Luke's university health network. Wendy n. Lazo served as the president of this organization through december 9, 2023. Ms. Lazo is still employed within the st. Luke's healh network as the president of st. Luke's hospital bethlehem campus. Mr. Wolfe and ms. Lazo received a federal form w-2 from st. Luke's hospital of bethlehem pennsylvania; a related internal revenue code section 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. Dr. Sabol is an employed physician that receives a federal form w-2 from st. Luke's physician group, inc.; a related internal revenue code section 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. Mr. Wolfe, ms. Lazo and dr. Sabol's reportable compensation, retirement/other deferred compensation and non-taxable benefits are reported within core form, part vii and schedule j of the st. Luke's health network, inc. (ein: 23-2384282) federal form 990. Please refer to the st. Luke's health network, inc. Federal form 990 for this information.”

“The organization is an affiliate within 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 within 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.”

“The Carbon-Schuylkill Community Hospital, Inc. (DBA St. Luke's Miners Campus) is a joint commission-accredited, not-for-profit, 49-licensed bed acute care hospital and a 48-bed skilled nursing facility located in Coaldale, Pennsylvania, Schuylkill County near the Carbon County border providing care primarily to residents of Schuylkill, Carbon and lower Luzerne counties in northeastern Pennsylvania. It also includes nine physical therapy locations and three Rural Health Primary Care Centers. 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 Miners Campus provides medically necessary health care services to all individuals in a non-discriminatory manner regardless of race, color, creed, sex, national origin, religion or the ability to pay. Founded in 1910, St. Luke's Miners Campus joined the nationally recognized St. Luke's University Health Network in 2000 and celebrated its 110th year of community service in July 2020. Moreover, St. Luke's Miners Campus operates consistently with the following criteria outlined in the IRS revenue ruling 69-545: 1) St. Luke's Miners 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 Miners 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 Miners Campus maintains an open medical staff, with privileges available to all qualified physicians; 4) Control of St. Luke's Miners Campus rests with its Board of Trustees and the Board of Trustees of St. Luke's University 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; 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 Miners Campus as shown through the factors outlined above and other information contained herein, clearly demonstrate that the use and control of St. Luke's Miners 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. Mission ======= The mission of St. Luke's University Hospital 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 ======== The campus provides patients with access to over 600 physicians across 30 medical specialties. The hospital is accredited as a Primary Stroke Center by the Joint Commission, a Chest Pain Center by the American College of Cardiology and as a Level IV Trauma Center by the Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation. In FY 24, St. Luke's Miners Campus provided care for 3,114 admissions and observations, 20,669 emergency department visits and 181,190 outpatient visits. St. Luke's Miners”

“St. Luke's Miners Rehabilitation and Nursing Center =================================================== St. Luke's Miners Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is a fully accredited, 48-bed, hospital-based, skilled nursing facility located on the fifth floor of the hospital. Individualized short-time rehabilitation and long-term care services are provided. COMMUNITY OUTREACH ================== During Fiscal Year 2024 (FY 24), St. Luke's University Health Network (SLUHN) continued efforts related to top priorities established through the 2022 Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA). These priorities, outlined in the 2022-2025 Implementation Strategy, progress with initiative updates from FY 24 are detailed in the report. Our efforts to implement sustainable initiatives that focus on a wide range of health and quality of life outcomes are a result of data-driven strategies to promote overall health and wellbeing. While there are many issues facing our communities, the results from the 2022 CHNA found the top priorities for the St. Luke's Network to include: Access to Care (Connection to Care, Workforce Development, Transportation and Housing), Chronic Disease Prevention (Food Security, Nutrition Education and Promotion, Physical Activity Promotion), Mental and Behavioral Health (Access to Mental and Behavioral Health Services, Access to Opioid and other Substance Use Disorder Services, Access to Prevention, Treatment and Recovery). The needs outlined in our implementation strategy serve as a guide to support strategic initiatives through the pillars of Prevention and Wellness, Care Transformation and Research and Partnerships. Through collaborations with community and Network partners, we aim to promote a more equitable society with better health outcomes for all, with an emphasis on supporting the diverse needs of our most vulnerable populations. The needs related to the priority areas outlined in this document served as our guide in creating this Network Implementation Plan to best address the needs of populations within the SLUHN service areas. Results from the 2022 CHNA found access to care as the main barrier facing our community, particularly within the four main priority areas. The updates to the Fiscal Year 2022-2025 implementation strategy include removing the priority area of COVID-19. Given the end of the public health emergency and continued decline of the pandemic, COVID-19 was removed from the implementation strategy as a top priority for the Fiscal Year 2023 update as well as for Fiscal Year 2024. Continued monitoring of COVID-19 ensures that the Network is prepared to pivot and re-prioritize as necessary. St. Luke's University Health Network (SLUHN) conducts a Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) every three years as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Through our analysis of primary and secondary data, as well as the CHNA key informant interviews, forums and surveys with community members, we see significant issues facing our communities that impede healthy lifestyles. Our efforts in prevention, care transformation, research and partnerships help support our work to implement sustainable initiatives that focus on a wide range of health and quality of life outcomes. SLUHN supports a Department of Community Health that utilizes CHNA results to inform its strategic plan and catalyze initiatives that address priority needs for underserved communities. The Department's mission is to create pathways for equity toward measurable health outcomes through advocacy, access and navigation of resources for partners and underserved communities. The Department's vision is for everyone in our community to have access to exceptional healthcare built on a foundation of trust and compassion. Through collaborations with community and Network partners, the Department of Community Health aims to promote a more equitable society with better health outcomes, especially within the Network's most vulnerable populatio”

“Rural Health Centers (RHC): Community Health collaborates with the RHC team to provide connections for local students and families to improve access to school physicals, vaccinations, education and resources. Additionally, the RHCs employ a full-time Public Health Dental Hygienist who is also trained as a CHW. Star Community Health Dental Van: Star Community Health Dental Van partnered with 11 schools in the St. Luke's Miners service area during FY 24 providing care to 555 patients, 452 sealants and 119 restorations. In Schuylkill County, the dental van visits Tamaqua Elementary, West Penn Elementary School and Tamaqua Middle School. In Carbon County, the schools seen are Panther Valley Elementary, Intermediate and Junior/Senior High School, SS Palmer Elementary, Behavioral Health Associates, Weatherly Elementary and Middle School, Pathstone Head Start and Parkside Elementary. Literacy: Literacy initiatives took place through Read Across America at local Schuylkill and Carbon County Schools. In Carbon County, Community Health implements the evidence-based Reach out and Read with Brush, Book, Bed at local pediatrics and family medicine practices to all children 5 and under. Additional literacy initiatives include Veterans books for families and Little Free Libraries. During FY 24, 1,711 children and families received books through SLUHN offices. Workforce Development: Community Health developed a partnership during FY 24 with the Lifelong Learning Center to address workforce and education connections in Schuylkill County and the Panther Valley area. Miners Human Resources department spoke with adult education students. St. Luke's partners with the Pocono Counties Workforce Development Area and Pocono Mountain West High School to implement the CareerLinking Academy (CLA) program. During FY 24, 5 students participated in the program. Transportation: St. Luke's transportation services, in collaboration with Lyft and Uber rideshares, ensures access to care by supporting rides to and from appointments. Transportation initiatives supported by SLUHN align with the primary goal of improving access to primary care for homeless and near homeless populations. By providing complimentary Lyft and Uber rides to and from appointments with primary care doctors and other specialists, this initiative allows patients to receive routine care in a timely manner, with the added goal of reducing the frequency and overuse of Emergency Department resources. More than $900,000 in Lyft and Uber rides were provided for services Network-wide. findhelp: St. Luke's partners with findhelp, a free self-navigating online platform (sluhn.findhelp.com). findhelp is a social care network established to provide a comprehensive platform for people to find social services in their communities and for nonprofit and other community-based organizations to coordinate their service delivery and support services. St. Luke's Information Technology, Quality, Case Management and Community Health work collaboratively, especially with Star Community Health, with more than 1,246 established (i.e., claimed) community-based partners in the communities we serve. findhelp allows community members to search for and connect to Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) support such as financial assistance, food pantries, medical care, transportation and more. This platform, as well as United Way's 211, are tools that Community Health liaisons use to assist our community members, patients and staff to connect to vital resources. Community Health continues to onboard priority partners to ensure accurate and up-to-date resources are available to our communities. Network-wide there were 30,227 searches during FY 24 with the top searches including food, housing and utilities. In the Miners service area, there were a total of 1,283 searches in Schuylkill County during FY 24, with the top services including food, housing and transportation. Preventing Chronic Disease -------------------------- PVS”

“During FY 24, the following programs and resources were provided to support employee wellness: Caring Starts with You Core (annual biometric and health risk assessment program), Community Supported Agriculture Program (CSA), health coaching, Plant Based Eating Class, Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP), tobacco cessation, Employee Fitness Incentive Program, massage therapy, Silver Cloud, Employee Assistance Program and Therapy Anywhere. The CSA program provided the opportunity to improve access to fresh, local produce. Through this initiative, 17 shares were donated in the Miners service area to a local food pantries and non-profit organizations. Improving Mental and Behavioral Health -------------------------------------- Tamaqua Area School District (TASD) and PVSD: Through a Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) grant, TASD school-based coordinators and PVSD staff assist Community Health and local substance use disorder (SUD) partners to identify and connect students in need of physical, behavioral and social services. Weekly positive messaging and resource newsletter were distributed via school email blasts and social media. For PVSD this included community Panther Valley Food Pantry Facebook (768 followers) and Panthers Step Up Instagram (219 followers). Additionally, PVSD works to consistently connect students, staff and families to substance use prevention education and messaging. PVSD Behavioral Health Counseling: Your Emotional Strength Supported (YESS!) school-based mental health counseling is designed to support students with mental health needs at school. A total of 840 student encounters for the YESS! Program occurred during FY 24 at all PVSD schools. County Drug and Alcohol Partnerships: Community Health partnered with Carbon Monroe Pike Drug and Alcohol and Mental Health Services and coordinated a Carbon County Student Advisory Board. This initiative brought together students from each of the Carbon County School Districts to discuss how to bring awareness to mental health and substance use issues in their schools and across the county. Students and their advisors attended in-person meetings to brainstorm ideas for implementation at their respective schools. Meetings will continue to be held quarterly. St. Luke's Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Response Warm Hand Off (WHO): WHO is an initiative to support the continuum of care for patients in need of multiple services and providers. It is a transfer of care between providers with the patient (and potentially family) present to ensure clear communication, transparency and helps to build relationships between patients and providers. St. Luke's collaborates with local community-based organizations and local county to support WHO efforts. In the Miners Hospital, a total of 36 WHO were conducted for alcohol, cannabis, cocaine, opioids and other stimulants during FY 24. Prevention: Schuylkill Drug and Alcohol partners with Community Health for assistance with prevention activities in Schuylkill County. During FY 24, our CHW in Schuylkill County provided 720 hours of information dissemination, education and community-based activities. Stigma Reduction: Community Health partners to deliver a community stigma presentation for Carbon and Schuylkill community members. Narcan Education and Distribution: Narcan education and distribution was provided during FY 24 to community members in Carbon and Schuylkill Counties through eleven events and providing 141 boxes of Narcan to the community. Safe Medication Disposal Boxes: St. Luke's Miners provides 24/7 access to safe medication disposal as a harm reduction service to dispose of unwanted medicines. During FY 24, 270.5 pounds of unused medication at St. Luke's Miners were safely disposed. Mental Health Support: The Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) grant also supported a social worker provided community support services and connections to mental and behavioral health services for students, families and community”

“SCOTT R. WOLFE is the CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER of St. Luke's University Health Network ("Network"). Mr. WOLFE receives a Federal Form W-2 from St. Luke's Hospital of Bethlehem Pennsylvania; a related Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. However, his common law employer/employee relationship is with St. Luke's Health Network, Inc. Accordingly, St. Luke's Health Network, Inc. (EIN: 23-2384282) filed a 2023 federal form 4720 which included remittance of excise tax related to their compensation in excess of $1m.”

“The organization is an affiliate within st. Luke's university health network ("network"); a tax-exempt integrated healthcare delivery network. The network has a number of outstanding long-term obligated group debt liabilities. Bonds are allocated by st. Luke's hospital of bethlehem, pennsylvania; a related internal revenue code section 501(c)(3) tax-exempt hospital organization to this tax-exempt organization. Schedule k was prepared on a consolidated basis for the bond issuances and are included on the federal form 990 of st. Luke's hospital of bethlehem, pennsylvania (ein: 23-1352213).”

“Other changes in net assets or fund balances include: - restructuring costs - ($26,153); - new pledges - $744,180; - net assets released from restrictions - ppe - $4,232; - net assets released from restrictions - operations - ($118,056); - pledges received - specific purpose fund - ($905,359); - allowance for pledges written off and actual write-offs - specific purpose fund - $4,798; - gain (loss) on refinancing - ($23,271); - goodwill impairment - ($82,400); and - income transfer from endowment - $418.”

“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. An independent cpa firm audited the consolidated financial statements of the taxpayer and its controlled affiliates for the years ended june 30, 2024 and june 30, 2023; respectively, and issued a consolidated financial statement with consolidating schedules by entity. 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.”

“The organization is an affiliate within st. Luke's university health network ("network"); a tax-exempt integrated healthcare delivery network. The network's finance committee engaged an independent accounting firm to prepare and issue a network wide consolidated audit under the single audit act and omb circular a-133.”