Blessing Hospital

“1) blessing corporate services provides general management services. 2) wound care advantage provides management services for the wound care department which includes hyperbaric services. 3) quincy medical group provides management of the surgery center of quincy. 4) aramark provides management of food services and environmental services. 5) bridge home care partners provides management of blessing's home care services.”

“Blessing corporate services, inc. Is the sole voting member of blessing hospital.”

“Blessing corporate services, inc., the sole voting member of blessing hospital, shall possess the rights and responsibilities to appoint and/or remove all the trustees of the corporation and appoint the corporation's president.”

“Blessing corporate services shall possess the rights and responsibilites to approve expressly all amendments to the corporation's articles of incorporation and bylaws before they may become effective; approve long- term debt, long-range plans and capital and operating budgets; approve the purchase and sale of real and personal property and contracts entered into by the corporation, not expressly made part of an approved budget, the reasonable value of which exceeds an amount set forth in the bylaws of the member; approve material investment decisions, including without limitation establishment and modification of investment policies, engagement and removal of investment managers and advisors, and changes in investment allocations not permitted by an existing investment policy; approve the parameters for terms of employment of physicians, including physician compensation plans, and any material variances from such parameters for individual physicians; approve the selection of auditors and legal counsel; approve charity care and community benefits-related policies; approve the formation of subsidiary entities and/or joint ventures; approve the filing of a petition in bankruptcy, making an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or applying for protection under any insolvency laws; approve the participation in any merger, combination, consolidation, liquidation, dissolution or other corporate or business entity restructuring; and have the power to compel the corporation to enforce and/or perform any contractual obligation.”

“Following management and legal review, the form 990 was provided to the board of trustees for review and comment prior to filing.”

“A copy of the conflict of interest policy is distributed annually to officers, directors, trustees, and key employees to be read, signed, and returned to the organization. The signed policies are retained in the corporate administrative files. In addition, each officer, director, or trustee is required to declare no conflict of interest in regards to agenda items being presented at the start of each monthly board meeting.”

“On a biannual basis, comparable compensation data through a third party (sullivan-cotter) is used to establish market range. Information is submitted to the blessing corporate services compensation committee for review and to blessing hospital board of trustees for approval.”

“No compensation is received for serving as an officer of blessing hospital. On a biannual basis, comparable compensation data through a third party (sullivan-cotter) is used to establish market range. Information is submitted to the blessing corporate services compensation committee for review and to blessing hospital board of trustees for approval.”

“These forms are located in the corporate administrative offices and are available upon request for public inspection.”

“Since it was founded in 1875, blessing hospital has provided quality health care services to all patients regardless of race, sex, national origin, age, or ability to pay. In serving all members of its communities, blessing hospital continues this tradition by providing free/subsidized care, care to persons covered by governmental programs at less than full charges, and community health/education/wellness programs. For fiscal year 2016, the cost of charity care provided was 6,899,766. Medicare and medicaid shortfalls were 40,684,952 and 10,740,306, respectively. Blessing hospital treated patients through the following services during fiscal year 2016: 45,731 emergency center and 28,322 urgent care visits; 381,826 outpatient visits; 16,597 surgical operations, including 115 open heart surgeries, 14,716 inpatient admissions, and 1,168 babies. Outpatient services included 169,719 cardiopulmonary/cardiology procedures, 702,168 laboratory tests, 111,089 radiology procedures, and 130,001 physical therapy/rehabilitation visits. Blessing hospital provided additional benefits of 13,017,980 to the community during fiscal year 2016 as follows: health professionals education siu residency program 4,285,925 blessing-rieman college of nursing 2,195,363 nursing educational preceptors 1,027,933 school of radiologic technology 305,763 school of medical laboratory technicians 65,112 sub total health professionals education 7,880,096 community health improvement services siu patient centered medical home 139,140 adams county health department dental program 35,000 patient transportation 38,363 medical supplies/services for patients 31,678 educational programs 26,603 charity pharmacy prescriptions 51,920 support groups 19,267 health screenings/tests 7,868 medical interpreting services 3,970 sub total community health improvement services 353,809 subsidized health services home healthcare services 2,192,973 care coordination 1,580,780 hospice 468,963 blessing fast care 293,513 sub total subsidized health services 4,536,229 in-kind contributions/donations donations/sponsorships 151,360 adams county ambulance service 70,775 meeting space 25,711 sub total in-kind contributions/donations 247,846 blessing hospital's strategic objectives for the upcoming years are as follows: -continue to transition to a new business model in response to health care reform, with focus on affiliation/partnership -incorporate disruptive innovation into our business model -ensure high quality, patient centered care as measured against national benchmarks -ensure physician leadership development, alignment, and engagement -ensure effective resource allocation through evidence based practices/leadership”

“Other fees 24,858,414 10,656,467 0”

“Increase in minimum pension liability 11,178,212 transfers to affiliates -24,754,390 transfers to sitf -2,025,000 total -15,601,178”