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 2017, the cost of charity care provided was 6,088,558. Medicare and medicaid shortfalls were 41,381,057 and 5,115,618, respectively. Blessing hospital treated patients through the following services during fiscal year 2017: 43,151 emergency center and 27,280 urgent care visits; 352,839 outpatient visits; 17,913 surgical operations, including 150 open heart surgeries, 15,596 inpatient admissions, and 1,108 babies. Outpatient services included 172,148 cardiopulmonary/cardiology procedures, 773,994 laboratory tests, 119,709 radiology procedures, and 124,368 physical therapy/rehabilitation visits. Blessing hospital provided additional benefits of 11,220,033 to the community during fiscal year 2017 as follows: health professionals education siu residency program 4,119,937 blessing-rieman college of nursing 1,500,992 nursing educational preceptors 955,961 school of radiologic technology 293,311 school of medical laboratory technicians 59,564 sub total health professionals education 6,929,765 community health improvement services siu patient centered medical home 115,401 adams county health department dental program 85,000 charity pharmacy prescriptions 46,661 patient transportation 38,301 medical supplies/services for patients 29,221 support groups 23,358 health screenings/tests 9,017 educational programs 6,809 medical interpreting services 6,477 sub total community health improvement services 360,245 subsidized health services home healthcare services 1,597,236 care coordination 1,572,392 blessing fast care 309,808 hospice 9,674 sub total subsidized health services 3,489,110 in-kind contributions/donations donations/sponsorships 284,629 adams county ambulance service 139,931 meeting space 16,353 sub total in-kind contributions/donations 440,913 blessing hospital's strategic objectives for the upcoming years are as follows: -leveraging innovations, continue to transition to a new business model in response to health care reform, with focus on affiliation/partnerships -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”

“Anesthesia expense 10,859,838 0 0 physician fees 8,037,334 0 0 consulting fees 3,066,894 9,450,949 0 outside medical services 2,292,785 0 0 trauma expense 1,329,733 0 0 bio med fees 1,082,169 0 0 instructional & speaker fees 163,915 0 0 other fees 111,729 131,517 0 home health aides 72,904 0 0 licensure fees 4,486 0 0 total 27,021,787 9,582,466 0”

“Increase in minimum pension liability 3,365,925 transfers to affiliates -41,653,314 transfers to sitf -350,000 total -38,637,389”