Blessing Hospital

“1) blessing corporate services provides general management services. 2) quincy medical group provides management of the surgery center of quincy. 3) aramark provides management of food services and environmental services. 4) 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 2018, the cost of charity care provided was 6,439,604 and medicare shortfalls were 42,056,060. Blessing hospital treated patients through the following services during fiscal year 2018: 42,257 emergency center and 29,082 urgent care visits; 296,372 outpatient visits; 17,774 surgical operations, including 148 open heart surgeries, 15,558 inpatient admissions, and 1,103 babies. Outpatient services included 115,940 cardiopulmonary/cardiology procedures, 811,466 laboratory tests, 118,287 radiology procedures, and 122,481 physical therapy/rehabilitation visits. Blessing hospital provided additional benefits of 10,597,261 to the community during fiscal year 2018 as follows: health professionals education siu residency program 4,188,601 blessing-rieman college of nursing 1,150,333 nursing educational preceptors 893,304 school of radiologic technology 300,042 school of medical laboratory technicians 64,265 sub total health professionals education 6,596,545 community health improvement services psychiatric services 422,766 adams county health department dental program 100,000 patient transportation and lodging 79,936 siu patient centered medical home 62,434 charity pharmacy prescriptions 54,152 health screenings/tests 41,822 medical supplies/services for patients 36,886 support groups 22,710 educational programs 7,335 medical interpreting services 7,290 sub total community health improvement services 835,331 siu center for family medicine - quincy, chaddock, and transitions of western illinois subsidized health services care coordination 1,789,293 home healthcare services 935,171 blessing fast care 288,239 inpatient rehabilitation 43,126 sub total subsidized health services 3,055,829 in-kind contributions/donations donations/sponsorships 97,532 meeting space 12,024 sub total in-kind contributions/donations 109,556 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 affiliations and 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 and leadership”

“Increase in minimum pension liability 12,639,577 transfers to affiliates -41,891,805 transfers to sitf -2,550,000 fringe parking -74,800 total -31,877,028”