St Luke'S Hospital Monroe Campus

“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 st. Lukes hospital monroe campus, 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 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 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 network has issued tax-exempt bonds to finance various capital improvement projects, renovations and equipment. In conjunction with the issuance of these tax-exempt bonds, the organization's financial statements were included with the tax-exempt bond prospectus which was made available to the general public for review. 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.”

“Richard A. Anderson and Kara B. Mascitti, M.D. serve as voting members of this organization's board of trustees; an uncompensated position. These individuals are not compensated for serving as voting members of the organization's governing body. Thomas P. Lichtenwalner served as the Senior Vice President of Finance/Chief Financial Officer of St. Luke's University Health Network ("Network") through November 27, 2021. Effective, January 1, 2022, Scott R. Wolfe became the Senior Vice President of Finance/Chief Financial Officer of the Network. These individuals are included within Core Form, Part VII of this Form 990 because they served as the top financial official of the Network during the year ended June 30, 2022. Mr. Anderson, Mr. Lichtenwalner and Mr. Wolfe all receive 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. Mascitti 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. Anderson, Mr. Lichtenwalner, Mr. Wolfe, and Dr. Mascitti'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 individuals 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.”

“St. Luke's hospital monroe campus, the first new acute-care, non-replacement hospital monroe county has seen in 100 years, comprises four stories and 180,000 square feet. The $100-million hospital building has 98 private patient rooms, including 12 beds for critical care patients. All are spacious and beautifully decorated to promote healing. The hospital also features state-of-the-art operating and procedure rooms, a helipad, a large and efficient emergency room, a cardiac catheterization lab and the most modern medical technologies from ge healthcare. Close to major roadways, st. Luke's monroe campus has the signature fountain feature and a walking trail nestled in a beautiful, natural setting to promote wellness in the community. From the day it opened, st. Luke's monroe campus has been embraced by the public and fy 22 was no exception. St. Luke's monroe campus 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 monroe campus provides medically necessary healthcare services to all individuals in a non-discriminatory manner regardless of race, color, creed, sex, national origin, religion or ability to pay. Moreover, st. Luke's monroe campus operates consistently with the following criteria outlined in the irs revenue ruling 69-545: 1) st. Luke's monroe campus provides medically necessary healthcare services to all individuals regardless of ability to pay, including charity care, self-pay, medicare and medicaid patients; 2) st. Luke's monroe campus operates an active emergency room for all persons; which is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days per year; 3) st. Luke's monroe campus maintains an open medical staff, with privileges available to all qualified physicians; 4) control of st. Luke's monroe campus rests with the board of trustees of st. Luke's health network, inc., d.b.a. St. Luke's university health network. The board is 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; and 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 monroe campus, as shown through the factors outlined above and other information contained herein, clearly demonstrate that the use and control of st. Luke's monroe 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 monroe campus is to provide compassionate, excellent quality and cost-effective healthcare to residents of the communities served regardless of race, color, creed, sex, national origin, religion or ability to pay. The mission of st. Luke's monroe campus is an unwavering commitment to excellence as we care for the sick and injured; educate physicians, nurses and other healthcare providers; and improve access to care in the communities we serve, regardless of a patient's ability to pay for their care. 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 ======== on october 3, 20”

“Leapfrog -------- st. Luke's monroe campus was recognized as a top general hospital by the leapfrog group, which brought together publicly available data about hospital safety to calculate a hospital safety score. This includes measures related to surgical complications, hospital associated conditions/infections, patient experience, intensive care unit (icu) physician staffing, hand hygiene, surgical volumes, computerized physician order entry and safe practices. Recognition for safety by the leapfrog group is one of the health industry's most prestigious honors. Unlike many other health care awards, it is based entirely on an independent, scientific review of objective data. St. Luke's monroe campus' letter grade for the fall of 2022 reporting was "a." the next safety grade will be reported in spring 2023. Hospital compare star ratings ----------------------------- the centers for medicare & medicaid services (cms) released new data on its hospital compare website in january 2022. St. Luke's monroe campus received a four- out of five-star rating. The star ratings are comprised of quality measures including mortality, readmission, safety of care, patient experiences, effectiveness and timeliness of care, and efficient use of imaging. Community outreach ================== the community health 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. We envision a community where everyone has access to exceptional healthcare built on a foundation of trust and compassion. The community health needs assessment (chna) is conducted every three years as part of the patient protection and affordable care act. Primary and secondary data is compiled to support the st. Luke's network. These priority areas were determined based on the significant impact of the social determinants of health and provide a guide for our programs and other health initiatives that support our patients, care workers, and communities. Findings from the 2022 chna highlight the differences within communities and systems that contribute to the prevalence of disease and poor health outcomes that contribute to a lack of optimal health for socially disadvantaged populations. Key informant interviews were held in the winter of 2021 and community forums with 307 local community members were held in spring 2022. 11,000 community members completed chna surveys in the summer of 2021 in community forums, and over 350 community members were engaged in chna state of the community meetings in the fall of 2022. St. Luke's network-wide and campus-specific chna reports, findings, implementation plans, and implementation updates can be found on our website at st. Luke's - community health needs assessment (chna) (slhn.org). Overall network assessment results highlight four main priority focus areas for our community health initiatives: priority areas identified by the chna for 2022-2025 include: - access to care - prreventing chronic disease - mental and behavioral health - covid-19 st. Luke's monroe campus specific evidence-based initiatives and connection to care partnerships: st. Luke's community health needs assessment (chna) identified monroe county at or worse than state standards for food insecurity, mental health, children in poverty, high school graduation, and social associations outcomes. An evidence-based best practice is to align community health workers (chws) with key partner to identify gaps and opportunities based on centers for disease control and prevention (cdc) healthy schools, coalition for community school and community health worker (chw) models. Pocono mountain school district (pmsd) serves as a hub in the community where chws can build trust to improve access to care, services and resources. This partnership has measurably improved access to pmsd families in need and has served 100 students and their families since established in m”

“Sponsorship =========== in fy 22, st luke's monroe campus provided community sponsorships to the following organizations serving our mutual community populations in need: - 1% for nature - brodhead watershed association - east stroudsburg high school south boys soccer team - east stroudsburg university - friends of scouting - girls on the run - pocono chamber of commerce - pocono mountain community fundraiser - rotary club of mt. Pocono - women's resources volunteers ========== in fy 22, st. Luke's monroe campus volunteers provided 6,081 volunteer hours.”

“Richard A. Anderson is the President/Chief Executive Officer of St. Luke's University Health Network ("Network"). Thomas P. Lichtenwalner served as the Senior Vice President of Finance/Chief Financial Officer of the Network through November 27, 2021. Mr. Anderson and Mr. Lichtenwalner receive 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, their 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 2021 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, including the following bond issuance: - national finance authority series 2021b the bond outlined above is 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 bonds issuance above and therefore this bonds is 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 - ($72,204); - new pledges - $250,000; - pledges received - ($25,582); - goodwill impairment - ($16,409); - gain/loss on refinancing - ($141,565); - allowance for pledges written off and actual write-offs - ($9,880); - net assets released from restrictions - ($107,418); - net assets released from restricted funds and current donations for purchase of ppe - $117,237; and - net assets released from restrictions used for operations - specific purpose fund - ($6,153).”

“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 network and its controlled affiliates for the years ended june 30, 2022 and june 30, 2021; respectively and issued a consolidated financial statement. 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.”