Bjc Health System Group Return

Filing Period

Jan 1, 2011 to Dec 31, 2011

Signed

Nov 15, 2012

Return Version

2011v1.2

Gross Receipts

$3,825,678,440

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Financial assistance, unreimbursed medicaid & means-tested uncompensated care: bjc healthcare hospitals & service organizations (bjc) care for all patients, regardless of their ability to pay. Bjc provided $87.9 million in financial assistance in 2011 to patients who were unable to pay for any or all of the care they needed. Financial assistance consists of medical services given free of charge to those without insurance or with inadequate insurance who have demonstrated they are unable to pay for their care. Additionally, bjc hospitals provided $115.7 million during 2011 in unreimbursed care to medicaid patients, absorbing the shortfall between the cost of needed medical services & the reimbursement received from state programs for qualifying low-income patients. The cost of care for charity & unreimbursed medicaid patients totaled $203.6 million.bjc also absorbs the cost of caring for patients who are unable to pay their co-pays, deductibles or other health care costs for a wide range of reasons that they may or may not share with bjc. Bjc provided $76.1 million during 2011 in care to patients who, based upon an extensive analysis of zip code & other information, were presumed to have been eligible for financial assistance under the bjc policy, had financial information been provided to the organization. These patients received needed medical services &, in fact, received the equivalent of financial assistance but were not initially identified as qualifying for financial assistance.

Activity 3

Health professions education & research: bjc helps build the future of health care by educating health professionals & advancing medical research innovations. Through academic affiliations with washington university school of medicine to train future physicians, bjc helps ensure the ongoing training & development of health care professionals, which are critical to the health of the community & the future of health care. During 2011, bjc contributed $124.0 million towards the training of health care professionals including 1,183 medical residents & advanced fellows from washington university; 803 nursing students at the goldfarb school of nursing; & 618 students at the missouri baptist medical center clinical nursing institute. Additionally, bjc is committed to biomedical health research efforts that will contribute to the prevention, diagnosis & treatment of disease & disability. During 2011, bjc contributed $25.3 million to enable researchers to collaborate in key therapeutic areas such as cancer genomics, diabetic cardiovascular disease & women's infectious diseases. The results of this multi-disciplinary effort are expected to advance medical science, technology & patient care practices.

Filer

EIN

75-3052953