Program areas at MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center
See schedule omedstar Southern Maryland's largest program is access to and the provision of acute Hospital services to the communities of prince george's, charles and calvert county, Maryland and the surrounding areas. In addition to the program service expenses listed above, Medstar Southern Maryland incurred $76m of management and general expenses in providing services to its communities. The Hospital offers a full range of services and is known for its cardiovascular and orthopaedic programs. The Hospital also has the women & newborns Center, which includes an obstetrics and gynecology program with a level 2 special care nursery and private patient rooms. Other specialty services include an emergency department and critical care unit, breast health program, surgical Center, sleep disorders lab, inpatient and outpatient behavioral health programs, and rehabilitative medicine the Hospital has several recognitions and certifications. Medstar Southern Maryland has a commission on cancer accreditation for our cancer program. The Maryland institute for emergency medical services systems (miemss) re-designated Medstar Southern Maryland as a primary stroke Center in april 2022. This is the fourth time miemss has awarded the primary stroke Center to msmhc since 2007. The program also received the american heart association's gold plus get with the guidelines stroke quality achievement award. Msmhc was designated a baby-friendly Hospital in june 2023. Msmhc received designation as a pathway to excellence organization from the american nurses credentialing Center in october 2022. Miemss has also designated msmhc as a cardiac intervention Center. Msmhc received healthgrades america's 100 best hospitals for coronary intervention award (2023) for superior clinical outcomes in coronary intervention procedures. The coronary intervention program also received healthgrades coronary intervention excellence award for superior clinical outcomes in coronary intervention procedures.
Medstar Southern Maryland provided $8.6m in charity care services in fiscal year 2023. Charity care is provided pursuant to Medstar health's financial assistance policy to members of the community whose income is below certain thresholds and for which the Hospital is not compensated. Under Maryland's unique payer system, the amount reported represents Medstar Southern Maryland's charity care expense and revenues represent direct payments from the state's charity care pool. Other charity care expenses are indirectly reimbursed via the state of Maryland's payment system.
Medstar Southern Maryland provided $33.6m in subsidized (mission driven) health services in fiscal year 2023. These critical services, which are driven by community needs, operate at a loss. They address priorities primarily through disease prevention and improvement of health status. Services provided include emergency services, neonatal intensive care, women's and children's care, and behavioral health.