Capital Region Medical Center (CRMC)

Inpatient and Outpatient Charity Care: Capital Region Medical Center serves the community by providing medical care to all patients regardless of their ability to pay. Patients who qualify for charity care will be identified as soon as possible, either before the services are provided or after an individual has received services to stabilize their medical condition. If it is difficult to determine a patient's eligibility for charity care prior to providing the service, the determination should be made as soon as possible after the provision of the service. Upon registration, patients without Medicare/Medicaid, adequate health insurance or other local health care financial assistance will receive either a packet of information that addresses the financial assistance policy and procedures or immediate financial counseling assistance from staff within established business hours. The packet of information will clearly indicate that CRMC provides care without regard to ability to pay, to individuals with limited financial resources and explain how patients apply for financial assistance. CRMC provides a variety of services ranging from emergency services to inpatient and outpatient elective surgery, diagnostic testing and education programs. Charity care policies and procedures are in place to address any instances in which patients may access services.

Community Health Resident Clinic: CRMC provides Residents and Physician Supervisors to staff the Community Health Center clinic. In addition to providing a valuable training tool for the medical students, the resident clinic serves a unique community benefit by providing over 2160 patient visits from the eight county service area. The charge for service is based on the individual's ability to pay, which in many cases is free.

Support of Medical Education - In 1952 CRMC entered into the teaching and training of physicians with programs to teach medical students and interns. Today CRMC serves as the primary clinical training site for one of the two Family Medicine Residency Programs sponsored by the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine. CRMC also serves as a clinical training site for other specialty Residency Programs sponsored by the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine. In addition medical students from the Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine and University of Health Sciences located in Kansas City schools of Medicine complete clinical rotations at CRMC. Capital Region Medical Center supports Lincoln University School of Nursing program, Columbia College Nursing Program, Missouri State University and Drury University; RN, BSN and MSN from Central Missouri State, Central Methodist, LPN and RN at State Tech; Social Work and Case Management students from MU, Missouri State University, and Lincoln; MSN students from St. Louis University, UMKC, Maryville, Chamberlain College, Frontier Nursing; Graceland, Herzing, Vanderbilt, University of Southern Alabama, New York International University. and Walden University in Family Nurse Practitioner clinicals for which we provide the preceptors/clinical supervisors as well as the facilities. CRMC assists Stephens College, Bell-Brown College, and State Fair College with Registered Medical Assistants; Stephens College and the University of North Dakota Physician's Assistant programs and local schools for Paramedic and EMT training. CRMC also assists State Tech for Radiology. Dietary students from Herzing University, Keiser University, UMC and UMSL, as well as assistance to the University of Missouri dietetics program. In addition to the direct financial support that Capital Region provides, we also provide support to Columbia College MSN students and Lincoln University School of Nursing BSN program in leadership training. We assist students from East Central College in the surgical tech program. CRMC provides training to phlebotomist/tech students from Moberly Community College to assist them with fulfilling their clinical requirements. CRMC provides oversight and mentoring to the St. Louis College of Pharmacy, University of Missouri-Columbia and Kansas City Pharmacy Programs. We provide support to St. Louis University and University of Missouri-Columbia PT and Kansas City Ozark Technical College and State Tech PTA, OTA and Speech Therapy programs. Our support for these programs in not only through the provision of training facilities but also adjunct faculty and resources.

All other inpatient and outpatient services provided to patients.