CHRISTUS St Michael

Commitment to benefiting our communities patient care services - Christus Health Ark-La-Tex is a region of Christus Health, which was formed in 1999 to strengthen the 154-years-old, faith-based Health care ministries of the congregations of the sisters of charity of the incarnate word of houston and san antonio. Founded on the mission "to extend the healing ministry of jesus christ," Christus is challenged to reach out to, and beyond, the more than 60 communities we serve to help those in need. The vision of Christus Health, a catholic, faith-based Health ministry, is to be a leader, a partner and an advocate in the creation of innovative Health and wellness solutions that improve the lives of individuals and communities so that all may experience god's healing presence and love. The Christus Health Ark-La-Tex region responds to Health care needs through services provided at Christus st. michael system, which includes Christus st. ...

Community benefit reporting - charity care and medicaid Christus adheres to the catholic Health associations a guide for planning and reporting community benefit (2012), and complies with the state of Texas requirements for reporting. Community benefit, reported as unpaid costs, includes both charity care and community services. To the limits of its resources, Christus Health is an institution of purely public charity; thus, the most tangible expression of Christus healths charitable purpose is the provision of Health care services to those persons who are unable to pay. This falls into two categories: charity care and unpaid government indigent care. In keeping with the mission, values, and vision of Christus Health, Christus Health provides charity care services in a manner that respects the dignity of the patients and their families. Charity care is provided with out charge or at a charge that is less than the usual charge for such services. ...

Other government sponsored services in addition to the provision of charity care and other community services, Christus Health provides services to persons covered under government-sponsored programs, including medicare and tricare. The unreimbursed costs of these services are reported to the state of Texas but are not included in reports prepared following catholic Health association guidelines. Christus Health provides services to persons covered under the federal medicare program, and in fact, this is the largest single payor classification of patients served by this Health system. The payment rate for inpatient services is on a per-case rate, calculated based on the diagnostic-related group (drg) into which the patient is categorized. Medicare, based on their fee Schedule, reimburses outpatient services. Christus Health also participates in the tricare standard program and many of our hospitals contract with the managed care support contractor for the south region to provide services under the provision of tricare ...