Memorial Health System (MHS)

Hospitalsmemorial Health System includes five hospitals, springfield Memorial hospital (smh), decatur Memorial hospital (dmh), jacksonville Memorial hospital (jmh), lincoln Memorial hospital (lmh), and taylorville Memorial hospital (tmh). The hospitals provide a wide variety of Health care services to inpatients, outpatients and emergency department services. 183,901 patient days, 30,707 discharges, and 840,207 outpatient visits were provided by the hospitals in fy2022. In fy2022, $5 million in charity care was provided by mhs hospitals. Jacksonville crna provides professional certified registered nurse anesthetist services to the communities in the jmh service area. For fy2022, services were provided for 4,017 cases. During fy20222, smh was recognized in the 2022 u.s. news & world report rankings of the best hospitals in the nation. Smh was named a best regional hospital in west central Illinois and ranked 24th among the 215 hospitals statewide, in addition to special recognition for colon cancer surgery, copd care, diabetes care, heart attack care, kidney failure, knee replacement, hip replacement and lung cancer surgery. The stroke team at smh received 2022 get with the guidelines honors from the american heart association. These awards highlight organizations that prevent serious complications and save lives by providing high-quality, timely stroke care.during fy2022, dmh was recognized in the 2022 u.s. news & world report rankings of the best hospitals in the nation. Dmh was recognized for four types of care: copd care, kidney care, knee replacement and stroke. In february 2022, leaders from dmh and richland community college announced a plan to triple the number of qualified students applying for enrollment into the college's nursing and healthcare professions programs over the next four years, thanks to a grant from the dmf. The stroke team at dmh received 2022 get with the guidelines honors from the american heart association. These awards highlight organizations that prevent serious complications and save lives by providing high-quality, timely stroke care.during fy 2022 jmh continued work towards the implementation of a standardized electronic Health record and revenue cycle systems. The standardized System will bring jmh on to the cerner platform allowing for enhanced patient management across the Health System. The project is expected to be completed in 2023. As of april 26, 2022, the centers for medicare and medicaid services (cms) accepted jmh's request to change the status of the hospital from an acute care hospital to a critical access hospital (cah). Jmh's new cah status will provide continued financial stability to ensure the availability of core healthcare services to the local community.in fy2022, the Illinois critical access hospital network recognized lmh for being in the top 10% of all critical access hospitals in the country for exceptional outpatient quality of care. In fy2022, lmh began working toward designation as a bicycle friendly business. The designation, which is bestowed by the league of american cyclists, recognizes businesses that provide incentives for employees to bicycle to work, participate in community bike trail efforts as well as organize community biking activities and education.in fy2022, the Illinois critical access hospital network recognized tmh for being in the top 10% of all critical access hospitals in the country for exceptional outpatient quality of care, specifically ed throughput and acute myocardial infarction measures.

Ambulatory & othermemorial Health operates three ambulatory affiliates that are included in the Group 990 return: Memorial home care (mhc), Memorial Health ventures (mhv), and springfield residential services (srs).mhc provides home Health, hospice and medical equipment services across a 14-county region in central Illinois. Home Health services include skilled, high-tech nursing, home Health aides, palliative care, specialized wound care, telehealth, nutritional services, social services, and rehabilitation. Hospice services include pain and symptom management, bereavement care, volunteer services, as well as emotional and spiritual care for terminally ill patients and their families. The hospice program also has on-staff medical social workers, home Health aides, a chaplain and dietary counseling. Home Health recorded a total of 33,528 visits in fy2022 and 1,797 admissions. The hospice average daily census in fy2022 was 62.8 days with 557 admissions, for a total of 22,925 days.mhv owns and provides oversight for joint ventures with entities entered into by Memorial Health. All of these ventures must be in keeping with the Health care System mission of providing continuum of care to patients in central Illinois. They include a long term care facility, and an ambulatory surgical treatment center. The ambulatory surgical treatment center completed 4,110 surgical and pain procedures in fy2022.srs provides housing facilities and services to non-elderly adults diagnosed with mental illnesses by means of constructing a hud housing project. During fy2022, a total of 13-16 clients resided in the facility.

Physiciansmemorial medical Group (mmg) is a provider network of 9 branch clinics that support a variety of outpatient services throughout central Illinois. Patients may be cared for in a clinic, nursing home, hospital or virtual setting. Mmg also offers 7 walk-in urgent care locations to improve patient access. Comprised of more than 196 physicians, advanced practice registered nurses, doctor of nursing practice and physician assistants. Mmg employs more than 548 support personnel and provided 252,966 primary care patients visits and 177,046 urgent care visits for fy2022. Physician offices and clinics are located in springfield, jacksonville, lincoln, petersburg, beardstown, and chatham. Mmg also has an on-site clinic at a local nursing home to improve access for elderly residents. All of the mmg primary care clinics are ncqa designated level 3 patient centered medical homes. Mmg provides community benefits by mentoring and providing Health profession educational opportunities for medical students, advanced practice registered nurses, doctor of nursing practice, physician assistants and certified medical assistants.these practices provide quality ambulatory medical care regardless of race, creed, sex, national origin, handicap, age, or ability to pay. Mmg recognizes that not all individuals possess the ability to purchase essential medical services. Mmg has a charity care policy which formalizes the process in which needy patients are approved for discounts and write-offs. This policy allows the clinics to maintain records, track, and identify patients who qualify for charity care. Mmg also routinely reviews private pay patient accounts which do not meet the criteria for charity care, to assess whether or not additional financial assistance may be provided.each year, mmg provides free community Health education services through Health fairs and newsletters. In addition, mmg physicians participate in providing community based clinical services with Health screenings and assessments, and free or subsidized clinics.dmh is the employer of 59 physicians plus a complement of other providers. This allows dmh to offer a wide range of professional patient care at approximately 28 offices located throughout the service area. These sites include two expresscare locations offering care for cases that are time-sensitive but not life-threatening or emergent.

Foundationsmemorial Health utilizes foundations to provide grants to support patient care, education, and community Health outreach in addition to facilitating partnerships and collaboration to improve the Health of the community. The four foundations included in the Memorial Health System Group 990 return are springfield Memorial foundation (smf), decatur Memorial foundation (dmf), taylorville Memorial foundation (tmf), and jacksonville Memorial foundation (jmf).in fy2022, smf provided $954,232 in grants to organizations. This included $321,328 in grants to Memorial Health affiliates, $492,698 in grants to siu school of medicine, and $140,206 in grants to community organizations. In fy2022, smf provided $274,283 in grants to 523 individuals. These grants include patient assistance of $140,750, educational grants and certifications of $116,021, and assistance to employees with catastrophic events and covid relief of $17,512.in fy2022, dmf provided $1,141,003 in grants to organizations. This included $164,523 in grants to decatur Memorial hospital and $976,480 in grants to community organizations. In fy2022, dmf provided $131,836 in grants to individuals. These grants include educational grants of $39,710, patient assistance of $31,362 and assistance to employees with catastrophic events and covid relief of $60,764.in fy2022, tmf provided $236,123 grants to organizations. This included $6,600 in grants to taylorville Memorial hospital and $229,523 in grants to community organizations.in fy2022, tmf provided $46,836 in grants to individuals. These grants include educational grants and certifications of $42,674, patience assistance of $2,916, employee assistance of $600 and pediatric dentistry of $646.in fy2022, jmf provided $456,560 in grants to organizations. This included $324,027 in grants to Memorial Health affiliates and $132,533 in grants to community organizations.in fy2022, jmf provided $31,287 in grants to individuals. These grants included educational assistance of $25,272 and assistance to employees of $6,015.