Promedica Coldwater Regional Hospital

Community Health Center of Branch County (d/b/a Promedica Coldwater Regional Hospital) is a member of Promedica Health system, inc. (Promedica), a mission-based, locally owned, nonprofit healthcare organization highly focused on achieving core values. Headquartered in toledo, Ohio, Promedica serves 28 states across the country and is one of the nation's leading Health systems. Our stewardship of resources has enabled us to wisely invest in patient-centered care, advanced technology, innovative programs, and family-oriented facilities that help to ensure patients and area residents have equal access to high-quality, safe care in the most appropriate setting, regardless of patients' ability to pay. Promedica Coldwater Regional Hospital (crh) is an 87-bed, critical access, general acute care Hospital in Coldwater, Michigan. The 290,000-square-foot facility provides healthcare services to residents in the Michigan counties of Branch and hillsdale. In january 2018, crh officially joined the Promedica system. Crh offers a broad range of services to meet the Community's identified healthcare needs, including a 17-bed emergency Center, surgical services, inpatient behavioral Health care, a full spectrum of orthopaedic surgical services, and cancer services connected to the Promedica cancer institute, the region's cancer treatment leader. In 2021, crh began offering pain management services as well as orthopaedic surgery. Women's Health services include diagnostic breast mammography and ultrasound, dexa bone density screening, breast mri, and private birthing suites that provide a family-focused birthing experience. Crh also added a new geniustm 3d mammography technology for improved clinical accuracy and high-resolution 3d images. Medical office buildings on the Hospital campus include offices for family practice and internal medicine physician groups as well as cardiology and urology practices, an allergy and asthma clinic, general surgery offices, hematology and oncology, and ent. Other services include emergency medicine, cardiac and pulmonary rehab, vascular care, physical and occupational therapy, and podiatry. Crh is accredited by the joint commission and the Hospital's wound care Center is a Center of distinction award winner.in 2023, crh received an "a" Hospital safety grade from the leapfrog group, a national nonprofit upholding the standard of patient safety in hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers. Cvhh also earned a five-star rating from the centers for medicare & medicaid services (cms) as part of its updated overall Hospital quality star rating.in 2023, the Hospital served 2,178 inpatients and 100,554 outpatients. Additionally, 19,060 people sought care through crh's emergency Center in 2023. The Hospital contributed $21,811,000 in Community benefit through Community benefit expenditures, financial assistance and government-sponsored, means-tested Health care.through Community Health services, Health professional education, subsidized Health services, research activities, and Community benefit operations, crh contributed $64,000 to the Community during 2023. As a community-based Hospital, crh hosted various support groups and Community outreach activities. In 2023 this included: employee donations of more than 230 pounds of food to the Branch County food pantry virtual prenatal classes for expectant parents cancer Center support groups held virtually, including look good, feel better, and the survivors support group Community sponsorships cpr, pals classes Community blood drives Branch County united way annual united we read daycrh also provided financial assistance to the Community throughout 2023, of which $3,479,000 represented uncompensated amounts for treatment of patients who did not have the financial resources to pay for Hospital services. Financial assistance represents the cost to provide service and does not include the costs for accounts written off to bad debt for patients who do not pay their bills. Coldwater Hospital's cost of bad debt for 2023 was $3,468,000 . This amount is not included in the Community benefit amount of $21,811,000 noted above. Further, crh provided $5,759,000 of Community benefit through costs - not reimbursed by the government - for treating medicaid and other means-tested patients. Also, in 2023, the total costs- not reimbursed by the government - for treating medicare patients was $1,637,000 and is not included in the Community benefit amount of $21,811,000 noted above.during 2023, Coldwater Hospital expended $30,469,000 in net payroll, providing 454 full-time jobs. A total of $1,784,000 was withheld from Hospital employees in state and local taxes. In summary, Coldwater Hospital demonstrates Promedica's mission and core values by providing high-quality Health care to all patients, regardless of their race, creed, sex, national origin, disability, or age. And we recognize that not all individuals possess the ability to purchase essential medical care. Therefore, we provide these healthcare services; recruit and train healthcare professionals to serve the broader Community; provide appropriate financial assistance; offer services and contributions to other nonprofit organizations that allow them to provide key services to their constituents; and present free educational classes, Health fairs and other outreach activities to our local Community to help ensure all members have equal access to care.