Samaritan Health Services

As the parent organization, shs provides administrative and other support Services to its affiliated organizations, such as patient billing, information Services, accounting, and employee recruitment. Shs sponsors a Health plan that provides medical, dental, and pharmacy benefits to employees of shs and its affiliates. As a system, shs looks carefully at local Health care needs and gives thoughtful consideration to the most effective ways to meet those needs. The result is a rich mix of local and centralized regional Services, which provide high value and excellent Health care for people at all stages of their lives.samaritan Health Services (shs) has policies that provide for serving those without the ability to pay for treatment. The policies establish criteria based on the income of the person responsible for the bill and collections are at amounts less than its established rates on a sliding scale down to no payment at all. In 2019 shs provided Services that benefited the poor and others in the communities it served. In addition to the grants shown on line 4b, shs incurred $2,740,590 of community benefit costs, including Health profession education, community building activities, and research.

Grants and assistance provided by Samaritan Health Services to various organizations and individuals, including grants to assist low income residents in benton, linn, and lincoln counties with housing needs. See part ix, lines 1 and 2 and related schedule i for more details.