St Joseph's Hospital - Hospital Sisters - Third Order of St Francis

Hshs St. Joseph's Hospital, breese of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis provides quality health care services regardless of race, creed, sex, national origin, handicap, age, religion, or ability to pay. Although reimbursement for services is essential to the continued operation and stability of the Hospital, it is recognized that not all individuals are able to afford required medical services. Our mission is to serve the community with the best quality health care services and health care education. Inherent in our mission, we provide care to the poor, the elderly, and the needy of the community through various programs and services. These activities include wellness programs, community education programs, and special programs for the elderly, handicapped, medically underserved, and a variety of community support activities. In our tax year beginning july 1, 2021 and ending june 30, 2022, hshs St. Joseph's Hospital, breese provided services to 1,485 inpatients utilizing 4,777 days of care. In addition, hshs St. Joseph's Hospital, breese provided services to 72,684 outpatients. Hshs St. Joseph's Hospital, breese provides quality medical care to the poor at no cost through our christian care program. In addition, the Hospital participates in the Illinois medicaid program, which reimburses the Hospital at rates substantially below the cost of providing the services. Fulfilling our mission to the community, services were provided to 3,618 medicaid patients. The cost of providing services to medicaid patients exceeded reimbursement under the state of Illinois medicaid program by $2,175,477. The total unreimbursed value of providing care to the poor is $2,172,477. Hshs St. Joseph's Hospital, breese provides quality medical care to members of the broader community through participation in the medicare program and through educational programs and activities at a reduced price, or at no cost. Hshs St. Joseph's Hospital, breese provided medical services to 22,384 medicare and medicared managed care patients.