Tishomingo Health Services

NMMC-Iuka serves Tishomingo County and the surrounding area. In fiscal year 2022, there were 711 inpatient admissions, 7,362 emergency department visits, 35,922 outpatient visits and 11,612 rural health clinic visits. NMMC-Iuka uses Press Ganey, the largest patient satisfaction survey company in the nation, that works with more than 7,000 healthcare facilities. Randomly selected patients are asked about their experience with inpatient, outpatient, ER, and long term care services. Inpatient care includes 24 hour direct patient care with multi-disciplinary services, including: nursing, radiology, laboratory, ultrasonography, nuclear medicine, CT, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), physical therapy, occupational therapy, respiratory therapy, food and nutritional services, and social services. The hospital also has 10 certified swing beds for patients who need extended care based on availability and resources. NMMC-Iuka offers 24-hour emergency services and paramedic-level ambulance services. Outpatient services include physical therapy, occupational therapy, laboratory, radiology, respiratory care, infusion, wound care and cardiac monitoring. NMMC-Iuka is the recipient of two VHA Leadership Awards, honoring the hospital for meeting or exceeding national performance standards for clinical care and quality. VHA serves more than 1,400 not-for-profit hospitals and more than 24,000 non-acute health care organizations nationwide. NMMC-Iuka was one of only 38 VHA member organizations to receive a 2009 Leadership Award for Clinical Excellence. One of the primary ways NMMC-Iuka serves the community is by providing care to various populations for which it receives no compensation or receives compensation at rates significantly less than established rates. The board of directors of the NMMC-Iuka has established a policy under which the hospital provides care, without charge, to needy members of its community. THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICY STATES THAT NMMC WILL PROVIDE EMERGENCY AND MEDICALLY NECESSARY INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT HOSPITAL SERVICES TO PATIENTS FREE OF CHARGE WITH HOUSEHOLD INCOME LEVELS AT OR BELOW 100% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL. THE POLICY FURTHER PROVIDES, PATIENTS WITH HOUSEHOLD INCOME LEVELS BETWEEN 101% AND 150% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL ARE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE SERVICES AT A DISCOUNTED RATE. THE DISCOUNT WILL BE PRO-RATED BASED ON THE PATIENT'S GROSS FAMILY INCOME AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL. The policy applies to individuals who reside in Tishomingo County. Patients from outside the county may also be granted charity care based on the judgment of NMMC-Iuka management depending on their individual circumstances. The policy also requires the patient to cooperate fully with NMMC-Iuka's request for information with which to verify the patient's eligibility. Following that policy, the hospital maintains records to identify and monitor the level of charity care it provides. These records include the amount of charges forgone for services and supplies furnished under its charity care policy. Charges forgone, based on established rates, totaled approximately $1,668,584 in fiscal year 2022. Based on the gross charges provided to charity patients compared to total hospital gross charges, 5.48% of all services in fiscal year 2022 were provided on a charity basis. The net cost of charity care provided by NMMC-Iuka was approximately $932,379 in fiscal year 2022. The total cost estimate is based on the ratio of costs to charges for NMMC-Iuka. All of the forgone charges mentioned above are netted against patient service revenue to arrive at net patient service revenue as reflected as program service revenue on Part VIII of Form 990 in order to be consistent with financial statement reporting and are not reported as functional expenses on the tax return.