Program areas at Unitypoint Health-Marshalltown
Unitypoint Health-Marshalltown provides inpatient and outpatient medical services to treat individuals with diseases, illness and injuries with varying complexities. It provides services to improve the health of patients and to better their quality of life. All services are provided regardless of an individual's race, creed, sex, nationality, handicap, age or ability to compensate for services rendered. These include, but are not limited to, general acute care, surgeries, intensive care and critical care, mental health care, cardiology, oncology, rehabilitation, behavioral disorder programs, laboratory, pharmaceutical drugs, wound care, emergency services, outpatient clinics, check-ups and radiology. Some of the services provided do not generate enough income to offset their cost. In the fiscal period ended december 31, 2023, Unitypoint Health-Marshalltown admitted 841 patients; resulting in a total of 3,123 patient days. Outpatient visits totaled 57,469 and total outpatient surgery registrations for the same period were 1,773. There were also 18,286 emergency room visits.
Charity care, means-tested programs and other community benefitscharity care and means-tested programs: Unitypoint Health-Marshalltown provides charity care and other means-tested programs with the goal to improve the community's overall health and access to care. This includes health-care services regardless of the patient's insurance coverage or financial status. Charity care and partial to full financial assistance is provided to patients on a case-by-case basis. Charity care was made available at a value of $592,838 in 2023. Often times, allen memorial hospital corporation receives payments from payors or patients that are less than it charges for services. Unitypoint health - marshalltown participates in medicaid and other government-sponsored health-care programs. Unitypoint Health-Marshalltown's net cost of providing care for which it receives payment below its cost is $0 for 2023. Total charity care and means-tested programs reported value: $592,838.