Program areas at UHCS
Operation of a general acute care and sub-acute care hospital with 812 licensed beds, total (812 acute and 0 sub-acute). Patient days for adults and pediatrics for january 1 - june 30, 2022 were 62,477, newborn days were 5,160 (for both term & icu nursery), and outpatient visits were 255,229. Emergency room registrations were 30,804, observation stays were 6,989, cardiovascular interventional procedures were 4,129, radiology procedures were 130,356 and occupational medicine visits were 24,879. Within all these indicators are the efforts of University Health Services, Inc to service the needs of the community, which include the indigent. From january 1 - june 30, 2022 the cost of indigent and charity care provided, with no local funding, was $21,602,036. Included in this amount was $9,904,896 for inpatient and outpatient Services, $11,352,807 for physician Services and $344,333 to help support community based clinics. The hospital received payments of $6,900,856 (net) from upper payment limits (upl) to help with this service. We offered several community education classes for bariatric support, weight loss surgery, diabetes and breast cancer. Health screenings were provided for blood pressure, plaque and cholesterol screenings to various groups and community events. We provided labs and x-rays to local charities harrisburg family Health, beulah grove, christ community and st. vincent de paul. We donated covid tests, sanitizer and pill holders for seniors and underserved communities.