Promoting and Sustaining the Health of Our Communities
Serving the community has been MidMichigan’s tradition for more than 50 years. An important part of that tradition is participating in community benefits initiatives. Community benefits are programs and services designed to improve the community’s health and increase access to health care. Often MidMichigan provides these services on a free or discounted basis.
During fiscal year 2011, MidMichigan Health provided $76.7 million in charity care, community benefit and community-building services to the more than 700,000 people in our 12-county region.
MidMichigan also contributes significantly to the health of our local economies. As the second-largest employer in Midland County and the largest employer in Clare, Gratiot and Gladwin Counties, MidMichigan employs more than 4700 people who earn more than $100 million in annual wages and benefits. In addition, we purchase more than $15 million in goods and services from local businesses.
2009 Summary of Community Benefits
Total Charity Care: $9,383,891
| Charity Care (non-reimbursed cost for providing free or discounted care to patients who cannot afford healthcare services) |
$2,691,128 |
| Medicaid Subsidized Healthcare Services (difference between actual costs to deliver care and government reimbursement) |
$6,649,217 |
| Other Government-Sponsored Healthcare Services (difference between actual costs to deliver care and government reimbursement) |
$ 43,546 |
Total Other Community Benefits: $6,135,113
Includes activities designed to improve community health: General health education and self-help programs, support groups and health care screenings and community benefit operations costs, actual costs of providing health education and training, services provided based upon community need: hospice, obstetrics, pediatrics, women’s health, clinical research, cash donations and in-kind support given to agencies and programs to improve community health status.
| Community Health Improvement Services |
$1,296,292 |
| Health Professional Education and Training |
$4,057,055 |
| Subsidized health services |
$ 374,646 |
| Research |
$ 43,913 |
| Cash and in-kind contributions to community groups |
$ 363,207 |
Total Community Building Activities: $103,968
Programs and services that while not directly related to health care, address the root causes of health problems such as poverty, crime, environmental issues, etc. These activities support other community organizations and assets by providing expertise and resources of the health care organization.
Total Medicare and Bad Debt Expense: $45,298,204
| Medicare at cost (cost of providing services to beneficiaries of the Medicare program in excess of government reimbursement) |
$32,862,550 |
| Bad debt expense (cost of services provided for which a patient’s bill is not rendered or for which a fee has been assessed that recovers only a portion of the cost of the service) |
$12,435,654 |
Total Net Value to Community based on costs: $60,921,176
| Total Number of Community Outreach Programs |
4,654 |
| Total Number of Persons Served |
291,531 |
Community Benefits Reports
We’re proud to share the positive results of these efforts in our annual Community Benefits Reports. We’re also committed to continue our tradition of providing a Lifetime of Trusted Care and service to our surrounding communities.
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