HUGHSTON HOSPITAL INC: Form 990, tax year 2018

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Organization: HUGHSTON HOSPITAL INC (EIN 33-1216751)
Tax period: 2018-07-01 to 2019-06-30
Filed: 2020-05-15
IRS object ID: 202021369349302802
Schema version: 2018v3.3
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule C
Schedule D
Schedule H
Schedule I
Schedule J
Schedule O
Schedule R
Affiliated Group Attachment
Affiliated Group Schedule

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2020-05-15T11:16:40-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2019-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	KPMG LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	300 North Greene Street Suite 400	AddressLine1Txt
City	Greensboro	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	27401	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2018-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	331216751	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Hughston Hospital INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
In Care Of	% MARIE GAFFNEY	InCareOfNm
Business Name Control	HUGH	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	7066606103	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	707 Center Street	AddressLine1Txt
City	Columbus	CityNm
State Abbreviation	GA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	31901	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	MARIE GAFFNEY	PersonNm
Person Title	VP CORPORATE FINANCE	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	4044251303	PhoneNum
Signature	2020-05-14	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	SHAWN M HUTCHINSON	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01048557	PTIN
Phone	3362753394	PhoneNum
Preparation	2020-05-14	PreparationDt

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	199.206.0.5	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Federal Original Submission Id	56038220201365000025	FederalOriginalSubmissionId
Federal Original Submission Id	2020-05-15	FederalOriginalSubmissionIdDt
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	2F91BA52B61FEB008F3980E6EE57B14852305A4E	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	1272C807EE2CFB18DB9032F475C1250F2D6A8CEA	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2018	TaxYr
Build TS	2020-09-23 17:36:50Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Doing Business As Name DoingBusinessAsName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	PIEDMONT COLUMBUS REGIONAL-NORTHSIDE	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	SCOTT HILL	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	707 Center Street	AddressLine1Txt
City	Columbus	CityNm
State Abbreviation	GA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	31901	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$91,455,018	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www.piedmont.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2008	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	GA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	TO PROVIDE COMPASSIONATE AND SUSTAINABLE HEALTHCARE IN A PROGRESSIVE ENVIRONMENT.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	13	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	11	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	745	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	371	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$0	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$0	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$71,328,071	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$90,860,153	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$448,177	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$594,865	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$0	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$71,776,248	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$91,455,018	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$16,250	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$15,208	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$22,394,286	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$28,017,105	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$46,857,472	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$55,144,392	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$69,268,008	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$83,176,705	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$2,508,240	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$8,278,313	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$87,913,701	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$83,582,749	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$63,489,635	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$56,343,641	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$24,424,066	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$27,239,108	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	TO PROVIDE HEALTHCARE MARKED BY COMPASSION AND SUSTAINABLE EXCELLENCE IN A PROGRESSIVE ENVIRONMENT, GUIDED BY PHYSICIANS, DELIVERED BY PROFESSIONALS, AND INSPIRED BY THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$77,676,744	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$15,208	GrantAmt
Revenue	$90,860,153	RevenueAmt
Desc	HUGHSTON HOSPITAL ("PH") IS A 100-BED FACILITY THAT SERVES THE CITY OF COLUMBUS IN MUSCOGEE COUNTY, GEORGIA. OUR PRIMARY CARE AND SPECIALTY PHYSICIANS ON THE MEDICAL STAFF MEET THE PROFESSIONAL CLINICAL NEEDS OF CHILDREN, ADULTS, AND SENIORS WITHIN THE CITY AND THE GREATER COLUMBUS MARKET, REGARDLESS OF ANY INDIVIDUAL'S ABILITY TO PAY FOR SERVICES. FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2019, THE HOSPITAL HAD 3,891 IN-PATIENT ADMISSIONS WITH A TOTAL OF 18,265 DAYS OF IN-PATIENT HOSPITALIZATION. ER VISITS TOTALED 21,136 AND OUTPATIENT VISITS TOTALED 9,945. SURGICAL SERVICES WERE PROVIDED TO 4,848 PATIENTS.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$77,676,744	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	Yes (true)	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	false	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	Yes (true)	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (true)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (true)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	Yes (true)	OperateHospitalInd
Audited Financial Stmt Att	Yes (true)	AuditedFinancialStmtAttInd
Grants To Organizations	Yes (true)	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	false	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	Yes (true)	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
Info In Schedule O Part V	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVInd
IRP Document	0	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	745	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	false	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	false	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	13	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	11	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	Yes (true)	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	Yes (true)	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	Yes (true)	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	false	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	GA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	MARIE GAFFNEY	PersonNm
Phone	4702716007	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2727 PACES FERRY RD BLDG 2 STE 70	AddressLine1Txt
City	ATLANTA	CityNm
State Abbreviation	GA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	30339	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part VII	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIIInd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (22 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd
Scott Hill
President & CEO CRHS	2.5	47.5	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$1,256,604	$58,967
Warren Steele II
Chairman	2.0	6.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Max Brabson Jr
Director	2.0	6.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Cecil Cheves
Director	2.0	6.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Dr Shane Darrah
Director	2.0	6.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
W Ronald Duffey
DIRECTOR	2.0	6.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
John Dale Hester
Director	2.0	6.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Dr Todd Jarrell
Director	2.0	6.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Joey Loudermilk
Director	2.0	6.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Michael Mandl
Director	2.0	53.0	Yes (X)		$0	$938,721	$99,386
Liliana McDaniel
Director	2.0	6.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Dr Susan McWhirter
Director	2.0	6.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Dr William Roundtree
Director	2.0	6.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
KAREN SMITH
CORPORATE SECRETARY	2.0	38.0		Yes (X)	$0	$77,531	$17,650
LAURA DREW
COO HUGHSTON HOSPITAL	20.0	35.0		Yes (X)	$0	$444,628	$31,674
Allen Holladay
CFO - beg. 5/1/19	2.0	48.0		Yes (X)	$0	$399,506	$25,497
Allen Butcher
Executive VP & CFO end 4/30/19	2.0	48.0		Yes (X)	$0	$637,961	$13,708
Holly Lehmberg
Assistant CNO	40.0	0.0			$219,602	$0	$11,629	Yes (X)
Diane Morris
Director - Surgical Services	40.0	0.0			$166,433	$0	$23,208	Yes (X)
Judith Hill
Clinical Pharmacist	40.0	0.0			$143,441	$0	$29,794	Yes (X)
Timara Rembert
Clinical Pharmacist	40.0	0.0			$138,559	$0	$28,870	Yes (X)
Sherry Martin
MGR Pharmacy	40.0	0.0			$170,038	$0	$20,641	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$838,073	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$3,754,951	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$361,024	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	5	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (true)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (5 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
HSS Systems
12901 Starkey Rd	LARGO	FL	33773	Management Services	$1,644,909
Healthtrust Workforce
3322 West End Ave 201	NASHVILLE	TN	37203	Staffing Services	$596,041
Parallon Technology
6640 Carothers Parkway	FRANKLIN	TN	37067	Management Services	$462,178
Crown Healthcare Laundry
25 W Cedar St Suite 405	PENSACOLA	FL	32502	Laundry Services	$223,404
Renal Treatment Center
601 Hawaii Street El	SEGUNDO	CA	90245	Dialysis Services	$196,395

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	10	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Total Contributions	$0	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
PATIENT SERVICE	621400	$90,859,181	$90,859,181
CORPORATE SERVICE FEES	900099	$972	$972

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$90,860,153	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$594,865	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$594,865	ExclusionAmt

Incm From Invest Bond Proceeds IncmFromInvestBondProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$0	RealAmt
Personal	$0	PersonalAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$0	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$0	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gaming Gross Income	$0	GamingGrossIncomeAmt
Gaming Direct Expenses	$0	GamingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$0	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$0	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$0	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$91,455,018	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$90,860,153	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$594,865	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$15,208	TotalAmt
Program Services	$15,208	ProgramServicesAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$23,291,014	TotalAmt
Program Services	$19,331,542	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,959,472	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,241,804	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,690,697	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$551,107	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,484,287	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,231,958	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$252,329	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$9,217	TotalAmt
Management And General	$9,217	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$9,905,744	TotalAmt
Program Services	$9,905,744	ProgramServicesAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$167,874	TotalAmt
Management And General	$167,874	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,133,044	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,109,336	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$23,708	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,256,391	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,086,135	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$170,256	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$36,251	TotalAmt
Program Services	$23,594	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$12,657	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,867	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,261	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$606	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,676,793	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,626,489	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$50,304	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,543,838	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,391,208	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$152,630	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$122,863	TotalAmt
Program Services	$115,491	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$7,372	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt
BAD DEBT EXPENSE	$9,951,088	$9,951,088
MEDICAL SUPPLIES & DRUGS	$19,560,214	$19,560,214
TAXES	$889,260	$889,260
PHYSICIAN SUPPORT	$514,136	$514,136

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,373,812	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,231,383	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$142,429	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$83,176,705	TotalAmt
Program Services	$77,676,744	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,499,961	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$346,092	BOYAmt
EOY	$96,726	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$9,534,290	BOYAmt
EOY	$12,362,456	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,845,429	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,177,186	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$166,361	BOYAmt
EOY	$19,733	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$55,895,488	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$3,145,079	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$52,296,141	BOYAmt
EOY	$52,750,409	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$12,616,248	BOYAmt
EOY	$13,168,599	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$8,109,140	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,640	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$87,913,701	BOYAmt
EOY	$83,582,749	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,431,326	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,543,763	EOYAmt

Grants Payable GrantsPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Escrow Account Liability EscrowAccountLiabilityGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$58,008,512	BOYAmt
EOY	$48,783,180	EOYAmt

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$49,797	BOYAmt
EOY	$16,698	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$63,489,635	BOYAmt
EOY	$56,343,641	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$24,424,066	BOYAmt
EOY	$27,239,108	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$24,424,066	BOYAmt
EOY	$27,239,108	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$87,913,701	BOYAmt
EOY	$83,582,749	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$8,278,313	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$493,944	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Prior Period Adjustments	$4,287,172	PriorPeriodAdjustmentsAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	-$10,244,387	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part XII	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIIInd
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Consolidated Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	ConsolidatedBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Hospital	Yes (X)	HospitalInd

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Belongs Afflt Grp	Yes (X)	OrganizationBelongsAffltGrpInd

Total Grassroots Lobbying TotalGrassrootsLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Affiliated Group Total	$0	AffiliatedGroupTotalAmt

Total Direct Lobbying TotalDirectLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Affiliated Group Total	$0	AffiliatedGroupTotalAmt

Total Lobbying Expend TotalLobbyingExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Affiliated Group Total	$0	AffiliatedGroupTotalAmt

Other Exempt Purpose Expend OtherExemptPurposeExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Affiliated Group Total	$0	AffiliatedGroupTotalAmt

Total Exempt Purpose Expend TotalExemptPurposeExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Affiliated Group Total	$0	AffiliatedGroupTotalAmt

Lobbying Nontaxable Amount LobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Affiliated Group Total	$0	AffiliatedGroupTotalAmt

Grassroots Nontaxable GrassrootsNontaxableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Affiliated Group Total	$0	AffiliatedGroupTotalAmt

Tot Lbbyng Grassroot Mns Non Tx TotLbbyngGrassrootMnsNonTxGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Affiliated Group Total	$0	AffiliatedGroupTotalAmt

Tot Lbby Expend Mns Lbbyng Non Tx TotLbbyExpendMnsLbbyngNonTxGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Affiliated Group Total	$0	AffiliatedGroupTotalAmt

Avg Lobbying Nontaxable Amount AvgLobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$1,000,000	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$1,000,000	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$1,000,000	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Total	$3,000,000	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Lobbying Ceiling	$4,500,000	LobbyingCeilingAmt

Avg Total Lobbying Expend AvgTotalLobbyingExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$25,509	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$24,675	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$2,250	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Total	$52,434	TotalAmt

Avg Grassroots Nontaxable AvgGrassrootsNontaxableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$250,000	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$250,000	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$250,000	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Total	$750,000	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grassroots Ceiling	$1,125,000	GrassrootsCeilingAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Art Public Exhibition Amounts		ArtPublicExhibitionAmountsGrp
Held Works Art		HeldWorksArtGrp
CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund		CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp
CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund		CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$5,030,000	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$5,030,000	BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$36,148,200	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$1,387,372	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$34,760,828	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Leasehold Improvements		LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$13,906,343	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$1,757,707	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$12,148,636	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$810,945	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$810,945	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$52,750,409	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Federal Income Tax Liability	$0	FederalIncomeTaxLiabilityAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	CAPITAL LEASE OBLIGATION	Desc
Amt	$16,698	Amt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$16,698	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART X, LINE 2:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	The System accounts for income taxes under the provisions of ASC 740, Income Taxes (ASC 740). Under the requirements of ASC 740, tax-exempt organizations may be required to record an obligation as the result of a tax position they have historically taken on various uncertain tax exposure items. There were no material uncertain tax positions at June 30, 2019.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule H IRS990ScheduleH

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Financial Assistance Policy	Yes (true)	FinancialAssistancePolicyInd
Written Policy	Yes (true)	WrittenPolicyInd
FPG Reference Free Care	Yes (true)	FPGReferenceFreeCareInd

Free Care Oth Percentage FreeCareOthPercentageGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	Yes (X)	OtherInd
Free Care Other	300.	FreeCareOtherPct

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
FPG Reference Discounted Care	Yes (true)	FPGReferenceDiscountedCareInd
Percent300	Yes (X)	Percent300Ind
Free Care Medically Indigent	Yes (true)	FreeCareMedicallyIndigentInd
Financial Assistance Budget	Yes (true)	FinancialAssistanceBudgetInd
Expenses Exceed Budget	Yes (true)	ExpensesExceedBudgetInd
Unable To Provide Care	false	UnableToProvideCareInd
Annual Community Bnft Report	Yes (true)	AnnualCommunityBnftReportInd
Report Publically Available	Yes (true)	ReportPublicallyAvailableInd

Financial Assistance At Cost Typ FinancialAssistanceAtCostTyp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Community Benefit Expns	$158,125	TotalCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Net Community Benefit Expns	$158,125	NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Total Expense	0.00190	TotalExpensePct

Unreimbursed Medicaid UnreimbursedMedicaidGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Community Benefit Expns	$1,087,489	TotalCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Direct Offsetting Revenue	$1,087,572	DirectOffsettingRevenueAmt
Net Community Benefit Expns	$0	NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Total Expense	0.00000	TotalExpensePct

Unreimbursed Costs UnreimbursedCostsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Community Benefit Expns	$958,936	TotalCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Direct Offsetting Revenue	$27,893	DirectOffsettingRevenueAmt
Net Community Benefit Expns	$931,043	NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Total Expense	0.01120	TotalExpensePct

Total Financial Assistance Typ TotalFinancialAssistanceTyp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Community Benefit Expns	$2,204,550	TotalCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Direct Offsetting Revenue	$1,115,465	DirectOffsettingRevenueAmt
Net Community Benefit Expns	$1,089,168	NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Total Expense	0.01310	TotalExpensePct

Total Community Benefits TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Community Benefit Expns	$2,204,550	TotalCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Direct Offsetting Revenue	$1,115,465	DirectOffsettingRevenueAmt
Net Community Benefit Expns	$1,089,168	NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Total Expense	0.01310	TotalExpensePct

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Bad Debt Expense Reported	Yes (true)	BadDebtExpenseReportedInd
Bad Debt Expense	$9,951,088	BadDebtExpenseAmt
Reimbursed By Medicare	$18,425,083	ReimbursedByMedicareAmt
Cost Of Care Reimbursed By Medcr	$18,932,742	CostOfCareReimbursedByMedcrAmt
Medicare Surplus Or Shortfall	-$507,659	MedicareSurplusOrShortfallAmt

Costing Methodology Used CostingMethodologyUsedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cost To Charge Ratio	Yes (X)	CostToChargeRatioInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Written Debt Collection Policy	Yes (true)	WrittenDebtCollectionPolicyInd
Financial Assistance Prvsn	Yes (true)	FinancialAssistancePrvsnInd
Hospital Facilities	1	HospitalFacilitiesCnt

Hospital Facilities HospitalFacilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Facility	1	FacilityNum

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	HUGHSTON HOSPITAL INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	707 CENTER STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	COLUMBUS	CityNm
State Abbreviation	GA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	31901	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Website Address	WWW.piedmont.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
State License	106-659	StateLicenseNum
Licensed Hospital	Yes (X)	LicensedHospitalInd
General Medical And Surgical	Yes (X)	GeneralMedicalAndSurgicalInd
Emergency Room24 Hrs	Yes (X)	EmergencyRoom24HrsInd

Hospital Fclty Policies Prctc HospitalFcltyPoliciesPrctcGrp

Hospital Facility Name HospitalFacilityName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	HUGHSTON HOSPITAL INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Facility	1	FacilityNum
First Licensed CY Or PY	false	FirstLicensedCYOrPYInd
Tax Exempt Hospital CY Or PY	false	TaxExemptHospitalCYOrPYInd
CHNA Conducted	Yes (true)	CHNAConductedInd
Community Definition	Yes (X)	CommunityDefinitionInd
Community Demographics	Yes (X)	CommunityDemographicsInd
Existing Resources	Yes (X)	ExistingResourcesInd
How Data Obtained	Yes (X)	HowDataObtainedInd
Community Health Needs	Yes (X)	CommunityHealthNeedsInd
Other Health Issues	Yes (X)	OtherHealthIssuesInd
Community Hlth Needs Id Process	Yes (X)	CommunityHlthNeedsIdProcessInd
Consulting Process	Yes (X)	ConsultingProcessInd
CHNA Conducted	18	CHNAConductedYr
Take Into Account Others Input	Yes (true)	TakeIntoAccountOthersInputInd
CHNA Conducted With Other Fclts	false	CHNAConductedWithOtherFcltsInd
CHNA Conducted With Non Fclts	false	CHNAConductedWithNonFcltsInd
CHNA Report Widely Available	Yes (true)	CHNAReportWidelyAvailableInd
Rpt Available On Own Website	Yes (X)	RptAvailableOnOwnWebsiteInd
Own Website URL	SEE PART V	OwnWebsiteURLTxt
Paper Copy Public Inspection	Yes (X)	PaperCopyPublicInspectionInd
Rpt Available Thru Other Method	Yes (X)	RptAvailableThruOtherMethodInd
Implementation Strategy Adopt	Yes (true)	ImplementationStrategyAdoptInd
Implementation Strategy Adpt	17	ImplementationStrategyAdptYr
Strategy Posted Website	Yes (true)	StrategyPostedWebsiteInd
Strategy Website URL	SEE PART V	StrategyWebsiteURLTxt
Organization Incur Excise Tax	false	OrganizationIncurExciseTaxInd
Elig Criteria Explained	Yes (true)	EligCriteriaExplainedInd
FPG Family Incm Lmt Free Dscnt	Yes (X)	FPGFamilyIncmLmtFreeDscntInd
FPG Family Incm Lmt Free Care	300.	FPGFamilyIncmLmtFreeCarePct
FPG Family Incm Lmt Dscnt Care	300.	FPGFamilyIncmLmtDscntCarePct
Insurance Status Criteria	Yes (X)	InsuranceStatusCriteriaInd
Explained Basis	Yes (true)	ExplainedBasisInd
App Financial Asst Expln	Yes (true)	AppFinancialAsstExplnInd
Described Info	Yes (X)	DescribedInfoInd
Described Suprt Doc	Yes (X)	DescribedSuprtDocInd
Provided Hospital Contact	Yes (X)	ProvidedHospitalContactInd
Provided Nonprofit Contact	Yes (X)	ProvidedNonprofitContactInd
Includes Publicity Measures	Yes (true)	IncludesPublicityMeasuresInd
FAP Available On Website	Yes (X)	FAPAvailableOnWebsiteInd
FAP Available On Website URL	SEE PART V	FAPAvailableOnWebsiteURLTxt
FAP App Available On Website	Yes (X)	FAPAppAvailableOnWebsiteInd
FAP App Available On Website URL	SEE PART V	FAPAppAvailableOnWebsiteURLTxt
FAP Summary On Website	Yes (X)	FAPSummaryOnWebsiteInd
FAP Summary On Website URL	SEE PART V	FAPSummaryOnWebsiteURLTxt
FAP Avlbl On Request No Charge	Yes (X)	FAPAvlblOnRequestNoChargeInd
FAP App Avlbl On Request No Chrg	Yes (X)	FAPAppAvlblOnRequestNoChrgInd
FAP Sum Avlbl On Request No Chrg	Yes (X)	FAPSumAvlblOnRequestNoChrgInd
Notified FAP Copy Bill Display	Yes (X)	NotifiedFAPCopyBillDisplayInd
Communtity Notified FAP	Yes (X)	CommuntityNotifiedFAPInd
FAP Translated	Yes (X)	FAPTranslatedInd
FAP Actions On Nonpayment	Yes (true)	FAPActionsOnNonpaymentInd
Permit No Actions	Yes (X)	PermitNoActionsInd
Collection Activities	false	CollectionActivitiesInd
Provided Written Notice	Yes (X)	ProvidedWrittenNoticeInd
Made Effort Orally Notify	Yes (X)	MadeEffortOrallyNotifyInd
Processed FAP Application	Yes (X)	ProcessedFAPApplicationInd
Made Presumptive Elig Determ	Yes (X)	MadePresumptiveEligDetermInd
Nondis Emergency Care Policy	Yes (true)	NondisEmergencyCarePolicyInd
Look Back Medicaid Medcr Prvt	Yes (X)	LookBackMedicaidMedcrPrvtInd
Amounts Generally Billed	false	AmountsGenerallyBilledInd
Gross Charges	false	GrossChargesInd

Supplemental Information SupplementalInformationGrp (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
HUGHSTON HOSPITAL, INC.:	Schedule H, PART V, SECTION B, LINE 5: COMMUNITY REPRESENTATION As a part of our process, we interviewed 31 key stakeholders and policy makers that represent public health, low-income populations, uninsured and uninsured persons, minorities, chronic conditions, older adults, and lawmakers. Further, in December 2018 and December 2019, 133 key stakeholders within the Piedmont Columbus Hospital community, including Hughston Hospital, provided their thoughts on community health, community assets and the role of the hospital in addressing unmet community health needs via a web survey. Below are the results of that survey. These interviews were conducted for people representing the entire region, including Muscogee County. Specifically, we interviewed representatives of local and regional public health entities, minority populations, faith-based communities, local business owners, the philanthropic community, mental health agencies, elected officials and individuals representing our most vulnerable patients. The Piedmont Healthcare board of directors and leadership from all 11 hospitals were actively informed and engaged throughout this process.
Schedule H, PART V, SECTION B, LINE 6A: COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT	THE COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT WAS CONDUCTED FOR PIEDMONT COLUMBUS REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, FEIN 58-1719994, WHICH INCLUDES THE MEDICAL CENTER, INC., FEIN 58-1685139, AND HUGHSTON HOSPITAL, INC., FEIN 33-1216751. Schedule H, PART V, SECTION B, LINE 7a: CHNA REPORT WEBSITE https://www.piedmont.org/media/file/PCR-FY19-CHNA-Strategy.pdf Schedule H, PART V, SECTION B, LINE 7d: PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF CHNA IN ADDITION TO MAKING ITS CHNA AVAILABLE ON ITS WEBSITE AND BY REQUEST, HUGHSTON HOSPITAL SENT COPIES TO EACH PARTICIPANT IN THE CHNA PROCESS, DISTRIBUTED THE ASSESSMENTS TO COMMUNITY CENTERS AND OTHER LOCATIONS THAT PRIMARILY SERVE AN UNINSURED POPULATION, SENT COPIES TO LEGISLATIVE AND ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND WIDELY DISTRIBUTED THE ASSESSMENTS TO OTHER PIEDMONT HEALTHCARE HOSPITALS. Schedule H, PART V, SECTION B, LINE 10a: IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR HUGHSTON HOSPITAL UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED ITS IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY FOR THE THREE YEAR PERIOD BEGINNING WITH FY20 ON OCTOBER 3, 2019, WITHIN THE GRACE PERIOD FOLLOWING THE APPROVAL OF THE NEW COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT. THE FOLLOWING LINK IS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY EFFECTIVE THROUGH JUNE 30, 2019. https://columbusregional.com/media/1588/2015-chna-report-muscogee-county-g apdf.pdf THE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY APPROVED ON OCTOBER 3, 2019 WAS THE FIRST SINCE PIEDMONT HEALTHCARE ACQUIRED HUGHSTON HOSPITAL. THAT IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY IS AVAILABLE ON PAGE 18 OF THE PDF AT THE FOLLOWING LINK: https://www.piedmont.org/media/file/PCR-FY19-CHNA-Strategy.pdf
Schedule H, PART V, SECTION B, LINE 11: ADDRESSING COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS	PIEDMONT HEALTHCARE ACQUIRED HUGHSTON HOSPITAL IN THE MIDST OF ITS THREE YEAR CHNA AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY CYCLE UNDER ITS PREVIOUS OWNER. PIEDMONT HEALTHCARE IN CONJUNCTION WITH HUGHSTON HOSPITAL DEVELOPED THE NEW IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY TO ADDRESS THE REGIONS PRIORITY NEEDS DURING FY20-22. THE HUGHSTON HOSPITAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE NEW CHNA ON JUNE 6, 2019. BASED ON THE CHNA, HUGHSTON HOSPITAL WILL FOCUS ON THE FOLLOWING: (1) INCREASE ACCESS TO APPROPRIATE AND AFFORDABLE HEALTH AND MENTAL CARE FOR ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE UNINSURED AND THOSE WITH LOW INCOMES; (2) REDUCE OPIOID AND RELATED SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND OVERDOSE DEATHS; (3) DECREASE DEATHS FROM CANCER AND INCREASE ACCESS TO CANCER PROGRAMMING FOR THOSE LIVING WITH THE DISEASE (4) DECREASE THE IMPACT OF AND DEATHS FROM STROKE; (5) REDUCE RATES OF OBESITY AND INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOODS AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES; AND (6) DECREASE PREVENTABLE INSTANCES OF DIABETES AND DECREASE THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS WITH UNCONTROLLED DIABETES.
Schedule H, PART V, LINE 16A: FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICY WEBSITE	https://www.piedmont.org/media/file/Financial-Assistance-Policy.pdf
Schedule H, PART V, LINE 16B: FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICY WEBSITE	https://www.piedmont.org/media/file/Financial-Assistance-Application.pdf
Schedule H, PART V, LINE 16C: FAP PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY WEBSITE	https://www.piedmont.org/media/file/Financial-Assistance-Plain-Language-Su mmary-English.pdf

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (8 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
SCHEDULE H, PART VI, LINE 1: REQUIRED DESCRIPTIONS	PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF COMMUNITY BENEFIT REPORT Schedule H, Part I, line 6a Piedmont Columbus Regional regularly reports to the community its community benefit activities in several ways. Each year, the hospital prepares a systemwide community-benefit report that is widely distributed to the public through emailed versions sent to community stakeholders and community organizations, printed copies made available to community members upon request, and publication on the systems website. The hospital also makes available copies of its IRS Form 990 Schedule H on its website and available to anyone upon request. Additionally, the hospital presents its community benefit work within the health care systems annual report and the health care systems foundation annual report, which is widely distributed to the public through both printed copies made available to community members upon request and through publication on the systems website. Additionally, the report was mailed to hospital and system board members, state and local elected officials and other key stakeholders. The hospital provides information on community benefit programming to local, state and federal lawmakers through our government affairs office. Finally, the hospital issues media alerts on key community benefit programming, such as its community benefit grants program, to the public, and provides an annual impact report demonstrating the outcomes from those grants. PERCENT OF TOTAL EXPENSE SCHEDULE H, PART I, LINE 7(F) THE DENOMINATOR USED FOR THE CALCULATION OF COLUMN (F), PERCENT OF TOTAL EXPENSE, WAS THE AMOUNT OF TOTAL FUNCTIONAL EXPENSES ON FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 25, COLUMN (A) of $83,176,705 LESS BAD DEBT EXPENSE OF $9,951,088 FROM FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 24(a). FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND CERTAIN OTHER COMMUNITY BENEFITS AT COST SCHEDULE H, PART I, LINE 7 A RATIO OF PATIENT CARE COST TO CHARGES, CONSISTENT WITH WORKSHEET 2, WAS USED TO REPORT THE AMOUNTS IN PART I, LINES 7A-7D. FOR AMOUNTS ON LINES 7E-7K, ACTUAL EXPENSES FOR EACH COMMUNITY BENEFIT ACTIVITY ARE TRACED AND REPORTED USING THE ORGANIZATION'S COST ACCOUNTING SYSTEM. BAD DEBT EXPENSE CALCULATION AND FOOTNOTE SCHEDULE H, PART III, LINES 2-4 The provision for bad debts is based upon management's assessment of historical and expected net collections considering business and economic conditions, trends in health care coverage and other collection indicators. Periodically, management assesses the adequacy of the allowance for double accounts based upon historical write-off experience by payer category. The results of the review are then used to make any modifications to the provision for bad debts to establish an appropriate allowance for uncollectible receivables. THE AMOUNT REPORTED ON PART III, LINE 3, WAS DETERMINED BY TAKING THE AVERAGE ACCEPTANCE RATE FOR ALL CHARITY CARE APPLICATIONS RECEIVED DURING THE YEAR MULTIPLIED BY THE NUMBER OF DENIALS THAT WERE ATTRIBUTABLE TO INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION. THAT TOTAL WAS THEN ADJUSTED DOWNWARD FOR THE ORGANIZATION'S USE OF PRESUMPTIVE ELIGIBILITY WHEN DETERMINING ITS COMMUNITY BENEFITS. BAD DEBT EXPENSE FOOTNOTE FROM CONSOLIDATED, AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS: THE PROVISION FOR BAD DEBTS IS BASED UPON MANAGEMENT'S ASSESSMENT OF HISTORICAL AND EXPECTED NET COLLECTIONS CONSIDERING BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, TRENDS IN HEALTH CARE COVERAGE, AND OTHER COLLECTION INDICATORS. PERIODICALLY, MANAGEMENT ASSESSES THE ADEQUACY OF THE ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS BASED UPON HISTORICAL WRITE-OFF EXPERIENCE BY PAYOR CATEGORY. THE RESULTS OF THIS REVIEW ARE THEN USED TO MAKE ANY MODIFICATIONS TO THE PROVISION FOR BAD DEBT TO ESTABLISH AN APPROPRIATE ALLOWANCE FOR UNCOLLECTIBLE RECEIVABLES. HUGHSTON HOSPITAL PROVIDES CARE TO PATIENTS WHO MEET CERTAIN CRITERIA UNDER ITS CHARITY CARE POLICY WITHOUT CHARGE OR AT AMOUNTS LESS THAN ITS ESTABLISHED RATES. AMOUNTS DETERMINED TO QUALIFY AS CHARITY CARE ARE NOT REPORTED AS REVENUE. BAD DEBT METHODOLOGY SCHEDULE H, PART III, LINE 4 THE PROVISION FOR BAD DEBTS IS BASED UPON MANAGEMENT'S ASSESSMENT OF HISTORICAL AND EXPECTED NET COLLECTIONS CONSIDERING BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, TRENDS IN HEALTH CARE COVERAGE AND OTHER COLLECTION INDICATORS. PERIODICALLY, MANAGEMENT ASSESSES THE ADEQUACY OF THE ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBLE ACCOUNTS BASED UPON HISTORICAL WRITE-OFF EXPERIENCE BY PAYER CATEGORY. THE RESULTS OF THE REVIEW ARE THEN USED TO MAKE ANY MODIFICATIONS TO THE PROVISION FOR BAD DEBTS TO ESTABLISH AN APPROPRIATE ALLOWANCE FOR UNCOLLECTIBLE RECEIVABLES. MEDICARE SHORTFALLS AS COMMUNITY BENEFIT Schedule H, Part III, Section B, line 8 The amount reported on Part III, Line 6, was calculated in accordance with Schedule H instructions by utilizing the organizations allowable Medicare cost as reported in the Medicare cost report, which is based on a cost to charge ratio. However, the allowable costs in the Medicare cost report do not reflect the actual cost of providing care to patients since the Medicare cost report excludes many direct patient care costs that are essential to provide quality healthcare for Medicare patients. For example, certain coverage fees to physicians, cost of Medicare C and D, and other similar direct patient care expenses are specifically excluded from allowable cost in the Medicare Cost Report. The organization believes that Piedmont Columbus Regionals Medicare shortfall reported on Part III, Line 7 of Schedule H, should be considered a community benefit as the IRS community benefit standard includes the provision of care to elderly and Medicare patients. IRS Revenue Ruling 69-545 provides, in part, that hospitals serving patients with governmental health insurance, such as Medicare, is an indication the hospital operates to promote health in the community. Additionally, Medicare accounted for 27.28% percent of Piedmont Columbus Regionals patient service revenue. Piedmont Columbus Regionals policy is to treat Medicare patients, regardless of the extent to which Medicare actually pays for the treatment. For many services, Medicares reimbursement is less than the cost of the care provided, resulting in shortfalls that are to be absorbed by the hospital in honor of Piedmont Columbus Regionals commitment to treat elderly patients. Many of these patients live on a low, fixed income, and would qualify for financial assistance or other means-tested programs, absent from their enrollment in Medicare. COLLECTION PRACTICES SCHEDULE H, PART III, LINE 9(B) INITIAL SCREENINGS OF ALL INPATIENT, EMERGENCY, AND SURGERY ENCOUNTERS, AS WELL AS MOST OUTPATIENT VISITS, ARE CONDUCTED BY FINANCIAL COUNSELORS IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY ANY AVAILABLE INSURANCE OR OTHER COVERAGE FOR EACH PATIENT. COUNSELORS CONTACT PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES DIRECTLY, EITHER IN PERSON OR BY LETTER, TO ASSIST THE FAMILY IN IDENTIFYING ANY PROGRAMS FOR WHICH THE PATIENT/SERVICE MAY QUALIFY (INCLUDING MEDICAID, STATE CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM ("SCHIP"), PRIVATE OR GOVERNMENT INSURANCE COVERAGE, AND CHARITY ASSISTANCE). IF THE FAMILY CANNOT BE TIMELY LOCATED OR IS UNCOOPERATIVE, RELATED ACCOUNTS ARE TRANSFERRED TO AN INTERNAL COLLECTION DEPARTMENT FOR FURTHER ATTEMPTS TO OBTAIN PAYMENT OR, IF THE PATIENT MAY QUALIFY FOR ASSISTANCE, TO SECURE A FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE APPLICATION. THE ORGANIZATION'S DEBT COLLECTION POLICY AND PROCEDURES PROHIBIT ANY COLLECTION EFFORTS FOR THE PORTION OF A PATIENT ACCOUNT BALANCE THAT QUALIFIES FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER THE ORGANIZATION'S CHARITY CARE POLICY.
SCHEDULE H, PART VI, LINE 2: NEEDS ASSESSMENT	As a designated 501(c)(3) nonprofit hospital, Piedmont Columbus Regional is required by the Internal Revenue System to provide to conduct a triennial community health needs assessment (CHNA), in accordance with regulations put forth by the IRS following the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). Through this assessment, we hope to better understand local health challenges, identify health trends in our community, determine gaps in the current health delivery system and craft a plan to address those gaps and the identified health needs. In FY19, Piedmont Columbus Regional conducted its third triennial CHNA. As in the past, hospital conducted a joint CHNA for both its campuses. The Piedmont Columbus Regional CHNA was led by the Piedmont Healthcare community benefits team, with significant input and direction from Piedmont Columbus leadership, including the hospital's community outreach team. Process The CHNA started first with a definition of our community. We started first with the hospitals home county, due to the impact of our tax-exempt status. We estimate property taxes make up the largest segment of a hospitals tax exemption. Because of this, we want to ensure that we are providing equal benefit to our county. Additionally, we take into consideration patient origin, and especially that of our lower-income patients, such as those who qualify for financial assistance or receive insurance coverage through Medicaid. Our secondary communities are considered the areas in which we have the highest concentration of patients fitting that criteria, including ones from nearby DeKalb County. Once we established our primary and secondary community, we then conducted an analysis of available public health data. This included resources from: US Census, US Health and Human Services Community Health Status Indicators, US Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, National Center for Education Statistics, Kaiser Family Foundation's State Health Facts, American Heart Association, County Health Rankings and Georgia Online Analytical Statistical Information System (OASIS). All figures are for 2017, unless otherwise noted. Health indicators are estimates provided by County Health Rankings and hospital data were provided by the hospital. An internal survey was also conducted throughout the healthcare system for both clinical and non-clinical employees. Information was gathered on knowledge and understanding of community benefit and current programs, as well as suggestions for how we can better serve our patients and communities. Nearly 900 employees spanning the system responded. Additionally, we conducted a community-based survey in which local stakeholders were asked their thoughts on unmet community health needs and the hospital's role in addressing those needs. These stakeholders included local leaders, nonprofit representatives, elected officials and those with a unique knowledge of the challenges vulnerable populations face. We also evaluated previous community benefit, hospital and community interventions identified in our last CHNA implementation strategies through three lenses: impact, outcomes and sustainability. Interventions and programming considered to have a high score on all three were included in this CHNA and our subsequent strategy. This included our community benefit grants program, our charitable clinic-hospital partnerships and our heart- and stroke-focused community programming. In March 2019, the Piedmont Columbus community outreach team convened a meeting of key stakeholders to discuss health challenges and needs in the local community. Among the 47 stakeholders present were representatives from MercyMed of Columbus charitable clinic, Valley Healthcare System, the Muscogee County School District, the Muscogee County Health Department and Columbus Consolidated Government. The goal of this meeting was to establish community consensus on top unmet health needs the hospital should address. Finally, we conducted direct interviews with 31 state and regional stakeholders and policymakers, with each representing a specific group that tends to be adversely impacted by issues of health equity. These groups included but are not limited to Georgians for a Healthy Future, Georgia Watch, ConsiderHealth, the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, the Georgia Charitable Care Network, the Medical Association of Georgia and Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies. Additionally, we sought and received feedback on our CHNA from public health.
OUR PRIORITIES	A key component of the CHNA is to identify the top health priorities we'll address over fiscal years 2020, 2021 and 2022. These priorities guide our community benefit work. They are, in no order: -Increase access to appropriate and affordable health care for all community members, and especially those who are uninsured and those with low incomes -Decrease deaths from cancer and increase access to cancer programming for those with living the disease -Decrease preventable instances of diabetes and decrease the number of patients with uncontrolled diabetes -Reduce rates of obesity and increase access to healthy foods and recreational activities -Decrease the impact of and deaths from stroke -Reduce opioid and related substance abuse and overdose deaths With each priority, we work to achieve greater health equity by reducing the impact of poverty and other socioeconomic indicators. This means that health equity is built into each priority, and that is demonstrated through our implementation strategies. How we determined our priorities: Several key community health needs emerged during the assessment process. The chosen priorities were recommended by the community benefit department with sign-off from hospital and board leadership. The following criteria were used to establish the priorities: -The number of persons affected; -The seriousness of the issue; -Whether the health need particularly affected persons living in poverty or reflected health disparities; and, -Availability of community and/or hospital resources to address the need. The priorities we chose reflected a collective agreement on what hospital leadership, staff and the community felt was most important and within our ability to positively impact the issue. While the priorities reflect clinical access and certain conditions, all priorities is viewed through the lens of health disparities, with particular attention paid to improving outcomes for those most vulnerable due to income and race. This community health needs assessment was unanimously approved by the Piedmont Columbus Regional Board of Directors on June 06, 2019. The Piedmont Columbus Regional implementation strategy was developed in partnership with hospital leadership and community stakeholders to address the identified priorities in our FY19 CHNA. The implementation strategy was designed to be executed over a three-year period and included specific metrics by which we would be able to evaluate our work and its impact. The implementation strategy was developed by utilizing community feedback from the assessment in partnership with the system community benefits department, Piedmont Columbus Regional leadership and the Piedmont Columbus Regional Board of Directors. As mentioned above, we included proven and successful interventions and programming, investing further in work we felt was successful in addressing unmet health needs. The CHNA implementation strategy was unanimously approved October 03, 2019.
SCHEDULE H, PART VI, LINE 3: PATIENT EDUCATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSIST.	Piedmont Columbus Regional understands that not everyone has the ability to pay their hospital bill due to their insurance status or a limited income, and because of this, we offer financial assistance to qualifying patients. Notification about financial assistance available at Piedmont Columbus Regional includes providing a dedicated contact number, which is disseminated by the hospital to patients by various means. These include, but are not limited to: the publication of notices in patient bills and by posting notices in emergency rooms, in the Conditions of Admission form, at admitting and registration departments, hospital business offices, and patient financial services offices that are located on facility campuses, and at other public places the hospital may elect, including availability at local low-cost clinics primarily treating uninsured populations. Piedmont Columbus Regional also publishes and widely publicizes a plain language summary of this financial assistance care policy on its facility website, which includes a link to full policy. Referral of patients for financial assistance may be made by any staff or medical staff member at the hospital, including physicians, nurses, financial counselors, social workers, case managers, chaplains and religious sponsors. A request for financial assistance may be made by the patient or a family member, close friend, or associate of the patient, subject to applicable privacy laws. Finally, we provide copies of our financial assistance policy to our partner clinics and others who work closely with low-income populations. We offer assistance in understanding the policy, how it relates to their populations and receive feedback in ways our financial assistance programming could be improved. Additionally, Piedmont Healthcare annually publishes a directory of services and programs for low-income community members, and within this resource guide are extensive directions and advice on how to apply for patient financial assistance. Also, in this guide is information on how to apply for certain government assistance programs, resources to help prepare and file tax returns, as well as detailed resources for local sliding scale and free mental, dental and health resources. This guide is widely distributed to the community via hardcopy, is available within our hospitals and is digitally available online. Copies are provided in both English and Spanish.
SCHEDULE H, PART VI, LINE 4: COMMUNITY INFORMATION	Piedmont Columbus Regional is located in Muscogee County, which we consider to be our primary community. In 2017, the last year for which Census data were available, approximately 198,647 people lived in Muscogee County and 97 percent lived in an urban area. That year, about 41 percent of all Muscogee County residents were white, 45 percent were African American, 8 percent were Hispanic or Latino, 2 percent were Asian, and 4 percent were another race. In 2017, the median household income was $43,239, which is lower than both state and national averages. African Americans specifically had a much lower median household income at $31,907. The median age of people living within the county was 34. A quarter of the population were 18 or younger, 18 percent were over the age of 65 and the rest were in between. The population skewed slightly female. Sixty percent of the population has, at a minimum, attended some college and 26 percent has received their bachelors degree or higher. Thirty-six percent of those living in poverty in the county did not graduate high school. In 2017, an estimated 87 percent of county residents graduated high school, right on par with the state average. Of the estimated 46,324 who were employed in 2017, most worked in health care/social assistance, retail and the hospitality industry, in that order. About 20,891 veterans lived in the county in 2017, with more than two-thirds having served in the Gulf War and 29 percent having served in Vietnam. Twenty-two percent of those veterans lived with a disability and about 19 percent lived below the poverty level. About 5 percent of households spoke a language other than English at home in 2017, with the majority of those households speaking Spanish. Most people - about 52 percent - rented their home in 2017, a number much higher than the state average of 37 percent. In Muscogee County, like with the rest of Georgia, heart disease is the number one cause of both age-adjusted and premature death, and this holds true for all races. Age-adjusted allows communities with different age structures to be compared. Premature death is when death happens before the average age for a given community. While COPD is the second leading cause of death for all races combined, diabetes is the second leading cause of death for African Americans. COPD is the second leading cause of death for whites. Information about other races, including Hispanic, Latino and Asian populations, was not available. Heart disease was the leading cause of premature death among all ages and races in aggregate between 2013 and 2017. Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (the first 28 days of life) was the second leading cause of premature death for African Americans and suicide was the second leading cause of premature death for whites. In Muscogee County, 14 percent of adults were uninsured in 2017, and minorities comprise 90 percent of that figure. There were four designated health professional shortage areas in the community in 2016, all of which are located just north of Columbus: two primary care shortage areas, one mental health shortage area and a dental health shortage area. Throughout Georgia, more than a fifth of all women and a third of all men report having no personal doctor or health home. This is particularly true for minorities, whose rates of not having a doctor are double and triple that of their white counterparts. There were 54 dentists for every 100,000 people in 2015, a figure slightly better than the state average and significantly below the national rate. Seventy-four percent of adults had a routine check-up within the previous year in 2015. Preventable hospital stays among Medicare enrollees significantly has decreased over the last few years (from 51 preventable stays per 1,000 enrollees in 2007 to 37 preventable stays in 2015). Community members have reported an average 4.3 and 4.0 poor physical and mental health days, respectively. Both measures increased since our last CHNA, and poor mental days jumped by about a day, indicating a worsening situation. Twenty-two percent of Muscogee residents reported their health as poor or fair. This is an improvement from 17 percent since our last CHNA. Long commutes are also much lower in Muscogee County than in the rest of the state. Only 16 percent drove more than 30 minutes in 2016 to get to work, as opposed to a 40 percent state average. Eighteen percent of the population lived with at least one disability in 2017, which is significantly higher than the state average of 12 percent. Those age 18 to 64 comprised nearly 60 percent of total disabled. The infant mortality rate is twice as high in Muscogee County than the national average. During that same time, 11 percent of all babies born were at a low birth weight, with African American children more likely to be born at a low birth weight than their white, Asian and Hispanic or Latino counterparts. In 2017, 92 county residents died from stroke. The age-adjusted death rate for stroke was 46.5 per every 100,000 residents that year, a figure that has steadily improved the last three years. For example, in 2015, the age-adjusted death rate for stroke was 50.3 deaths per every 100,000 people. Approximately 14 percent of adults lived with diabetes in Muscogee County in 2015, a figure higher than state and national averages (11 percent and 9 percent, respectively). In 2015, 32 percent of Medicare beneficiaries lived with diabetes. The numbers may be higher for Medicare beneficiaries because that population is more likely to be tested routinely for the disease. Cancer continues to have a devastating impact in Muscogee County. Among all cancers, lung cancer is the most devastating in Muscogee County, having claimed approximately 450 lives between 2013 and 2017. Lung cancer was the fourth cause of death in Muscogee County between 2013 and 2017 for all residents, and the age-adjusted death rate remains high above state and national averages. The overall cancer incidence rate was 134.9 per 100,000 people, which is higher than both state and national averages between 2011 and 2015. Lung cancer rates were particularly high, with an average 133 new cases annually between 2011 and 2015. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is the second leading cause of age-adjusted death and is caused almost exclusively from smoking. Violence is an issue in Muscogee County. Homicide was the 9th leading cause of all deaths for African Americans within the county between 2013 and 2017, and the third leading cause of premature deaths. The violent crime rate is far above both state and national averages, with 517 violent crimes per every 100,000 residents. Chlamydia and gonorrhea rates were far above state averages and nearly double national averages in 2016, with both being most prevalent in African American populations. Approximately 913 people lived with HIV in 2015. HIV is a life-threatening communicable disease that disproportionately affects minority populations and may also indicate the prevalence of unsafe sex practices. The Muscogee rate is lower than the state average but about 40 percent higher than the national average. Mental health and behavioral disorders were the 7th leading cause of death for all county residents between 2013 and 2017. We see this particularly in premature death. Suicide was the second leading cause of premature deaths for whites between 2013 and 2017. It is most common among males aged 25 to 34 years of age. There was one mental health provider for every 370 residents in the county in 2017, a rate better than the state average of just one provider for every 870 residents. Opioid prescriptions have decreased over the last few years. In 2007, there were approximately 108.2 retail opioid prescriptions dispensed per 100 persons, according to the CDC. That number has dropped to 86.5 in 2017. Even so, Muscogee County remains much higher than the national average of 58.7 per 100 people and state average of 70.9. We aren't able to tell how many prescriptions are going to a single person, just the overall figure. Drug overdoses in Muscogee County are lower than state averages, with only 10 overdoses per 100,000 people in 2016, versus the state average of 12. Opioid use is directly correlated with increased rates of Hepatitis C, according to numerous studies. Georgia still remains one of the worst states for drug overdose deaths in the country, and this has only gotten worse. For example, there was a 10.5 percent increase in overdose deaths in the state between 2016 and 2017. Six percent of adults were unemployed in 2017, a figure just above the national average of 5 percent. 36 percent of those living in poverty in the county did not graduate high school in the 2015-2016 school year. In 2015, 36 percent of the population had limited access to healthy foods and 21 percent reported having extended periods when they aren't sure how they or their families will eat. There were 109 fast fo
SCHEDULE H, PART VI, LINE 5: PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY HEALTH	Piedmont Columbus Regional actively promotes the health of its community through clinic-hospital partnerships, our community benefit grants programs, community-based health screenings, educational activities, community building activities, the operation of a 24-hour emergency department available to the entire community, the operation of an emergency room open to all members of the community without regard to ability to pay, a governance board composed of community members, use of surplus revenue for facilities improvement, patient care, and medical training, education, and research, the provision of inpatient hospital care for all persons in the community able to pay, including those covered by Medicare and Medicaid, and an open medical staff with privileges available to all qualifying physicians. In FY19, Piedmont Columbus Regional offered various proactive community benefit programs meant to boost the health of the community it serves. This includes its mobile unit, which regularly serves low-income communities throughout Muscogee and surrounding areas. The mobile unit works on monthly rotation schedule to provide blood pressure checks, stroke, diabetes, cancer and opioid education to schools, faith-based organizations, housing areas and other community organizations. The hospital also conducted weekly clinics at Safe House and Valley (alternating locations) to provide medical care to homeless population. Hospital staff partners with key staff members at each location (i.e. case workers) to help establish a continuum of care plan for the individuals. In FY19, the hospital maintained its accredited Diabetes Prevention Program, which focuses on at-risk populations as identified in its CHNA. Activities included: ongoing diabetes education includes information on diabetes management, physical activity, medication usage, complication prevention and how to cope with this chronic disease; nutrition education that focuses on food choices and improving blood sugar control; and education to reduce negative impact of diabetes reduce heart disease risk factors and improve weight management. The hospital also regularly offered stroke awareness educational materials and blood pressure screenings at health fairs and community events to achieve and maintain stroke certification, community awareness. As part of a Piedmont Healthcare systemwide effort, Piedmont Columbus Regional was an active participant in anti-opioid work, which included: active participation on the systemwide task force, tracking opioid prescriptions within the hospital and by providers, utilizing Epic EMR tools to monitor opioid use, offering patients and the community ways to safely dispose of unused medication, and providing ongoing education on opioid prescribing. Piedmont Columbus Regional also actively participated in local take-back day activities in FY19 by promoting and supporting a community drive for local residents to safely dispose of medications and needles.
SCHEDULE H, PART VI, LINE 6: AFFILIATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM	Piedmont Columbus Regional is a part of Piedmont Healthcare, a regional not-for-profit organization and the parent company of 11 hospitals, the Piedmont Physicians Group, the Piedmont Heart Institute, the Piedmont Clinic and the Piedmont Healthcare Foundation. Piedmont Healthcares community benefit department coordinates the community benefit activities on behalf of all hospitals throughout the system: the triennial CHNA and subsequent implementation strategy, ensuring the financial assistance policy is communicated to the community, maintaining the community benefit webpage, authoring the community benefit annual report, preparing board materials, developing and executing the community benefit grants program and compiling all community benefit figures. Each hospital and certain departments of Piedmont Healthcare provide key input and execute programming. This includes our revenue department, which oversees and executes the financial assistance policy and program.
SCHEDULE H, PART VI, LINE 7: STATE FILING OF COMMUNITY BENEFIT REPORT	Piedmont Columbus Regional is not required to file a community benefit report; however, the hospital is required to file with the Georgia Department of Community Health information on its indigent and charity care, as well as its Medicaid and Medicare shortfalls.

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Assistant CNO	$183,241	$0	$35,568	$0	$793	$0	$9,302	$0	$2,327	$0	$231,231	$0	$0	$0
Diane Morris
Director - Surgical Services	$146,326	$0	$15,872	$0	$4,235	$0	$11,138	$0	$12,070	$0	$189,641	$0	$0	$0
Judith Hill
Clinical Pharmacist	$143,240	$0	$0	$0	$201	$0	$7,454	$0	$22,340	$0	$173,235	$0	$0	$0
Timara Rembert
Clinical Pharmacist	$137,737	$0	$533	$0	$289	$0	$6,554	$0	$22,316	$0	$167,429	$0	$0	$0
Sherry Martin
MGR Pharmacy	$167,893	$0	$553	$0	$1,592	$0	$8,947	$0	$11,694	$0	$190,679	$0	$0	$0
Scott Hill
President & CEO CRHS	$0	$758,528	$0	$278,980	$0	$219,096	$0	$29,901	$0	$29,066	$0	$1,315,571	$0	$0
Michael Mandl
Director	$0	$585,596	$0	$161,917	$0	$191,208	$0	$90,625	$0	$8,761	$0	$1,038,107	$0	$0
LAURA DREW
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Allen Holladay
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SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 3: COMPENSATION OF THE CEO/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

THE COMPENSATION FOR THE PRESIDENT/CEO OF HUGHSTON HOSPITAL IS SET BY THE ENTITY'S PARENT, PIEDMONT HEALTHCARE, INC. PLEASE SEE THE SCHEDULE O NARRATIVE FOR FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A & 15B FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 4B: Supplemental Compensation Information The following individuals participated in a supplemental nonqualified retirement plan, but did not receive current year payments: Michael Mandl PIEDMONT COLUMBUS REGIONAL MAINTAINS A SERP PLAN THAT VESTS EVERY THREE YEARS FOR ITS PARTICIPATING OFFICERS. THE LAST VESTING OCCURED ON JUNE 30, 2017; THEREFORE, NO PAYMENT WAS MADE IN THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2019. THERE WERE NO EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS TO 457(F) EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS IN THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2019.

SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 7: non-fixed payments

CERTAIN EMPLOYEES PARTICIPATED IN AN "ANNUAL INCENTIVE PLAN" UNDER WHICH THEY received non-fixed bonus payments based on job level and several different performace metrics.

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (8 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, PART V, LINE 1A: NUMBER OF FORMS 1099 FILED	ALL CALENDAR YEAR 2018 FORMS 1099 WERE FILED ON BEHALF OF HUGHSTON HOSPITAL BY ITS SOLE MEMBER, PIEDMONT HEALTHCARE, INC. (EIN 58-1503902), PURSUANT TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE IRS TO FILE ALL FORMS 1099 FOR THE PIEDMONT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM ON A COMBINED BASIS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6: ORGANIZATION'S SOLE MEMBER PIEDMONT HEALTHCARE, INC. (EIN 58-1503902) IS THE SOLE MEMBER OF HUGHSTON HOSPITAL, INC.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A: ELECTION OF GOVERNING BODY	THE BOARD OF PIEDMONT HEALTHCARE, PIEDMONT COLUMBUS REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM'S SOLE MEMBER, APPOINTS THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF HUGHSTON HOSPITAL, INC.
FORM 990 PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7B: DECISIONS OF GOVERNING BODY	HUGHSTON HOSPITAL, INC.'S BOARD POLICIES AND DECISIONS MUST BE FILED, IMMEDIATELY AFTER ADOPTION, WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE PIEDMONT HEALTHCARE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. SUCH POLICIES AND DECISIONS OF THE HUGHSTON HOSPITAL, INC. BOARD OF DIRECTORS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF OR RATIFICATION BY THE PIEDMONT HEALTHCARE BOARD, BUT SHOULD THE NEED ARISE, THEY MAY BE RESCINDED BY THE PIEDMONT HEALTHCARE BOARD THROUGH A MAJORITY VOTE OF ITS DIRECTORS.
FORM 990 PART VI, LINE 11B: 990 REVIEW PROCESS	INFORMATION NEEDED TO PREPARE HUGHSTON HOSPITAL'S FORM 990 IS COMPILED BY INDIVIDUALS IN THE ORGANIZATION'S FINANCE DEPARTMENT. THE INFORMATION IS REVIEWED BY HUGHSTON HOSPITAL'S CONTROLLER AND VP/CFO. THE 990 IS THEN PREPARED BY AN EXTERNAL TAX PREPARER. PRIOR TO FILING, COPIES OF FORM 990 ARE PROVIDED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF PIEDMONT HEALTHCARE, INC., THE ORGANIZATION'S SOLE MEMBER, FOR BOARD REVIEW.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY	COMPLIANCE WITH THE ORGANIZATION'S CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY IS MONITORED AND ENFORCED BY ORGANIZATION MANAGEMENT IN COORDINATION WITH PIEDMONT HEALTHCARE'S CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER. ALL SENIOR LEADERS, BOARD MEMBERS, PHYSICIAN EMPLOYEES, NURSE PRACTITIONERS/PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS AND EMPLOYEES AND NON-EMPLOYEES ENGAGED IN RESEARCH ARE REQUIRED TO ANNUALLY DISCLOSE ALL MATTERS WHICH COULD POTENTIALLY CONSTITUTE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. MATTERS DISCLOSED UNDER THE POLICY MUST BE REVIEWED IN WRITING BY THE PIEDMONT HEALTHCARE CONFLICT OF INTEREST COMMITTEE IN ORDER TO DETERMINE WHETHER A CONFLICT EXISTS AND, IF SO, WHETHER TO ELIMINATE OR MANAGE THE CONFLICT. ALL BOARD MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES OF HUGHSTON HOSPITAL, INC. ARE PROVIDED TRAINING ON CONFLICT OF INTEREST ISSUES, INCLUDING REPORTING REQUIREMENTS, AT NEW EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION AND AT LEAST ANNUALLY THEREAFTER. NONCOMPLIANCE WITH THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY MUST BE REPORTED TO PIEDMONT HEALTHCARE'S SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF COMPLIANCE FOR INVESTIGATION, AND REMEDIAL STEPS MUST BE TAKEN AS APPROPRIATE UNDER THE PIEDMONT HEALTHCARE DISCIPLINARY POLICIES.
FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 15A: EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION	COMPENSATION FOR EXECUTIVES OF HUGHSTON HOSPITAL, INC. IS SET BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF AND PAID ON BEHALF OF THE ORGANIZATION BY PIEDMONT HEALTHCARE, INC. THE PIEDMONT HEALTHCARE, INC., BOARD OF DIRECTOR'S EXECUTIVE PERFORMANCE AND COMPENSATION COMMITTEE ("THE COMMITTEE") IS COMPOSED OF AT LEAST THREE MEMBERS OF THE PHC BOARD OF DIRECTORS, SERVING TERMS OF THREE YEARS, AND THE MAJORITY OF WHICH ARE COMMUNITY DIRECTORS WHO GENERALLY DO NOT HAVE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST RELATED TO FULFILLMENT OF THE DUTIES AS OUTLINED BELOW. THE EXECUTIVE PERFORMANCE AND COMPENSATION COMMITTEE OVERSEES EXECUTIVE PERFORMANCE AND COMPENSATION ON BEHALF OF THE PHC BOARD, SUBJECT TO THE ULTIMATE AUTHORITY AND OVERSIGHT OF THE BOARD. THE COMMITTEE ALSO FORMULATES POLICIES AND MAKES DECISIONS IN ORDER TO ENSURE A HIGH LEVEL OF EXECUTIVE PERFORMANCE. THE COMMITTEE IS AUTHORIZED TO ACT ON BEHALF OF THE PHC BOARD AS SET OUT IN ITS CHARTER, AND THE COMMITTEE IS ALSO CHARGED WITH PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS AND PERIODIC REPORTS TO THE PHC BOARD REGARDING EXECUTIVE PERFORMANCE AND COMPENSATION. ALL DECISIONS AND COMPARABILITY DATA ARE DOCUMENTED IN THE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES. FUNCTIONS OF THE COMMITTEE - ASSESS AND IMPLEMENT POLICIES REGARDING PERFORMANCE, COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS OF THE PRESIDENT/CEO AND OTHER EXECUTIVES AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMITTEE - SELECT AN EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION CONSULTANT WHO REPORTS TO THE COMMITTEE - ANNUALLY REVIEW THE PRESIDENT/CEO SUCCESSION PLAN - FORMULATE AND IMPLEMENT ANNUAL PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES FOR THE PRESIDENT/CEO, AND REVIEW AND APPROVE ANNUALLY RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE PRESIDENT/CEO RELATING TO COMPENSATION, PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES, AND SUCCESSION PLANS FOR EVP EXECUTIVES - ANNUALLY ASSESS PRESIDENT/CEO PERFORMANCE; IF NECESSARY, IMPLEMENT ACTION PLAN WITH PRESIDENT/CEO INPUT TO IMPROVE HIS/HER PERFORMANCE ADJUST COMPENSATION AS APPROPRIATE; THE COMMITTEE CHAIR SHALL CONSULT WITH THE PHC GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE CHAIR AND THE PHC BOARD CHAIR AND SHALL COORDINATE THE ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW OF THE PHC PRESIDENT/CEO, UNLESS THE PHC BOARD CHAIR HAS A REAL OR PERCEIVED CONFLICT OF INTEREST, IN WHICH CASE THE COMMITTEE CHAIR SHALL DETERMINE THE PROPER REVIEW PROCESS - REVIEW AND APPROVE LONG TERM AND SHORT TERM GOALS TO BE USED IN CONNECTION WITH EVP COMPENSATION PROGRAMS AS RECOMMENDED BY THE PRESIDENT/CEO AND VALIDATED BY THE COMPENSATION CONSULTANT - PERIODICALLY REVIEW COMPENSATION, IF ANY, FOR THE PHC BOARD CHAIR AND ALL BOARD CHAIRS OF THE PHC SUBSIDIARIES - ESTABLISH OTHER POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, AND PERFORM OTHER TASKS, RELATED TO EXECUTIVE PERFORMANCE AND COMPENSATION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, APPROVAL OF EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS AND BENEFITS - PERIODICALLY REPORT SIGNIFICANT DECISIONS AND ANY ADDITIONAL REQUESTED INFORMATION TO THE PHC BOARD LIMITED TO, APPROVAL OF EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS AND BENEFITS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19: DOCUMENTS AND POLICIES	GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. THESE DOCUMENTS SHOULD BE REQUESTED FROM PIEDMONT HEALTHCARE, INC.'S LEGAL COUNSEL.
FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9: CHANGES IN NET ASSETS	Intercompany Transfer -10,244,387

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

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THE MEDICAL CENTER INC
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COLUMBUS AMBULATORY HEALTHCARE SERVICES
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COLUMBUS REGIONAL MEDICAL FOUNDATION
707 CENTER STREET	COLUMBUS	GA	31901	581501642	FUNDRAISING	GA	501(C)(3)	7	CRHS	false
COLUMBUS REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC
707 CENTER STREET	COLUMBUS	GA	31901	591719994	MANAGEMENT	GA	501(C)(3)	12B, II	PHC	false
PIEDMONT HEALTHCARE INC
1800 HOWELL MILL RD STE 850	ATLANTA	GA	30318	581503902	MANAGEMENT	GA	501(C)(3)	12C, III-FI		false	N/A
PIEDMONT HOSPITAL INC
1968 PEACHTREE ROAD NW	ATLANTA	GA	30309	580566213	HOSPITAL	GA	501(C)(3)	3	PHC	false
FAYETTE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL INC
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PIEDMONT HENRY HOSPITAL INC
1133 EAGLES LANDING PARKWAY	STOCKBRIDGE	GA	30281	582200195	HOSPITAL	GA	501(C)(3)	3	PHC	false
PIEDMONT NEWNAN HOSPITAL INC
745 POPLAR ROAD	NEWNAN	GA	30265	205077249	HOSPITAL	GA	501(C)(3)	3	PHC	false
PIEDMONT HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC
2001 PEACHTREE RD NE STE 400	ATLANTA	GA	30309	581272768	FUNDRAISING	GA	501(C)(3)	12B, II	PHC	false
PIEDMONT HEART INSTITUTE INC
95 COLLIER ROAD NW STE 2045	ATLANTA	GA	30309	263553500	HEALTHCARE	GA	501(C)(3)	10	PHC	false
PIEDMONT NEWTON HOSPITAL INC
5126 HOSPITAL DRIVE NE	COVINGTON	GA	30014	582155150	HOSPITAL	GA	501(C)(3)	3	PHC	false
PIEDMONT ATHENS REG HEALTH RESOURCES
1199 PRINCE AVENUE	ATHENS	GA	30606	581978389	DEVELOPMENT	GA	501(C)(3)	12B, II	PARMC	false
PIEDMONT ATHENS REGIONAL FOUNDATION INC
1199 PRINCE AVENUE	ATHENS	GA	30606	581978389	FUNDRAISING	GA	501(C)(3)	12B, II	PARMC	false
PIEDMONT ATHENS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
1199 PRINCE AVENUE	ATHENS	GA	30606	582179986	HOSPITAL	GA	501(C)(3)	3	PHC	false
ATHENS REGIONAL PHYSICIAN SERVICES INC
1199 PRINCE AVENUE	ATHENS	GA	30606	582332921	HEALTHCARE	GA	501(C)(3)	12B, II	PARMC	false
REGIONAL FIRSTCARE INC
1199 PRINCE AVENUE	ATHENS	GA	30606	582362733	URGENT CARE	GA	501(C)(3)	12B, II	PARMC	false
ATHENS REGIONAL SPECIALTY SERVICES INC
1199 PRINCE AVENUE	ATHENS	GA	30606	271975001	HEALTHCARE	GA	501(C)(3)	3	PARMC	false
PIEDMONT ROCKDALE HOSPITAL INC
1412 MILSTEAD AVE	CONYERS	GA	30012	300999841	HOSPITAL	GA	501(C)(3)	3	PHC	false
PIEDMONT WALTON HOSPITAL INC
2151 WEST SPRING ST	MONROE	GA	30655	824194264	HOSPITAL	GA	501(C)(3)	3	PHC	false
PIEDMONT MOUNTAINSIDE HOSPITAL INC
1266 HIGHWAY 515 SOUTH	JASPER	GA	30143	352228583	HOSPITAL	GA	501(C)(3)	3	PHC	false

Id Related Org Txbl Partnership IdRelatedOrgTxblPartnershipGrp (4 entries)

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PCHTREE ORTHO SURG
2001 PCHTREE RD	ATLANTA	GA	30309	582562721	SURGERY	GA	NA	N/A	$0	$0	false	$0	false
DIG HLTHCR GA ENDO
95 COLLIER RD	ATLANTA	GA	30309	582406657	HEALTHCARE	GA	NA	N/A	$0	$0	false	$0	false
FOUR WINDS HEALTH
3350 RVRWD PKWY	ATLANTA	GA	30339	451273930	HEALTHCARE	GA	NA	N/A	$0	$0	false	$0	false
GA HLTH COLLAB
2727 PACES FRY RD	ATLANTA	GA	30339	461500639	HEALTHCARE	GA	NA	N/A	$0	$0	false	$0	false

Id Related Org Txbl Corp Tr IdRelatedOrgTxblCorpTrGrp (7 entries)

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COLUMBUS HEALTH SERVICES INC
707 CENTER STREET	COLUMBUS	GA	31901	581640939	HEALTHCARE	GA	CRHS	C CORP	$0	$0	false
COLUMBUS HEALTHCARE RESOURCES INC -
707 CENTER STREET	COLUMBUS	GA	31901	581717754	HEALTHCARE	GA	CRHS	C CORP	$0	$0	false
PIEDMONT MEDICAL CARE CORPORATION
2727 PACES FERRY RD STE 1-1100	ATLANTA	GA	30339	582092768	HEALTHCARE	GA	PHC	C CORP	$0	$0	false
THE PIEDMONT CLINIC INC
2727 PACES FERRY RD STE 1-1100	ATLANTA	GA	30339	582005358	HEALTHCARE	GA	PHC	C CORP	$0	$0	false
PIEDMONT HEART INSTITUTE PHYSICIANS INC
95 COLLIER ROAD NWSTE 2045	ATLANTA	GA	30309	260593850	HEALTHCARE	GA	PHC	C CORP	$0	$0	false
AMSTER MCRAE INSURANCE COMPANY
				980427603	RELATED INSUR.		PHC	C CORP	$0	$0	false	PO BOX 1159 GRAND CAYMAN	GRAND CAYMAN	CJ	KY1-1102	CJ
PIEDMONT WELLSTAR HEALTHPLANS INC
2859 PACES FERRY RD STE 60	ATLANTA	GA	30339	461922499	HEALTH INSUR.	GA	PHC	C CORP	$0	$0	false

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Gift Grnt Or Cap Contri To Oth Org	false	GiftGrntOrCapContriToOthOrgInd
Gift Grnt Cap Contri From Oth Org	false	GiftGrntCapContriFromOthOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org	false	LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees From Oth Org	false	LoansOrGuaranteesFromOthOrgInd
Div Related Organization	false	DivRelatedOrganizationInd
Asset Sale To Other Org	false	AssetSaleToOtherOrgInd
Asset Purchase From Other Org	false	AssetPurchaseFromOtherOrgInd
Asset Exchange	false	AssetExchangeInd
Rental Of Facilities To Oth Org	false	RentalOfFacilitiesToOthOrgInd
Rental Of Fclts From Oth Org	false	RentalOfFcltsFromOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services For Oth Org	false	PerformOfServicesForOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services By Other Org	false	PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgInd
Sharing Of Facilities	false	SharingOfFacilitiesInd
Paid Employees Sharing	false	PaidEmployeesSharingInd
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org	Yes (true)	ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrgInd
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org	Yes (true)	ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrgInd
Transfer To Other Org	false	TransferToOtherOrgInd
Transfer From Other Org	false	TransferFromOtherOrgInd

Affiliated Group Attachment AffiliatedGroupAttachment

Affiliated Group Schedule AffiliatedGroupSchedule

Affiliated Schedule AffiliatedScheduleGrp (7 entries)

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COLUMBUS REGIONAL HEALTHCARE
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THE MEDICAL CENTER INC
707 CENTER STREET	COLUMBUS	GA	31901	581685139		$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
CRHS LONG TERM & HOME CARE
707 CENTER STREET	COLUMBUS	GA	31901	581778572		$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
COLUMBUS AMBULATORY HEALTHCA
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COLUMBUS REGIONAL MEDICAL FO
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COLUMBUS REGIONAL SENIOR LIV
707 CENTER STREET	COLUMBUS	GA	31901	582628502		$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
COLUMBUS REGIONAL AUXILIARY
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