SOUTH SHORE HOSPITAL INC: Form 990, tax year 2015

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Organization: SOUTH SHORE HOSPITAL INC (EIN 04-2769210)
Tax period: 2015-10-01 to 2016-09-30
Filed: 2017-08-01
IRS object ID: 201732279349301433
Schema version: 2015v3.0
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 B
Schedule C
Schedule D
Schedule G
Schedule H
Schedule I
Schedule J
Schedule K
Schedule L
Schedule M
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2017-08-01T08:19:18-07:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2016-09-30	TaxPeriodEndDt
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2015-10-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	042769210	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	SOUT	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	7816248000	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	55 Fogg Road	AddressLine1Txt
City	South Weymouth	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	02190	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Pamela Whelton	PersonNm
Person Title	Treasurer	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	7816248626	PhoneNum
Signature	2017-08-15	SignatureDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2015	TaxYr
Build TS	2021-01-29 14:40:06Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Pamela Whelton	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	55 Fogg Road	AddressLine1Txt
City	South Weymouth	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	02190	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$575,301,842	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www.southshorehospital.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1982	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	MA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	South Shore Hospital's primary exempt purpose is to provide health care services to the community including surgical, medical and other treatment of the sick and injured.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	10	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	7	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	4331	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	507	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$686,796	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$6,220,513	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$5,490,965	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$524,603,998	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$561,327,044	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$27,644,939	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	-$621,885	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$7,184,659	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$7,317,086	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$565,654,109	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$573,513,210	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$8,000	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$14,500	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$321,685,460	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$337,627,307	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$2,541,745	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$193,043,099	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$216,105,202	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$514,736,559	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$553,747,009	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$50,917,550	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$19,766,201	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$520,501,227	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$680,007,348	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$294,151,338	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$420,531,587	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$226,349,889	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$259,475,761	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	South Shore Hospital's primary exempt purpose is to provide health care services to the community including surgical, medical and other treatment of the sick and injured.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$401,764,472	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$14,500	GrantAmt
Revenue	$561,862,312	RevenueAmt
Desc	Health Care Programs, General/Other: South Shore Hospital is a not-for-profit, acute care, regional hospital licensed by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to operate 378 acute care beds (composed of 265 medical/surgical, 32 intensive care/coronary care, 53 Level III maternal/newborn, 18 pediatric/young adult and 10 neonatal), and 67 bassinets (composed of 20 Level II special care nursery bassinets and 47 newborn bassinets). The Hospital offers a comprehensive range of health care services to meet diverse community needs, including emergency care, acute care (including medical, surgical, obstetrical/gynecological, pediatric, cardiac and cancer care), outpatient services (including surgical, rehabilitation, wound and specialized orthopedic care), home health services and community services. The Hospital provides free care to those who are unable to pay, sponsors free cancer screenings, other health screenings, various support groups and educational programs, including public health education, wellness programs and the training of health professionals such as physicians, nurses and technicians. During the year ended September 30, 2016, the Hospital had 28,652 discharges and 210,368 outpatient days. The Hospital's emergency center is open 24 hours a day, every day of the year, and had 97,679 visits during the year. The Hospital's home care division helps people maintain independence at home. The visiting nurses coordinate the appropriate specialists, services and community resources for each patient. Our home care division provided over 186,922 home visits to patients in fiscal 2016.	Desc
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$0	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Grant	$0	TotalOtherProgSrvcGrantAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Revenue	$0	TotalOtherProgSrvcRevenueAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$401,764,472	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	Yes (1)	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	Yes (1)	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (1)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (1)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	Yes (1)	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	Yes (1)	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	Yes (1)	OperateHospitalInd
Audited Financial Stmt Att	Yes (1)	AuditedFinancialStmtAttInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	Yes (1)	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	Yes (1)	TaxExemptBondsInd
Invest Tax Exempt Bonds	0	InvestTaxExemptBondsInd
Escrow Account	0	EscrowAccountInd
On Behalf Of Issuer	0	OnBehalfOfIssuerInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	Yes (1)	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	Yes (1)	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	0	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	Yes (1)	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	Yes (1)	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	Yes (1)	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Transaction With Control Ent	0	TransactionWithControlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	403	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	4331	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	Yes (1)	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	Yes (1)	Form990TFiledInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	Yes (1)	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contri Discl	Yes (1)	QuidProQuoContriDisclInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	10	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	7	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	Yes (1)	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	Yes (1)	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	0	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	0	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	DC	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	FL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NH	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NJ	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Pamela Whelton EVP CFO Treasurer	PersonNm
Phone	7816248626	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	55 Fogg Road	AddressLine1Txt
City	South Weymouth	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	02190	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (23 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	OfficerOfficerInd	Key EmployeeKeyEmployeeInd	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd	Former Ofcr Director TrusteeFormerOfcrDirectorTrusteeInd
John Walsh MD
Director, President Medical Staff	40	2	Yes (X)	$80,000	$316,586	$26,378
Sherry Penney
Director	1	0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Kenneth Kirkland
Immediate Past Chair	1	1	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Lisa Walsh
Director	1	0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
John Maguire
Director	1	0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Chris Oddleifson
Chairman	1	1	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Pamela O'Leary
Director	1	0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Thomas McCarthy
Vice Chairman	1	0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Richard Aubut
CEO through 11/2/15	40	5	Yes (X)	$2,404,788	$0	$394,529	Yes (X)
Matthew Weiss MD
SSPAE Director	1	46	Yes (X)	$0	$657,310	$115,425
Gene Green MD
SSH President and SSHS President & CEO	40	9	Yes (X)	$139,029	$0	$335,822	Yes (X)
Joseph Cahill
SSH President & COO through 7/15/16	40	8		$731,933	$0	$1,256,836	Yes (X)
Margaret Holda
Clerk	40	4		$328,354	$0	$74,483	Yes (X)
Pamela Whelton
EVP, CFO & Treasurer	40	11		$504,757	$0	$82,405	Yes (X)
Rose Dipietro
President Home & Community Care	40	1		$442,667	$0	$88,571		Yes (X)
Timothy Quigley
VP Acute Care Operations and CNO	45	0		$407,159	$0	$77,605		Yes (X)
John Stevenson MD
Vice President, Chief Medical Officer	40	9		$584,695	$0	$118,142		Yes (X)
Kimberly Dever MD
Chief, OB and GYN	45	0		$685,740	$5,624	$82,941			Yes (X)
Frederick Millham MD
Chief of Surgery	45	0		$697,743	$0	$51,520			Yes (X)
E Delroy Dixon
SVP, Chief Information Officer thru 7/15/16	45	0		$386,895	$0	$738,452			Yes (X)
Richard Mirel MD
Chief of Medicine	42	2		$601,279	$0	$287,787			Yes (X)
Robert Wheeler
SVP Human Resources	42	2		$376,926	$0	$695,572			Yes (X)
Michael Cullen
SVP, CFO & Treasurer thru 1/8/15	0	0		$601,083	$0	$67,059				Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$8,973,048	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$979,520	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$4,493,527	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	613	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	Yes (1)	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (1)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (5 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
Brigham Women's Physician Organization
PO Box 3684	Boston	MA	022413684	Physician Services	$3,246,768
Specialized Receivables
PO Box 12414	Newark	NJ	071013514	Billing/Collection	$1,371,447
Brigham & Women's Hospital
PO Box 6240	Boston	MA	02114	Physician Services	$1,174,003
Audit Billing Center Inc
29 Winter Street	Pembroke	MA	02359	Billing/Collection	$949,750
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated
5763 Collections Drive	Chicago	IL	606930057	Lab Services	$756,019

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	62	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Federated Campaigns	$0	FederatedCampaignsAmt
Membership Dues	$0	MembershipDuesAmt
Fundraising	$826,272	FundraisingAmt
Related Organizations	$0	RelatedOrganizationsAmt
Government Grants	$211,643	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$4,453,050	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$346,201	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$5,490,965	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (5 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt	Unrelated Business RevenueUnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt	ExclusionExclusionAmt
Net Patient Service Revenue	622000	$545,149,240	$545,149,240	$0	$0
Ambulatory Cancer Center	621000	$15,316,413	$15,316,413	$0	$0
Rental Income - Affiliates	531390	$231,250	$231,250	$0	$0
Outpatient Rehab	621400	$188,068	$188,068	$0	$0
Miscellaneous Clinics	621990	$163,158	$163,158	$0	$0

Total Oth Program Service Rev TotalOthProgramServiceRevGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$278,915	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$278,915	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$561,327,044	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,196,368	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$1,196,368	ExclusionAmt

Incm From Invest Bond Proceeds IncmFromInvestBondProceedsGrp

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

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

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

Gross Rents GrossRentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$1,279,725	RealAmt
Personal	$0	PersonalAmt

Less Rental Expenses LessRentalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$1,121,423	RealAmt
Personal	$0	PersonalAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$158,302	RealAmt
Personal	$0	PersonalAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$158,302	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$158,302	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	-$1,810,166	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$98,929	OtherAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$0	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$107,016	OtherAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	-$1,810,166	SecuritiesAmt
Other	-$8,087	OtherAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$1,818,253	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	-$1,818,253	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$559,046	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$826,272	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$559,046	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gaming Gross Income	$21,037	GamingGrossIncomeAmt
Gaming Direct Expenses	$1,147	GamingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$19,890	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$19,890	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt	Unrelated Business RevenueUnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt	ExclusionExclusionAmt
Food Service Sales	722212	$3,960,278	$0	$0	$3,960,278
Shields Imaging Income	621000	$1,374,155	$0	$0	$1,374,155
Gift Shop/Cancer Center Boutique	900099	$387,446	$37,190	$0	$350,256

Miscellaneous Revenue MiscellaneousRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,417,015	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$498,078	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$666,906	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$252,031	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$7,138,894	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$573,513,210	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$561,862,312	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$686,796	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$5,473,137	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

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

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$14,500	TotalAmt
Program Services	$14,500	ProgramServicesAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,758,358	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,423,155	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$335,203	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,784,125	TotalAmt
Management And General	$2,784,125	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$260,666,040	TotalAmt
Program Services	$179,479,551	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$79,350,278	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,836,211	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$21,154,651	TotalAmt
Program Services	$14,429,904	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$6,724,747	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$31,763,412	TotalAmt
Program Services	$21,559,742	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$10,203,670	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$19,500,721	TotalAmt
Program Services	$13,301,734	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$6,198,987	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$481,768	TotalAmt
Management And General	$481,768	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$753,889	TotalAmt
Management And General	$753,889	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$394,091	TotalAmt
Management And General	$394,091	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$70,345	TotalAmt
Management And General	$70,345	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$23,675,137	TotalAmt
Program Services	$11,291,764	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$12,262,871	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$120,502	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,047,812	TotalAmt
Management And General	$1,046,538	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,274	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$75,900,140	TotalAmt
Program Services	$72,771,379	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,086,200	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$42,561	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,528,943	TotalAmt
Management And General	$6,528,943	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

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

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,550,793	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,285,555	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,265,238	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,024,597	TotalAmt
Program Services	$780,773	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$230,616	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$13,208	FundraisingAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$339,209	TotalAmt
Program Services	$19,486	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$317,994	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,729	FundraisingAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,257,316	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,380,121	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,877,195	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$19,875,231	TotalAmt
Program Services	$13,912,662	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,962,569	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,060,187	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,114,160	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$946,027	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
Physician Services	$41,961,226	$41,961,226	$0	$0
Equipment Maintenance Contracts	$6,860,950	$3,266,567	$3,594,383	$0
Leases	$4,412,164	$4,203,696	$208,468	$0
Gross Pool Assessment	$3,936,998	$3,936,998	$0	$0

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$12,974,406	TotalAmt
Program Services	$8,631,499	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,816,647	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$526,260	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$553,747,009	TotalAmt
Program Services	$401,764,472	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$149,440,792	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,541,745	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$66,085,321	BOYAmt
EOY	$11,763,330	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$60,438,370	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,842,753	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,335,562	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$64,458,302	BOYAmt
EOY	$72,520,689	EOYAmt

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$225,000	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,095,503	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,102,319	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,335,202	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,335,574	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$468,584,681	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$274,256,691	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$162,657,936	BOYAmt
EOY	$194,327,990	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$184,856,614	BOYAmt
EOY	$297,599,505	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,871,600	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,892,356	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$22,297,996	BOYAmt
EOY	$21,466,653	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$520,501,227	BOYAmt
EOY	$680,007,348	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$62,004,632	BOYAmt
EOY	$71,653,926	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,530,773	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,112,225	EOYAmt

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$111,978,029	BOYAmt
EOY	$222,746,033	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$118,637,904	BOYAmt
EOY	$124,019,403	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$294,151,338	BOYAmt
EOY	$420,531,587	EOYAmt

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$215,737,691	BOYAmt
EOY	$246,677,645	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$9,254,040	BOYAmt
EOY	$11,414,958	EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,358,158	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,383,158	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$226,349,889	BOYAmt
EOY	$259,475,761	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$520,501,227	BOYAmt
EOY	$680,007,348	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$19,766,201	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$10,726,936	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$0	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Investment Expense	$0	InvestmentExpenseAmt
Prior Period Adjustments	$0	PriorPeriodAdjustmentsAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$2,632,735	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part XII	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIIInd
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Consol And Sep Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	ConsolAndSepBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	0	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

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

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Volunteers	0	VolunteersInd
Paid Staff Or Management	0	PaidStaffOrManagementInd
Media Advertisements	0	MediaAdvertisementsInd
Mailings Members	0	MailingsMembersInd
Publications Or Broadcast	0	PublicationsOrBroadcastInd
Grants Other Organizations	0	GrantsOtherOrganizationsInd
Direct Contact Legislators	Yes (1)	DirectContactLegislatorsInd
Direct Contact Legislators	$1,122	DirectContactLegislatorsAmt
Rallies Demonstrations	0	RalliesDemonstrationsInd
Other Activities	Yes (1)	OtherActivitiesInd
Other Activities	$70,345	OtherActivitiesAmt
Total Lobbying Expenditures	$71,467	TotalLobbyingExpendituresAmt
Not Described Section501c3	0	NotDescribedSection501c3Ind

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Schedule C, Part II-B, Line 1	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Item g: Amount represents the portion of salary and related business expenses for the employee who engaged in lobbying activities on behalf of South Shore Hospital. Item i: Amount represents a percentage of the Hospital's annual apportionment of MHA/AHA dues attributable to lobbying expenses. For the year ended September 30, 2016, it was determined that 32.43% of dues was used for lobbying purposes.South Shore Hospital advocates for public policy that positively impacts the health and well-being of the communities we serve. The Hospital works with local, state and federal officials to advance initiatives that will enhance public safety, improve access to health services, assure appropriate health care reimbursements and stimulate economic development. We partner with state and national health care associations to develop and improve government-funded programs. We welcome elected and non-elected officials to visit our hospital to discuss health care policy issues affecting our region, the Commonwealth and the nation.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$10,612,198	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$4,890,558	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$189,932	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	$0	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Other Expenditures	$2,386,792	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$507,780	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$12,798,116	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$10,698,272	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$3,096,501	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$51,363	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	$0	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Other Expenditures	$2,753,182	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$378,030	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$10,612,198	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$12,105,141	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$3,593,941	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$209,640	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	$0	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Other Expenditures	$4,841,905	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$368,545	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$10,698,272	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$16,660,514	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	-$549,950	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$213,862	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	$0	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Other Expenditures	$3,837,515	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$381,770	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$12,105,141	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$14,377,293	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$9,263,114	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$291,483	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	$0	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Other Expenditures	$6,836,541	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$434,835	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$16,660,514	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	0	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	0.11	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY	0.89	TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	Yes (1)	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	0	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	$0	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$5,614,677	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$5,614,677	BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	$0	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$207,858,483	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$114,253,038	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$93,605,445	BookValueAmt

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	$0	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$15,226,045	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$5,769,645	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$9,456,400	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	$0	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$179,078,274	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$145,535,163	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$33,543,111	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	$0	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$60,807,202	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$8,698,845	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$52,108,357	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$194,327,990	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Federal Income Tax Liability	$0	FederalIncomeTaxLiabilityAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (14 entries)

DescDesc	AmtAmt
Due to 3rd Party Payors	$43,029,117
Accrued Pension	$32,356,475
Loss on Swaps	$13,363,964
Capital Leases	$13,017,307
Malpractice Payable	$7,252,015
Accrued Workers Compensation	$6,717,581
Executive and Physician Benefits Payable	$2,654,624
Community Health Initiatives	$1,963,440
Due to Affiliates	$1,640,724
Accrued Separation	$1,131,932
Post Retirement Benefits	$396,219
Fin 47 Liability	$264,941
Other Long Term Liability	$226,287
Security Deposits	$4,777

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$124,019,403	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$572,296,581	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$0	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$0	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Recoveries Prior Year Grants	$0	RecoveriesPriorYearGrantsAmt
Other Revenue	$2,612,505	OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$2,612,505	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$569,684,076	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld	$0	InvestmentExpensesNotIncldAmt
Other Revenues Not Included	$3,829,134	OtherRevenuesNotIncludedAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$3,829,134	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$573,513,210	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$555,218,234	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts	$0	DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Prior Year Adjustments	$0	PriorYearAdjustmentsAmt
Losses Reported	$0	LossesReportedAmt
Other Expenses Included	$1,471,225	OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$1,471,225	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$553,747,009	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld2	$0	InvestmentExpensesNotIncld2Amt
Other Expenses Not Included	$0	OtherExpensesNotIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$0	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$553,747,009	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Schedule D, Part V, Line 4	The Hospital maintains its endowment funds to further its charitable purposes and those of its affiliates. In prior years endowment funds have been used to expand and maintain the Hospital's infrastructure, purchase state-of-the-art medical equipment and provide health and wellness services to the community.
Schedule D, Part X, Line 2	The Hospital follows the provisions of FASB ASC 740, Income Taxes, relating to accounting for uncertainty in income taxes. ASC 740 clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an entity's financial statements. It prescribes an uncertainty threshold and measurement attributes for financial statement disclosure of tax positions taken or expected to be taken on a tax return.
Schedule D, Part XI, Line 2d	Net assets released from restrictions; $2,612,505.
Schedule D, Part XI, Line 4b	Contributions; $5,300,359, Loss on interest rate swaps; Cost of goods sold - shops; -$348,655, rental expense; -$1,121,423, gaming licenses and taxes; -$1,147.
Schedule D, Part XII, Line 2d	Cost of goods sold - shops; $348,655, rental expense; $1,121,423, gaming licenses and taxes; $1,147.

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	Moonlight & Miracles	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$483,083	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1	$184,887	CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$298,196	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Cash Prizes Event1	$0	CashPrizesEvent1Amt
Non Cash Prizes Event1	$0	NonCashPrizesEvent1Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event1	$80,170	RentFacilityCostsEvent1Amt
Food And Beverage Event1	$93,742	FoodAndBeverageEvent1Amt
Entertainment Event1	$22,080	EntertainmentEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$102,204	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Event2	Luminaria	Event2Nm
Gross Receipts Event2	$241,794	GrossReceiptsEvent2Amt
Charitable Contri Event2	$157,900	CharitableContriEvent2Amt
Gross Revenue Event2	$83,894	GrossRevenueEvent2Amt
Cash Prizes Event2	$0	CashPrizesEvent2Amt
Non Cash Prizes Event2	$0	NonCashPrizesEvent2Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event2	$3,643	RentFacilityCostsEvent2Amt
Food And Beverage Event2	$44,648	FoodAndBeverageEvent2Amt
Entertainment Event2	$0	EntertainmentEvent2Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event2	$35,603	OtherDirectExpensesEvent2Amt
Other Events Total	7	OtherEventsTotalCnt
Gross Receipts Other Events	$660,441	GrossReceiptsOtherEventsAmt
Charitable Contri Other Events	$483,485	CharitableContriOtherEventsAmt
Gross Revenue Other Events	$176,956	GrossRevenueOtherEventsAmt
Cash Prizes Other Events	$0	CashPrizesOtherEventsAmt
Non Cash Prizes Other Events	$0	NonCashPrizesOtherEventsAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Other Events	$55,167	RentFcltyCostsOtherEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Other Events	$44,376	FoodAndBeverageOtherEventsAmt
Entertainment Other Events	$14,045	EntertainmentOtherEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Other Events	$63,368	OthDirectExpnssOtherEventsAmt
Gross Receipts Total	$1,385,318	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$826,272	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$559,046	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Cash Prizes Total Events	$0	CashPrizesTotalEventsAmt
Non Cash Prizes Total Events	$0	NonCashPrizesTotalEventsAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Total Events	$138,980	RentFcltyCostsTotalEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Total Events	$182,766	FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt
Entertainment Total Events	$36,125	EntertainmentTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$201,175	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$559,046	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	$0	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Gaming Information GamingInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Revenue Other Gaming	$21,037	GrossRevenueOtherGamingAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Other Gaming	$1,147	OthDirectExpnssOtherGamingAmt
Volunteer Labor Other Gaming	Yes (1)	VolunteerLaborOtherGamingInd
Volunteer Labor Other Gaming	1	VolunteerLaborOtherGamingPct
Gross Revenue Total Gaming	$21,037	GrossRevenueTotalGamingAmt
Cash Prizes Total Gaming	$0	CashPrizesTotalGamingAmt
Non Cash Prizes Total Gaming	$0	NonCashPrizesTotalGamingAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Total Gaming	$0	RentFcltyCostsTotalGamingAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Gaming	$1,147	OthDirectExpnssTotalGamingAmt
Direct Expense Summary Gaming	$1,147	DirectExpenseSummaryGamingAmt
Net Gaming Income Summary	$19,890	NetGamingIncomeSummaryAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
States Where Gaming Conducted	MA	StatesWhereGamingConductedCd
Licensed	0	LicensedInd
Explanation If No	The Hospital obtains permits for each town it holds raffles in, in accordance with Massachusetts state law.	ExplanationIfNoTxt
License Suspended Etc	0	LicenseSuspendedEtcInd
Gaming With Nonmembers	Yes (1)	GamingWithNonmembersInd
Member Of Other Entity	0	MemberOfOtherEntityInd
Gaming Own Facility	0.5	GamingOwnFacilityPct
Gaming Other Facility	0.5	GamingOtherFacilityPct
Individual With Books	Chris O'Connor SVP Philanthropy	IndividualWithBooksNm

Persons With Books US Address PersonsWithBooksUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	30 Reservoir Park Drive	AddressLine1Txt
City	Rockland	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	02370	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct With3rd Prty For Game Rev	0	CntrctWith3rdPrtyForGameRevInd
Gaming Manager Person	Christopher O'Connor	GamingManagerPersonNm
Gaming Manager Compensation	$0	GamingManagerCompensationAmt
Gaming Manager Services Prov	See Part IV	GamingManagerServicesProvTxt
Gaming Manager Is Director Ofcr	Yes (X)	GamingManagerIsDirectorOfcrInd
Charitable Distribution Rqr	0	CharitableDistributionRqrInd
Distributed	$0	DistributedAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Schedule G, Part III, Line 16	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Christopher O'Connor is the SVP, Philanthropy of South Shore Health System Foundation, a department of South Shore Hospital. The SSHS Foundation oversees all gaming and fundraising activity.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule H IRS990ScheduleH

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Financial Assistance Policy	Yes (1)	FinancialAssistancePolicyInd
Written Policy	Yes (1)	WrittenPolicyInd
FPG Reference Free Care	Yes (1)	FPGReferenceFreeCareInd
Percent200	Yes (X)	Percent200Ind
FPG Reference Discounted Care	Yes (1)	FPGReferenceDiscountedCareInd
Percent300	Yes (X)	Percent300Ind
Free Care Medically Indigent	Yes (1)	FreeCareMedicallyIndigentInd
Financial Assistance Budget	Yes (1)	FinancialAssistanceBudgetInd
Expenses Exceed Budget	Yes (1)	ExpensesExceedBudgetInd
Unable To Provide Care	0	UnableToProvideCareInd
Annual Community Bnft Report	Yes (1)	AnnualCommunityBnftReportInd
Report Publically Available	Yes (1)	ReportPublicallyAvailableInd

Financial Assistance At Cost Typ FinancialAssistanceAtCostTyp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Community Benefit Expns	$2,167,855	TotalCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Direct Offsetting Revenue	$46,000	DirectOffsettingRevenueAmt
Net Community Benefit Expns	$2,121,855	NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Total Expense	0.0038	TotalExpensePct

Unreimbursed Medicaid UnreimbursedMedicaidGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Community Benefit Expns	$61,263,261	TotalCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Direct Offsetting Revenue	$53,516,323	DirectOffsettingRevenueAmt
Net Community Benefit Expns	$7,746,938	NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Total Expense	0.014	TotalExpensePct

Unreimbursed Costs UnreimbursedCostsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Community Benefit Expns	$3,169,957	TotalCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Direct Offsetting Revenue	$0	DirectOffsettingRevenueAmt
Net Community Benefit Expns	$3,169,957	NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Total Expense	0.0057	TotalExpensePct

Total Financial Assistance Typ TotalFinancialAssistanceTyp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Activities Or Programs	0	ActivitiesOrProgramsCnt
Persons Served	0	PersonsServedCnt
Total Community Benefit Expns	$66,601,073	TotalCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Direct Offsetting Revenue	$53,562,323	DirectOffsettingRevenueAmt
Net Community Benefit Expns	$13,038,750	NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Total Expense	0.0235	TotalExpensePct

Community Health Services CommunityHealthServicesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Community Benefit Expns	$3,419,306	TotalCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Direct Offsetting Revenue	$150	DirectOffsettingRevenueAmt
Net Community Benefit Expns	$3,416,156	NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Total Expense	0.0062	TotalExpensePct

Health Professions Education HealthProfessionsEducationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Community Benefit Expns	$721,141	TotalCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Direct Offsetting Revenue	$0	DirectOffsettingRevenueAmt
Net Community Benefit Expns	$721,141	NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Total Expense	0.0013	TotalExpensePct

Subsidized Health Services SubsidizedHealthServicesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Community Benefit Expns	$87,165,007	TotalCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Direct Offsetting Revenue	$76,708,528	DirectOffsettingRevenueAmt
Net Community Benefit Expns	$10,456,479	NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Total Expense	0.0189	TotalExpensePct

Research ResearchGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Community Benefit Expns	$275,820	TotalCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Direct Offsetting Revenue	$96,449	DirectOffsettingRevenueAmt
Net Community Benefit Expns	$179,371	NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Total Expense	0.0003	TotalExpensePct

Total Other Benefits TotalOtherBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Activities Or Programs	0	ActivitiesOrProgramsCnt
Persons Served	0	PersonsServedCnt
Total Community Benefit Expns	$91,581,274	TotalCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Direct Offsetting Revenue	$76,805,127	DirectOffsettingRevenueAmt
Net Community Benefit Expns	$14,773,147	NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Total Expense	0.0267	TotalExpensePct

Total Community Benefits TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Activities Or Programs	0	ActivitiesOrProgramsCnt
Persons Served	0	PersonsServedCnt
Total Community Benefit Expns	$158,182,347	TotalCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Direct Offsetting Revenue	$130,367,450	DirectOffsettingRevenueAmt
Net Community Benefit Expns	$27,811,897	NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Total Expense	0.0502	TotalExpensePct

Community Support CommunitySupportGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Community Benefit Expns	$844,524	TotalCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Direct Offsetting Revenue	$0	DirectOffsettingRevenueAmt
Net Community Benefit Expns	$844,524	NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Total Expense	0.0016	TotalExpensePct

Coalition Building CoalitionBuildingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Community Benefit Expns	$136,579	TotalCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Direct Offsetting Revenue	$0	DirectOffsettingRevenueAmt
Net Community Benefit Expns	$136,579	NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Total Expense	0.0002	TotalExpensePct

Health Improvement Advocacy HealthImprovementAdvocacyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Community Benefit Expns	$62,472	TotalCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Direct Offsetting Revenue	$0	DirectOffsettingRevenueAmt
Net Community Benefit Expns	$62,472	NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Total Expense	0.0001	TotalExpensePct

Workforce Development WorkforceDevelopmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Community Benefit Expns	$492,154	TotalCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Direct Offsetting Revenue	$16,668	DirectOffsettingRevenueAmt
Net Community Benefit Expns	$475,486	NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Total Expense	0.0008	TotalExpensePct

Other Communtity Building Acty OtherCommuntityBuildingActyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Community Benefit Expns	$554,052	TotalCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Direct Offsetting Revenue	$0	DirectOffsettingRevenueAmt
Net Community Benefit Expns	$554,052	NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Total Expense	0.001	TotalExpensePct

Total Communtity Building Acty TotalCommuntityBuildingActyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Activities Or Programs	0	ActivitiesOrProgramsCnt
Persons Served	0	PersonsServedCnt
Total Community Benefit Expns	$2,089,781	TotalCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Direct Offsetting Revenue	$16,668	DirectOffsettingRevenueAmt
Net Community Benefit Expns	$2,073,113	NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Total Expense	0.0037	TotalExpensePct

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Bad Debt Expense Reported	Yes (1)	BadDebtExpenseReportedInd
Bad Debt Expense	$13,128,624	BadDebtExpenseAmt
Bad Debt Expense Attributable	$0	BadDebtExpenseAttributableAmt
Reimbursed By Medicare	$152,654,570	ReimbursedByMedicareAmt
Cost Of Care Reimbursed By Medcr	$163,865,453	CostOfCareReimbursedByMedcrAmt
Medicare Surplus Or Shortfall	-$11,210,883	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 (1)	WrittenDebtCollectionPolicyInd
Financial Assistance Prvsn	Yes (1)	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	South Shore Hospital Inc	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	55 Fogg Road	AddressLine1Txt
City	South Weymouth	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	02190	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Website Address	southshorehospital.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
State License	License #2107	StateLicenseNum
Licensed Hospital	Yes (X)	LicensedHospitalInd
General Medical And Surgical	Yes (X)	GeneralMedicalAndSurgicalInd
Research Facility	Yes (X)	ResearchFacilityInd
Emergency Room24 Hrs	Yes (X)	EmergencyRoom24HrsInd
Other	See Part V, Section D. All non-hospital facilities are included in the Hospital's license.	OtherDesc

Hospital Fclty Policies Prctc HospitalFcltyPoliciesPrctcGrp

Hospital Facility Name HospitalFacilityName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	South Shore Hospital Inc	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Facility	1	FacilityNum
First Licensed CY Or PY	0	FirstLicensedCYOrPYInd
Tax Exempt Hospital CY Or PY	0	TaxExemptHospitalCYOrPYInd
CHNA Conducted	Yes (1)	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	15	CHNAConductedYr
Take Into Account Others Input	Yes (1)	TakeIntoAccountOthersInputInd
CHNA Conducted With Other Fclts	0	CHNAConductedWithOtherFcltsInd
CHNA Conducted With Non Fclts	Yes (1)	CHNAConductedWithNonFcltsInd
CHNA Report Widely Available	Yes (1)	CHNAReportWidelyAvailableInd
Rpt Available On Own Website	Yes (X)	RptAvailableOnOwnWebsiteInd
Own Website URL	http://www.southshorehospital.org/workfiles/About/Community_Health_Needs_Assessment_2016.pdf	OwnWebsiteURLTxt
Paper Copy Public Inspection	Yes (X)	PaperCopyPublicInspectionInd
Implementation Strategy Adopt	Yes (1)	ImplementationStrategyAdoptInd
Implementation Strategy Adpt	15	ImplementationStrategyAdptYr
Strategy Posted Website	Yes (1)	StrategyPostedWebsiteInd
Strategy Website URL	http://www.southshorehospital.org/workfiles/About/FY2016_Community_Benefits_Plan.pdf	StrategyWebsiteURLTxt
Strategy Attached	0	StrategyAttachedInd
Organization Incur Excise Tax	0	OrganizationIncurExciseTaxInd
Elig Criteria Explained	Yes (1)	EligCriteriaExplainedInd
FPG Family Incm Lmt Free Dscnt	Yes (X)	FPGFamilyIncmLmtFreeDscntInd
FPG Family Incm Lmt Free Care	200	FPGFamilyIncmLmtFreeCarePct
FPG Family Incm Lmt Dscnt Care	300	FPGFamilyIncmLmtDscntCarePct
Income Level Criteria	Yes (X)	IncomeLevelCriteriaInd
Asset Level Criteria	Yes (X)	AssetLevelCriteriaInd
Medical Indigency Criteria	Yes (X)	MedicalIndigencyCriteriaInd
Insurance Status Criteria	Yes (X)	InsuranceStatusCriteriaInd
Other Criteria	Yes (X)	OtherCriteriaInd
Explained Basis	Yes (1)	ExplainedBasisInd
App Financial Asst Expln	Yes (1)	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 (1)	IncludesPublicityMeasuresInd
FAP Available On Website	Yes (X)	FAPAvailableOnWebsiteInd
FAP Available On Website URL	http://www.southshorehospital.org/workfiles/Patients_and_Visitors/Credit_and_Collection_Policy.pdf	FAPAvailableOnWebsiteURLTxt
FAP Summary On Website	Yes (X)	FAPSummaryOnWebsiteInd
FAP Summary On Website URL	http://www.southshorehospital.org/workfiles/Patients_and_Visitors/financialassistancenotice.pdf	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
FAP Notice Displayed	Yes (X)	FAPNoticeDisplayedInd
Communtity Notified FAP	Yes (X)	CommuntityNotifiedFAPInd
Other Publicity	Yes (X)	OtherPublicityInd
FAP Actions On Nonpayment	Yes (1)	FAPActionsOnNonpaymentInd
Permit No Actions	Yes (X)	PermitNoActionsInd
Collection Activities	0	CollectionActivitiesInd
FAP Notified Upon Admission	Yes (X)	FAPNotifiedUponAdmissionInd
FAP Notified Before Discharge	Yes (X)	FAPNotifiedBeforeDischargeInd
FAP Notified All Patients	Yes (X)	FAPNotifiedAllPatientsInd
Documented Elig Determination	Yes (X)	DocumentedEligDeterminationInd
Other Actions Taken	Yes (X)	OtherActionsTakenInd
Nondis Emergency Care Policy	Yes (1)	NondisEmergencyCarePolicyInd
Medicare Rates	Yes (X)	MedicareRatesInd
Amounts Generally Billed	0	AmountsGenerallyBilledInd
Gross Charges	0	GrossChargesInd

Supplemental Information SupplementalInformationGrp (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Schedule H, Part V, Section B, Line 5-South Shore Hospital Inc	The Hospital developed its current Community Health Needs Assessment by holding a workgroup with representatives from the 34 communities it serves. The nineteen participants were drawn from a diverse cross-section of interested parties involved in our community and knowledgeable of our local health challenges and needs. The workgroup was comprised of individuals from the Health System and Hospital (including the Visiting Nurse Association) as well as individuals from the following groups/organizations: Bay State Community Services, CHNA 20 (Blue Hills Community Health Alliance), Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, GateHouse Media New England, Hingham Health Department, James M. Hurley Senior and Veterans Center, Manet Community Health Center, Marshfield Public School District, Office of Congressman Bill Keating, Quincy Asian Resources, Quincy Health Department, Scituate Council on Aging, South Shore Elder Services, South Shore YMCA, Weymouth Health Department, and Youth Health Connection. In addition to this workgroup, the Hospital regularly collects data through meetings with state and local leaders, health services providers, EMS, police and fire officials, business leaders, and others who have knowledge of southeastern Massachusetts' health needs.
Schedule H, Part V, Section B, Line 6b-South Shore Hospital Inc	South Shore Hospital collaborates with three Massachusetts Department of Public Health's Community Health Network Areas. We support and fund community health initiatives sponsored by the Blue Hills Community Health Alliance (CHNA 20), South Shore Community Partners in Prevention (CHNA 23) and Greater Brockton Community Health Network Area (CHNA 22).
Schedule H, Part V, Section B, Line 11-South Shore Hospital Inc	South Shore Hospital identified seventeen health and social issues through its ongoing data collection and the CHNA workgroup findings. Access to health services, behavioral health (including mental health and substance abuse) and cardiovascular care were identified as priority areas. The Hospital continues to address the need for access to health services by providing translation and courtesy shuttle services, and assisting any individual in our service area in obtaining health insurance. SSH plans to work with community leaders and CHNAs to develop programs to address ongoing obstacles contributing to lack of access to care. Behavioral health issues are significant in our service area with demand for mental health services exceeding the supply of providers. Substance abuse, frequently a co-morbid behavioral health condition, increases emergency room visits. Education around the topics of behavioral health and substance abuse was identified as critical in addressing these issues. SSH plans on expanding initiatives to address behavioral health problems by utilizing internal clinicians, supporting local police and fire departments to mitigate substance abuse and partnering with our communities and local groups to increase educational programs. SSH plans to reduce cardiovascular disease by educating people in the communities it serves about the importance of physical activity. We host free programs dedicated to the prevention and treatment of heart disease, stroke and peripheral vascular conditions. SSH will continue to offer rehabilitation services and is partnering with the South Shore YMCA to offer a cardiac rehabilitation maintenance exercise program for individuals with stable heart disease. The Hospital initiated and continues to support the South Shore Moves! Wellness Challenge to promote wellness and physical activity. Although oral health was identified as a health need during the assessment process, it will not be addressed due to a lack of clinical expertise at South Shore Hospital. The assessment identified dementia as a community health concern but, outside of programs aimed at vulnerable populations, SSH does not plan to offer specific programs at this time. Violence/safety is another area identified that the Hospital cannot fully address as it is beyond our scope as a healthcare provider.
Schedule H, Part V, Section B, Line 13h-South Shore Hospital Inc	Other factors used to determine amounts charged to patients are eligibility in Medicare/Medicaid programs or through the Commonwealth's Health Connector.
Schedule H, Part V, Section B, Line 16i-South Shore Hospital Inc	The Hospital's policy is attached to billing invoices. Additionally, the Hospital summarizes its policy throughout its facilities: in the emergency department and waiting rooms, the admissions office, financial counselors' office and the Business Office/Patient Accounting locations. Patients without insurance are directed to a financial counselor who will provide them with information about our financial assistance policy as well as resources available to them through MassHealth or the Commonwealth's Health Safety Net.
Schedule H, Part V, Section B, Line 20e-South Shore Hospital Inc	Individuals referred to South Shore Hospital may meet with a financial counselor to learn about our financial assistance policy as part of the pre-admission process. If the Hospital is unable to notify a patient of its financial assistance policy before or during the admission process, a financial counselor may meet with the patient during his hospital stay. Counselors assist uninsured individuals identified during the notification/eligibility process in applying for insurance through the Commonwealth of Massachusetts's Health Connector portal. Counselors work with underinsured, medically disabled individuals to find additional resources to help pay their medical bills.

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Facility	7	FacilityNum

Oth Hlth Care Fclts Not Hospital OthHlthCareFcltsNotHospitalGrp

Oth Hlth Care Fclts OthHlthCareFcltsGrp (7 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	FacilityFacilityTxt	Address Line2USAddress/AddressLine2Txt
Ambulatory Cancer Center
101 Columbian Street	South Weymouth	MA	02190	Breast care and multispecialty care center
Center for Orthopedics Spine and Sports Medicine
2 Pond Park Road	Hingham	MA	02043	Orthopedic rehabilitation and outpatient surgical satellite clinic
Center for Wound Healing
90 Libbey Industrial Parkway	South Weymouth	MA	02190	Wound care and hyperbaric medicine
Cohasset Radiology
233 Chief Justice Cushing Highway	Cohasset	MA	02025	Imaging services	Lower Level
Outpatient Services
780 Main Street	South Weymouth	MA	02190	Outpatient surgery center
Center for Physical Wellness
51 Performance Drive	Weymouth	MA	02189	Offers exercise, rehabilitation and physical conditioning programs	3rd Floor
Pre-surgery Evaluation
797 Main Street	South Weymouth	MA	02190	Pre-surgical testing and evaluation clinic	1st Floor

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (13 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Schedule H, Part I, Line 7	South Shore Hospital uses the cost to charge ratio for calculating amounts in the table for Line 7. The cost to charge ratio is total patient care costs divided by total patient care charges per Worksheet S-10, line 1 of the Medicare Cost Report. Bad debt is not included in any amounts reported in the table.
Schedule H, Part I, Line 7, Column f	The Hospital does not include bad debt in its Statement of Functional Expenses, Form 990, Part IX; not applicable.
Schedule H, Part II	Community building activities are undertaken to meet the needs of the residents of southeastern Massachusetts. The Hospital participates in outreach programs and meets with members of the communities it serves to assess health care needs. Translation services and programs such as the courtesy coach and MD access and referral line help reduce health disparities by providing access to care. South Shore Hospital's emergency preparedness, infection control, and clinical and medical workforce development programs ensure the needs of the community are met. The Hospital provides services such as pastoral care to patients and their families and programs for youth in our community.
Schedule H, Part III, Section A, Line 2	The Hospital analyzes accounts receivable by major insurance group and looks at the history of bad debt by payor. Bad debt is calculated on a percentage basis based on this historical analysis of uncollectable amounts and the percentage is applied to aged accounts receivable.
Schedule H, Part III, Section A, Line 4	Uncompensated care expense in the Statements of Operations and Changes in Net Assets represents the Hospital's payments to the statewide Health Safety Net (HSN), net of recoveries from HSN for reimbursable bad debts.
Schedule H, Part III, Section B, Line 8	South Shore Hospital provides a valuable community benefit by treating all individuals within the Hospital's service area regardless of ability to pay. One in 8 people in our area lives near or below the poverty level. These individuals would have to travel out of our area or possibly forgo medical treatment without the services the Hospital provides. The Hospital uses the Medicare 2552 report for costs. The Medicare shortfall incurred by SSH is viewed as lessening the burdens of government and therefore providing a valuable community benefit.
Schedule H, Part III, Section C, Line 9b	The Hospital does not bill the following categories of patients (except that the Hospital will bill patients for any applicable co-pays or deductibles required by a particular assistance program): patients enrolled in MassHealth, patients receiving governmental benefits under the Emergency Aid to the Elderly and Disabled Children program and in the Healthy Start Program. Also, participants in the Children's Medical Security Plan whose family income is equal to or less than 300% of the FPL are exempt from collection action. Low income patients, determined pursuant to 114.6 CMR 13.04(2), are exempt from collection action any eligible services, except for co-payments and deductibles that are not eligible services under 114.6 CMR 12.03(6)(b). Low income patients, determined pursuant to 114.6 CMR 12.03(3)(b), within 150.1-300% of the FPL are exempt from collection action for the portion of the provider bill that exceeds the deductible and may be billed for co-payments and deductibles as set forth in 114.6 CMR 13.04. SSH may bill low income patients for services other than eligible services provided at the request of the patient, and for which the patient has agreed to be responsible, if providers receive the patient's written consent to be billed for the services. The Hospital will not undertake collection action against an individual that has qualified for medical hardship with respect to the amount of the bill that exceeds the medical hardship contribution. SSH will not continue collection or billings on a patient who is a member of bankruptcy proceedings except to secure its rights as a creditor in the appropriate order. The Hospital may initiate billing for a patient who claims to be eligible for assistance programs but fails to provide proof of eligibility. Upon receipt of satisfactory proof of eligibility, the Hospital shall cease all collection activities. The Hospital, or its agents, will not charge interest on an overdue balance for a low income patient or for patients who are low income based on the Hospital's own internal financial assistance program.
Schedule H, Part VI, Line 2	The Hospital's most recent Community Health Needs Assessment was completed in March 2016. The CHNA was the culmination of SSH's efforts to understand the needs of the community it serves. In addition to the workgroup formed to assess and prioritize health needs, the Hospital continuously engages System clinicians and leaders, community service providers, members of state and local governments, EMS providers, police and fire officials and other interested parties in the collection and review of data. SSH tracks and studies trends in our patient population. We review community health data from the Department of Public Health's Massachusetts Community Health Information Profile (Mass CHIP) as well as information collected by the Massachusetts Hospital Association, Massachusetts Health Data Consortium, Federal Centers for Disease Control, the Kaiser Family Foundation and Sg2, a national health care information company.
Schedule H, Part VI, Line 3	South Shore Hospital prominently displays its financial assistance information in public areas throughout the Hospital. Information is provided to individuals during the intake process. The Hospital posts its credit and collection policy, in its entirety, on its website and copies are also available upon request. This document explains how individuals may be eligible for assistance under federal and state programs, as well as the Hospital's reduced fee and charity care policies. In addition, the Hospital's insurance counselors can explain various options and will help anyone who wants assistance with health insurance enrollment under the Commonwealth's Health Care Reform Law. Counselors are available to assist patients during the intake process and are also available to the public six days a week. In addition to helping patients understand eligibility for reduced or free care, counselors are available to assist individuals in our service area in obtaining health insurance, whether they are patients of the Hospital or not.
Schedule H, Part VI, Line 4	South Shore Hospital serves an area south of Boston with a population of approximately 725,000. The majority of patients identify themselves as Caucasian (94%), followed by Black/African American (1.8%), Other (1.8%) and Asian (.9%). After English, the next most common languages that patients reported speaking as a primary language are Portuguese, Spanish, Vietnamese and Arabic.
Schedule H, Part VI, Line 5	South Shore Hospital is committed to providing community building activities that promote the health and wellbeing of all the people in our area. The Hospital provides pastoral care to patients and their families. People living within the Hospital's service area may receive help in finding affordable health insurance and are assisted in finding medical care through our MD access and referral programs. The Hospital eliminates barriers to care by providing a courtesy coach to any patient needing transportation to or from its facilities. We have made a commitment to physician recruitment in specialties that meet community needs, now and in the future, and to providing our clinicians with continuing medical education. South Shore Hospital has invested in emergency preparedness training and equipment to serve the community in the event of a natural or man-made disaster. The Hospital makes its most recent Community Health Needs Assessment, Health Needs Assessment Implementation Strategy and Community Benefits Reports available on its website. For more information about South Shore Hospital's active role in meeting the needs of our community please visit http://www.southshorehospital.org/communitybenefits.
Schedule H, Part VI, Line 6	South Shore Hospital is part of an affiliated health care system. Under the control of its parent organization, South Shore Health System (SSHS), affiliates South Shore Hospital, South Shore Property, Health Provider Services Organization of the South Shore and Coastal Medical Associates (including its subsidiary corporation, South Shore Medical Center) coordinate the provision of health care services to the residents of Southeastern Massachusetts.
Schedule H, Part VI, Line 7	South Shore Hospital files its Community Benefits Report in Massachusetts.

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (1)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Grants Other Asst To Indiv In US GrantsOtherAsstToIndivInUSGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Type	Friends Scholarships for students pursuing health care degrees	GrantTypeTxt
Recipient	14	RecipientCnt
Cash Grant	$14,500	CashGrantAmt
Non Cash Assistance	$0	NonCashAssistanceAmt
Valuation Method Used	Cash	ValuationMethodUsedDesc
Non Cash Assistance	See Part IV	NonCashAssistanceDesc

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc

ExplanationExplanationTxt

Schedule I, Part I, Line 2

South Shore Hospital administers grants in accordance with grantor documents and maintains records to substantiate compliance. Grantees are required to provide evidence of meeting criteria established for various assistance grants or scholarships awarded by SSH.

Schedule I, Part III

The Friends of South Shore Health System, an auxiliary Hospital organization, offers several scholarships to students interested in furthering their education in health care and health care related fields. Interested, eligible applicants are encouraged to apply for these scholarships. The Nursing Scholarship is for a full-time or regular part-time employee of South Shore Hospital presently enrolled at an accredited school pursuing an BSN degree or higher. The Marion C. Martinsen Scholarship is for a high school senior or graduate from an accredited public, private or parochial school. The Volunteers and Families Scholarship is for an active volunteer, child or grandchild of an active South Shore Hospital or Home Care division volunteer. The Health Related Field Scholarship is for a full-time or regular part-time employee presently enrolled at an accredited school pursuing an associate degree, a bachelor's degree, or for technical accreditation in a health related field. The Terry Ries Nursing Education and Development Scholarship is for full-time or regular part-time employees who have been employed for at least a year and accepted into an accredited program to begin or advance their nursing career. The Ann Peters Memorial Scholarship is for a Scituate, Massachusetts resident pursuing a career in nursing. Fourteen scholarships totaling $14,500 were awarded in fiscal 2016. The Friends is a department of South Shore Hospital; funds and oversight of Friends scholarships come from the Hospital.

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Idemnification Gross Up Pmts	Yes (X)	IdemnificationGrossUpPmtsInd
Housing Allowance Or Residence	Yes (X)	HousingAllowanceOrResidenceInd
Written Policy Ref T And E Expnss	Yes (1)	WrittenPolicyRefTAndEExpnssInd
Substantiation Required	Yes (1)	SubstantiationRequiredInd
Severance Payment	Yes (1)	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	0	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	0	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	0	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	0	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	0	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	0	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	0	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	0	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (16 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Compensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt	Bonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmount	Bonus Related OrganizationsBonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Other Compensation Rltd OrgsOtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Deferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt	Deferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Rltd OrgsCompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt
Richard Aubut
CEO through 11/2/15	$1,642,327	$0	$361,696	$0	$400,765	$0	$375,195	$0	$19,934	$0	$2,799,917	$0	$61,696	$0
Joseph Cahill
SSH President & COO through 7/15/16	$541,599	$0	$49,605	$0	$140,728	$0	$1,230,386	$0	$26,451	$0	$1,988,769	$0	$49,605	$0
Pamela Whelton
EVP, CFO & Treasurer	$446,270	$0	$53,683	$0	$4,804	$0	$80,973	$0	$1,432	$0	$587,162	$0	$53,683	$0
Margaret Holda
Clerk	$292,455	$0	$33,783	$0	$2,117	$0	$54,419	$0	$20,064	$0	$402,838	$0	$33,783	$0
Rose Dipietro
President Home & Community Care	$381,139	$0	$43,582	$0	$17,946	$0	$78,259	$0	$10,032	$0	$530,958	$0	$43,582	$0
Timothy Quigley
VP Acute Care Operations and CNO	$345,187	$0	$35,743	$0	$26,229	$0	$56,931	$0	$20,674	$0	$484,764	$0	$35,743	$0
Matthew Weiss MD
SSPAE Director	$0	$486,850	$0	$0	$0	$170,460	$0	$88,974	$0	$26,451	$0	$772,735	$0	$0
John Stevenson MD
Vice President, Chief Medical Officer	$512,457	$0	$67,968	$0	$4,270	$0	$91,691	$0	$26,451	$0	$702,837	$0	$67,968	$0
Kimberly Dever MD
Chief, OB and GYN	$544,739	$0	$118,697	$0	$22,305	$5,624	$56,493	$0	$26,448	$0	$768,682	$5,624	$73,697	$0
Frederick Millham MD
Chief of Surgery	$648,930	$0	$45,200	$0	$3,613	$0	$50,088	$0	$1,432	$0	$749,263	$0	$0	$0
Michael Cullen
SVP, CFO & Treasurer thru 1/8/15	$31,435	$0	$17,777	$0	$551,871	$0	$49,213	$0	$17,846	$0	$668,142	$0	$12,577	$0
John Walsh MD
Director, President Medical Staff	$0	$315,791	$0	$0	$80,000	$795	$0	$10,810	$0	$15,567	$80,000	$342,963	$0	$0
Gene Green MD
SSH President and SSHS President & CEO	$119,225	$0	$0	$0	$19,804	$0	$332,717	$0	$3,105	$0	$474,851	$0	$0	$0
Richard Mirel MD
Chief of Medicine	$525,016	$0	$37,667	$0	$38,596	$0	$279,727	$0	$8,060	$0	$889,066	$0	$0	$0
E Delroy Dixon
SVP, Chief Information Officer thru 7/15/16	$326,929	$0	$37,889	$0	$22,077	$0	$712,002	$0	$26,450	$0	$1,125,347	$0	$37,889	$0
Robert Wheeler
SVP Human Resources	$321,735	$0	$39,951	$0	$15,240	$0	$675,509	$0	$20,064	$0	$1,072,499	$0	$39,951	$0

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Schedule J, Part I, Line 1a	Tax indemnification and gross-up payments are reported as income because the Hospital grosses up imputed income from split dollar policies and premiums for long-term disability coverage. Richard Aubut ($233,516), Joseph Cahill ($80,854) and Michael Cullen ($57,765) received gross-up payments in tax year 2015 related to imputed income. Gene Green was reimbursed $11,110 for temporary living expenses due to a relocation for his new position; this amount was grossed up ($6,581).
Schedule J, Part I, Line 3	The Hospital's parent company, South Shore Health System, has a Compensation Committee that makes compensation decisions for all System executives. The Compensation Committee meets periodically and engages an independent external compensation consulting firm to establish the compensation of the CEO and other key employees. The consulting firm develops and presents all materials including market trends, compensation studies and surveys, and adheres to best practices guidelines. The final recommendation for compensation changes is presented and approved by the entire independent community of the System's Board of Directors.
Schedule J, Part I, Line 4	The former SVP/CFO, Michael Cullen, received $421,778 in salary continuation payments in the year that ended December 31, 2015.

Schedule K IRS990ScheduleK

Tax Exempt Bonds Issues TaxExemptBondsIssuesGrp (2 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCd	Bond Issuer EINBondIssuerEIN	CUSIPCUSIPNum	Bond IssuedBondIssuedDt	Issue PriceIssuePriceAmt	PurposePurposeDesc	DefeasedDefeasedInd	On Behalf Of IssuerOnBehalfOfIssuerInd	Pool FinancingPoolFinancingInd
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency
A	043431814	000000000	2012-09-14	$78,330,000	See Part VI for complete description	0	0	0
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency
B	043431814	57584XNN7	2016-05-10	$155,229,109	See Part IV for complete description	0	0	0

Tax Exempt Bonds Proceeds TaxExemptBondsProceedsGrp (2 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCd	RetiredRetiredAmt	Bond DefeasedBondDefeasedAmt	Total ProceedsTotalProceedsAmt	In Reserve FundInReserveFundAmt	Capitalized InterestCapitalizedInterestAmt	Refunding EscrowRefundingEscrowAmt	Issuance Costs From ProceedsIssuanceCostsFromProceedsAmt	Credit EnhancementCreditEnhancementAmt	Working Capital ExpendituresWorkingCapitalExpendituresAmt	Capital ExpendituresCapitalExpendituresAmt	Other Spent ProceedsOtherSpentProceedsAmt	UnspentUnspentAmt	Current RefundingCurrentRefundingInd	Advance RefundingAdvanceRefundingInd	Final Allocation MadeFinalAllocationMadeInd	Adequate Books And Rec MaintAdequateBooksAndRecMaintInd
A	$12,360,833	$0	$78,330,000	$0	$0	$0	$739,129	$0	$0	$0	$77,590,871	$0	Yes (1)	0	Yes (1)	Yes (1)
B	$0	$0	$155,430,656	$1,949,369	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$21,364,151	$35,226,666	$85,074,168	Yes (1)	0	0	Yes (1)

Tax Exempt Bonds Private Bus Use TaxExemptBondsPrivateBusUseGrp (2 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCd	Owning Bond Financed PropertyOwningBondFinancedPropertyInd	Any Lease ArrangementsAnyLeaseArrangementsInd	Mgmt Contract Bond Fincd PropMgmtContractBondFincdPropInd	Engage Bond Counsel ContractsEngageBondCounselContractsInd	Any Research AgreementsAnyResearchAgreementsInd	Private Bus Use By OthersPrivateBusUseByOthersPct	Private Bus Concerning UBIPrivateBusConcerningUBIPct	Total Private Business UseTotalPrivateBusinessUsePct	Bond Iss Meet Prvt Sec Pymt TestBondIssMeetPrvtSecPymtTestInd	Change In Use Bond Financed PropChangeInUseBondFinancedPropInd	Procs Nonqualified Bond RemdtdProcsNonqualifiedBondRemdtdInd
A	0	0	Yes (1)	Yes (1)	0	0.022	0	0.022	0	0	Yes (1)
B	0	0	Yes (1)	Yes (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	Yes (1)

Tax Exempt Bonds Arbitrage TaxExemptBondsArbitrageGrp (2 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCd	Form8038 T FiledForm8038TFiledInd	Rebate Not Due YetRebateNotDueYetInd	Exception To RebateExceptionToRebateInd	No Rebate DueNoRebateDueInd	Variable Rate IssueVariableRateIssueInd	Hedge Identified In Bks And RecHedgeIdentifiedInBksAndRecInd	Term Of HedgeTermOfHedgePct	Superintegrated HedgeSuperintegratedHedgeInd	Hedge TerminatedHedgeTerminatedInd	Gross Proceeds Invested In GICGrossProceedsInvestedInGICInd	Gross Proceeds InvestedGrossProceedsInvestedInd	Written Proc To Monitor ReqsWrittenProcToMonitorReqsInd
Deutsche Bank
A	0	Yes (1)	0	0	Yes (1)	Yes (1)	20.0	0	0	0	0	Yes (1)
(no name)
B	0	Yes (1)	0	0	Yes (1)	0				0	0	Yes (1)

Procedures Corrective Action ProceduresCorrectiveActionGrp (2 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCd	Procedures Corrective ActionProceduresCorrectiveActionInd
A	Yes (1)
B	Yes (1)

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Schedule K, Part I, Column f-09/14/2012 78,330,000 Massachusetts Development Finance Agency	Series 2012 refunded bonds issued 02/28/08.
Schedule K, Part I, Column f-05/10/2016 155,229,109 Massachusetts Development Finance Agency	Series H will be used to construct a new critical care unit and renovate the existing critical care unit; Series I will be used to construct a new critical care unit, renovate the existing critical care unit and for other miscellaneous capital projects. The financing will also be used to upgrade the Hospital's electronic health record system and other system-wide technology updates.

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Loans Btwn Org Interested Prsn LoansBtwnOrgInterestedPrsnGrp (9 entries)

Relationship With OrgRelationshipWithOrgTxt	Loan PurposeLoanPurposeTxt	Loan From OrganizationLoanFromOrganizationInd	Original PrincipalOriginalPrincipalAmt	Balance DueBalanceDueAmt	DefaultDefaultInd	Board Or Committee ApprovalBoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd	Written AgreementWrittenAgreementInd
Gene E Green MD
President/CEO	Bridge Loan	Yes (X)	$225,000	$225,000	0	Yes (1)	Yes (1)
Richard Aubut
CEO through 11/2/15	Split dollar insurance policy	Yes (X)	$6,806,505	$6,806,505	0	Yes (1)	Yes (1)
Joseph Cahill
President thru 7/15/16	Split dollar insurance policy	Yes (X)	$2,286,239	$2,286,239	0	Yes (1)	Yes (1)
Michael Cullen
SVP, CFO through 1/15	Split dollar insurance policy	Yes (X)	$1,169,059	$1,169,059	0	Yes (1)	Yes (1)
Margaret Holda
Clerk and VP	Split dollar insurance policy	Yes (X)	$216,519	$216,519	0	Yes (1)	Yes (1)
Timothy Quigley
VP Nursing/CNO	Split dollar insurance policy	Yes (X)	$330,670	$330,670	0	Yes (1)	Yes (1)
John Stevenson MD
VP/CMO	Split dollar insurance policy	Yes (X)	$638,608	$638,608	0	Yes (1)	Yes (1)
Pamela Whelton
EVP/CFO	Split dollar life insurance policy	Yes (X)	$281,221	$281,221	0	Yes (1)	Yes (1)
Kimberly Dever MD
Chief of OB/GYN	Split dollar life insurance policy	Yes (X)	$208,120	$208,120	0	Yes (1)	Yes (1)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Balance Due	$12,161,941	TotalBalanceDueAmt

Bus Tr Involve Interested Prsn BusTrInvolveInterestedPrsnGrp (12 entries)

Relationship DescriptionRelationshipDescriptionTxt	TransactionTransactionAmt	TransactionTransactionDesc	Sharing Of RevenuesSharingOfRevenuesInd
Schedule B Line 1
Vendor	$254,920	Independent Contractor	0
Schedule B Line 45
Vendor	$202,271	Independent Contractor	0
Schedule B Line 67
Vendor	$225,937	Independent Contractor	0
Schedule B Line 96
Vendor	$2,004,583	Independent Contractor	0
Schedule B Line 118
Vendor	$391,323	Independent Contractor	0
Schedule B Line 164
Vendor	$105,269	Independent Contractor	0
Schedule B Line 167
Vendor	$154,167	Independent Contractor	0
Schedule B Line 169
Vendor	$769,395	Independent Contractor	0
Schedule B Line 187
Vendor	$2,311,205	Independent Contractor	0
Schedule B Line 201
Vendor	$1,978,859	Independent Contractor	0
Schedule B Line 203
Vendor	$546,580	Independent Contractor	0
Schedule B Line 205
Vendor	$359,381	Independent Contractor	0

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Books And Publications BooksAndPublicationsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$5,020	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	Donor Valuation	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	15	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$331,695	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	See Part II	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Food Inventory FoodInventoryGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	7	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$7,336	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	Donor Valuation	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Other Non Cash Contri Table OtherNonCashContriTableGrp (2 entries)

Non Cash CheckboxNonCashCheckboxInd	DescDesc	ContributionContributionCnt	Noncash Contributions Rpt F990NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt	Method Of Determining RevenuesMethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt
Yes (X)	Floral Arrangements	1	$600	Donor Valuation
Yes (X)	Furniture	1	$1,550	Donor Valuation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form8283 Received	13	Form8283ReceivedCnt
Any Property That Must Be Held	0	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	Yes (1)	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	Yes (1)	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Schedule M, Part I, Line 9	Fifteen donations of publicly traded securities were received from 10 donors in FY16. Valuations for stock transactions are sales price less commission.
Schedule M, Part I, Line 19	Seven donations of food were made for various fundraising events. Donor valuation was used.
Schedule M, Part I, Lines 25-28	One donation of floral centerpieces for use during a fundraising event was received in FY16. One donation of two custom designed wine cupboards was received in FY16. Donor valuations were used for both donations.
Schedule M, Part I, Line 32b	The Hospital liquidates contributions of publicly traded securities through a third party brokerage firm. Whenever possible, the brokerage firm sells stock donations on the next business day after receipt.

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (8 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2	Kenneth Kirkland and Thomas McCarthy have a business relationship. John Walsh and Lisa Walsh have a family relationship. In addition, many of the persons listed in Part VII have a "business relationship" with one another by virtue of sitting on boards of entities related to South Shore Hospital.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6	South Shore Health System, Inc. is the sole member of the organization.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b	The Hospital's Form 990 is prepared internally and reviewed by the tax practice of its independent auditors, Deloitte Tax LLP. The return is then reviewed by the CFO and CEO. The complete Form 990 is provided to the entire governing body prior to the filing deadline.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c	Employees and board members are required to sign a conflict of interest form annually. The forms are reviewed for conflicts or potential conflicts. Board members abstain from voting on matters that present a conflict of interest
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15	South Shore Health System (SSHS), an affiliate, has a Compensation Committee that determines South Shore Hospital executive compensation. The Compensation Committee meets periodically, is independent and consists solely of members who do not have a conflict of interest with regards to compensation matters. SSHS utilized an outside consultant to determine executive compensation for the incoming SSHS CEO, SSH President/COO, SSH CFO and SSPAE Chair. The consultant presented relevant data to the committee for review and approval for these individuals. All data presented, as well as compensation deliberations and votes, is documented in the Compensation Committee minutes. The board's review and approval process takes place annually for implementation at the start of the new fiscal year. Compensation decisions for all other Hospital employees, including key employees, are also made annually and are based on a review of comparable industry data, market conditions and research provided by outside consultants.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19	South Shore Hospital makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements available for inspection at the Corporation's office. Copies of these documents are available upon request. In addition, certain governing documents are also available through the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth's Corporations Division database.
Form 990, Part XI, Line 9	Pension-related adjustments; $2,657,735, Transfer to affiliate; -$25,000.
Form 990, Part XII, Line 2b	The Hospital's financial statements are presented on both a consolidated and separate basis. The audit of South Shore Health System and its subsidiaries is conducted by the independent accountant Deloitte & Touche LLP. The governing body of South Shore Health System, acting as an audit committee of the whole, assumes responsibility for oversight of the audit of its (parent and affiliate) financial statements ad selection of an independent auditor. In fiscal 2016, the audit of South Shore Hospital, Inc. was issued separately and consolidated by Deloitte & Touche LLP into the annual audit of South Shore Health System, Inc. (formerly South Shore Health and Educational Corporation) and Subsidiaries. The financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Related Tax Exempt Org IdRelatedTaxExemptOrgGrp (8 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	EINEIN	Primary ActivitiesPrimaryActivitiesTxt	Legal Domicile StateLegalDomicileStateCd	Exempt Code SectionExemptCodeSectionTxt	Public Charity StatusPublicCharityStatusTxt	Direct Controlling NADirectControllingNACd	Controlled OrganizationControlledOrganizationInd	Business Name Line1DirectControllingEntityName/BusinessNameLine1Txt	Business Name Line2DisregardedEntityName/BusinessNameLine2Txt
South Shore Health System Inc
55 Fogg Road	South Weymouth	MA	02190	042105926	Supports the charitable mission of South Shore Hospital and its affiliates	MA	501(c)(3)	11c, Type III	N/A	0
South Shore Property Inc
55 Fogg Road	South Weymouth	MA	02190	050398822	Develops and manages real property for South Shore Hospital and its affiliates	MA	501(c)(3)	11a, Type I		0	South Shore Health System Inc
Coastal Medical Associates Inc
55 Fogg Road	South Weymouth	MA	02190	043170333	Primary and specialized medical care	MA	501(c)(3)	3		0	South Shore Health System Inc	dba South Shore Physician Ambulatory Enterprise
MetroSouth Obstetrics & Gynecology Inc
55 Fogg Road	South Weymouth	MA	02190	330998957	Specialized medical care	MA	501(c)(3)	3		Yes (1)	South Shore Hospital
Atlantic Women's Health Inc
55 Fogg Road	South Weymouth	MA	02190	200156651	Specialized medical care	MA	501(c)(3)	3		Yes (1)	South Shore Hospital
Health Provider Services Organization of the South Shore Inc
55 Fogg Road	South Weymouth	MA	02190	452385865	Supports the charitable mission of SSH&E and affiliates	MA	501(c)(3)	11c, Type III		0	South Shore Health System Inc
Friends of South Shore Hospital Inc
55 Fogg Road	South Weymouth	MA	02190	042582248	Raises monies in support of South Shore Hospital and builds goodwill in the community	MA	501(c)(3)	11a, Type I		Yes (1)	South Shore Hospital
South Shore Medical Center Inc
143 Longwater Drive	Norwell	MA	02061	042297845	Primary and specialized medical care	MA	501(c)(3)	9		0	Coastal Medical Associates

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Annts Rnts Rylts	0	ReceiptOfIntAnntsRntsRyltsInd
Gift Grnt Or Cap Contri To Oth Org	0	GiftGrntOrCapContriToOthOrgInd
Gift Grnt Cap Contri From Oth Org	0	GiftGrntCapContriFromOthOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org	0	LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees From Oth Org	0	LoansOrGuaranteesFromOthOrgInd
Div Related Organization	0	DivRelatedOrganizationInd
Asset Sale To Other Org	0	AssetSaleToOtherOrgInd
Asset Purchase From Other Org	0	AssetPurchaseFromOtherOrgInd
Asset Exchange	0	AssetExchangeInd
Rental Of Facilities To Oth Org	Yes (1)	RentalOfFacilitiesToOthOrgInd
Rental Of Fclts From Oth Org	Yes (1)	RentalOfFcltsFromOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services For Oth Org	Yes (1)	PerformOfServicesForOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services By Other Org	0	PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgInd
Sharing Of Facilities	Yes (1)	SharingOfFacilitiesInd
Paid Employees Sharing	0	PaidEmployeesSharingInd
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org	Yes (1)	ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrgInd
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org	Yes (1)	ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrgInd
Transfer To Other Org	Yes (1)	TransferToOtherOrgInd
Transfer From Other Org	0	TransferFromOtherOrgInd