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            <State>ND</State>
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            <State>ND</State>
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        <Explanation>PART I, LINE 3C: HEART OF AMERICA MEDICAL CENTER USES A SLIDING FEE SCHEDULE BASED OF FPG. THERE IS 100% BENEFIT AT 100% FPG, 80% BENEFIT AT 125% FPG, 60% BENEFIT AT 150% FPG, 40% BENEFIT AT 175% FPG, 20% BENEFIT AT 200% FPG, AND 0% BENEFIT FOR THOSE GREATER THAN 200% FPG.</Explanation>
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        <Explanation>PART I, LINE 7: THE COSTING METHOD USE IS THE COST TO CHARGES RATIO.</Explanation>
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        <Explanation>PART I, LINE 7G: SUBSIDIZED HEALTH SERVICES INCLUDES CARDIAC REHAB, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, AND SPEECH THERAPY.</Explanation>
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        <Explanation>PART I, LINE 7, COLUMN (F): THE BAD DEBT EXPENSE INCLUDED ON FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 25, COLUMN (A), BUT SUBTRACTED FOR PURPOSES OF CALCULATING THE PERCENTAGE IN THIS COLUMN IS $ 877053.</Explanation>
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        <Explanation>PART II: NO SPECIFIC COMMUNITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES DURING YEAR ENDING MARCH 2013.</Explanation>
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        <Explanation>PART III, LINE 4: THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS DO NOT HAVE BAD DEBT EXPENSE FOOTNOTE. THIS IS THE PATIENT ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND CREDIT POLICY FOOTNOTE.PATIENT AND RESIDENT ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE ARE UNCOLLATERALIZED PATIENT OBLIGATIONS THAT ARE STATED AT THE AMOUNT MANAGEMENT EXPECTS TO COLLECT FROM OUTSTANDING BALANCES. THESE OBLIGATIONS ARE PRIMARILY FROM LOCAL RESIDENTS, MOST OF WHOM ARE INSURED UNDER THIRD- PARTY PAYER AGREEMENTS. THE ORGANIZATION BILLS THIRD-PARTY PAYERS ON THE PATIENTS' OR RESIDENTS' BEHALF, OR IF A PATIENT OR RESIDENT IS UNINSURED, THE PATIENT OR RESIDENT IS BILLED DIRECTLY. ONCE CLAIMS ARE SETTLED WITH THE PRIMARY PAYER, ANY SECONDARY INSURANCE IS BILLED, AND PATIENTS OR RESIDENTS ARE BILLED FOR COPAY AND DEDUCTIBLE AMOUNTS THAT ARE THE PATIENTS' OR RESIDENTS' RESPONSIBILITY. PAYMENTS ON PATIENT AND RESIDENT ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE ARE APPLIED TO THE SPECIFIC CLAIM IDENTIFIED ON THE REMITTANCE ADVICE OR STATEMENT.THE ORGANIZATION HAS A POLICY TO CHARGE INTEREST ON PAST-DUE ACCOUNTS WHERE THE PATIENT OR RESIDENT HAS NOT ENTERED INTO A PAYMENT PLAN OR HAS NOT MADE REQUIRED PAYMENTS UNDER SUCH PAYMENT PLAN.PATIENT AND RESIDENT ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE ARE RECORDED IN THE ACCOMPANYING CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS NET OF CONTRACTUAL ADJUSTMENTS AND ALLOWANCES FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS WHICH REFLECT MANAGEMENTS BEST ESTIMATE OF THE AMOUNTS THAT WONT BE COLLECTED. MANAGEMENT PROVIDES FOR CONTRACTUAL ADJUSTMENTS UNDER TERMS OF THIRD-PARTY REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENTS THROUGH A REDUCTION OF GROSS REVENUE AND A CREDIT TO PATIENT AND RESIDENT ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE. IN ADDITION, MANAGEMENT PROVIDES FOR PROBABLE UNCOLLECTIBLE AMOUNTS, PRIMARILY UNINSURED PATIENTS AND RESIDENTS AND AMOUNTS PATIENTS AND RESIDENTS ARE PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR, THROUGH A REDUCTION OF GROSS REVENUE AND A CREDIT TO A VALUATION ALLOWANCE.IN EVALUATING THE COLLECTABILITY OF PATIENT AND RESIDENT ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, THE ORGANIZATION ANALYZES PAST RESULTS AND IDENTIFIES TRENDS FOR EACH OF ITS MAJOR PAYER SOURCES OF REVENUE TO ESTIMATE THE APPROPRIATE ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS AND PROVISION FOR BAD DEBTS. MANAGEMENT REGULARLY REVIEWS DATA ABOUT THESE MAJOR PAYER SOURCES OF REVENUE IN EVALUATING THE SUFFICIENCY OF THE ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS. SPECIFICALLY, FOR RECEIVABLES ASSOCIATED WITH SERVICES PROVIDED TO PATIENTS AND RESIDENTS WHO HAVE THIRD-PARTY COVERAGE, THE ORGANIZATION ANALYZES CONTRACTUALLY DUE AMOUNTS AND PROVIDES AN ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS AND A PROVISION FOR BAD DEBTS FOR EXPECTED UNCOLLECTIBLE DEDUCTIBLES AND COPAYMENTS ON ACCOUNTS FOR WHICH THE THIRD-PARTY PAYER HAS NOT YET PAID, OR FOR PAYERS WHO ARE KNOWN TO BE HAVING FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES THAT MAKE THE REALIZATION OF AMOUNTS DUE UNLIKELY. FOR RECEIVABLES ASSOCIATED WITH SELF-PAY PATIENTS (WHICH INCLUDES BOTH PATIENTS AND RESIDENTS WITHOUT INSURANCE AND PATIENTS AND RESIDENTS WITH DEDUCTIBLE AND COPAYMENT BALANCES DUE FOR WHICH THIRD-PARTY COVERAGE EXISTS FOR PART OF THE BILL), THE ORGANIZATION RECORDS A SIGNIFICANT PROVISION FOR BAD DEBTS IN THE PERIOD OF SERVICE ON THE BASIS OF ITS PAST EXPERIENCE, WHICH INDICATES THAT MANY PATIENTS OR RESIDENTS ARE UNABLE OR UNWILLING TO PAY THE PORTION OF THEIR BILL FOR WHICH THEY ARE FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE STANDARD RATES (OR THE DISCOUNTED RATES IF NEGOTIATED) AND THE AMOUNTS ACTUALLY COLLECTED AFTER ALL REASONABLE COLLECTION EFFORTS HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTED IS CHARGED OFF AGAINST THE ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS.IN ESTIMATING THE AMOUNT OF OUR BAD DEBT EXPENSE ATTRIBUTABLE TO PATIENTS ELIGIBLE UNDER OUR CHARITY CARE POLICY, WE TOOK 2010 US CENSUS BUREAU POPULATION &amp; POVERTY LEVEL STATISTICS FOR THE AREA IN WHICH WE SERVE---PRIMARILY A FIVE COUNTY AREA. FROM THOSE STATISTICS WE DETERMINED APPROXIMATELY 22.8% OF OUR MARKET POPULATION ARE AT THE POVERTY LEVEL BASED ON THE FPG. EVEN THOUGH OUR CHARITY CARE GUIDELINES ARE BASED ON 200% OF THE FPG, WE CHOSE TO BE CONSERVATIVE AND USED THE ESTIMATED 22.8% AT THE POVERTY LEVEL AND APPLIED IT TO OUR BAD DEBT EXPENSE. OUR BAD DEBT CONSISTS OF THOSE UNABLE TO PAY, BUT ALSO THOSE WHO JUST ARE UNWILLING TO PAY.</Explanation>
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        <Explanation>PART III, LINE 8: MEDICARE REVENUE AND ALLOWABLE COSTS WERE OBTAINED FROM THE MEDICARE COST REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 2013.MEDICARE SHORTFALL IS THE RESULT OF THE HEALTHCARE SERVICES PROVIDED TO OUR PATIENTS WHICH ARE BEING REIMBURSED BY MEDICARE ON A FEE FOR SERVICE REIMBURSEMENT SUCH AS LABS, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, AND SOME THERAPIES, OR TO OUR MEDICARE SKILLED LTC RESIDENTS. THE SHORTFALL IS ALL RELATED TO PATIENTS OR RESIDENTS WHO ARE COVERED BY MEDICARE AND THEREFORE ARE ELDERLY WHICH IS CONSIDERED TO BE A CHARITABLE CLASS. WE PROVIDE THE SERVICE TO PROMOTE QUALITY HEALTHCARE TO OUR ELDERLY WHO WOULD HAVE TROUBLE GOING ELSEWHERE TO RECEIVE THE SERVICES, EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A SHORTFALL IN THE MEDICARE OVERALL PAYMENT. WE BELIEVE 100% OF THE SHORTFALL IS A COMMUNITY BENEFIT.</Explanation>
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        <Explanation>PART III, LINE 9B: OUR ACCOUNTS ARE WORKED EFFECTIVELY AND THOROUGHLY WITH SELF PAY STATEMENTS PRINTED MONTHLY ONCE INSURANCES HAVE MET THEIR OBLIGATIONS. THE GOAL IS TO OBTAIN PAYMENT IN FULL, ESTABLISH ACCEPTABLE PAYMENT ARRANGEMENTS, LOOK AT OTHER APPROPRIATE AGENCIES OR LOW INCOME PROGRAMS, OR OFFER THE CHARITY CARE PROGRAM IF NEEDED. IN THE COLLECTION PROCESS, THE BILL GUARANTOR IS REMINDED THEY MAY QUALIFY FOR OUR CHARITY CARE PROGRAM AND ARE GIVEN INFORMATION ON HOW TO APPLY. OUR CHARITY PROGRAM IS INCOME BASED, AND USES 200% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINES. IF THEY QUALIFY THE BILL IS WRITTEN OFF 100% TO CHARITY CARE. REFERRAL TO A COLLECTION AGENCY AND WRITE OFF OF BAD DEBT HAPPENS ONCE IT IS DETERMINED THAT THE PATIENT IS UNCOOPERATIVE WITH NON-PAYMENT, SKIP ACCOUNTS, OR IS UNWILLING TO APPLY FOR THE CHARITY CARE PROGRAM. AND THERE IS NO OTHER VALID REASON TO HOLD THE ACCOUNT FURTHER.</Explanation>
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        <Identifier>HEART OF AMERICA MEDICAL CENTER</Identifier>
        <Explanation>PART V, SECTION B, LINE 3: PERSONS INVITED TO ONE OF THE THREE FOCUS GROUPS INCLUDED OUR MAYOR, A RETIRED SHERIFF FROM THE COMMUNITY, RETIRED NURSES AND BUSINESS OWNERS, EXISTING BUSINESS OWNERS, BOTH RETIRED AND CURRENT TEACHERS, AND MOTHERS OF SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN. A SURVEY WAS SENT OUT TO ALL HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS IN OUR COMMUNITY, INCLUDING THOSE EMPLOYED AT OUR HOSPITAL OR CLINICS, THE EYE CLINIC, AND DENTAL CLINIC. IT WAS INPUT FROM ALL OF THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT CREATED THE COMMUNITY WIDE SURVEY MAILED TO EVERY HOUSEHOLD.</Explanation>
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        <Identifier>HEART OF AMERICA MEDICAL CENTER</Identifier>
        <Explanation>PART V, SECTION B, LINE 5C: THE CHNA AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY IS AVAILABLE ON THE ORGANIZATION'S WEBSITE:HTTP://WWW.HAMC.COM/UPLOADS/RESOURCES/141/CHNA-HAMC-2013-(2).PDF</Explanation>
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        <Explanation>PART V, SECTION B, LINE 7: ONE NEED IDENTIFIED WAS THE NEED FOR INTERNAL MEDICINE SPECIALISTS. THE ORGANIZATION HAD TWO INTERNAL MEDICINE SPECIALISTS LINED UP TO BE EMPLOYED AT THE FACILITY IN THE FALL OF 2013. HOWEVER, UNEXPECTED CIRCUMSTANCES CAUSED THESE DOCTORS TO NOT FOLLOW THROUGH. THE ORGANIZATION DOES HAVE AN INTERIM IM PHYSICIAN AT OUR FACILITY FOR THE NEXT THREE MONTHS WITH HOPES THAT HE WILL BECOME A LONG-TERM ADDITION TO THE ORGANIZATION'S STAFF.</Explanation>
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        <Explanation>PART V, SECTION B, LINE 11: HEART OF AMERICA MEDICAL CENTER USES A SLIDING FEE SCHEDULE BASED OF FPG. THERE IS 100% BENEFIT AT 100% FPG, 80% BENEFIT AT 125% FPG, 60% BENEFIT AT 150% FPG, 40% BENEFIT AT 175% FPG, 20% BENEFIT AT 200% FPG, AND 0% BENEFIT FOR THOSE GREATER THAN 200% FPG.</Explanation>
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        <Explanation>PART VI, LINE 2: HEART OF AMERICA MEDICAL CENTER SERVES A SMALLER COMMUNITY WHERE PROVIDERS KNOW THEIR PATIENTS AND THE GSHA BOARD OF DIRECTORS LIVE IN AND ARE MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 2013 NEEDS WERE ASSESSED THROUGH A COMMUNITY HEALTH FORUM HELD BY FORUM FACILITATOR, BRAD GIBBENS, MPA FROM THE ND RURAL HOSPITAL FLEXIBILITY PROGRAM. IN MAY 2011, BRAD GIBBENS CREATED A FINAL REPORT BASED ON THE FORUM DISCUSSION AND SURVEYS. IN THE FALL OF 2012, FOCUS GROUPS WERE HELD TO ASSIST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMMUNITY WIDE SURVEY. IN DECEMBER 2012, A SURVEY WAS MAILED TO EACH HOUSEHOLD IN THE RUGBY AREA. RESULTS AND INPUT FROM THE SURVEYS WERE ANALYZED IN THE SPRING OF 2013. AN ACTION PLAN WAS DEVELOPED BASED ON BOTH THE FOCUS GROUPS AND THE SURVEYS.</Explanation>
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        <Explanation>PART VI, LINE 3: OUR CHARITY CARE POLICY AND APPLICATION IS PROVIDED TO ALL ADMITS TO OUR HOSPITAL UPON ADMISSIONS. THIS INCLUDES ASSISTANCE CONTACT INFORMATION. AT THE ADMISSION AREA THERE ARE BROCHURES ON CHARITY CARE PROGRAM AND PROMPT PAYMENT DISCOUNT WHICH ADDRESS OUR CHARITY CARE PROGRAM. ALSO IN PROCESSING THE SELF PAY BILLS, THE PATIENT IS ENCOURAGED TO COMPLETE OUR CHARITY CARE APPLICATION IF APPLICABLE TO ASSIST IN TAKING CARE OF THEIR BILL. OUR SOCIAL SERVICE DEPARTMENT IS ALSO VERY INVOLVED WITH ASSISTING OUR PATIENTS AND RESIDENTS WITH GOVERNMENTAL BENEFITS PRIMARILY NORTH DAKOTA MEDICAID. WE ARE ALSO UPDATING OUR WEBSITE TO INCLUDE INFORMATION ON OUR CHARITY CARE PROGRAM INCLUDING CONTACT INFORMATION AS WELL AS THE APPLICATION.</Explanation>
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        <Explanation>PART VI, LINE 4: HEART OF AMERICA MEDICAL CENTER (HAMC) IS A RURAL CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITAL LOCATED IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WITH THE CLOSEST TERTIARY FACILITY 65 MILES AWAY TO THE WEST. THE CLOSEST SMALLER HOSPITAL IS 43 MILES AWAY. HAMC BASICALLY SERVES IN WHOLE OR IN PART THE COUNTIES OF PIERCE, BENSON, MCHENRY, ROLETTE, AND BOTTINEAU COUNTIES. OUR PRIMARY SERVICE AREA IS ABOUT A 45 MILES RADIUS WITH A TARGET POPULATION OF APPROXIMATELY 16,000 PEOPLE. PIERCE COUNTY ALONE HAD A POPULATION OF 4357 IN 2010 ACCORDING TO THE US CENSUS BUREAU WITH 94% WHITE PERSONS AND 24% AGE 65 OR OLDER. RUGBY HAS A POPULATION OF 2876 BASED ON 2010 CENSUS DATA. OF OUR HOSPITAL INPATIENTS, APPROXIMATELY 72% ARE MEDICARE AND 6% MEDICAID. WITHIN OUR MARKET AREA APPROXIMATELY 22.8% OF THE POPULATION IS BELOW THE FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINES.</Explanation>
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        <Explanation>PART VI, LINE 5: GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (GSHA) IS OWNED BY 32 MEMBER CHURCHES LOCATED THROUGHOUT OUR SERVICE AREA. THE GSHA BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS VOTED IN BY THE MEMBER CHURCHES AND THEY ARE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO RESIDE IN OUR PRIMARY SERVICE AREA -- BOTH RUGBY AND THE SURROUNDING SATELLITE COMMUNITIES. THEY ARE NOT EMPLOYEES OR CONTRACTORS OF GSHA, BUT SERVE IN VARIOUS OCCUPATIONS AND INVOLVED IN VARIOUS COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES. GSHA EXTENDS MEDICAL STAFF PRIVILEGES TO ALL QUALIFIED PHYSICIANS AND MID-LEVELS IN THE COMMUNITY AND IS CONTINUOUSLY STRIVING TO BRING IN MORE PROVIDERS IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN PROVIDERS TO PROVIDE THE CARE NEEDED BY OUR PATIENTS AND PROMOTE HEALTH WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES. WHEN SURPLUS FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE THEY ARE USED TO PURCHASE AND UPGRADE EQUIPMENT, AND INVESTED BACK INTO THE FACILITY AND SERVICES WE PROVIDE TO MAINTAIN HIGH QUALITY PATIENT CARE. WE CONTINUALLY STRIVE TO MEET THE HEALTHCARE NEEDS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA. EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1, 2010 THE FAMILY PRACTICE CLINIC IN RUGBY MERGED WITH GSHA IN ORDER TO BETTER MEET THE HEALTHCARE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITIES. THIS MERGER HAS STRENGTHENED OUR ABILITIES TO SERVE THE COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING US WITH A BETTER PHYSICIAN / MID-LEVEL RECRUITMENT PLATFORM AND HIGHER CONTINUITY OF CARE. IN STRIVING TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITIES WE PROVIDE SERVICES INCLUDING ASSISTED LIVING, BASIC CARE, SKILLED NURSING, MEDICAL &amp; SURGICAL HOSPITAL, RURAL HEALTH CLINICS, SURGICAL CLINIC, AND NUMEROUS OTHER OUTPATIENT SERVICES AND THERAPIES. WE HAVE LOST MONEY ON SOME OF THESE SERVICES SUCH AS CARDIAC REHAB, OUR CLINICS, AND OUR HOSPICE PROGRAM BUT CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THESE SERVICES BECAUSE OF THE NEEDS WITHIN THE COMMUNITIES. IF WE DID NOT PROVIDE SERVICES SUCH AS THESE, THE SERVICES WOULD BE UNAVAILABLE IN THE COMMUNITY. PATIENTS WOULD HAVE TO GO OUT OF TOWN TO GET THE SERVICES WHICH IS NOT ALWAYS POSSIBLE, SO SOME WOULD NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THESE SERVICES IF WE DID NOT PROVIDE THEM. CURRENTLY WE ARE NOT INVOLVED MUCH IN COMMUNITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES. BEING A SMALL CAH FACILITY WITH LIMITED RESOURCES, OUR FOCUS IS MORE ON HEALTH RELATED PROGRAMS AND SERVICES NEEDED WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. IF WE DID NOT PROVIDE THE SERVICE, IT WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. GSHA IS NOT PART OF ANY AFFILIATED HEALTHCARE SYSTEM; HOWEVER, AS A CAH WE DO HAVE RURAL HEALTH NETWORK AGREEMENTS WITH BOTH TRINITY MEDICAL CENTER IN MINOT AND MEDCENTER ONE IN BISMARCK IN ORDER TO HELP AND PROMOTE THE AVAILABILITY OF A RANGE OF HIGH-QUALITY CARE. THEY ENHANCE THE CONTINUITY OF HEALTHCARE DELIVERY AMONG ALL LEVELS OF CARE NEEDED BY OUR PATIENTS BY IDENTIFYING AND FORMING A PROCESS TO FACILITATE PATIENT REFERRAL AND TRANSFER BETWEEN FACILITIES AND ALSO ENHANCE THE COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN US. GSHA IS ALSO PART OF A CONSORTIUM OF SMALLER CAH FACILITIES TO SHARE COMPUTER HARDWARE. THIS HAS ALLOWED US TO EXPAND OUR COMPUTER CAPABILITIES AT A LOWER COST WHICH PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY TO BETTER SERVE OUR PATIENTS AND MEET THEIR HEALTHCARE NEEDS.</Explanation>
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