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        <Explanation>Part II: Economic development:Mercy works with such groups as the Iowa City Area Chamber of Commerce and Iowa City Area Development Group to support the business community, welcome innovation to the area, and develop the workforce. Mercy's own growth benefits the community as well, particularly when Mercy's recruiting efforts attract new professionals to the area.Community support:Mercy has provided extensive support for many years to United Way of Johnson County. Mercy holds its own campaign for employees each autumn (typically raising more than $120,000) and provides much staff time and support to the local United Way organization. Environmental improvements:Mercy has been a good neighbor for its closest neighbors by maintaining its buildings and landscaping at a high level. Mercy also pursues extensive recycling (including newspapers, magazines, office paper, plastics, batteries, cooking oil, construction materials, and more) and programs that reduce energy consumption. Mercy regularly holds silent auctions open to employees to sell equipment that is no longer needed, rather than sending it into the trash stream. Mercy recently created a Sustainability Committee to further and standardize these efforts.Leadership development and training for community members:Mercy lends support to the Iowa City Area Chamber of Commerce annual Community Leadership Program. In this nine-month program, 24 members of the civic community receive an in-depth look at the workings of local government, public works, education system, health care, arts community, and more. This program gives participants a better understanding and appreciation of the entire community and develops fellowship among members from diverse backgrounds and settings.Coalition building:Mercy is involved in many ways with local citizens and groups that are working to afford all members of our community a good quality of life and to improve the overall quality of life. Mercy is a cosponsor of and provides leadership for the 20-year-old Johnson County Safe Kids Coalition, a grass-roots effort to reduce unintentional injuries to children from birth to age 14. Since its inception, the coalition has been active in promoting bike helmet use, bike safety, and safety education events. The coalition is particularly active in providing free car seat check clinics to parents.Community health improvement advocacy:Healthy Kids Community Care is a school-based clinic that provides health care to children who have no other access to it. Mercy made large cash donations over a period of five years to help launch this initiative and provided key leadership as the program developed. Mercy has also provided financial support to the Free Medical Clinic, which saw almost 2,300 unique patients in FY2012. Those who seek care of the Free Medical Clinic typically have no other access to health care services. Workforce development:Kirkwood Foundation, Workplace Learning Connection</Explanation>
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        <Explanation>Part III, Line 4: We do not currently have a footnote to our financial statements that describes bad debt expense. The amount on line 2 was derived from taking actual bad debt write-offs and applying the cost to charge ratio of .3355 to that amount. Mercy Hospital does not include bad debt amounts as part of community benefit.An estimate of bad debt attributable to patients eligible for charity care has been estimated to be $68,642. This estimate was derived by using the outstanding patient balance of accounts recommended for presumptive charity at cost that were reviewed and denied. The presumptive charity program was implemented on October 1, 2010.</Explanation>
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        <Explanation>Part III, Line 8: Mercy Hospital does not include Medicare shortfalls as part of it's community benefit. Total revenue was determined using charges per the CMS Provider Statistical Reimbursement System reports for Fee Reimbursed Services for the fiscal year ended 6/30/12. Costs calculated using the Cost to Charge Ratio for the appropriate services from the submitted Medicare Cost Report form 2552-96 for the fiscal year ended 6/30/12.</Explanation>
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        <Explanation>Part III, Line 9b: Mercy Hospital has two policies related to debt collection. The Financial Assistance Policy provides guidelines for forgiving all or part of a patient's financial responsibility for healthcare services received at Mercy Hospital. Patients may be given a financial assistance application at the time of service, be offered financial assistance during the normal collection process or learn of the option on the Hospital website. All patients with no insurance are offered financial assistance via billing statements &amp; follow up telephone calls. Any patient that is known to qualify for financial assistance is provided assistance. The payment plan policy enables those who qualify for partial financial assistance to establish payment plans of the remaining balance of their bill.</Explanation>
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</Return>