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        <Explanation>PART I, LINE 7: THE COSTING METHODOLOGY USED TO COMPLETE LINE 7A (CHARITY CARE) AND LINE 7B (UNREIMBURSED MEDICAID) IN THE TABLE WAS THE COST TO CHARGE RATIO. THE COST TO CHARGE RATIO WAS CALCULATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH WORKSHEET 2 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE INSTRUCTIONS FOR SCHEDULE H, WHICH SUGGESTS USING THE OPERATING EXPENSES FROM THE FILING ENTITY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, EXCLUDING BAD DEBT AND CERTAIN OTHER ADJUSTMENTS, AND APPLYING THE RESULT TO THE GROSS CHARGES FROM THE FILING ENTITY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THE RESULTING RATIO IS USED TO CALCULATE CHARITY CARE AT COST AND UNREIMBURSED MEDICAID.PART I LINE 7 CHARITY CARE AT COST - LINE 7A COLUMN D MARYLAND'S REGULATORY SYSTEM CREATES A UNIQUE PROCESS FOR HOSPITAL PAYMENT THAT DIFFERS FROM THE REST OF THE NATION. THE HEALTH SERVICES COST REVIEW COMMISSION, (HSCRC) DETERMINES PAYMENT THROUGH A RATE-SETTING PROCESS AND ALL PAYORS, INCLUDING GOVERNMENTAL PAYORS, PAY THE SAME AMOUNT FOR THE SAME SERVICES DELIVERED AT THE SAME HOSPITAL. MARYLAND'S UNIQUE ALL-PAYOR SYSTEM INCLUDES A METHOD FOR REFERENCING UNCOMPENSATED CARE IN EACH PAYORS' RATES, WHICH DOES NOT ENABLE MARYLAND HOSPITALS TO BREAKOUT ANY OFFSETTING REVENUE RELATED TO UNCOMPENSATED CARE.PT I LINE 7 UNREIMBURSED MEDICAID - COLUMN C,D,E,FMARYLAND'S REGULATORY SYSTEM CREATES A UNIQUE PROCESS FOR HOSPITAL PAYMENT THAT DIFFERS FROM THE REST OF THE NATION. THE HEALTH SERVICES COST REVIEW COMMISSION, (HSCRC) DETERMINES PAYMENT THROUGH A RATE-SETTING PROCESS AND ALL PAYORS, INCLUDING GOVERNMENTAL PAYORS, PAY THE SAME AMOUNT FOR THE SAME SERVICES DELIVERED AT THE SAME HOSPITAL. MARYLAND'S UNIQUE ALL-PAYOR SYSTEM INCLUDES A METHOD FOR REFERENCING UNCOMPENSATED CARE IN EACH PAYORS' RATES, WHICH DOES NOT ENABLE MARYLAND HOSPITALS TO BREAKOUT ANY DIRECTED OFFSETTING REVENUE RELATED TO UNCOMPENSATED CARE. COMMUNITY BENEFIT EXPENSES ARE EQUAL TO MEDICAID REVENUES IN MARYLAND, AS SUCH, THE NET EFFECT IS ZERO; MEDICAID RECOGNIZES FULL REIMBURSEMENT. THE EXCEPTION TO THIS IS THE IMPACT ON THE HOSPITAL OF ITS SHARE OF THE MEDICAID ASSESSMENT. IN RECENT YEARS, THE STATE OF MARYLAND HAS CLOSED FISCAL GAPS IN THE STATE MEDICAID BUDGET BY ASSESSING HOSPITALS THROUGH THE RATE-SETTING SYSTEM.THE AMOUNTS REPORTED IN PART I,LINE 7B REPRESENT UNREIMBURSED MEDICAID COSTS FOR UNREGULATED HEALTH CARE ACTIVITIES AND THE MEDICAID ASSESSMENT.PART I LINE 7 COLUMN FBAD DEBT EXPENSE FROM PART IX, STATEMENT OF FUNCTIONAL EXPENSES,EXCLUDED FROM THE DENOMINATOR USED TO CALCULATE TOTALCHARITY CARE EXPENSE WAS $16,691,981.</Explanation>
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        <Explanation>PART III, LINE 8: INCLUDED IN LINE 5 AND 6 OF SECTION B ARE MEDICARE ALLOWABLE COSTS AND REIMBURSEMENT REPORTED ON THE HOSPITAL'S MEDICARE COST REPORT. THIS INCLUDES REIMBURSABLE ACUTE HOSPITAL SERVICES. IN ADDITION, THE HOSPITAL HAS ALSO INCLUDED MEDICARE NET REVENUES AND EXPENSES FOR NON-HOSPITAL SERVICES NECESSARY TO SUPPORT HOSPITAL OPERATIONS. THIS INCLUDES PROFESSIONAL RADIOLOGY, ANESTHESIA AND OTHER PHYSICIAN SPECIALTY SERVICES.THE MEDICARE SURPLUS OF $17,349,080 FOR HOSPITAL SERVICES WAS CALCULATED BY SUBTRACTING THE MEDICARE COSTS (GROSS MEDICARE REVENUE MULTIPLIED BY THE COST TO CHARGE RATIOS REPORTED ON THE MEDICARE COST REPORT) FROM THE MEDICARE PAYMENTS. NON-HOSPITAL SERVICES SHORTFALL OF $11,835,906 WAS CALCULATED BY MULTIPLYING EACH NON-HOSPITAL SERVICES' MEDICARE PATIENT SHARE BY THE NON-HOSPITAL SERVICES' ANNUAL OPERATING LOSS. MARYLAND'S REGULATORY SYSTEM CREATES A UNIQUE PROCESS FOR HOSPITAL PAYMENT THAT DIFFERS FROM THE REST OF THE NATION. THE HEALTH SERVICES COST REVIEW COMMISSION (HSCRC) DETERMINES PAYMENT THROUGH A RATE SETTING PROCESS AND ALL PAYORS, INCLUDING GOVERNMENTAL PAYORS, PAY THE SAME AMOUNT FOR THE SAME SERVICES DELIVERED AT THE SAME HOSPITAL. THIS UNIQUE PAYMENT SYSTEM IS DESIGNED FOR ALL PAYORS TO SHARE THE COST OF HEALTHCARE EQUALLY, MEANING THE COST SHIFTING TO PRIVATE PAYORS, THAT IS COMMONLY SEEN IN OTHER STATES, IS NOT EXPERIENCED IN MARYLAND. THIS MODEL RESULTS IN A SURPLUS OF PAYMENT OVER EXPENSE.</Explanation>
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        <Explanation>PART III, LINE 9B: IT IS ST. AGNES HEALTHCARE'S POLICY TO PLACE ACCOUNTS THAT HAVE BEEN WRITTEN OFF TO BAD DEBT WITH A COLLECTION AGENCY FOR ADDITIONAL COLLECTION EFFORT. PATIENTS MAY APPLY FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AT ANY TIME DURING THE REVENUE CYCLE. PATIENTS WHO WORK TO APPLY FOR CHARITY CARE WHOSE ACCOUNT RESIDES AT THE AGENCY WILL BE REFERRED TO THE HOSPITAL BY THE AGENCY. THE AGENCY WILL DELETE THE ACCOUNT AND THE HOSPITAL WILL WORK WITH THE PATIENT TO COMPLETE THE CHARITY CARE APPLICATION PROCESS. EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT PATIENTS AND OTHER OUTPATIENTS (ACCOUNT BALANCES UNDER $500.00) MAY BE GRANTED CHARITY EXCLUSIVELY BASED UPON THE USE OF AN AUTOMATED ELIGIBILITY SOFTWARE. A SIGNED/ COMPLETED APPLICATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED IN THOSE INSTANCES.</Explanation>
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        <Explanation>PART VI, LINE 2: ST. AGNES HEALTHCARE PREPARES A COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT EVERY THREE YEARS, WHICH WAS LAST UPDATED IN APRIL 2007. THE HEALTH STATUS OF A COMMUNITY CAN BE MEASURED BY A VARIETY OF METHODS. CONSIDERATIONS CAN INCLUDE BIRTH AND DEATH RATES, LIFE EXPECTANCY, MORBIDITY, HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE, HEALTH RESOURCES AVAILABILITY, AND POPULATION DATA. TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, ST. AGNES HEALTHCARE SEEKS TO CONSIDER MANY OF THESE FACTORS. ST. AGNES HEALTHCARE'S COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOCUSES ON HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS THAT HAVE BEEN GROUPED INTO FOUR KEY AREAS: DEMOGRAPHICS, SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, HEALTH STATUS, AND HEALTH RESOURCE UTILIZATION/PHYSICIAN MANPOWER NEEDS. TO SUPPORT THE ANALYSIS, READILY AVAILABLE DATA WAS GATHERED FROM THE U.S. CENSUS AND MARYLAND DISCHARGE DATABASES FOR INPATIENT AND EMERGENCY SERVICES, AND POPULATION FORECASTS.THE FIRST HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR GROUPING INVOLVES DEMOGRAPHICS. THE ANALYSIS OF DEMOGRAPHIC DATA INCLUDES A REVIEW OF POPULATION DENSITY, POPULATION AGE LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO FIVE YEARS OLD, POPULATION AGE GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OLD, FEMALE POPULATION AGES FIFTEEN TO FORTY-FOUR, FEMALE POPULATION GROWTH AGES FIFTEEN TO FORTY-FOUR, POPULATION GROWTH AGE GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO SEVENTY-FIVEYEARS OLD, AND MINORITY POPULATION.THE SECOND HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR GROUPING INVOLVES SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS. THE ANALYSIS OF SOCIOECONOMIC DATA INCLUDES A REVIEW OF THE PERCENT OF HOUSEHOLDS IN POVERTY, CHILDREN LIVING IN POVERTY, AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD INCOME, POPULATION OF UNINSURED, POPULATION AGE EIGHTEEN TO TWENTY-FOUR WITH A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, TOTAL POPULATION WITHOUT A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, POPULATION WITH DISABILITIES, UNEMPLOYED CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE, LEVEL OF RENTAL HOUSING, AND LEVEL OF VACANT HOUSING.THE THIRD DATA GROUPING INVOLVES A MORE DETAILED REVIEW OF CERTAIN ADDITIONAL HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS. THE HEALTH STATUS ANALYSIS REVIEWS AMBULATORY SENSITIVE HOSPITALIZATIONS, SUCH AS ASTHMA, CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE, DIABETES, HYPERTENSION, AND PNEUMONIA. THE HEALTH STATUS ANALYSIS ALSO EXAMINES MATERNAL AND INFANT HEALTH, INCLUDING THE LEVEL OF BIRTHS TO TEEN MOMS, THE LEVEL OFLOW BIRTH WEIGHT INFANTS, THE LEVEL OF BIRTH DEFECTS, THE LEVEL OF INFANT MORTALITY, AND THE LEVEL OF BIRTHS WITH INSUFFICIENT PRENATAL CARE. ADDITIONALLY, MAJOR DISEASE PREVALENCE IS ALSO EXAMINED. THIS INCLUDES EXAMINING THE CANCER, CARDIOVASCULAR, AND STROKE DISCHARGES PER ONE THOUSAND POPULATION. MAJOR DISEASE PREVALENCE ALSO INCLUDES EXAMINING LIFESTYLE BEHAVIORS AND INDICATORS, SUCH AS OBESITY, MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, TOBACCO USE AND HIV.THE FINAL DATA GROUPING EXAMINES HEALTH RESOURCE UTILIZATION AND THE PHYSICIAN MANPOWER NEED. THIS ANALYSIS REVIEWS ACUTE CARE DISCHARGES, ACUTE CARE INPATIENT DAYS, AND OUTPATIENT EMERGENCY VISITS PER ONE THOUSAND POPULATION. FURTHERMORE, PRIMARY CARE AND SPECIALTY PHYSICIAN NEEDS ARE EVALUATED.THE ASSESSMENT PROVIDES A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT COMPRISE ST. AGNES HEALTHCARE'S SERVICE AREA. THE PRIMARY METHODOLOGY UTILIZED IS A RANKING OF THE COMMUNITY SCORES FOR EACH INDICATOR AGAINST THE CENTRAL MARYLAND AVERAGE. AN INDEX IS CREATED WHERE 1.0 IS THE AVERAGE OF CENTRAL MARYLAND. IN THE ANALYSIS, ANY SCORE ABOVE 1.0 IS WORSE THAN AVERAGE AND ANYTHING BELOW 1.0 IS BETTER THAN AVERAGE. COMPOSITE SCORES ARE DEVELOPED FOR EACH OF THE FOUR MAJOR ASSESSMENT AREAS AND THESE ARE THEN SUMMARIZED TO GENERATE A COMPOSITE OVERALL NEED INDEX. THIS METHODOLOGY IS MODELED AFTER THE APPROACH FORMERLY UTILIZED BY THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE FOR THE STATEWIDE PRIMARY CARE ACCESS PLAN.</Explanation>
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        <Explanation>PART VI, LINE 3: ST. AGNES HEALTHCARE DISPLAYS SIGNAGE, IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH IN ALL REGISTRATION AREAS THAT INFORM PATIENTS OF THE AVAILABILITY OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AND CONTACT INFORMATION. THE SIGNAGE IS ACCOMPANIED BY BROCHURES THAT EXPLAIN THE VARIOUS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE. THE MARYLAND STATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE APPLICATION IS ALSO AVAILABLE. REGISTRATION AREAS ARE ROUTINELY CHECKED TO INSURE THESE MATERIALS ARE PROMINENTLY DISPLAYED. ST. AGNES HEALTHCARE HAS EMPLOYEES WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR SCREENING ADMISSIONS TO IDENTIFY PATIENTS WHO MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR CHARITY, MEDICAID, OR OTHER STATE PROGRAMS. ONCE THESE PATIENTS ARE IDENTIFIED, ST. AGNES HEALTHCARE EMPLOYEES ASSIST THEM WITH COMPLETING THE ELIGIBILITY PROCESS.ALL INPATIENTS ARE PROVIDED THE PATIENT BILLING AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE INFORMATION SHEET AT THE TIME OF ADMISSION. IT IS ALSO MAILED TO THE PATIENT WITH THE SUMMARY BILL THAT IS SENT AFTER DISCHARGE. THE INFORMATION SHEET IS PROVIDED IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH AND PROVIDES THE PATIENT WITH INFORMATION REGARDING ST. AGNES HEALTHCARE'S FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICY, HOW TO APPLY FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AND THE PATIENT'S RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. A PUBLIC NOTICE IS ALSO PUBLISHED ANNUALLY IN THE BALTIMORE SUN NEWSPAPER NOTIFYING THE PUBLIC OF THE AVAILABILITY OF UNCOMPENSATED CARE AT ST. AGNES HEALTHCARE.</Explanation>
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        <Explanation>PART VI, LINE 4: THE AREAS SURROUNDING ST. AGNES HEALTHCARE HAVE A DIVERSE SOCIOECONOMIC COMPOSITION WITH A MIX OF URBAN AND SUBURBAN COMMUNITIES THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE RANGE OF COMMUNITIES FOUND IN ANY LARGE METROPOLITAN REGION. FOR ST. AGNES HEALTHCARE, THE CHALLENGE OF SERVING THESE COMMUNITIES LIES IN MEETING THE DIFFERENT NEEDS ASSOCIATED BETWEEN SOME OF THE POOREST AND MOST AFFLUENT NEIGHBORHOODS IN CENTRAL MARYLAND ALL LOCATED WITHIN A THREE MILE RADIUS OF THE HOSPITAL CAMPUS. A FURTHER CHALLENGE IS THE RAPIDLY CHANGING COMPOSITION OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS LOCATED MOST IMMEDIATE TO ST. AGNES HEALTHCARE, WHICH OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, HAVE EXPERIENCED INCREASING URBAN BLIGHT.ST. AGNES HEALTHCARE'S SERVICE AREA SPANS FIVE MARYLAND COUNTIES INCLUDING BALTIMORE COUNTY, BALTIMORE CITY, ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, HOWARD COUNTY, AND CARROLL COUNTY. WITHIN THOSE COUNTIES, ELEVEN COMMUNITIES ARE SERVED REPRESENTING 22 POSTAL ZIP CODES. THOSE COMMUNITIES INCLUDE ARBUTUS, BROOKLYN/LINTHICUM, CATONSVILLE, ELLICOTT CITY, GLEN BURNIE, SOUTH CARROLL, PASADENA, SOUTH BALTIMORE CITY, SOUTHWEST BALTIMORE CITY, WEST BALTIMORE CITY, AND WOODLAWN. THIS STUDY AREA REPRESENTS APPROXIMATELY 81% OF THE DISCHARGES FOR ST. AGNES HEALTHCARE, WITH ARBUTUS AND CATONSVILLE RELYING MOST HEAVILY ON ST. AGNES HEALTHCARE FOR THEIR INPATIENT HEALTH CARE NEEDS. THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF ST. AGNES HEALTHCARE'S SERVICE AREA AVERAGE OUT TO BE THE SAME AS CENTRAL MARYLAND OVERALL. HOWEVER, INDEPENDENTLY EACH INDICATOR VARIES SUBSTANTIALLY FROM CENTRAL MARYLAND. THE SERVICE AREA SHOWS A SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN AVERAGE POPULATION DENSITY OF 2,345 PER SQUARE MILE, COMPARED TO 1,155 FOR CENTRAL MARYLAND.CHILDREN UNDER AGE FIVE AND ADULTS SIXTY-FIVE AND OLDER TOTALED 49,793 AND 89,932 RESPECTIVELY, COMPARED TO CENTRAL MARYLAND AVERAGES OF 165,227 AND 314,862 RESPECTIVELY. FEMALES AGES FIFTEEN TO FORTY-FOUR TOTALED 157,576 FOR THE SERVICE AREA WHILE THE CENTRAL MARYLAND AVERAGE WAS 554,037. THE SERVICE AREA IS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE RACIALLY AND ETHNICALLY DIVERSE THAN THE CENTRAL MARYLAND AVERAGES. SPECIFICALLY, COMMUNITIES THAT COMPRISE THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF BALTIMORE CITY AND BALTIMORE COUNTY CONTAIN POPULATIONS WHERE 90% OF THE POPULATIONS CONSIST OF NONWHITE RACIAL OR ETHNIC GROUPS.TYPICAL TO THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT, EACH COMMUNITY LOCATED IN BALTIMORE CITY IS PROJECTED TO EXPERIENCE A POPULATION DECLINE, WHILE SUBURBAN AREAS LIKE ELLICOTT CITY, SOUTH CARROLL, AND PASADENA ARE PROJECTED TO HAVE POPULATION GROWTH. THE OVERALL POPULATION GROWTH IS EXPECTED TO EXCEED THE CENTRAL MARYLAND AVERAGE, BUT THE GROWTH RATE OF PERSONS OVER THE AGE OF SEVENTY-FIVE IS EXPECTED TO LAG BEHIND. THE DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS SHOWS THAT WEST BALTIMORE CITY CONTINUES TO EXHIBIT DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS WITH HIGHER NEED, WHILE ARBUTUS AND CATONSVILLE EXHIBIT COMPARITIVELY LOWER NEED CHARACTERISTICS. LOWER SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS IS HIGHLY CORRELATED WITH POOR HEALTH OUTCOMES, DECREASED ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES, AND UNHEALTHY LIFESTYLES. OVERALL, THE ST. AGNES HEALTHCARE SERVICE AREA IS MARKED BY A LESS FAVORABLE SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS THAN THAT OF CENTRAL MARYLAND AS A WHOLE. THE INDICES ARE DIVIDED AS URBAN COMMUNITIES ARE LESS FAVORABLE AND SUBURBAN COMMUNITIES ARE MORE FAVORABLE THAN THE CENTRAL MARYLAND AVERAGE. THE PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLDS WITH LOW INCOME WAS 40% FOR THE SERVICE AREA, COMPARED TO 30% FOR THE CENTRAL MARYLAND AVERAGE. THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN THE SERVICE AREA WAS LOWEST IN WEST BALTIMORE CITY AT $39,014 AND HIGHEST IN ELLICOTT CITY AT $101,620. THE OVERALL AVERAGE FOR THE SERVICE AREA WAS $68,017 COMPARED TO THE CENTRAL MARYLAND AVERAGE WHICH WAS $83,587. THE RATE OF UNINSURED PATIENTS WAS CLOSELY TIED TO AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD INCOME WITH WEST BALTIMORE CITY SHOWING THE HIGHEST UNINSURED RATE, 39%, AND ELLICOTT CITY SHOWING THE LOWEST UNINSURED RATE, 6%. OVERALL, THE SERVICE AREA HAD A 20% UNINSURED RATE WHILE THE CENTRAL MARYLAND AVERAGE HAD A 16% RATE.INCOME AND EDUCATION ATTAINMENT CAN BE CAUSAL FACTORS FOR MANY HEALTH DISPARITIES IN THE COMMUNITY. HIGHER EDUCATION PROVIDES GREATER POTENTIAL FOR HIGHER INCOME, WHICH ENABLES INCREASED ACCESS TO MEDICAL CARE, BETTER HOUSING, ACCESS TO SAFER NEIGHBORHOODS, AND INCREASED LIKELIHOOD OF DEVELOPING HEALTHIER LIFESTYLE BEHAVIORS. THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT DATA SHOWED THAT ST. AGNES HEALTHCARE'S SERVICE AREA UNDERPERFORMED THE CENTRAL MARYLAND AVERAGE IN OTHER SOCIOECONOMIC MEASURES. THIS INCLUDES THE PERCENTAGE OF INDIVIDUALS AGE TWENTY-FIVE AND OLDER WITH LESS THAN A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, THE PERCENTAGE OF RENTED HOUSING, AND THE PERCENTAGE OF VACANT HOUSING. ST. AGNES HEALTHCARE ALSO PERFORMS A COMMUNITY HEALTH STATUS ASSESSMENT. THIS ASSESSMENT CAPTURES DATA FOR WHITE AND NONWHITE POPULATIONS SEPARATELY, WHICH HIGHLIGHTS THE RACIAL DISPARITIES PRESENT WITHIN EACH COMMUNITY AND THE INFLUENCE ON HEALTH STATUS AND HOSPITALIZATION RATES. ST. AGNES HEALTHCARE EVALUATES AMBULATORY SENSITIVE HOSPITALIZATIONS, WHICH ARE ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS THAT POTENTIALLY COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED THROUGH BETTER OVERALL PATIENT MANAGEMENT, PRIMARILY THROUGH PRIMARY CARE SYSTEMS. ST. AGNES HEALTHCARE COLLECTED DATA ON SIX DIFFERENT CHRONIC ILLNESSES, WHICH INCLUDE ASTHMA, CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE, DIABETES, HYPERTENSION, AND PNEUMONIA. FOR EACH CHRONIC ILLNESS EXAMINED, ST. AGNES HEALTHCARE'S SERVICE AREA HAD HIGHER RATES OF ILLNESS, FOR BOTH WHITE AND NONWHITE POPULATIONS, WHEN COMPARED TO THE CENTRAL MARYLAND AVERAGE. IN COMPARING THE RACIAL DISPARITIES, THE RATE OF HOSPITALIZATION IN THE ST. AGNES HEALTHCARE SERVICE AREA PROVES TO BE INFLUENCED BY SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS MORE SO THAN RACE. IN LESS AFFLUENT COMMUNITIES, THE NONWHITE POPULATION HAD A HIGHER RATE OF HOSPITALIZATION THAN THE WHITE POPULATION OF THE SAME COMMUNITY. HOWEVER, THE INVERSE IS TRUE IN THE AFFLUENT COMMUNITIES WHERE THE NONWHITE POPULATION HAS A LOWER ADMISSION RATE THAN THEIR WHITE COUNTERPARTS.ST. AGNES HEALTHCARE COMPILES AND ANALYZES MATERNAL AND INFANT HEALTH DATA. ONE OF THE MOST POTENTIALLY VULNERABLE POPULATIONS IN THE SERVICE AREA IS POVERTY-STRICKEN WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN, ESPECIALLY THOSE LIVING IN POVERTY. THE SOCIOECONOMIC ANALYSIS REVEALED THAT AN ESTIMATED 40% OF CHILDREN IN THE SERVICE AREA ARE LIVING IN POVERTY, WITH THE URBAN AREAS EXPERIENCING RATES OF GREATER THAN 50%. THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND HEALTH STATUS OF WOMEN HAS FAR REACHING IMPLICATIONS. TEEN PREGNANCY,ACCESS TO ADEQUATE PRENATAL CARE, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT AND BIRTH DEFECTS GENERATE INCREASED DEMANDS FOR FUTURE HEALTH CARE NEEDS AND IMPACT NOT JUST THIS GENERATION, BUT SUBSEQUENT GENERATIONS AS THE CYCLE OF POVERTY IS CONTINUED. THE HEALTH STATUS ASSESSMENT EXAMINED THE PERCENTAGE OF BIRTHS TO TEEN MOMS, PERCENTAGE OF NEWBORNS WITH LOW BIRTH WEIGHTS, THEPERCENTAGE OF BIRTH DEFECTS, INFANT MORTALITY, AND THE PERCENTAGE OF MOTHERS WITH INSUFFICIENT PRENATAL CARE. IN NEARLY EVERY CATEGORY, THE SERVICE AREA HAD MORE INCIDENCES THAN THE CENTRAL MARYLAND AVERAGE. THE PERCENTAGE OF INFANTS WITH LOW BIRTH WEIGHT, FOR WHITE POPULATIONS, AND THE INFANT MORTALITY RATES, WITH NONWHITE POPULATIONS, WERE THE ONLY TWO AREAS THAT HAD SLIGHTLY LESS INCIDENCES THAN THE CENTRAL MARYLAND AVERAGE. UNLIKE AMBULATORY HOSPITALIZATION, THE NONWHITE POPULATIONS HAVE SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER RATES OF BIRTHS TO TEEN MOTHERS, INFANTS WITH LOW BIRTH WEIGHT, INFANTS WITH BIRTH DEFECTS, AS WELL AS BIRTHS WITH INSUFFICIENT PRENATAL CARE IN ALL COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE SERVICE AREA.ST. AGNES HEALTHCARE ALSO ANALYZES MAJOR DISEASE PREVALENCE. TRADITIONALLY, MORTALITY DATA IS UTILIZED TO EVALUATE THE IMPACT OF LEADING CAUSES OF DISEASE AND ILLNESS IN THE COMMUNITY. HOWEVER, VITAL STATISTIC DATA IS NOT READILY AVAILABLE AT THE ZIP CODE LEVEL. THEREFORE, AS A PROXY, THE ASSESSMENT UTILIZED ACUTE CARE DISCHARGE DATA FROM THE LEADING CAUSES OF MORTALITY, INCLUDING CANCER, CARDIOVASCULAR, AND STROKE. THE ANALYSIS REVEALED ONCE AGAIN THAT THE SERVICE AREA EXPERIENCEDHIGHER DISEASE PREVALENCE OF CANCER, CARDIOVASCULAR, AND STROKE THAN THE CENTRAL MARYLAND AVERAGE, WITH STROKE BEING THE LEAST FAVORABLE. FURTHERMORE, NONWHITE POPULATIONS SHOWED A GREATER NEED IN EACH OF THE THREE MAJOR DISEASE CATEGORIES THAN WHITE POPULATIONS. ALSO, CONTINUING THE TREND, THE URBAN AREAS OF WEST BALTIMORE, SOUTH BALTIMORE, SOUTHWESTBALTIMORE, AND BROOKLYN HAVE THE LEAST FAVORABLE INDICES FOR THESE MAJOR DISEASES.FINALLY, THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT ALSO EXAMINES LIFESTYLE BEHAVIOR AS A COMPONENT OF THE OVERALL HEALTH STATUS, WHICH INCLUDES INDICATORS RELATED TO OBESITY, MENTAL HEALTH, HIV, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, AND TOBACCO USE. THIS DATA IS ACCUMULATED BY EXAMINING ICD-9 DIAGNOSIS CODING. SIMILAR TO THE OTHER HEALTH AND WELLNESS MEASURES, THE SERVICE AREA WAS LESS FAVORABLE THAN THE CENTRAL MARYLAND AVERAGE FOR EVERY LIFESTYLE BEHAVIOR INDICATOR.</Explanation>
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        <Explanation>PART VI, LINE 6: THE INFORMATION PROVIDED AS COMMUNITY SUPPORT, IN PART II, COMMUNITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES, REPRESENTS FUNDS SPENT FOR DISASTER READINESS AND PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY ACTIVITIES. THESE COSTS, WHICH ARE PARTIALLY FUNDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, SUPPORT ACTIVITIES SUCH AS EDUCATION AND PREPAREDNESS TRAINING, DECONTAMINATION EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES NEEDED FOR VICTIM'S EASE, COMFORT AND TRACKING DURING DECONTAMINATION.PART VI, LINE 5: ST. AGNES HEALTHCARE FURTHERS ITS EXEMPT PURPOSE BY PROMOTING THE HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY IN VARIOUS WAYS. A MAJORITY OF THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING BODY RESIDES IN ST. AGNES HEALTHCARE'S SERVICE AREA AND IS NEITHER COMPOSED OF EMPLOYEES NOR CONTRACTORS OF THE ORGANIZATION. THE GOVERNING BODY HAD EIGHTEEN VOTING MEMBERS, SEVENTEEN OF WHICH WERE INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY MEMBERS. ADDITIONALLY, ST. AGNES HEALTHCARE HAS AN OPEN MEDICAL STAFF AND CREDENTIALS ALL QUALIFIED MEDICAL STAFF, INCLUDING COMMUNITY BASED PROVIDERS. ST. AGNES HEALTHCARE APPLIES SURPLUS FUNDS TO IMPROVE PATIENT CARE IN VARIOUS WAYS. FOR INSTANCE, SURPLUS FUNDS ARE USED TO REINVEST IN THE LATEST EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGIES TO IMPROVE PATIENT SAFETY, COMFORT, AND OUTCOMES. SURPLUS FUNDS ARE ALSO USED TO RENOVATE EXISTING FACILITIES AND CONSTRUCT NEW FACILITIES IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENT. AS A MEMBER OF A NATIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM, ASCENSION HEALTH, SURPLUS FUNDS GENERATED BY ST. AGNES HEALTHCARE MAY ALSO BE DIRECTED TO ASCENSION HEALTH TO APPLY TOWARDS STRATEGIC INITIATIVES OR TO BE RE-DISTRIBUTED TO OTHER MEMBER HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS WITHIN ASCENSION HEALTH. THIS ALLOWS ST. AGNES TO NOT ONLY SERVICE THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO HELP FUND THE CARE FOR THE UNDERPRIVILEGED THROUGHOUT MANY PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES.</Explanation>
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        <Explanation>PART VI, LINE 7: ST. AGNES HEALTHCARE IS A MEMBER OF ASCENSION HEALTH, A NATIONAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. ASCENSION HEALTH IS THE SOLE CORPORATE MEMBER OF ST. AGNES HEALTHCARE. ST. AGNES HEALTHCARE IS THE SOLE CORPORATE MEMBER OF SETON MEDICAL GROUP INC., WHICH PROVIDES PRIMARY CARE, GYNECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS CARE FOR PATIENTS IN ST. AGNES HEALTHCARE'S SERVICE AREA. ST. AGNES HEALTHCARE IS ALSO THE SOLE CORPORATE MEMBER OF ST. AGNES FOUNDATION, THE PHILANTHROPIC ARM OF ST. AGNES HEALTHCARE.</Explanation>
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        <ReturnReference>PART VI, LINE 4, CONTINUED:</ReturnReference>
        <Explanation>ALSO, CONSISTENT WITH THE PREVIOUS MEASURES, THE URBAN AREAS EXPERIENCED THE LEAST FAVORABLE RESULTS. THE LEAST FAVORABLE OVERALL WAS SOUTH BALTIMORE CITY, WHICH WAS FOUND TO HAVE THE HIGHEST UTILIZATION RATES FOR MENTAL HEALTH, HIV, AND EMERGENCY ROOM SUBSTANCE ABUSE VISITS. RACIAL DISPARITIES ARE EVIDENT IN URBAN AREAS, WHERE THE RATE OF ADMISSION FOR THE NONWHITE POPULATION IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THAT OF THE WHITE POPULATION, ESPECIALLY IN THE CASES OF OBESITY, HIV AND TOBACCO USE. THE MOST FAVORABLE COMPOSITE INDEX SCORES WERE IN SUBURBAN AREAS LIKE ELLICOTT CITY AND SOUTH CARROLL, WHICH WERE NEARLY 100% BELOW THEIR URBAN COMMUNITY COUNTERPARTS.THE FINAL COMPONENT OF THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT EXAMINED HEALTH RESOURCE UTILIZATION AND PHYSICIAN MANPOWER NEED. THIS ANALYSIS UTILIZES ACUTE CARE ADMISSION RATES, ACUTE CARE DAYS, AND OUTPATIENT EMERGENCY ROOM VISIT RATES. THE LOGIC UNDERLYING OUR ANALYSIS OF THESE INDICATORS IS THAT COMMUNITIES WITH HIGH UTILIZATION RATES HAVE A GREATER NEED FOR HEALTH CARE RESOURCES. ALL THREE MEASURES SHOWED LESS FAVORABLE RESULTS THAN THE CENTRAL MARYLAND AVERAGE. THE INDEX SCORES WERE 1.12, 1.22,AND 1.22 FOR ADMISSIONS, DAYS, AND EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS, RESPECTIVELY. THE PHYSICIAN MANPOWER NEED INDEX SCORE WAS .89. THE CENTRAL MARYLAND AVERAGE IS INDEXED AT 1.0, WITH SCORES GREATER THAN 1.0 INDICATING LESS FAVORABLE RESULTS AND SCORES LESS THAN 1.0 INDICATING FAVORABLE RESULTS. THE OVERALL AVERAGE INDEX SCORE FOR HEALTH RESOURCE UTILIZATION AND PHYSICIAN MANPOWER NEED WAS .89. IN SUMMARY, ALL OF THE COMPONENTS OF THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT WERE SUMMARIZED AND INDEXED RESULTING IN AN OVERALL INDEX SCORE OF 1.09. OVERALL, THE ST. AGNES HEALTHCARE SERVICE AREA HAS HIGHER DEMONSTRATED NEED ACROSS ALL MEASURES WHEN COMPARED TO THE CENTRAL MARYLAND REGION. THE OVERALL NEED IS HIGHLY CORRELATED TO SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, WITH RACIAL DIVERSITY ALONE HAVING LESS OF AN INFLUENCE ON HEALTH CARE STATUS.</Explanation>
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        <Explanation>PART VI, LINE 8 SUPPLEMENT INFORMATION: ST. AGNES HEALTHCARE FILES A COMMUNITY BENEFITS REPORT WITH THE HEALTH SERVICES COST REVIEW COMMISSION (HSCRC), THE REGULATORY AGENCY IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND. THE REPORT IS THEN MADE PUBLIC BY THE HSCRC. ADDITIONALLY, COMMUNITY BENEFIT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE IN THE ST. AGNES HEALTHCARE ANNUAL REPORT AND THE ST. AGNES HEALTHCARE FACT SHEET. BOTH DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE HOSPITAL WEBSITE.PT V PART V LINE 13G: A NOTICE OF CHARITY IS POSTED WITHIN THE BALTIMORE SUN ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.PT V PART V LINES 19 AND 21: MARYLAND HOSPITAL REGULATED RATES ARE DETERMINED BY THE HSCRC. BY LAW, REGULATED RATES CHARGED TO ALL PAYORS,INCLUDING SELF PAY PATIENTS, ARE THE SAME.</Explanation>
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