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        <IncomeBasedCriteria>COVENANT USES FPG TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY.</IncomeBasedCriteria>
        <AnnualCommunityBenefitExpln>Covenant's Community Benefit Report is made available at covenanthealthcare.com</AnnualCommunityBenefitExpln>
        <CostingMethodUsed>THE BEST AVAILABLE INFORMATION WAS USED TO CALCULATE THE COST IN LINE 7. COST IS BASED ON THE COST-TO-CHARGE RATIO.</CostingMethodUsed>
        <SubsidizedHealthServicesExpln>NOT APPLICABLE</SubsidizedHealthServicesExpln>
        <PercentOfTotalExpenseExpln>Bad debt expense reported on form 990, but subtracted for purposes of calculating the ratio of cost-to-charge is $33,161,000.</PercentOfTotalExpenseExpln>
        <BadDebtFootnote>FOOTNOTE TO AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS: THE PROVISION FOR BAD DEBTS IS BASED UPON MANAGEMENT'S ASSESSMENT OF HISTORICAL AND EXPECTED NET COLLECTIONS CONSIDERING BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, TRENDS IN HEALTHCARE COVERAGE, AND OTHER COLLECTIONS INDICATORS. PERIODICALLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, MANAGEMENT ASSESSES THE ADEQUACY OF THE ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS BASED UPON HISTORICAL WRITE-OFF EXPERIENCES AND CURRENT MARKET CONDITIONS. THE RESULT OF THIS REVIEW ARE THEN USED TO MAKE ANY MODIFICATIONS TO THE PROVISION FOR BAD DEBTS TO ESTABLISH AN APPROPRIATE ALLOWANCE FOR UNCOLLECTIBLE RECEIVABLES. AFTER SATISFACTION OF AMOUNTS DUE FROM INSURANCE, COVENANT HEALTHCARE FOLLOWS ESTABLISHED GUIDELINES FOR PLACING CERTAIN PAST-DUE PATIENT BALANCES WITH COLLECTION AGENCIES. COSTING METHODOLOGY: BAD DEBT FROM AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TIMES RCC ON WORKSHEET 2.</BadDebtFootnote>
        <ShortfallAsCommunityBenefit>MEDICARE COST IS FROM MEDICARE COST REPORT.</ShortfallAsCommunityBenefit>
        <DebtCollectionPolicy>IT IS NOT OUR POLICY TO PURSUE COLLECTION AGAINST PATIENTS KNOWN TO QUALIFY FOR CHARITY CARE OR OTHER FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. IN CERTAIN CASES IT MAY NOT BE EASILY DETERMINED WHETHER OR NOT A PATIENT QUALIFIES FOR CHARITY OR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE; HOWEVER; IF AFTER COLLECTION PRACTICES HAVE BEGUN IT LATER BECOMES KNOWN THAT A PATIENT QUALIFIES, THE COLLECTION EFFORT CEASE.</DebtCollectionPolicy>
        <NumberOfFacilityTypeExpln>OUTPATIENT MAY INCLUDE URGENT CARE, IMAGING, LABORATORY, THERAPY, AND PHYSICIAN OFFICES.</NumberOfFacilityTypeExpln>
        <NeedsAssessment>PART VI, LINE 2 COVENANT HEALTHCARE WITH THE SAGINAW COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, SAGINAW SCHOOLS AND OTHER KEY PLAYERS TO DEVELOP A COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLAN. DATA FROM NUMEROUS SOURCES ARE UTILIZED TO PROVIDE THE STATISTICAL FOUNDATION FOR THE PLAN. THE METHOD USED TO DEVELOP THE PLAN FOLLOWS THE NATIONAL MODEL KNOWN AS MAPP - MOBILIZING FOR ACTION THROUGH PLANNING AND PARTNERSHIPS. THIS MODEL WAS DEVELOPED BY THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (CDC) AND THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY AND CITY HEALTH OFFICIALS (NACCHO). THE FOUR MAPP ASSESSMENTS INCLUDED, COMMUNITY THEMES AND STRENGTHS, LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM, COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT, AND FORCES OF CHANGE.</NeedsAssessment>
        <PatientEducationAssistance>PART VI, LINE 3 COVENANT COMMUNICATES OUR CHARITY CARE AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICY VIA THE COVENANT WEBSITE, A LETTER TO THE GUARANTOR IF BENEFIT ELIGIBILITY IS NOT ESTABLISHED, OR IN PERSON IF GUARANTOR INDICATES FINANCIAL NEED.</PatientEducationAssistance>
        <CommunityInformation>PART VI, LINE 4 COVENANT HEALTHCARE IS LOCATED IN SAGINAW COUNTY AND CLOSE TO 90% OF INPATIENT DISCHARGES ARE FROM PATIENT WITHIN THE COUNTY. HOWEVER, COVENANT DOES REACH OUT INTO THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES AND HAS RELATIONSHIPS WITH SEVERAL CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITALS IN THE REGION. COVENANT CONSIDERS SIX COUNTIES (SAGINAW, BAY, MIDLAND, TUSCOLA, HURON, AND SANILAC) AS ITS PRIMARY MARKET. ANOTHER 14 COUNTIES IN THE REGION ARE CONSIDERED THE SECONDARY SERVICE AREA.</CommunityInformation>
        <CommunityBuildingActivities>PART VI, LINE 5 COVENANT HEALTHCARE IS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY BUILDING INITIATIVES. LEADERSHIP FROM THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION HOLD VOLUNTARY BOARD AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS IN COMMUNITY GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS FOCUSED ON IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE REGION, PARTICULARLY AROUND ISSUES OF COMMUNITY HEALTH. ADDITIONALLY, THE ORGANIZATION CONDUCTS COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND SCREENING ACTIVITIES IN THE VARIOUS COMMUNITIES IN OUR REGION TO IMPACT HEALTH IN SUCH WAS AS EARLY DISEASE DETECTION TO TRAUMA PREVENTION.</CommunityBuildingActivities>
        <OtherInformation>PART VI, LINE 6 UNDER THE DIRECTION OF A VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY BOARD, COVENANT HEALTHCARE IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES. THE COVENANT VISION IS TO CONSISTENTLY DELIVER ON A PROMISE OF CARING AND A COMMITMENT TO SERVICE. GUIDED BY A SEPARATE VOLUNTEER BOARD, THE COVENANT HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION ASSISTS THE MEDICAL CENTER IN CARRYING OUT ITS SERVICE MISSION THROUGH THE ACQUISITION OF PHILANTHROPIC FUNDS TO SERVE AS A PRIME RESOURCE IN THE DELIVERY OF CARE TO THOSE COVENANT HEALTHCARE SERVES.</OtherInformation>
        <AffiliatedHealthCareSystem>PART VI, LINE 7 COVENANT MEDICAL CENTER, INC. IS NOT A PART OF AN AFFILIATED HEALTH SYSTEM.</AffiliatedHealthCareSystem>
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