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Part I, Line 3c: and Line 3b: In addition to providing free care to financially indigent patients at 200% of the federal poverty guidelines ("FPG"), the organization provides discounted care to the medically indigent which is based on both the FPG (up to 500%) and the percentage of the patient's total bills from all providers in relation to the patient's annual income. Pursuant to the charity care policy, a patient's total balance due will not exceed 10% of total annual income if the patient qualifies as medically indigent. The organization also provides discounted care to those individuals whose amount of total bills, after all payments from third parties, exceeds 50% of the patient's annual income (regardless of the level of income) if the patient is unable to pay the remaining bill.
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Part I, Line 7: A ratio of patient care cost to charges, as determined in Worksheet 2, was used to report the amounts in Part I, Lines 7a - 7d. For amounts reported on lines 7e - 7k, actual expenses for each community benefit activity are tracked and reported using both community benefit software and/or the organization's cost accounting system.
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Part I, L7 Col(f): The amount of bad debt expense included on Form 990, Part IX, line 25, but removed for Schedule H, Part I, Line 7, Column (f) totaled $0.
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Part III, Line 4: As stated in the combined audited financial statements, the organization maintains allowances for uncollectible accounts for estimated losses resulting from a payor's inability to make payments on accounts. The organization assesses the reasonableness of the allowance account based on the historical write-offs, cash collections,the aging of the accounts and other economic factors. Accounts are written off when collection efforts have been exhausted. Management continually monitors and adjusts its allowance associated with its receivable. Bad debt does not include amounts for patients who are known to qualify under the organization's charity care policy. The amount of bad debt attributable to patient's accounts is net of contractual allowances, payments received and recoveries of bad debt previously written off.The Organization has entered zero on Schedule H, Part III, Line 3; however, based on prior experience and certain demographics and other information obtained during admission, the organization believes a portion of the bad debt expenses (estimated to range from 1-5%) would be attributable to patients that would otherwise qualify for charity care. Despite all of the effort and ways the organization educates patients about qualifying for its charity care program as demonstrated in Part VI, question 3 below, many uninsured patients either refuse or fail to complete a charity care application or provide sufficient information at the time of admission, during their stay or after being discharged to qualify for assistance under the organization's charity care policy.
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Part III, Line 8: The amount reported on Part III, Section B, line 7 was calculated in accordance with the Schedule H instructions utilizing the organization's allowable cost reported in the Medicare cost report based on a cost to charge ratio. However, the allowable costs in the Medicare cost report do not reflect the actual cost of providing care to patients since the Medicare cost report excludes many direct patient care costs that are essential to providing quality care to these patients. For example, certain coverage fees to physicians, cost of Medicare C and D, and other similar direct patient care expenses are specifically excluded as allowable cost in the cost reports. Using the same methodology to calculate the unreimbursed cost of providing charity care and Medicaid (using applicable Schedule H Worksheets) would result in a shortfall of $1,765,132, which is $1,366,682 higher than the surplus reported on Part III, Section B, Line 7. The organization believes that all of the shortfall should be considered as a community benefit for the following reasons. First, the IRS Community Benefit Standard includes the provision of care to the elderly and Medicare patients. IRS Revenue Ruling 69-545 provides, in part, that hospitals serving patients with governmental health benefits, including for example Medicare, is an indication that the hospital operates for the promotion of health in the community. Second, the organization provides care to Medicare patients regardless of this shortfall, i.e., loss, and thereby relieves the state and federal government of the burden of paying the full cost for the care of Medicare beneficiaries. Medicare does not provide sufficient reimbursement to cover the entire cost of providing care to these patients causing the organization to use other surplus funds to cover the shortfall. It is expected that reimbursement under the Medicare program will continue to decline and therefore may further limit access to care due to the anticipated reduction of participating Medicare providers in the community. As a result, the care for these patients will likely increase at, and rest on the shoulders of, nonprofit hospitals or county hospital districts. Third, many of the Medicare participants have low fixed incomes and therefore would qualify for charity care or other means tested government programs absent being enrolled in the Medicare program. Fourth, Texas nonprofit hospitals must provide a minimum level of community benefit in order to obtain exemption from state and local taxes. According to the current Texas Health and Safety Code, the unreimbursed cost of Medicare is considered to be a community benefit in determining these state statutory requirements as it helps relieve a governmental burden of providing this care that would otherwise be provided through the county hospital system in Texas.
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Part III, Line 9b: The organization's debt collection policy and procedures prohibit any collection efforts for the portion of the patient account balance that qualifyies for financial assistance under the organization's charity care policy. For any remaining balances due, the same collection policy and procedures are applied equally to all patient types.
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Part VI, Line 2: During the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, the Organization conducted a Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) to assess the health care needs of the community for each of its licensed hospital facilities and developed an implementation strategy to address the needs identified in the CHNAs. The CHNAs were conducted in accordance with state and federal guidelines including Internal Revenue Code Section 501(r) and the Texas Health and Safety Code Section 311. These CHNAs and implementation strategies have been made widely available to the public and are located on the Organizations website at the following address: www.BaylorHealth.com/Community.
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Part VI, Line 3: The organization is committed to promoting health in the community including providing or finding financial assistance programs to assist patients. Patients who may qualify for financial assistance through the organization's charity care program or other federal, state and local government programs are informed and educated about their eligibility in several ways including, but not limited to, the following: 1) posting signs and notices regarding the charity care policy in the emergency departments, admitting areas and business offices located throughout the organization, 2) annual posting regarding the organization's charity care program in the local newspapers, 3) information regarding financial assistance, including the organization's charity care policy, is posted on the organization's website, 4) notices about the organization's financial assistance policies are posted on each bill sent to patients including providing a phone number to access the customer service unit dedicated to answering patients billing questions, as well as provide information regarding financial assistance, and 5) the organization provides free financial counselors (or other hospital staff) to help patients determine how to meet their financial obligations for services provided. Specifically financial counselors assist patients in applying for government assistance programs such as Medicaid or the organization's charity care program. Any patient may request to speak to a financial counselor when being treated at the organization. Uninsured patients who are admitted to the hospital will automatically receive help from a financial counselor. These services are provided in writing and through interpretation services in the primary language of the patient requesting assistance. Though the most often needed alternate language is Spanish, the organization can accommodate multiple languages including American Sign Language.
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Part VI, Line 4: The Organization has four licensed hospitals and each hospitals community is defined and summarized below. Additional information regarding the community can also be found in each of the hospitals community health needs assessment and implementation strategy located on the organizations website at www.BaylorHealth.com/Community. Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation in Dallas (BIR Dallas) is Located in Dallas County and its total service area includes zip codes primarily from the urban/suburban areas of Dallas, Collin, Denton, Ellis, Henderson, Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall and Tarrant Counties covering more than 4.1 million residents. The average household income is $76,541 with 11.2 percent living below the federal poverty level. Additionally, 11 percent is uninsured and 18.8 percent of the population is enrolled in Medicaid. BIR Dallas service area contains 25 medically underserved areas or populations. Dallas County has significant Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) and Medically Underserved Areas (MUA) that overlap and Kaufman County is a county- level HPSA with no MUAs. In addition to BIR Dallas, there are 55 other hospitals providing services to BIR Dallas service area. Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation Northwest Dallas (BIR NW) is a specialty hospital in which patients come from a wide geographic area, resulting in a broader service area than is found in a typical acute care hospital. The service area for BIR NW is defined as all of Dallas County. Dallas County includes both urban and suburban areas. The population of Dallas County is over 2.4 million with a median annual income of $47,326 and 20.1 percent of the population living below the federal poverty level. Additionally, 14 percent is uninsured and 18 percent of the population is enrolled in Medicaid. In addition to BIR NW, there are twelve other hospitals providing rehabilitation services to Tarrant County. Dallas County has significant Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) and Medically Underserved Areas (MUA).Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation Ft. Worth (BIR Ft. Worth) is a specialty hospital in which patients come from a wide geographic area, resulting in a broader service area than is found in a typical acute care hospital. The service area for BIR-Ft. Worth is defined as all of Tarrant County. Tarrant County has 41 municipalities and has been termed a checkerboard of urban, suburban and rural areas in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. The population of Tarrant County is over 1.8 million with a median annual income of $52,789 and 17 percent of the population living below the federal poverty level. Additionally, 12.8 percent is uninsured and 12.2 percent of the population is enrolled in Medicaid. In addition to BIR Fort Worth, there are seven other hospitals providing rehabilitation services to Tarrant County. Tarrant County has designated Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSA) and Medically Underserved Areas (MUA). Tarrant County is a HPSA for medical, dental and mental health providers.Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation Frisco (BIR Frisco) is a specialty hospital in which patients come from a wide geographic area, resulting in a broader service area than is found in a typical acute care hospital. The service area for BIR-Frisco is defined to include both Collin and Denton Counties. The population of Collin County is over 834,000 with a median annual income of $82,237 and 8.8 percent of the population living below the federal poverty level. Additionally, 14.5 percent is uninsured and 5.3 percent of the population is enrolled in Medicaid. The population of Denton County is over 707,000 with a median annual income of $69,644 and 9.7 percent of the population living below the federal poverty level. Additionally, 15.5 percent is uninsured and 6.1 percent of the population is enrolled in Medicaid. All of Denton County has been designated a Medically Underserved Area (MUA) and eight MUAs exist in Collin County. In addition to BIR Frisco, there are eight other hospitals providing rehabilitation services in Collin and Denton counties.
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Part VI, Line 5: Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation at Gaston Episcopal Hospital (BIR) operates, through a partnership with Select Medical Corporation, four faith based specialty hospitals including 47 outpatient rehab clinics which provides exemplary comprehensive physical medicine and rehabilitation services to the residents in Dallas Texas, Fort Worth Texas and the surrounding communities. These hospitals include Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation Dallas, Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation Frisco, Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation Fort Worth, and Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation NW Dallas.With the oversight of an independent volunteer community board and Baylor Health Care System, the Organization's sole member, the Organization has promoted health and benefited the community by providing access to quality rehabilitation services through these hospitals. The Organization's governing body is comprised of volunteer community representatives that provide leadership and governance for the organization. The members of the governing body contribute their wisdom, insights, and expertise to ensure the organization is fulfilling its mission and charitable purpose while providing efficient administrative support services and direction for the System. The members are well respected residents and/or own businesses in the organization's primary or secondary service area and understand the needs of the community.The medical staff of the organization is open to all qualifying physicians in the community who meet membership and clinical privileges requirements. Surplus funds are continuously invested back to the community and are utilized to maintain access to limited patient services or expand access points of care to patients including the expansion of both inpatient and outpatient throughout the community. Some of the programs and achievement of the organization is summarized below. The Organization provides financial assistance in the form of charity care to patients who are indigent and satisfy certain requirements. Additionally, the Organization is committed to treating patients who are eligible for means tested government programs such as Medicaid and other government sponsored programs including Medicare, which is provided regardless of the reimbursement shortfall, and thereby relieves the state and federal government of the burden of paying the full cost of care for these patients. Often, patients are unaware of the federal, state and local programs open to them for financial assistance, or they are unable to access them due to the cumbersome enrollment process required to receive these benefits. The organization offers assistance in enrollment to these government programs or extends financial assistance in the form of charity care through the Organizations Financial Assistance Policy which can be located on the Organizations website at BaylorHealth.com/FinancialAssistance.The Hospitals approach to rehabilitation is unique and brings patients to a function level that matches a pre-conceived clinical measure, and the post-acute programs inspire patients to reengage in their lives while learning how to function in their own environments. Patients transfer the skills learned in rehabilitation to their activities at home, school and work. Family members are also trained to make life at home as easy as possible for everyone affected. Multi-disciplinary specialists work together to address every aspect of the patients re-integrationphysical, cognitive, psychological and social. All programs revolve around the patients own goals for life after rehabilitation. Patients engage in the Hospitals post-rehabilitation support groups, providing therapeutic benefits for life. Inspirational speakers, vacation opportunities, practical tips and social events are the lifelong resources of enrichment and freedom that make an ongoing difference for patients. The Hospital has a prestigious reputation for its TBI program, one of only 16 facilities throughout the nation to be designated as a model system of care for the treatment of patients with TBI by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research. The TBI Model System project is a prospective, longitudinal multi-center study examining the course of recovery and outcomes following TBI. The Hospitals model system, known as the North Texas Traumatic Brain Injury Model System, is a cooperative effort between the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, John Peter Smith, and the Hospital. Researchers hope to learn more about TBI and the vast array of issues encountered by those people affected by it. The goal of the research is to help improve outcomes and the quality of life for people who have had brain injuries, as well as for their families. The Hospitals TBI program also annually sponsors the Mountain High Camp, a five-day camp in Red River, New Mexico for young adults who have experienced a TBI. In 2005, the Hospital established its own camp for TBI survivors in Dallas known as Friends of Hope, a day camp held four times a year sponsored by Dallas area churches and synagogues. In rehabilitation after traumatic brain injury, there appears to be a serious gap between what are considered best clinical practices versus what treatments actually are being implemented. An additional project is a mechanistic study to better understand the relationship between structural damage in the brain and whether it can be identified using dopamine transporter imaging with single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). The target population will be patients who have experienced TBI and remained in minimally conscious states (i.e. posttraumatic amnesia) for an extended time, which is associated with disruptions in dopamine pathways. The Hospitals Body Weight Support Treadmill Training program focuses on teaching patients who have experienced a stroke how to walk again correctly. Researchers report successful results and ultimately hope to include the technique in traditional therapy methods for stroke patients. A case series reporting on 18 of the patients will soon be published in Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation. The Hospitals accessible therapy pool is available to any individual needing aquatic exercise or therapy due to an orthopedic or neurological disorder. In addition, the Hospital offers exercise classes to help participants maintain a healthy lifestyle and prevent further injury or illness. Other outpatient services include: Amputee Clinic, Hand Therapy, Vestibular/Balance Clinic, Orthotics, Body Weight Support Gait Training, FES Bike Moto med, Low Vision Clinic, Adaptive Driving, Dysphagia Clinic, Urodynamics, Wheelchair Seating and Positioning Clinic, Aquatic Therapy, Gait Evaluation, Treatment and Upper Extremity Evaluation, Treatment with Use of Bioness equipment, Treatment with use of Armeo equipment, Treatment with use of Dynavision and Physiatrist Services Patients represent every point on the disability spectrum, from strokes to spinal cord injuries to debilitating diseases, amputation, vision impairment and cognitive disabilities. The process begins with a comprehensive clinical evaluation and an assessment of necessary driving skills, like reaction time, range of motion and coordination. On a patients qualifying for instruction, the therapist combines occupational therapy skills and driver instruction expertise to provide hands-on, behind-the-wheel training on public streets. The program works with drivers of every experience level and trains them for an official Dallas Police Station drivers test. The Hospitals unique support group - Support, Challenge, Inspireis a lifelong resource for social, educational and community enrichment. Meetings cover topics like travel and dining tips, accessible public spaces, relationships after an injury, new equipment and other practical information. Tours of sports, arts and community venues motivate patients to live active lifestyles. There are inspirational speakers like a Paralympics gold medalist, bike trail rides and an annual hand cycle clinic. Some individuals with spinal cord injury who have re-integrated into the community return to the Hospital as volunteers to offer support, education and encouragement to patients and their families through the Hospitals Peer Mentoring program. The Hospital created Sacred Vocation Training to provide employee caregivers the kind of restorative care that transforms their occupation to a vocation. A weekly exercise in self-discovery, an opportunity to see their work as a healing mission and a catalyst for continually improving the work environment, Sacred Vocation Training nurtures the heart and soul of the Hospitals employees. In so doing, the program fosters a more nurturing and healing experience for patients, and the results are reflected in patient satisfaction surveys.
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Part VI, Line 6: The organization is part of a large faith based integrated health care delivery system ("System") serving the health care needs of the twelve county Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex area. The System exists to serve all people through exemplary health care, education, research and community service. Community benefits are provided through the provision of charity care, governmental sponsored programs (such as Medicaid and Medicare), medical research, medical education, community health improvement services, donations to other nonprofit health care providers, and many other community service activities. During the year, the affiliated nonprofit hospitals reported community benefits (as reported to the Texas Department of State Health Services, and in accordance with the State of Texas Statutory methodology) in excess of $638,100,000. The System's nonprofit hospitals provided community benefits (as reported on the IRS Form 990, Schedule H) in excess of $352,700,000 during the tax year. The Texas Annual Statement of Community Benefit Standard includes approximately $269,600,000 of unreimbursed cost of Medicare that is not included in the IRS Form 990, Schedule H. The System is comprised of separate legal entities including philanthropic foundations, a research institute, a physician network, acute care hospitals, short-stay hospitals, specialty hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers and other health care providers all which fall under the common control of Baylor Health Care System, the organization's sole member. As part of the System, certain affiliates make grants and/or contributions to other related nonprofit affiliates to help financially support and/or fund worthy community benefits activities. The System has also established a patient transfer system among the affiliated hospitals allowing patients needing a particular level of care to be transferred as needed to a related hospital that can provide that service in an efficient and effective manner. As part of the System, all hospitals and other affiliated health care providers are required to adhere to high standards for medical quality, patient safety and patient satisfaction. These standards are set forth by Baylor Health Care System, the organization's sole member, which helps ensures consistency across the System.
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Facility 1 -- BIR at Gaston Episcopal Hospital
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Creating healthy communities requires a high level of mutual understanding and collaboration with community individuals and partner groups. The development of the community health needs assessment brought together information from community health leaders and providers along with local residents for the purposes of researching, prioritizing and documenting the community health needs for the geographies served by the hospital facility.As an affiliate of Baylor Health Care System (BHCS), the hospital facility conducted its community health needs assessment with the assistance and direction of BHCS and the guidance of the BHCS Community Benefit Committee. The mission and role of the BHCS Community Benefit Committee is to assist the BHCS Board of Trustees in setting direction, identifying priorities, and monitoring performance in mission and vision integration into community benefits across the BHCS hospital system. The Committee is comprised of trustees (current System and community board members) and other community representatives appointed by the BHCS board of trustees. The hospital facilitys community health needs assessment brings together information from a variety of sources. This assessment consolidates information from recent community health needs assessments conducted for the Texas Regional Healthcare Partnerships, the Dallas County Community Health Needs Assessment and the Consumer Health Report conducted by the National Research Corporation (NRC) for the hospital facility. Members from Baylor Health Care System participated in the development of these reports with other health care providers, community groups and others throughout the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. These reports used a variety of methods to gather and assess the community including, but not limited to, surveys, meetings, and interviews. The hospital has also fostered continued community participation and outreach activities through membership in the Dallas Fort Worth Hospital Council. They have used data from this collaboration of health care providers, including data that served as the basis for this CHNA. This datadrawn from a variety of local, state and federal sourcesrepresents the most recent evaluation of Dallas/Fort Worth residents health status and the assets available to the community for improving health.In addition, data was drawn from the Healthy North Texas website (www.healthytexas.org), which was created under the direction of the Dallas Fort Worth Hospital Council Foundations Community Health Collaborative. The website features data regarding overall population health. It boasts more than 100 local health indicators that can be compared across other Texas regions and the nation. The information can be used to expose crucial health concerns in North Texas, including incidents of diabetes, breast cancer and suicide. The site also has a database of information detailing ways to combat these health ailments. Sponsors of the site include Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, Communities Foundation of Texas, HCA North Texas, JPS Health Network, Methodist Health System, Texas Health Resources, University of North Texas Health Science Center and Baylor Health Care System.More detailed information can be found in the hospital community health needs assessment and community benefit plan located at the following website: http://www.baylorhealth.com/About/Community/Assessments/Pages/Default.aspx
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Facility 1 -- BIR at Gaston Episcopal Hospital
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As an affiliate of Baylor Health Care System, the hospital facility conducted its community health needs assessment with other related hospital facilities and with the assistance and direction of Baylor Health Care System. These related hospital facilities included the following: Baylor University Medical Center, Baylor All Saints Medical Center, Baylor Medical Center at Garland, Baylor Regional Medical Center at Grapevine, Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano, Baylor Medical Center at Waxahachie, Baylor Medical Center at McKinney, Baylor Medical Center at Irving, Baylor Medical Center at Carrollton, Baylor Specialty Hospital, Our Childrens House at Baylor, Baylor Heart and Vascular Hospital, The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano, Baylor Medical Center at Frisco, Baylor Medical Center at Uptown, Irving/Coppell Surgical Hospital, Baylor Orthopedic and Spine Hospital at Arlington, Baylor Surgical Hospital at Fort Worth, Baylor Medical Center at Trophy Club, North Central Surgical Center, Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation at Dallas, Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation at Frisco, Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation at Northwest Dallas, Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation at Fort Worth, and Baylor Emergency Medical Center at Aubrey. Additionally, Baylor Health Care System also participated in numerous workgroups and studies used for other community health needs assessments conducted throughout the twelve county North Texas Region. The data and results of these various community health needs assessments were used by Baylor Health Care System and its affiliated hospital facilities to conduct their own community health needs assessments. Other hospital facilities in the community including county hospitals such as Parkland Memorial Hospital, John Peter Smith Hospital and other hospitals participated in these other community health needs assessments.
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Facility 1 -- BIR at Gaston Episcopal Hospital
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In addition to providing free care to financially indigent patients at 200% of the federal poverty guidelines (FPG), the organization provides discounted care to the medically indigent which is based on both the FPG (up to 500%) and the percentage of the patient's total bills from all providers in relation to the patient's annual income. Pursuant to the charity care policy, a patient's total balance due will not exceed 10% of total annual income if the patient qualifies as medically indigent. The organization also provides discounted care to those individuals whose amount of total bills, after all payments from third parties, exceeds 50% of the patient's annual income (regardless of the level of income) if the patient is unable to pay the remaining bill.
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Facility 1 -- BIR at Gaston Episcopal Hospital
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The hospital has adopted a financial assistance policy written in accordance with Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 311. In general, that statute defines charity care as providing, funding or otherwise financially supporting health care services to a person classified by the hospital as financially or medically indigent; or providing funding or otherwise financially supporting health care services provided to financially indigent persons through other nonprofit or public clinics, hospitals or hospital organizations. To determine if a patient meets the definition of financially or medically indigent in the statute, the number in the household is required. Additionally, although assets and other resources are not included in the calculation to determine whether a patient is financially or medically indigent, the organization's policy reserves the right to allow the patient's assets or other resources to be considered when determining if financial assistance will be granted.
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Facility 1 -- BIR at Gaston Episcopal Hospital
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Measures to publicize the policy within the community served by the hospital facility, include but are not limited to, the following: 1) posting signs and notices regarding the charity care policy in the emergency departments, admitting areas and business offices located throughout the organization: 2) annual posting regarding the organization's charity care program in the local newspapers: 3) information regarding financial assistance, including the organization's charity care policy, is posted on the organization's website: 4) notices about the organization's financial assistance policies are posted on each bill sent to patients including providing a phone number to access the customer service unit dedicated to answering patients billing questions, as well as provide information regarding financial assistance: and 5) the organization provides free financial counselors (or other hospital staff) to help patients determine how to meet their financial obligations for services provided. Specifically financial counselors assist patients in applying for government assistance programs such as Medicaid or the organization's charity care program. Any patient may request to speak to a financial counselor when being treated at the organization. Uninsured patients who are admitted to the hospital will automatically receive help from a financial counselor. These services are provided in writing and through interpretation services in the primary language of the patient requesting assistance. Though the most often needed alternate language is Spanish, the organization can accommodate multiple languages including American Sign Language.
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BIR at Gaston Episcopal Hospital does not operate an Emergency Room.
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The organizations financial assistance policy is developed to provide discounted care to those qualifying for financial assistance to where the amount charged under the policy will always be equal to or lower than the average of the three largest (by volume) negotiated commercial insurance rates. However, for those qualifying as medically indigent and whose income level is from 200% to 500% of the federal poverty level shall not be billed more than 10% of their annual income which is generally lower than the methodology listed above and the three methods listed in Question Part V, Line 20ac.
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Creating healthy communities requires a high level of mutual understanding and collaboration with community individuals and partner groups. The development of the community health needs assessment brought together information from community health leaders and providers along with local residents for the purposes of researching, prioritizing and documenting the community health needs for the geographies served by the hospital facility.As an affiliate of Baylor Health Care System (BHCS), the hospital facility conducted its community health needs assessment with the assistance and direction of BHCS and the guidance of the BHCS Community Benefit Committee. The mission and role of the BHCS Community Benefit Committee is to assist the BHCS Board of Trustees in setting direction, identifying priorities, and monitoring performance in mission and vision integration into community benefits across the BHCS hospital system. The Committee is comprised of trustees (current System and community board members) and other community representatives appointed by the BHCS board of trustees. The hospital facilitys community health needs assessment brings together information from a variety of sources. This assessment consolidates information from recent community health needs assessments conducted for the Texas Regional Healthcare Partnerships, the Dallas County Community Health Needs Assessment and the Consumer Health Report conducted by the National Research Corporation (NRC) for the hospital facility. Members from Baylor Health Care System participated in the development of these reports with other health care providers, community groups and others throughout the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. These reports used a variety of methods to gather and assess the community including, but not limited to, surveys, meetings, and interviews. The hospital has also fostered continued community participation and outreach activities through membership in the Dallas Fort Worth Hospital Council. They have used data from this collaboration of health care providers, including data that served as the basis for this CHNA. This datadrawn from a variety of local, state and federal sourcesrepresents the most recent evaluation of Dallas/Fort Worth residents health status and the assets available to the community for improving health.In addition, data was drawn from the Healthy North Texas website (www.healthytexas.org), which was created under the direction of the Dallas Fort Worth Hospital Council Foundations Community Health Collaborative. The website features data regarding overall population health. It boasts more than 100 local health indicators that can be compared across other Texas regions and the nation. The information can be used to expose crucial health concerns in North Texas, including incidents of diabetes, breast cancer and suicide. The site also has a database of information detailing ways to combat these health ailments. Sponsors of the site include Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, Communities Foundation of Texas, HCA North Texas, JPS Health Network, Methodist Health System, Texas Health Resources, University of North Texas Health Science Center and Baylor Health Care System.More detailed information can be found in the hospital community health needs assessment and community benefit plan located at the following website: http://www.baylorhealth.com/About/Community/Assessments/Pages/Default.aspx
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Facility 2 -- BIR-Frisco
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As an affiliate of Baylor Health Care System, the hospital facility conducted its community health needs assessment with other related hospital facilities and with the assistance and direction of Baylor Health Care System. These related hospital facilities included the following: Baylor University Medical Center, Baylor All Saints Medical Center, Baylor Medical Center at Garland, Baylor Regional Medical Center at Grapevine, Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano, Baylor Medical Center at Waxahachie, Baylor Medical Center at McKinney, Baylor Medical Center at Irving, Baylor Medical Center at Carrollton, Baylor Specialty Hospital, Our Childrens House at Baylor, Baylor Heart and Vascular Hospital, The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano, Baylor Medical Center at Frisco, Baylor Medical Center at Uptown, Irving/Coppell Surgical Hospital, Baylor Orthopedic and Spine Hospital at Arlington, Baylor Surgical Hospital at Fort Worth, Baylor Medical Center at Trophy Club, North Central Surgical Center, Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation at Dallas, Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation at Frisco, Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation at Northwest Dallas, Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation at Fort Worth, and Baylor Emergency Medical Center at Aubrey. Additionally, Baylor Health Care System also participated in numerous workgroups and studies used for other community health needs assessments conducted throughout the twelve county North Texas Region. The data and results of these various community health needs assessments were used by Baylor Health Care System and its affiliated hospital facilities to conduct their own community health needs assessments. Other hospital facilities in the community including county hospitals such as Parkland Memorial Hospital, John Peter Smith Hospital and other hospitals participated in these other community health needs assessments.
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Facility 2 -- BIR-Frisco
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In addition to providing free care to financially indigent patients at 200% of the federal poverty guidelines (FPG), the organization provides discounted care to the medically indigent which is based on both the FPG (up to 500%) and the percentage of the patient's total bills from all providers in relation to the patient's annual income. Pursuant to the charity care policy, a patient's total balance due will not exceed 10% of total annual income if the patient qualifies as medically indigent. The organization also provides discounted care to those individuals whose amount of total bills, after all payments from third parties, exceeds 50% of the patient's annual income (regardless of the level of income) if the patient is unable to pay the remaining bill.
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The hospital has adopted a financial assistance policy written in accordance with Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 311. In general, that statute defines charity care as providing, funding or otherwise financially supporting health care services to a person classified by the hospital as financially or medically indigent; or providing funding or otherwise financially supporting health care services provided to financially indigent persons through other nonprofit or public clinics, hospitals or hospital organizations. To determine if a patient meets the definition of financially or medically indigent in the statute, the number in the household is required. Additionally, although assets and other resources are not included in the calculation to determine whether a patient is financially or medically indigent, the organization's policy reserves the right to allow the patient's assets or other resources to be considered when determining if financial assistance will be granted.
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Measures to publicize the policy within the community served by the hospital facility, include but are not limited to, the following: 1) posting signs and notices regarding the charity care policy in the emergency departments, admitting areas and business offices located throughout the organization: 2) annual posting regarding the organization's charity care program in the local newspapers: 3) information regarding financial assistance, including the organization's charity care policy, is posted on the organization's website: 4) notices about the organization's financial assistance policies are posted on each bill sent to patients including providing a phone number to access the customer service unit dedicated to answering patients billing questions, as well as provide information regarding financial assistance: and 5) the organization provides free financial counselors (or other hospital staff) to help patients determine how to meet their financial obligations for services provided. Specifically financial counselors assist patients in applying for government assistance programs such as Medicaid or the organization's charity care program. Any patient may request to speak to a financial counselor when being treated at the organization. Uninsured patients who are admitted to the hospital will automatically receive help from a financial counselor. These services are provided in writing and through interpretation services in the primary language of the patient requesting assistance. Though the most often needed alternate language is Spanish, the organization can accommodate multiple languages including American Sign Language.
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Facility 2 -- BIR-Frisco
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Part V, Section B, line 19d:
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BIR-Frisco does not operate an Emergency Room.
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Facility 2 -- BIR-Frisco
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Part V, Section B, line 20d:
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The organizations financial assistance policy is developed to provide discounted care to those qualifying for financial assistance to where the amount charged under the policy will always be equal to or lower than the average of the three largest (by volume) negotiated commercial insurance rates. However, for those qualifying as medically indigent and whose income level is from 200% to 500% of the federal poverty level shall not be billed more than 10% of their annual income which is generally lower than the methodology listed above and the three methods listed in Question Part V, Line 20ac.
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Facility 3 -- Global Rehab-Fort Worth, LP
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Part V, Section B, line 3:
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Creating healthy communities requires a high level of mutual understanding and collaboration with community individuals and partner groups. The development of the community health needs assessment brought together information from community health leaders and providers along with local residents for the purposes of researching, prioritizing and documenting the community health needs for the geographies served by the hospital facility.As an affiliate of Baylor Health Care System (BHCS), the hospital facility conducted its community health needs assessment with the assistance and direction of BHCS and the guidance of the BHCS Community Benefit Committee. The mission and role of the BHCS Community Benefit Committee is to assist the BHCS Board of Trustees in setting direction, identifying priorities, and monitoring performance in mission and vision integration into community benefits across the BHCS hospital system. The Committee is comprised of trustees (current System and community board members) and other community representatives appointed by the BHCS board of trustees. The hospital facilitys community health needs assessment brings together information from a variety of sources. This assessment consolidates information from recent community health needs assessments conducted for the Texas Regional Healthcare Partnerships, the Dallas County Community Health Needs Assessment and the Consumer Health Report conducted by the National Research Corporation (NRC) for the hospital facility. Members from Baylor Health Care System participated in the development of these reports with other health care providers, community groups and others throughout the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. These reports used a variety of methods to gather and assess the community including, but not limited to, surveys, meetings, and interviews. The hospital has also fostered continued community participation and outreach activities through membership in the Dallas Fort Worth Hospital Council. They have used data from this collaboration of health care providers, including data that served as the basis for this CHNA. This datadrawn from a variety of local, state and federal sourcesrepresents the most recent evaluation of Dallas/Fort Worth residents health status and the assets available to the community for improving health.In addition, data was drawn from the Healthy North Texas website (www.healthytexas.org), which was created under the direction of the Dallas Fort Worth Hospital Council Foundations Community Health Collaborative. The website features data regarding overall population health. It boasts more than 100 local health indicators that can be compared across other Texas regions and the nation. The information can be used to expose crucial health concerns in North Texas, including incidents of diabetes, breast cancer and suicide. The site also has a database of information detailing ways to combat these health ailments. Sponsors of the site include Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, Communities Foundation of Texas, HCA North Texas, JPS Health Network, Methodist Health System, Texas Health Resources, University of North Texas Health Science Center and Baylor Health Care System.More detailed information can be found in the hospital community health needs assessment and community benefit plan located at the following website: http://www.baylorhealth.com/About/Community/Assessments/Pages/Default.aspx
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Facility 3 -- Global Rehab-Fort Worth, LP
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Part V, Section B, line 4:
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As an affiliate of Baylor Health Care System, the hospital facility conducted its community health needs assessment with other related hospital facilities and with the assistance and direction of Baylor Health Care System. These related hospital facilities included the following: Baylor University Medical Center, Baylor All Saints Medical Center, Baylor Medical Center at Garland, Baylor Regional Medical Center at Grapevine, Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano, Baylor Medical Center at Waxahachie, Baylor Medical Center at McKinney, Baylor Medical Center at Irving, Baylor Medical Center at Carrollton, Baylor Specialty Hospital, Our Childrens House at Baylor, Baylor Heart and Vascular Hospital, The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano, Baylor Medical Center at Frisco, Baylor Medical Center at Uptown, Irving/Coppell Surgical Hospital, Baylor Orthopedic and Spine Hospital at Arlington, Baylor Surgical Hospital at Fort Worth, Baylor Medical Center at Trophy Club, North Central Surgical Center, Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation at Dallas, Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation at Frisco, Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation at Northwest Dallas, Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation at Fort Worth, and Baylor Emergency Medical Center at Aubrey. Additionally, Baylor Health Care System also participated in numerous workgroups and studies used for other community health needs assessments conducted throughout the twelve county North Texas Region. The data and results of these various community health needs assessments were used by Baylor Health Care System and its affiliated hospital facilities to conduct their own community health needs assessments. Other hospital facilities in the community including county hospitals such as Parkland Memorial Hospital, John Peter Smith Hospital and other hospitals participated in these other community health needs assessments.
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Facility 3 -- Global Rehab-Fort Worth, LP
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Part V, Section B, line 11:
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In addition to providing free care to financially indigent patients at 200% of the federal poverty guidelines (FPG), the organization provides discounted care to the medically indigent which is based on both the FPG (up to 500%) and the percentage of the patient's total bills from all providers in relation to the patient's annual income. Pursuant to the charity care policy, a patient's total balance due will not exceed 10% of total annual income if the patient qualifies as medically indigent. The organization also provides discounted care to those individuals whose amount of total bills, after all payments from third parties, exceeds 50% of the patient's annual income (regardless of the level of income) if the patient is unable to pay the remaining bill.
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Facility 3 -- Global Rehab-Fort Worth, LP
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Part V, Section B, line 12h:
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The hospital has adopted a financial assistance policy written in accordance with Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 311. In general, that statute defines charity care as providing, funding or otherwise financially supporting health care services to a person classified by the hospital as financially or medically indigent; or providing funding or otherwise financially supporting health care services provided to financially indigent persons through other nonprofit or public clinics, hospitals or hospital organizations. To determine if a patient meets the definition of financially or medically indigent in the statute, the number in the household is required. Additionally, although assets and other resources are not included in the calculation to determine whether a patient is financially or medically indigent, the organization's policy reserves the right to allow the patient's assets or other resources to be considered when determining if financial assistance will be granted.
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Facility 3 -- Global Rehab-Fort Worth, LP
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Part V, Section B, line 14g:
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Measures to publicize the policy within the community served by the hospital facility, include but are not limited to, the following: 1) posting signs and notices regarding the charity care policy in the emergency departments, admitting areas and business offices located throughout the organization: 2) annual posting regarding the organization's charity care program in the local newspapers: 3) information regarding financial assistance, including the organization's charity care policy, is posted on the organization's website: 4) notices about the organization's financial assistance policies are posted on each bill sent to patients including providing a phone number to access the customer service unit dedicated to answering patients billing questions, as well as provide information regarding financial assistance: and 5) the organization provides free financial counselors (or other hospital staff) to help patients determine how to meet their financial obligations for services provided. Specifically financial counselors assist patients in applying for government assistance programs such as Medicaid or the organization's charity care program. Any patient may request to speak to a financial counselor when being treated at the organization. Uninsured patients who are admitted to the hospital will automatically receive help from a financial counselor. These services are provided in writing and through interpretation services in the primary language of the patient requesting assistance. Though the most often needed alternate language is Spanish, the organization can accommodate multiple languages including American Sign Language.
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Facility 3 -- Global Rehab-Fort Worth, LP
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Part V, Section B, line 19d:
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Global Rehabj-Fort Worth does not operate an Emergency Room.
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Facility 3 -- Global Rehab-Fort Worth, LP
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Part V, Section B, line 20d:
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The organizations financial assistance policy is developed to provide discounted care to those qualifying for financial assistance to where the amount charged under the policy will always be equal to or lower than the average of the three largest (by volume) negotiated commercial insurance rates. However, for those qualifying as medically indigent and whose income level is from 200% to 500% of the federal poverty level shall not be billed more than 10% of their annual income which is generally lower than the methodology listed above and the three methods listed in Question Part V, Line 20ac.
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Facility 4 -- Global Rehab-Dallas, LP
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Part V, Section B, line 3:
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Creating healthy communities requires a high level of mutual understanding and collaboration with community individuals and partner groups. The development of the community health needs assessment brought together information from community health leaders and providers along with local residents for the purposes of researching, prioritizing and documenting the community health needs for the geographies served by the hospital facility.As an affiliate of Baylor Health Care System (BHCS), the hospital facility conducted its community health needs assessment with the assistance and direction of BHCS and the guidance of the BHCS Community Benefit Committee. The mission and role of the BHCS Community Benefit Committee is to assist the BHCS Board of Trustees in setting direction, identifying priorities, and monitoring performance in mission and vision integration into community benefits across the BHCS hospital system. The Committee is comprised of trustees (current System and community board members) and other community representatives appointed by the BHCS board of trustees. The hospital facilitys community health needs assessment brings together information from a variety of sources. This assessment consolidates information from recent community health needs assessments conducted for the Texas Regional Healthcare Partnerships, the Dallas County Community Health Needs Assessment and the Consumer Health Report conducted by the National Research Corporation (NRC) for the hospital facility. Members from Baylor Health Care System participated in the development of these reports with other health care providers, community groups and others throughout the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. These reports used a variety of methods to gather and assess the community including, but not limited to, surveys, meetings, and interviews. The hospital has also fostered continued community participation and outreach activities through membership in the Dallas Fort Worth Hospital Council. They have used data from this collaboration of health care providers, including data that served as the basis for this CHNA. This datadrawn from a variety of local, state and federal sourcesrepresents the most recent evaluation of Dallas/Fort Worth residents health status and the assets available to the community for improving health.In addition, data was drawn from the Healthy North Texas website (www.healthytexas.org), which was created under the direction of the Dallas Fort Worth Hospital Council Foundations Community Health Collaborative. The website features data regarding overall population health. It boasts more than 100 local health indicators that can be compared across other Texas regions and the nation. The information can be used to expose crucial health concerns in North Texas, including incidents of diabetes, breast cancer and suicide. The site also has a database of information detailing ways to combat these health ailments. Sponsors of the site include Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, Communities Foundation of Texas, HCA North Texas, JPS Health Network, Methodist Health System, Texas Health Resources, University of North Texas Health Science Center and Baylor Health Care System.More detailed information can be found in the hospital community health needs assessment and community benefit plan located at the following website: http://www.baylorhealth.com/About/Community/Assessments/Pages/Default.aspx
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Facility 4 -- Global Rehab-Dallas, LP
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Part V, Section B, line 4:
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As an affiliate of Baylor Health Care System, the hospital facility conducted its community health needs assessment with other related hospital facilities and with the assistance and direction of Baylor Health Care System. These related hospital facilities included the following: Baylor University Medical Center, Baylor All Saints Medical Center, Baylor Medical Center at Garland, Baylor Regional Medical Center at Grapevine, Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano, Baylor Medical Center at Waxahachie, Baylor Medical Center at McKinney, Baylor Medical Center at Irving, Baylor Medical Center at Carrollton, Baylor Specialty Hospital, Our Childrens House at Baylor, Baylor Heart and Vascular Hospital, The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano, Baylor Medical Center at Frisco, Baylor Medical Center at Uptown, Irving/Coppell Surgical Hospital, Baylor Orthopedic and Spine Hospital at Arlington, Baylor Surgical Hospital at Fort Worth, Baylor Medical Center at Trophy Club, North Central Surgical Center, Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation at Dallas, Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation at Frisco, Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation at Northwest Dallas, Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation at Fort Worth, and Baylor Emergency Medical Center at Aubrey. Additionally, Baylor Health Care System also participated in numerous workgroups and studies used for other community health needs assessments conducted throughout the twelve county North Texas Region. The data and results of these various community health needs assessments were used by Baylor Health Care System and its affiliated hospital facilities to conduct their own community health needs assessments. Other hospital facilities in the community including county hospitals such as Parkland Memorial Hospital, John Peter Smith Hospital and other hospitals participated in these other community health needs assessments.
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Facility 4 -- Global Rehab-Dallas, LP
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Part V, Section B, line 11:
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In addition to providing free care to financially indigent patients at 200% of the federal poverty guidelines (FPG), the organization provides discounted care to the medically indigent which is based on both the FPG (up to 500%) and the percentage of the patient's total bills from all providers in relation to the patient's annual income. Pursuant to the charity care policy, a patient's total balance due will not exceed 10% of total annual income if the patient qualifies as medically indigent. The organization also provides discounted care to those individuals whose amount of total bills, after all payments from third parties, exceeds 50% of the patient's annual income (regardless of the level of income) if the patient is unable to pay the remaining bill.
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Facility 4 -- Global Rehab-Dallas, LP
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Part V, Section B, line 12h:
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The hospital has adopted a financial assistance policy written in accordance with Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 311. In general, that statute defines charity care as providing, funding or otherwise financially supporting health care services to a person classified by the hospital as financially or medically indigent; or providing funding or otherwise financially supporting health care services provided to financially indigent persons through other nonprofit or public clinics, hospitals or hospital organizations. To determine if a patient meets the definition of financially or medically indigent in the statute, the number in the household is required. Additionally, although assets and other resources are not included in the calculation to determine whether a patient is financially or medically indigent, the organization's policy reserves the right to allow the patient's assets or other resources to be considered when determining if financial assistance will be granted.
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Facility 4 -- Global Rehab-Dallas, LP
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Part V, Section B, line 14g:
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Measures to publicize the policy within the community served by the hospital facility, include but are not limited to, the following: 1) posting signs and notices regarding the charity care policy in the emergency departments, admitting areas and business offices located throughout the organization: 2) annual posting regarding the organization's charity care program in the local newspapers: 3) information regarding financial assistance, including the organization's charity care policy, is posted on the organization's website: 4) notices about the organization's financial assistance policies are posted on each bill sent to patients including providing a phone number to access the customer service unit dedicated to answering patients billing questions, as well as provide information regarding financial assistance: and 5) the organization provides free financial counselors (or other hospital staff) to help patients determine how to meet their financial obligations for services provided. Specifically financial counselors assist patients in applying for government assistance programs such as Medicaid or the organization's charity care program. Any patient may request to speak to a financial counselor when being treated at the organization. Uninsured patients who are admitted to the hospital will automatically receive help from a financial counselor. These services are provided in writing and through interpretation services in the primary language of the patient requesting assistance. Though the most often needed alternate language is Spanish, the organization can accommodate multiple languages including American Sign Language.
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Facility 4 -- Global Rehab-Dallas, LP
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Part V, Section B, line 19d:
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Global Rehab-Dallas, LP does not operate an Emergency Room.
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Facility 4 -- Global Rehab-Dallas, LP
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Part V, Section B, line 20d:
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The organizations financial assistance policy is developed to provide discounted care to those qualifying for financial assistance to where the amount charged under the policy will always be equal to or lower than the average of the three largest (by volume) negotiated commercial insurance rates. However, for those qualifying as medically indigent and whose income level is from 200% to 500% of the federal poverty level shall not be billed more than 10% of their annual income which is generally lower than the methodology listed above and the three methods listed in Question Part V, Line 20ac.
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Attach to Form 990 or Form 990-EZ. 
Attach to Form 990 or 990-EZ.