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| (i) Name of supported organization | (ii) EIN | (iii) Type of organization (described on lines 1- 10 above (see instructions)) | (iv) Is the organization listed in your governing document? | (v) Amount of monetary support (see instructions) | (vi) Amount of other support (see instructions) | |
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ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL OF BETHLEHEM PA |
231352213 | 3 | Yes | 0 | 0 | |
| (B)
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL ANDERSON CAMPUS |
454394739 | 3 | Yes | 0 | 0 | |
| (C)
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL MONROE CAMPUS |
465143606 | 3 | Yes | 0 | 0 | |
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ST LUKE'S QUAKERTOWN HOSPITAL |
231352203 | 3 | Yes | 0 | 0 | |
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ST LUKE'S WARREN HOSPITAL INC |
221494454 | 3 | Yes | 0 | 0 | |
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CARBON-SCHUYLKILL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL |
251550350 | 3 | Yes | 0 | 0 | |
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BLUE MOUNTAIN HOSPITAL INC |
240795436 | 3 | Yes | 0 | 0 | |
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SACRED HEART HOSPITAL OF ALLENTOWN |
231352208 | 3 | Yes | 0 | 0 | |
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0 | 0 | ||||
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grant.") .. | ||||||
| 2 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf.... | ||||||
| 3 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | ||||||
| 4 | Total. Add lines 1 through 3 | ||||||
| 5 | The portion of total contributions by each person (other than a governmental unit or publicly supported organization) included on line 1 that exceeds 2% of the amount shown on line 11, column (f).. | ||||||
| 6 | Public support. Subtract line 5 from line 4. | ||||||
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| 7 | Amounts from line 4.. | ||||||
| 8 | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources... | ||||||
| 9 | Net income from unrelated business activities, whether or not the business is regularly carried on.. | ||||||
| 10 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.).. | ||||||
| 11 | Total support. Add lines 7 through 10 | ||||||
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(a) 2014 | (b) 2015 | (c) 2016 | (d) 2017 | (e) 2018 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") . | ||||||
| 2 | Gross receipts from admissions, merchandise sold or services performed, or facilities furnished in any activity that is related to the organization's tax-exempt purpose | ||||||
| 3 | Gross receipts from activities that are not an unrelated trade or business under section 513 ..... | ||||||
| 4 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf... | ||||||
| 5 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge | ||||||
| 6 | Total. Add lines 1 through 5 | ||||||
| 7a | Amounts included on lines 1, 2, and 3 received from disqualified persons | ||||||
| b | Amounts included on lines 2 and 3 received from other than disqualified persons that exceed the greater of $5,000 or 1% of the amount on line 13 for the year. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 7a and 7b.. | ||||||
| 8 | Public support. (Subtract line 7c from line 6.) | ||||||
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(a) 2014 | (b) 2015 | (c) 2016 | (d) 2017 | (e) 2018 | (f) Total | |
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| 9 | Amounts from line 6... | ||||||
| 10a | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources.. | ||||||
| b | Unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 taxes) from businesses acquired after June 30, 1975. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 10a and 10b. | ||||||
| 11 | Net income from unrelated business activities not included in line 10b, whether or not the business is regularly carried on. | ||||||
| 12 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.) .. | ||||||
| 13 | Total support. (Add lines 9, 10c, 11, and 12.).. | ||||||
| Section A - Adjusted Net Income | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Net short-term capital gain | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Other gross income (see instructions) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Add lines 1 through 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Depreciation and depletion | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Portion of operating expenses paid or incurred for production or collection of gross income or for management, conservation, or maintenance of property held for production of income (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Other expenses (see instructions) | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Adjusted Net Income (subtract lines 5, 6 and 7 from line 4) | 8 | ||||
| Section B - Minimum Asset Amount | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Aggregate fair market value of all non-exempt-use assets (see instructions for short tax year or assets held for part of year): | 1 | ||||
| a | Average monthly value of securities | 1a | ||||
| b | Average monthly cash balances | 1b | ||||
| c | Fair market value of other non-exempt-use assets | 1c | ||||
| d | Total (add lines 1a, 1b, and 1c) | 1d | ||||
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Discount claimed for blockage or other factors (explain in detail in Part VI): |
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| 2 | Acquisition indebtedness applicable to non-exempt use assets | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Subtract line 2 from line 1d | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Cash deemed held for exempt use. Enter 1-1/2% of line 3 (for greater amount, see instructions). | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Net value of non-exempt-use assets (subtract line 4 from line 3) | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Multiply line 5 by .035 | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Minimum Asset Amount (add line 7 to line 6) | 8 | ||||
| Section C - Distributable Amount | Current Year | |||||
| 1 | Adjusted net income for prior year (from Section A, line 8, Column A) | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Enter 85% of line 1 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Minimum asset amount for prior year (from Section B, line 8, Column A) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Enter greater of line 2 or line 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Income tax imposed in prior year | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Distributable Amount. Subtract line 5 from line 4, unless subject to emergency temporary reduction (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| Section D - Distributions | Current Year | |
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| 1 Amounts paid to supported organizations to accomplish exempt purposes | ||
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| 3 Administrative expenses paid to accomplish exempt purposes of supported organizations | ||
| 4 Amounts paid to acquire exempt-use assets | ||
| 5 Qualified set-aside amounts (prior IRS approval required) | ||
| 6 Other distributions (describe in Part VI). See instructions | ||
| 7Total annual distributions. Add lines 1 through 6. | ||
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Distributions to attentive supported organizations to which the organization is responsive (provide details in Part VI). See instructions |
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| 9 Distributable amount for 2018 from Section C, line 6 | ||
| 10 Line 8 amount divided by Line 9 amount | ||
| Section E - Distribution Allocations (see instructions) |
(i) Excess Distributions |
(ii) Underdistributions Pre-2018 |
(iii) Distributable Amount for 2018 |
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Distributable amount for 2018 from Section C, line 6 |
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Underdistributions, if any, for years prior to 2018 (reasonable cause required-- explain in Part VI). See instructions. |
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| 3 Excess distributions carryover, if any, to 2018: | ||||
| a From 2013....... | ||||
| b From 2014....... | ||||
| c From 2015....... | ||||
| d From 2016....... | ||||
| e From 2017....... | ||||
| fTotal of lines 3a through e | ||||
| g Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| h Applied to 2018 distributable amount | ||||
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| j Remainder. Subtract lines 3g, 3h, and 3i from 3f. | ||||
| 4Distributions for 2018 from Section D, line 7: | ||||
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| a Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| b Applied to 2018 distributable amount | ||||
| c Remainder. Subtract lines 4a and 4b from 4. | ||||
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Remaining underdistributions for years prior to 2018, if any. Subtract lines 3g and 4a from line 2. If the amount is greater than zero, explain in Part VI. See instructions. |
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Remaining underdistributions for 2018. Subtract lines 3h and 4b from line 1. If the amount is greater than zero, explain in Part VI. See instructions. |
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7 Excess distributions carryover to 2019. Add lines 3j and 4c. |
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| 8 Breakdown of line 7: | ||||
| a Excess from 2014...... | ||||
| b Excess from 2015..... | ||||
| c Excess from 2016..... | ||||
| d Excess from 2017..... | ||||
| e Excess from 2018..... | ||||
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Attach to Form 990 or 990-EZ.
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| CORE FORM, PAGE 1, BOX C | PLEASE NOTE, IN ADDITION TO THE D/B/A INCLUDED ON PAGE 1 OF THIS FORM 990, THIS ORGANIZATION ALSO FILED THE FOLLOWING FICTITIOUS NAME WITH THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA AND OPERATES UNDER THE FOLLOWING: ST. LUKE'S CARE NOW. |
| CORE FORM, PART III, STATEMENT OF PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS | FOUNDED IN 1872 TO CARE FOR WORKERS AT THE STEEL FOUNDRIES IN BETHLEHEM, ST. LUKES UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK ("ST. LUKES"NETWORK") IS A FULLY INTEGRATED, REGIONAL, NON-PROFIT NETWORK OF MORE THAN 15,000 EMPLOYEES PROVIDING SERVICES AT 11 HOSPITALS AND MORE THAN 320 OUTPATIENT SITES. WITH ANNUAL NET REVENUE GREATER THAN $2.1 BILLION, THE NETWORKS SERVICE AREA INCLUDES 11 COUNTIES: LEHIGH, NORTHAMPTON, BERKS, BUCKS, CARBON, LUZERNE, MONTGOMERY, MONROE AND SCHUYLKILL COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA AND WARREN AND HUNTERDON COUNTIES IN NEW JERSEY. ST. LUKES, A NOT-FOR-PROFIT 501(C)(3) TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION, IS COMMITTED TO CARING FOR THE SICK AND INJURED REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY, EDUCATING OUR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS AND IMPROVING THE OVERALL HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2019 ("FY19") ST. LUKES PROVIDED EXTENSIVE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AS DEFINED AS CARE PROVIDED TO THE COMMUNITY WITHOUT CHARGE. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PLUS BAD DEBT AT COST THOSE CHARGES HOSPITALS INITIALLY ANTICIPATED WOULD BE PAID BUT LATER DETERMINED WERE UNCOLLECTIBLE TOGETHER COMPRISE THE HOSPITALS TOTAL UNCOMPENSATED CARE COSTS. IN FY19 ST. LUKES UNCOMPENSATED CARE TOTALED OVER $21,500,000. IN ADDITION, ST. LUKES CARED FOR PATIENTS WHO ARE COVERED BY MEDICAID. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE COST OF CARE AND WHAT MEDICAID REIMBURSED ST. LUKES FOR THAT CARE WAS $113,955,000 (MEDICAID SHORTFALL). ST. LUKES STRIVES ENDLESSLY TO PROVIDE THE HIGHEST QUALITY CARE AT THE LOWEST COST AND HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED BY VARIOUS RATING ORGANIZATIONS AS A HIGH VALUE PROVIDER. THE NETWORK OPERATES ON A CONSERVATIVE MARGIN. ANY EXCESS REVENUE EARNED IS CONTINUOUSLY REINVESTED ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY TO IMPROVING HEALTH CARE SERVICES. MISSION ======= THE MISSION OF ST. LUKES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IS TO CARE FOR THE SICK AND INJURED REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY, IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITIES OVERALL HEALTH, AND EDUCATE OUR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS. THE MISSION WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY THE FOLLOWING: - MAKING THE PATIENT OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY. - PROMOTING HEALTHY LIFESTYLES AND CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVING CARE PROVIDED TO HEAL THE SICK AND INJURED. - COORDINATING AND INTEGRATING SERVICES INTO A SEAMLESS, EASILY ACCESSIBLE SYSTEM OF CARE. - IMPROVING THE LEVEL OF SERVICE PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THE NETWORK. - ENSURING ALL HEALTH CARE SERVICES ARE RELEVANT TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. - STRIVING TO MAXIMIZE THE SATISFACTION OF OUR PATIENTS, EMPLOYEES, MEDICAL STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS AND, - TRAINING ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, NURSING AND MEDICAL STUDENTS, AND RESIDENTS AND FELLOWS AND ATTRACTING THEM TO PRACTICE WITHIN OUR NETWORK'S SERVICE AREA. CARING FOR THE SICK AND INJURED IMPROVING QUALITY AND ACCESS ============================================================== IN KEEPING WITH ITS MISSION, ST. LUKES CONTINUOUSLY WORKS TO IMPROVE BOTH QUALITY OF CARE AND ACCESS TO CARE IN ALL OF THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES. IN RECENT YEARS, BOTH ST. LUKES AS A NETWORK, AND ITS INDIVIDUAL HOSPITALS AND PROGRAMS, HAVE RECEIVED NUMEROUS, SIGNIFICANT RECOGNITIONS FOR QUALITY. JUST AS IMPORTANT, ST. LUKES HAS MADE GREAT STRIDES IN MAINTAINING AND IMPROVING ACCESS TO CARE, ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS AND URBAN AREAS THAT SERVE LOW INCOME POPULATIONS. IN FY19, ST. LUKES COMPLETED A $31 MILLION RENOVATION OF ITS SACRED HEART CAMPUS. RENOVATIONS INCLUDED AN $11 MILLION INVESTMENT IN THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH UNIT LOCATED AT THE CAMPUS. THE NUMBER OF BEDS INCREASED FROM 67 TO 109. IN ADDITION, $4 MILLION HAS BEEN SPENT TO CONVERT THE 4,000-SQUARE-FOOT CLINIC AT SACRED HEART INTO A FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER (FQHC). THE CENTERS, WHICH SERVE MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED, UNINSURED AND UNDERINSURED POPULATIONS, QUALIFY FOR ENHANCED REIMBURSEMENTS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID AND OTHER BENEFITS. PRIMARY CARE, PEDIATRICS AND WOMENS HEALTH WILL ALL EXPAND AT THE SIGAL CENTER AND OPERATE UNDER THE NAME STAR WELLNESS. ALLENTOWN CAMPUS PRESIDENT FRANK FORD SAYS THAT FQHCS ARE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE AND EFFECTIVE MODEL TO DELIVER HEALTH CARE TO THE UNDERSERVED. THE LARGEST CLINIC IN THE ST. LUKES NETWORK, THE FQHCS AT SACRED HEART OFFER ENHANCED SERVICES, SOCIAL WORKERS, FINANCIAL COUNSELORS AND BETTER ACCESS TO SPECIALISTS AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE. MANY LOWER INCOME PEOPLE LIVE WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF THE CAMPUS AND MANY MORE CAN ACCESS IT BY BUS. ST. LUKES HAS ALSO MADE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS TO IMPROVE ACCESS AND QUALITY OF CARE IN RURAL AREAS. IN 2018, BLUE MOUNTAIN HEALTH SYSTEM JOINED THE NETWORK. SINCE THAT TIME ST. LUKES HAS INVESTED MILLIONS IN THE ST. LUKES LEHIGHTON CAMPUS, FORMERLY GNADEN HUETTEN HOSPITAL. IN ADDITION, ST. LUKES CONVERTED THE SMALLER BLUE MOUNTAIN FACILITY, THE FORMER PALMERTON HOSPITAL, INTO ST. LUKES CARE NOW. FOR MEDICAL NEEDS THAT ARE NOT LIFE THREATENING, CARE NOW PROVIDES WALK-IN CARE AT A LOWER COST THAN AN EMERGENCY ROOM. ST. LUKES HAS COMMITTED AN EVEN GREATER INVESTMENT TO EXPAND ACCESS TO QUALITY HEALTH CARE IN THIS RURAL AREA SERVING MANY LOWER INCOME PEOPLE. AS OF JULY 1, 2019, 23% OF LEHIGHTONS POPULATION LIVED BELOW THE POVERTY LINE AND 8.4% OF PEOPLE UNDER AGE 65 WERE WITHOUT INSURANCE, ACCORDING TO THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU. IN OCTOBER, ST. LUKES BROKE GROUND ON THE NEW $80 MILLION ST. LUKES CARBON CAMPUS OUTSIDE OF LEHIGHTON. THE FULL-SERVICE, THREE-STORY, 155,000-FOOT HOSPITAL WILL BE LOCATED JUST OFF OF THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE NORTHEAST EXTENSION. MEANWHILE, ST. LUKES HAS CONTINUED TO INVEST IN ITS MINERS CAMPUS IN COALDALE, WHICH JOINED ST. LUKES IN 2000. SINCE 2010, IT HAS INVESTED APPROXIMATELY $37.6 MILLION IN TECHNICAL AND FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS. IN FY19, IT SPENT $4.2 MILLION TO EXPAND THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, IN ADDITION TO THE $1.6 MILLION SPENT IN 2017. THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT HAS NEARLY DOUBLED TO 25 BEDS. ST. LUKES MINERS CAMPUS WAS THE FIRST HOSPITAL IN PENNSYLVANIAN ACCREDITED AS A LEVEL IV TRAUMA CENTER AND IN 2019, THE CENTER WAS RECERTIFIED. ALSO, IN FY19, ST. LUKES MINERS CAMPUS OPENED TWO NEW HOSPITAL-BASED RURAL HEALTH CLINICS, ONE IN SCHUYLKILL COUNTY AND ONE IN CARBON COUNTY. ST. LUKES MINERS CAMPUS NOW OPERATES FOUR PROVIDER-BASED RURAL HEALTH CLINICS IN TAMAQUA, RINGTOWN, LANSFORD AND NESQUEHONING, PROVIDING 11,431 PATIENT VISITS. THE RURAL HEALTH CLINICS WERE NAMED THE "2018 OUTSTANDING RURAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION" BY THE NATIONAL RURAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION FOR INNOVATIVE PRIMARY CARE AND ACCESS IN RURAL MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREAS. IN AUGUST 2018, ST. LUKES LAUNCHED THE FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY PROGRAM AT ST. LUKES MINERS CAMPUS. THE PROGRAM WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT POSITIVE IMPACT ON HEALTH CARE IN THIS AND OTHER RURAL AREAS, BY PROVIDING POST-GRADUATE TRAINING FOR PHYSICIANS WANTING TO PRACTICE FAMILY CARE IN A RURAL SETTING. DEDICATED TO ADVANCING MEDICAL EDUCATION ======================================== ST. LUKES IS THE PREEMINENT TEACHING HOSPITAL IN CENTRAL-EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. THE LEWIS KATZ SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT TEMPLE UNIVERSITY (LKSOM) AND THE NETWORK ESTABLISHED A CLINICAL CAMPUS FOR THIRD- AND FOURTH-YEAR STUDENTS AT ST. LUKES HOSPITAL IN 2006. THESE STUDENTS COMPLETE ALL REQUIRED CLINICAL ROTATIONS AND TAKE MOST OF THEIR ELECTIVE ROTATIONS AT ST. LUKES. IN 2011, ST. LUKES SENIOR LEADERSHIP DECIDED TO JOIN LKSOM IN CREATING A REGIONAL MEDICAL SCHOOL CAMPUS: TEMPLE/ST. LUKES. THE INAUGURAL TEMPLE/ST. LUKES CLASS STARTED IN AUGUST OF 2011 AND GRADUATED IN MAY OF 2015. TEMPLE/ST. LUKES STUDENTS SPEND THEIR FIRST YEAR AT THE LKSOM PHILADELPHIA CAMPUS. THEY THEN MOVE TO ST. LUKES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FOR YEARS TWO THROUGH FOUR. THIS WILL CHANGE IN 2020, WHEN STUDENTS WILL SPEND ALL FOUR YEARS AT ST. LUKES. IN ADDITION, ST. LUKES CONTINUOUSLY EXPANDS ITS POST-GRADUATE MEDICAL TRAINING PROGRAMS. THE NUMBER OF RESIDENCIES AND FELLOWSHIPS HAS GROWN FROM 27 IN FY18 TO 30 TODAY AND WILL INCREASE TO 36 IN 2024. IN FY19 ALONE, ST. LUKES ADDED RESIDENCY PROGRAMS IN NEUROLOGY, PSYCHIATRY, FAMILY MEDICINE AND INTERNAL MEDICINE AND A FELLOWSHIP IN ENDOCRINOLOGY. MEANWHILE, THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS AND FELLOWS INCREASED FROM 188 TO 226 IN FY19 AND WILL INCREASE TO 430 IN 2024. IT IS EXPECTED THAT ABOUT HALF OF THESE RESIDENTS AND FELLOWS WILL CONTINUE TO WORK AT ST. LUKES FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF THEIR PROGRAMS IMPROVING BOTH THE QUALITY OF, AND ACCESS TO, CARE IN THE REGION, WELL INTO THE FUTURE. NURSING EDUCATION IS ALSO A PRIORITY. ST. LUKES OPERATES THE NATIONS LONGEST CONTINUOUSLY OPERATING SCHOOL OF NURSING, ESTABLISHED IN 1884. THE 20-MONTH ACCELERATED PROGRAM FEATURES 900 HOURS OF CLINICAL EXPERIENCE WITHIN THE NETWORK AS WELL AS OTHER LOCAL ACUTE CARE, CHRONIC CARE AND COMMUNITY AGENCIES. THE SCHOOL OFFERS BOTH A TRADITIONAL DAY PROGRAM AND AN EVENING AND WEEKEND PROGRAM IDEAL FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING OR CARING FOR CHILDREN OR AGING PARENTS DURING THE DAY. |
| CORE FORM, PART III, STATEMENT OF PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS | ST. LUKES PROVIDES A RESIDENCY PROGRAM FOR NEW NURSES. CLASSES FOCUS ON DECISION-MAKING, CRITICAL THINKING, CLINICAL KNOWLEDGE AND QUALITY, AS WELL AS EMOTIONAL SUPPORT. ST. LUKES NURSES ENGAGE IN RESEARCH ON QUALITY IMPROVEMENT INNOVATIONS SUPPORTED BY THE NETWORK CENTER FOR NURSING EXCELLENCE, THE REGISTERED NURSE RESIDENCY PROGRAM, THE NURSE SPECIALTY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS AND THE OFFICE OF CLINICAL TRIALS AND RESEARCH. IMPROVING THE OVERALL HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY ============================================= EVERY ST. LUKES CAMPUS IS COMMITTED TO IMPROVING THE OVERALL HEALTH AND ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE. THE INDIVIDUAL CAMPUS REPORTS PROVIDE MANY EXAMPLES OF HOW ST. LUKES ACCOMPLISHES THIS. IN ADDITION TO THE WAYS DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY, THE LIST BELOW PROVIDES HIGHLIGHTS. IN FY19, ST. LUKES: - OPERATED MEDICAL CLINICS TO SERVE LOWER INCOME PATIENTS AND THOSE WITH INADEQUATE INSURANCE COVERAGE. - PROVIDED MOBILE MEDICAL SERVICES TO SCHOOL CHILDREN. SERVICES INCLUDED PHYSICALS, ADOLESCENT HEALTH ASSESSMENTS, VISION SERVICES, INSURANCE REFERRALS AND NUTRITION COUNSELING. - PROVIDED MOBILE DENTAL SERVICES TO SCHOOL CHILDREN. - PROVIDED A WIDE RANGE OF HEALTH SCREENINGS AT NUMEROUS COMMUNITY EVENTS. - CONDUCTED CLASSES ON LIFE-SAVING TOPICS INCLUDING FIRST AIDE AND LIFE SUPPORT. - IMPROVED LITERACY BY MAINTAINING FREE LENDING LIBRARIES AT VARIOUS CAMPUSES AND PARTICIPATED IN SCHOOL LITERACY PROGRAMS. - ENCOURAGED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY THROUGH THE USE OF THE D&L TRAILS AND OTHER WALKING/RUNNING/BIKING PATHS AND PROVIDING AND SUPPORTING NUMEROUS WALKS AND RUNS. - ENCOURAGED HEALTHY EATING THROUGH THE FARM TO SCHOOL PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES SCHOOL CHILDREN HANDS-ON LEARNING ABOUT NUTRITION AND GARDENING, EMPLOYEE ACCESS TO LOCALLY-GROWN PRODUCE THROUGH THE EXPANSION OF THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE (CSA), AS WELL AS NUMEROUS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT EDUCATED PATIENTS HOW TO IMPROVE THEIR HEALTH THROUGH HEALTHY EATING. - WORKED WITH NUMEROUS MEDIA OUTLETS TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT HEALTH ISSUES. - HELD NATIONAL DRUG TAKE BACK DAY EVENTS, WHERE UNUSED DRUGS WERE COLLECTED. - HELD FOOD AND CLOTHING DRIVES TO BENEFIT COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN NEED. SUPPORTING THE LOCAL ECONOMY ============================ ALTHOUGH THE NETWORK IS PRIMARILY COMPRISED OF VARIOUS INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 501(C)(3) TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS, THE PRESENCE OF ITS HOSPITALS AND OTHER FACILITIES PROVIDES AN INDIRECT BENEFIT TO LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND MUNICIPALITIES. ST. LUKES IS THE LARGEST, OR ONE OF THE LARGEST, EMPLOYERS IN MANY OF THE COMMUNITIES WHERE ITS HOSPITALS ARE LOCATED. IN FY19 ALONE, THE NETWORK PAID ALMOST $1.2 BILLION IN SALARIES AND WAGES TO APPROXIMATELY 17,500 EMPLOYEES. IN TURN, THESE EMPLOYEES PAID LOCAL INCOME TAX ON THEIR EARNINGS. MOST OF THESE EMPLOYEES LIVE IN OR NEAR THE CITY, TOWN, BOROUGH OR TOWNSHIP; COUNTY AND SCHOOL DISTRICT, AS THEIR PLACE OR EMPLOYMENT AND THUS SUPPORT THE LOCAL TAX BASE THROUGH THE PAYMENT OF PROPERTY TAXES. IN ADDITION, ST. LUKES STIMULATES THE LOCAL ECONOMY THROUGH THE PURCHASE OF SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT, AND PURCHASED SERVICES, AS WELL AS THE GOODS AND SERVICES PURCHASED BY ITS EMPLOYEES. ALSO, MAINTENANCE OF THESE HOSPITALS AND OTHER NETWORK FACILITIES AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW ONES, SUCH AS OUR NEWEST HOSPITAL, GEISINGER ST. LUKES IN SCHUYLKILL COUNTY THAT OPENED IN NOVEMBER 2019 GENERATES WORK FOR CONTRACTORS, ARCHITECTS, DESIGNERS, METAL WORKERS, CARPENTERS, ELECTRICIANS, PLUMBERS, PAINTERS AND MANY MORE CRAFTSMEN. FURTHERMORE, THE CIRCULATION OF HOSPITAL DOLLARS HAS A RIPPLE IMPACT IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES. IN FACT, THE HOSPITAL AND HEALTHSYSTEM ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYLVANIA (HAP) ESTIMATES THAT TOTAL SPENDING CONTRIBUTIONS OF HOSPITALS IN THE LEHIGH VALLEY IN 2018 WAS $8 BILLION (BEYOND PATIENT CARE: ECONOMIC IMPACT OF PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITALS, A WHITE PAPER ANALYSIS OF 2018 DATA. DECEMBER 2019, WWW.HAPONLINE.ORG/ABOUT-PA-HOSPITALS/ECONOMIC-IMPACT) QUALITY AWARDS ============== AT ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK, OUR VISION IS TO LEAD THE REGION IN CLINICAL QUALITY AND SAFETY PERFORMANCE. ST. LUKE'S HAS BEEN HONORED WITH MORE THAN 200 HEALTHCARE QUALITY AWARDS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING: CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES HOSPITAL COMPARE RATINGS ------------------------------------------------------------------- ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK'S HOSPITALS RECEIVED THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE SCORES, FIVE AND FOUR STARS, IN THE 2019 CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (CMS) HOSPITAL COMPARE ANALYSIS. NATIONALLY, LESS THAN ONE-THIRD OF HOSPITALS RECEIVED AT LEAST A FOUR-STAR RATING AND NO OTHER HEALTH SYSTEM IN THE LEHIGH VALLEY SCORED ABOVE THREE STARS. CMS'S HOSPITAL COMPARE RESULTS WERE BASED ON MORE THAN 100 QUALITY MEASURES COLLECTED FROM 4,500 MEDICARE-CERTIFIED HOSPITALS. INTENDED TO HELP CONSUMERS CHOOSE THE BEST HOSPITAL AND HIGHEST QUALITY CARE, THE QUALITY MEASURES SPANNED MULTIPLE CATEGORIES INCLUDING MORTALITY, SAFETY OF CARE, READMISSION, PATIENT EXPERIENCE, EFFECTIVENESS AND TIMELINESS OF CARE AND EFFICIENT USE OF MEDICAL IMAGING. EIGHT ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK HOSPITALS (BETHLEHEM, ALLENTOWN, ANDERSON, MINERS, MONROE, QUAKERTOWN, SACRED HEART AND WARREN) RECEIVED FOUR OR FIVE STARS. U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT - AWARDS ST. LUKE'S HIGH MARKS IN LEHIGH VALLEY ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ACCORDING TO THE US NEWS & WORLD REPORT 2019 HOSPITAL RANKINGS, ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL-BETHLEHEM IS "HIGH PERFORMING" IN 12 ADULT SPECIALTIES, PROCEDURES AND CONDITIONS. NO OTHER HOSPITAL IN THE LEHIGH VALLEY RECEIVED MORE RECOGNITIONS. ONLY 57 OUT OF 4,500 HOSPITALS NATIONALLY WERE RATED "HIGH PERFORMING" IN ALL NINE OF THE STUDY'S RANKED PROCEDURES AND CONDITIONS. ALSO, US NEWS & WORLD REPORT RATED ST. LUKE'S "HIGH PERFORMING" IN THE ADULT SPECIALTIES OF GERIATRICS, ORTHOPEDICS AND PULMONOLOGY. IT ALSO RATED ST. LUKE'S "HIGH PERFORMING" IN ALL NINE OF THE STUDY'S RANKED PROCEDURES AND CONDITIONS (ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM REPAIR, AORTIC VALVE SURGERY, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD), COLON CANCER SURGERY, HEART BYPASS SURGERY, HEART FAILURE, HIP REPLACEMENT, KNEE REPLACEMENT AND LUNG CANCER SURGERY). LEAPFROG HOSPITALS SAFETY RATINGS --------------------------------- SEVERAL ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS RECEIVED "A" GRADES FROM THE LEAPFROG GROUP, A NATIONAL COALITION OF LARGE EMPLOYERS, WHICH PUBLISHES A BIANNUAL HOSPITAL SAFETY SCORE. THE SAFETY SCORE RATES HOSPITALS IN THE USE OF ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD, ICU PHYSICIAN STAFFING, MEDICATION SAFETY, INFECTIONS AND ERROR PREVENTION. IN 2019, SEVEN SLUHN HOSPITALS RECEIVED AN "A" GRADE (THE HIGHEST). THE JOINT COMMISSION TOP PERFORMER ON KEY QUALITY MEASURES RECOGNITION. THIS RECOGNITION IS GIVEN TO HOSPITALS FOR ACHIEVING EXCELLENCE IN PROVIDING EVIDENCE-BASED CARE FOR HEART ATTACK, HEART FAILURE, PNEUMONIA AND SURGERY. PREMIER QUEST AWARD FOR HIGH-VALUE HEALTHCARE --------------------------------------------- PREMIER INC., A HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT COMPANY UNITING AN ALLIANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 4,000 U.S. HOSPITALS AND HEALTH SYSTEMS AND MORE THAN 175,000 OTHER PROVIDERS AND ORGANIZATIONS, RECOGNIZED ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FOR ITS OUTSTANDING WORK TO IMPROVE HEALTHCARE QUALITY AND COSTS. ST LUKES RECEIVED 4 OF THE 30 AWARDS IN 2019. THIS NATIONAL AWARD RECOGNIZES HOSPITALS THAT ACHIEVED TOP PERFORMANCE IN SEVEN CATEGORIES: COST AND EFFICIENCY, INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT EVIDENCE BASED CARE, MORTALITY, SAFETY, PATIENT EXPERIENCE AND APPROPRIATE HOSPITAL USE. HEALTHGRADES TOP HOSPITALS -------------------------- ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL-BETHLEHEM CAMPUS HAS BEEN NAMED ONE OF THE NATION'S TOP 250 HOSPITALS FOR 2019 BY HEALTHGRADES, A LEADING ONLINE RESOURCE FOR INFORMATION ABOUT PHYSICIANS AND HOSPITALS. RECIPIENTS OF HEALTHGRADES' 2019 AMERICA'S 250 BEST HOSPITALS AWARDS REPRESENT THE TOP 5% OF HOSPITALS IN THE NATION AND "DEMONSTRATE SUPERIOR CLINICAL OUTCOMES ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF COMMON INPATIENT CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES", HEALTHGRADES SAID. THIS MARKS THE FOURTH YEAR IN A ROW THAT THE BETHLEHEM CAMPUS HAS BEEN A RECIPIENT OF THIS HONOR. IN ADDITION, ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL ANDERSON CAMPUS WAS NAMED ONE OF HEALTHGRADES AMERICA'S 100 BEST HOSPITALS FOR PULMONARY CARE AND FOR CRITICAL CARE. THIS WAS THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW THE ANDERSON CAMPUS RECEIVED THESE DISTINCTIONS. THE RANKINGS ARE BASED ON STANDARD SURVEYS GIVEN TO RANDOMLY SELECTED PATIENTS AFTER THEY LEAVE THE HOSPITAL. THE MULTIPLE-QUESTION SURVEYS ARE DEVELOPED BY THE HOSPITAL CONSUMER ASSESSMENT OF HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND SYSTEMS (HCAHPS). HEALTHGRADES OBTAINS THIS SURVEY DATA FROM THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES. FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES. |
| CORE FORM, PART III, STATEMENT OF PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS | MOST WIRED RECOGNITION FOR SEVENTH TIME --------------------------------------- ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK WAS RECOGNIZED FOR THE SEVENTH TIME BY THE COLLEGE OF HEALTHCARE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVES (CHIME) AS ONE OF THE "MOST WIRED" HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS NATIONALLY. THE SURVEY ASSESSED THE ADOPTION, INTEGRATION AND IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGIES IN HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS AT ALL STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT, FROM EARLY DEVELOPMENT TO INDUSTRY LEADING. THIS ASSESSMENT CONFIRMS NOT MERELY THAT ST. LUKE'S IMPLEMENTS TECHNOLOGY, BUT ALSO THAT THE NETWORK FULLY ADOPTS TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE QUALITY, REDUCE COST, IMPROVE DECISION MAKING AND PROVIDE BETTER ACCESS TO CARE FOR PATIENTS. MORE THAN 16,000 ORGANIZATIONS WERE PARTICIPATED IN THE 2019 MOST WIRED SURVEY. ST. LUKE'S IS AMONG THE TOP 5% OF HOSPITALS AND SYSTEMS TO ACHIEVE THE TOP DESIGNATION LEVEL 9. STAGE 7 DESIGNATION ON THE HIMSS ANALYTICS EMR ADOPTION MODEL ------------------------------------------------------------- ST. LUKE'S IS THE FIRST NETWORK IN LEHIGH VALLEY TO EARN THE PRESTIGIOUS DESIGNATION AT ALL OF ITS HOSPITALS, INCLUDING THE ST. LUKES WARREN CAMPUS, WHICH IS THE FIRST HOSPITAL IN NEW JERSEY TO ACHIEVE STAGE 7. LESS THAN 5% OF U.S. HOSPITALS HAVE REACHED STAGE 7, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST STAGE ON HIMSS ANALYTICS SCALE. THE STAGE 7 DESIGNATION RECOGNIZES ST. LUKES EXTENSIVE AND CREATIVE USE OF ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS TO ESTABLISH BETTER SERVICE AND HIGHER QUALITY CARE AT LOWER COSTS. AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY CENTER OF EXCELLENCE AND BREAST CARE CENTER DESIGNATED CENTER OF EXCELLENCE BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ST. LUKE'S REGIONAL BREAST CENTER OFFERS DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING EXCLUSIVELY AND HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A CENTER OF EXCELLENCE BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY. FACILITIES THAT RECEIVE ACCREDITATION BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY HAVE VOLUNTARILY GONE THROUGH A RIGOROUS REVIEW PROCESS TO ENSURE NATIONALLY-ACCEPTED HIGH PRACTICE STANDARDS HAVE BEEN MET. THIS REVIEW PROCESS INCLUDES AN EVALUATION OF STAFF QUALIFICATIONS, FACILITY EQUIPMENT AND QUALITY ASSURANCE. MOST HAP ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS IN THE STATE ---------------------------------------- EACH YEAR HOSPITAL AND HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYLVANIA (HAP) HONORS HOSPITALS AND HEALTH SYSTEMS FOR THEIR INNOVATION, CREATIVITY, AND COMMITMENT TO PATIENT CARE THROUGH ITS ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS PROGRAM. IN FY19, 14 AWARDS SUBMITTED BY ST. LUKE'S WERE SELECTED FROM 127 SUBMISSIONS FOR THEIR EXCEPTIONAL WORK AND INNOVATION IN PATIENT CARE, COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND STAFF LEADERSHIP. ST LUKE'S CONTINUES TO HOLD THE DISTINCTION OF WINNING THE MOST HAP ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS OF ANY HEALTH SYSTEM IN THE STATE. SUPERIOR RATING FOR LUNG CANCER SURGERY RESULTS ------------------------------------------------ ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK'S LUNG CANCER SURGERY PROGRAMS RANKS IN THE TOP-TIER OF THE SOCIETY OF THORACIC SURGEONS' GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY DATABASE. THE THORACIC SOCIETY RECENTLY CREATED A COMPOSITE MEASURE OF LUNG CANCER SURGICAL QUALITY, FOCUSING ON LOBECTOMY, THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF REMOVAL OF A PORTION OF A CANCEROUS LUNG. ST. LUKE'S THORACIC SURGERY PROGRAM ACHIEVED THE SUPERIOR RANKING OF THREE STARS FOR BETTER-THAN-EXPECTED OUTCOMES. THIS RIGOROUS, RISK-ADJUSTED EVALUATION BY THE SOCIETY MEASURES MULTIPLE SURGICAL OUTCOMES OF LOBECTOMY SURGERY, INCLUDING DEATH AND MANY POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS. AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGERY COMMISSION ON CANCER ACCREDITATION -------------------------------------------------------------- THE ACOS COC ACCREDITATION RECOGNIZES A CANCER PROGRAM THAT MEETS THE FOLLOWING STANDARDS: (1) COMPREHENSIVE CARE INCLUDING A COMPLETE RANGE OF STATE-OF-THE-ART SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT; (2) A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM APPROACH TO COORDINATE THE BEST TREATMENT OPTIONS; (3) INFORMATION ABOUT ONGOING CANCER CLINICAL TRIALS AND NEW TREATMENT OPTIONS; (4) ACCESS TO PREVENTION AND EARLY DETECTION PROGRAMS, CANCER EDUCATION, AND SUPPORT SERVICES; (5) A CANCER REGISTRY THAT OFFERS LIFELONG PATIENT FOLLOW-UP; AND (6) ONGOING MONITORING AND IMPROVEMENTS IN CANCER CARE. AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY ACCREDITATION -------------------------------------------- THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (ACC) HAS RECOGNIZED ST. LUKE'S FOR ITS DEMONSTRATED EXPERTISE AND COMMITMENT IN TREATING PATIENTS WITH CHEST PAIN. ST. LUKE'S WAS AWARDED CHEST PAIN CENTER ACCREDITATION WITH PRIMARY PCI BASED ON RIGOROUS ONSITE EVALUATION OF THE STAFF'S ABILITY TO EVALUATE, DIAGNOSE AND TREAT PATIENTS WHO MAY BE EXPERIENCING A HEART ATTACK. BLUE DISTINCTION CENTERS DESIGNATIONS ------------------------------------- THE BLUE DISTINCTION CENTERS (BDC) DESIGNATION SIGNIFIES THAT YOUR FACILITYS CARDIAC PROGRAM MET NATIONALLY ESTABLISHED CRITERIA BY DEMONSTRATING EXPERTISE IN DELIVERING QUALITY SPECIALTY CARE, SAFELY AND EFFECTIVELY. THOSE FACILITIES DESIGNATED AS BLUE DISTINCTION CENTERS (BDC+) ALSO DEMONSTRATED BOTH EXPERTISE AND COST EFFICIENCY IN DELIVERING SPECIALTY CARE. - BLUE DISTINCTION CENTERS FOR CARDIAC CARE DESIGNATION - BLUE DISTINCTION CENTERS FOR MATERNITY CARE DESIGNATION - BLUE DISTINCTION CENTERS FOR BARIATRIC SURGERY WOMEN'S CHOICE AWARD AS ONE OF AMERICA'S BEST HOSPITALS FOR OBSTETRICS ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORKS ALLENTOWN AND BETHLEHEM CAMPUSES HAVE RECEIVED WOMEN'S CHOICE AWARDS FOR BEING AMONG AMERICA'S BEST HOSPITALS FOR OBSTETRICS. THIS EVIDENCE-BASED DESIGNATION IS THE ONLY AWARD THAT IDENTIFIES THE COUNTRY'S BEST HEALTHCARE INSTITUTIONS BASED ON ROBUST CRITERIA THAT CONSIDER FEMALE PATIENT SATISFACTION, CLINICAL EXCELLENCE AND WHAT WOMEN SAY THEY WANT FROM A HOSPITAL. THE LIST OF OVER 400 AWARD WINNERS, INCLUDING ST. LUKE'S, REPRESENTS HOSPITALS THAT OFFER EXCEPTIONAL OBSTETRIC SERVICES WHICH RANKED ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR PATIENT SAFETY, THEREBY SUPPORTING A WOMANS DECISION WHEN CHOOSING THE BEST FOR HER MATERNITY NEEDS. AMERICAN HEART/STROKE GET WITH THE GUIDELINES TARGET, STROKE GOLD PLUS HONOR ROLL ELITE ----------------------------------------------------------------------- THE AWARD RECOGNIZES HOSPITALS THAT DEMONSTRATE 85% OR GREATER COMPLIANCE IN EACH OF THE 7 GET WITH THE GUIDELINES STROKE ACHIEVEMENT MEASURES FOR 24 CONSECUTIVE MONTHS. NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE ---------------------------------------- NCQA PATIENT-CENTERED MEDICAL HOME RECOGNITION IS AWARDED TO PHYSICIAN PRACTICES, WHICH MEET STANDARDS PROVEN THROUGH RESEARCH TO PROVIDE SAFER AND HIGHER QUALITY PRIMARY PATIENT CARE. ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK IS A LEADER IN HAVING NCQA-RECOGNIZED PHYSICIAN PRACTICES. ACCREDITED CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FOR BARIATRIC SURGERY ----------------------------------------------------- ST. LUKE'S IS AN ACCREDITED BARIATRIC SURGERY PROGRAM, HAVING MET RIGOROUS REQUIREMENTS INCLUDING EVIDENCE-BASED CLINICAL CARE, HIGH QUALITY CLINICAL OUTCOMES AND STRICT PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT OF CARE STANDARDS. THE ACCREDITATION IS VOLUNTARY AND IS CONDUCTED BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS METABOLIC AND BARIATRIC SURGERY ACCREDITATION QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (MBSAQIP). ST. LUKE'S ALLENTOWN CAMPUS HAS BEEN MBSAQIP ACCREDITED SINCE 2010. BEST HOME HEALTH PATIENT SATISFACTION TOP 20% SUPERIOR PERFORMER AWARDS ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ST. LUKE'S VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION HAS EARNED BOTH THE SHPBEST SUPERIOR PERFORMER AWARD FOR HOME HEALTH AND HOSPICE AND THE SHPBEST SUPERIOR PERFORMER AWARD FOR HOME HEALTH PATIENT SATISFACTION. THE ANNUAL SHPBEST PROGRAM WAS CREATED TO ACKNOWLEDGE HOME HEALTH AND HOSPICE PROVIDERS THAT CONSISTENTLY PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY SERVICE TO PATIENTS, FAMILIES AND CAREGIVERS OF PATIENTS RECEIVING HOME HEALTH AND HOSPICE CARE. WITH THE LARGEST HHCAHPS BENCHMARK IN THE NATION, SHP IS IN A UNIQUE POSITION TO IDENTIFY AND RECOGNIZE ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE MADE PATIENT SATISFACTION A PRIORITY AND HAVE BEEN REWARDED FOR THEIR EFFORTS WITH HIGH MARKS ON THE HHCAHPS SURVEY. SHPBEST AWARD RECIPIENTS ARE DETERMINED BY RANKING THE OVERALL SCORE FOR ALL SHP HHCAHPS CLIENTS. PROVIDERS THAT RANK IN THE TOP 5% RECEIVE THE PREMIER PERFORMER AWARD. PROVIDERS THAT RANK IN THE TOP 20% RECEIVE THE SUPERIOR PERFORMER AWARD. |
| CORE FORM, PART III, STATEMENT OF PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS | GOVERNOR'S EMPLOYER AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING HIRING PRACTICES ---------------------------------------------------------- ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK, A LEADING EMPLOYER IN THE LEHIGH VALLEY AND SURROUNDING REGION, HAS EARNED A GOVERNOR'S EMPLOYER AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING HIRING PRACTICES THAT MOVE PEOPLE OFF GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE AND INTO FINANCIALLY STABLE JOBS. ST. LUKE'S SPECIFICALLY RECEIVED AN EMPLOYER HONOR ROLL AWARD FROM THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES FOR ITS RECORD OF SUCCESS IN HIRING PARTICIPANTS IN THE STATES EMPLOYMENT, ADVANCEMENT AND RETENTION NETWORK (EARN) PROGRAM. TELLY AWARDS ------------ IN FY19, ST. LUKE'S RECEIVED A NUMBER OF HONORS IN THE 40TH ANNUAL TELLY AWARDS. ITS "WELLNESS 101" SOCIAL VIDEO SERIES WON THREE AWARDS: A SILVER AWARD IN THE INSTRUCTIONAL CATEGORY AND TWO BRONZE AWARDS IN THE COMEDY AND HEALTH & WELLNESS CATEGORIES. ADDITIONALLY, ST. LUKE'S WON A SILVER AWARD IN THE PROMOTIONAL VIDEO CRAFT FULLY ANIMATED PIECE CATEGORY FOR "ROUND THE CLOCK CARE". THE TELLY AWARDS HONORS EXCELLENCE IN VIDEO AND TELEVISION ACROSS ALL SCREENS AND IS JUDGED BY LEADERS FROM VIDEO PLATFORMS, TELEVISION, STREAMING NETWORKS, PRODUCTION COMPANIES AND INCLUDING VICE, VIMEO, HEARST DIGITAL MEDIA, BUZZFEED AND A&E NETWORKS. "WELLNESS 101" IS A PRACTICAL BUT HUMOROUS VIDEO SERIES TO HELP PEOPLE OF ALL AGES DEAL WITH VARIOUS HEALTH AND WELLNESS MOMENTS. HOSPITALS OF ST. LUKES UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK ================================================= ST. LUKE'S HEALTH NETWORK, INC. IS THE TAX-EXEMPT PARENT OF THE ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK ("ST. LUKE'S"). THIS INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE DELIVERY SYSTEM CONSISTS OF A GROUP OF AFFILIATED HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS. THIS ORGANIZATION IS THE SOLE MEMBER OF EACH AFFILIATED ENTITY. ST. LUKE'S IS AN INTEGRATED NETWORK OF HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS THROUGHOUT THE STATES OF PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY. ST. LUKE'S IS AN ORGANIZATION RECOGNIZED BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE AS TAX-EXEMPT PURSUANT TO INTERNAL REVENUE CODE 501(C)(3) AND AS A NON-PRIVATE FOUNDATION PURSUANT TO INTERNAL REVENUE CODE 509(A)(3). AS THE PARENT ORGANIZATION, ST. LUKE'S HEALTH NETWORK, INC. STRIVES TO CONTINUALLY DEVELOP AND OPERATE A MULTI-HOSPITAL HEALTHCARE NETWORK WHICH PROVIDES SUBSTANTIAL COMMUNITY BENEFIT THROUGH THE PROVISION OF A COMPREHENSIVE SPECTRUM OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO THE RESIDENTS OF PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. ST. LUKE'S ENSURES THAT ITS NETWORK PROVIDES EMERGENCY AND MEDICALLY NECESSARY HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO ALL INDIVIDUALS REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOR, CREED, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN OR ABILITY TO PAY. THE NETWORKS ACTIVE HOSPITALS INCLUDE: ST. LUKES HOSPITAL ALLENTOWN CAMPUS, ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL ANDERSON CAMPUS, ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL BETHLEHEM CAMPUS, ST. LUKES HOSPITAL GNADEN HUETTEN CAMPUS, ST. LUKES HOSPITAL MINERS CAMPUS, ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL MONROE CAMPUS, ST. LUKES HOSPITAL PALMERTON CAMPUS, ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL QUAKERTOWN CAMPUS, ST. LUKES HOSPITAL SACRED HEART CAMPUS AND ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL WARREN CAMPUS. EACH OF THESE HOSPITALS OPERATES CONSISTENTLY WITH THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA OUTLINED IN INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE ("IRS") REVENUE RULING 69-545: 1) EACH PROVIDES MEDICALLY NECESSARY HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO ALL INDIVIDUALS REGARDLESS OF ABILITY TO PAY, INCLUDING CHARITY CARE, SELF-PAY, MEDICARE AND MEDICAID PATIENTS; 2) EACH OPERATES AN ACTIVE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT FOR ALL PERSONS; WHICH IS OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY, 7 DAYS A WEEK, 365 DAYS PER YEAR; 3) EACH MAINTAINS AN OPEN MEDICAL STAFF, WITH PRIVILEGES AVAILABLE TO ALL QUALIFIED PHYSICIANS; 4) CONTROL OF EACH RESTS WITH ITS BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF ST. LUKE'S HEALTH NETWORK, INC. BOTH BOARDS ARE COMPRISED OF A MAJORITY OF INDEPENDENT CIVIC LEADERS AND OTHER PROMINENT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY; AND 5) SURPLUS FUNDS ARE USED TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF PATIENT CARE, EXPAND AND RENOVATE FACILITIES AND ADVANCE MEDICAL CARE; PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES. ST. LUKES HOSPITAL OF BETHLEHEM PENNSYLVANIA --------------------------------------------- ST. LUKES UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORKS LARGEST HOSPITAL CAMPUS IS ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BETHLEHEM AND COMPRISES BETHLEHEM ("SL-BETHLEHEM") AND ALLENTOWN ("SL-ALLENTOWN") LOCATIONS, BOTH IN LEHIGH COUNTY. BETHLEHEM CAMPUS: SL-BETHLEHEM IS A JOINT COMMISSION-ACCREDITED, NOT-FOR-PROFIT, TERTIARY CARE, TEACHING HOSPITAL LOCATED IN BETHLEHEM, PA, FOUNDED IN 1872. SL-BETHLEHEM OFFERS MORE THAN 90 MEDICAL SPECIALTIES AND HAS 388 LICENSED ACUTE CARE AND REHABILITATION BEDS. IN FY19, THERE WERE 26,940 ADMISSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS; 428,666 OUTPATIENT REGISTRATIONS AND 50,286 ED VISITS. IN FY19, SL-BETHLEHEM INVESTED MORE THAN $18 MILLION IN EQUIPMENT AND FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS. INVESTMENTS INCLUDED THE RENOVATION OF OUR NORTH WING 7 MEDICAL SURGICAL UNIT, AS WELL AS GENERAL FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDING AN UPGRADE TO THE CHILLER (A COMPONENT OF THE HOSPITALS COOLING SYSTEM), ROOF REPLACEMENT IN SELECT AREAS, BOILER FUEL CONVERSION AND OTHER MINOR UNIT RENOVATIONS. THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL PURCHASED A NEW 3T MRI FOR OUR NORTH FACILITY WHICH HAS THE ONLY 3T MAGNET IN THE EASTERN LEHIGH VALLEY AND PROVIDES ADVANCED NEUROLOGICAL AND BODY IMAGING. ST. LUKES-BETHLEHEM PURCHASED AND IMPLEMENTED A GE DISCOVERY SYSTEM, WHICH IS A STATE-OF-THE-ART IMAGING SYSTEM WITH ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ALLOWING FOR IMPROVED IMAGE QUALITY WITH REDUCED RADIATION EXPOSURE. IT SUPPORTS ST. LUKES EFFORTS TO PROVIDE MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURES. OTHER EQUIPMENT INVESTMENTS INCLUDED THE PURCHASE OF AN O-ARM FOR THE OPERATING ROOM, ULTRASOUND EQUIPMENT, NURSE CALL, AS WELL AS VARIOUS OTHER EQUIPMENT SUPPORTING THE OPERATING ROOM, RADIOLOGY, MOTHER/BABY AND NUMEROUS OTHER DEPARTMENTS. ST. LUKES ALLENTOWN CAMPUS: SL-ALLENTOWN WAS FOUNDED IN 1945 AS THE ALLENTOWN OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL CENTER AND IS LOCATED IN THE WEST END OF THE CITY OF ALLENTOWN. IN 1997, THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT MEDICAL CENTER ENTERED INTO A MERGER WITH ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK. SINCE JOINING ST. LUKE'S, THE 163-LICENSED-BED, JOINT COMMISSION ACCREDITED SL-ALLENTOWN HAS EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN OBSERVATIONS AND ADMISSIONS (FY19 11,884), ED VISITS (FY19 56,799) AND OUTPATIENT REGISTRATIONS (FY19 248,110). IN FY19, SL-ALLENTOWN INVESTED APPROXIMATELY $14.3 MILLION IN EQUIPMENT, CAMPUS FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS AND OUTPATIENT FACILITIES. ONE OF THE MORE SIGNIFICANT FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDED THE RENOVATION AND OPENING OF A NEW MEDICAL SURGICAL UNIT ON THE FIFTH FLOOR. THE ALLENTOWN CAMPUS ALSO INVESTED IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CARE NOW WALK-IN CENTER WITH A RADIOLOGY SUITE IN HAMBURG, PA AND MADE UPGRADES TO VARIOUS PIECES OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT INCLUDING ULTRASOUND MACHINES, ROBOTIC EQUIPMENT FOR THE OPERATING ROOM, A UROLOGY CAMERA SYSTEM, PUMPS AND X-RAY EQUIPMENT THAT WILL PROVIDE BETTER PATIENT CARE. ALSO, IN FY19, SL-ALLENTOWN: - ADDED A $2.3 MILLION DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM ROBOT TO ITS OPERATING SUITE. - STARTED WORK ON ITS NINTH OPERATING ROOM (HYBRID ROOM). - INVESTED $1 MILLION IN BED REPLACEMENTS IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (ICU) AND MEDICAL/SURGICAL UNITS. - BEGAN WORKING ON RENOVATING THE SURGICAL PROCESSING DEPARTMENT. IN ADDITION, THE CAMPUS ADDED TWO NEW MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDINGS IN MACUNGIE AND FOGELSVILLE AND BEGAN WORK ON A NEW HEALTH AND FITNESS FACILITY ON UNION BOULEVARD AND RENOVATIONS AT OUR CANCER CENTER IN ALLENTOWN. COMMUNITY OUTREACH: IN KEEPING WITH ITS COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES. SL-BETHLEHEM ANNUALLY REACHES MORE THAN 100,000 PEOPLE THROUGH ITS COMMUNITY OUTREACH ENDEAVORS. SL-ALLENTOWN ANNUALLY REACHES MORE THAN 83,000 PEOPLE THROUGH ITS COMMUNITY OUTREACH ENDEAVORS. THESE HOSPITAL CAMPUSES OFFER A VARIETY OF FREE SCREENINGS/SERVICES FOR COMMUNITY-RUN EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE ORGANIZATION COMMUNITY BENEFIT AND OUTREACH EFFORTS PLEASE REFER TO THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT STATEMENT INCLUDED IN SCHEDULE O OF THE ST. LUKES HOSPITAL OF BETHLEHEM PENNSYLVANIA FORM 990 (EIN: 23-1352213). ST. LUKES ANDERSON CAMPUS -------------------------- ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL ANDERSON CAMPUS ("SL-ANDERSON") IS A JOINT COMMISSION-ACCREDITED, NOT-FOR-PROFIT, 108-LICENSED BED ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL LOCATED AND PROVIDING CARE PRIMARILY TO RESIDENTS OF NORTHAMPTON AND MONROE COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA AND WARREN COUNTY IN NEW JERSEY. IN FY19, SL-ANDERSON PROVIDED CARE FOR 226,350 PEOPLE ANNUALLY WITH 25,640 PATIENT ENCOUNTERS BEING MEDICAID AND 3,900 PATIENT ENCOUNTERS BEING SELF-PAY (NO INSURANCE). THE NET CHARGES FOR MEDICAID ARE $11.2 MILLION (12%) AND FOR SELF-PAY ARE $285,000 (13%). SL-ANDERSON OPENED ON NOVEMBER 7, 2011 AND WAS THE FIRST NEW, NON-REPLACEMENT HOSPITAL IN PENNSYLVANIA IN MORE THAN FOUR DECADES. SL-ANDERSON IS LOCATED ON A 500-ACRE SITE OWNED BY THE NETWORK. IN ADDITION TO SL-ANDERSON, THE FIRST PHASE OF SITE DEVELOPMENT INCLUDED A CANCER CENTER AND A MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING. |
| CORE FORM, PART III, STATEMENT OF PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS | SL-ANDERSON IS SERVICE ORIENTED WITH A GOAL TO REDUCE PATIENT AND FAMILY STRESS AND ANXIETY AND TO PROVIDE A CALM AND REASSURING ENVIRONMENT BY MEETING AND OFTEN EXCEEDING, THEIR PERSONAL NEEDS. SOFTER LIGHTING IS USED IN THE HALLWAYS AND THE DCOR IS DONE IN RELAXING EARTH TONES, AVAILABLE AMENITIES INCLUDE: FLAT SCREEN TELEVISIONS, FREE WI-FI SERVICE, DAILY NEWSPAPER DELIVERY, HIGH-QUALITY ROBES, A RECLINER AND COMFORTABLE SOFA BED IN EVERY ROOM AND AN AFTERNOON TEA SERVICE. SL-ANDERSON ALSO FOCUSES ON MAKING ITS SERVICES EASY TO ACCESS. FOR EXAMPLE, MANY SERVICES INCLUDING IMAGING OFFER EXTENDED HOURS ON THE WEEKENDS AND IN THE EVENINGS. THE MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING PROVIDES IMAGING, PHYSICAL THERAPY, LABORATORY AND OTHER OUTPATIENT TESTING, HEALTH AND FITNESS CENTER AND OFFICES FOR A WIDE RANGE OF PHYSICIAN SPECIALISTS, INCLUDING CARDIAC SERVICES AND A PULMONARY REHABILITATION CENTER. OVER THE PAST EIGHT YEARS, SL-ANDERSON HAS BEEN IMPROVING FREEMANSBURG AVENUE, THE PRIMARY ACCESS TO THE HOSPITAL CAMPUS. BY THE TIME IT IS COMPLETED, THE TOTAL COST WILL BE $43 MILLION. AS OF THE END OF FY19, THE FIRST TWO PHASES OF A THREE-PHASE PROJECT ARE COMPLETE. PREVIOUSLY, IN AUGUST OF 2017, SL-ANDERSON OPENED A NEW $26 MILLION SPECIALTY PAVILION THAT EXPANDED THE BREADTH OF OFFERINGS AT THE ST. LUKES ANDERSON CAMPUS TO INCLUDE AMBULATORY SURGERY, UROLOGY, OB/GYN SERVICES, GASTROENTEROLOGY AND LABORATORY SERVICES. THIS FACILITY SERVICES THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY COMMUNITY AND WAS DESIGNED WITH CONVENIENCE IN MIND. IT IS LOCATED JUST OFF ROUTE 33 AND IT IS SURROUNDED BY AMPLE, NEARBY PARKING. IN JANUARY OF 2020, A NEW FOUR-FLOOR, 80,000-SQUARE-FOOT WOMEN & BABIES PAVILION OPENED WITH: - NINE LABOR AND DELIVERY ROOMS. - A LEVEL III NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (NICU) WITH EIGHT PRIVATE ROOMS AND 18 SEMI-PRIVATE ROOMS. - A 32-ROOM POSTPARTUM UNIT AND A 16-BASSINET NURSERY. THE WOMEN & BABIES PAVILION IS AN EXPANSION OF OUR OBSTETRICS AND GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM, AS WELL AS A 36-BED MEDICAL/SURGICAL UNIT. THE PERSONALIZED AND COMPASSIONATE EXPERIENCE THAT PATIENTS HAVE COME TO EXPECT FROM ST. LUKES WILL BE DELIVERED AT THE NEW PAVILION. WE ANTICIPATE SERVING A HIGH MEDICAID AND UNINSURED POPULATION IN THIS THIRD LABOR AND DELIVERY UNIT FOR THE ST. LUKES NETWORK. ST. LUKES GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM AT SL-ANDERSON STARTED IN JULY 2019 AND WILL HAVE CONTINUED GROWTH THROUGH 2024. SL-ANDERSON EXPECTS TO HAVE AT LEAST 150 RESIDENTS ON CAMPUS BY 2024 WITH PLANNED RESIDENCY PROGRAMS IN DERMATOLOGY, NEUROLOGY, PSYCHIATRY, INTERNAL MEDICINE, EMERGENCY MEDICINE, FAMILY MEDICINE AND TRANSITIONAL YEAR. OVERWHELMING DEMAND WAS THE PRIMARY DRIVER FOR FUTURE EXPANSION. THROUGHOUT ITS DEVELOPMENT, SL-ANDERSON CONTINUES TO OFFER THE COMMUNITY VALUED ACCESS TO THE MOST MODERN HEALTH CARE. ST. LUKES HAS A LONG-STANDING HISTORY IN THE COMMUNITY AND TAKES VERY SERIOUSLY ITS COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY WITH THE VERY BEST HEALTH CARE. ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK PARTNERED WITH THE RODALE INSTITUTE TO DEVELOP AN ORGANIC FARM LOCATED ON THE ANDERSON CAMPUS. THE FARM IS USED TO PROVIDE LOCALLY GROWN ORGANIC PRODUCE IN NETWORK CAFETERIAS AND WILL BE SERVED TO PATIENTS, EMPLOYEES AND VISITORS. WORKING WITH THE RODALE INSTITUTE TO DEVELOP THE ST. LUKE'S RODALE INSTITUTE ORGANIC FARM ALLOWS ST. LUKE'S TO CONTINUE PROVIDING PATIENTS WITH A HOLISTIC HEALTHCARE EXPERIENCE THAT CREATES A POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE FOR HEALTH AND HEALING. BY PROVIDING PATIENTS, VISITORS AND STAFF MEMBERS WITH LOCALLY GROWN ORGANIC PRODUCE, ST. LUKE'S DEMONSTRATES A COMMITMENT TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND PROMOTING THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR PATIENTS AND THE COMMUNITY. EXCESS PRODUCE IS SOLD TO STAFF MEMBERS AND THE COMMUNITY ALLOWING THESE INDIVIDUALS TO MAKE HEALTHY EATING CHOICES IN THEIR OWN HOMES, CONTRIBUTING TO HEALTHIER LIFESTYLES. IN FY17 AND FY18 THE ORGANIC FARM INCREASED THE NUMBER OF VARIETIES OF PRODUCE TO 100. THE ST. LUKES RODALE INSTITUTE ORGANIC FARM HAS DOUBLED ITS ACREAGE TO NOW SPAN 11.5 ACRES. IN FY17 THE FARM ADDED A CERTIFIED ORGANIC DESIGNATION AND GROWING CUT FLOWERS TO FURTHER DIVERSIFY THE FARMS CROPS. THE COST OF THE FARM IN FY19 WAS $199,220. SPORTS MEDICINE: ONE HUNDRED PERCENT (100%) OF THE SPORTS MEDICINE RELATIONS DEPARTMENT NET EXPENSE AS REPORTED ON NETWORKS SCHEDULE H 990 FORM. THIS IS REPORTED AS A COMMUNITY BENEFIT. FOR ST. LUKES ANDERSON CAMPUS, SPORTS MEDICINE PROGRAMS REACH 27,620 STUDENTS IN SIX DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOLS AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN THE ANDERSON REGION. A TOTAL OF 11 ATHLETIC TRAINERS SERVE THESE SCHOOLS BY PROVIDING PREVENTATIVE, EVALUATION AND REHABILITATION SERVICES TO ALL DISTRICT STUDENT ATHLETES. THROUGH THE ST. LUKES SPORTS MEDICINE PROGRAM, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING IS PROVIDED IN ALL OF THE SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICTS AND THE ATHLETIC TRAINERS WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE ST. LUKES OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE AND COMMUNITY HEALTH DIVISIONS TO PROVIDE SERVICES OR OFFER EDUCATION TO THOSE EMPLOYEES. ATHLETIC TRAINERS REGULARLY ENGAGE IN MARKETING EFFORTS TO PROMOTE THE ST. LUKES UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK AND BUILD THE ST. LUKES BRAND. THE INITIAL PROGRAM DEFICIT IS $300,471 FOR SCHOOLS FEEDING INTO ANDERSON CAMPUS. THIS MODEL DOES NOT INCLUDE OTHER REVENUES RECEIVED FROM CLUB, YOUTH SPORTS AND RELATED ACTIVITIES (TOURNAMENTS) FOR WHICH A FEE IS CHARGED. ADDITIONALLY, THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE DOWNSTREAM REVENUE GENERATED BY ATHLETIC TRAINER RELATIONSHIPS IN THE SCHOOLS WITHIN THE ANDERSON CAMPUS REGION. COMMUNITY OUTREACH: IN KEEPING WITH ITS COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES, SL-ANDERSON ANNUALLY REACHES MORE THAN 7,000 PEOPLE THROUGH ITS COMMUNITY OUTREACH ENDEAVORS. THE HOSPITAL OFFERS A VARIETY OF FREE SCREENINGS/SERVICES FOR COMMUNITY-RUN EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE ORGANIZATION COMMUNITY BENEFIT AND OUTREACH EFFORTS PLEASE REFER TO THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT STATEMENT INCLUDED IN SCHEDULE O OF THE ST. LUKES HOSPITAL ANDERSON CAMPUS FORM 990 (EIN: 45-4394739). ST. LUKES MONROE CAMPUS ------------------------ ST. LUKES HOSPITAL MONROE CAMPUS (SL-MONROE) THE FIRST NEW ACUTE-CARE, NON-REPLACEMENT HOSPITAL MONROE COUNTY HAS SEEN IN 100 YEARS, COMPRISES FOUR STORIES AND 180,000 SQUARE FEET. THE $100-MILLION HOSPITAL BUILDING HAS 98 PRIVATE PATIENT ROOMS, INCLUDING 12 BEDS FOR CRITICAL CARE PATIENTS. ALL ARE SPACIOUS AND BEAUTIFULLY DECORATED TO PROMOTE HEALING. THE HOSPITAL ALSO FEATURES STATE-OF-THE-ART OPERATING AND PROCEDURE ROOMS, A HELIPAD, A LARGE AND EFFICIENT EMERGENCY ROOM, A CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION LAB AND THE MOST MODERN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES FROM GE HEALTHCARE. CLOSE TO MAJOR ROADWAYS, SL-MONROE HAS THE SIGNATURE FOUNTAIN FEATURE AND A WALKING TRAIL NESTLED IN A BEAUTIFUL, NATURAL SETTING TO PROMOTE WELLNESS IN THE COMMUNITY. IN FY19 SL-MONROE PROVIDED CARE FOR 8,431 ADMISSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS, 50,857 EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISITS AND 127,668 OUTPATIENT VISITS. ON OCTOBER 3, 2016, SL-MONROE OPENED ITS DOORS TO THE COMMUNITY. BECOMING THE SEVENTH HOSPITAL IN THE ST. LUKES HEALTH NETWORK, THE NEW HOSPITAL PROVIDES ACUTE INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT MEDICAL AND SURGICAL CARE. THE CAMPUS HAS AN ANNUAL CAPACITY FOR 10,000 INPATIENT AND OBSERVATION ADMISSIONS AND HAS A 33-BED EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT WITH AN ANNUAL CAPACITY FOR 62,000 VISITS. FROM THE DAY IT OPENED, SL-MONROE HAS BEEN EMBRACED BY THE PUBLIC AND FY19 WAS NO EXCEPTION. ADMISSIONS AND VISITS TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT (ED) HAVE CONSISTENTLY EXCEEDED PROJECTIONS; FY19 ADMISSIONS WERE 38 PERCENT BETTER THAN PROJECTED AND FY19 ED VISITS WERE 39% BETTER THAN PROJECTED. ST. LUKES UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK HAS CONTINUED TO INVEST IN SL-MONROE TO IMPROVE BOTH QUALITY OF, AND ACCESS TO, CARE. IN MARCH OF 2018, ST. LUKES UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK OPENED ITS SECOND DIAGNOSTIC BREAST IMAGING FACILITY, SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO SERVE MONROE COUNTY AND SURROUNDING AREA PATIENTS IN NEED OF ROUTINE AND ADVANCED DIAGNOSTIC MAMMOGRAMS AND TESTING. THIS STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITY OFFERS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS LOW-DOSE 3D MAMMOGRAPHY AND AUTOMATED BREAST ULTRASOUND (ABUS). PATIENTS BENEFIT FROM HAVING HIGHLY-SKILLED RADIOLOGISTS READ THEIR TEST RESULTS IMMEDIATELY. PATIENTS WITH AN ABNORMAL FINDING ARE ABLE TO HAVE A BIOPSY RIGHT AWAY, HELPING TO REDUCE THE FEAR AND ANXIETY OF WAITING. |
| CORE FORM, PART III, STATEMENT OF PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS | THE ST. LUKES MONROE REGIONAL BREAST CENTER INCLUDES THE MOST ADVANCED, COMPUTER-AIDED SOFTWARE TO HELP IN DIAGNOSING BREAST ANOMALIES AND THE LATEST DIGITAL AND 3D MAMMOGRAPHY EQUIPMENT FROM GE HEALTHCARE. THE CENTER IS EQUIPPED WITH SENSORYSUITE TO PROVIDE A CALMER, INTERACTIVE MAMMOGRAM EXPERIENCE AND THE REGIONS FIRST PRISTINA WITH DUETATM MAMMOGRAPHY, A PATIENT-ASSISTED COMPRESSION DEVICE WHICH GIVES PATIENTS A SENSE OF CONTROL DURING THEIR MAMMOGRAMS. ANOTHER MAJOR INVESTMENT IN THE SL-MONROE CAMPUS WAS A THREE-FLOOR, 37,500-SQUARE-FOOT CANCER CENTER AND MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING LOCATED AT 200 ST. LUKES LANE ADJACENT TO THE HOSPITAL. THE $22 MILLION BUILDING OPENED IN NOVEMBER 2017 AND EXPANDED THE BREADTH OF OFFERINGS AT ST. LUKES MONROE CAMPUS TO INCLUDE MEDICAL, SURGICAL AND GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY, RADIATION THERAPY, INFUSION (CHEMOTHERAPY), IMAGING, ORTHOPEDICS AND A SLEEP LAB. THE CANCER CENTER IS EQUIPPED WITH A VARIAN TRUEBEAM LINEAR ACCELERATOR THAT FEATURES ADVANCED RADIATION-SPARING TECHNOLOGIES LIKE OSMS WHICH STOPS TREATMENT IF A PATIENT MOVES AS WELL AS A "6 DEGREES OF FREEDOM PERFECT PITCH COUCH" WHICH ALLOWS THERAPISTS TO POSITION A PATIENT IN THE EXACT PERFECT SPOT FOR OPTIMAL TREATMENT AND COMFORT. SL-MONROE IS SERVICE ORIENTED WITH A GOAL TO REDUCE PATIENT AND FAMILY STRESS AND ANXIETY AND TO PROVIDE A CALM AND REASSURING ENVIRONMENT BY MEETING, AND OFTEN EXCEEDING, THEIR PERSONAL NEEDS. SOFTER LIGHTING IS USED IN THE HALLWAYS AND THE DCOR IS DONE IN RELAXING EARTH TONES. AVAILABLE AMENITIES INCLUDE: FLAT SCREEN TELEVISIONS, FREE WIFI SERVICE, DAILY NEWSPAPER DELIVERY AND A RECLINER AND COMFORTABLE SOFA BED IN EVERY ROOM. COMMUNITY OUTREACH: IN FY19, THE MONROE CAMPUS SERVED SENIORS IN THE COMMUNITY WITH A HEALTHY, LOW-COST OPTION FOR DINNER. THE OLDER ADULT MEALS AT SL-MONROE OFFER SENIORS 65+ A FRESHLY PREPARED DINNER SEVEN DAYS/WEEK FOR UNDER $4. OLDER ADULTS ENJOY AFFORDABLE, HEALTHY EATING AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET AND ENGAGE WITH OTHER OLDER ADULTS IN THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. IN FY19 MONROE CAMPUS SERVED 2,247 OLDER ADULT MEALS. IN ADDITION, MONROE CAMPUS HAD 6,354 VOLUNTEER HOURS TOTAL AND THE TOTAL VOLUNTEER COUNT FOR FY19 WAS 100. IN FY19 ST. LUKES MONROE CAMPUS HOSTED NATIONAL DRUG TAKEBACK DAY AND A TOTAL OF 41 POUNDS OF VARIOUS MEDICATIONS WERE COLLECTED. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE ORGANIZATION COMMUNITY BENEFIT AND OUTREACH EFFORTS PLEASE REFER TO THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT STATEMENT INCLUDED IN SCHEDULE O OF THE ST. LUKES HOSPITAL MONROE CAMPUS FORM 990 (EIN: 46-5143606). CARBON-SCHUYLKILL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, INC. ST. LUKES MINERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ----------------------------------------------------------------------- THE CARBON-SCHUYLKILL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, INC. (DBA ST. LUKES MINERS CAMPUS AKA "SL-MINERS") IS A JOINT COMMISSION-ACCREDITED, NOT-FOR-PROFIT, 49-LICENSED BED ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL AND A 48-BED SKILLED NURSING FACILITY LOCATED IN COALDALE, PENNSYLVANIA, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY NEAR THE CARBON COUNTY BORDER PROVIDING CARE PRIMARILY TO RESIDENTS OF SCHUYLKILL, CARBON AND LOWER LUZERNE COUNTIES IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. ST. LUKES MINERS CAMPUS ALSO INCLUDES NINE PHYSICAL THERAPY LOCATIONS AND FOUR RURAL HEALTH CLINICS. IN FY19, SL-MINERS PATIENT CARE INCLUDED 3,339 OBSERVATIONS AND ADMISSIONS, MORE THAN 129,115 OUTPATIENT VISITS AND 19,537 EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISITS. THE CAMPUS PROVIDES PATIENTS WITH ACCESS TO 606 PHYSICIANS ACROSS 30 MEDICAL SPECIALTIES. THE HOSPITAL IS ACCREDITED AS A PRIMARY STROKE CENTER BY THE JOINT COMMISSION AND A CHEST PAIN CENTER BY THE SOCIETY OF CARDIOVASCULAR PATIENT CARE. ST. LUKES MINERS CAMPUS OPENED TWO NEW HOSPITAL-BASED RURAL HEALTH CLINICS, ONE IN SCHUYLKILL COUNTY AND ONE IN CARBON COUNTY. ST. LUKES MINERS CAMPUS NOW OPERATES FOUR PROVIDER-BASED RURAL HEALTH CLINICS IN TAMAQUA, RINGTOWN, LANSFORD AND NESQUEHONING, SERVING 11,431 PATIENT VISITS. THE CENTERS PROVIDE PRIMARY CARE ACCESS TO PEOPLE WITH NO INSURANCE, MEDICARE, MEDICAID OR WHO JUST CANNOT FIND A PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER. THEY TREAT PATIENTS OF ALL AGES, OFFERING EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY CARE CLOSE TO HOME. THE CENTERS ALSO PROVIDE INTEGRATED DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE PRIMARY CARE OFFICE. THE HOMETOWN RURAL HEALTH CLINIC PROVIDE TELEMEDICINE ACCESS TO ENDOCRINOLOGISTS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF DIABETES. NO PATIENT IS DENIED CARE, REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY. ALL INSURANCES, INCLUDING MEDICAID, ARE ACCEPTED. THE RURAL HEALTH CLINICS WERE NAMED THE "2018 OUTSTANDING RURAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION" BY THE NATIONAL RURAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION FOR INNOVATIVE PRIMARY CARE AND ACCESS IN RURAL MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREAS. IN FY19, ST. LUKES MINERS CAMPUS STARTED THE FIRST FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY RURAL TRAINING TRACK IN PENNSYLVANIA IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY AT ST. LUKES WARREN CAMPUS. THIS THREE-YEAR RESIDENCY TRAINS FAMILY MEDICINE PHYSICIANS WHO WANT TO PRACTICE IN A RURAL SETTING. EACH RESIDENCY CLASS HAS TWO RESIDENTS. THE CLINICAL TRAINING SITE FOR THIS NEW FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY RURAL TRAINING TRACK IS THE ST. LUKES MINERS RURAL HEALTH CLINIC IN TAMAQUA. THE NETWORK HAS INVESTED APPROXIMATELY $37.6 MILLION IN TECHNICAL AND FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS AT ST. LUKES MINERS CAMPUS SINCE 2010, INCLUDING OUTPATIENT CENTERS WHICH OFFER ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY AND PHYSICIAN SERVICES, FURTHER ENHANCING OUR PATIENTS' ABILITY TO EASILY ACCESS STATE-OF-THE-ART HEALTHCARE. IN 2017, A $1.6 MILLION EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT RENOVATION WAS COMPLETED THAT INCLUDED ADDING TWO DEDICATED ROOMS FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PATIENTS. IN 2019, AN ADDITIONAL $4.2 MILLION EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT EXPANSION WAS COMPLETED. THE UPDATED EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT NOW HAS 25 BEDS, ALMOST DOUBLE WHAT IT HAD BEEN (14). THE EXPANSION ALSO INCLUDED BETTER ACCESS TO THE HELIPAD AND A SECOND CT-SCANNER DEDICATED TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT ASSURING THE MOST PROMPT CARE FOR TRAUMA AND STROKE PATIENTS AS WELL AS A DESIGNATED ROOM TO ACCOMMODATE TRAUMA AND BARIATRIC PATIENTS. IN 2013, ST. LUKES MINERS CAMPUS WAS THE FIRST HOSPITAL IN PENNSYLVANIAN ACCREDITED AS A LEVEL IV TRAUMA CENTER. IN 2019, THE LEVEL IV TRAUMA CENTER RECERTIFICATION WAS COMPLETED. ST. LUKES MINERS CAMPUS IS LOCATED IN COALDALE, A FEDERALLY DESIGNATED MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA. THE HOSPITAL RECEIVED A FOUR-STAR RATING FROM CMS IN 2019. THE HOSPITAL HAS SIGNIFICANTLY EXPANDED MEDICAL EXPERTISE THROUGH THE ADDITION OF THE FOLLOWING SERVICES, PROVIDING DIRECT ACCESS TO: ORTHOPEDIC SURGEONS PROVIDING THE MOST ADVANCED DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION FOR PATIENTS WITH MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS AND INJURIES; A HIGHLY TRAINED CARDIAC TEAM WHICH INCLUDES EXPERIENCED AND SKILLED CARDIOLOGISTS, CARDIAC AND VASCULAR SURGEONS, INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGISTS AND ELECTROPHYSIOLOGISTS; ONCOLOGISTS AND A WIDE RANGE OF ONCOLOGY SPECIALISTS; AND HOSPITALISTS. ST. LUKES MINERS CAMPUS PROVIDES 24/7 TELE-PSYCHIATRY AND TELE-NEUROLOGY SERVICES WHICH DELIVERS IMMEDIATE BENEFIT TO BOTH PATIENTS AND CLINICAL STAFF BY PROVIDING QUICK ACCESS FOR PSYCHIATRIC AND NEUROLOGICAL CONSULTATIONS FOR PATIENTS. THE HOSPITAL ALSO ESTABLISHED A CLINICAL ROTATION IN COLLABORATION WITH FOUR SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THEIR CLINICAL STUDY IN A RURAL COMMUNITY SETTING. ST. LUKE'S MINERS REHABILITATION AND NURSING CENTER IS A FULLY ACCREDITED, 48-BED, HOSPITAL-BASED, SKILLED NURSING FACILITY LOCATED ON THE FIFTH FLOOR OF THE HOSPITAL. INDIVIDUALIZED SHORT-TIME REHABILITATION AND LONG-TERM CARE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED. COMMUNITY OUTREACH: IN KEEPING WITH ITS COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES. ST. LUKES MINERS CAMPUS ANNUALLY REACHES MORE THAN 3,200 PEOPLE THROUGH ITS COMMUNITY OUTREACH ENDEAVORS. THE HOSPITAL OFFERS A VARIETY OF FREE SCREENINGS AND SERVICES FOR COMMUNITY-RUN EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE ORGANIZATION COMMUNITY BENEFIT AND OUTREACH EFFORTS PLEASE REFER TO THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT STATEMENT INCLUDED IN SCHEDULE O OF THE CARBON-SCHUYKILL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, INC. FORM 990 (EIN: 25-1550350). ST. LUKES QUAKERTOWN HOSPITAL ------------------------------ ST. LUKES QUAKERTOWN HOSPITAL ("SLQ") IS A JOINT COMMISSION-ACCREDITED, NOT-FOR-PROFIT, 59-BED LICENSED ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL LOCATED IN QUAKERTOWN, BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. IN 2019, ST. LUKES QUAKERTOWN PROVIDED SERVICES PRIMARILY TO RESIDENTS OF BUCKS, MONTGOMERY AND LEHIGH COUNTIES. ST. LUKES QUAKERTOWN ANNUALLY PROVIDES CARE FOR NEARLY 100,000 PATIENTS. OF ITS NEARLY 16,000 ANNUAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT PATIENTS, APPROXIMATELY 15.7% ARE MEDICAID RECIPIENTS AND 4.6% ARE SELF-PAY/UNINSURED. ESTABLISHED IN 1929, SLQ WAS ACQUIRED BY NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ST. LUKES UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK ("NETWORK") IN 1995. THE HOSPITAL PROVIDES PATIENTS WITH ACCESS TO MORE THAN 370 PHYSICIANS ACROSS 47 MEDICAL SPECIALTIES. |
| CORE FORM, PART III, STATEMENT OF PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS | BECKERS HEALTHCARE NAMED ST. LUKES QUAKERTOWN ON THEIR LIST OF 100 GREAT COMMUNITY HOSPITALS FOR 2019 FOR THE FOURTH YEAR IN A ROW. THIS LIST INCLUDES INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY HOSPITALS AS WELL AS FACILITIES AFFILIATED WITH LARGE HEALTH SYSTEMS. MANY OF THESE HOSPITALS HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR CLINICAL QUALITY, OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE AND ECONOMIC IMPACT ON THE SURROUNDING AREA. THE HOSPITAL HAS SIGNIFICANTLY EXPANDED MEDICAL EXPERTISE THROUGH THE ADDITION OF THE FOLLOWING SERVICES: ORTHOPEDIC SURGEONS PROVIDING THE MOST ADVANCED DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION FOR PATIENTS WITH MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS AND INJURIES; A HIGHLY TRAINED CARDIAC VASCULAR TEAM INCLUDING EXPERIENCED AND SKILLED CARDIOLOGISTS, VASCULAR SURGEONS AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGISTS; ONCOLOGISTS AND A WIDE RANGE OF ONCOLOGY SPECIALISTS. ST. LUKES QUAKERTOWN OFFERS OUTPATIENT VISITS AND SURGICAL CAPABILITIES WITH THE REGIONS FOREMOST GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGIST. ADDITIONALLY, IN 2019, ST. LUKES QUAKERTOWN EXPANDED CRITICAL CARE COVERAGE TO 24/7 IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT. NEW HOSPITAL OPENED: ON DECEMBER 14, 2019, ST. LUKES OPENED THE UPPER BUCKS CAMPUS, LOCATED AT 3000 ST. LUKES DRIVE, QUAKERTOWN, PA. ALL MEDICAL, SURGICAL, CRITICAL AND EMERGENCY CARE SERVICES RELOCATED FROM ST. LUKES QUAKERTOWN CAMPUS TO THE NEW UPPER BUCKS CAMPUS. THE 19-BED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH UNIT REMAINS AT ST. LUKES QUAKERTOWN ALONG WITH THE FOLLOWING ESSENTIAL OUTPATIENT SERVICES: - MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING - LAB SERVICES - RADIOLOGY - INFUSION - WOUND CARE - PULMONARY FUNCTION TESTING - CARDIOPULMONARY REHABILITATION - DAVITA DIALYSIS - OUTPATIENT NUTRITION SERVICES - EEG/EMG - SLEEP CENTER ST. LUKES UPPER BUCKS WAS THE NEWEST HOSPITAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IN BUCKS COUNTY SINCE 1973; AND WITH A $100 MILLION INVESTMENT, THE LARGEST PROJECT IN QUAKERTOWNS HISTORY. IT OFFERS PATIENTS EASY ACCESS TO SPECIALISTS, OUTSTANDING PHYSICIANS, ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY, NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED HEALTH CARE AND TOP-NOTCH CUSTOMER SERVICE. ST. LUKES UPPER BUCKS CAMPUS PROVIDES MEDICAL, DIAGNOSTIC, CRITICAL CARE, EMERGENCY AND SURGICAL SERVICES TO PATIENTS PRIMARILY FROM BUCKS, MONTGOMERY AND LEHIGH COUNTIES. THE NEW HOSPITAL OPENED WITH 30 PRIVATE MEDICAL SURGICAL AND 10 PRIVATE INTENSIVE CARE ROOMS, A 16-BAY EMERGENCY ROOM, FOUR OPERATING AND ONE PROCEDURE ROOM, A STATE-OF-THE-ART INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY LAB, DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY AND ADDITIONAL LAB SERVICES. COMMUNITY OUTREACH: IN KEEPING WITH ITS COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES, ST. LUKES QUAKERTOWN HOSPITAL ANNUALLY REACHES MORE THAN 100,000 PEOPLE THROUGH ITS COMMUNITY OUTREACH ENDEAVORS. INVESTING MORE THAN $40,000 ANNUALLY, THE HOSPITAL REGULARLY OFFERS A VARIETY OF FREE HEALTH SCREENINGS/SERVICES AT HOSPITAL AND COMMUNITY HOSTED EVENTS. COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTION IS $10.12 MILLION. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE ORGANIZATION COMMUNITY BENEFIT AND OUTREACH EFFORTS PLEASE REFER TO THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT STATEMENT INCLUDED IN SCHEDULE O OF THE ST. LUKES QUAKERTOWN HOSPITAL FORM 990 (EIN: 23-1352203). ST. LUKES WARREN CAMPUS ------------------------ ST. LUKE'S WARREN HOSPITAL, INC. ("SL-WARREN") IS A JOINT COMMISSION-ACCREDITED, NOT-FOR-PROFIT, 198-LICENSED BED ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL LOCATED IN PHILLIPSBURG, WARREN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, PROVIDING CARE PRIMARILY TO RESIDENTS OF WARREN AND HUNTERDON COUNTIES IN NEW JERSEY, AND THE CITY OF EASTON IN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. SL-WARREN ANNUALLY PROVIDES PATIENT CARE FOR 5,371 OBSERVATIONS AND ADMISSIONS, 101,531 OUTPATIENT VISITS AND 27,583 ED VISITS. FOUNDED IN 1923, SL-WARREN WAS ACQUIRED BY NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ST. LUKES UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK (NETWORK) IN 2012. SINCE THAT TIME, ST. LUKES HAS CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVED THE QUALITY OF, AND ACCESS TO, CARE. SL-WARREN CURRENTLY PROVIDES PATIENTS WITH ACCESS TO MORE THAN 435 PHYSICIANS ACROSS NEARLY 60 MEDICAL SPECIALTIES. SL-WARREN IS CERTIFIED AS A PRIMARY STROKE CENTER BY THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES. THE ST. LUKES WARREN CAMPUS IS PART OF ST. LUKES INTEGRATED NETWORK CANCER PROGRAM (INCP), WHICH IS ACCREDITED WITH COMMENDATION BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. SL-WARREN OFFERS WOUND MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INCLUDING HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY (HBOT), WHICH IS ACCREDITED BY THE UNDERSEA AND HYPERBARIC MEDICAL SOCIETY. THE HOSPITAL RECEIVED ADDITIONAL PAYMENT IN THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES (CMS) VALUE-BASED PURCHASING PROGRAM, PERFORMING BETTER THAN PEER HOSPITALS IN NEW JERSEY. SL-WARREN CONTINUES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SENIORS SERVICES PUBLIC REPORTING INITIATIVE. PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT TEAMS WORK TO CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVE THE PROCESS OF CARE PROVIDED TO PATIENTS SUFFERING A HEART ATTACK, PATIENTS WITH PNEUMONIA OR HEALTH FAILURE AND THOSE UNDERGOING SURGICAL PROCEDURES. THE NETWORK HAS INVESTED APPROXIMATELY $73.3 MILLION IN TECHNICAL AND FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS AT SL-WARREN SINCE 2012. THIS INCLUDES: $46.9 MILLION IN FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS AND EXPANSIONS (NEW IR/CATH LAB, NEW ICI, NEW INFUSION CENTER, NEW MEDICAL/SURGICAL UNITS, RENOVATIONS TO OPERATING ROOMS, RENOVATIONS TO EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, RENOVATIONS TO WOUND CARE, RENOVATIONS TO THE PHARMACY, EXPANSION/RELOCATION OF OUTPATIENT THERAPY, CARDIOVASCULAR EXPANSION, OUTPATIENT RADIOLOGY, OUTPATIENT LAB AND ORTHOPEDIC SERVICES AT WASHINGTON OUTPATIENT CENTER AND HILLCREST PLAZA); $4.6 MILLION FOR TWO CT SCANNERS, AN MRI, AND TWO NUCLEAR IMAGING CAMERAS, ALL OFFERING THE LATEST AVAILABLE GE TECHNOLOGY ($1.2 MILLION FOR RELATED CONSTRUCTION/RENOVATIONS); $3.8 MILLION FOR IT UPGRADES; $1.65 MILLION FOR A NEW EMERGENCY GENERATOR, AND $16.35 MILLION IN OTHER FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS AND EQUIPMENT. IN FY19, SL-WARREN OPENED THE CENTER FOR DIABETES & ENDOCRINOLOGY PHILLIPSBURG. THE CENTER IS LED BY ENDOCRINOLOGIST ISHITA SINGH, MD. ALSO, THIS YEAR ST. LUKES WARREN CAMPUS AND RWJBARNABAS HEALTH SIGNED A THREE-YEAR JOINT, RENEWABLE AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE PATIENTS PRIMARILY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY GREATER ACCESS TO THE HIGH-QUALITY CLINICAL SERVICES, EXPERTISE, EXPERIENCE AND RESOURCES OF BOTH OF THESE AWARD-WINNING, NONPROFIT HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS. ADDITIONAL AREAS OF COOPERATION, SUCH AS CLINICAL TRIALS, MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, MAY BE IDENTIFIED AND PURSUED. COMMUNITY OUTREACH: IN KEEPING WITH ITS COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVICES, SL-WARREN ANNUALLY REACHES MORE THAN 10,000 PEOPLE THROUGH ITS COMMUNITY OUTREACH ENDEAVORS. THE HOSPITAL OFFERS A VARIETY OF FREE SCREENINGS AND SERVICES FOR COMMUNITY-RUN EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE ORGANIZATION COMMUNITY BENEFIT AND OUTREACH EFFORTS PLEASE REFER TO THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT STATEMENT INCLUDED IN SCHEDULE O OF THE ST. LUKES WARREN HOSPITAL FORM 990 (EIN: 22-1494454). ST. LUKES LEHIGHTON CAMPUS --------------------------- ST. LUKES LEHIGHTON CAMPUS, ("SL-LEHIGHTON"), FORMERLY KNOWN AS GNADEN HUETTEN HOSPITAL, PREVIOUSLY PART OF THE BLUE MOUNTAIN HEALTH NETWORK, BECAME PART OF ST. LUKES UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK ON JANUARY 1, 2018. THE PALMERTON HOSPITAL, ALSO PART OF THE BLUE MOUNTAIN HEALTH ACQUISITION CLOSED IN JUNE 2019, HOWEVER, IT RE-OPENED AS AN URGENT CARE FACILITY OPEN WITH EXTENDED HOURS TO THE CARBON COMMUNITY ON JULY 1, 2019. DURING FY19, THE LEHIGHTON CAMPUS EXPERIENCED A CAMPUS RENOVATION WHILE CONTINUING TO PROVIDE CARE TO ALL PATIENTS, REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY OR THEIR INSURANCE STATUS. CURRENTLY THE CAMPUS INCLUDES 112 ACUTE CARE BEDS AND 91 SKILLED NURSING BEDS. DURING FY19, THE LEHIGHTON CAMPUS EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT SAW 23,643 PATIENTS. IN FY19 SL-LEHIGHTON PROVIDED PATIENT CARE FOR 4,663 ADMISSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS AND 66,977 OUTPATIENT VISITS. IN FY19 SL-LEHIGHTON PROVIDED ACUTE INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT MEDICAL AND SURGICAL CARE. THE SL-LEHIGHTON CAMPUS HAS AN ANNUAL CAPACITY FOR 8,200 INPATIENT AND OBSERVATION ADMISSIONS AND HAS A NINE-BED EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT WITH AN ANNUAL CAPACITY FOR 62,000 VISITS. KINDRED HEALTHCARE OPERATES A 22-BED INPATIENT ACUTE REHABILITATION UNIT ON THE THIRD FLOOR OF THE SL-LEHIGHTON. THE UNIT PROVIDES INPATIENT REHABILITATION FOR PATIENTS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED STROKE, MAJOR-MULTI TRAUMAS, COMPLEX JOINT REPLACEMENTS, AMPUTATION, SEVERE ARTHRITIS, MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND OTHER PHYSICAL AND NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. THE ACUTE REHABILITATION TEAM OFFERS SPECIALIZED REHABILITATION CARE IN BEAUTIFULLY-APPOINTED ROOMS AND IS THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE UNIT OF ITS TYPE IN THE CARBON COUNTY AREA. THE UNIT OPERATES UNDER THE SL-LEHIGHTON LICENSE. |
| CORE FORM, PART III, STATEMENT OF PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS | COMMUNITY OUTREACH: THE NETWORK PARTNERS WITH LOCAL SCHOOLS, CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF THE RESIDENTS OF CARBON COUNTY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA. SL-LEHIGHTON SUPPORTS THE COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT (CHNA) PRIORITY AREAS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED WITHIN THE CAMPUS SERVICE AREA BY COLLECTING AND ANALYZING DATA AND COMMUNITY INPUT. BASED ON THE IDENTIFIED NEEDS AND PRIORITIES, EACH CAMPUS DEVELOPS PLANS AND PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF THOSE IN THE COMMUNITIES. THE SL-LEHIGHTON CAMPUS OFFERS A VARIETY OF FREE SCREENINGS/SERVICES FOR COMMUNITY-RUN EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. MORE THAN 2,200 PEOPLE WERE REACHED DIRECTLY THROUGH COMMUNITY HEALTH OUTREACH EVENTS AND PROGRAMS AND MORE THAN 200 PARTICIPATED IN THE 5 AND DIME WALK. MANY MORE PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN SUPPORT GROUPS, OTHER HEALTH FAIRS AND SCREENINGS. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE ORGANIZATION COMMUNITY BENEFIT AND OUTREACH EFFORTS PLEASE REFER TO THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT STATEMENT INCLUDED IN SCHEDULE O OF THE BLUE MOUNTAIN HOSPITAL FORM 990 (EIN: 24-0795436). ST. LUKES SACRED HEART CAMPUS ------------------------------ ST. LUKES SACRED HEART CAMPUS ("SLSH") IS A 211-BED, GENERAL MEDICAL, SURGICAL AND TEACHING HOSPITAL. IN FY 2019 ST. LUKES SACRED HEART CAMPUS PROVIDED PATIENT CARE FOR 4,583 ADMISSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS, 30,190 EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS AND 78,596 OUTPATIENT VISITS. BEFORE JOINING ST. LUKES UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK, SACRED HEART HOSPITAL WAS A CATHOLIC MEDICAL CENTER LOCATED IN CENTER CITY ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA. IT WAS FOUNDED IN 1912 DURING A DIPHTHERIA EPIDEMIC BY MONSIGNOR MASSON AND THE MISSIONARY SISTERS OF THE MOST SACRED HEART. ST. LUKES SACRED HEART CAMPUS, AS A FAITH-BASED ACUTE CARE MEDICAL CENTER, OFFERED A WIDE RANGE OF ADVANCED MEDICAL SERVICES INCLUDING VASCULAR SURGERY, CARDIOLOGY, ENDOCRINOLOGY, PHYSICAL REHABILITATION AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES. ITS PHYSICIANS REPRESENTED NEARLY EVERY MEDICAL AND SURGICAL SPECIALTY RANGING FROM WOMENS HEALTH SERVICES TO SENIOR SERVICES TO REHABILITATION AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES. A NETWORK OF PHYSICIAN PRACTICES THROUGHOUT LEHIGH AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES PROVIDED COMPLETE PRIMARY, PEDIATRIC AND GERIATRIC MEDICAL CARE TO THE REGIONS RESIDENTS. ST. LUKES SACRED HEART CAMPUS RANKED AMONG THE SAFEST HOSPITALS IN THE UNITED STATES HAVING RECEIVED AN "A" GRADE FROM THE LEAPFROG GROUP IN 2016 AND 2017. IT WAS A CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN BARIATRIC SURGERY, WAS NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED IN CASE MANAGEMENT AND WAS A RECIPIENT OF THE AMERICAN STROKE ASSOCIATIONS GOLD PLUS QUALITY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. THE JOINT COMMISSION RECOGNIZED THE HOSPITAL AS A TOP PERFORMER ON KEY QUALITY MEASURES AND AWARDED IT A PRIMARY STROKE CENTER CERTIFICATION. IN MARCH 2018, ST. LUKES SACRED HEART CAMPUS CONTINUED TO CARE FOR LEHIGH VALLEY RESIDENTS BY JOINING ST. LUKES UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK AND BECAME ST. LUKES SACRED HEART CAMPUS. SINCE JOINING THE NETWORK, ST. LUKES HAS MADE A SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL INVESTMENT IN THE FACILITY AND EQUIPMENT AT SACRED HEART. AMONG THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS MADE WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR ARE: - RENOVATIONS TO ADD TWO NEW BEHAVIORAL HEALTH UNITS INCREASING THE NUMBER OF BEDS BY 42. TOTAL INVESTMENT OF $11.8 MILLION. - INSTALLATION OF NEW ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD (EPIC). TOTAL INVESTMENT OF $10.4 MILLION. - IMPROVEMENTS TO PARKING GARAGE AND REPLACEMENT OF ELECTRICAL SWITCH GEAR. TOTAL INVESTMENT OF $5.3 MILLION. - RENOVATIONS TO PATIENT ROOMS AND EDUCATION CENTER. TOTAL INVESTMENT OF $2.3 MILLION. COMMUNITY OUTREACH: ST. LUKES SACRED HEART CAMPUS CONTINUES TO STAY ENGAGED IN THE ALLENTOWN COMMUNITY THROUGH A VARIETY OF WAYS. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE ORGANIZATION COMMUNITY BENEFIT AND OUTREACH EFFORTS PLEASE REFER TO THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT STATEMENT INCLUDED IN SCHEDULE O OF THE SACRED HEART HOSPITAL OF ALLENTOWN FORM 990 (EIN: 23-1352208). |
| CORE FORM, PART V; QUESTION 1A & CORE FORM, PART VII; SECTION B | THE ORGANIZATION IS THE PARENT ENTITY OF THE ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK ("NETWORK"); A TAX-EXEMPT INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE DELIVERY NETWORK. THE ORGANIZATION'S FORM 990 REFLECTS NO TOP FIVE INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS FOR SERVICES AND REPORTS THAT NO FORMS 1099 WERE FILED WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE ("IRS"). ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL OF BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA, A RELATED INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 501(C)(3) TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION PAYS ALL OUTSTANDING ACCOUNTS PAYABLE INVOICES ON BEHALF OF THIS ORGANIZATION. IN CONJUNCTION WITH THIS SERVICE, ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL OF BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA ALSO PREPARES AND ISSUES FORMS 1099 TO THESE VENDORS RECEIVING PAYMENTS WHERE APPLICABLE AND FILES THESE FORMS 1099 WITH THE IRS. ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL OF BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA ALLOCATES THESE PAYMENTS TO THE ORGANIZATION VIA AN INTERCOMPANY ACCOUNT. |
| CORE FORM, PART VI, SECTION B; QUESTION 11B | THE ORGANIZATION IS THE PARENT ENTITY OF ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK ("NETWORK"); A TAX-EXEMPT INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE DELIVERY NETWORK. THE ORGANIZATION'S FEDERAL FORM 990 WAS PROVIDED TO EACH VOTING MEMBER OF THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING BODY (ITS BOARD OF TRUSTEES) PRIOR TO THE FILING WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE ("IRS"). IN ADDITION, THE ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK FINANCE COMMITTEE WAS UPDATED AS TO THIS ORGANIZATION'S CURRENT YEAR FORM 990 PRIOR TO FILING. ST. LUKE'S HEALTH NETWORK, INC. BOARD OF TRUSTEES HAS DELEGATED TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO OVERSEE AND COORDINATE THE FEDERAL FORM 990 PREPARATION AND FILING PROCESS FOR THE TAX-EXEMPT AFFILIATES OF THE NETWORK. AS PART OF THE ORGANIZATION'S FEDERAL FORM 990 TAX RETURN PREPARATION PROCESS THE ORGANIZATION HIRED A PROFESSIONAL CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING ("CPA") FIRM WITH EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE IN BOTH HEALTHCARE AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT TAX RETURN PREPARATION TO PREPARE THE FEDERAL FORM 990. THE CPA FIRM'S TAX PROFESSIONALS WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE NETWORK'S FINANCE PERSONNEL, INCLUDING ITS SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE, VICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE, DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTING AND VARIOUS OTHER NETWORK INDIVIDUALS ("INTERNAL WORKING GROUP") TO OBTAIN THE INFORMATION NEEDED IN ORDER TO PREPARE A COMPLETE AND ACCURATE TAX RETURN. THE CPA FIRM PREPARED A DRAFT FEDERAL FORM 990 AND FURNISHED IT TO THE NETWORK'S INTERNAL WORKING GROUP FOR THEIR REVIEW. THE NETWORK'S INTERNAL WORKING GROUP REVIEWED THE DRAFT FEDERAL FORM 990 AND DISCUSSED QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS WITH THE CPA FIRM. REVISIONS WERE MADE TO THE DRAFT FEDERAL FORM 990 WHERE NECESSARY AND A FINAL DRAFT WAS FURNISHED BY THE CPA FIRM TO THE NETWORK'S INTERNAL WORKING GROUP FOR FINAL REVIEW AND APPROVAL PRIOR TO PRESENTATION OF THE FEDERAL FORM 990 TO THE MEMBERS OF THE ST. LUKE'S HEALTH NETWORK, INC. FINANCE COMMITTEE. THEREAFTER, THE FINAL FEDERAL FORM 990 WAS PROVIDED TO EACH VOTING MEMBER OF THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING BODY PRIOR TO FILING WITH THE IRS. |
| CORE FORM, PART VI, SECTION B; QUESTION 12 | THE ORGANIZATION HAS A WRITTEN CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND REGULARLY MONITORS AND ENFORCES COMPLIANCE WITH THAT POLICY. THE POLICY REQUIRES THAT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURE FORM CONSISTENT WITH BEST GOVERNANCE PRACTICES AND INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE GUIDELINES BE CIRCULATED TO OFFICERS, TRUSTEES, BOARD COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT ANNUALLY. THE NETWORK'S COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING ITS CORPORATE COMPLIANCE OFFICER AND SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT/GENERAL COUNSEL, ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST QUESTIONNAIRES AND ENFORCEMENT WITH THE POLICY. IF A TRUSTEE DISCLOSES AN INTEREST THAT COULD GIVE RISE TO A CONFLICT, THE TRUSTEE'S POTENTIAL CONFLICT MAY BE DISCLOSED TO THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING BODY, WHICH EVALUATES THE CONFLICT AND ITS POTENTIAL IMPACT ON THE TRUSTEE'S PARTICIPATION ON THE BOARD. AFTER CONSULTATION AND DISCUSSION THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MAY TAKE ACTION, IF APPROPRIATE AND NECESSARY, TO ADDRESS ANY SUCH CONFLICT IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH THE NETWORK'S CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY. |
| CORE FORM, PART VI, SECTION B; QUESTION 15 | COMPENSATION REVIEW EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION FOR THE HEALTH NETWORK CONSISTS OF FIXED SALARY, AT-RISK COMPENSATION AND OTHER DEFERRED COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENTS. TOTAL COMPENSATION FOR NETWORK EXECUTIVES IS APPROVED ANNUALLY BY THE NETWORK'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES. THE RECOMMENDED COMPENSATION IS ESTABLISHED THROUGH A MULTI-FACETED APPROACH INCLUDING USE OF AN INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT ENGAGED ON AN ONGOING BASIS BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND WHO WORKS DIRECTLY WITH THE EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD. ALSO INCLUDED IS THE REVIEW OF FORMS 990 AND COMPENSATION SURVEYS OF OTHER COMPARABLE HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS. PLEASE REFER TO THE SCHEDULE J, PART III RESPONSE TO SCHEDULE J, PART I, QUESTION 3 FOR A MORE DETAILED DESCRIPTION. |
| CORE FORM, PART VI, SECTION C; QUESTION 19 | ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK, OF WHICH THIS ENTITY IS THE PARENT, HAS ISSUED TAX-EXEMPT BONDS TO FINANCE VARIOUS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, RENOVATIONS AND EQUIPMENT. IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ISSUANCE OF THESE TAX-EXEMPT BONDS, THE ORGANIZATION'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WERE INCLUDED WITH THE TAX-EXEMPT BOND PROSPECTUS WHICH WAS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC FOR REVIEW. IN ADDITION, THE ORGANIZATION'S FILED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION AND ANY AMENDMENTS CAN BE OBTAINED AND REVIEWED THROUGH THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. |
| CORE FORM, PART VII AND SCHEDULE J | CORE FORM, PART VII AND SCHEDULE J REFLECT CERTAIN BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS RECEIVING COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS FROM RELATED ORGANIZATIONS. PLEASE NOTE THIS REMUNERATION WAS FOR SERVICES RENDERED AS FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES OF THIS ORGANIZATION OR A RELATED ORGANIZATION AND NOT FOR SERVICES RENDERED AS A VOTING MEMBER OR OFFICER OF THIS ORGANIZATION'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES. |
| CORE FORM, PART VII AND SCHEDULE J | FRANK FORD SERVED AS THE CHIEF INTEGRATION OFFICER OF THIS ORGANIZATION FROM JULY 1, 2018 THROUGH DECEMBER 15, 2018. EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 16, 2018, MR. FORD BECAME THE PRESIDENT OF SACRED HEART HOSPITAL OF ALLENTOWN; A RELATED INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 501(C)(3) TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION, WHERE HE SERVED IN THIS CAPACITY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FISCAL YEAR. |
| CORE FORM, PART VII, SECTION A, COLUMN B | THE ORGANIZATION IS THE PARENT ENTITY OF THE ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK ("NETWORK"); A TAX-EXEMPT INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE DELIVERY NETWORK. THE NETWORK INCLUDES BOTH FOR-PROFIT AND NOT FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. CERTAIN BOARD OF TRUSTEE MEMBERS AND OFFICERS LISTED ON CORE FORM, PART VII AND SCHEDULE J OF THIS FORM 990 MAY HOLD SIMILAR POSITIONS WITH BOTH THIS ORGANIZATION AND OTHER AFFILIATES WITHIN THE NETWORK. THE HOURS SHOWN ON THIS FORM 990 FOR BOARD MEMBERS WHO RECEIVE NO COMPENSATION FOR SERVICES RENDERED IN A NON-BOARD CAPACITY, REPRESENTS THE ESTIMATED HOURS DEVOTED PER WEEK FOR THIS ORGANIZATION. TO THE EXTENT THESE INDIVIDUALS SERVE AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF OTHER RELATED ORGANIZATIONS IN THE NETWORK, THEIR RESPECTIVE HOURS PER WEEK PER ORGANIZATION ARE APPROXIMATELY THE SAME AS REFLECTED ON CORE FORM, PART VII OF THIS FORM 990. THE HOURS REFLECTED ON CORE FORM, PART VII OF THIS FORM 990, FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO RECEIVE COMPENSATION FOR SERVICES RENDERED IN A NON-BOARD CAPACITY, PAID OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES, REFLECT TOTAL HOURS WORKED PER WEEK ON BEHALF OF THE NETWORK; NOT SOLELY THIS ORGANIZATION. |
| CORE FORM, PART X, LINES 27 - 29 | IN AUGUST 2016, THE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD ("FASB") ISSUED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS UPDATE ("ASU") 2016-14,"PRESENTATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR NOT-FOR-PROFIT ENTITIES." THE NEW GUIDANCE REQUIRES IMPROVED PRESENTATION AND DISCLOSURES TO HELP NOT-FOR-PROFITS PROVIDE MORE RELEVANT INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR RESOURCES TO DONORS, GRANTORS, CREDITORS AND OTHER USERS. THE NETWORK ADOPTED THIS NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARD IN FISCAL YEAR 2019. THE PRIMARY CHANGES AFFECTING THE NETWORK INCLUDE: PRESENTATION OF TWO CLASSES OF NET ASSETS VERSUS THE PREVIOUSLY REQUIRED THREE; ENHANCED DISCLOSURES FOR BOARD DESIGNATED AMOUNTS, COMPOSITION OF NET ASSETS WITHOUT DONOR RESTRICTIONS, AND LIQUIDITY AND AVAILABILITY; AND DISCLOSURE OF EXPENSES BY BOTH THEIR NATURAL AND FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION IN A MATRIX FORMAT. |
| CORE FORM, PART XI; LINE 9 | OTHER CHANGES IN NET ASSETS OR FUND BALANCES INCLUDE: - CONTRIBUTIONS/DONATIONS RECEIVED - $3,884,756; - PLEDGES RECEIVED - ($2,977,558); - NEW PLEDGES - $4,166,005; - INCOME FROM INVESTMENTS - $2,766,274; - NET ASSETS RELEASED (PLEDGES) - PPE (BUILDING FUND) - ($20,000); - NET ASSETS RELEASED FROM RESTRICTIONS USED FOR PURCHASE OF PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT - ($819,405); - NET ASSETS RELEASED FROM RESTRICTIONS USED FOR OPERATIONS - ($2,255,591); - NET ASSETS RELEASED FROM RESTRICTION USED FOR CAPITAL CAMPAIGN OF PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT - ($324,410); - INCOME RELEASED AND TRANSFERRED TO GENERAL FUND FOR OPERATIONS - ($2,766,274); - ALLOWANCE FOR PLEDGES WRITTEN OFF AND ACTUAL WRITE-OFFS - $62,102; - APPRECIATION TRANSFER FROM ENDOWMENT - $2,223,288; - ENDOWMENT SPENDING POLICY TRANSFER TO DONOR RESTRICTED - $114,507; - INCOME TRANSFER FROM ENDOWMENT - $452,792; - OTHER CHANGES IN DONOR RESTRICTED NET ASSETS (SPECIFIC PURPOSE & CAPITAL CAMPAIGN FUND) - ($1,218,119); - CONTRIBUTIONS/DONATIONS RECEIVED - $2,425,248; - INCOME FROM INVESTMENTS - $2,998,525; - NET REALIZED GAIN ON SALE FROM INVESTMENTS - $3,133,242; - INCOME RELEASED AND TRANSFERRED TO GENERAL FUND FOR OPERATIONS - ($763,095); - APPRECIATION TRANSFER FROM/TO ENDOWMENT - ($2,223,366); - APPRECIATION TRANSFER TO GENERAL FUND - $1,218,117; - INCOME TRANSFER TO DONOR RESTRICTED - ($452,792); AND - OTHER CHANGES IN DONOR RESTRICTED NET ASSETS (ENDOWMENT FUND) - ($876,879). |
| CORE FORM, PART XII; QUESTION 2 | THE TAXPAYER IS THE PARENT ENTITY OF ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK ("NETWORK"); A TAX-EXEMPT INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE DELIVERY NETWORK. AN INDEPENDENT CPA FIRM AUDITED THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE TAXPAYER AND ITS CONTROLLED AFFILIATES FOR THE YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2019 AND JUNE 30, 2018; RESPECTIVELY AND ISSUED A CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENT WITH CONSOLIDATING SCHEDULES BY ENTITY. AN UNMODIFIED OPINION WAS ISSUED EACH YEAR BY THE INDEPENDENT CPA FIRM. THE NETWORK'S FINANCE COMMITTEE ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY FOR OVERSIGHT OF THE AUDIT OF THE NETWORK'S CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THE SELECTION OF AN INDEPENDENT AUDITOR. |
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