Bonner General Health

Bonner General Hospital (BGH), located in Sandpoint, Idaho, is a full-service critical access hospital licensed for 25 beds. BGH is accredited by the DNV. BGH is the sole provider of inpatient acute care and many other outpatient services in Bonner county. BGH provides services to a largely rural and widely dispersed population of approximately 60,000. Its patient service areas extend to the Canadian border, the western edge of Montana and the eastern border of Washington. BGH provides inpatient and outpatient services regardless of an individual's ability to pay, utilizing moral and ethical principles. Services provided include emergency care, diagnostic andContinued on Schedule O...therapeutic services, and prevention programs. BGH also provides educational programs, support groups, counseling and seminars for patients and the general public, as well as professional education programs for high school and college students and its staff. BGH is dedicated to providing quality, patient-focused services that are determined to be both necessary and feasible. Through evaluation and planning by hospital leadership, BGH will continue to identify the existing and future needs of the patients to be served and will strive to continually improve its performance in meeting those needs. During the period of 01/01/22 to 12/31/22, BGH admitted 1,406 patients, serviced 10,886 emergency room visits, delivered 265 babies and performed 2,846 surgical procedures. During that same period, BGH provided 4,705 days of patient care and 2,966 Hospice visits. BGH provides care to persons covered by government-sponsored health care programs (i.e. Medicare and Medicaid) at below cost, as well as free and/or subsidized care to indigent patients. For the period of 01/01/22 to 12/31/22 BGH provided $37,564,464 in unreimbursed care to government-sponsored health care program (i.e. Medicare and Medicaid), $3,567,143 in uncompensated care to private pay patients, and $451,224 in charity care, based on gross charges.