Promedica Charles and Virginia Hickman Hospital

Emma L. Bixby Medical Center is an acute care facility providing inpatient and outpatient health care services to the general public. Founded in 1911, Emma L. Bixby Medical Center (d/b/a Promedica Charles and Virginia Hickman Hospital continues to meet the healthcare needs of adrian, Michigan and surrounding southeast Michigan communities as the largest acute care facility in lenawee county. It is a member of Promedica health system, inc. (Promedica), a mission-based, locally owned, nonprofit healthcare organization highly focused on achieving core values. Headquartered in toledo, Ohio, Promedica serves 28 states across the country and is one of the nation's leading health systems. Our stewardship of resources has enabled us to wisely invest in patient-centered care, advanced technology, innovative programs, and family-oriented facilities that help to ensure patients and area residents have equal access to high-quality, safe health care in the most appropriate setting, regardless of patients' ability to pay. Promedica Charles and Virginia Hickman Hospital (cvhh) is a 50-bed, full-service, acute care Hospital staffed by more than 120 active providers working to meet identified needs of the community. The facility is more than 200,000 square feet, consisting of 40 medical-surgical beds, 10 critical care bed, four operating rooms with three minor procedure rooms, 27 emergency rooms and eight labor and delivery rooms as well as a full array of diagnostic services. The Hospital also provides numerous inpatient and outpatient services, with its staff of professionals offering care in general surgery, heart and vascular care, women's health, orthopaedics, pediatrics, family medicine, critical care, and cancer treatment services. In 2022, cvhh served 2,943 inpatients; 89,207 outpatients; and 28,926 emergency Center patients. The Hickman cancer Center, on the Hickman Hospital campus, is accredited by the american college of surgeons. As part of the Promedica cancer institute, Hickman cancer Center offers diagnostic services, as well as radiation and Medical oncology treatment for hundreds of new patients annually. As a member of the toledo community Hospital oncology program, Hickman cancer Center offers patients the opportunity to participate in national cancer trials. Further, cvhh's cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation program is certified by the american association of cardiovascular and pulmonary rehabilitation. Additionally, cvhh offers telemedicine service to its inpatient care units to help provide real-time patient diagnosis and treatment from a physician. The service allows a doctor's visit to be conducted with a special computer and internet connection and helps the Hospital provide safe, quality care when it's needed during night shifts when fewer physicians may be available. Cvhh has also received the american heart association/american stroke association's get with the guidelines gold plus achievement for its commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized standards of care.the Hospital contributed $22,594,000 in community benefit through community benefit expenditures, financial assistance and government-sponsored, means-tested health care in 2022.through community health services, health professional education, subsidized health services, research activities, cash and in-kind contributions, and community benefit operations, cvhh contributed $633,000 to the community during 2022. The following are examples of such contributions: - support of Promedica farms and south Michigan food bank to provide fresh produce to the lenawee county community, including cvhh patients who screen positive for food insecurity. - support groups for individuals with chronic diseases, focused on patients' emotional, physiological and psychological needs; - childhood and adult immunizations and asthma care - community health and wellness services, which included tobacco cessation programs, nutrition and healthy lifestyles classes, prenatal classes, and cpr training; and - collection and responsible disposal of unused medications through two community take back events and medsafe collection bins with the emergency department.cvhh provided a significant amount of financial assistance to the community during 2022, of which $3,752,000 represented uncompensated amounts for treatment to those patients who did not have the financial resources to pay for Hospital services. Financial assistance represents the cost to provide service and does not include the costs for accounts written off to bad debt for patients who do not pay their bills. Cvhh's cost of bad debt for 2022 was $6,020,000. This amount is not included in the community benefit amount of $22,594,000 noted above.further, cvhh provided $4,324,000 of community benefit through costs - not reimbursed by the government - for treating medicaid and other means-tested patients. Also, in 2022, the total costs - not reimbursed by the government - for treating medicare patients was $448,000 and is not included in the community benefit amount of $22,594,000 noted above.cvhh provided 677 jobs through direct employment in 2022, expending $28,486,000 in net payroll. A total of $1,822,000 was withheld from Hospital employees in state and local taxes. In summary, cvhh demonstrates Promedica's mission and core values by providing high-quality health care to all patients, regardless of their race, creed, sex, national origin, disability, or age. and, we recognize that not all individuals possess the ability to purchase essential Medical care. Therefore, we provide these healthcare services; recruit and train healthcare professionals to serve the broader community; provide appropriate financial assistance; offer services and contributions to other nonprofit organizations that allow them to provide key services to their constituents; and present free educational classes, health fairs and other outreach activities to our local community to help ensure all members have equal access to care.