Freeport Memorial Hospital (FHN)

Freeport Memorial Hospital provides inpatient and outpatient Hospital services to patients in five northwestern Illinois counties. The Hospital ensures continiued access to care by serving patients in medically underserved areas. The Hospital qualifies as a medicare disproportionate share Hospital because it serves a disproportionately high number of low-income patients.

Charity care: the Hospital provided charity care benefits for patients whose income was up to 300% of the federally determined proverty level. Charges foregone for charity care amounted to approximately $1,737,908 in 2023. Estimated costs of providing these services amounted to approximately $373,027 in 2023.

Other uncompensated care: the Hospital is a licensed medicare and medicaid provider with approximatelly 72% of its' patient base qualifying for at least one of these programs. At present the reimbursement rates of these programs do not fully cover the cost of care to these patients. The estimated unfunded cost of service for medicare patients was approximately $11,790,315 and medicaid patients was approximately $9,732,303 for the year ending 12/31/2023.

Other community benefits: the Hospital operates and supports a number of community benefit programs that include but are not limited to community health education, health care support services and health professional education.