Adventist Health Glendale (GAMC)

Glendale Adventist Medical Center, dba Adventist Health Glendale (AHGL), provides quality medical healthcare regardless of race, creed, sex, national origin, handicap, age, or ability to pay.Although, reimbursement for services rendered is critical to the operation and stability of Glendale Adventist Medical Center, the organization recognizes that not all individuals possess the ability to pay for essential medical services.Adventist Healths vision is to enhance the health of the communities where we live and serve by engaging our communities and our patients in a new definition of and partnership for personal community health. In keeping with this commitment to serve all members of the community, the following coverage will be considered when individuals who need health care cannot afford to pay: Free care and/or subsidized care Care to persons covered by governmental programs at/or below cost Health/wellness activities and community education programsNot only does Glendale Adventist Medical Center provide low-cost care to individuals covered by government programs, and those unable to afford healthcare, it also helps patients find and access private and governmental resources for healthcare benefits.AHGL recognizes below-cost reimbursement as charity and uncompensated care in meeting its mission to the entire community. The unreimbursed cost of providing care to these patients in 2022 was $38,167,332.The following Inpatient services were provided to all our patients:1,476 babies delivered2,904 surgeries performed86,884 patient days The following Outpatient services were provided to all our patients:50,389 emergency department visits3,257 outpatient surgeries performed110,033 outpatient visits 130,586 clinic visitsAHGL recognizes it has an obligation to provide human services above and beyond its role as a healing facility. Schedule H provides more details on the tangible ways in which the organization is fulfilling its mission. The total unreimbursed cost of these community benefits in 2022 was $40,282,996.Adventist Healths mission statement of living Gods love by inspiring health, wholeness and hope is coupled with a vision to transform the health experience of our communities through collaborative programs, community investments and community outreach. We are inspired by the healing ministry, as represented by the life of Jesus Christ, and believe we are called to live out our mission intentionally in the communities we serve. In the small towns, suburbs, and inner cities we serve, we continue our journey to provide quality healthcare until every person made in Gods image has experienced the best health today, hope for tomorrow, and Gods love that endures forever.The following story illustrates how Adventist Health Glendale is able to provide quality care for our community in an extraordinary way:Imagine waiting at a bus stop, experiencing a shooting pain in your neck and suddenly losing all feeling in your legs. Thats what happened to Kenny Williams who had suffered repeated head trauma over the years from being beaten and robbed, while struggling to survive on the streets.With his head cradled by a fellow bus rider until picked up by EMTs, Kenny was taken to hospitals in Huntington Park and Gardena before it was determined that the only possible treatment for his compressed spinal collapse was to enlist the help of the exceptional neurosurgeons at Adventist Health Glendale. Receiving the level of care and concern at Adventist Health Glendale was beyond anything Kenny had experienced in his difficult life. From his Tom Cruise superstar nurse to the expertise of board-certified neurosurgeon, Dr. Yaser Badr, and neurology specialist, Dr. Lance Lee, their calming assurances helped Kenny to immediately feel safe, heard, and in good hands.Kenny grew up in an Altadena foster home from the age of three. He graduated from John Muir High School with prospects of being drafted by a professional baseball team, only to suffer an injury to his pitching arm. This physical disappointment and a constant searching for the biological parents he never knew threw him into a downward spiral of gang life, crack cocaine addiction, and living on the streets.Every day, Adventist Health Glendale provides world-class services to so many who come through our doors, including the disadvantaged and unhoused. The struggles of the unhoused are hard to comprehend for most and yet deeply traumatizing for so many. Tending to Kennys immediate health crisis was clear, and the staff at Adventist Health Glendales Center for Behavioral Health & Recovery (The Center) knew there was a long road ahead for him.Once Kennys physical health improved, the Centers team led by Director Lazaro Mena, evaluated and tended to his mental health, while partnering with multiple community services agencies to utilize their resources to get the help Kenny needed. He is currently in physical therapy to strengthen his legs and moved into his own apartment. Because of this teamwork, Kenny and others are becoming whole again.Compassionate, high-quality patient care; life-saving and life-preserving medical and surgical services; advanced treatments in a community-based hospital; essential emergency services-these are the reasons we are in the Glendale community.Websites for our community benefit information: httpswwwadventisthealthorgaboutus...