Program areas at Jones Regional Medical Center
Health-care servicesst. Luke's/jones Regional Medical Center provides inpatient and outpatient Medical services to treat individuals with diseases, illness and injuries with varying complexities. It provides services to improve the health of patients and to better their quality of life. All services are provided regardless of an individual's race, creed, sex, nationality, handicap, age or ability to compensate for services rendered. These include, but are not limited to, general acute care, surgeries, mental health care, rehabilitation, skilled nursing, laboratory, pharmaceutical drugs, emergency services, outpatient clinics, and radiology. Some of the services provided do not generate enough income to offset their cost. In the fiscal period ended december 31, 2022, St. luke's/jones Regional Medical Center discharged 360 patients resulting in a total of 1,739 patient days. Outpatient visits totaled 164,405 and total outpatient surgery registrations for the same period were 1,071. There were also 7,695 emergency room visits.
Community benefit, including charity carecharity care and means-tested programs: St. luke's/jones Regional Medical Center provides charity care and other means-tested programs with the goal to improve the community's overall health and access to care. This includes health-care services regardless of the patient's insurance coverage or financial status. Charity care and partial to full financial assistance is provided to patients on a case-by-case basis. Charity care was made available at a value of $145,681 in 2022. Oftentimes, St. luke's/jones Regional Medical Center receives payments from payors or patients that are less than it charges for services. St. luke's/jones Regional Medical Center participates in medicaid and other government-sponsored health-care programs. St. luke's/jones Regional Medical Center's net cost of providing care for which it receives payment below its cost is $567,100. Total charity care and means-tested programs reported value: $712,781.other benefits: St. luke's/jones Regional Medical Center provides several other benefits that assist the community. Programs include, but are not limited to, community health improvement services and community benefit operations such as prevention and health screenings; health professional's education; subsidized health services; research, and cash and in-kind contributions to community groups. St. luke's/jones Regional Medical Center collaborates with other hospitals, churches, schools, chambers of commerce and daycare centers to improve community health and expand access to health care. St. luke's/jones Regional Medical Center has dedicated staff to assist community benefit efforts. Total other benefits reported value: $66,248.