Program areas at LCMH
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital (lcmh)2022 community benefits summaryi. Introductionas a community-based Hospital, it is lcmh's mission to help improve the health and wellness of the Southwest Louisiana community. While it is our legal responsibility to provide medical care to anyone in need regardless of his or her ability to pay, lcmh also provides a significant amount of community service programs, including educational programs and health screenings, free of charge or at a greatly reduced cost to the consumer. Ii. Sports medicine, community events and seminarsthe sports medicine alliance provided pre-participation physicals for area athletes, athletic assessments, lectures, in-services, workshops, sports camps and clinics, student trainer scholarships, athletic trainer coverage at area sporting events, special events and more free of charge or for a minimal fee to the participants. Community benefit: $565,108.each year, lcmh provides free health screenings, educational seminars and informational booths at a variety of community events. The Hospital also provides free speakers to civic groups and their organizations. This commitment to health and wellness education takes lcmh professionals into the five parish area to staff industrial, corporate, and school health fairs. Lcmh contributed a net $344 in special events and seminars. Community benefit: $344.iii. Health professionals educationlcmh invests in medical education in an effort of provide the area with qualified professionals. In 2022, lcmh spent $7,988,775 for the Louisiana state university health services center-family practice residency program. Community benefit: $5,529,282.iv. Charitable donationslcmh makes numerous monetary donations to a variety of non-profit agencies. Community benefit: $233,698.lcmh's total 2022 net community contributions: $6,328,432.
Lcmh provides a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services through a 313 bed adult acute care Hospital, 38 bed women's Hospital with 23 nicu beds, 42 bed behavioral health Hospital, & through a joint venture a 29 bed long term care facility. Additionally lcmh provides outpatient services through 19 outpatient locations, including the moss clinic, a public/private partnership providing care to the underserved in the community.charity care - lcmh provides medical care to medicaid and indigent recipients regardless of their ability to pay. In 2022, lcmh provided $515,658 in unreimbursed medicaid costs and $137,878 in unreimbursed charity care costs as provided in the cea with the state and lsu. Community benefit: $653,536.