Program areas at MedStar Montgomery Medical Center
See schedule omedstar Montgomery's largest program is access to and the provision of acute Hospital services to the communities of northeastern Montgomery county, Maryland and the surrounding areas. In addition to the program service expenses listed above, Medstar Montgomery incurred $43.0m of management and General expenses in providing services to its communities. The acute care Hospital offers a cardiac and vascular program, General surgery, orthopedics, cancer care, and obstetrics. With the addition of specialists from Medstar georgetown university Hospital and Medstar Washington Hospital Center, Medstar Montgomery brings specialty care closer to its patients. The Hospital's Center for successful aging primary care and high intensity outpatient clinic continues to play a vital role in addressing the evolving needs of our community's growing senior and aging population. Achieving niche exemplar status (nurses improving care for healthsystem elders), Medstar Montgomery is dedicated to providing specialized care for seniors, placing a strong emphasis on enhancing the overall well-being of our older community members. Medstar Montgomery has been honored with the prestigious aha get with the guidelines stroke gold plus with target: stroke honor roll elite and target: type 2 diabetes honor roll for the past two years, a testament to our commitment to providing high-quality stroke and diabetes care. In 2023, the Hospital successfully achieved the commission on cancer recertification. The commission on cancer is a program of the american college of surgeons that sets standards for cancer care and recognizes cancer programs that meet those standards through accreditation. Medstar Montgomery has also been acknowledged as a metabolic and bariatric surgery accreditation and quality improvement program (mbsaqip).
Medstar Montgomery provided $5.3m in charity care services in fiscal year 2023. Charity care is provided pursuant to Medstar health's financial assistance policy to members of the community whose income is below certain thresholds and for which the Hospital is not compensated. Under Maryland's unique payer system, the amount reported represents Medstar Montgomery's charity care expense and revenues represent direct payments from the state's charity care pool. Other charity care expenses are indirectly reimbursed via the state of Maryland's payment system.
Medstar Montgomery provided $17.9m in subsidized (mission driven) health services in fiscal year 2023. These critical services, which are driven by community needs, operate at a loss. They address priorities primarily through disease prevention and improvement of health status. Services provided include women's and children's care, hospice and continuing care, and behavioral health.