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Since it was founded in 1872 by catholic sisters, ssm health (ssmh) has existed to meet the health needs of the communities it serves. Ssmh is a catholic, not-for-profit health system serving the comprehensive health needs of communities across the midwest through one of the largest integrated delivery systems in the nation. With care delivery sites in Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin, ssmh includes 23 acute care hospitals, one children's hospital, more than 650 physician offices and other outpatient and virtual care services, 12 post-acute facilities, comprehensive home care and hospice services, a pharmacy benefit company, and an accountable care organization. The health system employs nearly 40,000 people and is affiliated with 13,900 physicians making it one of the largest employers in every community it serves. In the tradition of its founding sisters, ssmh strives to fulfill its mission by providing exceptional health care to everyone who comes to its hospitals, regardless of their ability to pay. About ssm health saint louis university hospital:ssm health saint louis university hospital is a quaternary and tertiary care academic medical center in st. louis that serves as the teaching hospital for saint louis university school of medicine. As an academic medical center, we are at the forefront of ground-breaking medical treatments and proceduresproviding them to our patients, teaching them to our students and developing them through research and innovation.while we all strive to provide the latest in high-technology medicine, we also share a deep, catholic heritage that empowers us to be caregivers at every level. We treat the whole patientbodies as well as minds and spiritswith compassion and respect.the hospital was the first level 1 trauma center certified in Missouri and Illinois and is also the founder of the mid america stroke network, a regional program that provides stroke care education to promote quality stroke care throughout the midwest.in september 2020, the hospital opened a new $550 million facility for hospital and outpatient care services. The new complex improves integration between the hospital and saint louis university school of medicine and ssm health cardinal glennon children's hospital. The new hospital includes all private patient rooms, larger intensive care units, an expanded emergency department, new outpatient care center, additional clinical space for slucare physician practices, and educational space for training.ssm health saint louis university hospital operates in collaboration with ssm health care st louis, which provides health care services at six wholly-owned acute care hospitals: ssm health depaul hospital-st louis, ssm health st mary's hospital-st louis, ssm health st joseph hospital st charles, ssm health st clare hospital-fenton, ssm health st joseph hospital-lake st louis, and ssm health st joseph hospital wentzville. Since ssm health's founding sisters began their ministry in st. louis with just $5 among them more than 145 years ago, it has grown into one of the largest integrated delivery systems in the nation. The st. louis region also includes ssm health cardinal glennon children's hospital, numerous urgent care locations, ssm health express clinics at walgreens, ssm health medical group offices, pediatric-specific locations, outpatient rehab centers, occupational health locations and hospice and home health services. Ssm health care st. louis also is partial owner of ssm health rehabilitation hospital, a specialty rehabilitation hospital that offers care and advanced treatment for individuals with stroke, brain injury, spinal cord injury, neurological disorders, amputation, joint replacement and other orthopedic trauma, as well as general medical rehabilitation needs.ssm health saint louis hospital also furthers its exempt purpose with the following activities:- operates an emergency room that is open to all persons regardless of ability to pay,- has an open medical staff with privileges available to all qualified physicians in the area,- engages in the training and education of health care professionals,- participates in medicaid, medicare, champus, tricare, and/or other government-sponsored health care programs- all surplus funds generated by ssm health entities are reinvested in improving our patient care delivery system.quantifiable uncompensated care:this section includes a list of the types of programs and services that could be quantified as uncompensated care:traditional charity care $ 19,617,469other means-tested government $ 5,554,833total quantifiable uncompensated care $ 125,172,302