St Mary's Medical Center

St. Mary's Medical Center was established in 1924 and, based on the core values of compassion, hospitality, reverence, trust, interdependence, and stewardship, continues to provide high quality healthcare services to residents of huntington, west Virginia and the surrounding area. Services are provided without regard to the patient's race, creed, sex, national origin, age, or handicap. Furthermore, while reimbursement for care provided is crucial to the continued operation of St. Mary's Medical Center, it is recognized that circumstances exist which render certain parties unable to pay for needed services, and no patient is denied services due to the lack of ability to pay. During the fiscal year which ended september 30, 2023, St. Mary's Medical Center provided 100,939 days of inpatient days of care and treated an additional 356,855 patients in the emergency and outpatient settings. Approximately 80% of the inpatients served were covered by governmental programs, such as medicare and medicaid. A similar percentage is applicable to outpatient services. Since care provided to medicare and medicaid beneficiaries is subject to contractual reimbursement restrictions, payment received for services provided is often significantly below the actual cost of the services. St. Mary's Medical Center has established charity care policies and guidelines, used to help identify those patients who genuinely do not have the resources to pay for services received. During the fiscal year ended september 30, 2023, the hospital provided approximately $5.3 million dollars in charity care services, representing care provided at reduced prices or completely free of charge. These services include inpatient services, an adult outpatient clinic, a handicapped children's clinic, and a specialty pregnancy clinic. Also, St. Mary's Medical Center exceeds the guidelines established for the west Virginia ad valorem statute.

St. Mary's Medical Center (smmc) participated in numerous community-building activities during fy 2023 that promoted wellness and helped enrich the lives of people in the tri-state. These include:covid-19 resourcessmmc provided numerous resources to help the community during the covid-19 pandemic. Educational resources were provided in a number of ways, including through the website, social media, local media outlets and participation in community presentations.himg, in conjunction with the cabell-huntington health department, provided free covid-19 vaccines to the community. For fy 2023, the vaccine clinic has provided 391 vaccinations. Community flu shot clinicssmmc, in conjunction with the cabell-huntington health department, offered a free drive-thru flu shot clinic saturday, sept. 23 in huntington and in hurricane. A total of 450 total vaccines were given in huntington and hurricane.free women's health screeningsst. Mary's breast Center offered two free women's health screenings to the community: a free breast screening and cervical cancer screening on 4.15.23, 12 participated. Skin screening on 5.4.23, 39 participated and a breast cancer screening on 10.25.23, 10 participated. Community wellness blood profilessmmc, in conjunction with cabell huntington hospital and himg, provided low-cost wellness blood profiles to the community during the months of march, april and september 2023. Blood profiles included 29 different tests, such as glucose, cholesterol and calcium, with optional testing available at an additional cost for hemoglobin a1c, thyroid-stimulating hormone (tsh), vitamin d and prostate-specific antigen (psa). The profiles were available by appointment at the smmc conference Center, himg and the smmc ironton campus. Smmc's facilities provided 3,529 profiles. Support groupssmmc offers four free support groups to the community each month:* breast cancer 9 support groups held, 78 participants. * cancer support group 9 support groups held, 36 participants. * heart to heart (for heart surgery patients) 10 support groups held, 29 participants. * weight loss surgery jh working on thissmmc also offers navigating grief, a free quarterly four-week course, to help community members who are struggling with loss. Ten support groups were held, 459 participants. American red cross blood drivesto assist with the blood shortage, smmc hosted quarterly community blood drives at the Medical Center. American heart association eventshuntington heart walk: smmc regional heart institute partnered with the american heart association, the largest voluntary health organization working to prevent, treat and defeat heart disease, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases, for the 2023 huntington heart walk, april 20. The walk raised funds and awareness for the american heart association. Smmc staff members provided free blood pressure screenings to walkers. More than 300 community members attended on april 20, 2023. Go red mini health fair: as part of national wear red day, this free event offered free blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol screenings, as well as information on sleep disorders, smoking cessation, stroke risk and nutrition.huntington's kitchenhuntington's kitchen is a community food Center where people come to learn, cook and experience everything that well-prepared food and healthy living have to offer. Smmc partnered with huntington's kitchen throughout the year to provide speakers for two free monthly community events: dining with a doc, which offers an evening of health information and cooking with a physician, and senior focus friday, a program for people 50 and older. Topics included: mental health, diabetes management, the importance of a primary care provider and heart care.facing hunger foodbanksmmc partnered with facing hunger foodbank to distribute medically indicated food boxes to clinic patients throughout the year. The clinic provides free health care to members of the community who meet federal poverty guidelines. Proact (provider response organization for addiction care and treatment)proact's goal is to offer individuals and their families a viable system that provides positive outcomes. Partner institutions within proact include smmc, cabell huntington hospital, marshall health and thomas health. The proact Center, which opened in 2018, was created to address the clinical, behavioral, spiritual and professional issues of those affected by substance use. It functions as the centralized hub for treatment, recovery, therapy, education, research, workforce opportunities and support for those affected by addiction. Smmc provides a full-time chaplain. # of patients supported by a smmc full-time chaplain 1,832. # of clients assisted by proact 7,144 compass programthe compass program provides training, classes and a wellness Center to help first responders in huntington improve their mental health. Smmc provides spiritual care and employment assistance program (eap) services as part of the program.joslin diabetes centerthe joslin diabetes Center education affiliate at smmc offers nutrition education and counseling, in partnership with the renowned joslin diabetes Center in boston, Massachusetts. Joslin worked with 741 people in fy 2023.smoking cessation counselingsmmc pulmonary rehabilitation offers one-on-one smoking cessation counseling by a certified tobacco treatment specialist. 1,469 people received counseling in fy 2023.cancer survivor receptionsfree events held at St. Mary's Center for education for cancer survivors and their family. Breast cancer survivor reunion included survivors nika hettlinger, dds, and amber kitchen as guest speakers.community health events/screenings* skin cancer screening-smmc offered a free skin cancer screening in april 2023. Forty-four people were screened. * smmc Medical campus ironton anniversary-smmc's ironton campus celebrated its 10th anniversary with a community event, in conjunction with the ironton-lawrence county community action organization, which featured the distribution of health information, in addition to fun activities. * smmc partnered with cabell huntington hospital, marshall health, appalachian regional healthcare and world central kitchen to provide a free mobile health clinic, supplies and meals to the people of knott county, Kentucky, who were affected by flooding.himg facebook livehimg's facebook page hosted monthly facebook live events focusing on several health topics of importance to the community. Topics included: heart health, lung cancer and breast cancer.community givingsmmc employees participated in several of community giving events throughout the year, including providing food and winter accessories for the riverview east high-rise in guyandotte, west Virginia. Adults at the high-rise live on limited incomes and have no food service in their building. Volunteer service on community boardssmmc managers volunteered their time to their communities through service on many non-profit boards including huntington regional chamber of commerce, united way of the river cities, big brothers/big sisters, facing hunger foodbank, goodwill, hospice of huntington and the keith-albee performing arts Center.

In addition to those patients without the wherewithal to pay for services rendered, we assist in the relief of burden of government for several programs. A strong auxiliary (operated as a department of the hospital) exists, which contributes heavily to the activities of smmc. During the fiscal year ended september 30, 2023, the auxiliary contributed approximately $105,000 to St. mary's. In addition, volunteers provided over 15,500 hours of service valuable to promoting the mission and activities of the hospital.