| Part 1 Summary |
PART 1, LINE 5 AND PART V LINE 2A THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS EMPLOYED IN CALENDAR YEAR 2020 OF 72,232 IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SUM OF ALL INDIVIDUALS EMPLOYED BY EACH OF THE 64 SEPARATE AND DISTINCT LEGAL ENTITIES THAT ARE SUBSIDIARIES OF UPMC AND ARE INCLUDED IN THE GROUP RETURN. PART I, LINE 8 CONTRIBUTIONS, GRANTS AND SIMILAR AMOUNTS RECEIVED: Pursuant to Treasury regulation Section 1.6033-2(D)(5) the sponsoring entity of UPMC Group, UPMC, has elected to report information about contributions, grants and similar amounts received; information about officers, directors, trustees, and key employees; certain other highly paid employees; certain independent contractors on a consolidated basis along with all members of the UPMC Group return. |
| Part III Statement of Program Service Accomplishments |
Statement of Program Service Accomplishments UPMC Group - EIN 20-8295721 Form 990 - Fiscal Year Ended 06/30/2021 Part III - Statement of Program Service Accomplishments UPMC Group reflects the combined information and operations of 64 tax exempt entities, including 20 hospital entities, 14 physician service entities, 3 skilled nursing facilities, and 27 other ancillary service and support entities from within the UPMC University of Pittsburgh Medical Center integrated delivery and finance system IDFS. This delivery system is comprised of premier healthcare providers such as acute inpatient hospitals, cancer treatment facilities, physician groups, skilled nursing facilities and other organizations providing healthcare support services that our diverse patient population require. During fiscal year 2021 ended June 30, 2021 the entities within UPMC Group admitted 198,816 inpatients, recorded 1,318,226 inpatient days, 706,479 emergency room visits, 188,269 surgeries, and 699 transplants. They provided charity care and other uncompensated care, including Medicaid and Medicare shortfalls, at cost, of over $886,000,000. UPMC Group members provided services to the community through charitable donations, subsidized programs, outreach programs, health screenings, educational classes, and volunteer services at a cost of over $325,000,000. UPMC Group also provided funding for research and health professions education in excess of $534,000,000. The twenty hospitals included in UPMC Group are: UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Magee-Women's Hospital of UPMC, UPMC Mercy, UPMC St. Margaret, UPMC Passavant, UPMC Horizon, UPMC Northwest, UPMC McKeesport, UPMC Bedford, UPMC East, UPMC Hamot, UPMC Altoona, UPMC Jameson, UPMC Kane, UPMC Williamsport, UPMC Wellsboro, UPMC Sunbury, UPMC Lock Haven and UPMC Muncy. While the COVID-19 pandemic continues to pose unprecedented challenges for hospitals and health systems across the country, UPMC is leveraging the clinical and scientific expertise at the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC to keep our community and employees safe, treat the disease with clinical and operational excellence, and lead important research efforts. With a strong presence in both the provider and insurance businesses, as well as international and commercial arenas, UPMC is repositioning and deploying its assets in unique ways. From the onset of the pandemic, UPMC's diversified IDFS integrated delivery and financing system model positioned it to withstand volatility never before seen in the health care market. Throughout the evolving pandemic, UPMC's experts explained highly complex science to a general public audience; our cycle of more than 30 public briefings provided a trusted source for clinical and safety information during a period characterized by widespread fear and misinformation. In 2021, UPMC reinforced unwavering support for its frontline caregivers who have made truly exceptional contributions in this extremely stressful and demanding time. UPMC made numerous investments to support and retain its workforce, including more than $350 million to enhance salaries and benefits and development of Workplace Flexibility guidelines. UPMC implemented a Pay Protection Program to shield its workforce from the risk of infection and the possibility of severe financial loss. UPMC focused on protecting and treating vulnerable populations including the elderly, frail, immunocompromised, and those in poverty. UPMC partnered with community organizations to address vaccine hesitancy and health care disparities, completing more than 100 community collaborative events and vaccinating thousands of the region's most vulnerable. Efforts included partnerships with churches, community centers, and other community leaders to coordinate resources and create energy and passion around vaccine deployment and education. UPMC established COVID-19 clinics and testing centers throughout the region, and to-date UPMC has performed more than 1 million COVID-19 tests and delivered more than 700,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. UPMC's clinical staff cared for a record number of patients arriving in multiple waves; during 2021 UPMC cared for more than 20,000 patients hospitalized with COVID-19. To continue to meet our community's health care needs during the pandemic, UPMC reconstructed its clinical delivery system to safely care for the critically ill increasing systemwide capacity to 750 ICU beds, while maintaining access to medical-surgical treatments. Telemedicine connected UPMC's critical care specialists with providers hundreds of miles away greatly extending the reach of the organization's world-class care. UPMC conducted approximately one million telemedicine visits over the past two years providers and patients avoided exposure while achieving greater access to care. On the scientific front, UPMC's Learning While Doing approach played an important role in defining clinical protocols worldwide. UPMC leveraged its randomized embedded multifactorial adaptive platform REMAP model for adaptive clinical trials, providing real-time results and accelerating exponentially the clinical trials process. Over the past year, the REMAP technique was successfully deployed to study the comparative efficacy of various monoclonal antibody treatments for COVID-19 patients. Based on these findings, UPMC partnered with the federal government to create an outreach, distribution, and delivery infrastructure to ensure monoclonal antibodies were an accessible COVID-19 treatment. Through 2021, UPMC administered more than 20,000 monoclonal antibody infusion treatments. As a member of the international REMAP CAP-COVID consortium, UPMC's efforts have contributed to the identification of multiple COVID best-practice treatment guidelines and five papers have been published in leading journals. As UPMC develops a greater understanding of the disease, we are continuing to adapt and evolve to keep our communities healthy. UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside is the academic hub of UPMC's inpatient provider services and is the greater Pittsburgh region's largest inpatient acute care hospital. The mission of UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside is to provide premier programs in patient care, biomedical and health services research and teaching and education that will contribute to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of human disease and disability. The facilities that are a part of the UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside campuses are UPMC Presbyterian, UPMC Shadyside, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic WPIC, UPMC Montefiore, and the Eye and Ear Institute. UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside has leading programs in organ transplantation, oncology, cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery, critical care medicine and trauma services, neurosurgery, orthopaedics, ophthalmology, and behavioral health, as well as other medical specialties. UPMC Presbyterian including UPMC Montefiore is a 758-bed teaching hospital that has been providing health care since 1893. UPMC Shadyside is a 498-bed tertiary hospital that has been serving the residents of Pittsburgh and the tri-state area since 1866 and is a Magnet designated hospital. Magnet status is one of the highest achievements a hospital can obtain in professional nursing, and demonstrates nursing excellence, a commitment to quality patient care, and a healthy work environment. Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic is a 267-inpatient-bed facility that is a national leader in the treatment of mental health and addictive disorders through its inpatient and outpatient services. Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic treats all patients without regard to their ability to pay. For fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, the hospital admitted 15,450 patients, rendering 72,890 patient days. Western Psychiatric had 11,092 emergency room visits and 391,031 outpatient visits. UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside treats all patients without regard to their ability to pay. For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, the hospital admitted 44,129 patients, rendering 331,566 patient days. UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside had 85,333 emergency room visits and performed 42,016 surgeries. UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside provided charity care and other uncompensated care, including Medicaid and Medicare shortfalls, at a cost of approximately $272,400,000 during the year ended June 30, 2021. |
| Part III Statement of Program Service Accomplishments Continued |
UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside is actively involved in sponsoring many programs for patients, children, teens, seniors, and the community as a whole. It provides services to the community through charitable donations, subsidized programs, outreach programs, referral centers, screenings, educational classes, and mentorships, which are collectively targeted at patients, patients' families, and the community at large, at a cost of over $160,465,000. UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside also funded research and health professions education at a cost of $292,200,000. UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside reached the community through many educational presentations, health fairs at schools and neighborhood centers, free health screenings, and support groups. Other community programs that benefited patients and guests include discounted or free parking and use of the Blue Shuttle, which provides free transportation from the Family House to the hospital. UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside provided medications to patients being discharged who could not afford the cost of prescriptions. Assistance with guardianship and transportation services was provided to patients and their families who are experiencing financial difficulty. Bus, wheelchair van, and ambulance transportation was provided for patients in need, and free parking was provided to many organizations that held events furthering UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside's mission. Hospital staff have attended and participated in numerous health fairs in the area. Subjects covered included injury prevention, cancer prevention and early detection, nutrition, first aid and CPR instruction, and many other medical topics. Comfort carts were provided to family members of terminal patients. Donations of clothing, accessories, and personal products were collected for various organizations and food drives benefited area food banks. School supplies and Christmas gifts were also collected for children in need. UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside participated in drug take back days to get unused medications out of circulation and out of the hands of people who could be harmed by them. The Hospital also provided conference space to various community organizations and replenished ambulance stock to allow for continued EMS response readiness in the community. Renowned for its outstanding clinical services, research programs and medical education, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh has helped to establish standards of excellence in pediatric care. Children's continues to hold the prestigious Magnet designation. Magnet hospitals are recognized for building and supporting a continuous culture of transformational leadership, structural empowerment, exemplary evidence-based practice, advanced training, and new knowledge application and innovations. Children's recognizes that the need for excellent patient care doesn't only exist within their own local community, but also exists throughout the United States and globally. Children's is a 313-bed hospital that provides a multitude of services from ambulatory care to transplantation to cardiac care. Over 1,000,000 infants, children and adolescents visit Children's and its satellite locations to be seen by talented and committed pediatric experts for their care. Children's Hospital is a leader in liver transplantation and cardiothoracic services. To increase access to care of patients throughout the states of Florida and Virginia, Children's Hospital has created partnerships with St. Joseph's Children's Hospital, Wolfson Children's Hospital, Florida Children's Hospital Advent Health and The University of Virginia's Children's Hospital. The primary mission of UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh is to serve as a community resource dedicated to improving the health and well-being of children of all ages, through excellence in patient care, teaching, and research. UPMC Children's treats all patients without regard to their ability to pay. For fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, the hospital admitted 11,506 patients, rendering 75,033 patient days. Children's had 57,560 emergency room visits and performed 17,169 surgeries. UPMC Children's leads the way in advanced technology application with respect to its use of electronic medical records and has been recognized by an independent health care research organization as the number one pediatric hospital in its use of health care information technology. Children's was the first pediatric hospital in the country to achieve Stage 7 Certification of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society HIMSS Analytic Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model ENRAM. Children's was also recognized by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation as a leader in LGBTQ healthcare equality for the fifth year, and Parents magazine named the hospital as one of the top 20 most innovative children's hospitals based on results of a survey sent to Children's Hospital Association members. The survey identified hospitals with innovations that have resulted in medical advances and considered a hospital's adoption of new technologies and its efforts to share its innovations with other pediatric centers. Children's has been recognized once again as one of the best pediatric hospitals in the country, earning the ninth position on the 2021-2022 U.S. News and World Report Honor Roll of America's Best Children's Hospitals. UPMC Children's ranked for excellence in all 10 pediatric specialty areas and is among the top ten again in three specialties: cardiology and heart surgery second, diabetes and endocrinology seventh, gastroenterology and gastroenterology surgery ninth. Overall, UPMC Children's is placed in the top 20 for all ten ranked specialties. Children's provided charity care and other uncompensated care, including Medicare and Medicaid shortfalls, at a cost of over $34,600,000 during fiscal year 2021. Services were provided to the community through charitable contributions, outreach programs, referral centers, screenings, educational classes and mentorships which were targeted at patients, patients' families and the community at large, at a cost of $14,500,000. Children's supported unfunded research and health professions education at a cost of $52,600,000 during fiscal year 2021. One of the community programs offered by Children's is the Family Care Connection FCC, with the goal of improving the health of children and families in areas with high rates of child abuse, infant mortality, and poverty. The FCC offers a variety of family support programs that enhance relationships between parents and children, improve maternal and child health, address school readiness through child development activities, and assess and educate the public to prevent child abuse and neglect. FCC staff provides home visits, on-site programming and consultation, referral and linkages to a vast number of community agencies, and child development, parenting, educational and community-building activities. Children's provided free orthodontic care to those who are uninsured or underinsured and would not have this care available to them. The Hospital participated in the Lend a Hand initiative and collected household and cleaning supplies, clothing, toys, personal care items, bottles and diapers, and school supplies for those in need. Children's also has a safety center in the hospital that is open to the community. It provides education, hands on training, and safety resources to families at no cost. The Hospital provided car seats to families in need upon discharge and offered parents and caregivers of patients free flu shots. Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, UPMC Magee-Women's Hospital enhances the health care and well-being of women, men, infants, and their families. It is a 383-bed, full-service acute care, research and teaching center. As a National Center of Excellence in Women's Health, Magee is consistently recognized for medical excellence and innovation, outstanding patient care, education, research, standards development, and advocacy. Magee provides an expanded range of services to both men and women including diagnostic imaging, including CT and MRI, a heart center, bariatric surgery, orthopaedics, digestive disorder treatment, pulmonology, plastic surgery, vascular surgery, cancer treatment, and urology. Magee treats all patients without regard to their ability to pay. For fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, the hospital admitted 18,800 patients, rendering 87,155 patient days. Magee had 24,576 emergency room visits and performed 15,910 surgeries. Magee has achieved Magnet designation as a result of its nursing quality, professionalism and patient care teamwork. With this credential, Magee joins the global community of Magnet-recognized organizations. Only 8.9 percent of hospitals nationwide are designated Magnet, one of the highest achievements in professional nursing. |
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Recognized as a National Center of Excellence in Women's Health by the US Department of Health and Human Services, Magee serves as the teaching facility for obstetrics, gynecology, gynecologic oncology, and neonatology for the University of Pittsburgh. Members of the medical staff hold academic appointments at the University and are actively involved in education and research, as well as patient care. Magee is also the regional referral center for high-risk maternal care. The hospital's neonatal intensive care unit is one of the largest in Pennsylvania, treating more than 1,890 seriously or critically ill infants annually. The NICU at Magee has private bays that utilize solid walls instead of glass or curtains. The privacy of these walls enhances Magee's family centered care philosophy and allows for increased family interaction with their babies, nurses, and support staff. Magee was recognized by Practice GreenHealth as a Partner for Change. The award is presented in recognition of successful programs to reduce operational environmental impact to health care facilities that continuously improve and expand upon programs to eliminate mercury, reduce and recycle waste, and source products sustainably. Magee previously earned recognition for its green practices, including recycling, reducing waste, energy, and chemicals in surgical procedures, maintaining an organic garden that provides vegetables used for patient and cafeteria meals, and incorporating environmental health into community education programs. Magee participated in many community events. Educational information was offered at various health fairs, free and discounted parking was provided to patients and local community organizations, and the hospital provided new refugee arrivals with women's health education. The Prenatal Email Program provides weekly emails, at no cost, to pregnant women and their families. These emails include information on the growing baby, current research findings on newborn health, and healthy behaviors for pregnant women. Breast cancer awareness symposiums were offered, as well as education about the issues cancer survivors face. Magee hosted a series of walk-in screening mammography clinics over a period of three months, with no charge to community members without health insurance. Magee is actively involved in the community, serving infants, teens, women, men, and their families. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, Magee provided charitable contributions and community service programs and similar funding of approximately $4,500,000. Magee provided funding for research and health professions education at a cost of over $22,700,000. Magee provided charity care and other uncompensated care, including Medicaid and Medicare shortfalls, at a cost of approximately $151,700,000. UPMC Mercy, established in 1847 by the Sisters of Mercy, was the first hospital in Pittsburgh and the first Mercy Hospital in the U.S. UPMC Mercy offers a broad range of services and provides compassionate care in the Catholic tradition. The social responsibility of Catholic health care is guided by five essential principles: to promote human dignity, to care for the poor, to contribute to the common good, to exercise responsible stewardship, and adherence to the moral teachings of the Church. UPMC Mercy has 425 licensed beds and is Pittsburgh's only Catholic hospital with specialized services, including the neurosciences, Level 1 trauma and burn services, women's health, orthopaedics, and physical medicine and rehabilitation. UPMC Mercy carries out its mission through its core values and with a commitment to being a transforming, healing presence within the communities it serves. UPMC Mercy treats all patients without regard to their ability to pay. For fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, the hospital admitted 15,450 patients, rendering 116,120 patient days. Mercy had 51,332 emergency room visits and performed 15,089 surgeries. UPMC Mercy provided charity care and other uncompensated care, including Medicaid and Medicare shortfalls, at a cost of approximately $63,800,000 in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021. UPMC Mercy also provided services to the community through various outreach and other community services programs at a cost of $7,300,000 and provided funding of over $20,300,000 for research and health professions education. UPMC Mercy provides job shadowing and mentoring experiences for nursing students and mentors other students from various health care related disciplines. Staff from UPMC Mercy participated in many community health fairs. They provided educational information in the areas of burns and burn care, stroke, and diabetes. In addition, support groups for spinal cord injury, brain injury, stroke, and amputees are offered by UPMC Mercy. UPMC Mercy also provided spiritual care and health care to the homeless. UPMC Mercy provided cab service vouchers to patients in need and made contributions to support area health and welfare programs and charities. UPMC Mercy conducted a stroke camp for survivors and caregivers. It allowed survivors to interact and network with other stroke survivors and their caregivers and gave caregivers a respite as volunteers helped with the care of the stroke survivors. The hospital also provided free and reduced parking validations for patients, and free and discounted meal ticket vouchers to families, volunteers, and others. Leftover food was packaged and labeled for donation to the food bank. UPMC Mercy participated in an Adopt-A-Family program to provide Christmas gifts to low-income families and collected school supplies for children in the community. UPMC broke ground in 2019 on the new UPMC Mercy Pavilion, which is being designed for the many patients in the Pittsburgh region and beyond who need physical rehabilitation and those who have diseases of the eye or vision impairment. The facility, slated to open in 2023, is part of UPMC's $2 billion investment in specialty care and will position UPMC at the global forefront of rehabilitation and ophthalmic research and care. The state of the art facility also will offer gene and cell therapies to treat diseases of the eye. Other vision services for patients will include high-resolution imaging and state of the art ocular testing, laser-assisted cataract surgery, micro-invasive ocular surgery and more than 25 scientific teams developing the therapies of tomorrow to fight blindness. In addition, the facility will offer an urgent care eye clinic for eye and vision emergencies with extended hours where patients can access ophthalmologist specialists directly. UPMC St. Margaret is a 250-bed acute-care and teaching hospital serving primarily the more than 250,000 residents of Pittsburgh's northern and eastern suburbs and has received its third Magnet designation. Magnet status is the highest international recognition for the highest standard of excellence in patient care for hospitals. Founded in 1898, UPMC St. Margaret is home to one of the oldest and largest family practice residency programs in Pennsylvania. UPMC St. Margaret treats all patients without regard to their ability to pay. For fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, the hospital admitted 9,147 patients, rendering 49,855 patient days. St. Margaret had 30,887 emergency room visits and performed 13,309 surgeries. UPMC St. Margaret is committed to its mission of providing quality health care to all in need and has implemented policies to assure access to its services, regardless of ability to pay. It provided charity care and other uncompensated care, including Medicaid and Medicare shortfalls, at a cost of approximately $28,800,000 in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021. UPMC St. Margaret also provided services to the community through free or low-cost outreach programs targeted at patients, patients' families, and the community. These programs have assisted thousands of people in the community at a cost to the hospital of over $900,000 in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021. UPMC St. Margaret also funded schools of health professions and medical residency programs as well as medical research at a combined cost of over $9,900,000 in fiscal year 2021. UPMC St. Margaret paramedic response team provides advanced life support to patients and assistance to local ambulance services. The unit is staffed by a paramedic who responds to assist when dispatched by county 911 operators. UPMC St. Margaret was recognized by the Emergency Nurses Association with the Lantern Award, becoming only the fourth hospital in Pennsylvania to earn this prestigious award. The Lantern Award is presented to emergency departments that exemplify exceptional practice and innovative performance in the core areas of leadership, practice, education, advocacy and research. |
| Part III Statement of Program Service Accomplishments Continued |
Free or discounted parking was provided to all patients who came to the hospital for outpatient services. UPMC St. Margaret offered free flu shots and cholesterol, blood pressure, and bone density screenings to area residents. The hospital also collected children's winter clothes and new toys and donated them to local charities, offered diabetes education classes, COPD and smoking cessation information, and educational presentations of various health issues. St. Margaret hosted a free community health and wellness fair where community members could obtain free services, screenings and interaction with both physicians and pharmacists. St. Margaret offered a free public seminar entitled Traveling Smart with Diabetes. This seminar was designed to aid the diabetic community to learn how to better understand their disease and how to better manage their blood glucose level while traveling. St. Margaret hosted an Alive and Well health presentation to educate the community on heart health and ways to improve cardiovascular strength. Free health screenings and education included: blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar and stroke education. In response to the public health crisis caused by vaping, St. Margaret offered a free seminar to teach participants about its dangers and side effects. St. Margaret hosted a free, live, virtual event to provide an overview of bowel diseases and treatments - including diverticulitis, irritable bowel diseases and colon cancer. Attendees were eligible to receive a free cancer screening FIT kit. St. Margaret hosted a free flu vaccine event that targeted area seniors and individuals with chronic health conditions like asthma, diabetes or heart and lung disease. Founded in 1849, UPMC Passavant is a provider of quality health care services to patients in the areas of acute care, emergency care, inpatient care, and outpatient care. UPMC Passavant is a 423-bed hospital that provides these services to patients in the northern metropolitan region of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County and southern Butler County. As UPMC's tertiary care center north of Pittsburgh, this state-of-the-art hospital offers UPMC's brand of world-class medical care at two campuses to serve communities north of the city. Through UPMC Passavant, high-quality care and all the resources of an academic medical center are now more readily available to residents north of Pittsburgh. With strong specialty programs in heart care, oncology, orthopaedics, and spine surgery at the McCandless campus; a Comprehensive Breast Center and state-of-the-art Imaging Center at the Cranberry campus; a truly patient and family centered atmosphere; and expansion projects under way at both hospital campuses, UPMC Passavant is demonstrating its commitment to excellence in patient care. UPMC Passavant has been credentialed as a Magnet organization. Magnet status is the highest international recognition for nursing excellence and leadership. Passavant treats all patients without regard to their ability to pay. For fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, the hospital admitted 14,477 patients, rendering 81,701 patient days. Passavant had 56,689 emergency room visits and performed 16,659 surgeries. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, UPMC Passavant provided charity care and other uncompensated care, including Medicaid and Medicare shortfalls, at a cost of over $59,400,000. UPMC Passavant provided many community outreach and support programs in fiscal year 2021 that included health fairs, health screenings, educational/counseling programs, immunizations, support groups, and other programs that benefited the community. These services helped thousands of community members understand and manage a wide array of health care issues and conditions. The value of these programs and other funding to the community was approximately $3,600,000 in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021. UPMC Passavant also provided funding for research and health professions education in fiscal year 2021 at a cost of over $3,700,000. The community benefited from the many health fairs that UPMC Passavant sponsored and participated in. Information was offered on cancer, stroke, and smoking cessation. Also, screenings for foot care, bone density, and high blood pressure were provided. UPMC Passavant offers a free valet service to all cancer center patients. Passavant Hospital understands the challenges of their patients and family members face when dealing with the loss of a loved one. The hospital offered a six-week bereavement support group that was free and open to the public. Passavant hosted free live virtual events focused on common sleep disorders and how they affect your body including snoring and sleep apnea, and women's breast health, focusing on the latest in breast cancer research, diagnosis and treatments, and advancement in diagnostic screenings. UPMC Passavant hosted a free healthy living fair free to the public, which offered blood pressure screenings, walk in mammograms, giveaways, food and refreshments, education on bone and joint health, and bike safety including free bike helmets. Passavant hosted a free live, virtual event where participants heard about the latest advancements and options in cardiovascular surgery, including open heart surgery, minimally invasive heart valve repair and replacement and more. UPMC Passavant was a major sponsor of the new, outdoor fitness court in the town of McCandless. With the goal of making community fitness free and open to all, Passavant supported a significant portion of the project. Providing North Hills communities with a fitness court contributes to community-wide wellness and healthy living and helps to reduce and prevent chronic diseases. Chronic disease management, specifically heart cardiovascular disease and stroke, is defined as a significant health need for North Hills communities of Allegheny County, according to UPMC's 2019 Community Health Needs Assessment. Exercise can be an important measure in preventative health care for conditions like diabetes, cardiovascular disease and arthritis. UPMC Passavant launched a unique, advanced response unit ARU to assist local Emergency Medical Services EMS personnel throughout the surrounding communities. The ARU is a sport-utility vehicle equipped with emergency medical equipment and staffed with certified advanced care providers trained to respond in various mutual-aid situations requiring extra personnel. Unlike similar programs in the region, the ARU will be staffed by several types of advanced care providers, including highly trained and experienced paramedics, pre-hospital registered nurses with intensive care and emergency experience, and STAT MedEvac flight nurses and paramedics. The ARU will service the communities of Cranberry, McCandless, Seven Fields, Mars, Zelienople, Jackson Township and Harmony, as well as eastern Beaver and northern Allegheny counties, and will be stationed in Cranberry. UPMC Passavant has expanded their specialty care by bringing UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital and UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute to their hospitals and outpatient care centers. UPMC Hillman Cancer Center at UPMC Passavant will become the first hospital in the northern region with robotic bronchoscopy for early lung cancer diagnosis. UPMC Magee-Women's Hospital at UPMC Passavant added a full-service breast screening program with advanced digital mammography and related diagnostic services. UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute at UPMC Passavant recently added WATCHMAN, an advanced cardiac procedure that lowers the risk of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation. In early 2020, the hospital began performing TAVR, transcatheter aortic valve replacement, a sophisticated alternative to open heart surgery for patients with aortic valve disease. Founded in 1906, UPMC Horizon, a 117-bed hospital, strives to be the premier health care delivery system in Mercer County, Pennsylvania. In furtherance of its mission to provide exemplary health care services, UPMC Horizon provides patient-centered, quality health care in a cost-effective manner, adhering to the values of excellence, compassion, and the respect for human dignity. UPMC Horizon, with campuses in Greenville and Shenango Valley, offers clinical expertise in primary care medicine, cardiology, oncology, digestive disorders, bariatric surgery, women's health, radiology/imaging services, and pain management. UPMC Horizon treats all patients without regard to their ability to pay. For fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, the hospital admitted 3,207 patients, rendering 10,062 patient days. Horizon had 29,974 emergency room visits and performed 4,350 surgeries. |
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During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, UPMC Horizon provided charity care and other uncompensated care, including Medicaid and Medicare shortfalls, at a cost in excess of $31,100,000. The communities served by UPMC Horizon are in an economically distressed and medically underserved area. In the year ended June 30, 2021, UPMC Horizon provided community service programs and other funding at a cost of over $2,800,000 and funding for education and research at a cost of approximately $3,000,000. Many groups within the community benefited from UPMC Horizon's diabetes initiative through which blood sugar screenings and educational presentations were given to diabetes support groups to raise public awareness of the disease. UPMC Horizon provided meeting space to area support groups focusing on conditions such as Total Joint Procedure, Breast Cancer, and Diabetes. The hospital donated Epi-Pen auto injectors to first responders and Automatic External Defibrillators AEDs to area businesses and organizations. UPMC Horizon hosts cancer support groups and offers ongoing Walk with a Doc programs. Walk with a Doc is a walking program for everyone interested in taking steps for a healthier lifestyle. The doctor presents on various health topics and then leads a walk with the attendees, allowing them to walk at their own pace. UPMC Northwest, established in 1899, serves the residents of the Franklin, Oil City and surrounding Pennsylvania communities. UPMC Northwest is a state-of-the-art medical facility, with 168-licensed beds, that provides acute inpatient, outpatient, behavioral health, rehabilitation, skilled nursing, and support and education services. Seventy percent of UPMC Northwest's fiscal year 2021 patients were Medicare or state Medicaid patients. UPMC Northwest treats all patients without regard to their ability to pay. For fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, the hospital admitted 5,330 patients, rendering 31,188 patient days. Northwest had 24,571 emergency room visits and performed 4,507 surgeries. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, UPMC Northwest provided charity care and other uncompensated care, including Medicaid and Medicare shortfalls, at a cost in excess of $20,800,000. The hospital provided funding and services to the community in the aggregate of $2,100,000 through community outreach programs targeted at patients, their families, and the community, as well as donations and volunteer services. UPMC Northwest also provided funding for research and health professions education in fiscal year 2021 at a cost of over $1,900,000. Families benefited from UPMC Northwest's Prepared Childbirth Classes, which readied participants for their childbirth experiences. UPMC Northwest also offered infant care classes which provided information to parents on how to care for newborns, and sibling classes which prepared children to become big brothers or big sisters. UPMC Northwest's Especially for Women program provided information and screenings for women's health, and its Especially for Men program educated men on the most common health concerns affecting them. Through health fairs and educational programs, the organization provided prostate screenings, osteoporosis screenings, smoking cessation information, nutrition information, stroke screenings, stroke education, and CPR education. UPMC Northwest provided transportation to patients who were in need upon discharge from the hospital and provided complementary room usage to various community organizations. Founded in 1894, UPMC McKeesport is a 212-bed, nonprofit acute care community hospital that primarily serves the residents of McKeesport, Pennsylvania and the surrounding area. UPMC McKeesport is a teaching hospital, with residency programs in both family practice and internal medicine. UPMC McKeesport provides a wide range of quality health care services, regardless of race, creed, sex, national origin, handicap, or age. It is in a geographic area of economic distress, and much of the surrounding community is recognized as medically underserved, with a population that is predominantly elderly and economically disadvantaged. The hospital's mission is to serve the community by providing health care services and health care education to all persons. Therefore, in keeping with the hospital's commitment to serve all members of its community, the following were provided regardless of an individual's ability to pay: free and/or subsidized care, care provided to persons covered by governmental programs at below cost, and health activities and programs to support the community. For fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, the hospital admitted 5,971 patients, rendering 42,661 patient days. McKeesport had 26,064 emergency room visits and performed 1,361 surgeries. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, UPMC McKeesport provided charity care and other uncompensated care, including Medicaid and Medicare shortfalls, at a cost in excess of $27,300,000. The hospital also provided services to the community through outreach programs, referral centers, screenings, educational classes, and funding of schools for health professions. The estimated costs of providing these services in fiscal year 2021, as well as funding education and research support, were approximately $1,600,000 and $6,900,000 respectively. UPMC McKeesport was recognized by the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association with a Gold Plus quality achievement award, which honors the hospital for utilizing the most up-to-date treatment guidelines to improve patient care and outcomes. UPMC McKeesport is an Advanced Primary Stroke Center certified by The Joint Commission. Operating 24/7, the program includes a team of doctors, nurses and other staff with experience in diagnosing and treating strokes. Family medicine faculty volunteered at a free clinic on a weekly basis, providing medical care and pharmacy services to the uninsured and homeless residents of McKeesport and surrounding areas. The hospital provided free parking for clients and community programming. UPMC McKeesport also provided transportation for patients. McKeesport hosted a free, live, virtual event to educate the public about common foot and ankle problems including sprains, ankle pain, arthritis and more. UPMC McKeesport has a leadership role in the Mon River Fleet Community Partnership, which provided free influenza immunizations to community residents. The hospital offered space at reduced rates to various charitable/community organizations and enhanced the quality of life for area seniors by offering screenings, socialization opportunities, and health education. UPMC McKeesport provided the City of McKeesport with office furniture and supplies that were no longer being used. The hospital partnered with Call to Action to host the free, first-ever McKeesport Community Day, which included, bands, dancing, a DJ, food, health screenings, raffles and giveaways. McKeesport hosted an Alive and Well health presentation on depression and anxiety in older adults, provided a free hot lunch, screenings and free parking. The symposium focused on learning the causes and symptoms of late-life depression, available treatment options and ways that community members can support a friend or loved one suffering from depression. UPMC Bedford is a 42-bed, acute care general hospital, located in Everett, Pennsylvania, with units for medical care, surgical care, obstetrical care, intensive care, and telemetry services. It offers a variety of diagnostic capabilities, including CT scan and MRI. The hospital operates a cardiac-pulmonary rehabilitation program, an outpatient procedure unit, and an ambulatory surgical unit. The emergency facilities include 24-hour in-house coverage, a licensed heliport for emergency transport, and trauma center affiliation. UPMC Bedford is committed to providing services to all members of the community, regardless of their ability to pay. For fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, the hospital admitted 1,024 patients, rendering 3,908 patient days. Bedford had 15,852 emergency room visits and performed 1,995 surgeries. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, UPMC Bedford provided charity care and other uncompensated care, including Medicaid and Medicare shortfalls, at a cost of approximately $4,400,000. The hospital also provided services, with an aggregate value of over $1,000,000 to the general population through outreach programs targeted at patients, patients' families, and the community and provided funding of over $22,000 for research and health professions education. |
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Families benefited from the UPMC Bedford's Prepared Childbirth Classes, which discussed the basics of labor and delivery. Children participated in the hospital's Sibling Classes where they learned how to hold a baby and change a diaper. UPMC Bedford contributed space for several area charitable/community groups, including the TOPS Bedford, Overeaters Anonymous, and Bedford County Visitors Bureau. Staff participated in many health fairs to provide education and screenings such as blood pressure, diabetes, vision, foot exams, and bone density. The hospital donated linens for the annual Camp Cadet program offered to middle school students. For over thirty years, the hospital displayed their annual Mitten Tree and collected new mittens, hats, gloves, jackets, socks, shoes, boots and other gifts for local community members in need of warm winter items. Early detection plays an import role in the fight against breast cancer. Bedford hosted their third walk-in mammography screenings to provide women with an up-to-date annual screening. Participants without health insurance received their screening free of charge. UPMC East is a full-service community hospital, with 155-beds, that provides patient-centered care. Located in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, UPMC East serves patients using advanced technologies and was built using environmentally efficient construction practices. UPMC East has recently added 30,000 square feet of space to their ER department - doubling its capacity. It increased private emergency exam rooms from 24 to 44, with 10 new, dedicated observation rooms. Ground floor service areas in central sterile processing, clinical engineering and information technology have also been expanded. To address the increasing number of patients from the surrounding area seeking high-quality care at UPMC East, the hospital recently expanded specialty services and opened a new 2,520 square-foot multi-specialty clinic that brings 14 UPMC East clinicians and an array of patient-centered outpatient services to the Greensburg area. Services available include UPMC's orthopaedic and sports medicine, heart and vascular, pain management, gastroenterology, general surgery, and Magee Women's Health services. The hospital is committed to providing services to all members of the community, regardless of their ability to pay. For fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, the hospital admitted 7,908 patients, rendering 48,518 patient days. UPMC East had 36,691 emergency room visits and performed 7,361 surgeries. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, UPMC East provided charity care and other uncompensated care, including Medicaid and Medicare shortfalls, at a cost of approximately $10,200,000. The hospital also provided services with an aggregate value of over $700,000 for outreach programs, donations, and provided funding of over $1,700,000 for research and health professions education. UPMC East staff participated in various area health fairs and presented educational talks to the community. Topics covered included cancer, heart disease, stroke, and blood pressure. The hospital provided poinsettias for patients, school supplies for children in need, backpacks of food to children who would otherwise go hungry over the weekend, tote bags to an area EMS, coats, hats, scarves, and gloves for those in need, and prom gowns for the underserved in local school districts. A free education and support program is offered to those directly or indirectly affected by addiction. UPMC Hamot is a 434-bed tertiary medical center with specialties that include cardiology, neuroscience, critical care, orthopaedics, and women's health services. The medical center reaches out to more than one million people in northwestern Pennsylvania, western New York, and eastern Ohio. The mission is to serve patients, communities and one another in the Hamot tradition of quality, health, healing, and education. In partnership with its physicians, payers, and other stakeholders, Hamot will continue to advance the health and wellness of the communities it serves, regardless of patients' ability to pay, by achieving clinical quality of the highest national standards and maximizing operational efficiencies. Hamot fulfills its mission through commitment to these core values: quality, compassion, service, respect, integrity, and cooperation. Hamot treats all patients without regard to their ability to pay. For fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, the hospital admitted 19,533 patients, rendering 103,583 patient days. Hamot had 61,265 emergency room visits and performed 13,181 surgeries. Hamot provided charity care and other uncompensated care, including Medicaid and Medicare shortfalls, at a cost of approximately $27,000,000 during fiscal year 2021. Services were provided to the community through donations, outreach programs, screenings, and educational classes at a cost of $8,500,000. Hamot supported unfunded research and health professions education at a cost of $5,700,000 during fiscal year 2021. Hamot has been recognized as a Magnet designated hospital. Magnet status is the highest international recognition for nursing excellence and leadership. The hospital was required to meet nearly 80 standards of excellence and was recognized for building and supporting a continuous culture of transformational leadership, advanced training, and new knowledge application and innovations. Hamot is the first and only accredited kidney transplant program in the northwestern Pennsylvania region and has been honored by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association for the care of its stroke patients. Hamot reached the community through television health segments as well as through print media. Other programs and presentations included COPD education, nutrition, end of life issues and advance directives, and early detection and prevention of cardiac and respiratory disease. Screenings were offered for colon cancer, cholesterol, blood pressure, and glucose, and audiology and speech services were provided to Cleft Palate Clinic patients. The hospital donated food to a local food bank and provided nourishment to patients' families in need. Hamot provided AEDs automated external defibrillators to minority community centers - giving them the resources to help save a life. UPMC Altoona is a 374-bed hospital serving primarily the more than 20 counties throughout Central Pennsylvania. It maintains a Level II Adult Trauma Center, providing comprehensive care for the most severely injured. UPMC Altoona cares for the behavioral health of the region through a 34-bed inpatient facility and offers outpatient therapy. UPMC Altoona's Station Medical Center brings outpatient services closer to patients by providing many state-of-the-art diagnostic services. These services include neurology testing, sleep studies, full service medical imaging, laboratory services, occupational medicine, a breast center, cardiac rehabilitation, and physical and occupational therapy. UPMC Altoona is committed to its mission of providing exceptional health care to all in need, regardless of ability to pay. For fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, the hospital admitted 17,801 patients, rendering 95,517 patient days. Altoona had 53,204 emergency room visits and performed 13,015 surgeries. UPMC Altoona provided charity care and other uncompensated care, including Medicaid and Medicare shortfalls, at a cost of over $47,200,000 in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021. UPMC Altoona also provided services to the community through free or low-cost outreach programs targeted at patients, patients' families, and the community. These programs and support, including direct donations, have assisted thousands of people in the community with costs to the hospital of approximately $11,400,000 in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021. UPMC Altoona also funded schools of health professions and medical residency programs as well as medical research at a combined cost of $3,800,000 in fiscal year 2021. UPMC Altoona provides meeting space to various community groups including the Alzheimer's Support Group, Suicide Loss Support Group, Parkinson's Support Group, Bariatric Support Group, Depression and Bipolar Support Group, Sleep Apnea Support Group, and the Caregiver's Support Group. The hospital promotes health at area businesses by performing free screenings and providing information at their health and wellness fairs. Free medications are distributed by UPMC Altoona to patients upon discharge who lack the resources or insurance coverage to cover the costs of medications or copays. UPMC Altoona provided free transportation for indigent patients, as well as transport for uninsured or underinsured patients who require a higher level of care. |
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Located in New Castle, Pennsylvania, UPMC Jameson is a full-service, 146-bed, community hospital providing inpatient hospital care, surgical services, diagnostic imaging, emergency medicine, senior care, rehabilitation, and a variety of specialized health care services for the residents of Lawrence County and its surrounding communities. Jameson is the regional destination for bariatric surgery, critical care medicine, heart and vascular care, inpatient rehabilitation, and robotic surgery. UPMC Jameson treats all patients without regard to their ability to pay. For fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, the hospital admitted 4,863 patients, rendering 24,926 patient days. Jameson had 29,299 emergency room visits and performed 5,327 surgeries. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, UPMC Jameson provided charity care and other uncompensated care, including Medicaid and Medicare shortfalls, at a cost in excess of $10,700,000. UPMC Jameson provided community service programs and other funding at a cost of over $6,400,000 and funding for education and research at a cost of approximately $1,177,000. UPMC Jameson is accredited by the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program MBSAQIP as a Comprehensive Center. The UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute at UPMC Jameson is accredited by Corazon, Inc., a Pittsburgh based accreditation agency on behalf of the Pennsylvania Department of Health. UPMC Kane is a 31-bed, acute care hospital with ICU licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania serving community members mainly from the three-county region of McKean, Elk and Warren counties. Kane's active and consulting medical staff and care providers offer a broad base of primary and specialty care and services including: family and internal medicine, women's health, surgical services, a 24 hour Emergency Room, Center for Orthopaedics, Rehab, Pain with complete orthopaedics, the full range of rehabilitation services physical, occupational, and speech therapies and pain management; Kane Cardiac Rehab, UPMC Hamot cardiology and gastroenterology digestive health clinics; urology clinic; eye cataract surgery, chemotherapy, and gynecology. In furtherance of its mission to provide exemplary health care services, Kane provides patient-centered, quality health care in a cost-effective manner, adhering to the values of excellence, compassion, and the respect for human dignity, regardless of a patient's ability to pay. For fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, the hospital admitted 242 patients, rendering 881 patient days. Kane had 5,427 emergency room visits and performed 1,225 surgeries. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, UPMC Kane provided charity care and other uncompensated care, including Medicaid and Medicare shortfalls, at a cost in excess of $5,050,000. The hospital provided funding and services to the community in the aggregate of $421,000 through community outreach programs targeted at patients, their families, and the community, as well as donations, volunteer services, and research and education programs. The community benefited from a variety of programs offered by Kane. The hospital offered free multiphasic blood screenings, wellness screenings vascular, bone density, mammography and lung cancer, women's health and wellness screens, blood pressure clinics and flu shot clinics. Nutritional counseling was presented to area students and sports physicals were conducted for athletes in a local school district. Kane hosts an annual Ladies Night Out event focused on women's health and breast cancer awareness. They support twelve community blood bank drives annually and host community fairs and expos. UPMC Lock Haven hospital is a 25-bed facility with complete inpatient and outpatient care, including emergency, medical, and surgical care. A joint commission-accredited facility, it also includes a 90-bed skilled nursing facility with a 34-bed dementia unit. UPMC Lock Haven hospital treats all patients without regard to their ability to pay. For fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, the hospital admitted 787 patients, rendering 2,867 patient days. Lock Haven Hospital had 8,116 emergency room visits and performed 1,119 surgeries. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, Lock Haven hospital provided charity care and other uncompensated care, including Medicaid and Medicare shortfalls, at a cost of over $4,600,000. Lock haven hospital provided community outreach and support programs as well as contributions in fiscal year 2021. The value of these programs' funds to the community was approximately $52,000. UPMC Lock Haven was recognized by The Joint Commission, in conjunction with The American Heart Association American Stroke Association, as a leader in stroke care, by receiving The Gold Seal of Approval and the Heart Check mark. UPMC Sunbury is a 70-bed acute care medical/surgical community hospital and provides inpatient psychiatric services. UPMC Sunbury treats all patients without regard to their ability to pay. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, UPMC Sunbury provided charity care and other uncompensated care, including Medicaid and Medicare shortfalls, at a cost of over $147,000. Sunbury provided community outreach and support programs as well as contributions in fiscal year 2021. The value of these programs to the community was approximately $11,000. UPMC Muncy is a 16-bed, critical access hospital, primarily serving Lycoming and surrounding counties. Muncy provides a full range of outpatient and emergency services as well as 158 long term care beds. For fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, the hospital admitted 713 patients, rendering 3,853 patient days. Muncy had 11,548 emergency room visits and performed 2,756 surgeries. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, UPMC Muncy provided charity care and other uncompensated care, including Medicaid and Medicare shortfalls, at a cost of over $3,500,000. Muncy provided community outreach and support programs as well as contributions and educational support in fiscal year 2021. The value of these programs to the community was approximately $65,000. Muncy treats all patients without regard to their ability to pay. UPMC Muncy and West Branch Drug and Alcohol Abuse Commission partnered to dispense kits containing Narcan, an emergency nasal spray medication that reverses opioid effects, at no cost to community members. UPMC Wellsboro is a 39-bed critical access hospital located in Wellsboro, PA. It has a state-of-the-art emergency department, outpatient surgery center, rehabilitation services, ophthalmology, maternity care, cardiovascular services, laboratory, imaging services and a sleep center. UPMC Wellsboro treats all patients without regard to their ability to pay. For fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, the hospital admitted 1,318 patients, rendering 6,086 patient days. UPMC Wellsboro had 11,580 emergency room visits and performed 1,289 surgeries. UPMC Wellsboro treats all patients without regard to their ability to pay. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, UPMC Wellsboro provided charity care and other uncompensated care, including Medicaid and Medicare shortfalls, at a cost of over $3,000,000. UPMC Wellsboro provided community outreach and support programs as well as contributions in fiscal year 2021. The value of these programs to the community was approximately $117,000. UPMC Wellsboro was given a five-star rating by The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. It is one of 455 U.S. Hospitals to be given that honor in the latest Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating. UPMC Williamsport is a 255-bed acute care community hospital primarily serving Lycoming and surrounding counties. Services provided include, but are not limited to, acute and intensive care, surgical services, heart and lung services, rehabilitation services, dialysis, laboratory, radiology, psychology, and emergency room services. UPMC Williamsport treats all patients without regard to their ability to pay. For fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, the hospital admitted 11,505 patients, rendering 63,508 patient days. UPMC Williamsport had 36,976 emergency room visits and performed 10,631 surgeries. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, UPMC Williamsport provided charity care and other uncompensated care, including Medicaid and Medicare shortfalls, at a cost of over $36,000,000. UPMC Williamsport provided community outreach and support programs as well as contributions and educational support in fiscal year 2021. The value of these programs to the community was approximately $4,806,000. |
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UPMC Williamsport was recognized by the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association with a Gold Plus quality achievement award, which honors the hospital for utilizing the most up-to-date treatment guidelines to improve patient care and outcomes. UPMC McKeesport is an Advanced Primary Stroke Center certified by The Joint Commission. Operating 24/7, the program includes a team of doctors, nurses, and other staff with experience in diagnosing and treating strokes. UPMC Williamsport has been granted Level II Trauma Center accreditation by the Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation PTSF recognizing a higher level of care and services provided in north central Pennsylvania. Williamsport is just one of three trauma centers in the 12-county region of north central PA. It is UPMC's sixth accredited trauma center in the Commonwealth. Providing high-level trauma care requires a team approach involving departments throughout the hospital offering 24-hour services to severely injured patients. Trauma surgeons, neurosurgeons, orthopaedic surgeons, cardiac surgeons, radiologists, nurses and support staff all have specialized training and expertise in treating traumatic injuries. In addition to a trauma surgeon in the hospital 24 hours a day, an operating room OR readiness team is on standby around the clock. UPMC Williamsport's trauma OR is dedicated solely to trauma patients and is equipped with the most advanced tools for delivering high-quality emergency care from UPMC and also provides community education and outreach through accident awareness and prevention programs such as Stop the Bleed and SLIP Senior Lifestyle Injury Prevention as well as car seat and helmet checks and distracted-driving events. There are fourteen physician service entities that are part of UPMC Group, including University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute Cancer Services, University of Pittsburgh Physicians, UPMC Community Medicine, Inc., UPMC Emergency Medicine, Inc., Regional Health Services, Inc., Butler Health System/UPMC Musculoskeletal Joint Venture, Inc., UPMC Ob/GYN Joint Venture, Inc., Erie Physician Network-UPMC, Inc., University Health Center of Pittsburgh, Jameson Medical Care, Inc., UPMC Locum Clinicians; Tioga Health Care Providers, Susquehanna Physician Services, and UPMC Advanced Practice Providers. These physician service entities include over 9,500 physicians and physician extenders. University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute Cancer Services UPMC Hillman Cancer Center provides the highest level of oncology services to patients throughout the tri-state region. Working in tandem with the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute UPCI, which comprises the academic and research programs for oncology at the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center offers patients the latest advances in cancer prevention, detection, diagnosis, and treatment. The mission of UPMC Hillman Cancer Center reflects the overall mission of UPCI as a premier National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center to provide the highest level of clinical care to the more than 154,000 patients treated at its facilities each year while performing cutting-edge cancer research. At UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, more than 2,000 physicians, scientists, administrative staff, and other health care professionals work together to reduce the burden of cancer. They represent a variety of specialties including surgical oncology, medical oncology, radiation oncology, otolaryngology, neuro-oncology, gynecologic oncology, palliative care, and behavioral medicine. Combined, these disciplines give the Cancer Centers a range of knowledge which covers virtually all types of adult cancer. The UPMC Hillman Cancer Center is the region's only National Cancer Institute designated Comprehensive Cancer Center and is among the largest cancer networks in the country and has now expanded internationally. The network covers a geographic area of more than 200 miles around greater Pittsburgh and is comprised of over 206 affiliated oncologists at more than 70 locations, including four locations overseas. These network locations were selected to make it possible for any patient in the region to access a UPMC Cancer Centers location within 20 minutes. These network locations are closely tied to the Hillman Cancer Center through personnel and technology links. The UPMC Hillman Cancer Center is home to internationally renowned surgical, medical, and radiation oncology specialists, who perform treatment procedures unavailable elsewhere in the region. Hillman also has the region's most advanced imaging technologies to detect cancer and monitor treatment. Hillman is driving clinical innovation by providing state-of-the-art treatment and imaging technology such as Varian TrueBeam and EDGE, Accuray CyberKnife, positron-emission tomography/computed tomography PET-CT, and magenetic-resonance imaging MRI enable UPMC's radiation oncology department to employ the latest innovation techniques such as intensity modulated radiation therapy IMRT, stereotactic radiosurgery SRS, and stereotactic body radiotherapy SBRT, and MRI-guided HDR brachytherapy. The UPMC Hillman Cancer Center is also home to a component of the National Institutes of Health-funded General Clinical Research Center, which provides support for conducting of research clinical trials. The medical professionals at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center encompass 15 areas of expertise, each focusing on a specific type or treatment of cancer. These include a world-renowned Melanoma Program, as well as programs devoted to brain cancers, breast cancer, colon and gastrointestinal cancers, head and neck cancers, pancreatic cancer, liver cancer, lung cancer, gynecologic cancers, prostate and urologic cancers, and stem cell transplantation. Pediatric cancers are treated by specialists at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC. Patients also have access to clinical trials, immunotherapies, genetic counseling, and additional support services including nutrition and rehabilitation focused on improving a cancer survivors' quality of life. In addition to providing free colon cancer screenings, Hillman presents free colon cancer prevention health fairs that include the following education materials and screenings: cancer prevention and nutrition, smoking cessation, recommended guidelines for cancer screenings, colonoscopies, bone density screening, and blood pressure/circulation testing. In addition to the many services offered by UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, it is also significantly involved in the community. During fiscal year 2021, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center funded many community benefits programs, charitable donations, and education and research costing over $15,000,000. University of Pittsburgh Physicians UPP is a multi-specialty faculty/physician practice plan whose mission is to support the clinical and academic missions of UPMC, support UPMC's health care services subsidiaries and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and provide highly accessible, high-quality patient care through a wide array of physician/medical specialties at UPMC and its affiliated hospitals and health care entities. UPP includes 7,553 academic physicians and allied health care providers. The physicians' specialties include anesthesiology, critical care medicine, cardiovascular services, urology, physical medicine and rehabilitation, emergency medicine, family medicine, pathology, psychiatry, radiology, radiation oncology, internal medicine, orthopaedics, neurology, neurosurgery, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, surgery, dermatology, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, and heart, lung and esophageal surgery, as well as sub specialties within each of these broad categories. UPP physicians are also members of the faculty of the University of Pittsburgh's School of Medicine. As faculty, they educate medical students and doctors in training. In addition to clinical patient care and resident education, many UPP physicians are involved in cutting-edge medical research. One of the primary exempt purposes and missions of UPP is to provide quality and accessible medical care to the public, without regard for a patient's ability to pay. This commitment is evidenced by the fact that UPP provided charity care and other uncompensated care at a cost of over $14,500,000 in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021. UPP serves to enhance the quality health care services of all the tertiary and advanced care entities, as well as academic subsidiaries and affiliates of UPMC. As part of this mission, UPP also serves the community by providing free services and programs. Throughout the year, UPP offered lipid, blood pressure, and BMI screenings, and provided educational information on bariatric surgery, diabetes, and obesity. |
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The homeless, working poor, transiently housed, and uninsured are provided health care services at no charge through the Program for Health Care to Underserved Populations. This includes volunteer-staffed basic care clinics that offer services that include general primary care, acute care, chronic disease management, specialty care, preventative care, and immunizations, as well as free pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical assistance programs and health education. These clinics are staffed by volunteer physicians and pharmacists. In total, UPP provided community service programs and donations of $1,385,000 and funded over $91,000,000 in medical education and research in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021. It is the mission of UPMC Community Medicine, Inc. CMI to provide high-quality and accessible patient care through primary care physicians and other physician/medical specialties at UPMC and its affiliated hospitals and health care entities. CMI has 2,423 physicians and physician extenders. The creation of CMI as a multi-specialty physician practice plan has made obtaining medical care easier, more efficient, and more effective for patients. The vast array of medical physicians and specialists are readily accessible to virtually all patients within CMI's service areas which include western Pennsylvania and the tri-state area. The physicians' specialties available within CMI include family medicine, internal medicine, geriatrics, orthopaedics, neurosurgery, pediatrics, obstetrics/gynecology, surgery, ophthalmology, neurology, rheumatology, endocrinology, and pulmonology. One of the primary missions of CMI is to provide accessible, quality medical care to the public, without regard for a patient's ability to pay. This commitment is evidenced by the fact that CMI provided charity care or other uncompensated care and community services, at a cost of $3,100,000 in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021. CMI also serves to enhance the quality of health care services provided by the hospitals and other healthcare subsidiaries and affiliates of UPMC. CMI provided charitable contributions and subsidized health services to the community at a cost of over $69,000,000. As a part of its mission, CMI physicians and staff provide services to the community through various programs which are targeted to patients, patients' families, and the community at large to educate and promote good health. In conjunction with other UPMC entities and community resources, CMI physicians and staff routinely participate in various screening programs for medical conditions such as osteoporosis, high blood pressure, diabetes, coronary heart failure, and bariatric surgery. Many CMI physicians and staff also participate in ongoing patient, family, community, and physician educational programs related to these medical conditions and a variety of other medical topics which are designed to improve the quality of patient care and patient outcomes. CMI provides physician and medical services throughout Western Pennsylvania and the tri-state area in both urban and rural settings, including many underserved areas. Some of these areas would otherwise have no other physician presence. Regional Health Services, Inc. RHS offers physician services. Its mission is to serve patients and the community through clinical excellence, alignment of physicians, and outpatient services. RHS is comprised of networks of physicians offering specialty services, primary care services, and sports medicine. The physicians practice in multiple locations and provide services that include plastic surgery, emergency room, intensivists, hospitalists, general surgery, radiology, neurosurgery, pain medicine, pulmonology, bariatric surgery, urology, orthopaedic surgery, endocrinology, and infectious disease services. RHS provided charity care and other uncompensated care, at a cost of approximately $3,028,000 in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, as well as $8,000,000 in subsidized health services and community programs. Butler Health System/UPMC Musculoskeletal Joint Venture, Inc. UPMC Multispecialty Group provides a broad spectrum of musculoskeletal care to the communities it serves. Approximately 195 staff members, including physicians and advanced practice providers, support the group's ongoing commitment to providing quality, community-based musculoskeletal care to patients in northern Allegheny, Butler and contiguous counties in Western Pennsylvania, regardless of a patients' ability to pay. Over $253,000 was provided for charity care and uncompensated care in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021. Physicians and advanced practice providers provided sports physicals and concussion screenings. They also regularly volunteer their time to participate in free community health events and serve as speakers at free health education programs. University Health Center of Pittsburgh's UHCP primary purpose is to provide leadership and management to UPMC's graduate medical education programs. UHCP's activities consist of implementing, with non-profit Board direction and approval, policies and procedures for the common benefit of its member hospitals. These policies and procedures promote the operation of UHCP as an efficient, well-rounded, and effective community and regional health resource. UHCP also develops, focuses, facilitates, and implements, with the approval of its members, the relationships with the University of Pittsburgh and more particularly with the Schools of Medicine and Health Sciences. UHCP coordinates graduate medical education programs on behalf of the members and coordinates affiliations with health care providers consistent with its mission as a regional health resource. Susquehanna Physician Services is comprised of a group of primary care and specialty physicians that primarily serve Lycoming and surrounding counties. Susquehanna Physician Services treats all patients without regard to their ability to pay. UPMC Home Healthcare of Western Pennsylvania is a group of Medicare certified organizations providing home health care, for patients of all ages, in three-quarters of the counties across Pennsylvania. Their mission is to improve the quality of life for those they serve through clinical excellence, extraordinary service and compassionate care, while being recognized as the leader in home and community-based care. They have provided over 750,000 home visits per year. UPMC Home Healthcare Western Pennsylvania is ranked by The National Association of Home Care Providers as the largest Pennsylvania home health provider and fourteenth largest nationally. The organization provides complete home health nursing services, including behavioral health, IV therapy, medical-surgical, obstetrics, pediatrics, and rehabilitation, as well as hospice nursing and other hospice care services regardless of a patient's ability to pay. They provided uncompensated care and community programs of over $894,000 during the fiscal year. Home Nursing Agency Affiliates provides facilities management and administrative support for owned and rented buildings occupied by UPMC Home Healthcare of Central PA and Home Nursing Agency Foundation. UPMC Home Healthcare of Central Pennsylvania provides home health services to clients from central offices in the Pennsylvania counties of Blair, Bedford, Cambria, Centre, Clearfield, Dauphin, Indiana, Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin, Somerset, Lycoming, Tioga, Clinton, Bradford, Potter, Sullivan, Montour, Columbia, Northumberland, Union, and Snyder. Additional services offered include hospice services in the aforementioned counties plus Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Lawrence, and Mercer counties, pediatric skilled nursing services for chronically ill children, community health and wellness programs in the south-central Pennsylvania market area, and the Healing Patch program which is a peer support program designed specifically for children and families who have suffered the loss of a loved one. For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, UPMC Home Healthcare of Central Pennsylvania provided total uncompensated care and community benefit programs totaling approximately $1,200,000. Home Nursing Agency Foundation benefits and supports UPMC Home Healthcare of Central Pennsylvania and its related programs and services. The Foundation contributed to Home Healthcare of Central Pennsylvania to support various home health and hospice charitable needs and provided grants and contributions to community health and wellness programs to fund client services and much needed program supplies. Additionally, the foundation provides grants and contributions to the Healing Patch grief program. |
| Part III Statement of Program Service Accomplishments Continued |
The mission of the UPMC Horizon Community Health Foundation is to promote healthy living through programs that provide education and improved access to healthcare. The Foundation is committed to improve the health and well-being of their community by funding both community programs and their own projects. They provide grants to community partners who share in our mission to promote health and wellness throughout the region. The Foundation board continues to find ways to address health related problems in the community, from providing AEDs to police and fire departments to loaning free medical equipment to patients in need. The Foundation provides a volunteer network of community members to increase philanthropic support for UPMC Horizon. The Foundation raises and distributes money in support of programs and services that contribute to good health and improved quality of life for residents in the UPMC Horizon service area. UPMC Behavioral Health of the Alleghenies provides behavioral health, community health, and wellness services to clients in their southern central Pennsylvania market area. They provide adult day care services to clients in Cambria and Bedford counties with supportive day care. UPMC Behavioral Health of the Alleghenies also provides private duty services, including living assistance and supportive services. They partnered with The Healing Patch Children's Grief Program to host a Dancing Through the Decades dance party. The night was filled with music, food, and raffles. The Healing Patch program is a peer support program designed specifically for children and families who have suffered the loss of a loved one. UPMC Home Care Management Services operates innovative post-acute and community-based programs that provide high-value care while improving the patient experience. The mission is to transform clinical care and create community-based programs to better serve our patients while lowering the cost of care, with many of the programs being non-revenue generating. The programs include, but are not limited to, advanced illness care palliative care, remote patient monitoring, home assessment teams, hospital at home program, and post-discharge care coordination. UPMC Altoona Partnership for a Healthy Community serves low-income, uninsured individuals by providing access to free health and dental care in Blair County and its surrounding areas. The organization sponsors other community efforts targeted at improving the health status of the community. UPMC Altoona Foundation provides a comprehensive fund and grant development program to support the exempt mission of UPMC Altoona, the regional healthcare provider. The Foundation is committed to the health and well-being of its communities. The Foundation has hosted its fifth annual Winter Splendor to raise funds to support nursing scholarships for local students pursuing undergraduate and graduate level nursing education. The Foundation and UPMC Hillman Cancer Center have hosted an annual picnic for cancer patients, cancer survivors, family members, surviving family members of cancer patients and caregivers. The Foundation has donated funds to provide new Hurst Jaws of Life vehicle extraction tools to the Altoona Fire Department. The tools enable fire rescue personnel to more quickly and safely extract victims from motor vehicle crashes. The Central Pennsylvania Medical Foundation generates funds in support of UPMC Altoona and its exempt subsidiaries to aid these supported organizations in providing cost effective healthcare and support services and programs to the residents of Central Pennsylvania. UPMC Community Provider Services' programs include Living-at-Home, Staying-At-Home, the Institute for Rehabilitation and Research, and the Institute on Aging. Living-at-Home and Staying-At-Home are community outreach programs that provide ongoing case management services to senior citizens. The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research and the Institute on Aging are both collaborative programs that are designed to improve clinical and research capabilities to improve quality of care and outcomes for specific populations within western Pennsylvania and the nation. The Aging Institute's information and referral line provides access to information, services, and resources for older adults, caregivers, researchers, educators, and professionals through advocacy services focused on guidance and support. Each call is handled by a social worker who provides appropriate counseling and support based on a thorough needs assessment. The social worker also provides outreach and education. The Living-at-Home program provides chronic care management to help maintain independence and function of the elderly by coordinating their care, providing education about their conditions, and assisting them in managing their medications and obtaining services through community resources. This program also provides health self-management information through senior centers and housing. UPMC Community Provider Services provided $1,274,000 in support for community benefit programs in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021. Community Care Behavioral Health Organization is a behavioral health managed care organization BH-MCO which either manages behavioral health services or provides network support for approximately 2.1 million members whose health coverage is sponsored through Medicaid, Medicare, or commercial plans. Community Care's mission is to improve the health and well-being of the community through the delivery of clinically effective, cost-efficient, and accessible behavioral health services. It seeks to improve the quality of services for members through a stakeholder partnership focused on outcomes. Community Care believes that quality is measured by the improved health of its members, which translates to higher functioning in the community. Community Care believes that the highest quality services are best provided through a not-for-profit partnership with public agencies, experienced local providers, and involved members and families. Community Care's primary operations consist of managing behavioral health services, as well as treatment for drug and alcohol abuse to Medical Assistance enrollees under contracts with 41 Pennsylvania counties. At the end of calendar year 2021, there were approximately 1.3 million HealthChoices members. With a network of approximately 6,700 behavioral health care providers, Community Care is the only BH-MCO with contracts in every Pennsylvania HealthChoices region Southeast, Southwest, Northeast, North Central, and Lehigh-Capital. Community Care's activities include the full range of services necessary to manage effective treatment for its behavioral/mental health enrollees, including care management, treatment coordination with other healthcare providers, claims processing, and quality management pursuant to National Committee for Quality Assurance standards. Community Care has an arrangement with UPMC Health Plan to provide administrative management and network functions for its members. At year-end 2021, there were approximately 840,000 commercial and Medicare members. Community Care also has a Reinsurance Assumption Agreement with UPMC HealthPlan to manage the UPMC for Kids business. UPMC for Kids is Pennsylvania's largest and fastest growing CHIP plan, Children's Health Insurance Program CHIP plan. UPMC for Kids offers a wide range of benefits, including access to preventive care, doctor visits, behavioral health care, emergency department care, prescription medication, and dental and vision care. CHIP is a state and federally funded program that provides comprehensive health insurance to uninsured children and teens up to age 19 who are not eligible for Medical Assistance. At the end of 2021, UPMC for Kids had approximately 31,200 members in 57 counties throughout Pennsylvania. UPMC Overseas supports the international organ transplantation program of UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside by coordinating the management and professional services for the Istituto, an Italian transplant facility operated as a joint venture between several Italian governmental hospitals and UPMC. |
| Part III Statement of Program Service Accomplishments Continued |
UPMC for You is a Managed Care Organization MCO licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Health and the Pennsylvania Insurance Department. Through contracts with the Department of Human Services, UPMC for You offers coverage to eligible Medical Assistance recipients living in 40 counties in Western and Central Pennsylvania. UPMC for You continues to be the largest and fastest growing Medical Assistance MCO in Southwestern and Northwestern Pennsylvania, serving over 535,000 Medical Assistance members during fiscal year 2021. UPMC for You serves those members that meet certain federal poverty guidelines, including the aged, blind, and disabled, and has been very successful in meeting the needs of this unique population. UPMC for You assisted the community with over $3,100,000 in charitable donations in fiscal year 2021. UPMC for You is continually ranked as one of the top Medicaid plans in PA for the past 11 years. UPMC for You remains a high performing health insurance plan in Pennsylvania and currently has an overall rating of 4.5 out of 5 in the National Committee for Quality Assurance NCQA Health Plan rating for 2021. The Center for Emergency Medicine of Western Pennsylvania is dedicated to the reduction of morbidity and mortality by providing quality education programs as well as designing and developing quality educational products. The Center was originally formed in 1978 to bring the City of Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine together to improve the quality and delivery of emergency medical services in Pittsburgh. The Center is a multi-hospital consortium dedicated to the advancement of emergency medicine through research, education, air medical transport and quality care. Currently, the Center provides medical direction for the City of Pittsburgh Bureau of EMS. As a consortium, the Center for Emergency Medicine is a unique model of success -- an advanced system of emergency transport, clinical care, and education and research. The Center has become the world's leading institute for the advancement of emergency medicine research and education, and most importantly, patient care. The Center for Emergency Medicine has been involved in EMS education for over 40 years. Having trained paramedics and EMTs from many different countries, the Center has become involved in projects such as the development of the National Standard Curriculum, and the creation of a Bachelor of Science in EMS at the University of Pittsburgh. During fiscal year 2021, the Center for Emergency Medicine provided uncompensated care at cost of over $2,800,000. Since 1993, Safe Harbor Behavioral Health of UPMC Hamot offers outpatient behavioral health services for people in Erie County. Safe Harbor serves as the county's crisis hotline operator and community crisis responder. Supported by almost 200 staff members, Safe Harbor is committed to providing quality mental health care. Safe Harbor offers behavioral health assistance to adults and children using therapy, psychiatric services, and nursing support. Safe Harbor has multiple programs that are tailored to fit an individual and his or her recovery from a variety of mental health concerns such as: anxiety, depression, anger management, attention deficit disorder ADD, ADHD, behavior disorders, bipolar disorder, grief and loss, substance use, mood disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder OCD, stress management, schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, parenting or other family needs, trauma, and abuse. Safe Harbor's Crisis Residential Unit, an 8-bed unit, is a community alternative to inpatient mental health treatment at the hospital. Residents may stay up to five days and receive 24-hour care including daily medication management, around the clock nursing, daily therapy, activity, and access to a peer specialist. Since 1969, Mon Yough Community Services, Inc. MYCS has served the men, women, and children of the McKeesport and Mon Valley area. They continue to provide critical services to those with mental health and developmental disabilities, substance use and behavioral health issues, and those in need of training and rehabilitation programs. Starting out as mental health outpatient facility with three employees, MYCS has successfully grown and adapted to meet the growing needs of a changing community. Today, it has a staff of over 350 full-time employees and is positioned as one of the largest employers in McKeesport and surrounding communities. MYCS actively participates in local and statewide initiatives, maintaining a constant emphasis on easy access and quality services for the people it serves. MYCS provides expert counseling and recovery-based programs in Behavioral Health including Mental Health and Addiction Treatment and Intervention and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Mon Yough Community Services employees interact and serve nearly 6,000 individuals a year who are struggling with a variety of issues ranging from mental illness, addiction, and developmental challenges. As a part of the UPMC Health System, MYCS provides a variety of community-based services including mental and behavioral health treatment and case management services, developmental and intellectual disabilities living arrangements and vocational training, and substance use treatment and prevention. Their comprehensive service continuum ranges from outpatient therapy to residential services, vocational training, and supported employment, to in-school prevention and treatment programs, to psychosocial rehabilitation. They work with people where they are, geographically and emotionally. Divine Providence Hospital of the Sisters of Christian Charity is a 31-bed specialty hospital site used by UPMC Williamsport to offer inpatient psychiatric services, home health services and a wide array of outpatient hospital services, primarily serving Lycoming and surrounding counties. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, this site and division of UPMC Williamsport provided charity care and other uncompensated care, including Medicaid and Medicare shortfalls, at a cost of over $36,000,000, and provided community outreach and support programs as well as contributions, research and educational support in fiscal year 2021. The value of these programs to the community was approximately $2,500,000. The Susquehanna Health Foundation is organized and operated to carry out the charitable health care mission of its related exempt organizations which include UPMC Williamsport, UPMC Muncy, UPMC Wellsboro, The Green Home, UPMC Lock Haven, UPMC Sunbury, and Susquehanna Physician Services. The Susquehanna Health Foundation also is operated to solicit and raise funds and endowments, and to receive by way of gift, purchase, grant, devise, will or otherwise, property, real, personal or mixed, and to hold, use, maintain, lease, donate, pledge, encumber, sell, convey, and otherwise dispose of all such property in the furtherance of the objectives and purposes of the corporation. UPMC Susquehanna is organized and operated to coordinate the activities of exempt 501c3 supported organizations as they pursue their charitable, educational, benevolent, and other purposes related to health care, health education and training, health facilities, and scientific research and health. The supported organizations include UPMC Williamsport, UPMC Muncy, Susquehanna Physician Services, and UPMC Wellsboro. UPMC Susquehanna also is operated to establish, sponsor, and develop, directly or indirectly, facilities and programs for the accommodation, care and treatment of individuals suffering from illness, injury, disease, disability or infirmity, including but not limited to hospitals, nursing homes, residential facilities for the elderly, life care centers, ambulatory medical treatment facilities, clinics, rehabilitation centers, alcoholism treatment centers, home health programs, mental health centers, hospice programs, pharmacies, laboratories, and training and research facilities. |
| Part III Statement of Program Service Accomplishments Continued |
Children's Advocacy Center of Lawrence County CAC is a multi-purpose, kid- and family- friendly, private nonprofit agency. Their mission is to strengthen families and empower children by partnering with parents and communities that care. CAC was created in 1989 by a group of people that were concerned about the welfare of abused children. In 1996, they partnered with UPMC Jameson. CAC offers programs in New Castle, Ellwood City and Sharon. The Center's four main principles are prevention, intervention, education, and outreach. CAC is fully accredited through the National Children's Alliance and is a proud member of the United Way of Lawrence County. The CAC, a member of UPMC Jameson, has been awarded re-accreditation by the National Children's Alliance for its ongoing delivery of high quality and effective services to child abuse victims. National Children's Alliance awards various levels of accreditation and membership to centers responding to allegations of child abuse in ways that are effective and efficient, and put the needs and child victims of abuse first. Following an extensive application and site review process, accreditation is the highest level of membership and denotes excellence in service provision. The CAC has been providing child abuse intervention and prevention services to children and families for more than 30 years. Last year, 136 children visited the center for a child abuse forensic interview. In addition, the multidisciplinary team reviewed 375 Childline cases and more than 150 children received therapeutic services. The Jameson Healthcare Foundation is a 501c3 nonprofit organization raises, manages, and allots endowment funds for UPMC Jameson's affiliates, including the Children's Advocacy Center of Lawrence County. The Jameson Healthcare Foundation has raised more than $2 million in net revenue from their annual Jameson Care Classic, which began in 1993, to raise funds for various health projects. The latest event's proceeds went to the newly renovated emergency and surgical departments, at UPMC Jameson, to buy furnishings, technology, and equipment. The Jameson Healthcare Foundation has created various funds to support the local health care services in their region. The Community Care Fund Giving Program helps those that don't have health insurance or those that do have a health plan but with high out-of-pocket costs. The UPMC Jameson Junior Guild the hospital auxiliary provides services to patients and raises funds to improve health services to the public. Since 1935, the guild has given more than $6 million to update buildings and equipment. The three members of the UPMC Group that include skilled nursing facilities are Sugar Creek Station, Cranberry Place, and the Heritage Shadyside. Sugarcreek Station is a licensed, 148-bed, Medicare/Medicaid certified skilled nursing facility that provides skilled and intermediate long-term care services to residents 24 hours a day. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, Sugarcreek provided uncompensated care including Medicaid shortfall of over $2,045,000. Sugarcreek, a skilled nursing and rehabilitation complex and independent living apartments for older adults, hosted a free community health and wellness fair with educational displays, complimentary health screenings and services, refreshments and door prizes. Sugarcreek is committed to keeping patients and families healthy by providing regular screenings and health education. Cranberry Place is licensed as a Continuing Care Retirement Community CCRC. As such, Cranberry Place operates the entire continuum of senior care-independent living, personal care, and skilled nursing facilities. Cranberry Place's skilled nursing facility is a 150-bed residence that offers skilled nursing services, rehabilitative services, comprehensive long-term care, and hospice care for the terminally ill and has an on-site dialysis center. This facility is dually certified by Medicare and Medicaid. Spacious grounds, courtyards, and single level design allows for safe movement throughout the residence. The Cranberry Place skilled nursing site is located on the campus of UPMC Passavant-Cranberry Hospital of Cranberry Township. Cranberry Place provides the highest level of skilled care, regardless of a patient's ability to pay. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, Cranberry Place provided uncompensated care including Medicaid shortfall of approximately $3,335,000 and provided funding for community programming at a cost of approximately $9,860. The Heritage Shadyside is a 143-bed skilled nursing facility located in the Squirrel Hill area of Pittsburgh. The Heritage Shadyside provides a warm and caring atmosphere for patient care. The Heritage Shadyside is a residence that offers skilled nursing services, rehabilitative services, comprehensive long-term care, and hospice care. The mission of The Heritage Shadyside is to provide the best patient care regardless of a patient's ability to pay. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, The Heritage Shadyside provided free or uncompensated care including Medicaid shortfall of approximately $3,939,000. |
| Part IV Checklist of Required Schedules |
Question 12: An external audit is completed at a consolidated UPMC system level only, including UPMC and all subsidiaries. Question 20b: As of 7/1/17 UPMC changed its annual audit to calendar year end. Therefore, the audit report included with the fiscal year 2021 990 is a calendar year audit, inclusive of the period 1/1/20-12/31/20. |
| Part V Statements Regarding Other IRS Filings and Tax Compliance |
Part V, Line 15 UPMC Group entities do not have a Section 4960 excise tax liability to report on Form 4720 related to payments of $1 million or more in remuneration or excess parachute payments during the tax year ended June 30, 2021. Remuneration is not taken into account for the purposes of the excise tax if no deduction for the remuneration is allowed by reason of section 162(m). Section 162(m)(6) imposes a compensation deduction limitation on controlled groups, such as the UPMC controlled group, that include one or more covered health insurance providers. |
| Part VI Governance, Management, and Disclosure |
SECTION A: GOVERNING BODY AND MANAGEMENT QUESTION 1: The total number of voting board members and total number of independent board members represent a composite of all of the required UPMC Group subordinates. However, these numbers do not include ex-officio or other board members who are not entitled to vote on board matters or members of boards that are advisory in nature and subject to the authority of the UPMC parent board for material board decisions. Although the composite numbers for the UPMC Group do not reflect majority board independence, all of these boards are ultimately subordinate to the UPMC parent board. THE UPMC PARENT BOARD HAS A MAJORITY OF MEMBERS THAT ARE INDEPENDENT (66.67%). Please see the UPMC parent Form 990 (EIN 25-1423657) for more information. Question 2: Multiple UPMC Officers, Directors, Trustees, and/or Key Employees have relationships by virtue of the fact that they are also Officers, Directors, Trustees, and/or Key Employees of UPMC subsidiaries and affiliates. These relationships are not separately disclosed below because they are not "business relationships" for the purposes of the Form 990. Question 6: MOST OF THE UPMC GROUP ENTITIES HAVE A SOLE MEMBER, WHICH IS UPMC PARENT. A SMALL NUMBER OF GROUP ENTITIES HAVE MORE THAN ONE MEMBER. IN ALL CASES, THE MEMBERS ARE EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS. ULTIMATELY THE GROUP ENTITIES AND THEIR RESPECTIVE MEMBERS (IF THE MEMBER(S)/is/ARE NOT UPMC PARENT) ARE CONTROLLED BY UPMC PARENT. Question 7A and B: IN THE CASE OF MOST OF THE UPMC GROUP ENTITIES, THE MEMBER(S) APPOINT A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE ENTITIES' BOARDS OF DIRECTORS (IF NOT THE ENTIRE BOARD). IN THE CASE OF MOST OF THE GROUP ENTITIES, THE MEMBER(S) ALSO HAVE THE RIGHT TO INITIATE, APPROVE OR OVERTURN ACTIONS OF THE ENTITIES' BOARDS. IN ADDITION, THE MEMBERS' ACTIONS, IF THE MEMBER(S) IS NOT UPMC PARENT, IS IN MOST CASES SUBJECT TO THE OVERALL AUTHORITY OF THE UPMC PARENT BOARD. |
| Part VI Governance, Management, and Disclosure |
SECTION B: POLICIES Question 11a & b: UPMC is the parent organization of the filing entity, group, and has, with respect to most entities in the group, the discretion and authority to initiate or veto actions taken by group member governing bodies. With respect to the remaining members, UPMC's authority is limited slightly but still significant, encompassing major matters including financial and tax matters. The completed group Form 990 was reviewed by the UPMC Chief Financial Officer, members of the Corporate Tax Department, members of the Corporate Legal Department, and other members of UPMC's management prior to its filing. Various sections of the 990 were also reviewed by the Chief Executive Officer of UPMC and committees of UPMC's Board of Directors, as applicable. For example, the Executive Compensation Committee of the Board reviewed sections related to compensation and related party transactions. In addition, the Board of Directors established a 990 Subcommittee, comprised of the Chairs of the UPMC Board, Executive Compensation Committee, Ethics and Compliance Committee, Finance Committee and Audit Committee, which reviewed the entire completed Form 990. Additionally the Form 990 is reviewed by an outside independent public accounting firm who as part of the process signs the return as Paid Preparer. After this review but prior to filing, the full UPMC Board of Directors was notified that the completed Form 990 was available for review on the Board's secure website. Also prior to filing, management provided the opportunity for all board members of the full UPMC Board to ask any questions or raise any comments on the full return they were provided. Question 12c: UPMC requires key employed and non-employed personnel to comply with its conflict of interest policies when they engage in UPMC-related business. Persons covered by the policies include: -UPMC board members, board committee members, corporate officers, and key employees -UPMC physicians and non-physician employees who hold a position of influence -Identified Non-employed members of the UPMC medical staff who hold a position of influence or trust-Individuals conducting clinical research at UPMC, whether or not they are employed by UPMC. These individuals are required to complete a questionnaire at least annually, which along with other data is used to identify possible individual and institutional conflicts of interest. If a potential conflict is identified regarding a specific UPMC activity, the corporate compliance department, with the assistance of the legal department, either develops a written plan designed to prevent the conflict from influencing decisions related to that activity, or requires that the conflicting relationship be divested, as appropriate. For employed personnel and non-Board member, non-employed personnel, the conflict of interest identification and management process is ultimately overseen by an Ethics and Compliance committee of the UPMC board of directors on behalf of UPMC and all of its subsidiaries. Potential conflict of interest transactions involving UPMC Board members and entities with which they are affiliated are monitored and subject to pre-approval by the Governance and Nominating Committee of the UPMC Board of Directors. In addition to the general corporate and Board policies described above, UPMC has also developed and implemented a separate tax questionnaire distributed to Officers, Directors, Trustees, and Key Employees annually that specifically addresses disclosure requirements of Form 990. Question 15a and b: To support UPMC's mission and as set forth in the UPMC Bylaws, the Board of Directors has formed an Executive Compensation Committee ("Committee") and delegated to it the responsibility for establishment and implementation of officer and key employee total compensation programs. As part of this responsibility the Committee reports regularly to the Board of Directors. With Board of Directors approval, the Committee has adopted a formal Charter, which includes the establishment of a compensation philosophy and related policies with respect to the total compensation paid by UPMC to its officers and key employees. The UPMC total compensation program for officers and key employees is predicated upon an incentive compensation component. This component is based upon the accomplishment of predetermined performance goals and objectives which focus on the achievement of multiple annual and three year individual and group performance criteria in the context of appropriate risk taking. These criteria directly support UPMC's mission and include: patient quality and satisfaction, community benefits, operational and financial strength, leadership development, and strategic business initiatives among others. The total compensation program is integrated with and reinforces the UPMC business planning cycle as well as management development and succession planning processes. It is the Committee's judgment that the structure of the total compensation program is vital to, and strongly supportive of, the high level of ongoing success of UPMC and fosters the retention of critical officer and key employee talent. The total compensation determination process utilized by the Committee is intended to satisfy the "rebuttable presumption of reasonableness" as set forth in the regulations to Section 4958 of the Internal Revenue Code ("Code"). This means that compensation programs and levels are approved in advance by the Committee which is composed entirely of outside Directors who do not have a conflict of interest, as defined by the relevant regulations, with respect to the compensation program and levels. The Committee obtains and relies upon a broad range of appropriate data as to comparability prior to making its determinations. The Committee then contemporaneously documents, in formal meeting minutes, the basis and reasons for its determinations. The total compensation program is designed and administered in accordance with the UPMC Bylaws, sound business practices, the tenets of common law business judgment and fiduciary responsibility as well as adherence to all relevant federal, state and local laws. In addition to Code Section 4958, as set forth above, this includes but is not limited to Code Section 501(c)(3) and the applicable regulations thereunder as well as all laws and regulations prohibiting private inurement, private benefit transactions and discrimination. Further, the Committee has identified and adopted, as appropriately modified for UPMC, compensation program "best practices" from the business world (e.g. Sarbanes Oxley, SEC, etc.). The Committee believes that while these practices are not required in the tax exempt sector, they are in the best interests of the organization and further support UPMC's nonprofit mission. In accordance with the above, determination of total compensation for the CEO is made exclusively by the Committee. Determination of total compensation for other officers and key employees is recommended by the CEO and subject to review and approval by the Committee. The Committee, which meets at least four times a year, obtains professional advice from its own experts, including accountants, executive compensation consultants and legal counsel. Question 16A and B: UPMC has a formal written policy pertaining to joint ventures between UPMC Tax-Exempt entities and taxable entities. The policy employs an internal procedure for review of all transactions involving potential participation in joint ventures and similar arrangements to ensure that such entities operate in accordance with applicable IRS policies and within UPMC's charitable purposes. |
| Part VI Governance, Management, and Disclosure |
SECTION C: DISCLOSURE Question 19: UPMC's Public Website (www.upmc.com) makes its financial results, conflict of interest process, and various information about the governance and oversight available to the public. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION MAY BE SUPPLIED UPON SPECIFIC REQUEST FOR DATA NOT POSTED TO THE WEB SITE. |
| Part VII Compensation of Officers, Directors, Trustees, Key Empl |
PART VII SECTION A The 3-digit alpha code listed beside each name disclosed as an Officer, Director or Key Employee is indicative of the UPMC Group member entity for which the disclosure is made. UPMC Group encompasses 64 subordinate entities as well as the Group sponsor, UPMC. UPMC, the sponsor of the UPMC Group, has duly elected for its Officers, Directors and Key Employees to be disclosed on UPMC Group. CODE LEGAL ENTITY 1 ALF UPMC Altoona Foundation 2 ALT UPMC Altoona 3 APH UPMC Altoona Partnership for a Healthy Community 4 APP UPMC Advanced Practice Providers 5 AUE AUUE 6 BDF UPMC Bedford 7 BHA UPMC Behavioral Health of the Alleghenies 8 BHM Butler Health System/UPMC Musculoskeletal JV 9 BHO UPMC Ob/Gyn Joint Venture Inc 10 CAC Childrens Advocacy Center of Lawrence County 11 CCB Community Care Behavioral Health Organization 12 CEM Center for Emergency Medicine of Western PA 13 CHP UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh 14 CHS UPMC Chautauqua Services Inc 15 CMI UPMC Community Medicine Inc 16 CPF Central Pennsylvania Medical Foundation 17 CPS UPMC Community Provider Services 18 CRP Cranberry Place 19 DVP Divine Providence Hospital of the Sisters of Christian Charity 20 EAS UPMC East 21 EMI UPMC Emergency Medicine Inc 22 EPN Erie Physicians Network - UPMC Inc 23 FYO UPMC FOR YOU 24 HCM UPMC Home Care Management Services 25 HHC UPMC Home Healthcare of Western Pennsylvania 26 HMT UPMC Hamot 27 HNA Home Nursing Agency Affiliates 28 HNF Home Nursing Agency Foundation 29 HNV UPMC Home Healthcare of Central Pennsylvania 30 HRF UPMC Horizon Community Health Foundation 31 HRZ UPMC Horizon 32 IHI UPMC International Holdings Inc 33 JAM UPMC Jameson 34 JHF Jameson Healthcare Foundation 35 JMC Jameson Medical Care 36 KAN UPMC Kane 37 LHS Laurel Health System 38 LOC UPMC Locum Clinicians 39 MAG UPMC Magee - Womens Hospital 40 MCK UPMC McKeesport 41 MER UPMC Mercy 42 MUN UPMC Muncy 43 MYC Mon Yough Community Service Inc 44 NWH UPMC Northwest 45 OVI UPMC Overseas Inc 46 PRY UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside 47 PSV UPMC Passavant 48 RHS Regional Health Services Inc 49 SCS Sugar Creek Station 50 SHB Safe Harbor Behavioral Health of UPMC Hamot 51 SHF Susquehanna Health Foundation 52 SHS Susquehanna Health System Innovation Center Inc 53 SMH UPMC St Margaret 54 SPS Susquehanna Physician Services 55 SUN UPMC Sunbury 56 SUS UPMC Susquehanna 57 THC Tioga Health Care Providers 58 THS The Heritage Shadyside 59 UHC University Health Center of Pittsburgh 60 ULH UPMC Lock Haven 61 UPC University of Pgh Cancer Institute Cancer Srvs 62 UPM UPMC 63 UPP University of Pittsburgh Physicians 64 WEL UPMC Wellsboro 65 WIL UPMC Williamsport HIGHEST COMPENSATED EMPLOYEES AND INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS Pursuant to Treasury regulation Section 1.6033-2(D)(5) The sponsoring entity of UPMC Group, UPMC, has elected to report information about contributions, gifts, grants and similar amounts received; information about officers, directors, trustees, and key employees; certain other highly paid employees; certain professional contractors; and certain other contractors on a consolidated basis along with all members of the group in the UPMC Group return. THE COMPENSATION AMOUNTS LISTED REPRESENT THE FULL AND COMPLETE COMPENSATION PACKAGES PAID TO THE INDIVIDUALS FOR PERFORMING THEIR ASSIGNED DUTIES AT UPMC. A PORTION OF THE COMPENSATION DISCLOSED MAY RELATE TO EARNED AND PREVIOUSLY REPORTED DEFERRED COMPENSATION. A PORTION OF THE BENEFITS DISCLOSED MAY RELATE TO EARNED BUT UNPAID DEFERRED COMPENSATION. ALL SALARIES AND BENEFITS REPORTED ARE BASED ON INDIVIDUALS' OPERATIONAL POSITIONS AND ARE NOT FOR SERVICES PERFORMED AS DIRECTORS OR BOARD MEMBERS. BOARD POSITIONS ARE ALL VOLUNTEER AND UNPAID. PART VII OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, TRUSTEES AND KEY EMPLOYEES INDIVIDUALS THAT HOLD REPORTING POSITIONS WITH MORE THAN ONE ORGANIZATION ARE LISTED SEPARATELY IN PART VII WITH REGARD TO EACH ENTITY. INDIVIDUALS ARE COMPENSATED FOR OPERATIONAL ROLES ONLY, NOT FOR DUTIES PERFORMED AS DIRECTORS OR BOARD MEMBERS. COMPENSATION DISCLOSED FOR PERSONS WHOSE ROLE IS LISTED AS BOARD MEMBER IS COMPENSATION FROM THE SAME OR RELATED ORGANIZATION FOR AN OPERATIONAL ROLE AND NOT FOR THE DISCLOSED PERSON'S ROLE AS A BOARD MEMBER. ALL BOARD POSITIONS FOR ALL GROUP ENTITIES ARE VOLUNTARY AND UNPAID. The total hours disclosed in Part VII relates to the position for which the person is disclosed except in the case where the person is also employed by any UPMC Group Member entity. In such case, the hours reflect average hours spent in their operational role. For purposes of disclosure average hours per week for a full time person is listed as 40 hours, however, in almost all cases, this is a conservative estimate and most work hours in excess of 40 per week. |
| Part XI Reconciliation of Net Assets |
Addition of Group Members 572,394,482 Change in Beneficial Interest 131,739,782 Net Restricted SPF/Activity 19,985,604 Joint Ventures 14,003,801 Partnership/JV Investments 4,236,186 Net Transfers From Exempt Affiliates (78,329) Currency Adjustment (7,619,897) Other Increases/Decreases in Fund Balance (10,892,280) Net Transfers To Exempt Parent (98,257,795) Total 625,511,559 |
| Part XII Financial Statements and Reporting |
QUESTION 2B An external audit is completed at a consolidated UPMC system level only, including UPMC and all taxable and tax-exempt subsidiaries. THE ENTIRE SYSTEM'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, WHICH INCLUDES ALL SUBORDINATE MEMBERS OF THE UPMC GROUP, ARE POSTED ON THE UPMC WEBSITE. (WWW.UPMC.COM) THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDIT DURING THE 990 FILING PERIOD IS FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,2020. UPMC has an Audit Committee that is established to assist the Board of Directors in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities by monitoring UPMC consolidated financial reports and other financial information provided by UPMC to governmental bodies, the public or other external entities. The UPMC's system of internal controls regarding finance, accounting, legal compliance and ethics that management and the Board have established and UPMC's internal auditing, accounting and financial reporting processes also provided oversight. |
Attach to Form 990 or 990-EZ.