Southern Crescent Hospital for Specialty Care Inc

What it reported doing in 2016

The gospel values underlying the mission statement challenges southern crescent hospital for specialty care to make choices which respond to the patient's needs in providing the necessary setting for the appropriate continuum of care. Special consideration is given to those who are economically disadvantaged and underserved. The hospital cares for patients who are medically complex and may require daily monitoring; ventilator dependent patients, oxygen dependent patients needing respiratory rehabilitation, patients with slow healing wounds, patients benefiting from physical, occupational or speech therapy, and for patients requiring palliative and end of life care. The medical and therapeutic needs of the patients are met using an interdisciplinary, holistic team approach incorporating medical management, physical, respiratory, occupational and speech therapies in an effort to restore individual quality of life to as high a degree as possible and to promote self-help and independence to the extent feasible. The spiritual needs of the patients, families and significant others are provided for as well. The growth and development of southern crescent hospital for specialty care is determined by the health care needs of the communities that it serves, available resources, and the interrelationship of those serving and those being served. Responsible stewardship mandates that southern crescent hospital for specialty care search out new, effective means to deliver quality health care and to promote wholeness in the human person for those who require this long-term acute continuum of care.the vision of southern crescent hospital for specialty care is to provide health care that is spiritually rooted, fully integrated in the continuum of care, supportive of healthier communities, innovative and interdisciplinary in a holistic approach to care, and compassionate in response to the needs of patients in their life journey. Southern crescent hospital for specialty care's approach to strengthen current ministries; to implement innovative approaches to caring for the whole person; to increase access to health care for the poor and underserved through advocacy and other initiatives; to make a contribution to creating healthy communities; and to create a work environment filled with hope, dignity, and mutual respect.community benefitsin support of its mission and philosophy regarding social accountability, southern crescent hospital for specialty care provides care to patients who bear a significant health-care financial burden relative to their financial resources. Southern crescent hospital for specialty care classifies the resources utilized for the care of patients bearing a significant health care financial burden as compared to their resources as charity care. Charity care includes the cost of services provided to persons who cannot afford health care because of the financial burden of the health care services and/or who are uninsured or underinsured. Charity care is provided without charge or at a charge that is less than the usual charge for such services. The determination as to the amount to be charged, if any, is made according to a patient's ability to pay, consideration of the patient's assets and liabilities, and determined by the established eligibility criteria based on the most current federal poverty guidelines. A financially indigent patient is one who is uninsured or underinsured and whose economic circumstances place them at or under 200% of the federal poverty guidelines. A medically indigent patient is a person who's medical or hospital bills after payment by third-party payers exceeds 25% of their annual gross income. No patient is refused necessary medical care on the basis of their inability to pay.in addition to uncompensated costs, southern crescent hospital for specialty care supports and participates in community benefit programs designed to positively impact the health status of the communities served.reimbursed

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 89.7%; rating input score 90
• Program expense ratio: 85.5%; rating input score 85
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 98.1%; rating input score 98; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Limited
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -5.2%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.42; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.54; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 5.3%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: -9.3% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: -6.4% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -15.9% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings