Programs

  • Long Term Acute Inpatient Care

    TO FULFILL ITS MISSION, DUBUIS HEALTH SYSTEM, INC. PROVIDES LONG TERM ACUTE INPATIENT CARE TO INDIVIDUALS WHOSE CONDITION IS SO SIGNIFICANT THAT A HOSPITAL STAY OF ONE MONTH OR MORE IS ANTICIPATED. 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 OTHER ARE PROVIDED FOR AS WELL.PATIENT CARE PROGRAM SERVICESTO THE LIMITS OF ITS RESOURCES, DUBUIS HEALTH SYSTEM, INC. IS AN INSTITUTION OF PUBLIC CHARITY; THUS, THE MOST TANGIBLE EXPRESSION OF DUBUIS' CHARITABLE PURPOSE IS THE PROVISION OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO THOSE PERSONS WHO ARE UNABLE TO PAY. THIS FALLS INTO TWO CATEGORIES: CHARITY CARE AND UNREIMBURSED MEDICAID.INPATINET CHARITY CARE - UNREIMBURSED COSTS OF PROVIDING CARE FOR THE FINANCIALLY AND MEDICALLY INDIGENTIN KEEPING WITH ITS MISSION, VALUES, AND VISION, DUBUIS HEALTH SYSTEM, INC. PROVIDES CHARITY CARE SERVICES IN A MANNER THAT RESPECTS THE DIGNITY OF THE PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. 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 WHO 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.UNRECOVERED COSTS OF PROGRAM BENEFITING THE POOR (UNREIMBURSED GOVERNMENT SPONSORED INDIGENT CARE) (MEDICAID)DUBUIS HEALTH SYSTEM, INC. IS AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS MEDICAID PROGRAM. THAT PROGRAM SEEKS TO PROVIDE PAYMENT FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS WHO MEET CERTAIN FINANCIAL AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS. FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS INCLUDE EVALUATION OF BOTH ASSETS AND INCOME.OTHER COMMUNITY BENEFITSREIMBURSED GOVERNMENT SPONSORED PROGRAMSIN ADDITION TO THE PROVISION OF CARE WITHOUT EXPECTATION OF PAYMENT (CHARITY CARE), DUBUIS HEALTH SYSTEM, INC. PROVIDES SERVICES TO PERSONS COVERED UNDER GOVERNMENT SPONSORED PROGRAMS, INCLUDING MEDICARE, TRICARE (FORMERLY CHAMPUS WHICH PROVIDES CIVILIAN HEALTH CARE BENEFITS TO MILITARY PERSONNEL, MILITARY RETIREES AND THEIR DEPENDENTS, AND SOME MEMBERS OF THE RESERVE COMPONENT) AND TRICARE FOR LIFE (A MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT IN INSURANCE PROGRAM AVAILABLE TO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAD BEEN ELIGIBLE FOR TRICARE).AS ALREADY CITED, DUBUIS HEALTH SYSTEM, INC. PROVIDED MEDICAL SERVICES TO PERSONS COVERED UNDER THE FEDERAL MEDICARE PROGRAM WHICH, IN FACT, COMPRISED THE LARGEST SINGLE PAYER CLASSIFICATION OF PATIENTS SERVED BY THIS HEALTH SYSTEM. THE PAYMENT RATE FOR INPATIENT SERVICES IS ON A PER DISCHARGE RATE, CALCULATED BASED ON THE DIAGNOSTIC-RELATED GROUP INTO WHICH THE PATIENT IS CATEGORIZED. NUMBER OF PATIENTS SERVED: 327NUMBER OF PATIENT DAYS OF CARE PROVIDED: 7,503NUMBER OF PATIENT DAYS OF CHARITY CARE PROVIDED: 20CHARITY CARE COST: $14,534CHARITY CARE CHARGES: $55,664OTHER COMMUNITY BENEFITS: $768UNREIMBURSED MEDICAID: $12,423
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2014 – Jun 30, 2015
    Source
    990
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    No populations provided
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    $9.1M