Glendale Adventist Medical Center dba Adventist Health Glendale
Programs
Program 1 [2020]
Glendale Adventist Medical Center (AHGL) provides quality medical health care regardless of race, creed, sex, national origin, handicap, age, or ability to pay.Although reimbursement for services rendered is critical to the operation and stability Glendale Adventist Medical Center, the organization recognizes that not all individuals possess the ability to pay for essential medical services.Adventist Healths vision is to enhance the health of the communities where we live and serve by engaging our communities and our patients in a new definition of and partnership for personal community health. In keeping with this commitment to serve all members of the community, the following will be considered when individuals who need health care cannot pay:providing free care and/or subsidized careproviding care to persons covered by governmental programs at below costproviding health/wellness activities and community education programsNot only does Glendale Adventist Medical Center provide low cost care to individuals covered by government-programs and those unable to afford healthcare, it also helps patients find and access private and governmental resources for healthcare benefits.AHGL recognizes below-cost reimbursement as charity and uncompensated care in meeting its mission to the entire community. The unreimbursed cost of providing care to these patients in 2020 was $36,555,666.The following Inpatient services that were provided to all our patients. These services included:1,611 Babies delivered2,762 Surgeries performed90,374 Patient days The following Outpatient services that were provided to all our patients. These services included:45,677 Emergency department visits2,990 Outpatient Surgeries performed102,800 Outpatient visits 113,046 Clinic visitsAHGL recognizes it has an obligation to provide human services above and beyond its role as a healing facility. The following community benefits demonstrate the tangible ways in which the organization is fulfilling its mission. The total unreimbursed cost of these community benefits in 2020 was $20,271,772.Adventist Healths mission statement of Living Gods love by inspiring health, wholeness and hope is coupled with a vision to transform the health experience of our communities through collaborative programs, community investments and community outreach. We are inspired by the healing ministry as represented by the life of Jesus Christ and believe we are called to live out our mission intentionally in the communities we serve. In the small towns, suburbs and inner cities we serve, we continue our journey to provide quality healthcare until every person made in Gods image has experienced the best health today, hope for tomorrow, and Gods love that endures forever.As an illustration of how Adventist Health Glendale impacts our community, let us share a story about how our designation as a Comprehensive Stroke Center and STEMI (heart attack) receiving center allows us to provide quality care for our community:It was two in the morning in November 2020 when writer/author and Glendale resident Charles Crisafulli began having terrible chest pain while in his kitchen.I thought it was a heart attack, 59-year-old Charles says. I yelled out to my wife, who fortunately heard me and immediately called 9-1-1.The Glendale Fire Department ambulance arrived within minutes and quickly rushed Charles to Adventist Health Glendale, where the emergency room crew immediately leapt into action. It didnt take long to determine that Charles had suffered an aortic dissection.An aortic dissection occurs when the inner layer of the aorta, the main blood vessel that branches from the heart, tears, causing blood to surge between the inner and middle layers of the vessel, separating them. It is a life-threatening condition that requires immediate medical intervention.In addition to the aortic dissection, I also had a related mild stroke, adds Charles. The odds were stacked against meI wasnt sure if I would be coming home.Fortunately for Charles, Dr. Randall Roberts, cardiothoracic surgeon, and Dr. Lance Lee, neurologist, both on staff at Adventist Health Glendale, were available to quickly assess the situation and save Charles life.I dont remember much about my two-week stay in the ICU, he says. But my family cant thank the doctors, nurses and other staff at Adventist Health Glendale enough.Additionally, Charles would like to thank Dr. Sanjay Sharma, cardiologist, Dr. Sam Daneshvari, nephrologist, rehab nurses and staff, and all the other providers at Adventist Health Glendale who were involved in his care. Every person we dealt with was incredible, he emphasizes.Complicating Charles stay at the hospital was the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to COVID-19 regulations, my family couldnt visit me in the hospital; the only way they could see me was through iPad, he says. Overall, Charles has made a beautiful recovery and was home in time to have Christmas with his family. While his vision is still healing and he experiences numbness on his left side from the stroke, he is back to work and beginning to write again.If I had ignored my symptoms, things would have been very different, he says. Thank you Adventist Health Glendale for giving me a precious second chance to live my life.Compassionate, high-quality patient care; life-saving and life-preserving medical and surgical services; advanced treatments in a community-based hospital; essential emergency services-these are the reasons we are in the Glendale community.Websites for our community benefit information: https://www.adventisthealth.org/about-us/community-benefit/GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$415MCommunity Health Services
Glendale Adventist Medical Center, dba Adventist Health Glendale (AHGL), provides quality medical healthcare regardless of race, creed, sex, national origin, handicap, age, or ability to pay.Although, reimbursement for services rendered is critical to the operation and stability of Glendale Adventist Medical Center, the organization recognizes that not all individuals possess the ability to pay for essential medical services.Adventist Healths vision is to enhance the health of the communities where we live and serve by engaging our communities and our patients in a new definition of and partnership for personal community health. In keeping with this commitment to serve all members of the community, the following coverage will be considered when individuals who need health care cannot afford to pay: Free care and/or subsidized care Care to persons covered by governmental programs at/or below cost Health/wellness activities and community education programsNot only does Glendale Adventist Medical Center provide low-cost care to individuals covered by government programs, and those unable to afford healthcare, it also helps patients find and access private and governmental resources for healthcare benefits.AHGL recognizes below-cost reimbursement as charity and uncompensated care in meeting its mission to the entire community. The unreimbursed cost of providing care to these patients in 2022 was $38,167,332.The following Inpatient services were provided to all our patients:1,476 babies delivered2,904 surgeries performed86,884 patient days The following Outpatient services were provided to all our patients:50,389 emergency department visits3,257 outpatient surgeries performed110,033 outpatient visits 130,586 clinic visitsAHGL recognizes it has an obligation to provide human services above and beyond its role as a healing facility. Schedule H provides more details on the tangible ways in which the organization is fulfilling its mission. The total unreimbursed cost of these community benefits in 2022 was $40,282,996.Adventist Healths mission statement of living Gods love by inspiring health, wholeness and hope is coupled with a vision to transform the health experience of our communities through collaborative programs, community investments and community outreach. We are inspired by the healing ministry, as represented by the life of Jesus Christ, and believe we are called to live out our mission intentionally in the communities we serve. In the small towns, suburbs, and inner cities we serve, we continue our journey to provide quality healthcare until every person made in Gods image has experienced the best health today, hope for tomorrow, and Gods love that endures forever.The following story illustrates how Adventist Health Glendale is able to provide quality care for our community in an extraordinary way:Imagine waiting at a bus stop, experiencing a shooting pain in your neck and suddenly losing all feeling in your legs. Thats what happened to Kenny Williams who had suffered repeated head trauma over the years from being beaten and robbed, while struggling to survive on the streets.With his head cradled by a fellow bus rider until picked up by EMTs, Kenny was taken to hospitals in Huntington Park and Gardena before it was determined that the only possible treatment for his compressed spinal collapse was to enlist the help of the exceptional neurosurgeons at Adventist Health Glendale. Receiving the level of care and concern at Adventist Health Glendale was beyond anything Kenny had experienced in his difficult life. From his Tom Cruise superstar nurse to the expertise of board-certified neurosurgeon, Dr. Yaser Badr, and neurology specialist, Dr. Lance Lee, their calming assurances helped Kenny to immediately feel safe, heard, and in good hands.Kenny grew up in an Altadena foster home from the age of three. He graduated from John Muir High School with prospects of being drafted by a professional baseball team, only to suffer an injury to his pitching arm. This physical disappointment and a constant searching for the biological parents he never knew threw him into a downward spiral of gang life, crack cocaine addiction, and living on the streets.Every day, Adventist Health Glendale provides world-class services to so many who come through our doors, including the disadvantaged and unhoused. The struggles of the unhoused are hard to comprehend for most and yet deeply traumatizing for so many. Tending to Kennys immediate health crisis was clear, and the staff at Adventist Health Glendales Center for Behavioral Health & Recovery (The Center) knew there was a long road ahead for him.Once Kennys physical health improved, the Centers team led by Director Lazaro Mena, evaluated and tended to his mental health, while partnering with multiple community services agencies to utilize their resources to get the help Kenny needed. He is currently in physical therapy to strengthen his legs and moved into his own apartment. Because of this teamwork, Kenny and others are becoming whole again.Compassionate, high-quality patient care; life-saving and life-preserving medical and surgical services; advanced treatments in a community-based hospital; essential emergency services-these are the reasons we are in the Glendale community.Websites for our community benefit information: https://www.adventisthealth.org/about-us/community-benefit/GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJan 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$429.7M
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