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Funds and services donated to individuals
or groups of the community. Typical
contributions include grants, scholarships,
staff hours, hospital space, food and
equipment.
Charity care consists of health care services
provided to people who are determined
by the hospital to be unable to pay for the
cost of health care services. Hospitals will
typically determine a patient’s inability to
pay by examining a variety of factors, such
as individual and family income, assets,
employment status, family size or availability
of alternative sources of payment. A hospital
may establish inability to pay at the time care
is provided or through later efforts to gather
adequate financial information to make
an eligibility determination. Hospitals may
use different methodologies to estimate
the costs of charity care.
Costs associated with training future
health care professionals by providing a
clinical setting for training, internships,
vocational training and residencies.
An estimate of the costs not reimbursed
by Medicaid, the federal health insurance
program that provides health and
long-term care services to low-income
populations.
An estimate of the costs not reimbursed
by Medicare, the federal health insurance
program for citizens over 65 and those
determined disabled by the Social
Security Administration.
An estimate of the costs not reimbursed
by public health programs other than
Medicaid and Medicare, such as Tricare;
Champus; Indian Health Service; or other
federal, state or local programs.
Costs associated with developing and
maintaining community benefit programs,
such as staff hours, grant writing, needs
assessments and fundraising.
Costs associated with activities geared
toward improving the health of the
community including educational lectures
or presentations, special community
health screening events, clinics, telephone
information services, poison control
services, and hotlines.
2015 Community Benefit Report
Total
Cash and
in-kind
giving
Community
benefit
operations
Community
health
improvement
Health
professions
education
Medicaid
unreimbursed
Medicare
unreimbursed
Other public
programs
Charity
care
$246,644
$1,008,306
$161,742
$497,433
$104,609
$1,961,112
$24,780,002
$522,587
$29,282,435
Source: Definitions (Oregon Health Authority)
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CMH
benefits
community
AS
a not-for-profit, independent hospital, CMH is
committed to providing excellence, leadership and
compassion in the enhancement of health for those
we serve. The annual Community Benefit Report
is an opportunity for CMH to share just a handful
of the ways it helps enhance the health of our
neighbors in the Lower Columbia Region.
Community benefit takes many forms. It’s
providing concussion testing, taping classes and
the services of a certified athletic trainer to area
high schools at no cost to schools or athletes. It’s
hosting public seminars about heart health, joint
replacement surgery and other health concerns. It’s
sponsoring local arts, athletic events, community
events and charitable organizations. It’s covering the
cost of medical care for neighbors who can’t pay.
CMH’s community benefits programs promote
health and help us to be an asset to our communities.
CMH is a community benefit leader among Oregon
hospitals.
Through programs and donations, health
education, free and discounted care, and more,
CMH provided nearly $29.3 million in community
benefits in 2015.
SPORTS TRAINER
Since 2011, CMH has donated Certified Athletic
Trainer Chad Rankin’s time and services to Clatsop
County schools at no cost to the districts.
Rankin looks out for the safety of each student
athlete he evaluates. At the beginning of each
season, Rankin gives varsity athletes the computer-
based ImPACT (Immediate Post-Concussion