SCHEDULE H
(Form 990)
Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service
Hospitals
MediumBullet Complete if the organization answered "Yes" on Form 990, Part IV, question 20.
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MediumBullet Information about Schedule H (Form 990) and its instructions is at www.irs.gov/form990.
OMB No. 1545-0047
2015
Open to Public Inspection
Name of the organization
BAPTIST HOSPITAL OF MIAMI INC
 
Employer identification number

59-0910342
Part I
Financial Assistance and Certain Other Community Benefits at Cost
Yes
No
1a
Did the organization have a financial assistance policy during the tax year? If "No," skip to question 6a . . . .
1a
Yes
 
b
If "Yes," was it a written policy? ......................
1b
Yes
 
2
If the organization had multiple hospital facilities, indicate which of the following best describes application of the financial assistance policy to its various hospital facilities during the tax year.
3
Answer the following based on the financial assistance eligibility criteria that applied to the largest number of the organization's patients during the tax year.
a
Did the organization use Federal Poverty Guidelines (FPG) as a factor in determining eligibility for providing free care?
If "Yes," indicate which of the following was the FPG family income limit for eligibility for free care:
3a
Yes
 
b
Did the organization use FPG as a factor in determining eligibility for providing discounted care? If "Yes," indicate
which of the following was the family income limit for eligibility for discounted care: . . . . . . . .
3b
 
No
%
c
If the organization used factors other than FPG in determining eligibility, describe in Part VI the criteria used for determining eligibility for free or discounted care. Include in the description whether the organization used an asset test or other threshold, regardless of income, as a factor in determining eligibility for free or discounted care.
4
Did the organization's financial assistance policy that applied to the largest number of its patients during the tax year provide for free or discounted care to the "medically indigent"? . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4

Yes

 
5a
Did the organization budget amounts for free or discounted care provided under its financial assistance policy during
the tax year? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5a

Yes

 
b
If "Yes," did the organization's financial assistance expenses exceed the budgeted amount? . . . . . .
5b
Yes
 
c
If "Yes" to line 5b, as a result of budget considerations, was the organization unable to provide free or discountedcare to a patient who was eligibile for free or discounted care? . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5c
 
No
6a
Did the organization prepare a community benefit report during the tax year? . . . . . . . . .
6a
Yes
 
b
If "Yes," did the organization make it available to the public? . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6b
Yes
 
Complete the following table using the worksheets provided in the Schedule H instructions. Do not submit these worksheets with the Schedule H.
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Financial Assistance and Certain Other Community Benefits at Cost
Financial Assistance and
Means-Tested
Government Programs
 (a) Number of activities or programs (optional) (b) Persons served (optional) (c) Total community benefit expense (d) Direct offsetting revenue (e) Net community benefit expense (f) Percent of total expense
a Financial Assistance at cost
(from Worksheet 1) . . . 		  3,956 43,238,829   43,238,829 4.420 %
b Medicaid (from Worksheet 3, column a) . . . . .     118,340,429 51,934,418 66,406,011 6.780 %
c Costs of other means-tested government programs (from Worksheet 3, column b) . .            
d Total Financial Assistance and Means-Tested Government Programs . . . . .   3,956 161,579,258 51,934,418 109,644,840 11.200 %
Other Benefits
e Community health improvement services and community benefit operations (from Worksheet 4).     471,830   471,830 0.050 %
f Health professions education (from Worksheet 5) . . .            
g Subsidized health services (from Worksheet 6) . . . .     714,565   714,565 0.070 %
h Research (from Worksheet 7) .            
i Cash and in-kind contributions for community benefit (from Worksheet 8) . . . .            
j Total. Other Benefits . .     1,186,395   1,186,395 0.120 %
k Total. Add lines 7d and 7j .   3,956 162,765,653 51,934,418 110,831,235 11.320 %
For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see the Instructions for Form 990. Cat. No. 50192T Schedule H (Form 990) 2015
Schedule H (Form 990) 2015
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Part II
Community Building Activities Complete this table if the organization conducted any community building activities during the tax year, and describe in Part VI how its community building activities promoted the health of the communities it serves.
(a) Number of activities or programs (optional) (b) Persons served (optional) (c) Total community building expense (d) Direct offsetting
revenue 		(e) Net community building expense (f) Percent of total expense
1 Physical improvements and housing     35,500   35,500 0.010 %
2 Economic development            
3 Community support            
4 Environmental improvements            
5 Leadership development and
training for community members		            
6 Coalition building            
7 Community health improvement advocacy            
8 Workforce development            
9 Other            
10 Total     35,500   35,500 0.010 %
Part III
Bad Debt, Medicare, & Collection Practices
Section A. Bad Debt Expense
Yes
No
1
Did the organization report bad debt expense in accordance with Heathcare Financial Management Association Statement No. 15? ..........................
1
 
No
2
Enter the amount of the organization's bad debt expense. Explain in Part VI the methodology used by the organization to estimate this amount. ......
2
22,226,782
3
Enter the estimated amount of the organization's bad debt expense attributable to patients eligible under the organization's financial assistance policy. Explain in Part VI the methodology used by the organization to estimate this amount and the rationale, if any, for including this portion of bad debt as community benefit. ......
3
 
4
Provide in Part VI the text of the footnote to the organization’s financial statements that describes bad debt expense or the page number on which this footnote is contained in the attached financial statements.
Section B. Medicare
5
Enter total revenue received from Medicare (including DSH and IME).....
5
123,470,983
6
Enter Medicare allowable costs of care relating to payments on line 5.....
6
185,698,067
7
Subtract line 6 from line 5. This is the surplus (or shortfall)........
7
-62,227,084
8
Describe in Part VI the extent to which any shortfall reported in line 7 should be treated as community benefit.Also describe in Part VI the costing methodology or source used to determine the amount reported on line 6.Check the box that describes the method used:
Section C. Collection Practices
9a
Did the organization have a written debt collection policy during the tax year? ..........
9a
Yes
 
b
If "Yes," did the organization’s collection policy that applied to the largest number of its patients during the tax year
contain provisions on the collection practices to be followed for patients who are known to qualify for financial assistance? Describe in Part VI .........................

9b

Yes

 
Part IV
Management Companies and Joint Ventures(owned 10% or more by officers, directors, trustees, key employees, and physicians—see instructions)
(a) Name of entity (b) Description of primary
activity of entity 		(c) Organization's
profit % or stock
ownership % 		(d) Officers, directors,
trustees, or key
employees' profit %
or stock ownership % 		(e) Physicians'
profit % or stock
ownership %
11 BAPTIST CARDIAC & VASCULAR INSTITUTE MANAGEMENT CO LLC
  		MANAGEMENT COMPANY 50.000 %   50.000 %
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
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Part VFacility Information
Section A. Hospital Facilities
(list in order of size from largest to smallest—see instructions)
How many hospital facilities did the organization operate during the tax year?1
Name, address, primary website address, and state license number (and if a group return, the name and EIN of the subordinate hospital organization that operates the hospital facility) 		Licensed Hospital General-Medical-Surgical Children's Hospital Teaching Hospital Critical Hospital ResearchGrp Facility ER-24Hours ER-Other Other (Describe) Facility reporting group
1 BAPTIST HOSPITAL OF MIAMI
8900 N KENDALL DRIVE
MIAMI,FL33176
WWW.BAPTISTHEALTH.NET
FL LICENSE #4085 		X X X       X      
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Part VFacility Information (continued)

Section B. Facility Policies and Practices

(Complete a separate Section B for each of the hospital facilities or facility reporting groups listed in Part V, Section A)
BAPTIST HOSPITAL OF MIAMI
Name of hospital facility or letter of facility reporting group  
Line number of hospital facility, or line numbers of hospital facilities in a facility
reporting group (from Part V, Section A): 		1
Yes No
Community Health Needs Assessment
1 Was the hospital facility first licensed, registered, or similarly recognized by a state as a hospital facility in the current tax year or the immediately preceding tax year?........................ 1   No
2 Was the hospital facility acquired or placed into service as a tax-exempt hospital in the current tax year or the immediately preceding tax year? If “Yes,” provide details of the acquisition in Section C............... 2   No
3 During the tax year or either of the two immediately preceding tax years, did the hospital facility conduct a community health needs assessment (CHNA)? If "No," skip to line 12...................... 3 Yes  
If "Yes," indicate what the CHNA report describes (check all that apply):
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
4 Indicate the tax year the hospital facility last conducted a CHNA: 20 15
5 In conducting its most recent CHNA, did the hospital facility take into account input from persons who represent the broad interests of the community served by the hospital facility, including those with special knowledge of or expertise in public health? If "Yes," describe in Section C how the hospital facility took into account input from persons who represent the community, and identify the persons the hospital facility consulted ................. 5 Yes  
6 a Was the hospital facility’s CHNA conducted with one or more other hospital facilities? If "Yes," list the other hospital facilities in Section C.................................. 6a Yes  
b Was the hospital facility’s CHNA conducted with one or more organizations other than hospital facilities?” If “Yes,” list the other organizations in Section C. ............................ 6b   No
7 Did the hospital facility make its CHNA report widely available to the public?.............. 7 Yes  
If "Yes," indicate how the CHNA report was made widely available (check all that apply):
a
b
c
d
8 Did the hospital facility adopt an implementation strategy to meet the significant community health needs
identified through its most recently conducted CHNA? If "No," skip to line 11. .............. 		8 Yes  
9 Indicate the tax year the hospital facility last adopted an implementation strategy: 20 15
10 Is the hospital facility's most recently adopted implementation strategy posted on a website?......... 10 Yes  
a If "Yes" (list url): SEE PART V, SECTION C
b If "No," is the hospital facility’s most recently adopted implementation strategy attached to this return? ...... 10b   No
11 Describe in Section C how the hospital facility is addressing the significant needs identified in its most recently conducted CHNA and any such needs that are not being addressed together with the reasons why such needs are not being addressed.
12a Did the organization incur an excise tax under section 4959 for the hospital facility's failure to conduct a CHNA as required by section 501(r)(3)?............................... 12a   No
b If "Yes" on line 12a, did the organization file Form 4720 to report the section 4959 excise tax?........ 12b    
c If "Yes" on line 12b, what is the total amount of section 4959 excise tax the organization reported on Form 4720 for all of its hospital facilities? $  

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Part VFacility Information (continued)

Financial Assistance Policy (FAP)
BAPTIST HOSPITAL OF MIAMI
Name of hospital facility or letter of facility reporting group  
Yes No
Did the hospital facility have in place during the tax year a written financial assistance policy that:
13 Explained eligibility criteria for financial assistance, and whether such assistance included free or discounted care? 13 Yes  
If “Yes,” indicate the eligibility criteria explained in the FAP:
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
14 Explained the basis for calculating amounts charged to patients?................. 14   No
15 Explained the method for applying for financial assistance?................... 15 Yes  
If “Yes,” indicate how the hospital facility’s FAP or FAP application form (including accompanying instructions) explained the method for applying for financial assistance (check all that apply):
a
b
c
d
e
16 Included measures to publicize the policy within the community served by the hospital facility?........ 16 Yes  
If "Yes," indicate how the hospital facility publicized the policy (check all that apply):
a
SEE PART V, SECTION C
b
SEE PART V, SECTION C
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
Billing and Collections
17 Did the hospital facility have in place during the tax year a separate billing and collections policy, or a written financial assistance policy (FAP) that explained all of the actions the hospital facility or other authorized party may take upon non-payment?.................................. 17 Yes  
18 Check all of the following actions against an individual that were permitted under the hospital facility's policies during the tax year before making reasonable efforts to determine the individual’s eligibility under the facility’s FAP:
a
b
c
d
e
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Part VFacility Information (continued)

BAPTIST HOSPITAL OF MIAMI
Name of hospital facility or letter of facility reporting group  
Yes No
19 Did the hospital facility or other authorized party perform any of the following actions during the tax year before making reasonable efforts to determine the individual’s eligibility under the facility’s FAP?............ 19   No
If "Yes," check all actions in which the hospital facility or a third party engaged:
a
b
c
d
20 Indicate which efforts the hospital facility or other authorized party made before initiating any of the actions listed (whether or not checked) in line 19. (check all that apply):
a
b
c
d
e
f
Policy Relating to Emergency Medical Care
21 Did the hospital facility have in place during the tax year a written policy relating to emergency medical care that required the hospital facility to provide, without discrimination, care for emergency medical conditions to individuals regardless of their eligibility under the hospital facility’s financial assistance policy?.................. 21 Yes  
If "No," indicate why:
a
b
c
d
Charges to Individuals Eligible for Assistance Under the FAP (FAP-Eligible Individuals)
22 Indicate how the hospital facility determined, during the tax year, the maximum amounts that can be charged to FAP-eligible individuals for emergency or other medically necessary care.
a
b
c
d
23 During the tax year, did the hospital facility charge any FAP-eligible individual to whom the hospital facility provided emergency or other medically necessary services more than the amounts generally billed to individuals who had insurance covering such care? ............................... 23   No
If "Yes," explain in Section C.
24 During the tax year, did the hospital facility charge any FAP-eligible individual an amount equal to the gross charge for any service provided to that individual? ........................... 24   No
If "Yes," explain in Section C.
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Part V
Facility Information (continued)
Section C. Supplemental Information for Part V, Section B. Provide descriptions required for Part V, Section B, lines 2, 3j, 5, 6a, 6b, 7d, 11, 13b, 13h, 15e, 16i, 18d, 19d, 20e, 21c, 21d, 22d, 23, and 24. If applicable, provide separate descriptions for each hospital facility in a facility reporting group, designated by facility reporting group letter and hospital facility line number from Part V, Section A (“A, 1,” “A, 4,” “B, 2,” “B, 3,” etc.) and name of hospital facility.
Form and Line Reference Explanation
BAPTIST HOSPITAL OF MIAMI PART V, SECTION B, LINE 5: FOR ITS FISCAL YEAR 2016 CHNA, BAPTIST HEALTH CONDUCTED THE ASSESSMENT TOGETHER AS A SYSTEM FOR THE FOUR HOSPITALS THAT RESIDE WITHIN SIX MILES OF ONE ANOTHER. LEADERS AT BAPTIST HEALTH'S FOUR URBAN HOSPITALS - BAPTIST HOSPITAL, DOCTORS HOSPITAL, SOUTH MIAMI HOSPITAL AND WEST KENDALL BAPTIST HOSPITAL - ALL PARTICIPATED IN THE ASSESSMENT. IN THE PROCESS, BAPTIST HEALTH MET WITH MANY PATIENTS, AND A GROUP OF LOCAL HEALTH LEADERS TO SEEK INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY. BAPTIST HEALTH EXAMINED HEALTH DATA FOR MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AND REVIEW OF LOCAL HEALTH DATA COMPARED WITH PEER COUNTIES ACROSS THE U.S. BASED ON THE CHSI DATABASE OF THE CDC 2015. BAPTIST HEALTH ALSO SOUGHT INPUT FROM PEOPLE WHO REPRESENT THE BROAD INTERESTS OF THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING PUBLIC HEALTH, EDUCATION, CHILD WELFARE AND AGING EXPERTS. BAPTIST HEALTH TOOK THE FOLLOWING STEPS TO DETERMINE AND PRIORITIZE THEIR COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS:* HELD THREE FOCUS GROUPS MADE UP OF BAPTIST HEALTH LEADERS, BAPTIST HOSPITAL LEADERS, RESIDENTS, CONSUMERS AND A BROAD CROSS-SECTION OF HEALTH EXPERTS AND ADVOCATES. THEY WERE BRIEFED ON AND QUESTIONED ABOUT LEADING HEALTH ISSUES AND INVITED TO RATE HEALTH PRIORITIES.* CREATED A COMMUNITY HEALTH PROFILE BY REVIEWING DATA SUCH AS BIRTH INDICATORS, CAUSES OF DEATH, ACCESS TO CARE, CHRONIC DISEASE, COMMUNICABLE DISEASE, HEALTH BEHAVIORS AND SOCIAL ISSUES.* EVALUATED "PRIMARY HEALTH INDICATORS" AVAILABLE BY COUNTY. * SUMMARIZED THE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THESE FOUR URBAN HOSPITALS OFFER AND MAPPED HEALTHCARE FACILITIES AND ASSETS IN THEIR PATIENT SERVICE AREA.FOCUS GROUPS:LISTENING TO OUR PATIENTS, OUR COMMUNITY AND THE EXPERTS - IN THE FALL OF 2015 AND WINTER OF 2016, BAPTIST HEALTH CONDUCTED THREE FOCUS GROUPS TO GAUGE GENUINE PERCEPTIONS ABOUT THEIR ROLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND TO COLLECT UNVARNISHED INFORMATION ABOUT HEALTHCARE NEEDS AND ISSUES FROM DIVERSE RESIDENTS, CONSUMERS, EXPERTS AND ADVOCATES WHO ARE FAMILIAR WITH AND COULD REPRESENT ALL SEGMENTS OF THE COMMUNITY. BAPTIST HEALTH LEADERS AND HOSPITAL EXECUTIVES MADE UP THE INTERNAL FOCUS GROUP. THE TWO EXTERNAL FOCUS GROUPS FEATURED COMMUNITY HEALTH AND BUSINESS LEADERS AND LOCAL HEALTHCARE CONSUMERS AND RESIDENTS. HEALTH EXPERTS AND LEADERS WHO PARTICIPATED REPRESENTED A DIVERSE SPECTRUM OF THE COUNTY. BAPTIST HEALTH HAD LEADERS WHO REPRESENT THE PUBLIC, EITHER BY APPOINTMENT OF ELECTED OFFICIALS OR DIRECTLY FROM ELECTED OFFICIALS. LEADERS FROM BOTH FAITH-BASED AND SECULAR ORGANIZATIONS WERE REPRESENTED. REPRESENTATIVES FROM HIGHER EDUCATION AND LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS PARTICIPATED, AS DID MANY PRIVATE-SECTOR LEADERS. ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN, THE ELDERLY AND THE DISABLED JOINED LOCAL LEADERS TO DISCUSS DENTAL HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH AND POPULATION HEALTH. THE GREATER MIAMI RESIDENTS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE HEALTHCARE CONSUMER FOCUS GROUP WERE FORMER PATIENTS OF BAPTIST HEALTH WILLING TO DISCUSS THEIR EXPERIENCES AND SHARE THEIR VIEWS ABOUT WHAT THEY SEE AS THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS' MORE PRESSING HEALTHCARE NEEDS. THE CHSI MODEL WAS USED IN ALL CHNA FOCUS GROUPS.LEADERSHIP FOCUS GROUPS - THE STRATEGIC PLANNING STAFF OPENED THE BAPTIST HEALTH AND COMMUNITY LEADER FOCUS GROUPS WITH A PRESENTATION ON KEY HEALTH INDICATORS FOR MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, COMPARING THEM TO BOTH STATEWIDE AND NATIONAL INDICATORS. WHERE APPROPRIATE AND AVAILABLE, DISEASE-SPECIFIC INFORMATION WAS BROKEN DOWN TO THE ZIP CODE LEVEL. HOSPITAL AND COMMUNITY HEALTH LEADERS WERE ASKED TO RANK THE TOP SIX COMMUNITY HEALTH PRIORITIES FROM A LIST OF NEEDS DEVELOPED BY A BAPTIST HEALTH STEERING COMMITTEE. BY MEANS OF AN ANALYTICAL RANKING TOOL, THOSE INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS WERE WEIGHTED AND COMBINED TO CREATE THE GROUP PRIORITIES.CONSUMER FOCUS GROUP- PARTICIPANTS IN THE CONSUMER FOCUS GROUP WERE ASKED TO CREATE A LIST OF THE MOST CRITICAL NEEDS IN THE BAPTIST HOSPITAL SERVICE AREA AND TO DISCUSS HOW THEY CHOOSE THEIR HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS. AMONG THEIR MAJOR CONCERNS WAS ACCESS TO CARE FOR THE UNINSURED, UNDERINSURED AND THE SELF-EMPLOYED AS WELL AS THE AFFORDABILITY (OR LACK THEREOF) OF HEALTHCARE AND HEALTH INSURANCE OPTIONS. ACCESS TO CARE IS AN ISSUE FOR BOTH SMALL-BUSINESS OWNERS WHO ARE EMPLOYERS AS WELL AS EMPLOYEES. TRANSPORTATION TO AND PARKING AT SOME BAPTIST HEALTH FACILITIES WERE NOTED AS OBSTACLES, AS WERE LANGUAGE BARRIERS.
PART V, SECTION B, LINE 6A FOR ITS 2016 CHNA, BAPTIST HEALTH CONDUCTED THE ASSESSMENT TOGETHER AS A SYSTEM FOR THE FOLLOWING FOUR URBAN HOSPITALS THAT RESIDE WITHIN SIX MILES OF ONE ANOTHER.* BAPTIST HOSPITAL OF MIAMI* DOCTORS HOSPITAL* SOUTH MIAMI HOSPITAL * WEST KENDALL BAPTIST HOSPITAL THE HOSPITALS SHARE SIMILAR SERVICE AREAS AND THEREFORE WORKED TOGETHER, ALONG WITH SISTER HOSPITALS WITHIN THE SYSTEM, TO CREATE A COMPLETE PICTURE OF THE COMMUNITY'S HEALTH AND HEALTHCARE NEEDS. THE FOUR HOSPITALS SHARED A SINGLE STEERING COMMITTEE, WITH EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN ASSESSING HEALTHCARE NEEDS AND WORKED WITH HOSPITAL REPRESENTATIVES TO CREATE THIS REPORT, WHICH IS BASED ON THE LATEST GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC STATISTICS, RESULTS OF FOCUS GROUPS AND HOSPITAL DATA.
PART V, SECTION B, LINE 7A THE CHNA REPORT IS MADE WIDELY AVAILABLE ON THE HOSPITAL FACILITY'S WEBSITE:HTTPS://BAPTISTHEALTH.NET/EN/ABOUT-BAPTIST-HEALTH/PAGES/COMMUNITY-HEALTH-NEEDS-ASSESSMENTS.ASPX
PART V, SECTION B, LINE 10A THE MOST RECENTLY ADOPTED IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY IS MADE WIDELY AVAILABLE ON THE HOSPITAL FACILITY'S WEBSITE:HTTPS://BAPTISTHEALTH.NET/EN/ABOUT-BAPTIST-HEALTH/PAGES/COMMUNITY-HEALTH-NEEDS-ASSESSMENTS.ASPX
PART V, SECTION B, LINE 11 THE URBAN FOUR HOSPITALS OF BAPTIST HEALTH SOUTH FLORIDA - BAPTIST HOSPITAL OF MIAMI, DOCTORS HOSPITAL, SOUTH MIAMI HOSPITAL AND WEST KENDALL BAPTIST HOSPITAL - CONDUCTED A COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT IN FISCAL YEAR 2016 TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE HEALTHCARE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY IT SERVES IN SOUTHERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY. AS A RESULT, THE FOLLOWING SIX PRIORITY AREAS WERE IDENTIFIED:* ACCESS TO CARE (UNINSURED)* CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT* AVAILABILITY OF PRIMARY AND PREVENTIVE CARE* BARRIERS TO ACCESSING CARE * MENTAL HEALTH* SOCIOECONOMIC CHALLENGESTHE WRITTEN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN ADDRESSES EACH OF THESE SIX PRIORITY AREAS, WITH STRATEGIES ORGANIZED AROUND EACH PRIORITY AREAACCESS TO CARE:COMMUNITY CLINICS FOR THE UNDERINSURED AND UNINSURED - BAPTIST HOSPITAL OF MIAMI, THROUGH ITS PARENT ENTITY BAPTIST HEALTH SOUTH FLORIDA, DIRECTLY FUNDS THE OPERATIONS OF LOCAL COMMUNITY CLINICS THAT PROVIDE HEALTHCARE TO UNINSURED/UNDERINSURED MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH FLORIDA COMMUNITY. BAPTIST HEALTH FUNDS FIVE CLINICS: THE GOOD HEALTH CLINIC, GOOD NEWS CARE CENTER, OPEN DOOR HEALTH CENTER, SOUTH MIAMI CHILDREN'S CLINIC AND CARING FOR MIAMI PROJECT SMILES. IN SOME INSTANCES, BAPTIST HEALTH'S CONTRIBUTION AMOUNTS TO MORE THAN HALF OF THE OPERATIONAL BUDGET FOR THE CLINICS. DURING FISCAL YEAR 2016, BAPTIST HEALTH'S COMBINED CONTRIBUTION EXCEEDED $2.3 MILLION, ENABLING THESE CLINICS TO CARE FOR PATIENTS IN MORE THAN 16,500 VISITS. BAPTIST HEALTH ALSO DONATED OVER $375,000 WORTH OF PHARMACEUTICALS ANNUALLY TO THE COMMUNITY CLINICS. DURING FISCAL YEAR 2016, CLINIC PATIENTS SOUGHT AND RECEIVED FOLLOW-UP AND DIAGNOSTIC CARE AT THE URBAN FOUR HOSPITALS MORE THAN 9,900 TIMES. THE COST OF THIS FREE CARE AMOUNTED TO OVER $7.1 MILLION.SUPPORT PROVIDERS IN CARING FOR THE UNINSURED - BAPTIST HOSPITAL DIRECTLY SUPPORTS THE CARE OF THE UNINSURED IN TWO WAYS: FREE HOSPITAL CARE TO INDIVIDUALS QUALIFYING UNDER THE BAPTIST HEALTH CHARITY CARE POLICY, AND DIRECT PAYMENTS TO COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS TO TREAT THESE PATIENTS AT THE HOSPITAL. AS FLORIDA'S INSURANCE CRISIS HAS WORSENED, BAPTIST HEALTH HAS INCREASED ITS EFFORT TO PROVIDE FREE CARE TO THOSE WHO NEED IT AND RAISED PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THIS ASSISTANCE THROUGH COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION GIVEN TO PATIENTS. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES FREE CARE TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WITH INCOMES UP TO 300 PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL. IN FISCAL YEAR 2016, MORE THAN 8,000 PATIENTS FROM THE URBAN FOUR HOSPITALS RECEIVED CHARITY CARE AT A COST OF MORE THAN $86 MILLION. IN ADDITION, BAPTIST HEALTH ENCOURAGES ITS AFFILIATED PHYSICIANS TO CARE FOR UNINSURED PATIENTS IN THE HOSPITAL AND IN THEIR OFFICES ON A TIMELY BASIS BY PROVIDING DIRECT SUBSIDIES TO THEM. ENROLLMENT ASSISTANCE - HEALTHCARE COVERAGE EDUCATION AND ASSISTANCE - BAPTIST HEALTH EDUCATES PATIENTS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF PRIMARY AND PREVENTIVE CARE, AND THUS THE IMPORTANCE OF HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE TO ACCESSING THIS CARE. ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF THIS EDUCATION ARE AVAILABLE COVERAGE OPTIONS, INCLUDING GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS AND COMMERCIAL HEALTH INSURANCE THROUGH TRADITIONAL MEANS AND THE HEALTH INSURANCE MARKETPLACE. BAPTIST HEALTH EXPANDED ITS EXISTING MEDICAID ENROLLMENT ASSISTANCE RESOURCES TO INCLUDE HEALTHCARE MARKETPLACE APPLICATION ASSISTANCE.FIU NEIGHBORHOODHELP - FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY'S HERBERT WERTHEIM COLLEGE OF MEDICINE HAS DEVELOPED A PROGRAM TO ADDRESS THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH. THIS PROGRAM PAIRS INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAMS OF HEALTH STUDENTS - MEDICAL, NURSING AND SOCIAL WORK - WITH FAMILIES IN A LOW-SOCIOECONOMIC AREA. THE TEAMS REGULARLY VISIT THESE FAMILIES, MAKE COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENTS, PROVIDE BASIC CARE AND DEVISE TREATMENT PLANS. PART OF THIS CARE ALSO IS PROVIDED THROUGH A MOBILE HEALTH CLINIC. THIS SUPPORT IS COORDINATED WITH THE FAMILIES' REGULAR MEDICAL CARE PROVIDERS.DAY OF SMILES PROGRAM - IN SUPPORT OF PEDIATRIC UNINSURED PATIENTS, BAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AND ITS AFFILIATED PHYSICIANS HAVE DONATED SERVICES TO PERFORM CORRECTIVE FACIAL SURGERIES AND OTHER RECONSTRUCTIVE PROCEDURES TO SOUTH FLORIDA CHILDREN AT NO COST FOR FAMILIES UNABLE TO PAY. SURGERIES INCLUDE CORRECTION OF CLEFT PALATES, CLEFT LIPS, SCARS, TUMORS, BURNS, PORT WINE BIRTHMARKS AND CONGENITAL HAND DEFORMITIES. DOCTORS FROM VARIOUS SPECIALTIES, INCLUDING PLASTIC SURGERY, ANESTHESIOLOGY AND ORAL SURGERY, DONATE THEIR TIME AND EXPERTISE FOR THIS CAUSE. BAPTIST HOSPITAL AND AFFILIATED SURGEONS HAVE PERFORMED OVER 186 SURGERIES AND MORE THAN 110 CHILDREN AND TEENS HAVE RECEIVED THE GIFT OF A HAPPY SMILE.
PART V, SECTION B, LINE 11 CONTINUED CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT: COMMUNITY OFFERINGS: EXERCISE, NUTRITION AND WEIGHT MANAGEMENT - LIVING A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF PREVENTING AND MANAGING ILLNESS AND DISEASE. BAPTIST HEALTH RECOGNIZES THIS AND PROMOTES HEALTH AND WELLNESS BY SENDING DIETITIANS AND OTHER HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS INTO THE COMMUNITY TO PROMOTE HEALTHY EATING AND HOLDING REGULAR FREE EXERCISE CLASSES THAT ARE OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY. BAPTIST HEALTH DEDICATES ONE REGISTERED DIETITIAN THROUGH COMMUNITY HEALTH TO TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AND EDUCATE RESIDENTS ON HEALTHY EATING. THROUGH PROGRAMS SUCH AS "UNDERSTANDING NUTRITION FACTS LABELS AND "HEALTHY EATING 101," THE DIETITIAN INSTRUCTS COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON THE PRINCIPLES OF GOOD NUTRITION.COMMUNITY SCREENINGS AND HEALTH FAIRS - BAPTIST HEALTH UNDERSTANDS THE VALUE OF REGULAR EXERCISE AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. NOT ONLY DOES IT PLACE GYMS AT EACH HOSPITAL AND ENCOURAGE REGULAR USE BY EMPLOYEES, IT ALSO EMPLOYS CERTIFIED FITNESS INSTRUCTORS TO HOLD MONTHLY FREE EXERCISE CLASSES IN THE COMMUNITY. THROUGH COMMUNITY HEALTH, IT OFFERS MONTHLY YOGA, ZUMBA, AEROBICS, TAI CHI, PILATES AND WALKING GROUPS. DURING FISCAL YEAR 2016, MORE THAN 200 FREE EXERCISE CLASSES WERE HELD EVERY MONTH WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT SURROUNDS THE URBAN FOUR HOSPITALS, INCLUDING THE POPULAR DADELAND MALL WALKING GROUP. BAPTIST HEALTH'S COMMUNITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT ORGANIZES AND STAFFS FREE HEALTH FAIRS, WHICH INCLUDE SCREENINGS FOR CHOLESTEROL, BLOOD PRESSURE, GLUCOSE, BODY COMPOSITION AND OSTEOPOROSIS. THE SCREENINGS OCCUR BOTH ON THE HOSPITAL GROUNDS AND AT COMMUNITY-BASED PUBLIC EVENTS. DURING THE EVENTS, THE SCREENING PARTICIPANTS ARE COUNSELED ABOUT THEIR RESULTS AND GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS AND EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION ON HOW TO PREVENT OR MANAGE THEIR RISK FOR CHRONIC DISEASE. DURING FY 2016, COMMUNITY HEALTH CONDUCTED MORE THAN 230 HEALTH-SCREENING EVENTS FOR BAPTIST HEALTH WITH OVER 2,000 ATTENDEES.DIABETES EDUCATION PROGRAM - DIABETES IS A CHRONIC DISEASE OF INCREASING PREVALENCE IN THE U.S. IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY FOR PATIENTS ADMITTED TO ACUTE CARE SETTINGS. A SIGNIFICANT PERCENT OF THE INPATIENT POPULATION FROM THE URBAN FOUR HOSPITALS EITHER HAS DIABETES OR EXPERIENCES HYPERGLYCEMIA (HIGH BLOOD SUGAR) THAT REQUIRES MONITORING OR MANAGEMENT. BAPTIST HEALTH PLANS TO PROVIDE IN-DEPTH DIABETES EDUCATION TO THIS INPATIENT POPULATION IN ORDER TO REACH A CRITICAL MASS OF DIABETIC PATIENTS WITHIN ITS COMMUNITY. IT WILL OFFER A MULTIFACETED APPROACH, BEGINNING WITH TEACHING "SURVIVAL SKILLS" (I.E., INSULIN ADMINISTRATION TECHNIQUE, BLOOD GLUCOSE TESTING, BASIC NUTRITION AND WHEN TO CALL THE DOCTOR). HIGH-RISK PATIENTS WILL BE IDENTIFIED AND REFERRED TO OUTPATIENT EDUCATIONAL CLASSES AND ONLINE SEMINARS, AND WILL RECEIVE FOLLOW-UP PHONE CALLS FROM DIABETES EDUCATORS. IN ADDITION, BAPTIST HEALTH WILL OFFER FREQUENT INTERACTIVE CLASSES AT NO CHARGE TO DISCHARGED PATIENTS AND THE GENERAL COMMUNITY ORGANIZED THROUGH COMMUNITY HEALTH. BAPTIST HEALTH ALSO WILL DEDICATE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO ITS COMMUNITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE DIABETES EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING. DURING FISCAL YEAR 2017, BAPTIST HEALTH WILL LAUNCH THE DIABETES PREVENTION PROGRAM, AIMED AT INDIVIDUALS WITH PRE-DIABETES IN AN EFFORT TO EDUCATE AND ENCOURAGE BEHAVIORAL CHANGES AND ULTIMATELY PREVENT DIABETES.SUPPORT GROUPS - AN IMPORTANT PSYCHOSOCIAL COMPONENT OF MANAGING CHRONIC DISEASE IS TO HAVE SUPPORT GROUPS IN PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WITH SIMILAR DISEASES CAN GET TOGETHER AND SHARE THE CHALLENGES THEY FACE LIVING WITH THEIR DISEASE. THESE GROUPS ALSO CAN BECOME A SOURCE OF HOPE AND STRENGTH TO PARTICIPANTS AS THEY REALIZE THAT THEY ARE NOT ALONE IN THEIR SUFFERING AND CAN SHARE STORIES ON HOW TO SUCCESSFULLY COPE WITH THEIR DISEASE. IT ALSO CAN PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN EDUCATING THEM ON COMMUNITY RESOURCES THAT MAY BE OF BENEFIT TO THEM. BAPTIST HEALTH ENCOURAGES AND PROMOTES SUPPORT GROUPS THROUGH ADVERTISING AND THE USE OF THEIR FACILITIES TO HOST GROUPS. BAPTIST HEALTH HOSTS 55 SUPPORT GROUPS REGULARLY TO ADDRESS CHRONIC DISEASES SUCH AS DIABETES, HEART DISEASE AND CANCER. THE GROUPS ARE COORDINATED AT THE CORPORATE LEVEL BY THE COMMUNITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT. CANCER CARE - IN JANUARY 2017, BAPTIST HEALTH OPENED THE STATE-OF-THE-ART MIAMI CANCER INSTITUTE. THE FACILITY INCLUDES CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS PROTON THERAPY (AVAILABLE FALL 2017) AND INCORPORATES SUPPORTIVE CARE AND PREVENTATIVE SERVICES UNDER ONE ROOF TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.HEALTHY WEST KENDALL - IN AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE THE OVERALL HEALTH OF THEIR COMMUNITY IN ALL ASPECTS, WEST KENDALL BAPTIST HOSPITAL RECOGNIZES THE NEED TO ADDRESS AND REDUCE HEALTH INEQUITIES AND DISPARITIES IN THEIR COMMUNITY. WITH A MISSION TO BUILD A PARTNERSHIP COMMITTED TO EDUCATING, INSPIRING AND PROMOTING HEALTHY LIVING, AND BY USING THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF "CONNECTING", "INSPIRING AND "CHANGING," THEY WILL WORK TOGETHER WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS TO TRANSFORM THEIR ENVIRONMENT AND INFLUENCE THE 300,000 RESIDENTS OF WEST KENDALL TO MAKE HEALTHY LIVING A PRIORITY. THEIR GOAL IS TO BECOME THE HEALTHIEST COMMUNITY IN FLORIDA.AVAILABILITY OF PRIMARY AND PREVENTATIVE CARE:INCREASE PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS - THE UNITED STATES HAS A RECOGNIZED SHORTAGE OF PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS, AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTY HAS FEWER PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS PER 1,000 RESIDENTS THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. MAKING THESE KEY HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AVAILABLE TO DELIVER ROUTINE CARE AND MANAGE CHRONIC DISEASE CONDITIONS BEFORE THEY FLARE UP INTO ACUTE EPISODES IS CRITICAL TO A WELL-FUNCTIONING LOCAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM. RECOGNIZING THIS, BAPTIST HEALTH IS INVESTING HEAVILY IN INCREASING THE SUPPLY OF PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 9 PRIMARY CARE CENTERS IN OPERATION THROUGHOUT MIAMI-DADE COUNTY OFFERING CARE AND PREVENTION TO THE COMMUNITY WITH EXTENDED HOURS OF OPERATION TO IMPROVE HEALTHCARE ACCESS TO WORKING FAMILIES. SEVERAL OF THESE CENTERS ARE LOCATED NEAR BAPTIST HOSPITAL. SUPPORT OF PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS THROUGH CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION ACTIVITIES - BAPTIST HEALTH PROVIDES CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION IN SUPPORT OF ITS PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS AND ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS THROUGH ITS ACCREDITED MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM. IN THE PAST YEAR, MORE THAN 251 EDUCATIONAL COURSES WERE HELD, AMOUNTING TO MORE THAN 1,770 CME/CE CREDIT HOURS. THIS BENEFITS THE COMMUNITY GREATLY BY KEEPING PHYSICIANS UP TO DATE ON APPROACHES TO PREVENTION, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT IN THE PRIMARY CARE SETTING.INCREASING PRIMARY CARE IN THE COMMUNITY THROUGH ACADEMIC AFFILIATION WITH FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY - WEST KENDALL BAPTIST HOSPITAL AND BAPTIST HEALTH ARE COMMITTED TO TEACHING AND EDUCATING FUTURE PHYSICIANS. WEST KENDALL BAPTIST AND BAPTIST HEALTH HAVE ENTERED INTO AN AFFILIATION AGREEMENT WITH HERBERT WERTHEIM COLLEGE OF MEDICINE TO HAVE THE HOSPITALS AND OUTPATIENT CENTERS SERVE AS TRAINING SITES FOR FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY MEDICAL STUDENTS. THESE STUDENTS BEGIN ROTATING DURING THEIR FIRST YEAR IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS, AND ROTATE THROUGHOUT THEIR TRAINING IN A VARIETY OF OTHER SPECIALTIES.
PART V, SECTION B, LINE 11 CONTINUED BARRIERS TO ACCESSING CARE:PATIENT NAVIGATORS - BAPTIST HEALTH SUPPORTS AND COLLABORATES WITH LOCAL NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT SERVE AS HEALTHCARE NAVIGATORS AND LIFE COACHES FOR PATIENTS. THESE ORGANIZATIONS WILL CONDUCT COMMUNITY OUTREACH TO PROMOTE THE APPROPRIATE USE OF MEDICAL SERVICES, ASSIST WITH TRADITIONAL AND INSURANCE MARKETPLACE ENROLLMENT EFFORTS AND PROVIDE SUPPORT TO INDIVIDUALS OVERWHELMED WITH HEALTH-RELATED CHALLENGES (E.G., NEWLY DIAGNOSED DIABETICS). TRANSPORTATION - BAPTIST HEALTH WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS TO PATIENTS WHO NEED HELP WITH RIDES TO AND FROM HEALTHCARE APPOINTMENTS. IN ADDITION, DOCTORS HOSPITAL PROVIDES FREE TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM THE HOSPITAL. MANY ELDERLY PATIENTS WHO ARE HOMEBOUND OR UNABLE TO DRIVE OR NAVIGATE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION CAN GET TO THEIR MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS AND THERAPY SESSIONS. DURING FISCAL YEAR 2016, 11,577 PATIENT TRANSPORTS OF THE ELDERLY TOOK PLACE AND DOCTORS HOSPITAL PLANS TO CONTINUE SUPPORT FOR THIS PROGRAM TARGETING THE ELDERLY HOMEBOUND POPULATION. BAPTIST HEALTH WILL CONTINUE TO EXPLORE INNOVATIVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH RIDE-SHARING ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE COST-EFFICIENT, TIMELY TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS THROUGHOUT THE SERVICE AREA.MOBILE INITIATIVES - BAPTIST OUTPATIENT SERVICES HAS LAUNCHED CARE ON DEMAND, A TELEHEALTH SERVICE OFFERING 24/7 ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS. EXTENDED HOURS - IN ORDER TO BETTER MEET THE NEEDS OF A DIVERSE COMMUNITY, BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP'S PRIMARY CARE CENTERS WILL OFFER EXTENDED HOURS, INCLUDING EARLY MORNING, EVENING AND WEEKEND HOURS, AS WILL BAPTIST HEALTH URGENT CARE CENTERS.MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE: SUPPORT GROUPS - RECOGNIZING THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE TAKING PLACE IN THE COMMUNITY, BAPTIST HEALTH HOSTS REGULAR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SUPPORT GROUPS. BIPOLAR DISORDER SUPPORT GROUPS, ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS AND DEPRESSION SUPPORT GROUPS ARE EXAMPLES OF REGULARLY HELD MEETINGS AT BAPTIST HEALTH FACILITIES. PARTNERSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY PROVIDERS - BAPTIST HEALTH UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANT ROLE IT PLAYS IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY; IT ASSUMES ITS RESPONSIBILITY AS A BACKBONE OF THE COMMUNITY BY ORGANIZING AND HOLDING QUARTERLY MEETINGS WITH OTHER COMMUNITY PROVIDERS TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO PREVENT AND ASSIST WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE CONCERNS. BAPTIST HEALTH PLANS ON CONTINUING TO FACILITATE THIS INFORMATION EXCHANGE BETWEEN LOCAL PROVIDERS TO COLLECTIVELY STRENGTHEN LOCAL COMMUNITY AWARENESS ON THE TOPIC.BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SCREENING - ALL BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP SITES OFFER DEPRESSION SCREENING AND REFERRAL SERVICES AT PRIMARY CARE LOCATIONS. IN ADDITION, ALL BAPTIST HEALTH FACILITIES THAT PROVIDE LABOR AND DELIVERY SERVICES OFFER POST-PARTUM DEPRESSION SCREENING, EDUCATION AND REFERRAL FOR FOLLOW-UP CARE. BAPTIST HEALTH RECOGNIZES THE INCREASING STRAIN MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES CAN ADD TO HEALTHCARE IN GENERAL, AND ALL ENTITIES ARE COMMITTED TO STRENGTHENING EXISTING PARTNERSHIPS WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS IN THE COMMUNITY. CARE AND COUNSELING SERVICES - BAPTIST HEALTH'S PASTORAL CARE DEPARTMENT PROVIDES FREE DEPRESSION SCREENING AND ANXIETY RESILIENCE EDUCATION TO THOSE IN NEED.SOCIOECONOMIC CHALLENGES:DUE TO THE COMPLEX SOCIOECONOMIC NEEDS OF THEIR PATIENTS, BAPTIST HEALTH KNOWS THAT THEY HAVE TO STEP OUTSIDE OF THEIR FOUR WALLS AND LOOK AT WAYS TO ENGAGE COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS TO HELP KEEP THEIR POPULATION HEALTHY. THEY HAVE LEARNED THAT WHILE THEY ARE MEETING THEIR PATIENTS' HEALTHCARE NEEDS, THEIR BASIC NEEDS ARE NOT MET. MANY OF THE INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY ARE CHALLENGED WITH SEVERAL BARRIERS THAT IMPACT THEIR HEALTH STATUS. BAPTIST HEALTH'S CHALLENGE IS TO ENGAGE AND STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY SUPPORT SYSTEMS AFTER PATIENTS LEAVE THE HOSPITAL. ELIGIBILITY SPECIALISTS - BAPTIST HEALTH OFFERS A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE TO EVALUATE THEIR UNFUNDED PATIENTS' APPLICATIONS FOR GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE (I.E., MEDICARE AND MEDICAID) AND THEIR CHARITY PROGRAM. BAPTIST HEALTH HAS EXPANDED ITS ENROLLMENT ASSISTANCE RESOURCES TO INCLUDE HEALTHCARE MARKETPLACE APPLICATION ASSISTANCE.COMMUNITY GARDEN - THE COMMUNITY GARDEN PROJECT, GROW2HEAL, IS INTENDED TO IMPROVE THE OVERALL HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY SERVED. THE GROW2HEAL GARDEN WILL PROVIDE MANY IMPORTANT BENEFITS, INCLUDING SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION, AN OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE INDIVIDUALS ON HEALTHY PRODUCE AND ITS IMPACT ON WELLNESS AND NUTRITION, AND BY ADDRESSING A COMMUNITY NEED THROUGH ORGANIC METHODS. TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE HIGH LEVELS OF POVERTY, UNEMPLOYMENT AND THE LACK OF EASY ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE, FRESH FOOD, HOMESTEAD HOSPITAL HAS A COMMUNITY GARDEN ON LAND ADJACENT TO THE HOSPITAL TO SUPPORT THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING FRESH VEGETABLES TO LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS - BAPTIST HEALTH SPONSORS BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS - A PROGRAM IN WHICH EMPLOYEES MENTOR AND SERVE AS ROLE MODELS TO INNER CITY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. ONCE A MONTH THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR, ABOUT 30 STUDENTS COME TO THE HOSPITAL FOR THE DAY TO HEAR SPEAKERS ON SUCH TOPICS AS NUTRITION, STRESS MANAGEMENT AND EXERCISE, AND PARTICIPATE IN VARIOUS ACTIVITIES WITH THEIR MENTORS. THE STUDENTS' GRADE POINT AVERAGE AND SCHOOL ATTENDANCE RATE ARE MEASURED PRIOR TO AND AFTER THE PROGRAM. HOUSING INSECURITIES - BAPTIST HEALTH PARTNERS WITH MANY ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP PROVIDE FOR THOSE IN NEED. HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, SALVATION ARMY, CAMILLUS HOUSE AND CHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP ARE SEVERAL EXAMPLES OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT BAPTIST HEALTH CURRENTLY PARTNERS WITH.
PART V, SECTION B, LINE 14 UNINSURED INDIVIDUALS WITH LIMITED FINANCIAL RESOURCES WHO ARE UNABLE TO ACCESS ENTITLEMENT PROGRAMS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR FREE HEALTH CARE SERVICES BASED ON ESTABLISHED CRITERIA. SINCE PATIENTS QUALIFYING FOR CHARITY CARE RECEIVE A 100% DISCOUNT, BAPTIST HEALTH DOES NOT COMPUTE AMOUNTS GENERALLY BILLED TO INDIVIDUALS.
PART V, SECTION B, LINE 16A THE FAP IS MADE WIDELY AVAILABLE ON THE HOSPITAL FACILITY'S WEBSITE:HTTPS://BAPTISTHEALTH.NET/EN/PATIENT-VISITOR/DOCUMENTS/CHARITY_CARE_POLICY_2012.PDF
PART V, SECTION B, LINE 16B THE FAP APPLICATION IS MADE WIDELY AVAILABLE ON THE HOSPITAL FACILITY'S WEBSITE:HTTPS://BAPTISTHEALTH.NET/EN/PATIENT-VISITOR/DOCUMENTS/BH_FINANCIAL_AID_FORM.PDF
PART V, SECTION B, LINE 16C A PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY OF THE FAP IS MADE WIDELY AVAILABLE ON THE HOSPITAL FACILITY'S WEBSITE:HTTPS://BAPTISTHEALTH.NET/EN/PATIENT-VISITOR/PAGES/BILLING-INFORMATION-FINANCIAL-ASSISTANT-PROGRAM.ASPX
PART V, SECTION B, LINE 22D PATIENTS QUALIFYING UNDER THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICY WITH FAMILYINCOME AT OR BELOW 300% FPG RECEIVE FREE CARE.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
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Part VFacility Information (continued)

Section D. Other Health Care Facilities That Are Not Licensed, Registered, or Similarly Recognized as a Hospital Facility
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Part VI
Supplemental Information
Provide the following information.
1 Required descriptions. Provide the descriptions required for Part I, lines 3c, 6a, and 7; Part II and Part III, lines 2, 3, 4, 8 and 9b.
2 Needs assessment. Describe how the organization assesses the health care needs of the communities it serves, in addition to any CHNAs reported in Part V, Section B.
3 Patient education of eligibility for assistance. Describe how the organization informs and educates patients and persons who may be billed for patient care about their eligibility for assistance under federal, state, or local government programs or under the organization’s financial assistance policy.
4 Community information. Describe the community the organization serves, taking into account the geographic area and demographic constituents it serves.
5 Promotion of community health. Provide any other information important to describing how the organization’s hospital facilities or other health care facilities further its exempt purpose by promoting the health of the community (e.g., open medical staff, community board, use of surplus funds, etc.).
6 Affiliated health care system. If the organization is part of an affiliated health care system, describe the respective roles of the organization and its affiliates in promoting the health of the communities served.
7 State filing of community benefit report. If applicable, identify all states with which the organization, or a related organization, files a community benefit report.
Form and Line Reference Explanation
PART I, LINE 6A: BAPTIST HEALTH SOUTH FLORIDA, INC. ("BHSF") THE HOSPITAL'S PARENTORGANIZATION, PREPARES AN ANNUAL COMMUNITY BENEFIT REPORT WHICH INCLUDES THE CHARITY CARE AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS PROVIDED BY BAPTIST HOSPITAL OF MIAMI AND THE OTHER NOT-FOR-PROFIT AFFILIATES OF BHSF.
PART I, LINE 7: COLUMN (F)BAD DEBT EXPENSE OF $96,806,543 IS INCLUDED IN FORM 990 PART IX LINE 25 COLUMN (A) BUT EXCLUDED FROM THE DENOMINATOR FOR PURPOSES OF CALCULATING THE PERCENTAGES ON LINE 7, COLUMN F.PART I, LINE 7:AMOUNTS CALCULATED AND REPORTED IN THIS TABLE WERE DERIVED FROM THE MOST ACCURATE, AVAILABLE SOURCES. CHARITY CARE AND MEANS-TESTED GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS COSTS ARE DETERMINED USING THEIR COST ACCOUNTING SYSTEM WHICH CAPTURES ALL INPATIENTS AND OUT PATIENTS INCLUDING EMERGENCY ROOM PATIENTS. THE SYSTEM ALSO CAPTURES ALL PATIENT PAY TYPES - PRIVATE INSURANCE, MEDICARE, MEDICAID, UNINSURED AND SELF PAY. THE COSTS HAVE BEEN OFFSET BY ANY PAYMENTS RECEIVED FROM MEDICAID OR ANY OTHER UNCOMPENSATED CARE PROGRAM. OTHER BENEFITS AT COST WERE COMPILED BY THEIR FINANCE DEPARTMENT USING THEIR COST ACCOUNTING SYSTEM OR THE ACTUAL AMOUNTS PAID WHERE APPROPRIATE.
PART II, COMMUNITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES: BAPTIST HOSPITAL OF MIAMI AND ITS OTHER NON-FOR-PROFIT HOSPITALAFFILIATES PARTNER WITH OTHER NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN ITS PRIMARY SERVICE AREA TO PROVIDE NEEDED SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY. THESE SERVICES INDIRECTLY IMPROVE POOR HEALTH BY ADDRESSING UNDERLYING BASIC NEED ISSUES OF FOOD, HOUSING, SAFETY, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
PART III, LINE 2: BAPTIST HOSPITAL OF MIAMI, INC. ESTIMATES THE ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS BY RESERVING A PERCENTAGE OF ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE BASED ON HISTORICAL AND EXPECTED COLLECTIONS, BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, TRENDS IN REIMBURSEMENT, AND OTHER COLLECTION INDICATORS. FOR RECEIVABLES ASSOCIATED WITH SERVICES PROVIDED TO PATIENTS WHO HAVE THIRD-PARTY COVERAGE, INCLUDING RECEIVABLES FROM GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, BAPTISTHOSPITAL ANALYZES CONTRACTUALLY DUE AMOUNTS AND PROVIDES AN ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS AND A PROVISION FOR BAD DEBTS. FOR ALL PAYOR TYPES, WHEN BAPTIST HOSPITAL CAN NO LONGER REASONABLY ESTIMATE COLLECTABILITY OF AN ACCOUNT BASED ON THE AGING OF THE BALANCE DUE AND THE VOLATILITY AND UNPREDICTABLE NATURE OF THE AMOUNT, BAPTIST HOSPITAL RESERVESSUBSTANTIALLY ALL AMOUNTS DUE.
PART III, LINE 4: THE FOOTNOTE THAT DESCRIBES BAD DEBT EXPENSE REPORTED IN THE AUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF BAPTIST HEALTH SOUTH FLORIDA, INC., WHICH INCLUDES BAPTIST HOSPITAL OF MIAMI, INC., IS AS FOLLOWS: BHSF PROVIDES FOR ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE THAT COULD BECOME UNCOLLECTIBLE IN THE FUTURE BY ESTABLISHING AN ALLOWANCE TO REDUCE THE CARRYING VALUE OF SUCH RECEIVABLES TO THEIR ESTIMATED NET REALIZABLE VALUE. ADDITIONS TO THE ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS ARE MADE BY MEANS OF THE PROVISION FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS. ACCOUNTS WRITTEN OFF AS UNCOLLECTIBLE ARE DEDUCTED FROM THE ALLOWANCE AND SUBSEQUENT RECOVERIES ARE ADDED. BHSF ESTIMATES THE ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS BY RESERVING A PERCENTAGE OF ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE BASED ON HISTORICAL AND EXPECTED COLLECTIONS, BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, TRENDS IN REIMBURSEMENT, AND OTHER COLLECTION INDICATORS. FOR RECEIVABLES ASSOCIATED WITH SERVICES PROVIDED TO PATIENTS WHO HAVE THIRD-PARTY COVERAGE, INCLUDING RECEIVABLES FROM GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, BHSF ANALYZES CONTRACTUALLY DUE AMOUNTS AND PROVIDES AN ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS AND A PROVISION FOR BAD DEBTS. FOR ALL PAYOR TYPES, WHEN BHSF CAN NO LONGER REASONABLY ESTIMATE COLLECTABILITY OF AN ACCOUNT BASED ON THE AGING OF THE BALANCE DUE AND THE VOLATILITY AND UNPREDICTABLE NATURE OF THE AMOUNT, BHSF RESERVES SUBSTANTIALLY ALL AMOUNTS DUE. RECOVERIES ON WRITTEN-OFF ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE ARE RECORDED IN THE PERIOD THE RECOVERY OCCURS AS AN INCREASE IN NET PATIENT SERVICE REVENUE THROUGH AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE PROVISION FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS. BAD DEBT AT COST WAS CALCULATED FOR SCHEDULE H PURPOSES BY APPLYING THE COST TO CHARGE PERCENTAGE DERIVED BY THEIR COST ACCOUNTING SYSTEM AGAINST BAD DEBT EXPENSE REPORTED ON THE AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
PART III, LINE 8: MEDICARE COSTS WERE DERIVED USING THEIR COST ACCOUNTING SYSTEM WHICH CAPTURES ALL INPATIENTS AND OUTPATIENTS INCLUDING EMERGENCY ROOM PATIENTS. THE COSTS HAVE BEEN OFFSET BY ANY PAYMENTS RECEIVED FROM MEDICARE. THE ORGANIZATION DOES NOT REPORT ANY AMOUNTS FROM PART III, LINE 7 AS COMMUNITY BENEFIT.
PART III, LINE 9B: IN ORDER TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF THE COMMUNITY SERVED, UNINSURED PATIENTS WITH LIMITED FINANCIAL RESOURCES WHO ARE UNABLE TO ACCESS ENTITLEMENT PROGRAMS SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR FREE HEALTH CARE SERVICES BASED ON ESTABLISHED CRITERIA. BHSF HAS A WRITTEN DEBTCOLLECTION POLICY. NO COLLECTION EFFORTS ARE PUT FORTH FOR PATIENTS WHO ARE KNOWN TO QUALIFY FOR CHARITY CARE.
PART VI, LINE 2: NEEDS ASSESSMENTBAPTIST HOSPITAL OF MIAMI IS BAPTIST HEALTH SOUTH FLORIDA'S LARGEST FACILITY AND ONE OF THE REGION'S MOST PREFERRED AND RECOGNIZED MEDICAL CENTERS. THE HOSPITAL HAS BEEN COMMITTED TO SERVING THE COMMUNITY SINCE IT WAS FOUNDED IN 1960. AS A FAITH-BASED, NOT-FOR-PROFIT INSTITUTION, THEIR MISSION FOCUSES ON PROVIDING HIGH-QUALITY, COMPASSIONATE CARE TO ALL THEIR PATIENTS, INCLUDING THE POOR AND UNINSURED. UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF WELLNESS AND PREVENTION IN MAXIMIZING THE OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF THEIR COMMUNITY, BAPTIST HOSPITAL OF MIAMI ALSO OFFERS A MULTITUDE OF FREE AND LOW-COST EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, EXERCISE CLASSES AND HEALTH SCREENINGS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS.NEW WAYS ARE ALWAYS EXPLORED TO IMPROVE SERVICES AND EXPAND THE ABILITY TO MEET THE HEALTHCARE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. A "COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT" WAS CONDUCTED TO FOCUS ON THE PARTICULAR CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS AND THE COMMUNITY AND TO PRECISELY PINPOINT SPECIFIC NEEDS. THIS ASSESSMENT SERVES AS A COMPREHENSIVE TOOL TO INCREASE THEIR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE PEOPLE BEING SERVED AND ENHANCE THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE TOP-LEVEL HEALTHCARE TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY IN THE MOST EFFECTIVE MANNER.BAPTIST HOSPITAL, DOCTORS HOSPITAL, SOUTH MIAMI HOSPITAL AND WEST KENDALL BAPTIST HOSPITAL SHARE SIMILAR SERVICE AREAS AND THEREFORE WORKED TOGETHER, ALONG WITH SISTER HOSPITALS WITHIN THE SYSTEM, TO CREATE A COMPLETE PICTURE OF THE COMMUNITY'S HEALTH AND HEALTHCARE NEEDS. THE FOUR HOSPITALS SHARED A SINGLE STEERING COMMITTEE, WITH EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN ASSESSING HEALTHCARE NEEDS AND WORKED WITH HOSPITAL REPRESENTATIVES TO CREATE THIS REPORT, WHICH IS BASED ON THE LATEST GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC STATISTICS, RESULTS OF FOCUS GROUPS AND HOSPITAL DATA. BAPTIST HEATLTH TOOK AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT THE DIVERSE POPULATION THEY SERVE BASED ON INFORMATION AS INPATIENT ADMISSIONS, U.S. CENSUS DATA AND OTHER LOCAL, STATE AND NATIONAL STATISTICS.BAPTIST HEALTH TOOK THE FOLLOWING STEPS TO DETERMINE AND PRIORITIZE THEIR COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS:* HELD THREE FOCUS GROUPS MADE UP OF BAPTIST HEALTH LEADERS, BAPTIST HOSPITAL LEADERS, RESIDENTS, CONSUMERS AND A BROAD CROSS-SECTION OF HEALTH EXPERTS AND ADVOCATES. THEY WERE BRIEFED ON AND QUESTIONED ABOUT LEADING HEALTH ISSUES AND INVITED TO RATE HEALTH PRIORITIES.* CREATED A COMMUNITY HEALTH PROFILE BY REVIEWING DATA SUCH AS BIRTH INDICATORS, CAUSES OF DEATH, ACCESS TO CARE, CHRONIC DISEASE, COMMUNICABLE DISEASE, HEALTH BEHAVIORS AND SOCIAL ISSUES.* EVALUATED "PRIMARY HEALTH INDICATORS" AVAILABLE BY COUNTY. * SUMMARIZED THE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THESE FOUR URBAN HOSPITALS OFFER AND MAPPED HEALTHCARE FACILITIES AND ASSETS IN THEIR PATIENT SERVICE AREA.FINALLY, ALL THE COMPILED DATA WAS ANALYZED TO IDENTIFY THE TOP HEALTHCARE NEEDS AND ISSUES IN THE COMMUNITY.THEY ARE:* ACCESS TO CARE* CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT* AVAILABILITY OF PRIMARY AND PREVENTATIVE CARE* BARRIERS TO ACCESSING CARE* MENTAL HEALTH ABD SUBSTANCE ABUSETHE COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION PLANS, AVAILABLE ON THEIR WEBSITE AT BAPTISTHEALTH.NET, SUMMARIZES THE DETAILS OF THEIR COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH AND ASSESSMENT.IT INCLUDES A DESCRIPTION OF THE COMMUNITY SERVED, THE METHOD USED TO MAKE DETERMINATIONS, A LOOK AT THE INPUT WE RECEIVED FROM COMMUNITY EXPERTS AND RESIDENTS/CONSUMERS AND, FINALLY, THE RESULTING LIST OF THE COMMUNITY'S MOST SIGNIFICANT PRIORITY HEALTHCARE NEEDS. THE REPORT ALSO INCLUDES A LIST OF EXISTING PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT HELP ADDRESS THE COMMUNITY'S PRIORITY HEALTHCARE NEEDS. THESE PROGRAMS ARE BEING USED AS A FOUNDATION ON WHICH TO EXPAND AND PINPOINT THEIR SERVICES BASED ON THE PRIORITIES TARGETED IN THIS REPORT.THIS IMPORTANT EXERCISE HAS HELPED BAPTIST HOSPITAL OF MIAMI BETTER UNDERSTAND THEIR STAKEHOLDERS - THE PEOPLE WHO DEPEND ON THE ORGANIZATION WHEN THEY ARE ILL OR INJURED, AS WELL AS THEIR FAMILIES, AND THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, WHOSE HEALTH THEY STRIVE TO IMPROVE THROUGH EDUCATIONAL AND PREVENTIVE MEASURES, INNOVATIVE PARTNERSHIPS, HIGH-QUALITY CARE AND BY BEING A GOOD CORPORATE CITIZEN. WE ARE COMMITTED TO USING THIS ENLIGHTENING REPORT AS A ROADMAP TO PLAN THE BEST STRATEGIES TO SPECIFICALLY AND EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS THE MOST PRESSING HEALTHCARE NEEDS OF OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY, WITH A SPECIAL FOCUS ON THE MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS.
PART VI, LINE 3: PATIENT EDUCATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE INFORMATION IS PROVIDED IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. PATIENT REGISTRATION PROVIDES TO ALL PATIENTS A ONE-PAGE INFORMATION HANDOUT ABOUT THE AVAILABILITY OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, CREATING AWARENESS OF THE CHARITY CARE PROGRAM. PATIENT REGISTRATION ALSO PROVIDES INFORMATION REGARDING BAPTIST HEALTH SOUTH FLORIDA'S CHARITY CARE POLICY TO ALL UNINSURED, NON-EMERGENT PATIENTS PRIOR TO SERVICE. ALL LETTERS AND STATEMENTS TO UNINSURED PATIENTS, INCLUDING THOSE SENT BY THIRD-PARTY COLLECTION AGENCIES, INCLUDE A REFERENCE TO FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. ALL PUBLIC INFORMATION AND FORMS REGARDING THE PROVISION OF CHARITY CARE USE LANGUAGE THAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE BAPTIST HEALTH SERVICE AREA. WHERE POSSIBLE, PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION OF A PATIENT POTENTIALLY ELIGIBLE FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, A FINANCIAL COUNSELOR WILL CONDUCT A PRE-REGISTRATION INTERVIEW WITH THE PATIENT. IF A PRE-REGISTRATION INTERVIEW IS NOT POSSIBLE, THE INTERVIEW IS CONDUCTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE THEREAFTER. IN THE CASE OF AN EMERGENCY ADMISSION, THE EVALUATION OF PAYMENT ALTERNATIVES DOES NOT TAKE PLACE UNTIL THE MEDICAL CARE NEEDED TO STABILIZE THE PATIENT HAS BEEN PROVIDED. THOSE PATIENTS WHO MAY QUALIFY FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM A GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAM ARE REFERRED TO THE APPROPRIATE PROGRAM SUCH AS MEDICAID, PRIOR TO CONSIDERATION FOR CHARITY CARE. ADDITIONALLY, INFORMATION REGARDING THEIR CHARITY CARE PROGRAM AND QUALIFYING FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE APPEARS ON THEIR WEBSITE AT BAPTISTHEALTH.NET.
PART VI, LINE 4: COMMUNITY INFORMATIONGREATER MIAMI IS ONE OF THE MOST INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES IN THE NATION. ACCORDING TO THE U.S. CENSUS, HALF OF THE RESIDENTS IN BAPTIST HOSPITAL'S PATIENT SERVICE AREA ARE FOREIGN-BORN, WITH 75 PERCENT OF LATIN OR HISPANIC DESCENT, AND 71 PERCENT REPORTING A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH SPOKEN AT HOME. THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD INCLUDES THREE PEOPLE AND THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS $68,146, SURPASSING THE AVERAGE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY HOUSEHOLD INCOME OF $67,274.TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT ARE UNDER 21 YEARS OLD. FIFTY-NINE PERCENT ARE AGES 21-64, AND 16 PERCENT ARE AGE 65 OR OLDER. BAPTIST HOSPITAL SERVES GREATER MIAMI, INCLUDING THE NEIGHBORHOODS OF CUTLER RIDGE, PERRINE, KENDALL, WESTCHESTER, AND SOUTH AND WEST DADE. THIS GEOGRAPHICAL AREA IS HOME TO MORE THAN 1 MILLION RESIDENTS. BAPTIST HOSPITAL IS LOCATED AT 8900 SW 88 ST., MIAMI, FL 33176. THEIR PATIENT SERVICE AREA, AS DETERMINED BY THE ADDRESSES OF THEIR INPATIENTS, COVERS 26 ZIP CODES.
PART VI, LINE 5: PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY HEALTHIN FURTHERANCE OF ITS EXEMPT PURPOSE TO PROVIDE HEALTHCARE TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF INDIVIDUALS AND TO PROMOTE THE SANCTITY AND PRESERVATION OF LIFE IN THE COMMUNITY IT SERVES; BAPTIST HOSPITAL OPENED ITS ORIGINAL FACILITY IN 1960 ON A 65-ACRE SITE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN MIAMI AND OPERATED BETWEEN 300 AND 325 BEDS. RESPONDING TO THE DEMANDS OF THE RAPID GROWTH IN MIAMI'S KENDALL AREA, BAPTIST HOSPITAL CONTINUES TO EXPAND ITS FACILITIES. IT CURRENTLY SITS ON 98 ACRES, OCCUPIES MORE THAN 1,525,000 SQUARE FEET AND HAS A PRESENT LICENSED BED CAPACITY OF 728 BEDS, INCLUDING 669 ACUTE CARE BEDS, 22 LEVEL II NICU BEDS, 14 LEVEL III NICU BEDS, AND 23 REHABILITATION BEDS. BAPTIST HOSPITAL ADMITTED APPROXIMATELY 32,100 INPATIENTS IN FISCAL YEAR 2016, AND MORE THAN 114,700 PATIENTS RECEIVED EMERGENCY TREATMENT. BAPTIST HOSPITAL PROVIDES MEDICAL AND SURGICAL SERVICES CONSISTENT WITH ITS STATUS AS A TERTIARY CARE PROVIDER. BAPTIST HOSPITAL ALSO OPERATED 8 URGENT CARE CENTERS LOCATED THROUGHOUT MIAMI-DADE COUNTY. URGENT CARE IS PROVIDED DURING WEEKDAY HOURS AND ON WEEKENDS TO SUPPLEMENT CARE PROVIDED IN BAPTIST HOSPITAL'S EMERGENCY ROOM.
PART VI, LINE 6: AFFILIATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEMTHE BHSF SYSTEM PROVIDES A COMPREHENSIVE CONTINUUM OF SERVICES, EITHER THROUGH ITS OWN PROGRAMS OR IN COOPERATION WITH OTHER AFFILIATED HOSPITALS AND HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS. THE BHSF SYSTEM'S HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:MIAMI CARDIAC & VASCULAR INSTITUTE: MIAMI CARDIAC & VASCULAR INSTITUTE ("MCVI") IS THE LARGEST AND MOST COMPREHENSIVE CARDIOVASCULAR FACILITY IN THE REGION. PATIENTS CAN EXPERIENCE CONSISTENT, EXCEPTIONAL, EVIDENCE-BASED CARE AT INSTITUTE LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT BAPTIST HEALTH. THEIR TEAM OF MULTILINGUAL, MULTIDISCIPLINARY SPECIALISTS HAVE PIONEERED THE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGY USED TO TREAT ANEURYSMS, BLOCKAGES IN VEINS AND ARTERIES AND HOLES IN THE HEART. THEY PARTICIPATE IN FEDERALLY APPROVED CLINICAL RESEARCH STUDIES AND OFFER THE MOST MINIMALLY INVASIVE OPTIONS WHENEVER POSSIBLE. MCVI ALSO OFFERS PERSONALIZED EDUCATION AND REHABILITATION SERVICES TO HELP MANAGE EXISTING CONDITIONS AND TO PREVENT CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE. MCVI ADHERES TO QUALITY STANDARDS ESTABLISHED BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, SOCIETY OF INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY, AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY, SOCIETY FOR VASCULAR SURGERY AND SOCIETY OF THORACIC SURGERY. MCVI WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1987 UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF BARRY T. KATZEN, M.D. DR.KATZEN IS THE RECIPIENT OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR AND RADIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF EUROPE'S GOLD MEDAL AWARD FOR HIS GROUNDBREAKING WORK IN INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY, INCLUDING THE USE OF STENTS FOR PROPPING OPEN MAJOR BLOOD VESSELS OUTSIDE THE HEART. DR. KATZEN HAS THE DISTINCTION OF BEING THE FIRST AMERICAN TO EARN THE CARDIOVASCULAR AND RADIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF EUROPE'S TOP HONOR. MCVI HAS MORE THAN 76 PHYSICIANS WHO REPRESENT MORE THAN 20 SPECIALTIES AND HAVE MET STRINGENT REQUIREMENTS FOR ONGOING MEDICAL EDUCATION, TRAINING AND RESEARCH. MCVI ALSO EMPLOYS MORE THAN 300 NURSES, TECHNOLOGISTS AND OTHER ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. EACH YEAR, MCVI HOSTS THE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ENDOVASCULAR THERAPY, WITH MORE THAN 2,000 CARDIAC AND VASCULAR SPECIALISTS IN ATTENDANCE.MCVI RECENTLY COMPLETED AN EXPANSION AT BAPTIST HOSPITAL, THAT ADDED NEW SERVICES FOR PATIENTS TO ENSURE THAT THE INSTITUTE REMAINS AT THE FOREFRONT OF INNOVATIVE CARDIOVASCULAR CARE. THE $120 MILLION PROJECT ALSO INCLUDED THE EXPANSION OF BAPTIST HOSPITAL'S SURGERY CENTER WITH SIX LARGE OPERATING ROOMS DEDICATED TO NEUROSCIENCE, CARDIAC AND ROBOTIC SURGERY. THE EXPANSION IS A GREAT GIFT FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND BEYOND.NEW PROGRAMS PLANNED BY THE INSTITUTE INCLUDE A NATIONAL CENTER FOR ANEURYSM THERAPY, CENTER FOR ADVANCED ENDOVASCULAR THERAPIES AND CENTER FOR STRUCTURAL HEART THERAPY. MOST AREAS OF THE EXISTING FACILITY HAVE BEEN RENOVATED AND THREE ADVANCED ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURE SUITES AND ONE INTERVENTIONAL NEURO SUITE WERE ADDED. MCVI IS MANAGED BY MIAMI CARDIAC & VASCULAR INSTITUTE MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC, A FLORIDA LIMITED LIABILITY CORPORATION.BAPTIST HEALTH SOUTH FLORIDA HAS A 50% INTEREST IN MIAMI CARDIAC & VASCULAR INSTITUTE MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC, WHICH WAS FORMED TO PROVIDE MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO MCVI IN ORDER TO IMPROVE CLINICAL PERFORMANCE AND ACHIEVE OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY.MIAMI CANCER INSTITUTE'S CANCER SERVICES: MIAMI CANCER INSTITUTE OFFICIALLY OPENED ITS DOORS IN JANUARY 2017. THE $430 MILLION, 445,000-SQUARE-FOOT FACILITY IS PART OF BAPTIST HEALTH SOUTH FLORIDA. MIAMI CANCER INSTITUTE HAS BECOME THE THIRD FULL MEMBER, AND THE ONLY MEMBER IN FLORIDA, OF THE MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING (MSK) CANCER ALLIANCE, AN INITIATIVE DESIGNED TO COLLABORATIVELY GUIDE COMMUNITY PROVIDERS TOWARD STATE-OF-THE-ART CANCER CARE. MIAMI CANCER INSTITUTE FEATURES A UNIQUE, HYBRID ACADEMIC-COMMUNITY CANCER CENTER MODEL BACKED BY 30 YEARS OF BAPTIST HEALTH'S EXPERTISE IN CANCER CARE. THE FACILITY, LOCATED ON THE BAPTIST HOSPITAL CAMPUS, CONSOLIDATES MANY OUTPATIENT CLINICAL SERVICES, CLINICAL RESEARCH, AND TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS UNDER ONE ROOF. THE INSTITUTE IS HOME TO ONE OF THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE AND ADVANCED RADIATION ONCOLOGY PROGRAMS IN THE WORLD, INCLUDING SOUTH FLORIDA'S FIRST PROTON THERAPY CENTER, ONE OF UNDER TWO DOZEN PROTON THERAPY CENTERS IN THE NATION, WHICH WILL OPEN IN FALL 2017. THE PRECISION OF PROTON THERAPY ALLOWS DOCTORS TO TARGET CANCER CELLS WITHOUT DAMAGING HEALTHY TISSUE AND VITAL ORGANS.MIAMI CANCER INSTITUTE EXPECTS TO DRAW A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF PATIENTS FROM OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES AND WILL ATTRACT LEADING MEDICAL AND BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS TO SOUTH FLORIDA FOR CONFERENCES, SYMPOSIA AND OTHER EVENTS. THE HILTON MIAMI-DADELAND - A 184-ROOM, FULL-SERVICE HOTEL AND CONFERENCE CENTER - IS DUE TO OPEN ON THE WEST END OF THE BAPTIST HOSPITAL CAMPUS IN LATE 2018 AND WILL BE AN ESSENTIAL COMPONENT TO SERVING OUT-OF-TOWN PATIENTS AND GUESTS VISITING THE CANCER INSTITUTE, AS WELL AS THOSE WHO COME TO THE AREA FOR OTHER TYPES OF CARE.MIAMI CANCER INSTITUTE HAS THE SOPHISTICATED TECHNOLOGIES NEEDED FOR ACCURATE, EARLY DIAGNOSIS, AND IT OFFERS THE LATEST TREATMENT. OVER 23,608 RADIATION TREATMENTS AND 22,726 CHEMOTHERAPY TREATMENTS WERE PERFORMED AT MIAMI CANCER INSTITUTE. MIAMI CANCER INSTITUTE'S CANCER PROGRAM PARTICIPATES IN FDA-APPROVED CLINICAL RESEARCH IN THE AREAS OF ADULT CHEMOTHERAPY, PEDIATRIC CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIATION ONCOLOGY, AND OFFERS NUMEROUS RESEARCH PROTOCOLS TO PATIENTS FOR SUCH CONDITIONS AS CANCER OF THE BREAST, LUNG, OVARY, BRAIN, PROSTATE, CERVIX, HEAD AND NECK, SKIN, BLOOD AND LYMPH SYSTEMS. SEVERAL RESEARCH PROTOCOLS NOW IN PROGRESS ARE FOCUSED ON THE EFFICACY OF OTHER NEW MOLECULARLY-TARGETED THERAPIES. PET/CT IMAGING SCANNING, WHICH DRAMATICALLY INCREASES THE ABILITY TO DIAGNOSE AND TREAT CANCER, IS AVAILABLE AT BAPTIST HOSPITAL, SOUTH MIAMI HOSPITAL AND AT BAPTIST MEDICAL PLAZA OUTPATIENT CENTERS. COMBINING THE CAPABILITY OF HIGH-QUALITY POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY ("PET") AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ("CT"), THE PET/CT SCANNER ALLOWS PHYSICIANS TO MAKE A DIAGNOSIS BASED ON BOTH THE PHYSICAL LOCATION AND BIOCHEMISTRY OF A TUMOR. BAPTIST AND SOUTH MIAMI HOSPITALS OFFER THE MOST TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED RADIATION THERAPY, USING IMAGE GUIDED RADIATION THERAPY ("IGRT") WHERE RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGES ARE TAKEN DURING EACH TREATMENT SESSION AND THE TREATMENT IS MODIFIED SIMULTANEOUSLY, ALLOWING FOR MORE PRECISE RADIATION DELIVERY. THIS PRECISION RESULTS IN DESTRUCTION OF MORE TUMORS, FEWER SIDE EFFECTS AND IMPROVED OUTCOMES. AT SOUTH MIAMI HOSPITAL, TOMOTHERAPY COMBINES AN ADVANCED FORM OF INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY ("IMRT") WITH THE ACCURACY OF CT SCANNING IN ONE UNIT. THIS ALLOWS FOR MORE CONVENIENT TREATMENT PLANNING FOR THE PATIENT, AS WELL AS MORE PRECISE RADIATION DELIVERY, WHICH REDUCES RADIATION EXPOSURE TO HEALTHY TISSUES. BOTH HOSPITALS ALSO OFFER CONFORMAL RADIATION THERAPY, ULTRASOUND-GUIDED CONFORMAL RADIATION THERAPY, IMRT, INTRA OPERATIVE RADIATION THERAPY AND BRACHYTHERAPY, IN WHICH CANCER-KILLING RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL IS PLACED IN OR NEAR THE TUMOR ITSELF. BAPTIST HEALTH ALSO OFFERS VIRTUAL COLONOSCOPY, WHICH COMBINES 3-D CT TECHNOLOGY WITH COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR A LESS INVASIVE DIAGNOSIS OF COLORECTAL CANCER. SUPPORT SERVICES INCLUDE SPECIALLY TRAINED ONCOLOGY SOCIAL WORKERS AND PASTORAL CARE STAFF. FREE SUPPORT GROUPS ARE OFFERED FOR THOSE WITH BREAST CANCER, PROSTATE CANCER, AND ORAL, HEAD OR NECK CANCERS. OUTREACH EFFORTS INCLUDE SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAMS, FREE HEALTH FAIRS, SCREENINGS, EDUCATION AND PROGRAMS OBSERVING BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH AND NATIONAL CANCER SURVIVORS DAY.OUR CANCER SPECIALISTS AND OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS WORK WITH PATIENTS IN A VARIETY OF SETTINGS, INCLUDING AN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AND SPECIALIZED CANCER SETTINGS FOR INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT TREATMENTS. BAPTIST HOSPITAL, BAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AND SOUTH MIAMI HOSPITAL ARE ACCREDITED WITH COMMENDATION BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS COMMISSION ON CANCER.
PART VI, LINE 6 - AFFILIATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM CONTINUED MIAMI ORTHOPEDICS & SPORTS MEDICINE INSTITUTE IS COMPRISED OF BOARD-CERTIFIED, FELLOWSHIP-TRAINED ORTHOPEDIC PHYSICIANS WHO ARE RECOGNIZED LOCALLY, NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY AS LEADERS IN ORTHOPEDICS AND THE CARE OF ATHLETES AND TREATMENT OF SPORTS INJURIES. MIAMI ORTHOPEDICS & SPORTS MEDICINE INSTITUTE COMBINES ITS RESOURCES OF EXPERIENCED PHYSICIANS AND LEADING-EDGE TREATMENTS AND TECHNOLOGY TO PROVIDE ADVANCED ORTHOPEDIC, PEDIATRIC ORTHOPEDIC AND SPORTS MEDICINE CARE AT SIX BAPTIST HEALTH LOCATIONS - DOCTORS HOSPITAL, BAPTIST HOSPITAL, BAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, SOUTH MIAMI HOSPITAL, WEST KENDALL BAPTIST HOSPITAL AND BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL PLAZA IN DAVIE. THE INSTITUTE'S EXPERIENCED PHYSICIANS TREAT PROFESSIONAL AND OLYMPIC ATHLETES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY, THE CARIBBEAN AND LATIN AMERICA, AS WELL AS RECREATIONAL ATHLETES AND NON-ATHLETES FROM SOUTH FLORIDA. MIAMI ORTHOPEDICS & SPORTS MEDICINE INSTITUTE PROVIDES SPORTS MEDICINE SERVICES FOR THE MIAMI DOLPHINS, MIAMI HEAT, FLORIDA PANTHERS, FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS, ORANGE BOWL, MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS ATHLETICS, MIAMI OPEN TENNIS AND MIAMI MARATHON AND HALF MARATHON.WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES: A WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES FOR THE SPECIAL HEALTH NEEDS OF WOMEN ARE OFFERED THROUGHOUT BAPTIST HEALTH. THESE RANGE FROM MATERNITY AND NEWBORN SERVICES TO DIAGNOSTIC TESTING, HEALTH EDUCATION AND WELLNESS. BAPTIST HEALTH PROVIDES FAMILY-CENTERED MATERNITY CARE FOR THE MORE THAN 10,181 BABIES BORN AT OUR FACILITIES EACH YEAR. ON AVERAGE, OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS, APPROXIMATELY 30% OF ALL BABIES BORN IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY WERE DELIVERED IN A BAPTIST HEALTH HOSPITAL. OVER 100 OBSTETRICS/GYNECOLOGY BOARD-CERTIFIED SPECIALISTS USE BAPTIST HEALTH FOR THEIR OBSTETRIC AND GYNECOLOGICAL PATIENTS. BAPTIST HEALTH FACILITIES OFFER A FULL SPECTRUM OF MATERNITY CARE OPTIONS, INCLUDING LABOR-DELIVERY-RECOVERY AND LABOR-DELIVERY-RECOVERY-POSTPARTUM ROOMS, AND THEY ARE EQUIPPED TO HANDLE HIGH-RISK MOTHERS AND BIRTHS, INCLUDING BABIES WHO ARE PREMATURE OR ILL. BAPTIST HOSPITAL AND SOUTH MIAMI HOSPITAL EACH HAVE LEVEL II NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNITS ("NICU") AND LEVEL III NICUS. NEONATOLOGISTS ARE ON DUTY 24 HOURS A DAY AT BOTH BAPTIST HOSPITAL AND SOUTH MIAMI HOSPITAL.WOMEN'S DIAGNOSTIC TESTING SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE AT A NUMBER OF HOSPITAL AND OUTPATIENT LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE HEALTH SYSTEM. BAPTIST HEALTH PERFORMED OVER 70,936 MAMMOGRAPHIES AND 2,969 CORE BIOPSIES IN FISCAL YEAR 2016 AT SIXTEEN SITES ACROSS MIAMI-DADE, BROWARD, AND MONROE COUNTIES. BONE DENSITOMETRY TO DETECT OSTEOPOROSIS IS ALSO OFFERED, AS ARE ULTRASOUND STUDIES FOR PREGNANCY, BREAST CANCER AND GYNECOLOGICAL ISSUES. BAPTIST HEALTH ALSO OFFERS THE DIAGNOSTIC WORK SOMETIMES NEEDED FOR INFERTILITY, AND THE BLADDER DIAGNOSTIC LAB HELPS PINPOINT THE CAUSE OF UROLOGICAL PROBLEMS, INCLUDING INCONTINENCE. WITH A FOCUS ON WOMEN'S HEALTH EDUCATION AND WELLNESS ISSUES, THE WOMEN'S HEALTH RESOURCE CENTER, LOCATED ON THE BAPTIST HOSPITAL CAMPUS, OFFERS INFORMATION, VIDEOS, INTERNET ACCESS, EDUCATIONAL CLASSES AND SUPPORT GROUPS. CLASSES AND SUPPORT GROUPS ARE OFFERED ON A VARIETY OF WOMEN'S HEALTH TOPICS FROM BREAST HEALTH TO MENOPAUSE AND FERTILITY. THE WOMEN'S HEALTH RESOURCE CENTER ALSO PROVIDES ASSISTANCE WITH PHYSICIAN REFERRALS. SURGICAL SERVICES: SURGICAL PROCEDURES PERFORMED IN BAPTIST HEALTH HOSPITALS RANGE FROM THE HIGHLY COMPLEX, SUCH AS OPEN HEART AND BRAIN SURGERY, TO THE MINIMALLY INVASIVE SUCH AS ARTHROSCOPIC KNEE SURGERY. APPROXIMATELY 76,200 INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT SURGERIES WERE PERFORMED IN BAPTIST HEALTH IN FISCAL YEAR 2016. RECENT ADDITIONS TO BAPTIST HEALTH COMPREHENSIVE SURGICAL SERVICES AND ADVANCED SURGICAL TECHNIQUES INCLUDE COMPLEX PEDIATRIC SURGERY, HIGHLY SPECIALIZED RETINAL SURGERY AND ROBOTIC SURGERY. BAPTIST HOSPITAL WAS AMONG THE FIRST IN SOUTH FLORIDA TO OFFER IMAGE-GUIDED SURGERY FOR NEUROSURGERY, OTOLARYNGOLOGY AND ORTHOPEDICS. IMAGE-GUIDED SURGERY HELPS TO TRACK THE EXACT POSITION OF SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS ON A COMPUTER MONITOR, ALLOWING PHYSICIANS TO TREAT PREVIOUSLY INOPERABLE OR HARD TO REACH AREAS. THE RESULT IS INCREASED ACCURACY AND PRECISION, IMPROVED PATIENT SAFETY, SMALLER INCISIONS AND QUICKER RECOVERIES. BAPTIST HOSPITAL, SOUTH MIAMI HOSPITAL, DOCTORS HOSPITAL, AND WEST KENDALL BAPTIST HOSPITAL HAVE THE INTUITIVE (DA VINCI) ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEM AND SOUTH MIAMI HOSPITAL ALSO HAS THE COMPUTER MOTIONS (AESOP) PLATFORM. THESE ROBOTIC SYSTEMS ALLOW SURGEONS TO OPERATE USING 3-D VIRTUAL REALITY.CLINICAL IMAGING SERVICES: BAPTIST HEALTH SOUTH FLORIDA HAS THE LATEST DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING EQUIPMENT, SUCH AS MRI, SPIRAL CT, CT, PET AND COMBINATION PET/CT. ALSO PROVIDED ARE GENERAL NUCLEAR MEDICINE IMAGING, COMPLETE WOMEN'S IMAGING SERVICES (3-D MAMMOGRAPHY, ULTRASOUND, BONE DENSITY AND BREAST BIOPSY), COMPREHENSIVE CARDIOVASCULAR TESTING AND A URODYNAMICS LAB FOR URINARY INCONTINENCE. CLINICAL IMAGING SERVICES FOR EMERGENCY, INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT CARE ARE PROVIDED AT ALL BAPTIST HEALTH HOSPITALS. OUTPATIENT DIAGNOSTIC AND IMAGING SERVICES ARE ALSO OFFERED BY BAPTIST OUTPATIENT SERVICES AT THE BAPTIST OUTPATIENT CENTER ON THE BAPTIST HOSPITAL CAMPUS, THE BAPTIST DIAGNOSTIC CENTER ON THE WEST KENDALL BAPTIST HOSPITAL CAMPUS AND AT ELEVEN OF THE BAPTIST MEDICAL PLAZA LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT MIAMI-DADE AND BROWARD COUNTIES. THE BAPTIST MEDICAL PLAZA AT COUNTRY WALK SPECIALIZES IN IMAGING SERVICES FOR PEDIATRIC PATIENTS. INTERNATIONAL SERVICES: APPROXIMATELY 10,117 PATIENTS FROM 144 COUNTRIES HAVE CHOSEN BAPTIST HEALTH AS THEIR HEALTH-CARE PROVIDER. THE MULTILINGUAL REPRESENTATIVES IN BAPTIST HEALTH'S INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM ARE AVAILABLE 24 HOURS A DAY AND COORDINATE EVERY ASPECT OF PATIENT CARE, INCLUDING ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEDICAL SERVICES, DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND INPATIENT CARE; TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS, SUCH AS AIR AND GROUND AMBULANCE; ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THE PATIENT AND FAMILY; AND FINANCIAL SERVICES. THE PREMIER CARE SERVICE, CREATED ESPECIALLY FOR BAPTIST HEALTH INTERNATIONAL, OFFERS A COMPREHENSIVE ONE-DAY PHYSICAL EXAMINATION, INCLUDING MEDICAL HISTORY, LABORATORY TESTS, ELECTROCARDIOGRAM, CHEST X-RAY, HEARING AND VISUAL ACUITY TESTS, TUBERCULOSIS SCREENING AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION BY A BOARD-CERTIFIED PHYSICIAN. CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN NURSING: INITIALLY DEVELOPED AT BAPTIST HOSPITAL IN 1988 BY NURSES WHO WANTED TO ENCOURAGE AND RECOGNIZE INNOVATIVE PATIENT CARE, THE PROGRAM TODAY HAS EXPANDED TO BECOME THE BAPTIST HEALTH CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN NURSING, COVERING ALL BAPTIST HEALTH HOSPITALS AND FACILITIES. THE BAPTIST HEALTH SOUTH FLORIDA SCHOLARS PROGRAM PROVIDES QUALITY NURSING EDUCATION THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING. THE SCHOLARS PROGRAM SUPPORTS EXCELLENCE IN NURSING BY INVESTING IN THE EDUCATION OF OUR NURSING WORKFORCE. TO DATE, OVER 2,400 STUDENTS HAVE ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM. THE CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN NURSING HAS TARGETED FOUR SPECIFIC PROGRAMS THAT ARE IN MOST NEED OF FUNDS. THESE INCLUDE NURSING EDUCATION, SCHOLARSHIPS AND RETENTION, TECHNOLOGY AND HOSPITAL-SPECIFIC NEEDS.SLEEP DISORDERS: PEOPLE WITH SLEEP DISORDERS CAN UNDERGO DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AT THE SLEEP DIAGNOSTIC CENTERS AT BAPTIST, SOUTH MIAMI, HOMESTEAD AND MARINERS HOSPITALS. OUR FREE-STANDING OUTPATIENT SLEEP CENTERS INCLUDE BAPTIST SLEEP CENTER AT GALLOWAY, 7400 SW 87 AVENUE, MIAMI; BAPTIST SLEEP CENTER AT SUNSET, 6141 SUNSET DRIVE, SOUTH MIAMI; AND BAPTIST SLEEP CENTER AT PEMBROKE PINES, 7261 SHERIDAN STREET, HOLLYWOOD. SPECIALISTS IN NEUROLOGY, PULMONARY MEDICINE, PSYCHIATRY, UROLOGY AND POLYSOMNOGRAPHY (SLEEP STUDIES) WORK TOGETHER TO DIAGNOSE AND TREAT SLEEP DISORDERS SUCH AS SLEEP APNEA, INSOMNIA, PERIODIC LEG MOVEMENT SYNDROME AND NARCOLEPSY. BAPTIST OUTPATIENT SERVICES OPERATES TWENTY-ONE DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING CENTERS WHICH PROVIDE OUTPATIENT CLINICAL AND IMAGING AND DIAGNOSTIC TESTING SERVICES THROUGHOUT MIAMI-DADE AND BROWARD COUNTIES. DURING FISCAL YEAR 2016, MORE THAN 300,600 PATIENTS WERE TREATED FOR MINOR INJURIES AND ILLNESSES AT ONE OF OUR SEVENTEEN URGENT CARE CENTERS LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE TWO COUNTIES. IN ADDITION TO URGENT CARE AND DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING SERVICES, SELECT BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL PLAZAS PROVIDE COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, HEALTH INFORMATION AND SUPPORT GROUPS.
PART VI, LINE 6 - AFFILIATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM CONTINUED CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION: BAPTIST HEALTH SOUTH FLORIDA'S CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM PROVIDED MORE THAN 1,700 HOURS OF CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION ("CME") IN FISCAL YEAR 2016, INCLUDING SYMPOSIUMS TARGETING REGIONAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCES. IN TOTAL, MORE THAN 20,000 HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS ATTENDED MORE THAN 250 COURSES AND EARNED ALMOST 80,000 CME CREDITS. BAPTIST HEALTH'S CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM HAS BEEN AWARDED ACCREDITATION WITH COMMENDATION BY THE ACCREDITATION COUNCIL FOR CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION. THIS EXEMPLARY STATUS, ACHIEVED BY ONLY 17% OF ACCREDITED ORGANIZATIONS, REQUIRES THE CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION PROVIDER TO DEMONSTRATE COMPLIANCE WITH 100% OF THE ACCREDITATION CRITERIA POSITIONING BAPTIST HEALTH'S CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM AS A STRATEGIC PARTNER IN NATIONAL INITIATIVES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY AND SAFETY OF PATIENT CARE. HEALTH AND WELLNESS: EVERY YEAR THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS FROM MIAMI-DADE, BROWARD AND MONROE COUNTIES, AS WELL AS BAPTIST HEALTH EMPLOYEES ATTEND HEALTH-RELATED PROGRAMS SPONSORED BY BAPTIST HEALTH, THROUGHOUT ITS MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. TOPICS FOCUS ON HEALTHY LIFESTYLES, DISEASE PREVENTION, COPING WITH CHRONIC ILLNESS, STRESS MANAGEMENT, DIABETES, CHILDBIRTH AND INFANT CARE, SMOKING CESSATION, DIET, EXERCISE, CANCER AND MORE.COMMUNITY OUTREACH: IN ADDITION TO THE SERVICES DESCRIBED ABOVE, BAPTIST HEALTH SOUTH FLORIDA PROVIDES FINANCIAL AND OTHER SUPPORT TO HELP UNDERWRITE THE OPERATING EXPENSES OF SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOOD CLINICS: THE OPEN DOOR HEALTH CENTER (PART OF COMMUNITY HEALTH OF SOUTH DADE) IN HOMESTEAD; THE GOOD NEWS CARE CENTER IN FLORIDA CITY; THE GOOD HEALTH CLINIC IN TAVERNIER; AND THE SOUTH MIAMI CHILDREN'S CLINIC IN SOUTH MIAMI. CLINIC PATIENTS REQUIRING HOSPITALIZATION OR OUTPATIENT SERVICES NOT AVAILABLE AT THE CLINICS ARE OFTEN TREATED AT BAPTIST HEALTH FACILITIES UNDER THE HEALTH SYSTEM'S CHARITY PROGRAM.
OTHER INFORMATION BAPTIST HOSPITAL HAS ITS OWN GOVERNING BOARD, THE MEMBERS OF WHICH CONSIST OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PROFESSIONAL, PASTORAL AND BUSINESS COMMUNITIES. BAPTIST HOSPITAL PROVIDES MEDICAL AND SURGICAL SERVICES CONSISTENT WITH ITS STATUS AS A TERTIARY CARE PROVIDER. BAPTIST HOSPITAL OFFERS A RANGE OF SPECIALTY SERVICES INCLUDING: EMERGENCY CENTER: THE EMERGENCY CENTER AT BAPTIST HOSPITAL PROVIDED TREATMENT TO MORE THAN 114,700 PATIENTS DURING FISCAL YEAR 2016. THE 700-BED FACILITY, WHICH OPERATES 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, IS COMPRISED OF AN ADULT FAST TRACK DEDICATED TO TREATING MINOR INJURIES AND ILLNESSES AND AN ACCREDITED CHEST PAIN CENTER THAT PROVIDES 24-HOUR EVALUATION AND TREATMENT, INCLUDING THE LATEST IN SERIAL ELECTROCARDIOGRAMS AND BLOOD TESTS TO DETECT THE EARLIEST SIGNS OF HEART ATTACK. THE ADULT EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT RANKS IN THE TOP 10TH PERCENTILE NATIONALLY IN THE PRESS GANEY BENCHMARK GROUP FOR PATIENT SATISFACTION, WHEN COMPARED TO SIMILAR HOSPITAL EMERGENCY CENTERS. IN ADDITION, THE CHILDREN'S EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, STAFFED BY PROFESSIONALS SPECIALIZING IN HANDLING PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE, TREATED APPROXIMATELY 25% OF THE TOTAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VOLUME. FAMILY BIRTH PLACE: MORE THAN 3,800 BABIES WERE DELIVERED AT BAPTIST HOSPITAL'S FAMILY BIRTH PLACE IN FISCAL YEAR 2016. WITH 14 COMBINATION LABOR-DELIVERY-RECOVERY BEDS, THREE OPERATING SUITES, AND A POST-ANESTHESIA-CARE UNIT, THE FAMILY BIRTH PLACE PROVIDES PATIENTS WITH A FULL SPECTRUM OF OBSTETRIC SERVICES. IN ADDITION, THE FAMILY BIRTH PLACE HAS A TRIAGE UNIT USED TO MONITOR AND EVALUATE PATIENTS, ANTE-PARTUM BEDS DEDICATED TO THE TREATMENT OF HIGH-RISK PATIENTS, AND 43 PRIVATE INPATIENT POSTPARTUM BEDS DESIGNED TO HELP PATIENTS RECOVER AFTER DELIVERY. NEONATOLOGISTS ARE ON DUTY AROUND THE CLOCK FOR INFANTS REQUIRING SPECIAL CARE.BAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: BAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, "A HOSPITAL WITHIN A HOSPITAL", PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE CARE FOR NEWBORNS, INFANTS, CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS. SERVICES INCLUDE A 22-BED LEVEL II NICU, A 14-BED LEVEL III NICU FOR HIGHLY SPECIALIZED CARE FOR NEWBORNS AND A 48-BED CHILDREN'S UNIT PROVIDING INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT CARE. FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS NEEDING MORE ACUTE CARE, PATIENTS ARE TREATED IN AN EIGHT-BED PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT STAFFED BY PEDIATRIC INTENSIVISTS. BAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL HAS OVER 200 PEDIATRICIANS AND PEDIATRIC SUBSPECIALISTS ON ITS MEDICAL STAFF, AND PHYSICIAN SATISFACTION LEVELS HAVE CONSISTENTLY BEEN IN THE TOP 10TH PERCENTILE NATIONALLY, BASED ON THE SURVEYS CONDUCTED BY HEALTHSTREAM, INC. BAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IS AN AFFILIATE MEMBER OF THE CHILDREN'S ONCOLOGY GROUP, A NATIONAL PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY RESEARCH COLLABORATIVE SUPPORTED BY THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH, AND PARTICIPATES IN A CLINICAL TRIAL COOPERATIVE GROUP SPONSORED BY THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE, WHICH FOCUSES ON CONTROLLING CANCER IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS.DAVIS CENTER FOR REHABILITATION: THE DAVIS CENTER FOR REHABILITATION IS FULLY ACCREDITED BY THE COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF REHABILITATION FACILITIES. THE DAVIS CENTER PROVIDES INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT REHABILITATION SERVICES TO CHILDREN AND ADULTS. THE DAVIS CENTER HOUSES 23 INPATIENT REHABILITATION BEDS, OCCUPATIONAL, PHYSICAL, SPEECH AND RECREATIONAL THERAPY AREAS, INCLUDING A THERAPEUTIC SWIMMING POOL, A THERAPY GYM AND A TRANSITIONAL LIVING APARTMENT. ADJACENT TO THE DAVIS CENTER IS THE EASY STREET REHABILITATION VILLAGE WITH MODULES THAT SIMULATE REAL LIFE SETTINGS, WHICH AID IN THE TRANSITION OF PATIENTS FROM THE REHABILITATION SETTING TO THEIR ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING. THE OUTPATIENT REHABILITATION SETTING IS FOCUSED ON THREE PRIMARY AREAS OF REHABILITATION, WHICH INCLUDE ORTHOPEDIC AND SPORTS MEDICINE, NEUROLOGICAL, AND ONCOLOGY. THE ORTHOPEDIC AND SPORTS MEDICINE DEPARTMENT IS EQUIPPED WITH THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY AND A FULL CIRCUIT OF WEIGHT TRAINING EQUIPMENT. THE NEUROLOGICAL REHABILITATION DEPARTMENT PROVIDES A ONE-TO-ONE, THERAPIST-TO-PATIENT RATIO. PEDIATRIC REHABILITATION IS PROVIDED AT THE MARTHA WARE REHABILITATION CENTER, 9035 SUNSET DRIVE, MIAMI WITH SPECIALLY TRAINED THERAPISTS FOCUSING ON REHABILITATING INJURIES SUSTAINED BY CHILDREN UP TO 12 YEARS OF AGE. SURGERY CENTER: THE SURGERY CENTER AT BAPTIST HOSPITAL HAS 18 MAJOR OPERATING SUITES AND TWO MINOR PROCEDURE ROOMS. APPROXIMATELY 13,000 INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT SURGICAL PROCEDURES WERE PERFORMED IN FISCAL YEAR 2016. THE SURGERY CENTER WAS DESIGNED TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS FOR SAME-DAY SURGERY AND TO ACCOMMODATE EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES, SUCH AS THE HERMES VOICE-ACTIVATED DEVICE USED TO CONTROL THE LAPAROSCOPE AND LIGHT CORD DURING LAPAROSCOPIC PROCEDURES. BAPTIST HOSPITAL WAS AMONG THE FIRST IN SOUTH FLORIDA TO OFFER IMAGE-GUIDED SURGERY FOR NEUROSURGERY, OTOLARYNGOLOGY AND ORTHOPEDICS. NEUROSCIENCES: BAPTIST HEALTH NEUROSCIENCE CENTER, A BAPTIST HEALTH CENTER OF EXCELLENCE ON THE BAPTIST HOSPITAL CAMPUS OFFERS COMPREHENSIVE AND COMPASSIONATE TREATMENT FOR NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AFFECTING THE BRAIN, SPINAL CORD AND PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. FROM NON-SURGICAL TREATMENTS AND MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURES TO COMPLEX BRAIN AND SPINE SURGERY, THE CENTER EMBRACES A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO PATIENT CARE. BAPTIST HEALTH NEUROSCIENCE CENTER HAS A 48-BED INPATIENT UNIT AND EIGHT NEUROSCIENCE CRITICAL CARE BEDS. BAPTIST HOSPITAL OFFERS THE FULL SPECTRUM OF SERVICES FOR TREATING NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS; A REHABILITATION PROGRAM; SPINE SURGERY; NEUROLOGICAL INTENSIVE CARE; AND TREATMENT FOR MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, SLEEP DISORDERS AND PAIN CONTROL. IN ADDITION, BAPTIST HEALTH NEUROSCIENCE CENTER IS ONE OF ONLY A SMALL NUMBER OF SUCH PROGRAMS IN THE NATION TO FACILITATE SURGERY AND MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURES ON COMPLEX BRAIN TUMORS AND VASCULAR CONDITIONS. THESE SERVICES ARE SUPPORTED BY AN INPATIENT UNIT DEDICATED TO THE TREATMENT AND RECOVERY OF PATIENTS WITH NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS. THE NEUROSCIENCE PROGRAM'S STAFF OF NEUROLOGISTS, NEUROSURGEONS, NEURORADIOLOGISTS AND INTERVENTIONAL NEURORADIOLOGISTS IS WIDELY ACCLAIMED FOR CLINICAL, RESEARCH AND EDUCATION LEADERSHIP. BAPTIST HEALTH HAS TWO CERTIFIED PRIMARY STROKE HOSPITALS (SOUTH MIAMI AND WEST KENDALL BAPTIST HOSPITAL) AND A COMPREHENSIVE STROKE CENTER AT BAPTIST HOSPITAL. THEIR JOINT COMMISSION CERTIFIED COMPREHENSIVE STROKE CENTER AT BAPTIST HOSPITAL HAS ACHIEVED THE HIGHEST DESIGNATION AVAILABLE FOR STROKE CARE. THEIR PROGRAM HAS ALSO RECEIVED THE GOLD PLUS SEAL OF APPROVAL FROM THE AMERICAN HEART AND AMERICAN STROKE ASSOCIATION EVERY YEAR SINCE 2012. IN 2016, IT WAS HONORED WITH THE TARGET STROKE HONOR ROLL ELITE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING QUALITY OF STROKE CARE.
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