SCHEDULE H, PART III, SECTION A, LINE 2
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BAD DEBT EXPENSE: THE AMOUNT REPORTED ON LINE 2 IS BASED ON THE BAD DEBT PER THE ORGANIZATION'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
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SCHEDULE H, PART III, SECTION A, LINE 3
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BAD DEBT ATTRIBUTABLE TO PATIENTS UNDER FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICY: THE ORGANIZATION HAS ESTIMATED THE AMOUNT OF BAD DEBT ATTRIBUTABLE TO PATIENTS ELIGIBLE UNDER THE CHARITY CARE POLICY AT ABOUT 12.5%.
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SCHEDULE H, PART III, SECTION A, LINE 4
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BAD DEBT FOOTNOTE: Accounts receivable are reduced by an allowance for doubtful accounts. In evaluating the collectability of accounts receivable, the Hospital analyzes its past history and identifies trends for each of its major payer sources of revenue to estimate the appropriate allowance for doubtful accounts and provision for uncollectible accounts. Management regularly reviews data about these major payer sources of revenue in evaluating the sufficiency of the allowance for doubtful accounts. For receivables associated with services provided to patients who have third-party coverage, the Hospital analyzes contractually due amounts and provides an allowance for doubtful accounts and a provision for uncollectible accounts, if necessary (for example, for expected uncollectible deductibles and copayments on accounts for which the third-party payer has not yet paid, or for payers who are known to be having financial difficulties that make the realization of amounts due unlikely). For receivables associated with self-pay patients (which includes both patients without insurance and patients with deductible and copayment balances due for which third-party coverage exists for part of the bill), the Hospital records a significant provision for uncollectible accounts in the period of service on the basis of its past experience, which indicates that many patients are unable or unwilling to pay the portion of their bill for which they are financially responsible. The difference between the standard rates (or the discounted rates if negotiated or provided by policy) and the amounts actually collected after all reasonable collection efforts have been exhausted is charged off against the allowance for doubtful accounts.
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SCHEDULE H, PART III, SECTION B, LINE 8
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COSTING METHODOLOGY: THE HOSPITAL USES COST REPORT METHODOLOGY, WHICH APPORTIONS ROUTINE COSTS BASED ON MEDICAID OR MEDICARE DAYS TO TOTAL DAYS AND APPORTIONS ANCILLARY COSTS BASED ON PROGRAM CHARGES TO TOTAL CHARGES. THE ORGANIZATION HAD A MEDICARE SHORTFALL IN THE AMOUNT OF $15,250. THE STATE OF TEXAS TREATS MEDICARE SHORTFALL AS COMMUNITY BENEFIT FOR MEETING STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS FOR CHARITY CARE AND COMMUNITY BENEFIT.
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SCHEDULE H, PART III, SECTION C, LINE 9B
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COLLECTIONS PRACTICES: IF A PATIENT APPEARS TO BE INDIGENT, ACCOUNTS SHOULD BE REVIEWED, AT ANY TIME DURING THE COLLECTION PROCESS, FOR POSSIBLE CONSIDERATION AS A CHARITY CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORGANIZATION'S CHARITY CARE POLICY. THE HOSPITAL WILL NOT TAKE ANY EXTRAORDINARY COLLECTIONS ACTIONS, INCLUDING SELLING THE DEBT TO A COLLECTION AGENCY, UNTIL REASONABLE EFFORTS ARE TAKEN TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. ONCE A PATIENT HAS BEEN DETERMINED ELIGIBLE FOR ASSISTANCE ALL COLLECTION ACTIONS ARE STOPPED.
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SCHEDULE H, PART VI, LINE 2
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NEEDS ASSESSMENT: IN ADDITION TO THE CHNA, THE HOSPITAL OFTEN LEARNS ABOUT THE HEALTH NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY THROUGH ITS AFFILIATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH SEVERAL PHYSICIAN PRACTICES, ACADEMIC PARTNERS, PEDIATRIC ORGANIZATIONS AND REPORTS AND FEEDBACK FROM STATE AND OTHER AGENCIES.
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SCHEDULE H, PART VI, LINE 3
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PATIENT EDUCATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE: ALL PATIENTS WITHOUT THIRD PARTY INSURANCE RECEIVE INFORMATION WHILE AT EPCH REGARDING GOVERNMENTAL ASSISTANCE AND ARE ADVISED TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH A CERTIFIED MEDICAID ENROLLMENT CENTER TO DETERMINE THEIR ELIGIBILITY FOR MEDICAID ASSISTANCE. THOSE PATIENTS ARE INFORMED THAT THEY MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE HOSPITAL'S CHARITY CARE PROGRAM. ALSO, ALL INPATIENTS WITHOUT THIRD PARTY COVERAGE ARE VISITED DURING THEIR HOSPITAL STAY AND SENT INFORMATION.
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SCHEDULE H, PART VI, LINE 4
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COMMUNITY INFORMATION: THE CITY OF EL PASO IS LOCATED IN FAR WEST TEXAS, ALONG THE US/MEXICO BORDER. ON THE MEXICAN SIDE OF THE BORDER, THE POPULATION OF THE CIUDAD JUAREZ EXCEEDS THAT OF EL PASO, TEXAS. MOST OF EL PASO COUNTY'S POPULATION IS CENTERED AROUND THE CITY OF EL PASO. THE EL PASO CITY AND COUNTY UNEMPLOYMENT RATES IN JUNE 2014 WERE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND NATIONAL AVERAGE. THE MEDIAN AGE OF PEOPLE IN THE EL PASO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COMMUNITY IS VARIED, WITH SOME AREAS IN THE COMMUNITY BELOW 21.0 AND OTHER AREAS AS HIGH AS 40.7. THIS LIKELY TRANSLATES TO A BROAD VARIETY OF HEALTH NEEDS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY, BASED ON AGE POPULATION, AND PROPORTIONATELY MORE CHILDREN IN CERTAIN ZIP CODES OVER OTHERS. AS A COMPARISON, THE MEDIAN AGE IN TEXAS IS 33.6 YEARS, AND THE NATIONAL MEDIAN AGE IS 36.8 YEARS. THE RACIAL MAKEUP OF THE HOSPITAL COMMUNITY IS PREDOMINATELY WHITE, AND AFRICAN AMERICAN AS A VERY DISTANT SECOND. EL PASO COUNTY IS LESS RACIALLY DIVERSE THAN THE STATE OF TEXAS OVERALL. AT 81 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL POPULATION IN THE HOSPITAL COMMUNITY, THE HISPANIC POPULATION IN EL PASO COUNTY IS VERY LARGE, RELATIVE TO 38 PERCENT IN TEXAS. EL PASO COUNTY HAS A SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME THAN THE STATE OF TEXAS. NOT SURPRISINGLY, THE POVERTY LEVEL IN EL PASO COUNTY IS ALSO SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THAT OF TEXAS. THE CHILD POVERTY RATE IN EL PASO COUNTY IS ALSO HIGHER THAN THE TEXAS STATE AVERAGE. SEVERAL OF THE ZIP CODES IN THE HOSPITAL COMMUNITY HAVE PARTICULARLY HIGH CHILD POVERTY RATES. ZIP CODES 79901, 79916, AND 79838 ARE NEARLY TWICE THE RATE OF EL PASO COUNTY AND THREE TIMES THAT OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. IN THE 2010-2011 SCHOOL YEAR, 68.8% OF EL PASO COUNTY CHILDREN WERE ELIGIBLE FOR FREE OR REDUCED PRICE SCHOOL LUNCHES, COMPARED TO 50.1% OF CHILDREN IN TEXAS.
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SCHEDULE H, PART VI, LINE 5
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PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY HEALTH: EL PASO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ELEVATES THE QUALITY AND SCOPE OF MEDICAL CARE IN THE EL PASO REGION BY PROVIDING UNMATCHED EXCELLENCE IN SPECIALIZED PEDIATRIC PATIENT CARE AS WELL AS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES. EL PASO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IS ADVANCING PEDIATRIC HEALTHCARE THROUGH OUR EDUCATION AFFILIATIONS WITH (AMONG OTHERS) THE PAUL L. FOSTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER, UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER OF EL PASO, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO, WILLIAM BEAUMONT ARMY MEDICAL CENTER, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA, AND EL PASO COMMUNITY COLLEGE. ADDITIONALLY, EL PASO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IS AN ANCHOR FACILITY OF THE MEDICAL CENTER OF THE AMERICAS CAMPUS. EL PASO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ALSO BELIEVES IN GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY IT SERVES. IN 2019, EL PASO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CONTRIBUTED $29,000 IN SPONSORSHIPS TO COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT SHARE OUR COMMITMENT TO HELPING ALL CHILDREN, ALL THE TIME. THE RECIPIENT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR WAS THE MARCH OF DIMES, candlelighters, splash & dash and many others. 2019 was a year that embarked on building on past successes and setting the stage for continued advancements in quality, patient-centered care and advanced technology. In response to meeting the needs of the pediatric community, several physicians were recruited into the Hospitals medical staff including a pediatric neurosurgeon, pediatric pulmonologist, pediatric surgeon and several pediatric hospitalists and intensivists. Some of the strategic objectives EPCH has achieved includes: launching an outpatient Cranial and Facial Clinic, achieving level IV NICU designation, opening the Zachary Bowling Pediatric Outpatient Diabetes Education Services at El Paso Childrens Hospital and the re-introduction of the Therapeutic Arts Program, designed to provide rehabilitation through art and holistic healing through art therapy.
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SCHEDULE H, PART VI, LINE 6
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AFFILIATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM: EPCH COOPERATES WITH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER (UMC) IN PROVIDING HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO THE REGIONAL SERVICE AREA. WHILE UMC'S SCOPE PRIMARILY INCLUDES PROVIDING ACUTE CARE TO THE ADULT POPULATION, EPCH'S SCOPE INCLUDES PROVIDING ACUTE CARE TO THE PEDIATRIC POPULATION. THE COOPERATION EXTENDS TO PEDIATRIC TRAUMA AND NEONATAL PATIENTS WHO ORIGINATE AT UMC AND ARE THEN TRANSFERRED TO EPCH FOR CONTINUED CARE.
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SCHEDULE H, PART VI, LINE 7
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State filing of community benefit report: TEXAS
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schedule h, part i, line 3c
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factors other than fpg determining free or discounted care: the hospital uses the following criteria to determine eligibility for free or discounted care: - medical indigency - insurance status - medicare/medicaid
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schedule H, part i, line 7, column f
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bad debt excluded in calculation of patient care cost to charges: bad debt expense in the amount of $16,177,646 was included in form 990, part IX, line 25 in total expenses. however, this amount was excluded for purposes of calculating the percentage of patient care cost to charges.
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