Cass Regional Medical Center | Wellness Matters | Spring 2019

6 cassregional.org | 816-380-3474 | Spring 2019 Cass Regional Medical Center key operating statistics 2018 2016 2017 2018 Admissions 2,632 2,586 2,432 Outpatient visits 22,548 21,839 21,406 Emergency Department visits 14,847 14,032 13,607 Family Practice Clinic/ General Surgery Clinic visits 56,062 55,033 57,338 Balance sheet (consolidated with Cass Regional Medical Center Foundation and Cass Medical Center Improvement Corporation) 2016 2017 2018* Assets $118,979,548 $124,528,072 $127,539,263 Liabilities $47,032,171 $45,477,305 $41,399,322 Fund balance $71,947,377 $79,050,767 $86,139,941 2018 County maintenance tax appropriation received $2,264,716 Bad debt expense $14,082,536* Charity care $1,140,800* Total 2018 charity care and bad debt expense $15,223,336* *unaudited figures w w We welcomed Lisa Everhart, BSN, MSN, FNP-BC, to our provider network as a nurse practitioner at Harrisonville Medical Clinic. w w Donors to Cass Regional Medical Center Foundation’s Superheroes for Patients fundraiser contributed nearly $66,000 to support the Patient Assistance Fund. w w We added a second day of urology coverage with Joseph Myers, MD, at Rock Haven Specialty Clinic, and a third half day of pain management coverage with James Johnson, DO, at Cass Regional’s Specialists Clinic. w w Kansas City Pulmonary Practice added a second day of weekly pulmonary coverage at its clinic in Rock Haven Medical Mall. w w We added a second telemedicine robot to the organization to support the provision of teleneurology and telestroke services in the Emergency Department and inpatient units. w w Working with SpecialCare Hospital Management Corporation, we added the New Vision TM program, an inpatient medical stabilization service for adults who are experiencing withdrawal from drugs and/or alcohol as they begin their path to recovery. w w We again exceeded budgeted expectations related to operating margin and days of cash on hand. w w We invested nearly $2.4 million in facilities, and new and replacement capital equipment. w w We revised pricing within the organization effective Jan. 1, 2019, to be more competitive in the market and better aligned with what other hospitals in the area are charging. w w We donated $43,450 to worthy causes throughout the communities we serve. w w We provided $1.14 million in charity care. GROWTH FINANCIAL STRENGTH Medicare and MCR HMO: 48.36% Medicaid and MCD HMO: 7.43% HMO/PPO: 33.12% Self-Pay: 8.87% Other: 2.22% Payer mix