Carlinville Area Hospital (CAH)

Carlinville Area Hospital Association is a 25-bed acute care hospital located in Carlinville, Illinois. The Hospital provides inpatient, outpatient and emergency care services for residents of central Illinois.During fiscal year 2023, we carried out our exempt purpose in the following ways: 1) Provided quality short term acute care medical services to 395 inpatients, of which 71.9% were eligible for Medicare. Without our services these elderly patients would have had to travel over 20 miles to receive similar services. (Continued on Schedule O) 2) Provided quality short term skilled care to 137 patients in our swing bed unit, with an average length of stay of 10.7 days. 3) Provided 24 hour a day emergency room services. Our emergency room treated 7,037 patients during fiscal year 2023. We treat everyone who presents themselves to our emergency room regardless of their medical condition or ability to pay. We provided 24-hour physician service so people residing in the Carlinville area do not have to travel long distances for emergency medical care. 4) In addition to the inpatient and emergency services we provide, we also had 33,719 visits in our outpatient departments. These services range from preventative care items such as mammograms and lab tests to rehabilitative services such as Physical and Occupational therapy. 5) The hospital also had 9,718 visits to their specialty clinics. These clinics bring specialists from metropolitan areas to Carlinville on a rotating basis. This provides access to specialty services not otherwise offered in the area.6) The hospital also had 17,175 visits in our Rural Health Clinics. These clinics allow for patients to stay closer to home and get in to see a medical provider.The Hospital provides health care services to patients who meet certain criteria under its charity care policy without charge or at amounts less than its established rates. Since the Hospital does not pursue collection of these amounts, they are not reported as patient service revenue. The estimated costs of providing these services was $46,000 for the year ended July 31, 2023, calculated by multiplying the ratio of cost to gross charges for the Hospital by the gross uncompensated charges associated with providing charity care to its patients.