ABOUT
MERCY
What we stand for…
OUR MISSION STATEMENT
As the Sisters of Mercy
before us,
we bring to life
the healing ministry
of Jesus
through our
compassionate care
and exceptional service.
SISTERS OF MERCY
HEALTH SYSTEM
• 8th largest Catholic healthcare system
in the U.S. (based on NPSR)
• Seven-state area encompassing
Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas,
Oklahoma, Texas, Mississippi and
Louisiana
• Sponsorship transitioned in 2008
from the Sisters of Mercy Regional
Community of St. Louis to Mercy
Health Ministry
• Other health services include urgent
care clinics, outpatient surgery
centers, skilled nursing care and
long-term nursing care
Lynn
Britton
President/CEO
• ACUTE CARE HOSPITALS
21
3
 REHAB HOSPITAL 1
• HEART HOSPITALS
5
 LICENSED BEDS 4,396
• CO-WORKERS 36,917
 MANAGED FACILITIES
4,659
• INTEGRATED PHYSICIANS 1,235
• PHYSICIAN PRACTICE LOCATIONS 185
• HEALTH PLAN MEMBERS 253,489
• MEDICAL STAFF MEMBERS
Commercial, Medicare, and Children’s Health Insurance Program
(CHIP) members in Missouri, Arkansas and Texas
Lives touched by Mercy
in FY2009:
2.7 million
SERVICE REGIONS
Illinois
Kansas Region
St. Louis Region
Missouri
Joplin Region
Kansas
Springfield Region
Northwest Arkansas
Region
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Oklahoma Region
Fort Smith
Region
Hot Springs
Region
Texas
Mississippi
Louisiana
Laredo Region
Outreach Ministries
UTILIZATION OVERVIEW
130,992

ACUTE DISCHARGES

NON-ACUTE DISCHARGES

OUTPATIENT VISITS
10,728
5,913,706
2,623,922 Hospital-based
3,289,784 Physician office clinics

EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS

INPATIENT SURGERIES

OUTPATIENT SURGERIES
492,929
48,841
82,679
FY 2009
The average patient visits their physician three times a year and has a
hospital stay once every 17 years
FINANCIAL OVERVIEW


$4.1 billion
TOTAL OPERATING REVENUES $3.9 billion
TOTAL ASSETS
$3.3 billion Net Patient Services Revenues
$576 million Insurance Premium Revenues



$208 million
ROi CONTRIBUTION $21.1 million
PHILANTHROPIC CONTRIBUTION $32.0 million
SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY
FY 2009
Aa3 credit rating by Moody’s Investor Services,
AA- from Standard & Poor’s
Mercy would rank #580 on the Fortune 1000 – the same size as Hasbro and Michael’s,
and larger than Del Monte and Energizer
MISSOURI ST. LOUIS
St. John’s Mercy Health Care
St. John’s Mercy
Medical Center
• STAFFED BEDS
965
• CO-WORKERS (SJMHC)
• IP DISCHARGES
Mike
McCurry
Interim
President/CEO
9,753
43,711
• TOTAL OPERATING REVENUE
• MARKET SHARE
• MERCY SINCE
St. John’s Mercy
Medical Center
$804.3M
11%
1871
St. Louis Region
• POPULATION
• PHYSICIANS
• HOSPITALS
2,733,120
6,367
42
Illinois
Missouri
MISSOURI WASHINGTON
St. John’s Mercy Health Care
St. John’s Mercy
Hospital
169
• STAFFED BEDS
805
• CO-WORKERS
Terri
McLain
President
• IP DISCHARGES
6,778
• TOTAL OPERATING REVENUE
• MARKET SHARE
• MERCY SINCE
$104.5M
40%
1976
Washington Region
• POPULATION
• PHYSICIANS
• HOSPITALS
110,811
166
3
Missouri
St. John’s
Mercy Hospital
2009 COMMUNITY BENEFIT REPORT
Charity Care
Community Outreach
Services
Health Professionals
Education & Research
Cash, In-Kind Donations,
Workforce Enhancement and
Fundraising
Medicaid Subsidies
BENEFIT:
$24,154,299
BENEFIT:
$ 1,806,572
BENEFIT:
$2,846,594
BENEFIT:
$ 365,790
BENEFIT:
$7,249,682
Includes the actual cost of
providing free or
discounted care to persons
who cannot afford to pay
and who are not eligible
for public programs.
Charity care does not
include bad debt.
Includes activities carried
out to improve community
health & services that are
subsidized because they
are needed in the
community. Examples:
education, support groups,
health screenings, and
immunizations.
Includes the cost of
providing clinical
placement for physicians,
nurses and other health
professionals.
Includes cash, in-kind
donations,
fundraising
costs, food & supplies to
shelters, use of St. John’s
rooms
and
facilities,
donated office space and
recruitment of health
processionals in medically
underserved areas.
Includes the actual unpaid
cost of providing care to
Medicaid patients and
represents the shortfall
between cost of care and
the payments received by
the government.
Total Amount of Community Benefit …………. $36,422,937
July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2009
What we strive for...
OUR VISION STATEMENT
We are the people of Mercy Health Ministry.
Together, we
are pioneering a new model of care.
We will relentlessly pursue our goal to
get healthcare right.
Everywhere and every way that Mercy serves, we
will deliver a transformative
health experience.