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Mercy Statistical Highlights -- Fiscal Year 2007

Members
  • 9 Strategic Service Units (SSUs)
  • 7 integrated delivery systems
    - 18 acute care hospitals
    - 2 heart hospitals
    - 4,003 licensed beds
  • Managed care organization (Mercy Health Plans)
  • Community-based Outreach SSU (Mercy Ministries of Laredo)
People
  • 28,000 co-workers
  • 1,045 integrated physicians
  • 4,450 medical staff members
Locations
  • 8 service areas in 5 states:
    Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas
  • Community outreach programs in Louisiana and Mississippi
Utilization
  • Acute discharges
    FY 2007 149,012
    FY 2006 150,057
  • Non-acute discharges
    FY 2007 12,943
    FY 2006 13,025
  • Inpatient Surgeries
    FY 2007 52,134 FY 2006 53,969
  • Outpatient Surgeries
    FY 2007 280,781
    FY 2006 265,759
  • Acute length of stay
    FY 2007 4.5 days
    FY 2006 4.4 days
  • Emergency room visits
    FY 2007 473,396
    FY 2006 451,142
  • Outpatient visits
    FY 20075,600,796
    FY 2006 5,394,879
  • Total licensed beds
    FY 2007 4,003 (3,188 acute)
    FY 2006 4,083 (3,268 acute)
Services to the Community
  • Medicaid allowances (unpaid cost of services provided to patients covered by Medicaid)
    FY 2007 $81.6 million
  • Charity care (cost of services provided to patients who are unable to pay for their care)
    FY 2007 $46.8 million
  • Community benefits (subsidized health services, outreach programs, medical education and research, the Catherine's Fund and Mercy Caritas programs, and community outreach ministries in Louisiana and Mississippi)
    FY 2007 $33.8 million
  • Total services to the community
    FY 2007 $162.3 million
Information current for Fiscal Year 2007, ending June 30, 2007