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BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL PLYMOUTH INC: Form 990, tax year 2022

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Organization
BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL PLYMOUTH INC (EIN 22-2667354)
Tax period
2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
Filed
2024-08-14
IRS object ID
202432279349303113
Schema version
2022v5.0
Source
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header ReturnHeader

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return2024-08-14T15:12:18-05:00ReturnTs
Tax Period End2023-09-30TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN861065772PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1DELOITTE TAX LLPBusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1111 MONUMENT CIRCLE SUITE 4200AddressLine1Txt
CityINDIANAPOLISCityNm
State AbbreviationINStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP46204ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return Type990ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin2022-10-01TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN222667354EIN

Business Name BusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL-PLYMOUTHBusinessNameLine1Txt
Business Name Line2INCBusinessNameLine2Txt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name ControlBETHBusinessNameControlTxt
Phone5087462000PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1275 SANDWICH STREETAddressLine1Txt
CityPLYMOUTHCityNm
State AbbreviationMAStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP023602183ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonCINDY RIOSPersonNm
Person TitleTREASURER, BILHPersonTitleTxt
Phone5087462000PhoneNum
Signature2024-08-12SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer0DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
IRS Responsible Prty Info Curr0IRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Preparer PersonANGELA M MOOREPreparerPersonNm
PTINP00244342PTIN
Phone3174648600PhoneNum
Preparation2024-08-07PreparationDt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tax2022TaxYr
Build TS2024-08-08 14:25:15ZBuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Principal OfficerCINDY RIOSPrincipalOfficerNm
Gross Receipts$369,251,290GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates0GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3Yes (X)Organization501c3Ind
Website AddressWWW.BIDPLYMOUTH.ORGWebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization CorpYes (X)TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation1985FormationYr
Legal Domicile StateMALegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or MissionSEE SCHEDULE O.ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body20VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent15VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee2181TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers70TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI$995,611TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm$0NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants$8,557,256PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants$4,388,076CYContributionsGrantsAmt
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CY Program Service Revenue$360,314,619CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income$763,728PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income$170,922CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue$4,851,363PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue$4,244,782CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue$341,637,568PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue$369,118,399CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid$115,779PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
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PY Benefits Paid To Members$0PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members$0CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid$176,846,498PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid$158,716,757CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns$38,668PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
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CY Total Fundraising Expense$1,202,230CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses$166,040,215PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses$206,261,702CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses$343,041,160PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses$365,010,307CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses-$1,403,592PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses$4,108,092CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY$208,213,729TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY$214,499,502TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY$108,353,262TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY$117,122,090TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY$99,860,467NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY$97,377,412NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part IIIYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
MissionSEE SCHEDULE O.MissionDesc
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Significant Change0SignificantChangeInd
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Revenue$172,558,965RevenueAmt
DescINPATIENT. SEE SCHEDULE O.Desc

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Revenue$158,429,236RevenueAmt
DescOUTPATIENT CLINICS AND SERVICES. SEE SCHEDULE O.Desc

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Revenue$31,621,927RevenueAmt
DescEMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. SEE SCHEDULE O.Desc
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses$327,014,033TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3Yes (1)DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B RequiredYes (1)ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty0PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying ActivitiesYes (1)LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax0SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund0DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements0ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art0CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling0CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi EndowmentsYes (1)DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building EquipmentYes (1)ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec0ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst0ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other AssetsYes (1)ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other LiabilitiesYes (1)ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 FootnoteYes (1)IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt0IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl StmtYes (1)ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating0SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office0ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities0ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org0MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals0MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional FundraisingYes (1)ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising ActivitiesYes (1)FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities0GamingActivitiesInd
Operate HospitalYes (1)OperateHospitalInd
Audited Financial Stmt AttYes (1)AuditedFinancialStmtAttInd
Grants To OrganizationsYes (1)GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals0GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J RequiredYes (1)ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt BondsYes (1)TaxExemptBondsInd
Invest Tax Exempt BondsYes (1)InvestTaxExemptBondsInd
Escrow Account0EscrowAccountInd
On Behalf Of Issuer0OnBehalfOfIssuerInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans0EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans0PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding0LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person0GrantToRelatedPersonInd
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Terminate Operations0TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation0PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded EntityYes (1)DisregardedEntityInd
Related EntityYes (1)RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl EntYes (1)RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Transaction With Control EntYes (1)TransactionWithControlEntInd
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Activities Conducted Prtshp0ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O RequiredYes (1)ScheduleORequiredInd
Info In Schedule O Part VYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartVInd
IRP Document168IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G0IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee2181EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns FiledYes (1)EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over LimitYes (1)UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T FiledYes (1)Form990TFiledInd
Foreign Financial Account0ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans0ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification0TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions0NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo ContributionsYes (1)QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contri DisclYes (1)QuidProQuoContriDisclInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of0Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct0RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct0PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services0IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt0SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc0SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VIYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
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Family Or Business RlnYes (1)FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties0DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents0ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse0MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or StockholdersYes (1)MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board MembersYes (1)ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To ApprovaYes (1)DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing BodyYes (1)MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of CommitteesYes (1)MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address0OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters0LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn BodyYes (1)Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest PolicyYes (1)ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered PrsnYes (1)AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring EnfrcYes (1)RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower PolicyYes (1)WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention PolicyYes (1)DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO0CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other0CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint VentureYes (1)InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Written Policy Or Procedure0WrittenPolicyOrProcedureInd
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States Where Copy Of Return Is FldSCStatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon RequestYes (X)UponRequestInd

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Phone7817448924PhoneNum

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CityCHARLESTOWNCityNm
State AbbreviationMAStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP02129ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (42 entries)

TitleTitleTxtAverage Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRtAverage Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRtIndividual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorIndReportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmtReportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmtOther CompensationOtherCompensationAmtOfficerOfficerIndKey EmployeeKeyEmployeeIndHighest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeIndFormer Ofcr Director TrusteeFormerOfcrDirectorTrusteeInd
ROWAN MICHAEL
TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO) (CEO DESIGNEE)1.0064.00Yes (X)$0$1,298,835$37,039
BURNS ERIN
TRUSTEE1.0057.00Yes (X)$0$560,180$75,469
VALSKY MD EUGENE
TTEE (EX-OFF) (PRES, MEDICAL STAFF)1.0057.00Yes (X)$0$526,404$69,273
COUGHLIN KEVIN
TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO), PRESIDENT1.0057.00Yes (X)$0$529,416$42,705Yes (X)
KELLY MD DAVID
TRUSTEE1.0057.00Yes (X)$0$365,765$49,802
TAYLOR LISA
TRUSTEE1.0057.00Yes (X)$0$279,849$32,470
FOSDICK KENNETH
CHAIR, TRUSTEE1.002.00Yes (X)$0$0$0Yes (X)
KAPELL JEFF
TRUSTEE, VICE CHAIR1.002.00Yes (X)$0$0$0Yes (X)
BLAIR RAYMOND
TRUSTEE1.002.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
CARR ALLISON GILLMORE
TRUSTEE1.002.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
HEWITT CHARLES
TRUSTEE1.002.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
HORWITZ-WILLIS NATE
TRUSTEE1.003.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
JOHNSON JOHN
TRUSTEE1.002.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
KENNISTON MD JULIA
TTEE (EX-OFF) (PRES, MEDICAL STAFF)1.002.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
KOWALOFF MD HARVEY
TRUSTEE1.002.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
MARBLE MEGAN VAYO
TRUSTEE1.002.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
MARINI ANNA
TRUSTEE1.002.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
MCGRATH JOHN
TRUSTEE1.002.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
MCKENNA CATHERINE
TRUSTEE1.002.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
PRIMAVERA DENNIS
TRUSTEE1.002.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
SHIELDS MARY
TRUSTEE1.002.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
TABB MD KEVIN
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (EX-OFFICIO)1.0064.00$0$2,507,235$299,917Yes (X)
KERNDL JOHN
TREAS (EX-OFF) (EVP & CFO, BILH)1.0064.00$0$1,301,463$34,409Yes (X)
RIOS CINDY
TREAS (EX-OFF) (INTERIM CFO, BILH)1.0064.00$0$802,046$220,936Yes (X)
KATZ ESQ JAMIE
CLERK (EX-OFFICIO)1.0064.00$0$898,193$15,864Yes (X)
ARMSTRONG ESQ EMILY
ASST CLERK(EX-OFF), AVP,ASST DEP GC1.0063.00$24$268,194$37,005Yes (X)
JENKINS JIM
ASST TREAS (EX-OFF), CFO1.0057.00$0$233,584$1,242Yes (X)
TIERNEY MD MATT
CHIEF OF SURGERY30.0030.00$0$584,084$71,537Yes (X)
THOMAS MD TENNY
CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER1.0055.00$0$440,671$139,932Yes (X)
CHAPIN RN MS MARY
VP, AMBULATORY SVS & PROCESS IMPROVE55.00$334,377$0$44,660Yes (X)
DOHERTY RN DONNA
CNO & SVP, PATIENT CARE SERVICES55.00$322,313$0$34,120Yes (X)
ABOU RJEILY MD CHARBEL
CHIEF OF MEDICINE1.0055.00$0$279,514$63,250Yes (X)
BAKER WENDY
VP, HUMAN RESOURCES BUSINESS PARTNER1.0055.00$0$223,375$54,502Yes (X)
RUTHERFORD RON
VP, CIO, VP SUPPORT SERVICES55.001.00$247,877$0$18,215Yes (X)
GORSUCH W BRIAN
CHIEF PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT55.00$311,288$0$44,278Yes (X)
HEBERT RICHARD
NURSE PRACTITIONER55.00$295,223$0$26,009Yes (X)
SODERSTROM JADE
REGISTERED NURSE55.00$276,942$0$37,980Yes (X)
GERENIA DARLENE
REGISTERED NURSE55.00$284,859$0$7,487Yes (X)
NDUNGU VIRGINIA
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT, ICU55.00$242,551$0$28,038Yes (X)
DWYER MARY
INTM ASST TREAS EXOFF/CFO;CONTROLLER0.00$215,598$0$31,184Yes (X)
BARNES ESQ JARED
FRMR ASST CLERK (EX-OFF) (ASSOC GC)0.0055.00$0$135,849$16,937Yes (X)
BROWNING MD THOMAS
FORMER CHIEF OF MEDICINE0.0055.00$0$245,021$54,052Yes (X)
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org$2,531,052TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org$11,479,678TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation$1,588,312TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K319IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees ListedYes (1)FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 KYes (1)TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs0CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (5 entries)

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AMERISOURCEBERGEN DRUG CORP
PO BOX 29808NEW YORKNY10087HEALTHCARE$46,319,164
BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH INC
20 UNIVERSITY ROADCAMBRIDGEMA02138MANAGEMENT & PROFESSIONAL SERVICES$30,561,661
VAYA WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS LLC
DEPT CH 18001PALATINEIL600558001HEALTHCARE$19,697,316
CARDINAL HEALTH
PO BOX 13862NEWARKNY07188HEALTHCARE$6,297,289
STRYKER ORTHOPAEDICS
PO BOX 93213CHICAGOIL606733213HEALTHCARE$4,852,016
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K101CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Fundraising$131,257FundraisingAmt
All Other Contributions$4,256,819AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions$17,740NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions$4,388,076TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (4 entries)

DescDescBusinessBusinessCdTotal Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmtRelated Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
INPATIENT CARE621400$169,949,758$169,949,758
OUTPATIENT CARE621400$158,429,236$158,429,236
EMERGENCY DEPT621910$31,621,927$31,621,927
SERVICES TO AFFILIATES900099$313,698$313,698
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue$360,314,619TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column$123,873TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue$93,495UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion$30,378ExclusionAmt

Gross Rents GrossRentsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Real$142,647RealAmt

Less Rental Expenses LessRentalExpensesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Real$63,804RealAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Real$78,843RealAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column$78,843TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue$9,821UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion$69,022ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Securities$47,049SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Securities$0SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Securities$47,049SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column$47,049TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue$47,049UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income$52,575FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event$131,257ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses$69,087FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column-$16,512TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion-$16,512ExclusionAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp (3 entries)

DescDescBusinessBusinessCdTotal Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmtRelated Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmtExclusionExclusionAmtUnrelated Business RevenueUnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
REBATES AND REFUNDS900099$1,927,879$1,927,879
CAFETERIA & GIFT SHOP722210$1,041,696$1,041,696
PET SCAN JV INCOME900099$444,237$444,237

Miscellaneous Revenue MiscellaneousRevenueGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column$768,639TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income$367,630RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue$401,009UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total$4,182,451OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column$369,118,399TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income$362,610,128RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue$995,611UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion$1,124,584ExclusionAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IXYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartIXInd

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$1,001,586TotalAmt
Program Services$946,099ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$55,487ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$246,782TotalAmt
Program Services$233,110ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$13,672ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$124,379,132TotalAmt
Program Services$117,488,603ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$6,890,529ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$3,482,239TotalAmt
Program Services$3,289,325ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$192,914ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$19,624,104TotalAmt
Program Services$18,536,940ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$1,087,164ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$9,982,914TotalAmt
Program Services$9,429,867ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$553,047ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$30,529,813TotalAmt
Program Services$6,462,071ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$22,897,360ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$1,170,382FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$32,698TotalAmt
Management And General$32,698ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$77,753TotalAmt
Management And General$77,753ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$31,848TotalAmt
Fundraising$31,848FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$56,763,928TotalAmt
Program Services$54,711,392ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$2,052,536ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$2,019,514TotalAmt
Program Services$1,953,543ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$65,971ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$6,555,992TotalAmt
Program Services$6,533,940ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$22,052ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Interest InterestGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$1,709,486TotalAmt
Program Services$1,709,486ProgramServicesAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$9,451,590TotalAmt
Program Services$8,506,431ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$945,159ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDescTotalTotalAmtProgram ServicesProgramServicesAmtManagement And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
PHARMACEUTICALS$49,137,926$49,137,926
MEDICAL SUPPLIES$34,570,571$34,570,571
HEALTH SAFETY NET ASSES$4,057,627$4,057,627
MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS$3,350,969$2,803,474$547,495

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$8,003,835TotalAmt
Program Services$6,643,628ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$1,360,207ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$365,010,307TotalAmt
Program Services$327,014,033ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$36,794,044ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$1,202,230FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY-$2,356,175BOYAmt
EOY$418,642EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$36,069,506BOYAmt
EOY$613,794EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EOY$522,101EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$36,487,987BOYAmt
EOY$34,029,259EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EOY$150,000EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$3,422,147BOYAmt
EOY$4,199,878EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$768,449BOYAmt
EOY$1,297,853EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss$214,439,443LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec$89,333,411LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$121,152,980BOYAmt
EOY$125,106,032EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EOY$26,980,352EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EOY$10,006,237EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$12,668,835BOYAmt
EOY$11,175,354EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$208,213,729BOYAmt
EOY$214,499,502EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$28,684,056BOYAmt
EOY$31,902,851EOYAmt

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$46,694,288BOYAmt
EOY$42,494,423EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$32,974,918BOYAmt
EOY$42,724,816EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$108,353,262BOYAmt
EOY$117,122,090EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117Yes (X)OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$87,210,800BOYAmt
EOY$82,823,072EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$12,649,667BOYAmt
EOY$14,554,340EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$99,860,467BOYAmt
EOY$97,377,412EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$208,213,729BOYAmt
EOY$214,499,502EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XIYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss$4,108,092ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst$2,014,371NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets-$8,605,518OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part XIIYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartXIIInd
Method Of Accounting AccrualYes (X)MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review0AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS AuditedYes (1)FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Consolidated Basis Fincl StmtYes (X)ConsolidatedBasisFinclStmtInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Audit CommitteeYes (1)AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit RequiredYes (1)FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd
Federal Grant Audit Performed0FederalGrantAuditPerformedInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
HospitalYes (X)HospitalInd

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Volunteers0VolunteersInd
Paid Staff Or ManagementYes (1)PaidStaffOrManagementInd
Media Advertisements0MediaAdvertisementsInd
Mailings Members0MailingsMembersInd
Publications Or Broadcast0PublicationsOrBroadcastInd
Grants Other Organizations0GrantsOtherOrganizationsInd
Direct Contact Legislators0DirectContactLegislatorsInd
Rallies Demonstrations0RalliesDemonstrationsInd
Other ActivitiesYes (1)OtherActivitiesInd
Other Activities$77,753OtherActivitiesAmt
Total Lobbying Expenditures$77,753TotalLobbyingExpendituresAmt
Not Described Section501c30NotDescribedSection501c3Ind

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePART II-B, LINE 1:FormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationBETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - PLYMOUTH, INC. ENGAGED IN SOME LOBBYING EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND OTHER NETWORK AFFILIATES AND/OR PAYS DUES TO CERTAIN MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATIONS OF WHICH A PORTION MAY BE USED BY SUCH ORGANIZATIONS FOR LOBBYING ACTIVITIES ON BEHALF OF THIS INSTITUTION AND OTHER SIMILARLY SITUATED ORGANIZATIONS. LOBBYING COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE COMBINED LOBBYING ACTIVITIES WAS $77,753 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2023. TOTAL LOBBYING EXPENDITURES ARE MINIMAL AND NOT SUBSTANTIAL BASED ON REVENUES.ExplanationTxt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$12,649,667BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$3,303,153ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$919,841InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures$2,315,664OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses$2,657AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance$14,554,340EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$14,345,173BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$1,544,783ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses-$2,782,405InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures$457,884OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance$12,649,667EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$12,645,124BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$1,044,499ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$1,771,932InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures$1,116,382OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance$14,345,173EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$12,296,225BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$906,502ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$357,015InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures$914,618OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance$12,645,124EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$12,272,847BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$1,433,937ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses-$471,841InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures$938,718OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance$12,296,225EndYearBalanceAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY0.73000PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY0.27000TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated OrgYes (1)EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related OrgYes (1)EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd
Related Org List Sch RYes (1)RelatedOrgListSchRInd

Land LandGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$385,907OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value$385,907BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$126,760,410OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$36,372,216DepreciationAmt
Book Value$90,388,194BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$71,768,758OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$51,735,006DepreciationAmt
Book Value$20,033,752BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$15,524,368OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$1,226,189DepreciationAmt
Book Value$14,298,179BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$125,106,032TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Assets Org OtherAssetsOrgGrp (4 entries)

DescDescBook ValueBookValueAmt
DEPOSITS$505,047
DEFERRED COMPENSATION$22,073
LEASED ASSETS$3,089,601
PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY REINSURANCE RECOVERIES$7,558,633
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Other Assets$11,175,354TotalBookValueOtherAssetsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (7 entries)

DescDescAmtAmt
DUE TO AFFILIATES$23,183,233
ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS$745,860
PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY RESERVES$9,572,633
OTHER LIABILITIES$15,891
ESTIMATED THIRD PARTY SETTLEMENTS$4,970,122
OPERATING LEASED LIABILITIES$4,132,976
DEFINED BENEFIT PENSION LIABILITY$104,101
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Liability$42,724,816TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote TextYes (X)FootnoteTextInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
PART V, LINE 4:BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - PLYMOUTH, INC.'S ENDOWMENT FUNDS ARE INTENDED TO ENSURE THAT BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - PLYMOUTH, INC. ACCOMPLISHES ITS CHARITABLE MISSION OF IMPROVING THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF ITS PATIENTS AND COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING A FULL CONTINUUM OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES. BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - PLYMOUTH, INC. DELIVERS THESE SERVICES WITH EXCELLENCE AND COMPASSION AND PROVIDES ACCESS TO TERTIARY CARE IN CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER (BIDMC), REGARDLESS OF THE PATIENT'S ABILITY TO PAY, RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, NATIONAL ORIGIN, ANCESTRY, AGE, OR DISABILITY. THE SPECIFIC USES OF THE ENDOWMENT VARY DEPENDING ON THE NATURE OF RESTRICTIONS, IF ANY, IMPOSED BY DONORS. BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - PLYMOUTH, INC.'S ENDOWMENT CONSISTS OF APPROXIMATELY FORTY FUNDS. INVESTMENT INCOME EARNED IS USED FOR HOSPITAL CAPITAL NEEDS, FREE CARE, AND FOR OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES AT THE DIRECTION OF THE DONORS. UNDER BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - PLYMOUTH, INC.'S CURRENT INVESTMENT SPENDING POLICY, WHICH IS WITHIN THE GUIDELINES SPECIFIED UNDER MASSACHUSETTS STATE LAW, 5% OF THE AVERAGE OF THE FAIR VALUE OF QUALIFYING LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS APPLIED TO A THREE-YEAR MOVING AVERAGE WITH A ONE-YEAR LAG IS APPROPRIATED AS STATED BY THE DONOR WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE FUND, WHICH REMAINS AT 4%. IN ESTABLISHING THIS POLICY, BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - PLYMOUTH, INC. CONSIDERED THE EXPECTED RETURN ON ITS ENDOWMENT AND ITS PROGRAMMING NEEDS. ACCORDINGLY, BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - PLYMOUTH, INC. EXPECTS THE CURRENT SPENDING POLICY TO ALLOW ITS ENDOWMENT TO MAINTAIN ITS PURCHASING POWER AND TO PROVIDE A PREDICTABLE AND STABLE SOURCE OF REVENUE FOR THE ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET. ADDITIONAL REAL GROWTH WILL BE PROVIDED THROUGH NEW GIFTS OR EXCESS INVESTMENT RETURN.
PART X, LINE 2:BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH, INC., WHICH SERVES AS THE PARENT OF THE SYSTEM, HAS BEEN DETERMINED BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE TO BE AN ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED UNDER INTERNAL REVENUE CODE (THE CODE) SECTION 501(C)(3) AND, THEREFORE, IS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAXES ON RELATED INCOME PURSUANT TO SECTION 501(A) OF THE CODE. THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE HAS ALSO DETERMINED THAT THE OTHER ENTITIES IN THE SYSTEM, EXCLUDING ITS FOR-PROFIT SUBSIDIARIES, QUALIFY AS ORGANIZATIONS DESCRIBED IN SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE CODE, MEET THE CODE'S REQUIREMENTS UNDER SECTION 509(A), AND THEREFORE ARE EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAXES ON RELATED INCOME PURSUANT TO SECTION 501(A) OF THE CODE. ACCORDINGLY, NO PROVISION HAS BEEN RECORDED FOR INCOME TAXES IN THE ACCOMPANYING CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THE SYSTEM RECOGNIZES THE EFFECT OF INCOME TAX POSITIONS ONLY IF THOSE POSITIONS ARE MORE LIKELY THAN NOT OF BEING SUSTAINED. RECOGNIZED INCOME TAX POSITIONS ARE MEASURED AT THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF BENEFIT THAT IS GREATER THAN FIFTY PERCENT LIKELY TO BE REALIZED UPON SETTLEMENT. CHANGES IN MEASUREMENT ARE REFLECTED IN THE PERIOD IN WHICH THE CHANGE IN JUDGMENT OCCURS. THE SYSTEM DID NOT RECOGNIZE THE EFFECT OF ANY INCOME TAX POSITIONS FOR THE YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2023 AND 2022, RESPECTIVELY.

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Mail SolicitationsYes (X)MailSolicitationsInd
Email SolicitationsYes (X)EmailSolicitationsInd
Phone SolicitationsYes (X)PhoneSolicitationsInd
In Person SolicitationsYes (X)InPersonSolicitationsInd
Solicitation Of Non Govt GrantsYes (X)SolicitationOfNonGovtGrantsInd
Special Fundraising EventsYes (X)SpecialFundraisingEventsInd
Agrmt Prof Fundraising ActyYes (1)AgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd

Fundraiser Activity Info FundraiserActivityInfoGrp (3 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1TxtCityUSAddress/CityNmState AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCdZIPUSAddress/ZIPCdActivityActivityTxtFundraiser Control Of FundsFundraiserControlOfFundsIndGross ReceiptsGrossReceiptsAmtRetained By ContractorRetainedByContractorAmtNet To OrganizationNetToOrganizationAmt
DOING GOOD DIGITAL LLC
668 N COAST HWY 224LAGUNA BEACHCA92651MARKETING CONSULTING0$0$6,017-$6,017
RAISE THE BAR LLC
36 RANGELEY ROADNEWTONMA02465REPORTING CONSULTING0$0$9,962-$9,962
ZURI GROUP LLC
331 PARK AVENUENEW YORKNY10010STRATEGY CONSULTING0$0$15,869-$15,869
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Retained By Contractors$31,848TotalRetainedByContractorsAmt
Total Net To Organization-$31,848TotalNetToOrganizationAmt
Licensed StatesFLLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesMALicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesNCLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesNHLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesNYLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesSCLicensedStatesCd

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Event1GOLF TOURNAMENTEvent1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1$142,140GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1$89,565CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1$52,575GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event1$37,180RentFacilityCostsEvent1Amt
Food And Beverage Event1$17,040FoodAndBeverageEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1$14,867OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Event2THIRD PARTY EVENTEvent2Nm
Gross Receipts Event2$33,192GrossReceiptsEvent2Amt
Charitable Contri Event2$33,192CharitableContriEvent2Amt
Other Events Total1OtherEventsTotalCnt
Gross Receipts Other Events$8,500GrossReceiptsOtherEventsAmt
Charitable Contri Other Events$8,500CharitableContriOtherEventsAmt
Gross Receipts Total$183,832GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot$131,257CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events$52,575GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Total Events$37,180RentFcltyCostsTotalEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Total Events$17,040FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events$14,867OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events$69,087DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary-$16,512NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferenceSCHEDULE G PART IIFormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationTHE BOSTON MARATHON EVENT REPORTED IN THIS FORM 990 SCHEDULE G UNDER COLUMN C "OTHER EVENTS" IS COORDINATED BY THE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH ("BILH") DEVELOPMENT TEAM AS AN EVENT FOR THE BILH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM. RUNNERS PARTICIPATE IN THE MARATHON AND RAISE FUNDS FOR A SPECIFIC ENTITY WITHIN THE BILH SYSTEM. BILH REPORTS ALL EXPENSES FOR THE MARATHON ON ITS FORM 990, WHILE CONTRIBUTIONS RAISED BY RUNNERS ARE REPORTED AS REVENUE ON THE FORM 990 FOR EACH HOSPITAL OR OTHER HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATION DESIGNATED BY PARTICIPATING RUNNERS.ExplanationTxt

Schedule H IRS990ScheduleH

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Financial Assistance PolicyYes (1)FinancialAssistancePolicyInd
Written PolicyYes (1)WrittenPolicyInd
All Hospitals PolicyYes (X)AllHospitalsPolicyInd
FPG Reference Free CareYes (1)FPGReferenceFreeCareInd

Free Care Oth Percentage FreeCareOthPercentageGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
OtherYes (X)OtherInd
Free Care Other400.000000000000FreeCareOtherPct
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
FPG Reference Discounted CareYes (1)FPGReferenceDiscountedCareInd
Percent400Yes (X)Percent400Ind
Free Care Medically IndigentYes (1)FreeCareMedicallyIndigentInd
Financial Assistance BudgetYes (1)FinancialAssistanceBudgetInd
Expenses Exceed BudgetYes (1)ExpensesExceedBudgetInd
Unable To Provide Care0UnableToProvideCareInd
Annual Community Bnft ReportYes (1)AnnualCommunityBnftReportInd
Report Publically AvailableYes (1)ReportPublicallyAvailableInd

Financial Assistance At Cost Typ FinancialAssistanceAtCostTyp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Community Benefit Expns$2,006,962TotalCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Direct Offsetting Revenue$620,833DirectOffsettingRevenueAmt
Net Community Benefit Expns$1,386,129NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Total Expense0.00380TotalExpensePct

Unreimbursed Medicaid UnreimbursedMedicaidGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Community Benefit Expns$6,437,082TotalCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Direct Offsetting Revenue$6,717,514DirectOffsettingRevenueAmt
Net Community Benefit Expns$0NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Total Expense0.00000TotalExpensePct

Total Financial Assistance Typ TotalFinancialAssistanceTyp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Community Benefit Expns$8,444,044TotalCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Direct Offsetting Revenue$7,338,347DirectOffsettingRevenueAmt
Net Community Benefit Expns$1,386,129NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Total Expense0.00380TotalExpensePct

Community Health Services CommunityHealthServicesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Community Benefit Expns$886,906TotalCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Direct Offsetting Revenue$332,072DirectOffsettingRevenueAmt
Net Community Benefit Expns$554,834NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Total Expense0.00150TotalExpensePct

Subsidized Health Services SubsidizedHealthServicesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Community Benefit Expns$85,548,380TotalCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Direct Offsetting Revenue$58,218,539DirectOffsettingRevenueAmt
Net Community Benefit Expns$27,329,841NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Total Expense0.07490TotalExpensePct

Cash And In Kind Contributions CashAndInKindContributionsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Community Benefit Expns$66,285TotalCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Direct Offsetting Revenue$1,694DirectOffsettingRevenueAmt
Net Community Benefit Expns$64,591NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Total Expense0.00020TotalExpensePct

Total Other Benefits TotalOtherBenefitsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Community Benefit Expns$86,501,571TotalCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Direct Offsetting Revenue$58,552,305DirectOffsettingRevenueAmt
Net Community Benefit Expns$27,949,266NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Total Expense0.07660TotalExpensePct

Total Community Benefits TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Community Benefit Expns$94,945,615TotalCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Direct Offsetting Revenue$65,890,652DirectOffsettingRevenueAmt
Net Community Benefit Expns$29,335,395NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt
Total Expense0.08040TotalExpensePct
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Bad Debt Expense$5,299,837BadDebtExpenseAmt
Reimbursed By Medicare$140,062,143ReimbursedByMedicareAmt
Cost Of Care Reimbursed By Medcr$148,600,469CostOfCareReimbursedByMedcrAmt
Medicare Surplus Or Shortfall-$8,538,326MedicareSurplusOrShortfallAmt

Costing Methodology Used CostingMethodologyUsedGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Cost To Charge RatioYes (X)CostToChargeRatioInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Written Debt Collection PolicyYes (1)WrittenDebtCollectionPolicyInd
Financial Assistance PrvsnYes (1)FinancialAssistancePrvsnInd
Hospital Facilities1HospitalFacilitiesCnt

Hospital Facilities HospitalFacilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Facility1FacilityNum

Business Name BusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - PLYMOUTH INCBusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1275 SANDWICH STREETAddressLine1Txt
CityPLYMOUTHCityNm
State AbbreviationMAStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP023602183ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Website AddressWWW.BIDPLYMOUTH.ORGWebsiteAddressTxt
State LicenseMA STATE LICENSE #2082StateLicenseNum
Licensed HospitalYes (X)LicensedHospitalInd
General Medical And SurgicalYes (X)GeneralMedicalAndSurgicalInd
Emergency Room24 HrsYes (X)EmergencyRoom24HrsInd
Emergency Room OtherYes (X)EmergencyRoomOtherInd
OtherCOMMUNITY HOSPITALOtherDesc

Hospital Fclty Policies Prctc HospitalFcltyPoliciesPrctcGrp

Hospital Facility Name HospitalFacilityName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - PLYMOUTBusinessNameLine1Txt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Facility1FacilityNum
First Licensed CY Or PY0FirstLicensedCYOrPYInd
Tax Exempt Hospital CY Or PY0TaxExemptHospitalCYOrPYInd
CHNA ConductedYes (1)CHNAConductedInd
Community DefinitionYes (X)CommunityDefinitionInd
Community DemographicsYes (X)CommunityDemographicsInd
How Data ObtainedYes (X)HowDataObtainedInd
Community Health NeedsYes (X)CommunityHealthNeedsInd
Other Health IssuesYes (X)OtherHealthIssuesInd
Community Hlth Needs Id ProcessYes (X)CommunityHlthNeedsIdProcessInd
Consulting ProcessYes (X)ConsultingProcessInd
CHNA Conducted21CHNAConductedYr
Take Into Account Others InputYes (1)TakeIntoAccountOthersInputInd
CHNA Conducted With Other FcltsYes (1)CHNAConductedWithOtherFcltsInd
CHNA Conducted With Non Fclts0CHNAConductedWithNonFcltsInd
CHNA Report Widely AvailableYes (1)CHNAReportWidelyAvailableInd
Rpt Available On Own WebsiteYes (X)RptAvailableOnOwnWebsiteInd
Own Website URLSEE PART VIOwnWebsiteURLTxt
Implementation Strategy AdoptYes (1)ImplementationStrategyAdoptInd
Implementation Strategy Adpt21ImplementationStrategyAdptYr
Strategy Posted WebsiteYes (1)StrategyPostedWebsiteInd
Strategy Website URLSEE PART VIStrategyWebsiteURLTxt
Organization Incur Excise Tax0OrganizationIncurExciseTaxInd
Elig Criteria ExplainedYes (1)EligCriteriaExplainedInd
FPG Family Incm Lmt Free DscntYes (X)FPGFamilyIncmLmtFreeDscntInd
FPG Family Incm Lmt Free Care400.000000000000FPGFamilyIncmLmtFreeCarePct
FPG Family Incm Lmt Dscnt Care400.000000000000FPGFamilyIncmLmtDscntCarePct
Asset Level CriteriaYes (X)AssetLevelCriteriaInd
Medical Indigency CriteriaYes (X)MedicalIndigencyCriteriaInd
Explained BasisYes (1)ExplainedBasisInd
App Financial Asst ExplnYes (1)AppFinancialAsstExplnInd
Described InfoYes (X)DescribedInfoInd
Described Suprt DocYes (X)DescribedSuprtDocInd
Provided Hospital ContactYes (X)ProvidedHospitalContactInd
Includes Publicity MeasuresYes (1)IncludesPublicityMeasuresInd
FAP Available On WebsiteYes (X)FAPAvailableOnWebsiteInd
FAP Available On Website URLSEE PART VIFAPAvailableOnWebsiteURLTxt
FAP App Available On WebsiteYes (X)FAPAppAvailableOnWebsiteInd
FAP App Available On Website URLSEE PART VIFAPAppAvailableOnWebsiteURLTxt
FAP Summary On WebsiteYes (X)FAPSummaryOnWebsiteInd
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BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - PLYMOUTH, INC.PART V, SECTION B, LINE 5: BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - PLYMOUTH, INC.:PART V, SECTION B, LINE 5: PART V, SECTION B, LINE 5: FOR DISCLOSURES RELATED TO FORM 990 SCHEDULE H PART V, SECTION B PLEASE SEE SCHEDULE H PART VI SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - PLYMOUTH, INC.PART V, SECTION B, LINE 11: BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - PLYMOUTH, INC.:PART V, SECTION B, LINE 11: PART V, SECTION B, LINE 11: FOR DISCLOSURES RELATED TO FORM 990 SCHEDULE H PART V, SECTION B PLEASE SEE SCHEDULE H PART VI SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION.
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PART I, LN 7 COL(F):THE BAD DEBT EXPENSE INCLUDED ON FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 25(A), BUT SUBTRACTED FOR PURPOSES OF CALCULATING THE PERCENTAGE IN THIS COLUMN IS $5,299,837
FORM 990 SCHEDULE H PART V, SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATIONFORM 990 SCHEDULE H PART V, SECTION C, SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION FOR SCHEDULE H PART V, SECTION BFINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND CERTAIN OTHER COMMUNITY BENEFITSCOMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT SERVICES AND CASH AND IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS TO COMMUNITY GROUPSBETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL PLYMOUTH (BID-PLYMOUTH) AFFILIATIONBETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH (BILH) IS THE SOLE MEMBER OF BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL PLYMOUTH (BID-PLYMOUTH). BILH IS A PURPOSE-DRIVEN, VALUES-BASED ORGANIZATION THAT UNITES 39,000 PEOPLE WHO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL HEALTH CARE TO EVERYONE WE SERVE. THE BILH NETWORK OF AFFILIATES IS AN INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM COMMITTED TO EXPANDING ACCESS TO EXTRAORDINARY PATIENT CARE ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND ADVANCING THE SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF MEDICINE THROUGH GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH AND EDUCATION. THE BILH SYSTEM IS COMPRISED OF ACADEMIC AND TEACHING HOSPITALS, A PREMIER ORTHOPEDICS HOSPITAL, PRIMARY CARE AND SPECIALTY CARE PROVIDERS, AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTERS, URGENT CARE CENTERS, COMMUNITY HOSPITALS, HOMECARE SERVICES, OUTPATIENT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTERS AND ADDICTION TREATMENT PROGRAMS. THE BILH'S COMMUNITY OF CLINICIANS, CAREGIVERS AND STAFF INCLUDES APPROXIMATELY 4,800 PHYSICIANS AND 39,000 EMPLOYEES. AT THE HEART OF BILH IS THE BELIEF THAT EVERYONE DESERVES HIGH-QUALITY, AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE AND THIS BELIEF IS WHAT DRIVES EACH AFFILIATE TO WORK WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS ACROSS THE REGION TO PROMOTE HEALTH, EXPAND ACCESS AND DELIVER THE BEST CARE IN THE COMMUNITIES BILH SERVES. BILH'S COMMUNITY BENEFITS STAFF ARE COMMITTED TO WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH BILH'S COMMUNITIES TO ADDRESS THE LEADING HEALTH ISSUES AND CREATE A HEALTHY FUTURE FOR INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES.BILH'S PURPOSE STATEMENT ARTICULATES THE IMPACT BILH AND EACH AFFILIATE STRIVES TO MAKE IN THE COMMUNITIES SERVED. BILH'S SHARED VALUES GUIDE DAILY EFFORTS, KEEP BILH AND EACH AFFILIATE ALIGNED IN THE PURSUIT OF PURPOSE AND SHOW HOW BILH CARES FOR PATIENTS, EACH OTHER AND OUR COMMUNITIES.PURPOSE STATEMENT: BILH CREATES HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES ONE PERSON AT A TIME THROUGH SEAMLESS CARE AND GROUND-BREAKING SCIENCE, DRIVEN BY EXCELLENCE, INNOVATION AND EQUITY.BID-PLYMOUTH COMMUNITY BENEFITS MISSION STATEMENT UTILIZING THE INTEGRATED RESOURCES OF THE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH SYSTEM, BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITALPLYMOUTH DELIVERS THE FULL CONTINUUM OF WORLD-CLASS HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO ALL THE COMMUNITIES OF SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS.BID-PLYMOUTH'S COMMUNITY BENEFITS MISSION IS FULFILLED BY:-INVOLVING BID-PLYMOUTH STAFF, INCLUDING ITS LEADERSHIP AND DOZENS OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS, IN THE CHNA PROCESS AS WELL AS IN THE DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION AND OVERSIGHT OF THE THREE-YEAR IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY;-ENGAGING AND LEARNING FROM RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE HOSPITAL'S COMMUNITY BENEFITS SERVICE AREA (CBSA) IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS PROCESS, WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION FOCUSED ON ENGAGING DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES, FROM THOSE, PATIENTS AND NON-PATIENTS ALIKE, WHO ARE OFTEN LEFT OUT OF SIMILAR ASSESSMENT, PLANNING AND PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION PROCESSES;-ASSESSING UNMET COMMUNITY NEED BY COLLECTING PRIMARY AND SECONDARY DATA (BOTH QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE) TO UNDERSTAND UNMET HEALTH-RELATED AND IDENTIFY COMMUNITIES AND POPULATIONS SEGMENTS DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY HEALTH ISSUES AND OTHER SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND SYSTEMIC FACTORS;-IMPLEMENTING COMMUNITY HEALTH PROGRAMS AND SERVICES IN BID-PLYMOUTH'S CBSA THAT ADDRESS THE UNDERLYING SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH, BARRIERS TO ACCESSING CARE, AS WELL AS PROMOTE HEALTH EQUITY TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH STATUS OF THOSE WHO ARE OFTEN DISADVANTAGED, FACE DISPARITIES IN HEALTH-RELATED OUTCOMES, EXPERIENCE POVERTY, AND HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED;-PROMOTING HEALTH EQUITY BY ADDRESSING SOCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL INEQUITIES, RACISM AND BIGOTRY AND ENSURING THAT ALL PATIENTS ARE WELCOMED AND RECEIVE CARE THAT IS RESPECTFUL AND CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE; AND-FACILITATING COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIP WITHIN AND ACROSS SECTORS (E.G., STATE/LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCIES, HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS, SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, BUSINESSES, ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS, COMMUNITY HEALTH COLLABORATIVES, AND OTHER COMMUNITY HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS) TO ADVOCATE FOR, SUPPORT AND IMPLEMENT EFFECTIVE HEALTH POLICIES, COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.COMMUNITY BENEFITS FINANCIAL SUMMARY DURING THE FISCAL YEAR COVERED BY THIS FILING, BID-PLYMOUTH PROVIDED COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT SERVICES, COMMUNITY BENEFITS OPERATIONS AND CASH AND IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS TO COMMUNITY GROUPS OF $619,425 AS REPORTED ON THIS SCHEDULE H, PART I, LINES 7E AND 7I. COMMUNITY BENEFITS LEADERSHIP/TEAMBID-PLYMOUTH'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES ALONG WITH ITS CLINICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF IS COMMITTED TO IMPROVING THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT ITS CBSA AND BEYOND. TO ACCOMPLISH THIS BY PROVIDING A FULL CONTINUUM OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES WITH EXCELLENCE AND COMPASSION ARE PRIMARY TENETS OF ITS MISSION. BID-PLYMOUTH'S COMMUNITY BENEFITS DEPARTMENT, UNDER THE DIRECT OVERSIGHT OF BID-PLYMOUTH'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES, IS DEDICATED TO COLLABORATING WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND RESIDENTS AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO IN ORDER TO MEET ITS COMMUNITY BENEFITS OBLIGATIONS. HOSPITAL SENIOR LEADERSHIP IS ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF BID-PLYMOUTH'S IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY, ENSURING THAT HOSPITAL POLICIES AND RESOURCES ARE ALLOCATED TO SUPPORT PLANNED ACTIVITIES. THE BID-PLYMOUTH COMMUNITY BENEFITS PROGRAM IS SPEARHEADED BY THE MANAGER OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS & COMMUNITY RELATIONS. THE MANAGER HAS DIRECT ACCESS AND IS ACCOUNTABLE TO THE BID-PLYMOUTH PRESIDENT AND THE BILH VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS, THE LATTER OF WHOM REPORTS DIRECTLY TO THE BILH CHIEF DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION OFFICER. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THESE LEADERS TO ENSURE THAT COMMUNITY BENEFITS IS ADDRESSED BY THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION AND THAT THE NEEDS OF COHORTS WHO HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED ARE CONSIDERED EVERY DAY IN DISCUSSIONS ON RESOURCE ALLOCATION, POLICIES, AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT. THE BID-PLYMOUTH COMMUNITY BENEFITS ADVISORY COMMITTEE (CBAC) WORKS IN COLLABORATION WITH BID-PLYMOUTH'S HOSPITAL LEADERSHIP, INCLUDING THE HOSPITAL'S GOVERNING BOARD AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT TO SUPPORT BID-PLYMOUTH'S COMMUNITY BENEFITS MISSION TO ASSESS ROOT CAUSES OF HEALTH DISPARITIES AND TO ASSIST IN IMPROVING HEALTHCARE FOR THE DISADVANTAGED AND UNDERSERVED. THE CBAC PROVIDES INPUT INTO THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF BID-PLYMOUTH'S COMMUNITY BENEFITS PROGRAMS IN FURTHERANCE OF BID-PLYMOUTH'S COMMUNITY BENEFITS MISSION. THE MEMBERSHIP OF BID-PLYMOUTH'S CBAC ASPIRES TO BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CONSTITUENCIES AND PRIORITY COHORTS SERVED BY BID-PLYMOUTH'S PROGRAMMATIC ENDEAVORS, INCLUDING THOSE FROM DIVERSE RACIAL AND ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS, AGE, GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY, AS WELL AS THOSE FROM CORPORATE AND NON-PROFIT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. BID-PLYMOUTH'S CBAC MEMBERS INCLUDE:-MIKE BABINI, PLYMOUTH COMMUNITY MEMBER & FORMER BID-PLYMOUTH BOARD OF TRUSTEES-LYLE BAZZINOTTI, PLYMOUTH COMMUNITY MEMBER & FORMER BID-PLYMOUTH BOARD OF TRUSTEES-DENNIS CARMAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UNITED WAY OF GREATER PLYMOUTH-SARAH CLOUD, DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WORK, BID-PLYMOUTH-BETTY DEBENEDICTIS, LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR FOR REPRESENTATIVE MATT MURATORE, COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS-CHRISTINA DEGAZON, PRACTICE MANAGER, BID-PLYMOUTH-ALISA DELAGE, CHIEF PROGRAMS OFFICER, OLD COLONY ELDER SERVICES-PETER FORMAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SOUTH SHORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE-SUE GIOVANETTI, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, PLYMOUTH AREA COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS-VEDNA HEYWOOD, PLYMOUTH COMMUNITY MEMBER-NATE HORWITZ-WILLIS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ADVOCACY FUND AND EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, PLANNED PARENTHOOD LEAGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS-MEAGHAN GROVES, PRACTICE MANAGER, HARBOR HEALTH SERVICES, INC.-MIKE JACKMAN, CHAIR, SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR PREVENTION-KAREN KEANE, DIRECTOR, PLYMOUTH PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT-MALISSA KENNEY, PRESIDENT/CEO, HEALTHY PLYMOUTH-KERRI VICTORIO, DIRECTOR, CUSTOMER RELATIONS, GREATER ATTLEBORO TAUNTON REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY (GATRA)-DEREK PAIVA, VICE PRESIDENT, OLD COLONY YMCA-DEEDEE WINTERSON, DIRECTOR OF RESIDENT SERVICES, ALGONQUIN HEIGHTS
FORM 990 SCHEDULE H PART V, SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATIONCOMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGYMOST RECENT COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENTINTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 501(R)INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 501(R), ENACTED AS PART OF THE PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, REQUIRES EACH HOSPITAL TO COMPLETE A COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT (CHNA) AND TO FORMALLY ADOPT AN IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY (IS OR CHIP) PURSUANT TO FEDERAL GUIDELINES, IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN ITS TAX-EXEMPT STATUS AS A HOSPITAL UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE (IRC) OF 1986, AS AMENDED. BID-PLYMOUTH COMPLETED ITS MOST RECENT NEEDS ASSESSMENT IN SEPTEMBER 2022. THAT CHNA WAS APPROVED BY THE BID-PLYMOUTH BOARD OF TRUSTEES ON SEPTEMBER 14, 2022. THE ACCOMPANYING IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY FOR THE MOST RECENT CHNA WAS ALSO ADOPTED BY THE BOARD ON SEPTEMBER 14, 2022, WHICH IS WITHIN THE TIMELINE REQUIRED BY THE TREASURY REGULATIONS UNDER 501(R). THE CHNA AND THE ASSOCIATED IS REPRESENT THE CULMINATION OF A YEAR OF WORK AND WERE BORNE LARGELY OF BID-PLYMOUTH'S COMMITMENT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND AND ADDRESS THE HEALTH-RELATED NEEDS OF THOSE LIVING IN ITS COMMUNITY BENEFITS SERVICE AREA (CBSA) WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THOSE WHO ARE MOST DISADVANTAGED. THE PROJECT ALSO FULFILLS THE COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE AND FEDERAL INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE (IRS) REGULATIONS THAT REQUIRE THAT BID-PLYMOUTH ASSESS COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS, ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY, IDENTIFY PRIORITY HEALTH ISSUES AND CREATE A COMMUNITY HEALTH STRATEGY THAT DESCRIBES HOW BID-PLYMOUTH, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE COMMUNITY AND LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT(S), WILL ADDRESS THE NEEDS AND THE PRIORITIES IDENTIFIED BY THE CHNA.COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENTPRIORITY GEOGRAPHY AND COHORTSAS NOTED ABOVE, BID-PLYMOUTH COMPLETED ITS LAST ASSESSMENT IN SEPTEMBER 2022. THE GEOGRAPHICAL FOCUS OF BID-PLYMOUTH'S MOST RECENTLY COMPLETED COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT (CHNA) ENCOMPASSES CARVER, DUXBURY, KINGSTON AND PLYMOUTH.COMMUNITY HEALTH ISSUES AND PRIORITY COHORTS FOR BID-PLYMOUTH'S COMMUNITY BENEFITS INITIATIVES ARE IDENTIFIED THROUGH A COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PLANNING PROCESS FROM A CHNA THAT IS CONDUCTED EVERY THREE YEARS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS UNDER IRC SECTION 501(R).BID-PLYMOUTH'S COMMUNITY BENEFITS INVESTMENTS AND RESOURCES FOCUS ON IMPROVING THE HEALTH STATUS OF THOSE WHO ARE MEDICALLY-UNDERSERVED, EXPERIENCED POVERTY OR FACE THE GREATEST HEALTH DISPARITIES IN THE COMMUNITIES OF CARVER, DUXBURY, KINGSTON AND PLYMOUTH IN ITS CBSA, PRIORITY COHORTS AS FOLLOWS:-YOUTH -OLDER ADULTS-LOW-RESOURCED POPULATIONS-INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES-RACIALLY, ETHNICALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY DIVERSE POPULATIONS.COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENTSUMMARY OF APPROACH AND METHODSBID-PLYMOUTH'S CHNA APPROACH INVOLVED EXTENSIVE DATA COLLECTION ACTIVITIES, SUBSTANTIAL EFFORTS TO ENGAGE THE HOSPITAL'S PARTNERS AND COMMUNITY RESIDENTS, AND THOUGHTFUL PRIORITIZATION, PLANNING, AND REPORTING PROCESSES. THROUGHOUT THE CHNA PROCESS, EFFORTS WERE MADE TO UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITIES ENCOMPASSING BID-PLYMOUTH'S CBSA, ESPECIALLY THE POPULATION SEGMENTS THAT ARE OFTEN DISADVANTAGED, FACE DISPARITIES IN HEALTH-RELATED OUTCOMES, AND WHO HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED. BID-PLYMOUTH'S UNDERSTANDING OF THESE COMMUNITIES' NEEDS IS DERIVED FROM COLLECTING A WIDE RANGE OF QUANTITATIVE DATA TO IDENTIFY DISPARITIES AND CLARIFY THE NEEDS OF SPECIFIC COMMUNITIES AND COMPARING IT AGAINST DATA COLLECTED AT THE REGIONAL, STATE AND NATIONAL LEVELS WHEREVER POSSIBLE TO SUPPORT ANALYSIS AND THE PRIORITIZATION PROCESS, AS WELL AS EMPLOYING A VARIETY OF STRATEGIES TO ENSURE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE INFORMED, CONSULTED, INVOLVED, AND EMPOWERED THROUGHOUT THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS. THE CHNA AND IS DEVELOPMENT PROCESS WAS GUIDED BY THE FOLLOWING PRINCIPLES: EQUITY, COLLABORATION, ENGAGEMENT, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND INTENTIONALITY.BETWEEN OCTOBER 2021 AND FEBRUARY 2022, BID-PLYMOUTH CONDUCTED 17 ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEWS WITH KEY COLLABORATORS IN THE COMMUNITY, FACILITATED 4 FOCUS GROUPS WITH SEGMENTS OF THE POPULATION FACING THE GREATEST HEALTH-RELATED DISPARITIES, ADMINISTERED A COMMUNITY HEALTH SURVEY INVOLVING MORE THAN 460 RESIDENTS, AND ORGANIZED TWO COMMUNITY LISTENING SESSIONS. (SCHEDULE H, PART V, SECTION B, QUESTIONS 3 AND 5). ULTIMATELY, THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS COLLECTED INFORMATION FROM MORE THAN 600 COMMUNITY RESIDENTS, CLINICAL AND SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS AND OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS.COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT PROCESSDETAIL OF APPROACH AND METHODSBID-PLYMOUTH RELIED ON NUMEROUS PRIMARY AND SECONDARY DATA SOURCES TO ANALYZE THE HEALTH STATUS AND NEED LEVEL THROUGHOUT THEIR CBSA. BID-PLYMOUTH COLLECTED DATA FROM A NUMBER OF SOURCES INCLUDING PRIMARY QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DATA, AS WELL AS SECONDARY DATA. EXAMPLES OF SECONDARY DATA SOURCES THAT BID-PLYMOUTH LEVERAGED INCLUDED:- U.S. CENSUS BUREAU, AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES (2016-2020)- U.S. CENSUS BUREAU, AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY POPULATION CHANGE (2010-2020)- U.S. CENSUS BUREAU, COVID-19 HOUSEHOLD PULSE SURVEY (2021)- BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SURVEY (2019)- MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION: SCHOOL AND DISTRICT PROFILES (2020-2021)- FBI UNIFORM CRIME REPORTS (2019)- MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, LABOR MARKET INFORMATION (2020-2021)- MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, REGISTRY OF VITAL RECORDS AND STATISTICS (2019)- MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, BUREAU OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES (2015-2017)- MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, COVID-19 DASHBOARD (2021)- MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, COVID-19 COMMUNITY IMPACT SURVEY (2021)- MASSACHUSETTS BUREAU OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE AND LABORATORY SCIENCES (2019)- MASSACHUSETTS CENTER FOR HEALTH INFORMATION ANALYSIS (CHIA) HOSPITAL DISCHARGES (2019)- MASSACHUSETTS HEALTHY AGING COLLABORATIVE, COMMUNITY PROFILES (2020)- MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, EVICTION LAB (2018)- ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON COUNTRY HEALTH RANKINGS (2019, 2020, 2021)COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT PROCESSKEY INFORMANT INTERVIEWS WITH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS (SCHEDULE H, PART V, SECTION B, LINE 5)BETWEEN OCTOBER 2021 AND FEBRUARY 2022, BID-PLYMOUTH WORKED WITH COLLABORATORS TO CONDUCT 17 KEY INFORMANT INTERVIEWS THAT ENGAGED COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, CLINICAL AND SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS, PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS, ELECTED/APPOINTED OFFICIALS AND OTHER KEY COLLABORATORS THROUGHOUT BID-PLYMOUTH'S CBSA. DISCUSSIONS EXPLORED INTERVIEWEES' EXPERIENCES OF ADDRESSING COMMUNITY NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUTURE ALIGNMENT, COORDINATION AND EXPANSION OF SERVICES, INITIATIVES AND POLICIES. A LIST OF KEY INFORMANTS IS INCLUDED IN APPENDIX A OF THE CHNA REPORT THAT IS POSTED ON BID-PLYMOUTH'S WEBSITE. THESE INDIVIDUALS WERE CHOSEN TO AMASS A REPRESENTATIVE GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO HAD THE EXPERIENCE NECESSARY TO PROVIDE INSIGHT ON THE HEALTH OF COMMUNITIES IN BID-PLYMOUTH'S CBSA. INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED VIRTUALLY USING A STANDARD INTERVIEW GUIDE. INTERVIEWS FOCUSED ON IDENTIFYING THE BIGGEST HEALTH-RELATED CONCERNS/ISSUES, AS WELL AS THE BARRIERS AND/OR CHALLENGES FOR ACCESSING RESOURCES AND SERVICES AMONG THOSE THEY SERVE AND/OR THOSE LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING POSSIBLE STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS.COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT PROCESSFOCUS GROUPS AND COMMUNITY FORUMS (SCHEDULE H, PART V, SECTION B, LINE 5)BID-PLYMOUTH CONDUCTED 4 COMMUNITY FOCUS GROUPS AND HELD TWO COMMUNITY LISTENING SESSIONS THAT ENGAGED 226 RESIDENTS IN BID-PLYMOUTH'S COMMUNITY BENEFITS SERVICE AREA (CBSA) TO GATHER CRITICAL COMMUNITY INPUT FROM COMMUNITY RESIDENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS. THESE FOCUS GROUPS AND LISTENING SESSIONS WERE ORGANIZED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN PREVENTION (CHNA 23), ALGONQUIN HEIGHTS, NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS (NAMI) PLYMOUTH AND THE HEALING STUDY WORKGROUP.BID-PLYMOUTH HAS BEEN INTENTIONAL IN ENSURING THAT VARIED EXPERIENCES AND PERSPECTIVES, REFLECTIVE OF BID-PLYMOUTH'S CBSA AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, WERE SHARED THROUGHOUT THE CHNA AND IS PROCESS. TO REACH A BROAD RANGE OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS, ALL COMMUNITY SURVEYS, FOCUS GROUPS AND KEY INFORMANT INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED WITH A FOCUS ON COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVENESS. FOR EXAMPLE, THE SURVEY WAS ADMINISTERED ONLINE AND VIA HARD COPY IN TWELVE LANGUAGES. FURTHERMORE, EXTENSIVE OUTREACH WAS CONDUCTED VIA SENIOR CENTERS, PARTNER NEWSLETTERS, EMAILS TO LARGE NETWORKS, PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND TARGETED OUTREACH TO POPULATIONS NEVER BEFORE ENGAGED TO HELP ENSURE DIVERSE REPRESENTATION IN THE CHNA.
FORM 990 SCHEDULE H PART V, SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATIONTHE BID-PLYMOUTH COMMUNITY BENEFITS ADVISORY COMMITTEE (CBAC) WAS ALSO INTEGRALLY INVOLVED IN PROVIDING INPUT ON COMMUNITY NEEDS AND PRIORITIZING THE LEADING HEALTH ISSUES. THE CBAC MET FIVE TIMES DURING THE COURSE OF THE ASSESSMENT. THEY PROVIDED INPUT REGARDING THE CHNA OVERALL AND GUIDED THE PRIORITIZATION AND PLANNING PHASE, CONDUCTING OUTREACH TO COMMUNITY VOICES THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN LEFT OUT OF SIMILAR PROCESSES. COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT PROCESSREVIEWING RESULTS AND COMPILING THE COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY DOCUMENTSAS NOTED ABOVE, THE CHNA PROCESS WAS DIVIDED INTO THREE PHASES. THE FINAL PHASE, PHASE III, INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING STEPS: - REVIEW OF THE ASSESSMENT'S MAJOR FINDINGS WITH THE BID-PLYMOUTH COMMUNITY BENEFITS ADVISORY COMMITTEE (CBAC) AND HELD A VIRTUAL COMMUNITY FORUM PRESENTING RESULTS.- IDENTIFY BID-PLYMOUTH'S COMMUNITY BENEFITS PRIORITY COHORTS, GEOGRAPHIC FOCUS, AND COMMUNITY HEALTH PRIORITIES.- ANALYZE BID-PLYMOUTH'S EXISTING COMMUNITY BENEFITS ACTIVITIES WHICH WERE INFORMED BY THE 2019 CHNA AND SUBSEQUENT 2020 2022 IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY THAT WERE COMPLETED BY BID-PLYMOUTH DURING THE FISCAL PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 (TAX YEAR 2018).- DETERMINE IF THE RANGE OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS ACTIVITIES ESTABLISHED DURING THE PREVIOUS CHNA AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY PROCESS NEEDED TO BE AUGMENTED OR CHANGED TO RESPOND TO THE ASSESSMENT COMPLETED DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 (TAX YEAR 2021).COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT PROCESSKEY FINDINGSTHE KEY PRIORITY COHORTS IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE CHNA CONDUCTED DURING THE PERIOD ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2022, WERE:- YOUTH - OLDER ADULTS- LOW-RESOURCED POPULATIONS- INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES- RACIALLY, ETHNICALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY DIVERSE POPULATIONSBID-PLYMOUTH'S CHNA RESULTED IN KEY FINDINGS IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: - EQUITABLE ACCESS TO CARE: INDIVIDUALS IDENTIFIED A NUMBER OF BARRIERS TO ACCESSING AND NAVIGATING THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM. MANY OF THESE BARRIERS WERE AT THE SYSTEM LEVEL, MEANING THAT THE ISSUES STEM FROM THE WAY IN WHICH THE SYSTEM DOES OR DOES NOT FUNCTION. SYSTEM LEVEL ISSUES INCLUDED PROVIDERS NOT ACCEPTING NEW PATIENTS, LONG WAIT LISTS, AND AN INHERENTLY COMPLICATED HEALTHCARE SYSTEM THAT IS DIFFICULT FOR MANY TO NAVIGATE. THERE WERE ALSO INDIVIDUAL LEVEL BARRIERS TO ACCESS AND NAVIGATION. INDIVIDUALS MAY BE UNINSURED OR UNDERINSURED, WHICH MAY LEAD THEM TO FOREGO OR DELAY CARE. INDIVIDUALS MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE LANGUAGE OR CULTURAL BARRIERS - RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THESE BARRIERS CONTRIBUTE TO HEALTH DISPARITIES, MISTRUST BETWEEN PROVIDERS AND PATIENTS, INEFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION, AND ISSUES OF PATIENT SAFETY.- SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH (E.G., ECONOMIC STABILITY, EDUCATION, AND COMMUNITY/SOCIAL CONTEXT) CONTINUE TO HAVE A MASSIVE IMPACT ON MANY SEGMENTS OF THE POPULATION. THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH ARE THE CONDITIONS IN THE ENVIRONMENTS WHERE PEOPLE ARE BORN, LIVE, LEARN, WORK, PLAY, WORSHIP, AND AGE THAT AFFECT A WIDE RANGE OF HEALTH, FUNCTIONING, AND QUALITY-OF-LIFE OUTCOMES AND RISKS. THESE CONDITIONS INFLUENCE AND DEFINE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR MANY SEGMENTS OF THE POPULATION IN THE CBSA. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT SUSTAINED SUCCESS IN COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT AND ADDRESSING HEALTH DISPARITIES RELIES ON ADDRESSING THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH THAT LEAD TO POOR HEALTH OUTCOMES AND DRIVE HEALTH INEQUITIES. THE ASSESSMENT GATHERED A RANGE OF INFORMATION RELATED TO ECONOMIC INSECURITY, EDUCATION, FOOD INSECURITY, ACCESS TO CARE/NAVIGATION ISSUES, AND OTHER IMPORTANT SOCIAL FACTORS. THERE IS LIMITED QUANTITATIVE DATA IN THE AREA OF SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH. DESPITE THIS, INFORMATION GATHERED THROUGH INTERVIEWS, FOCUS GROUPS, SURVEY, AND LISTENING SESSIONS SUGGESTED THAT THESE ISSUES HAVE THE GREATEST IMPACT ON HEALTH STATUS AND ACCESS TO CARE IN THE REGION - ESPECIALLY ISSUES RELATED TO HOUSING, FOOD SECURITY/NUTRITION, AND ECONOMIC STABILITY.- HIGH RATES OF SUBSTANCE USE (E.G., ALCOHOL, PRESCRIPTION DRUG/OPIOIDS, MARIJUANA) AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES (E.G., DEPRESSION, ANXIETY AND STRESS). ANXIETY, CHRONIC STRESS, DEPRESSION, AND SOCIAL ISOLATION WERE LEADING COMMUNITY HEALTH CONCERNS. THE ASSESSMENT IDENTIFIED SPECIFIC CONCERNS ABOUT THE IMPACT OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES FOR YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS, THE MENTAL HEALTH IMPACTS OF RACISM, DISCRIMINATION, AND TRAUMA, AND SOCIAL ISOLATION AMONG OLDER ADULTS. THESE DIFFICULTIES WERE EXACERBATED BY COVID-19. IN ADDITION TO THE OVERALL BURDEN AND PREVALENCE OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, RESIDENTS IDENTIFIED A NEED FOR MORE PROVIDERS AND TREATMENT OPTIONS, ESPECIALLY INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT TREATMENT, CHILD PSYCHIATRISTS, PEER SUPPORT GROUPS, AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. SUBSTANCE USE CONTINUED TO HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON THE CBSA; THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC CONTINUED TO BE AN AREA OF FOCUS AND CONCERN, AND THERE WAS RECOGNITION OF THE LINKS AND IMPACTS ON OTHER COMMUNITY HEALTH PRIORITIES, INCLUDING MENTAL HEALTH, HOUSING, AND HOMELESSNESS. INDIVIDUALS ENGAGED IN THE ASSESSMENT IDENTIFIED STIGMA AS A BARRIER TO TREATMENT AND REPORTED A NEED FOR PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESS COMMON CO-OCCURRING ISSUES (E.G., MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, HOMELESSNESS).- HIGH RATES OF CHRONIC AND ACUTE PHYSICAL HEALTH CONDITIONS (E.G., HEART DISEASE, HYPERTENSION, CANCER, AND ASTHMA). CHRONIC CONDITIONS SUCH AS CANCER, DIABETES, CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DISEASE, STROKE, AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE CONTRIBUTE TO 56% OF ALL MORTALITY IN THE COMMONWEALTH AND OVER 53% OF ALL HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURES ($30.9 BILLION A YEAR). PERHAPS MOST SIGNIFICANTLY, CHRONIC DISEASES ARE LARGELY PREVENTABLE DESPITE THEIR HIGH PREVALENCE AND DRAMATIC IMPACT ON INDIVIDUALS AND SOCIETY.THE CHNA THAT WAS COMPLETED DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2022, AND THE ASSOCIATED IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY ADOPTED FROM THIS PROCESS WERE DESIGNED TO INFORM BID-PLYMOUTH'S COMMUNITY BENEFITS INITIATIVES DURING THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2023, SEPTEMBER 30, 2024, AND SEPTEMBER 30, 2025. COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENTMAKING THE CHNA AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY WIDELY AVAILABLEBID-PLYMOUTH STRIVES TO ADDRESS THE PRIORITY AREAS IN ITS CHNA AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY.AS NOTED ABOVE, BID-PLYMOUTH COMPLETED ITS MOST RECENT CHNA DURING ITS FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 (TAX YEAR 2021). THAT CHNA AND APPENDIX WITH DETAILED INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE BID-PLYMOUTH WEBSITE AT: HTTPS://BIDPLYMOUTH.ORG/-/MEDIA/FILES/PLYMOUTH/BID-PLYMOUTH-2022-CHNA-093022.PDFIN ADDITION TO THE CHNA, BID-PLYMOUTH COMPLETED ITS MOST RECENT IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY DURING ITS FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 (TAX YEAR 2021). THE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY IS AVAILABLE ON THE BID-PLYMOUTH WEBSITE AT: HTTPS://BIDPLYMOUTH.ORG/-/MEDIA/FILES/PLYMOUTH/BID-PLYMOUTH-2022-CHNA-IMPLEMENTATION-093022.PDFBID-PLYMOUTH COMPLETED ITS PREVIOUS CHNA DURING ITS FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 (TAX YEAR 2018). THAT CHNA IS AVAILABLE ON THE BID-PLYMOUTH WEBSITE AT: HTTPS://BIDPLYMOUTH.ORG/-/MEDIA/FILES/PLYMOUTH/BID-PLYMOUTH-2019-CHNA-REPORT-FINAL-092519.PDFFINALLY, THE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY ASSOCIATED WITH THE CHNA COMPLETED DURING BID-PLYMOUTH'S FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 (TAX YEAR 2018) IS AVAILABLE ON THE BID-PLYMOUTH WEBSITE AT: HTTPS://BIDPLYMOUTH.ORG/-/MEDIA/FILES/PLYMOUTH/BID-PLYMOUTH-2020-2022-IMPLENTATION-STRATEGY-REVISED.PDFEACH OF THESE DOCUMENTS IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON REQUEST (SCHEDULE H, PART V, SECTION B, LINE 7A).COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENTADDRESSING COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS(SCHEDULE H, PART V, SECTION B, LINE 11)AS NOTED ABOVE, BID-PLYMOUTH'S MOST RECENT CHNA AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY WERE CONDUCTED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 AND A SUMMARY OF BID-PLYMOUTH'S COMMUNITY BENEFITS ACTIVITIES THAT ADDRESS THE NEEDS IDENTIFIED IN THAT CHNA AND PRIORITIZED IN THE RELATED IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY ARE PROVIDED HERE ALONG WITH THE ENTITIES THAT THE HOSPITAL PARTNERS WITH ON THESE EFFORTS. GIVEN THE COMPLEX HEALTH ISSUES IN THE COMMUNITY, BID-PLYMOUTH HAS BEEN STRATEGIC IN IDENTIFYING ITS COMMUNITY HEALTH PRIORITIES TO MAXIMIZE THE IMPACT OF ITS COMMUNITY BENEFITS PROGRAM AND WORK TO IMPROVE THE OVERALL HEALTH AND WELLNESS OF RESIDENTS IN ITS CBSA. GOALS FOR EACH PRIORITY AREA ARE LISTED BELOW.PRIORITY AREA 1: EQUITABLE ACCESS TO CARE - PROVIDE EQUITABLE AND COMPREHENSIVE ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY HEALTH CARE SERVICES INCLUDING PRIMARY CARE AND SPECIALTY CARE, AS WELL AS URGENT AND EMERGING CARE, PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE WHO FACE CULTURAL, LINGUISTIC, AND ECONOMIC BARRIERS.PRIORITY AREA 2: SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH - ENHANCE THE BUILT, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENTS WHERE PEOPLE LIVE, WORK, PLAY AND LEARN IN ORDER TO IMPROVE HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE OUTCOMES.
FORM 990 SCHEDULE H PART V, SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATIONPRIORITY AREA 3: MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE - PROMOTE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL WELLNESS BY FOSTERING RESILIENT COMMUNITIES AND BUILDING EQUITABLE, ACCESSIBLE, AND SUPPORTIVE SYSTEMS OF CARE TO ADDRESS MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE.PRIORITY AREA 4: CHRONIC AND COMPLEX CONDITIONS- IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES AND REDUCE DISPARITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS-AT-RISK FOR OR LIVING WITH CHRONIC AND/OR COMPLEX CONDITIONS AND CAREGIVERS BY ENHANCING ACCESS TO SCREENING, REFERRAL SERVICES, COORDINATED HEALTH AND SUPPORT SERVICES, MEDICATIONS, AND OTHER RESOURCES.COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENTAPPROACH TO ADDRESSING HEALTH NEEDS (SCHEDULE H, PART V, SECTION B, LINE 11)BID-PLYMOUTH HAS TAKEN A HOLISTIC AND STRATEGIC APPROACH IN ADDRESSING THE HEALTH PRIORITIES IDENTIFIED IN THE CHNA AND ASSOCIATED IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY BY CREATING, SUPPORTING AND INVESTING IN HEALTH PROGRAMMING AND INITIATIVES THROUGHOUT THEIR CBSA. BELOW IS A SUMMARY OF SOME OF THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES BID-PLYMOUTH OPERATES AND SUPPORTS TO IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES AMONG THEIR FOCUS COHORTS THROUGHOUT THEIR PRIORITY NEIGHBORHOODS.BID-PLYMOUTH HAS BEEN A LEADER IN CREATING MANY COMMUNITY BENEFITS PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESS THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH. DUE TO THE INCREASE IN HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING INSECURITY, BID-PLYMOUTH HAS SUPPORTED OVERNIGHTS OF HOSPITALITY THROUGH FATHER BILL'S & MAINSPRING. THIS SEASONAL SHELTER PROVIDED SAFE SHELTER, HOT MEALS, AND WRAPAROUND SUPPORT SERVICES TO 72 UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. FOOD INSECURITY AND THE RISING COST OF HEALTHY FOODS HAS MADE IT CHALLENGING FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING FOOD INSECURITY TO EAT HEALTHY. IN RESPONSE, THE COMMUNITY DIETICIAN FOR BID-PLYMOUTH ENGAGED 889 ADULTS AND FAMILIES PRESENTING WITH FOOD INSECURITY THROUGH PROGRAMS TO LEARN ABOUT LOW-COST, HEALTHY NUTRITION RESOURCES AND OFFERED FREE TOOLS FOR FOOD PREPARATION. OTHER EXAMPLES OF SUCCESS ARE LISTED IN THE SUBSEQUENT SCHEDULE H IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY UPDATE. BID-PLYMOUTH IS ROOTED IN PROVIDING HEALTHCARE TO POPULATIONS WHO HAVE HISTORICALLY NOT HAD ADEQUATE ACCESS TO CARE. LOCATED IN A SUBURBAN AREA, TWO OF THE MORE SIGNIFICANT BARRIERS TO ACCESS ARE TRANSPORTATION AND LANGUAGE. BID-PLYMOUTH RESPONDED TO THE TRANSPORTATION CHALLENGES THROUGH AN INNOVATIVE COMMUNITY PROGRAM CALLED TAKING PEOPLE PLACES. THIS PROGRAM UTILIZES LYFT AND RECEIVES PARTIAL STATE MATCHING FUNDS FOR ADULTS AGED 60 AND OVER, AND THOSE PRESENTING WITH A DISABILITY. IN FY23, 388 RIDES WERE PROVIDED; 83 OF WHICH WERE FOR ADULTS AGED 60 AND OLDER AND 305 WERE FOR THOSE WITH A DISABILITY WHO NEEDED ACCESS TO MEDICAL CARE AND WHO DID NOT HAVE ANY OTHER RESOURCES. AS FOR THE INCREASE IN THE NEED FOR INTERPRETER SERVICES, BID-PLYMOUTH MET THE DEMAND USING A VIDEO REMOTE INTERPRETATION (VRI) SYSTEM. IN FY23, 4,401 ENCOUNTERS USED VRI, COMPARED TO 2,296 IN FY22. BID-PLYMOUTH HAS FOCUSED ITS EFFORTS ON CREATING FOCUSED PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESS CHRONIC DISEASES SUCH AS CANCER AND HIV. THESE PROGRAMS INCLUDE THE CANCER SUPPORT PROGRAM FOR THOSE LIVING WITH CANCER AND THE ACCESS PROGRAM FOR THOSE LIVING WITH HIV AND/OR AIDS. THE CANCER SUPPORT PROGRAM ENGAGES PATIENTS WITH EMOTIONAL AND/OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND PROVIDES COUNSELING, TRANSPORTATION, WIGS AND ANY OTHER NEEDED RESOURCES TO ALLEVIATE STRESS. THE ACCESS PROGRAM PROVIDES PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE TO HIV/AIDS CLIENTS. CARE INCLUDES PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS; ADHERENCE AND TREATMENT COUNSELING; LABORATORY TESTING; IMMUNIZATIONS AND SCREENING; REFERRALS TO SPECIALTY CARE AND CLINICAL TRIALS; MEDICAL NUTRITION THERAPY, AND MEDICAL CASE MANAGEMENT. IN FY23, 100% OF THE PATIENTS WERE VIRALLY SUPPRESSED. DETAILS OF THESE AND OTHER BID-PLYMOUTH PROGRAMS ADDRESSING CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT ARE INCLUDED IN THE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY UPDATE BELOW.AMONG THE MANY WAYS BID-PLYMOUTH AND ITS COMMUNITY PARTNERS ADDRESS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEEDS IS BY GROWING ITS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INTEGRATED CARE INITIATIVE. SOCIAL WORK CONNECTS WITH PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS, AN ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSE PRACTITIONER WITH MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING, AND A PSYCHIATRIST TO INTEGRATE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SCREENING, ASSESSMENT, AND TREATMENT SERVICES INTO THE PRIMARY CARE PRACTICES. RESULTS OF THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INTEGRATED CARE INITIATIVE SHOWS THAT MORE PATIENTS WITH UNMET HEALTH NEEDS ARE ACCESSING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AN INCREASE IN APPOINTMENTS KEPT BY PATIENTS WHO RECEIVE A "WARM HAND-OFF" BY THEIR PROVIDER TO THERAPISTS, AND REDUCED WAIT TIME FOR MENTAL HEALTH APPOINTMENTS. RESULTS ALSO SHOW THAT DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS (PHQ9) DECREASED BY 59% AND ANXIETY SCORE (GAD7) DECREASED BY 66%.A FULL UPDATE ON BID-PLYMOUTH'S HEALTH PRIORITIES AND ASSOCIATED GOALS IS INCLUDED BELOW.FY20 SCHEDULE HIMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY UPDATEKEY: BASELINE-2023, YEAR 1-2024, YEAR 2-2025PRIORITY AREA 1: EQUITABLE ACCESS TO CAREIN THE FY22 CHNA, INDIVIDUALS IDENTIFIED SEVERAL BARRIERS TO ACCESSING AND NAVIGATING THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. MANY OF THESE BARRIERS WERE AT THE SYSTEM LEVEL, MEANING THE ISSUES STEM FROM HOW THE SYSTEM DOES OR DOES NOT FUNCTION. SYSTEM-LEVEL ISSUES INCLUDED PROVIDERS NOT ACCEPTING NEW PATIENTS, LONG WAIT LISTS, AND AN INHERENTLY COMPLICATED HEALTHCARE SYSTEM THAT IS DIFFICULT FOR MANY TO NAVIGATE. THERE WERE ALSO INDIVIDUAL-LEVEL BARRIERS TO ACCESS AND NAVIGATION. INDIVIDUALS MAY BE UNINSURED OR UNDERINSURED, WHICH MAY LEAD THEM TO FORGO OR DELAY CARE. INDIVIDUALS MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE LANGUAGE OR CULTURAL BARRIERS RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THESE BARRIERS CONTRIBUTE TO HEALTH DISPARITIES, MISTRUST BETWEEN PROVIDERS AND PATIENTS, INEFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION, AND ISSUES OF PATIENT SAFETY. FINALLY, TRANSPORTATION WAS ALSO IDENTIFIED AS A SIGNIFICANT BARRIER, RATHER A BROAD ARRAY OF INTERRELATED ISSUES INCLUDING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, EDUCATION, CRIME, AND COMMUNITY COHESION. GOAL: PROVIDE EQUITABLE AND COMPREHENSIVE ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY HEALTH CARE SERVICES INCLUDING PRIMARY CARE AND SPECIALTY CARE, AS WELL AS URGENT AND EMERGING CARE, PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE WHO FACE CULTURAL, LINGUISTIC, AND ECONOMIC BARRIERS.STRATEGIES:- PROMOTE ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, HEALTH INSURANCE, PATIENT FINANCIAL COUNSELORS, AND NEEDED MEDICATIONS FOR PATIENTS WHO ARE UNINSURED OR UNDERINSURED.- PROMOTE EQUITABLE CARE, HEALTH EQUITY, HEALTH LITERACY, AND CULTURAL HUMILITY FORPATIENTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO FACE CULTURAL AND LINGUISTIC BARRIERS.COHORTS: LOW-RESOURCED POPULATIONS AND RACIALLY, ETHNICALLY, AND LINGUISTICALLY DIVERSEPOPULATIONSINITIATIVES:1. BID-PLYMOUTH'S FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM2. BID-PLYMOUTH'S ENROLLMENT COUNSELING/ASSISTANCE & PATIENT NAVIGATION SUPPORT3. PRIMARY CARE SUPPORT4. INTERPRETER SERVICES5. FORMATION AND INTEGRATION OF BILH AND BID-PLYMOUTH DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION (DEI) COUNCIL6. DIVERSE TALENT PROMOTION AND ACQUISITIONMETRICS AND STATUS UPDATE:1. NUMBER OF PATIENTS SERVED (FY23: 4,582 PATIENTS SCREENED FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE)2. NUMBER OF PATIENTS SERVED (FY23: 140 PATIENTS ENROLLED IN STATE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND 235 UNINSURED PATIENTS ENROLLED IN HEALTH SAFETY NET,)3. NUMBER OF PATIENTS SERVED (FY23: 6,899 NEW PATIENTS IN PRIMARY CARE OFFICES IN CBSA)4. NUMBER OF PATIENTS ASSISTED, AND NUMBER OF LANGUAGES PROVIDED (FY23: 8,723 INTERPRETER SESSIONS PROVIDED IN 39 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES)5. NUMBER OF DEI TRAININGS (FY23: 8 SYSTEM-WIDE DEI TRAININGS WERE CONDUCTED)6. NUMBER OF STAFF HIRED AND PROMOTED: (FY23: 25% INCREASE IN BIPOC LEADERSHIP AND CLINICAL HIRES COMPARED TO FY22)PRIORITY AREA 2: SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTHTHE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH ARE "THE CONDITIONS IN THE ENVIRONMENTS WHERE PEOPLE ARE BORN, LIVE, LEARN, WORK, PLAY, WORSHIP AND AGE THAT AFFECT A WIDE RANGE OF HEALTH, FUNCTIONING AND QUALITY-OF-LIFE OUTCOMES AND RISKS." THESE CONDITIONS INFLUENCE AND DEFINE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR MANY SEGMENTS OF THE POPULATION IN THE CBSA. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT SUSTAINED SUCCESS IN COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT AND ADDRESSING HEALTH DISPARITIES RELIES ON ADDRESSING THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH THAT LEAD TO POOR HEALTH OUTCOMES AND DRIVE HEALTH INEQUITIES. THE ASSESSMENT GATHERED A RANGE OF INFORMATION RELATED TO ECONOMIC INSECURITY, EDUCATION, FOOD INSECURITY, ACCESS TO CARE/ NAVIGATION ISSUES AND OTHER IMPORTANT SOCIAL FACTORS.THERE IS LIMITED QUANTITATIVE DATA ON SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH. DESPITE THIS, INFORMATION GATHERED THROUGH INTERVIEWS, FOCUS GROUPS, LISTENING SESSIONS, AND THE BID-PLYMOUTH COMMUNITY HEALTH SURVEY REINFORCED THAT THESE ISSUES HAVE THE GREATEST IMPACT ON HEALTH STATUS AND ACCESS TO CARE IN THE REGION - ESPECIALLY ISSUES RELATED TO HOUSING, ECONOMIC INSTABILITY, TRANSPORTATION, AND FOOD INSECURITY/NUTRITION, TRANSPORTATION.GOAL: ENHANCE THE BUILT, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENTS WHERE PEOPLE LIVE, WORK, PLAY, AND LEARN IN ORDER TO IMPROVE HEALTH AND QUALITY-OF-LIFE OUTCOMES.
FORM 990 SCHEDULE H PART V, SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATIONSTRATEGIES: - SUPPORT IMPACTFUL PROGRAMS THAT STABILIZE OR CREATE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.- SUPPORT EDUCATION, SYSTEMS, PROGRAMS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES TO INCREASE HEALTHY EATING AND ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE, HEALTHY FOODS.- SUPPORT EXISTING PARTNERSHIPS AND EXPLORE NEW ONES WITH REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PROVIDERS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO ENHANCE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE AND SAFE TRANSPORTATION.- PROVIDE COMMUNITY HEALTH GRANTS TO SUPPORT EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAMS.- SUPPORT IMPACTFUL PROGRAMS AND EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGIES TO INCREASE EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS AND INCREASE FINANCIAL SECURITY.- COLLABORATE TO ENHANCE ACCESS TO COORDINATED HEALTH AND SUPPORT SERVICES AND RESOURCES TO SUPPORT OVERALL HEALTH AND AGING IN PLACE.COHORTS: LOW-RESOURCED POPULATIONS, YOUTH, OLDER ADULTS, INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES AND RACIALLY, ETHNICALLY, AND LINGUISTICALLY DIVERSE POPULATIONSINITIATIVES:1. GRANT SUPPORT FOR FATHER BILL'S AND MAINSPRING (FBMS) FOR TEMPORARY SHELTER2. NUTRITION EDUCATION AND COOKING TIPS IN THE COMMUNITY THROUGH BID-PLYMOUTH REGISTERED DIETICIAN (RD)3. TAKING PEOPLE PLACES (TPP) TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM4. THE CAL EXPRESS THROUGH THE PLYMOUTH CENTER FOR ACTIVE LIVING5. COMMUNITY HEALTH GRANT PROGRAM GRANT FUNDING PROGRAM FOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND MUNICIPALITIES6. PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR GRANT FUNDING7. WORK WITH BILH DEI COUNCIL TO EXPAND CONTRACTS WITH DIVERSE SUPPLIERS AND VENDORS8. CAREER AND ACADEMIC ADVISING9. HOSPITAL SPONSORED COMMUNITY COLLEGE COURSES10. HOSPITAL SPONSORED ENGLISH SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES (ESOL) CLASSES11. PLYMOUTH SENIOR TASK FORCE: AGE AND DEMENTIA FRIENDLY DESIGNATION PROCESS12. NEW INITIATIVE FOR FY23: SUPPORT FOR NEWLY ARRIVED MIGRANT FAMILIESMETRICS AND STATUS UPDATE:1. NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS AND THEIR DEMOGRAPHICS PROVIDED WITH SHELTER SERVICES AND NUMBER OF FAMILIES PREVENTED FROM EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS (FY23: SHELTER SERVICES PROVIDED TO 72 UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS; 98% OF RESIDENTS MAINTAINED HOUSING, FOR FY24, WE ARE WORKING ON MORE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON THE CLIENTS SERVED).2. NUMBER OF RECIPES, NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS AND THEIR DEMOGRAPHICS, NUMBER OF WORKSHOPS AND PARTICIPANT RESPONSES TO PRE/POST SURVEYS (FY23: 18 RECIPES WERE SHARED WITH 889 PARTICIPANTS ATTENDED 25 NUTRITION PROGRAMS FOR ADULTS AND FAMILIES LIVING IN THE CBSA AND PRESENTING WITH FOOD INSECURITY; 25 PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH & FAMILIES LIVING IN THE CBSA SEEKING ACCESS TO HEALTHY AND AFFORDABLE FOOD OPTIONS AND THEY ALL REPORTED AN INCREASED CONFIDENCE IN PREPARING HEALTHY FOOD ON A BUDGET.).3. NUMBER OF PEOPLE SERVED: (FY23: 388 RIDES PROVIDED, OF WHICH 83 WERE FOR ADULTS AGED 60 AND OLDER AND 305 WERE FOR THOSE WITH A DISABILITY)4. NUMBER OF PEOPLE SERVED: (FY23: NO DATA FOR CAL EXPRESS AS THEIR PROGRAM IS NOT SUPPORTED THROUGH TAKING PEOPLE PLACES ANYMORE)5. NUMBER SERVED AND POSITIVE OUTCOMES REPORTED: - SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL HOUSING ASSISTANCE AND EMERGENCY FOOD (FY23: PROVIDED REFERRALS, CASE MANAGEMENT, AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE WITH RENT OR MORTGAGE ARREARAGES FOR 61 HOUSEHOLDS (181 HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS), WITH 14 HOUSEHOLDS (37 HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS) AVOIDING EVICTION, 58 HOUSEHOLDS RECEIVING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE WITH RENT OR MORTGAGE MAINTAINING STABLE HOUSING FOR 3 MONTHS, 4 HOUSEHOLDS (11 HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS) RECEIVING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE WITH UTILITY BILLS AND AVOIDING A UTILITY SHUT-OFF, 34 HOUSEHOLDS (51 HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS) ACCESSING EMERGENCY FOOD)- NEIGHBORWORKS HOUSING SOLUTIONS - FAMILY SELF SUFFICIENCY PROGRAM AND FAMILY SHELTER PROGRAM (FY23: 29 FAMILIES ACCUMULATED AN AVERAGE SAVINGS OF $7,446, WITH 2 FAMILIES NO LONGER NEEDING HOUSING ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS AND WERE PAYING MARKET RENT; 30 FAMILIES RECEIVED WEEKLY ONE- ON-ONE CASE MANAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE IN ACCESSING HEALTH BENEFITS, HEALTH CARE, SCHOOL ENROLLMENT, TRANSPORTATION, AS WELL AS ESOL AND BUDGETING CLASSES)- PLYMOUTH COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AQUAPONICS/HYDROPONICS PROGRAM: (FY23: 21,629 LBS. OF FOOD DONATED AND A NEW ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE EDUCATION CENTER EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM DEVELOPED ON AQUAPONICS ~ HYDROPONICS ~ VERTICAL GROWING SYSTEMS).6. NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS AND ORGANIZATIONS SERVED:- COMMUNITY GRANT WORKSHOPS (FY23:118 PARTICIPANTS)- GRANT CONSULTATION SERVICES (FY23: 2 ORGANIZATIONS ONE WHO PROVIDES ACCESS TO FOOD AND ONE WHO PROVIDES TRANSPORTATION SERVICES TO 11 SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS)7. AMOUNT OF SUPPLIER DIVERSITY SPENDING AND PERCENT INCREASE IN BIPOC LEADERSHIP:- SUPPLIER DIVERSITY SPENDING: (FY23: MORE THAN $50 MILLION WAS SPENT IN CONTRACTING TO WOMEN AND MINORITY-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES (WMBE) ACROSS BILH, A 22% INCREASE OVER FY22)- BIPOC LEADERSHIP (FY23: 25% INCREASE IN LEADERSHIP - DIRECTORS AND ABOVE AND CLINICAL STAFF PHYSICIANS AND NURSES OVER FY22)8. NUMBER OF PEOPLE TRAINED: (FY23: 89 COMMUNITY MEMBERS TRAINED ACROSS BILH - PATIENT CARE TECHNICIAN OR NURSING ASSISTANT (30), PHARMACY TECH (16), PERIOPERATIVE LPN (3), MEDICAL ASSISTANT (21) AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ROLES (4) AND 15 WERE ENROLLED INTO THE ASSOCIATE DEGREE NURSING RESIDENCY PROGRAM BID-PLYMOUTH PARTICIPATED IN THESE TRAININGS) 9. NUMBER OF PEOPLE SERVED: (FY23: NO DATA FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE COURSES, THE PLAN IS TO ADD THIS INTO FY24)10. NUMBER OF PEOPLE SERVED: (FY23: 20 PARTICIPANTS PER WEEKLY ESOL CLASS)11. SECTORS REPRESENTED, NUMBER OF NEW PARTNERSHIPS AND NUMBER OF NEW PROTOCOLS/POLICIES IMPLEMENTED: (FY23: 10 SECTORS REPRESENTED, 3 NEW PARTNERSHIPS AND AGE & DEMENTIA FRIENDLY NEEDS ASSESSMENT COMPLETED)12. NUMBER OF FAMILIES SUPPORTED: (FY23: 130 MIGRANT FAMILIES RECEIVED BID-PLYMOUTH SUPPORT THROUGH REFERRALS, OTC MEDICATIONS AND FINANCIAL DONATIONS)PRIORITY AREA 3: MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USEANXIETY, CHRONIC STRESS, DEPRESSION AND SOCIAL ISOLATION WERE LEADING COMMUNITY HEALTH CONCERNS. THERE WERE SPECIFIC CONCERNS ABOUT THE IMPACT OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES ON YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS AND SOCIAL ISOLATION AMONG OLDER ADULTS. THESE DIFFICULTIES WERE EXACERBATED BY COVID-19. IN ADDITION TO THE OVERALL BURDEN AND PREVALENCE OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, RESIDENTS IDENTIFIED A NEED FOR MORE PROVIDERS AND TREATMENT OPTIONS, ESPECIALLY INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT TREATMENT, CHILD PSYCHIATRISTS, PEER SUPPORT GROUPS, AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH WAS A CRITICAL CONCERN IN THE CBSA, INCLUDING THE SIGNIFICANT PREVALENCE OF CHRONIC STRESS, ANXIETY, AND BEHAVIORAL ISSUES. THESE CONDITIONS WERE EXACERBATED OVER THE PANDEMIC, DUE TO ISOLATION, UNCERTAINTY, REMOTE LEARNING, AND FAMILY DYNAMICS.SUBSTANCE USE CONTINUED TO HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON THE BID-PLYMOUTH CBSA; THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC CONTINUED TO BE AN AREA OF FOCUS AND CONCERN AND THERE WAS RECOGNITION OF THE LINKS AND IMPACTS ON OTHER COMMUNITY HEALTH PRIORITIES (MENTAL HEALTH, HOUSING, AND HOMELESSNESS). INDIVIDUALS ENGAGED IN THE ASSESSMENT IDENTIFIED STIGMA AS A BARRIER TO TREATMENT AND REPORTED A NEED FOR PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESS COMMON CO-OCCURRING ISSUES (E.G., MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, HOMELESSNESS). GOAL: PROMOTE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL WELLNESS BY FOSTERING RESILIENT COMMUNITIES AND BUILDING EQUITABLE, ACCESSIBLE, AND SUPPORTIVE SYSTEMS OF CARE TO ADDRESS MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE.STRATEGIES: - ENHANCE AND EXPLORE RELATIONSHIPS WITH SCHOOLS, YOUTH SERVING ORGANIZATIONS, AND OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO BUILD RESILIENCY, COPING, AND PREVENTION SKILLS.- PARTICIPATE IN MULTI-SECTOR COMMUNITY COALITIONS TO IDENTIFY AND ADVOCATE FOR POLICY, SYSTEMS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES TO INCREASE RESILIENCY, REDUCE SUBSTANCE USE, OVERDOSES & DEATHS.- BUILD THE CAPACITY OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND EMERGENCY SERVICES TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF MENTAL HEALTH, AND REDUCE NEGATIVE STEREOTYPES, BIAS, AND STIGMA AROUND MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE USE.- PROVIDE ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY AND CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY APPROPRIATE MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE SERVICES THROUGH SCREENING, MONITORING, COUNSELING, NAVIGATION, AND TREATMENT.COHORTS: YOUTH, OLDER ADULTS, INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES, LOW-RESOURCED POPULATIONS AND RACIALLY, ETHNICALLY, AND LINGUISTICALLY DIVERSE POPULATIONSINITIATIVES:1. PLYMOUTH SCHOOLS PREVENTURE PROGRAM2. PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR GRANT FUNDING3. PCO HOPE: HIDDEN IN PLAIN SITE MOBILE DISPLAY4. ADULT AND YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID5. MEMBER OF MANY COMMUNITY INITIATIVES AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS6. RESILIENCY LIBRARY7. GRANT-FUNDED TRAINING FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE (EMS) PROVIDERS TO IDENTIFY AND INTERVENE AROUND SUICIDE AND SUICIDAL IDEATION8. GOSNOLD RECOVERY NAVIGATORS9. EXPLORE OTHER POTENTIAL HOSPITAL-BASED PROGRAMMING
FORM 990 SCHEDULE H PART V, SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATIONMETRICS AND STATUS UPDATE:1. NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS AND DEMOGRAPHICS, NUMBER SCREENED AND RESULTS, NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS COMPLETING PROGRAM: (FY23: PREVENTURE PROGRAM NOW SUSTAINED THROUGH SCHOOL FUNDING)2. NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS, PERCENT REPORTING INCREASED SKILLS AND CONFIDENCE IN APPLYING SKILLS: (FY23: 5 ORGANIZATIONS WHO PROVIDE SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE ISSUES; 100% REPORTED IMPROVED SKILLS IN BECOMING GRANT READY AND GRANT WRITING, AS WELL AS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN CONFIDENCE IN USING THESE SKILLS)3. NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS AND DEMOGRAPHICS, NUMBER SCREENED AND RESULTS AND NUMBER COMPLETING PROGRAM: (FY23: PCO HOPE HIDDEN IN PLAIN SITE NO LONGER COLLABORATING WITH BID-PLYMOUTH)4. NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS AND DEMOGRAPHICS, INCREASED SKILLS AND INCREASED CONFIDENCE IN USING SKILLS: (FY23: NO DATA AVAILABLE FOR MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID, THE PLAN IS TO ADD THESE IN FOR FY24).5. SECTORS REPRESENTED, NUMBER OF RESOURCES OBTAINED, NUMBER OF PARTNERSHIPS DEVELOPED, SKILL-BUILDING/EDUCATION SHARED AND NUMBER OF NEW POLICIES/PROTOCOLS IMPLEMENTED THROUGH COMMUNITY INITIATIVES AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS: (FY23: 5 SECTORS REPRESENTED, 6 NEW PARTNERSHIPS DEVELOPED, MULTIPLE RESOURCES AND EDUCATION GAINED AND SHARED)6. NUMBER OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS TRAINED/EDUCATED, INCREASED SKILLS AND INCREASED CONFIDENCE IN THE ABILITY TO USE SKILLS: (FY23: RESILIENCY LIBRARY NO LONGER COLLABORATING WITH BID-PLYMOUTH)7. NUMBER OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS TRAINED/EDUCATED, INCREASED SKILLS AND INCREASED CONFIDENCE IN THE ABILITY TO USE SKILLS: (FY23: 38 FIRST RESPONDERS WERE TRAINED ON SUICIDE PREVENTION, WITH 99% OF THE PARTICIPANTS REPORTED THEY AGREED OR STRONGLY AGREED THAT THEY HAD A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO DEAL WITH SUICIDE IDEATION FOR THEMSELVES AND OTHERS)8. NUMBER OF PATIENTS ASSISTED AND THEIR DEMOGRAPHICS: (FY23: NO DATA AVAILABLE FOR GOSNOLD AS FUNDING IS THROUGH A THIRD PARTY, THIS WILL BE EVALUATED IN FY24 AND POTENTIALLY ADDED IN).9. NUMBER OF PATIENTS ASSISTED AND THEIR DEMOGRAPHICS, POSITIVE OUTCOMES REPORTED, NUMBER TRAINED, AMOUNT OF UNUSED PRESCRIPTION DRUGS COLLECTED AND - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INTEGRATED CARE INITIATIVE (FY23: 1,478 WITH DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS (PHQ9) DECREASING BY 59% AND ANXIETY SCORE (GAD7) DECREASING BY 66%)- PLYMOUTH COUNTY OUTREACH (FY23: 960 WITH 58% OF PATIENTS ACCEPTING TREATMENT IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND 48% PATIENTS ACCEPTING TREATMENT WHO WERE ADMITTED TO INPATIENT BEDS)- PLYMOUTH COUNTY OUTREACH HOPE (FY23: 958 PEOPLE WERE TRAINED IN HOW TO ADMINISTER NARCAN AND 366 GALLONS OF UNUSED PRESCRIPTION DRUGS WERE COLLECTED)- PLYMOUTH COUNTY OUTREACH HUB (FY23: 50% OF REFERRALS THROUGH A WERE CLOSED DUE TO CONNECTION TO SERVICES)PRIORITY AREA 4: CHRONIC AND COMPLEX CONDITIONSCHRONIC CONDITIONS SUCH AS CANCER, DIABETES, CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DISEASE, STROKE, AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE CONTRIBUTE TO 56% OF ALL MORTALITY IN MASSACHUSETTS AND OVER 53% OF ALL HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURES ($30.9 BILLION A YEAR). PERHAPS MOST SIGNIFICANTLY, CHRONIC DISEASES ARE LARGELY PREVENTABLE DESPITE THEIR HIGH PREVALENCE AND DRAMATIC IMPACT ON INDIVIDUALS AND SOCIETY. INPATIENT DISCHARGE RATES VARY ACROSS CONDITIONS AND COMMUNITIES. RATES ARE LOWER IN DUXBURY COMPARED TO THE COMMONWEALTH OVERALL. RATES IN CARVER ARE HIGHER THAN THE COMMONWEALTH IN ALL CATEGORIES, EXCEPT FOR DIABETES.GOAL: IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES AND REDUCE DISPARITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS AT-RISK FOR OR LIVING WITH CHRONIC AND/OR COMPLEX CONDITIONS AND CAREGIVERS BY ENHANCING ACCESS TO SCREENING, REFERRAL SERVICES, COORDINATED HEALTH AND SUPPORT SERVICES, MEDICATIONS, AND OTHER RESOURCES.STRATEGIES:- PROVIDE PREVENTATIVE HEALTH INFORMATION, SERVICES, AND SUPPORT FOR THOSE AT RISK FOR COMPLEX AND/OR CHRONIC CONDITIONS AND SUPPORT EVIDENCE-BASED CHRONIC DISEASE TREATMENT AND SELF-MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS.- ENSURE CANCER PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES HAVE ACCESS TO COORDINATED HEALTH & SUPPORT SERVICES AND RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THEM.- ADDRESS CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT THROUGH HEALTH AND NUTRITION EDUCATION.COHORTS: ALL PRIORITY COHORTS WITH IDENTIFIED CHRONIC DISEASE RISK, OLDER ADULTS, PATIENTS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER AND THEIR FAMILIES/CAREGIVERS AND RACIALLY, ETHNICALLY, AND LINGUISTICALLY DIVERSE POPULATIONSINITIATIVES:1. BID-PLYMOUTH AIDS COMPREHENSIVE, CARE, EDUCATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES (ACCESS) PROGRAM FOR HIV/AIDS2. KEEP THE BEAT POST- CARDIAC PROGRAM3. CHRONIC DISEASE & NUTRITION EDUCATION4. HOUSECALLS PROGRAM5. STROKE EDUCATION6. CANCER PATIENT SUPPORT PROGRAM7. COMMUNITY EDUCATION- HEALTHY RECIPES FOR FOOD PANTRIES- NUTRITION EDUCATION AT LOCAL COUNCILS ON AGING (COAS), LIBRARIES AND SCHOOLS- NUTRITION ARTICLES DISTRIBUTED TO AREA NEWSLETTERS- NUTRITION EDUCATION AND COOKING TIPSMETRICS AND STATUS UPDATE:1. NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS AND THEIR DEMOGRAPHICS: (FY23:14 CLIENTS WERE ENROLLED IN ACCESS CARE, WITH 100% TAKING ANTIRETROVIRAL TREATMENT (ART) AND 100% VIRALLY SUPPRESSED)2. NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS AND THEIR DEMOGRAPHICS:(FY23: 11)3. NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS AND THEIR DEMOGRAPHICS: (FY23: 1,428 PARTICIPANTS ATTENDED NUTRITION PROGRAMS; 2,663 PEOPLE WERE REACHED INDIRECTLY THROUGH VIDEO AND RADIO; 22 AGENCIES SERVING RECEIVED NUTRITION NOTES FOR THEIR NEWSLETTERS AND 32 VENDORS EDUCATED 250 PARTICIPANTS THROUGH A HEALTH & WELLNESS FAIR SUPPORTED BY BID-PLYMOUTH)4. NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS AND THEIR DEMOGRAPHICS: (FY23: 2 PROGRAMS EDUCATED 47 OLDER ADULTS AROUND JOINT HEALTH AND 65 PARTICIPANTS EDUCATED ON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS)5. NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS AND THEIR DEMOGRAPHICS: (FY23: 29 PARTICIPANTS WERE EDUCATED THROUGH 2 COMMUNITY EVENTS ON STROKE SYMPTOMS AND EARLY NOTIFICATION)6. NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS AND THEIR DEMOGRAPHICS: (FY23: 400 RIDES WERE GIVEN TO PATIENTS NEEDING RIDES TO AND FROM TREATMENT 50 WIGS WERE PROVIDED TO PATIENTS, 35 PARTICIPANTS TOOK PART IN THE BRIDGE TO WELLNESS PROGRAM AND 4 CANCER SURVIVORS WERE TRAINED TO WORK WITH PATIENTS AS MENTORS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT THROUGH THE TREATMENT PROCESS)7. NUMBER OF RECIPES, NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS AND THEIR DEMOGRAPHICS, NUMBER OF NUTRITION ARTICLES, NUMBER OF WORKSHOPS AND INCREASED KNOWLEDGE OF NUTRITION: (FY23: 8 DELICIOUS & NUTRITIOUS SHOWS WERE AIRED WITH RECIPE DEMONSTRATIONS, OVER 4,000 COMMUNITY PARTICIPANTS WERE REACHED DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTLY WITH NUTRITION EDUCATION,12 NUTRITION ARTICLES WERE SENT OUT THE COMMUNITY AND 99% OF PARTICIPANTS SURVEYED REPORTED THAT THEIR KNOWLEDGE HAD INCREASED)
FORM 990 SCHEDULE H PART V, SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATIONCOMMUNITY PARTNERSBID-PLYMOUTH IS COMMITTED TO IMPROVING THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF RESIDENTS WITHIN ITS SERVICE AREA BY COLLABORATING WITH A DIVERSE GROUP OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS. THE HOSPITAL WORKS TOGETHER WITH THESE PARTNERS TO REDUCE BARRIERS TO HEALTH, INCREASE PREVENTION AND/OR SELF-MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC DISEASE AND INCREASE THE EARLY DETECTION OF ILLNESS. THE HOSPITAL'S COMMUNITY PARTNERS INCLUDE:- ALGONQUIN HEIGHTS- AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION- ANCHOR HOUSE, INC.- BAT STATE COMMUNITY SERVICES, INC.- BID-PLYMOUTH COMMUNITY BUSINESS PARTNERS (APPROXIMATELY 69 BUSINESSES) - BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION-RYAN WHITE PART A - BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER - BOURNE SUBSTANCE USE COALITION - BRAZILIAN CHURCH- BRAZILIAN POINT STORE- BRAZILIAN SILVA STORE- BRAZILIAN STEAKHOUSE- BRAZILIAN MARKET (UAI BRAZIL)- CAPE COD CANAL REGION CHAMBER OF COMMERCE - CARVER PUBLIC LIBRARY - CLEANSLATE CENTERS - COMMUNITY HEALTH NETWORK AREA (CHNA 23)- COUNCILS ON AGING IN THE CBSA- COMMUNITY SERVINGS- EMS PROVIDERS IN THE CBSA- FATHER BILLS & MAINSPRING- FRANCIS KEVILLE MEMORIAL TRUST FUND- FOOD PANTRIES IN THE CBSA- GOSNOLD BEHAVIORAL HEALTH- GREAT ISLAND SOCIAL CLUB- GREATER ATTLEBORO TAUNTON REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY (GATRA)- GREATER PLYMOUTH FOOD WAREHOUSE- HADASSAH- HARBOR HEALTH SERVICES, INC.- HEALTH IMPERATIVES- HEALTHY PLYMOUTH- HEALTH RESOURCE & SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (HRSA)-RYAN WHITE PART C- HERRING POND WAMPANOAG TRIBE- HIGH POINT TREATMENT CENTER- JETT FOUNDATION - LAURELWOOD AT THE PINEHILLS- LIBRARIES IN THE CBSA- MARSHFIELD COUNCIL ON AGING- MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH- MCLEAN HOSPITAL- NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS (NAMI) - PLYMOUTH- NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, HEAL INITIATIVE PLYMOUTH- NEIGHBORWORKS HOUSING SOLUTIONS- NEW HOPE CHAPEL- OFFICE OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT- OLD COLONY ELDER SERVICES- OLD COLONY YMCA- PAC TV- PEER GROUP ADVISORS, INC. DBA TAB-PLYMOUTH- PILGRIMS HOPE- PLYMOUTH AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE- PLYMOUTH AREA COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS- PLYMOUTH AREA COMMUNITY ACCESS TELEVISION (PACTV)- PLYMOUTH BAY HOUSE- PLYMOUTH BOYS & GIRLS CLUB- PLYMOUTH CENTER FOR ACTIVE LIVING- PLYMOUTH COUNTY DA'S OFFICE- PLYMOUTH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE- PLYMOUTH COUNTY SUICIDE PREVENTION COALITION- PLYMOUTH COUNTY HUB- PLYMOUTH COUNTY OUTREACH- PLYMOUTH COUNTY OUTREACH HOPE- PLYMOUTH DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES- PLYMOUTH FAMILY NETWORK- PLYMOUTH FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER- PLYMOUTH FIRE RELIEF ASSOCIATION- PLYMOUTH FITNESS - PLYMOUTH HOUSING AUTHORITY- PLYMOUTH LIONS CLUB- PLYMOUTH POLICE DEPARTMENT- PLYMOUTH PRIDE- PLYMOUTH RECOVERY CENTER- PLYMOUTH RECREATION DEPARTMENT- PLYMOUTH YOUTH DEVELOPMENT COLLABORATIVE (PYDC)- POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN THE CBSA- PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENTS IN THE CBSA- RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE - ROTARY CLUB OF PLYMOUTH- SALVATION ARMY- SCHWARTZ CENTER ROUNDS - SIGNATURE HEALTHCARE / BROCKTON HOSPITAL- SCHOOLS IN THE CBSA- SENIOR HOUSING IN THE CBSA- SOUTH SHORE ALLIANCE OF LGBTQ+ YOUTH (SSHAGLY)- SOUTH SHORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE- SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN PREVENTION- SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL- SOUTH SHORE CONTINUUM OF CARE- SOUTH SHORE PARTNERS IN PREVENTION (CHNA 23)- TAKING PEOPLE PLACES/THE ALTERNATIVE BOARD- TERRA CURA, INC.- THE FARMHOUSE- TO THE MOON AND BACK- TOWN OF PLYMOUTH- QUINCY ASIAN RESOURCES, INC. (QARI)- U-MASS EXTENSION- UNITED WAY GREATER PLYMOUTH- ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH ASSOCIATESAS DESCRIBED IN DETAIL IN THIS SUPPORTING NARRATIVE TO THE FORM 990 SCHEDULE H, BID-PLYMOUTH IS DEEPLY DEDICATED TO ITS COMMUNITY BENEFITS OPERATIONS AND TO IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF ITS COMMUNITY. HOWEVER, IN RESPONSE TO SCHEDULE H, PART V, SECTION B, QUESTION 11, THERE WERE SOME NEEDS IDENTIFIED IN THE MOST RECENT CHNA THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY IN THE FY 2023 - 2025 IS, WHICH WILL GUIDE THE BID-PLYMOUTH'S COMMUNITY BENEFITS ACTIVITIES FOR THE FISCAL PERIODS SEPTEMBER 30, 2023, SEPTEMBER 30, 2024, AND SEPTEMBER 30, 2025, EXAMPLES OF IDENTIFIED NEEDS THAT WILL NOT BE MET IN THESE YEARS ARE SUPPORTING EDUCATION ACROSS THE LIFESPAN AND STRENGTHENING THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT (IE. IMPROVING ROADS/SIDEWALKS AND ENHANCING ACCESS TO SAFE RECREATIONAL SPACES/ACTIVITIES). IN ADDITION, THERE WERE SOME NEEDS IDENTIFIED IN THE 2019 CHNA THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE 2019 IS AND WHICH HAVE GUIDED THE BID-PLYMOUTH'S COMMUNITY BENEFITS ACTIVITIES THE PERIOD FOR THE FISCAL PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING DUE TO LIMITED FINANCIAL RESOURCES COMMUNITY NEEDS DEEMED BY THE CBAC AND SLT TO BE OUTSIDE OF BID-PLYMOUTH'S PRIMARY SPHERE OF INFLUENCE AND HAVE OPTED TO ALLOW OTHERS IN ITS CBSA AND THE COMMONWEALTH TO FOCUS ON THESE ISSUES. BID-PLYMOUTH IS UNABLE TO ADDRESS THESE NEEDS DUE TO LIMITED FINANCIAL RESOURCES AND OTHER IDENTIFIED RESOURCES IN THE COMMUNITY. AS NOTED IN DETAIL ABOVE, BID-PLYMOUTH 'S PRIMARY TOOL FOR ASSESSING THE HEALTHCARE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITIES SERVED IS THROUGH THE CHNA AND IS (SCHEDULE H PART VI QUESTION 2).
FORM 990 SCHEDULE H PART VI, SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATIONTHE PURPOSE OF THIS FORM 990 SCHEDULE H NARRATIVE DISCLOSURE IS TO HELP THE READER UNDERSTAND IN MORE DETAIL HOW BID-PLYMOUTH CARES FOR ITS COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND CERTAIN OTHER COMMUNITY BENEFITS. AS DEMONSTRATED IN THIS SCHEDULE H, 7.96% OF BID-PLYMOUTH'S TOTAL EXPENSES AS REPORTED ON FORM 990 PART IX, LINE 24, ARE INCURRED IN PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND CERTAIN OTHER COMMUNITY BENEFITS AT COST. COMMUNITY BENEFITSANNUAL COMMUNITY BENEFITS REPORTAS PREVIOUSLY NOTED IN THIS FILING, BID-PLYMOUTH'S MOST RECENT COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT (CHNA) AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY WERE COMPLETED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2022, AS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THE REGULATIONS UNDER INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 501(R). IN ADDITION, AS NOTED IN THIS FORM 990 SCHEDULE H, PART I, LINES 6A AND 6B, THE HOSPITAL PREPARES AN ANNUAL COMMUNITY BENEFITS REPORT THAT IS SUBMITTED TO THE MASSACHUSETTS ATTORNEY GENERAL (SCHEDULE H, PART VI, LINE 7). THAT FILING IS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION AT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, ON THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S WEBSITE AND ON THE HOSPITAL WEBSITE AT HTTPS://BIDPLYMOUTH.ORG/ABOUT/COMMUNITY-BENEFITS-NEEDS THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE MASSACHUSETTS ATTORNEY GENERAL DEFINITION OF CHARITY CARE AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS AND THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE DEFINITION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS. AS SUCH, THERE ARE VARIANCES BETWEEN THIS SCHEDULE H DISCLOSURE AND THE REPORT BID-PLYMOUTH FILED WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE. EMERGENCY CARE ACCESSIN ADDITION, AS NOTED IN THIS FORM 990, SCHEDULE H, PART V, SECTION A, BID-PLYMOUTH IS A GENERAL MEDICAL AND SURGICAL HOSPITAL, PROVIDING 24-HOUR EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE TO ALL PATIENTS WITHOUT REGARD TO ABILITY TO PAY. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND CERTAIN OTHER COMMUNITY BENEFITSCHARITY CARE AND MEANS TESTED GOVERNMENT PROGRAMSFINANCIAL ASSISTANCEBID-PLYMOUTH'S NET COST OF CHARITY CARE, INCLUDING CARE FOR EMERGENT SERVICES PROVIDED TO NON-PAYING PATIENTS AND INCLUDING PAYMENTS TO THE HEALTH SAFETY NET TRUST, WAS $1,386,129 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2023 AND HAS BEEN REPORTED ON THIS SCHEDULE H, PART I, LINE 7A.AS PREVIOUSLY NOTED IN THIS FORM 990, BID-PLYMOUTH IS ONE OF ELEVEN HOSPITALS WITHIN THE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH NETWORK. COMBINED THESE HOSPITALS' NET COST OF CHARITY CARE, INCLUDING CARE FOR EMERGENT SERVICES PROVIDED TO NON-PAYING PATIENTS AND INCLUDING PAYMENTS TO THE HEALTH SAFETY NET TRUST, WAS $73,152,852 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2023. AS REPORTED IN SCHEDULE H PART I LINE 3 AND AGAIN IN SCHEDULE H PART V SECTION B LINE 13, FOR THE PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING, ELIGIBILITY FOR FREE CARE TO LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS IS DETERMINED USING FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINES OF 400% FOR FULL FREE CARE AND 400% FOR PARTIAL FREE CARE. ELIGIBILITY FOR DISCOUNTED CARE IS DETERMINED BY REVIEWING THE INDIVIDUAL'S EMPLOYMENT STATUS, FAMILY SIZE AND MONTHLY EXPENSES, INCLUDING MEDICAL HARDSHIP REVIEW.OTHER UNCOMPENSATED CHARITY CAREMEDICAID AND MEDICAREIN ADDITION TO THE CHARITY CARE REPORTED ABOVE, BID-PLYMOUTH ALSO PROVIDES CARE TO PATIENTS WHO PARTICIPATE IN OTHER PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT LOW-INCOME FAMILIES, INCLUDING PARTICULARLY THE MEDICAID PROGRAM, WHICH IS JOINTLY FUNDED BY FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS. THE MASSACHUSETTS HEALTH REFORM LAW PROVIDED AN INITIATIVE FOR EXPANSION OF MEDICAID COVERAGE TO GREATER POPULATIONS AND FOR ENROLLMENT OF UNINSURED PATIENTS IN OTHER INSURANCE PROGRAMS. PAYMENTS FROM MEDICAID AND OTHER PROGRAMS THAT INSURE LOW-INCOME POPULATIONS DO NOT COVER THE COST OF SERVICES PROVIDED. DURING THE FISCAL PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING, 14.10% OR 51,412 OF BID-PLYMOUTH'S PATIENT ENCOUNTERS WERE WITH MEDICAID PATIENTS. IN ADDITION. 56.90% OR 207,471 OF THE HOSPITAL'S PATIENT CASES WERE WITH MEDICARE PATIENTS. MEDICARE IS THE FEDERALLY SPONSORED HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM FOR ELDERLY OR DISABLED PATIENTS, AND BID-PLYMOUTH PROVIDES CARE TO PATIENTS WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE MEDICARE PROGRAM. DURING THE FISCAL PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING BID-PLYMOUTH GENERATED $140,062,143 RELATED TO TREATING MEDICARE PATIENTS. THE COSTS OF PROVIDING CARE TO MEDICARE PATIENTS EXCEEDED REVENUE BY $8,538,325. OF THESE AMOUNTS, REVENUE OF $24,210,650 IS RELATED TO THE PROVISION OF PATIENT CARE IN THE AREAS OF OB/GYN, NEUROSCIENCES (INCLUDING DEMENTIA), BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, AND CARDIOLOGY SERVICES AND IS INCLUDED ON THIS SCHEDULE H, PART I, LINE 7G, AS PART OF SUBSIDIZED HEALTH SERVICES BECAUSE THE COST OF THOSE SERVICES EXCEEDED REVENUES BY $3.721,528. IN RESPONSE TO THE FORM 990, SCHEDULE H, PART III, LINE 8, ALTHOUGH BID-PLYMOUTH CONSIDERS THE PROVISION OF CLINICAL CARE TO ALL MEDICARE PATIENTS AS PART OF ITS COMMUNITY BENEFIT, THE REMAINING CARE TO MEDICARE PATIENTS IS NOT QUANTIFIED ON PAGE 1 OF THE SCHEDULE H. INSTEAD, PER THE IRS INSTRUCTIONS TO SCHEDULE H, BID-PLYMOUTH HAS SEPARATELY REPORTED THIS AMOUNT IN SCHEDULE H, PART III, LINE 7, AS REQUIRED. HOWEVER, IF THE MEDICARE SHORTFALL WERE INCLUDED IN THE SCHEDULE H PART I LINE 7 CALCULATION, IT WOULD INCREASE TO 9.28 %.BAD DEBTSIN ADDITION TO CHARITY CARE AND SHORTFALLS IN PROVIDING SERVICES TO PATIENTS INSURED UNDER STATE AND FEDERAL PROGRAMS, BID-PLYMOUTH ALSO INCURS LOSSES RELATED TO SELF-PAY PATIENTS WHO FAIL TO MAKE PAYMENTS FOR SERVICES OR INSURED PATIENTS WHO FAIL TO PAY COINSURANCE OR DEDUCTIBLES FOR WHICH THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE UNDER INSURANCE CONTRACTS. BAD DEBT EXPENSE IS INCLUDED IN UNCOMPENSATED CARE EXPENSE IN THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND INCLUDES THE PROVISION FOR ACCOUNTS ANTICIPATED TO BE UNCOLLECTIBLE. COSTS FOR THOSE SERVICES DURING THE FISCAL PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING OF $5,299,837 ARE REPORTED AS BAD DEBT ON FORM 990, SCHEDULE H, PART III, LINE 2. AS REQUIRED BY THE INSTRUCTIONS TO THIS FORM 990 SCHEDULE H, LOSSES RELATED TO BAD DEBTS HAVE NOT BEEN INCLUDED IN THE CALCULATION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND CERTAIN OTHER COMMUNITY BENEFITS IN SCHEDULE H PART I LINE 7. RATHER IT HAS BEEN SEPARATELY REPORTED IN SCHEDULE H PART III AS REQUIRED. THE PERCENTAGES CALCULATED IN PART I, LINE 7, COLUMN F WERE BASED ON EACH ITEM OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND COMMUNITY BENEFIT AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL EXPENSES REPORTED IN PART IX OF THIS FORM 990. THE CONSOLIDATED AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH, INC. (BILH) AND AFFILIATES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2023 INCLUDE THE ACCOUNTS OF: BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, INC. (BIDMC), MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL (MAH), NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL (NEBH), BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL MILTON, INC. (MILTON), BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL NEEDHAM, INC. (NEEDHAM), BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL PLYMOUTH, INC. (PLYMOUTH), LAHEY CLINIC FOUNDATION (LCF) , LAHEY CLINIC (LCI), LAHEY CLINIC HOSPITAL D/B/A LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER (LHMC), WINCHESTER HOSPITAL (WINCHESTER), NORTHEAST HOSPITAL CORPORATION (NORTHEAST), ANNA JAQUES HOSPITAL (AJH), BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH PHARMACY, JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER AND THEIR AFFILIATES. THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE SYSTEM ALSO INCLUDE A CONTROLLED AFFILIATE, HARVARD MEDICAL FACULTY PHYSICIANS AT BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, INC. (HMFP). FINALLY, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2023, BILH BECAME THE SOLE MEMBER OF EXETER HEALTH RESOURCES, INC. (EHRI) AND THREE MONTHS OF EHRI'S ACTIVITY AS WELL AS THREE MONTHS OF EHRI'S AFFILIATES' ACTIVITY, INCLUDING EXETER HOSPITAL, ARE INCLUDED IN THE AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF BILH AND AFFILIATES. FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOOTNOTESBAD DEBTSTHE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH INC. CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS DO NOT INCLUDE A FOOTNOTE REGARDING BAD DEBT EXPENSE.PATIENT ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND RELATED ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTSTHE SYSTEM'S PATIENT SERVICE REVENUE IS REPORTED AT THE AMOUNT THAT REFLECTS THE CONSIDERATION TO WHICH THE SYSTEM EXPECTS TO BE ENTITLED IN EXCHANGE FOR PROVIDING PATIENT CARE. THESE AMOUNTS ARE DUE FROM PATIENTS, THIRD-PARTY PAYORS (INCLUDING MANAGED CARE PAYERS AND GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS), AND OTHERS AND INCLUDE AN ESTIMATE OF VARIABLE CONSIDERATION FOR RETROACTIVE REVENUE ADJUSTMENTS DUE TO SETTLEMENT OF AUDITS, REVIEWS, AND INVESTIGATIONS. GENERALLY, THE SYSTEM BILLS THE PATIENTS AND THIRD-PARTY PAYORS SEVERAL DAYS AFTER THE SERVICES ARE PERFORMED AND/OR THE PATIENT IS DISCHARGED FROM THE SYSTEM'S FACILITY.
FORM 990 SCHEDULE H PART VI, SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATIONEMERGENCY CARE ACCESSAS PREVIOUSLY NOTED IN THIS FILING, FOR THE PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING, BIDMC IS A SISTER ENTITY OF BID-PLYMOUTH. THE MEDICAL CENTER IS A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER AND TEACHING HOSPITAL OF HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL. ASSOCIATED PHYSICIANS OF HARVARD MEDICAL FACULTY PHYSICIANS AT BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER (APHMFP) IS AN INTEGRALLY RELATED PHYSICIAN PRACTICE OF BIDMC AND IS ALSO EXEMPT FROM INCOME TAX UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED. APHMFP PHYSICIANS PROVIDE AROUND THE CLOCK PHYSICIAN PATIENT CARE COVERAGE AND MEDICAL DIRECTION OF THE BID-PLYMOUTH EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. THESE PHYSICIANS ARE ALL CERTIFIED OR BOARD-ELIGIBLE IN LEVEL 1 TRAUMA. THE BID-PLYMOUTH DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE PROVIDES MEDICALLY NECESSARY CARE FOR ALL PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY. THE HOSPITAL OFFERS THIS CARE FOR ALL PATIENTS THAT COME TO THIS FACILITY 24 HOURS A DAY, 7 DAYS A WEEK, AND 365 DAYS A YEAR.FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICYINTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 501(R)(4)FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICY PURPOSE BID-PLYMOUTH IS DEDICATED TO PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO PATIENTS WHO HAVE HEALTHCARE NEEDS AND ARE UNINSURED, UNDERINSURED, INELIGIBLE FOR A GOVERNMENT PROGRAM OR OTHERWISE UNABLE TO PAY FOR MEDICALLY NECESSARY CARE BASED ON THEIR INDIVIDUAL FINANCIAL SITUATION. THIS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICY IS INTENDED TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS FOR OUR SERVICE AREA. PATIENTS ELIGIBLE FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE WILL RECEIVE DISCOUNTED CARE FROM BID-PLYMOUTH AS WELL AS PROVIDERS WHO FOLLOW BID-PLYMOUTH 'S FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICY. A LIST OF ALL PROVIDERS WHO PROVIDE CARE WITHIN BID-PLYMOUTH AS WELL AS INFORMATION INDICATING IF THE LISTED PROVIDERS FOLLOW BID-PLYMOUTH'S FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICY IS INCLUDED IN APPENDIX 5 TO THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICY. BID-PLYMOUTH DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE BASED ON THE PATIENT'S AGE, GENDER, RACE, CREED, RELIGION, DISABILITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY, NATIONAL ORIGIN OR IMMIGRATION STATUS WHEN DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY.FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICY, CREDIT AND COLLECTION POLICY AND EMERGENCY CARE POLICYAS REQUIRED BY IRC SECTION 501(R)(4) AND THE REGULATIONS PROMULGATED THEREUNDER, THE HOSPITAL MAINTAINS A WRITTEN FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICY (FAP) THAT APPLIES TO ALL EMERGENCY AND OTHER MEDICALLY NECESSARY CARE PROVIDED BY THE HOSPITAL FACILITY. (SCHEDULE H PART I QUESTIONS 1A AND 1B). DETAIL RELATED TO EMERGENCY AND OTHER MEDICALLY NECESSARY CARE COVERED BY THE POLICY IS INCLUDED WITHIN THE POLICY AND THE DEFINITION OF EMERGENCY CARE MEETS THE DEFINITION OF THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL TREATMENT AND LABOR ACT (EMTALA), SECTION 1867 OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT (42 USC 1395DD). (SCHEDULE H PART V SECTION B QUESTION 21). THE FAP INCLUDES A LIST OF PROVIDERS OTHER THAN THE HOSPITAL ITSELF, WHICH ARE COVERED BY THE FAP AND SPECIFIES ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR BOTH FREE AND DISCOUNTED CARE. THE FAP ALSO INCLUDES THE BASIS FOR CALCULATING AMOUNTS CHARGED TO PATIENTS. THE PROVIDER LIST IS UPDATED NOT LESS THAN QUARTERLY. THE HOSPITAL MAINTAINS A SEPARATE CREDIT AND COLLECTION POLICY AS PERMITTED UNDER THE TREASURY REGULATIONS AND THIS CREDIT AND COLLECTION POLICY IS REFERENCED WITHIN THE FAP AS REQUIRED, ALONG WITH INFORMATION ON HOW TO OBTAIN A FREE COPY OF THE CREDIT AND COLLECTION POLICY. (SCHEDULE H PART III SECTION C QUESTIONS 9A AND 9B AND PART V SECTION B QUESTION 17). THE HOSPITAL'S FAP AND CREDIT & COLLECTION POLICY WERE ADOPTED BY AN AUTHORIZED BODY AS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THE IRC SECTION 501(R) TREASURY REGULATIONS EFFECTIVE ON OR ABOUT AUGUST 15, 2020FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICYAPPLYING FOR ASSISTANCE THE HOSPITAL'S FAP INCLUDES INFORMATION ON THE METHOD FOR APPLYING FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER THE FAP. IN ADDITION, THE HOSPITAL'S FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE APPLICATION INCLUDES A LIST OF INFORMATION/DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED AS PART OF A PATIENT'S APPLICATION FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. (SCHEDULE H PART V SECTION B QUESTION 15)FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICYELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES THE HOSPITAL'S FAP USES THE FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINES IN DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR FREE AND DISCOUNTED CARE. (SCHEDULE H PART I QUESTION 3A AND 3B AND PART V SECTION B QUESTION 13). IN ADDITION, THE HOSPITAL'S FAP PROVIDES FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE BASED ON MEDICAL HARDSHIP AND ASSET LEVEL (SCHEDULE H PART I QUESTIONS 3C AND 4, PART V SECTION B QUESTION 13 AND PART VI QUESTION 3). FINALLY, THE HOSPITAL UNDERSTANDS THAT NOT ALL PATIENTS ARE ABLE TO COMPLETE A FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE APPLICATION OR COMPLY WITH REQUESTS FOR DOCUMENTATION. THERE MAY BE INSTANCES UNDER WHICH A PATIENT/GUARANTOR'S QUALIFICATION FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IS ESTABLISHED WITHOUT COMPLETING THE APPLICATION FORM. OTHER INFORMATION MAY BE USED BY THE HOSPITAL TO DETERMINE WHETHER A PATIENT/GUARANTOR'S ACCOUNT IS UNCOLLECTIBLE, AND THIS INFORMATION WILL BE USED TO DETERMINE PRESUMPTIVE ELIGIBILITY AS OUTLINED IN THE HOSPITAL'S FAP. (SCHEDULE H PART I QUESTIONS 3C).FINANCIAL ASSISTANCEPUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS (SCHEDULE H PART I QUESTION 3C)IN ADDITION TO FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE HOSPITAL'S FAP, FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE UNINSURED OR UNDERINSURED, THE HOSPITAL WILL WORK WITH PATIENTS TO ASSIST THEM IN APPLYING FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND/OR HOSPITAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS THAT MAY COVER SOME OR ALL OF THEIR UNPAID HOSPITAL BILLS. IN ORDER TO HELP UNINSURED AND UNDERINSURED INDIVIDUALS FIND AVAILABLE AND APPROPRIATE OPTIONS, THE HOSPITAL WILL PROVIDE ALL INDIVIDUALS WITH A GENERAL NOTICE OF THE AVAILABILITY OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS DURING THE PATIENT'S INITIAL IN-PERSON REGISTRATION AT A HOSPITAL LOCATION FOR A SERVICE, IN ALL BILLING INVOICES THAT ARE SENT TO A PATIENT OR GUARANTOR, AND WHEN THE PROVIDER IS NOTIFIED OR THROUGH ITS OWN DUE DILIGENCE BECOMES AWARE OF A CHANGE IN THE PATIENT'S ELIGIBILITY STATUS FOR PUBLIC OR PRIVATE INSURANCE COVERAGE.HOSPITAL PATIENTS MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR FREE OR REDUCED COST OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES THROUGH VARIOUS STATE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AS WELL AS THE HOSPITAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO MASSHEALTH, THE PREMIUM ASSISTANCE PAYMENT PROGRAM OPERATED BY THE HEALTH CONNECTOR, THE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL SECURITY PROGRAM, THE HEALTH SAFETY NET, AND MEDICAL HARDSHIP). SUCH PROGRAMS ARE INTENDED TO ASSIST LOW-INCOME PATIENTS TAKING INTO ACCOUNT EACH INDIVIDUAL'S ABILITY TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE COST OF HIS OR HER CARE. FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE UNINSURED OR UNDERINSURED, THE HOSPITAL WILL, WHEN REQUESTED, HELP THEM WITH APPLYING FOR EITHER COVERAGE THROUGH PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS OR HOSPITAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS THAT MAY COVER ALL OR SOME OF THEIR UNPAID HOSPITAL BILLS.THE HOSPITAL IS AVAILABLE TO ASSIST PATIENTS IN ENROLLING INTO STATE HEALTH COVERAGE PROGRAMS. THESE INCLUDE MASSHEALTH, THE PREMIUM ASSISTANCE PAYMENT PROGRAM OPERATED BY THE STATE'S HEALTH CONNECTOR, AND THE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL SECURITY PLAN. FOR THESE PROGRAMS, APPLICANTS CAN SUBMIT AN APPLICATION THROUGH AN ONLINE WEBSITE (WHICH IS CENTRALLY LOCATED ON THE STATE'S HEALTH CONNECTOR WEBSITE), A PAPER APPLICATION, OR OVER THE PHONE WITH A CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE LOCATED AT EITHER MASSHEALTH OR THE CONNECTOR. INDIVIDUALS MAY ALSO ASK FOR ASSISTANCE FROM HOSPITAL FINANCIAL COUNSELORS (ALSO CALLED CERTIFIED APPLICATION COUNSELORS) WITH SUBMITTING THE APPLICATION EITHER ON THE WEBSITE OR THROUGH A PAPER APPLICATION.FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICYTRANSLATIONS THE HOSPITAL'S FAP, CREDIT AND COLLECTION POLICY AND PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY OF THE FAP (SEE DETAIL BELOW) HAVE ALL BEEN TRANSLATED INTO THE LANGUAGES SPOKEN BY THOSE IN THE HOSPITAL'S COMMUNITY WHO MAY COMMUNICATE IN A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH. THE HOSPITAL HAS TRANSLATED THESE DOCUMENTS INTO THE LANGUAGES OF LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY (LEP) OF ITS PATIENTS, 5% OF THE POPULATION OR 1000 PERSONS, WHICHEVER IS LESS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REGULATIONS PROMULGATED UNDER IRC SECTION 501(R). BASED ON THE HOSPITAL'S REVIEW OF THIS SAFE HARBOR, THE HOSPITAL HAS TRANSLATED THESE DOCUMENTS INTO THE FOLLOWING LANGUAGES: CHINESE (TRADITIONAL), ENGLISH, SPANISH (ESPAOL), PORTUGUESE (PORTUGUS) AND VIETNAMESE (TIENG VIET). (SCHEDULE H PART V SECTION B QUESTION 16I)FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICYWIDELY PUBLICIZING AND AVAILABILITYCOPIES OF THE FAP, CREDIT AND COLLECTION POLICY, FAP SUMMARY AND APPLICATION FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE ARE ALL AVAILABLE IN BOTH ENGLISH AND ALL LEP LANGUAGES AT THE HOSPITAL, BY MAIL FREE OF CHARGE AND/OR ON THE HOSPITAL'S WEBSITE: (SCHEDULE H PART V SECTION B QUESTIONS 16A, 16B, 16C, 16D, 16E, 16H) AT HTTPS://BIDPLYMOUTH.ORG/PATIENTS-VISITORS/BILLING-FINANCIAL-SERVICES/ASSISTANCE
FORM 990 SCHEDULE H PART VI, SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATIONIN ADDITION, THE FAP, CREDIT AND COLLECTION POLICY, FAP SUMMARY AND APPLICATION FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE ARE ALL AVAILABLE IN THE HOSPITAL'S EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND FINANCIAL COUNSELING OFFICE. (SCHEDULE H PART V SECTION B QUESTION 16F AND SCHEDULE H PART VI QUESTION 3).THE HOSPITAL MAINTAINS SIGNAGE AND CONSPICUOUS PUBLIC DISPLAYS ABOUT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND THE FAP DESIGNED TO ATTRACT THE ATTENTION OF PATIENTS AND VISITORS, INCLUDING BOTH THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND ADMISSIONS. SUCH SIGNAGE IS POSTED BOTH IN ENGLISH AND THE LEP LANGUAGES NOTED ABOVE. IN ADDITION, FINANCIAL COUNSELING PERSONNEL ROUTINELY VISIT LOCATIONS DESIGNATED FOR SIGNAGE TO ENSURE THAT SUCH SIGNAGE REMAINS VISIBLE TO PATIENTS AND VISITORS AS ATTENDED. THE HOSPITAL PROVIDES INFORMATION ABOUT THE FAP TO PATIENTS BEFORE DISCHARGE AND CONSPICUOUSLY WITHIN BILLING STATEMENTS. INFORMATION PROVIDED TO PATIENTS IN THESE COMMUNICATIONS INCLUDE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THOSE THAT CAN HELP PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE FAP, INFORMATION ON THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND THE WEBSITE WHERE THE FAP CAN BE OBTAINED. ADDITIONALLY, A PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY OF THE FAP IS PROVIDED TO PATIENTS AS PART OF THE INTAKE OR DISCHARGE PROCESS. (SCHEDULE H PART V SECTION B QUESTION 16G). FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICYPLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARYAS NOTED IN THIS NARRATIVE SUPPORT TO THE FORM 990 SCHEDULE H, THE HOSPITAL HAS A PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY OF ITS FAP. THIS IS A WRITTEN STATEMENT DESIGNED TO NOTIFY PATIENTS AND VISITORS THAT THE HOSPITAL HAS A WRITTEN FAP AND PROVIDES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. THIS PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY INCLUDES INFORMATION ON FREE AND DISCOUNTED CARE, HOW TO OBTAIN A COPY OF THE FAP POLICY AND APPLICATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS, THE LOCATION AND PHONE NUMBER OF THE FINANCIAL COUNSELING OFFICE. THE PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY ALSO INCLUDES THE LIST OF LANGUAGES INTO WHICH THE FAP AND SUMMARY HAVE BEEN TRANSLATED AS WELL AS HOW TO ACCESS INFORMATION ON PROVIDERS NOT COVERED BY THE FAP AND TO WHICH OTHER RELATED HOSPITALS APPROVAL UNDER THE FAP WILL APPLY. LINKS TO FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICY AND RELATED DOCUMENTSTHE LINK TO THE BID-PLYMOUTH FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICY (FAP) AND THE FOLLOWING RELATED DOCUMENTS CAN BE FOUND ON THE HOSPITAL'S WEBSITE. - CREDIT AND COLLECTION POLICY- APPLICATION FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE- MEDICAL HARDSHIP APPLICATION- FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICY PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON PATIENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND BILLING, ALL IN ENGLISH, CHINESE, SPANISH, PORTUGUESE, AND VIETNAMESE CAN BE FOUND ON THE BID-PLYMOUTH WEBSITE AT: HTTPS://BIDPLYMOUTH.ORG/PATIENTS-VISITORS/BILLING-FINANCIAL-SERVICESLIMITATION ON CHARGESINTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 501(R)(5)LIMITATION ON CHARGESAS REQUIRED BY IRC SECTION 501(R)(5) AND THE REGULATIONS PROMULGATED THEREUNDER, THE HOSPITAL LIMITS THE AMOUNTS CHARGED FOR ANY EMERGENCY OR OTHER MEDICALLY NECESSARY CARE IT PROVIDES TO A FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE-ELIGIBLE PATIENT, TO NOT MORE THAN AMOUNTS GENERALLY BILLED (AGB) AND LIMITS THE AMOUNTS CHARGED TO ANY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE ELIGIBLE PATIENT FOR ALL OTHER MEDICAL CARE TO LESS THAN GROSS CHARGES. AMOUNTS GENERALLY BILLEDLOOK BACK METHODTHE HOSPITAL CALCULATES ITS AGB, USING THE LOOK BACK METHOD, DIVIDING THE TOTAL PAYMENTS RECEIVED FROM ALL COMMERCIAL PLANS AND MEDICARE BY THE TOTAL CHARGES SENT TO THOSE SAME PAYERS FOR THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR. CALCULATED AGB IS INCLUDED IN THE HOSPITAL'S FAP AS REQUIRED UNDER THE REGULATIONS DETAILING THE REQUIREMENTS UNDER IRC SECTION 501(R)(5). (SCHEDULE H PART V SECTION B QUESTION 22). PATIENT REFUNDS FOR CHARGES IN EXCESS OF AMOUNTS GENERALLY BILLEDTHE HOSPITAL REGULARLY MONITORS THE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE ELIGIBLE PATIENTS. WHERE A PATIENT SUBMITS A COMPLETED APPLICATION FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND IS DETERMINED TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, THE HOSPITAL REFUNDS ANY AMOUNTS PREVIOUSLY PAID FOR CARE THAN EXCEEDS THE AMOUNT THAT THE PATIENT IS PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING WHERE SUCH AMOUNTS ARE EQUAL TO OR EXCEED $5.00. BILLING AND COLLECTIONS501(R)(6)EXTRAORDINARY COLLECTION ACTIVITIESTHE HOSPITAL DOES NOT ENGAGE IN ANY EXTRAORDINARY COLLECTION ACTIVITIES (ECAS) FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE ELIGIBLE PATIENTS. SPECIFICALLY, THE HOSPITAL DOES NOT REPORT TO CREDIT AGENCIES, ENGAGE IN LEGAL OR JUDICIAL PROCESSES OR SELL A PATIENT'S OUTSTANDING AMOUNTS OWED FOR PATIENT CARE. IN ADDITION, THIS EXTENDS TO ANY THIRD PARTY CONTRACTED WITH THE HOSPITAL RELATED TO BILLING AND COLLECTIONS. (SCHEDULE H PART V SECTION B QUESTIONS 18 AND 19).APPLICATION PERIOD PATIENTS MAY APPLY FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AT ANY TIME UP TO TWO HUNDRED FORTY (240) DAYS AFTER THE FIRST POST-DISCHARGE BILLING STATEMENT IS AVAILABLE. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND CERTAIN OTHER COMMUNITY BENEFITS RESEARCHAS NOTED THROUGHOUT THIS FORM 990, BID-PLYMOUTH IS A MEMBER OF THE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH (BILH) NETWORK OF AFFILIATES. ALTHOUGH BID-PLYMOUTH DOES NOT DIRECTLY ENGAGE IN RESEARCH, BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER (BIDMC), LAHEY CLINIC, NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL AND JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER ALL ENGAGE IN RESEARCH ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO CARE FOR PATIENTS NOT ONLY THEIR OWN PATIENTS, BUT ACROSS THE COMMUNITIES SERVED BY BILH AND BEYOND. ALTHOUGH THE RESEARCH ACTIVITIES OF THESE BILH AFFILIATES ARE NOT QUANTIFIED HERE IN BID-PLYMOUTH'S FORM 990 SCHEDULE H, PART I, 7H, AS ALREADY NOTED, THESE ACTIVITIES ARE IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITIES SERVED BY BID-PLYMOUTH AND BEYOND AND INFORMATION ON THE RESEARCH ENGAGED IN AT BIDMC, A SISTER ENTITY TO BID-PLYMOUTH, DURING THE PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING, IS INCLUDED BELOW. BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, INC. (BIDMC OR MEDICAL CENTER) IS A TERTIARY CARE ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER PROVIDING LEADING EDGE PATIENT CARE, IS A WORLD CLASS RESEARCH INSTITUTION AND IS DEVOTED TO TEACHING AND TRAINING THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS OF TOMORROW, EMBRACING TECHNOLOGICAL AND CLINICAL PRACTICE INNOVATION. TO THAT END, PART OF THE MEDICAL CENTER'S MISSION IS TO BE A WORLD-CLASS RESEARCH INSTITUTION WHERE OUTSTANDING SCIENTISTS WORK TO DEVELOP NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE HEALTH OF OUR LOCAL AND EXTENDED COMMUNITIES. THE RESEARCH PROGRAM STRIVES TO BE RENOWNED FOR ITS BENCH-TO-BEDSIDE MODEL OF TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH AND FOR ITS COLLABORATION WITH INDUSTRY AS A PATHWAY FOR TRANSFERRING THE FRUITS OF RESEARCH INTO PRODUCTS AND TREATMENTS THAT IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE.THE MEDICAL CENTER'S NOTABLE RESEARCH ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE CONSISTENTLY BEING RANKED IN THE TOP TIER OF INDEPENDENT HOSPITALS IN NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH) FUNDING. THE MEDICAL CENTER SCIENTISTS CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING OF DISEASES AND BETTER TREATMENTS FOR PATIENTS, WHICH IN TURN DIRECTLY IMPACT THE LIVES OF OUR PATIENTS AND IMPROVE THE MEDICAL CENTER'S PATIENT CARE. DURING THE FISCAL PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING, MORE THAN 1,220 ACTIVE FEDERAL, INDUSTRY AND FOUNDATION SPONSORED PROJECTS AND MORE THAN 2,500 ACTIVE EXEMPT, EXPEDITED, AND FULL BOARD-REVIEWED CLINICAL RESEARCH STUDIES. BIDMC RESEARCH IS LED BY MORE THAN 280 PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS, THE MAJORITY OF WHOM ARE HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL FACULTY. THE KEY AREAS OF RESEARCH INCLUDE VASCULAR BIOLOGY, MOLECULAR IMAGING, TRANSPLANTATION, SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION, CANCER BIOLOGY, METABOLIC DISEASE, NEUROBIOLOGY, AIDS, VACCINE DEVELOPMENT AND VIROLOGY, INFECTION CONTROL AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND CARDIOLOGY/CARDIAC SURGERY. AS NOTED IN THIS FILING, THE MEDICAL CENTER IS A TEACHING HOSPITAL OF HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL AND IS COMMITTED TO MAINTAINING A COLLABORATIVE CULTURE; TO MAINTAINING MODERN, HIGH-QUALITY FACILITIES, AND TO TAKING FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE UNIQUE RELATIONSHIPS THAT EXIST AMONG THE HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL AND THE HARVARD TEACHING HOSPITALS. THE MEDICAL CENTER DESIGNS AND IMPLEMENTS MANY INTERDEPARTMENTAL AND INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH PROGRAMS WITHIN THE INSTITUTION. THE MEDICAL CENTER ALSO COLLABORATES WITH OTHER NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AND WORLD RENOWNED EXPERTS IN VARIOUS FIELDS IN AN EFFORT TO TRANSLATE NEW KNOWLEDGE INTO NOVEL MEDICAL TREATMENTS AND PATIENT CARE. THE MEDICAL CENTER PARTICIPATES IN HARVARD CATALYST, THE HARVARD CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE CENTER, WHICH BRINGS TOGETHER THE INTELLECTUAL FORCE, TECHNOLOGIES, AND CLINICAL EXPERTISE AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY AND ITS ACADEMIC, HEALTH CARE, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO CREATE CONNECTIONS, ENABLE RESEARCH AT THE CUTTING EDGE OF DISCOVERY, AND NURTURE CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCHERS WITH THE GOAL OF IMPROVING HUMAN HEALTH.
FORM 990 SCHEDULE H PART VI, SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATIONSTUDIES BY MEDICAL CENTER RESEARCHERS ARE ROUTINELY PUBLISHED IN THE WORLD'S LEADING SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS, INCLUDING NATURE, SCIENCE, THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, WHICH HELPS TO BRING THE RESEARCH FINDINGS TO CLINICIANS AND PATIENTS BEYOND THE MEDICAL CENTER. S BY MEDICAL CENTER RESEARCHERS ARE ROUTINELY PUBLISHED IN THE WORLD'S LEADING SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS, INCLUDING NATURE, SCIENCE, THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, WHICH HELPS TO BRING THE RESEARCH FINDINGS TO CLINICIANS AND PATIENTS BEYOND THE MEDICAL CENTER. THE MEDICAL CENTER ENGAGES IN RESEARCH IN ALL OF THE FOLLOWING DISCIPLINES:- ANESTHESIA, CRITICAL CARE, AND PAIN MEDICINE - EMERGENCY MEDICINE - MEDICINE - ALLERGY AND INFLAMMATION -CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE - CENTER FOR VASCULAR BIOLOGY RESEARCH - CENTER FOR VIROLOGY AND VACCINE RESEARCH - CLINICAL INFORMATICS - CLINICAL NUTRITION - ENDOCRINOLOGY - EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE - GASTROENTEROLOGY - GENERAL MEDICINE AND PRIMARY CARE - GENETICS - GERONTOLOGY - HEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY - HEMOSTASIS AND THROMBOSIS - IMMUNOLOGY - INFECTIOUS DISEASE - INTERDISCIPLINARY MEDICINE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY - MOLECULAR AND VASCULAR MEDICINE - NEPHROLOGY - PULMONOLOGY - RHEUMATOLOGY - SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION - TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH - TRANSPLANT IMMUNOLOGY-NEONATOLOGY -NEUROLOGY -OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY -ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY -PATHOLOGY -PSYCHIATRY -RADIOLOGY -SURGERY - CARDIAC SURGERY - CENTER FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY - NEUROSURGERY - PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY - VASCULAR SURGERY-TRANSPLANT INSTITUTEDURING THE FISCAL YEAR COVERED BY THIS FILING, THE MEDICAL CENTER INCURRED OVER $320 MILLION IN RESEARCH EXPENSES, MORE THAN $82 MILLION OF WHICH WERE INTERNALLY FUNDED AND REPORTED ON THE BIDMC SCHEDULE H, PART I, LINE 7H RELATED TO RESEARCH TO FURTHER SCIENCE AND PATIENT CARE.RESEARCH ENGAGED IN AT THE MEDICAL CENTERTHE REAL CORNERSTONES OF THE MEDICAL CENTER'S SUCCESS CAN BE DESCRIBED IN THREE KEY WORDS: INNOVATION, CULTIVATION, AND TRANSFORMATION. BEGINNING WITH SUPPORT OF BOLD AND INNOVATIVE IDEAS, EXTENDING TO CULTIVATION AND NURTURING OF PROMISING YOUNG SCIENTISTS, AND CULMINATING IN THE TRANSFORMATION OF NOVEL DISCOVERIES INTO THERAPIES AND DIAGNOSTICS, THE MEDICAL CENTER'S RESEARCH PROGRAM HAS EMERGED AS A UNIQUE AND SUCCESSFUL MODEL FOR TODAY'S RAPIDLY CHANGING HEALTH CARE LANDSCAPE.EXAMPLES OF THE RESEARCH ENGAGED IN AT BIDMCBELOW IS INFORMATION RELATED TO JUST A HANDFUL OF THE CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH STUDIES AND PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS AT THE MEDICAL CENTER. THE DETAIL BELOW IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE THE READER WITH A TASTE OF THE MANY CONTRIBUTIONS THE MEDICAL CENTER IS MAKING TO PATIENT CARE TODAY AND TOMORROW. EXPENSES FROM THE RESEARCH ACTIVITIES NOTED BELOW ARE INCLUDED IN FORM 990 SCHEDULE H, PART I LINE 7H COLUMN C AND MAY OR MAY NOT BE QUANTIFIED IN FORM 990 SCHEDULE H, PART I, LINE 7H COLUMN E, DEPENDING ON FUNDING SOURCE. DETAIL ON RESEARCH EFFORTS WHICH WERE UNDERTAKEN AT BIDMC DURING THE FISCAL PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING ARE BELOW. 1. A POTENTIAL NEW WEAPON IN THE WAR AGAINST SUPERBUGS"THE END OF MODERN MEDICINE AS WE KNOW IT." THAT'S HOW THE THEN-DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION CHARACTERIZED THE CREEPING PROBLEM OF ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE IN 2012. WITHOUT ANTIBIOTICS TO MANAGE COMMON BACTERIAL INFECTIONS, SMALL INJURIES AND MINOR INFECTIONS BECOME POTENTIALLY FATAL ENCOUNTERS. IN 2019, MORE THAN 2.8 MILLION ANTIMICROBIAL-RESISTANT INFECTIONS OCCURRED IN THE UNITED STATES, AND MORE THAN 35,000 PEOPLE DIED AS A RESULT, ACCORDING TO THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (CDC). A REPORT FROM THE UNITED NATIONS ISSUED EARLIER THIS YEAR WARNED THAT NUMBER COULD RISE TO TEN MILLION GLOBAL DEATHS ANNUALLY IF NOTHING IS DONE TO COMBAT ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE.FOR NEARLY 25 YEARS, JAMES KIRBY, MD, DIRECTOR OF THE CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY AT BIDMC, HAS WORKED TO ADVANCE THE FIGHT AGAINST INFECTIOUS DISEASES BY FINDING AND DEVELOPING NEW, POTENT ANTIMICROBIALS, AND BY BETTER UNDERSTANDING HOW DISEASE-CAUSING BACTERIA MAKE US SICK. IN A RECENT PAPER PUBLISHED IN PLOS BIOLOGY, KIRBY AND COLLEAGUES INVESTIGATED A NATURALLY OCCURRING ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT DISCOVERED MORE THAN 80 YEARS AGO. USING LEADING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY, KIRBY'S TEAM DEMONSTRATED THAT CHEMICAL VARIANTS OF THE ANTIBIOTIC, CALLED STREPTOTHRICINS, SHOWED POTENCY AGAINST SEVERAL CONTEMPORARY DRUG-RESISTANT STRAINS OF BACTERIA. WHAT'S MORE, THEY SHOWED THE ANTIBIOTIC HAD A THERAPEUTIC EFFECT IN AN ANIMAL MODEL AT NON-TOXIC CONCENTRATIONS."A SINGLE DOSE CLEARED THIS ORGANISM FROM AN INFECTED ANIMAL MODEL WHILE AVOIDING ANY TOXICITY," KIRBY SAID. "IT WAS REALLY REMARKABLE." THE RESEARCHERS ALSO REVEALED THE UNIQUE MECHANISM BY WHICH STREPTOTHRICIN FIGHTS OFF BACTERIAL INFECTIONS. "WE SHOWED THAT NOURSEOTHRICIN ACTS IN A COMPLETELY NEW WAY COMPARED TO ANY OTHER TYPE OF ANTIBIOTIC, BY INHIBITING THE ABILITY OF THE ORGANISM TO PRODUCE PROTEINS IN A VERY SNEAKY WAY," KIRBY EXPLAINED. "WHEN A CELL MAKES PROTEINS, IT MAKES THEM OFF A BLUEPRINT THAT TELLS THE CELL WHAT AMINO ACIDS TO LINK TOGETHER TO BUILD THE PROTEIN. OUR STUDY HELPS EXPLAIN HOW THIS ANTIBIOTIC CONFUSES THE MACHINERY SO THAT THE MESSAGE IS READ INCORRECTLY, AND IT STARTS TO PUT TOGETHER GIBBERISH. ESSENTIALLY THE BACTERIAL CELL GETS POISONED BECAUSE IT'S PRODUCING JUNK."STREPTOTHRICIN'S UNIQUE ACTION IS VERY POWERFUL BECAUSE IT MEANS BACTERIA ARE CURRENTLY HELPLESS AGAINST IT; THAT IS, THERE'S NO ENVIRONMENTAL RESERVOIR OF POTENTIAL RESISTANCE MECHANISMS, KIRBY SAID. THAT GIVES HUMANITY MORE TIME BEFORE PATHOGENS EVOLVE DEFENSE MECHANISMS AGAINST THIS BRAND-NEW CLASS OF ANTIBIOTIC."WE'RE STILL IN THE VERY EARLY STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT, BUT I THINK WE'VE VALIDATED THAT THIS IS A COMPOUND THAT'S WORTH INVESTING IN FURTHER STUDIES TO FIND EVEN BETTER VARIANTS THAT EVENTUALLY WILL MEET THE PROPERTIES OF A HUMAN THERAPEUTIC," KIRBY SAID. JANUARY 20, 20202. SEVERE COVID-19 LINKED WITH MOLECULAR SIGNATURES OF BRAIN AGING, RESEARCHERS FINDSCIENTISTS AT BIDMC FOUND THAT GENE USAGE IN THE BRAINS OF PATIENTS WITH COVID-19 IS SIMILAR TO THOSE OBSERVED IN AGING BRAINS. USING A MOLECULAR PROFILING TECHNIQUE CALLED RNA SEQUENCING TO MEASURE THE LEVELS OF EVERY GENE EXPRESSED IN A PARTICULAR TISSUE SAMPLE, THE SCIENTISTS ASSESSED CHANGES IN GENE EXPRESSION PROFILES IN THE BRAINS OF COVID-19 PATIENTS AND COMPARED THEM TO THOSE CHANGES OBSERVED IN THE BRAINS OF UNINFECTED INDIVIDUALS. THE TEAM'S ANALYSIS, PUBLISHED IN NATURE AGING, SUGGESTED THAT MANY BIOLOGICAL PATHWAYS THAT CHANGE WITH NATURAL AGING IN THE BRAIN ALSO CHANGED IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE COVID-19.CO-FIRST AND CO-CORRESPONDING AUTHOR MARIA MAVRIKAKI, PHD, AN INSTRUCTOR OF PATHOLOGY AT BIDMC, AND COLLEAGUES ANALYZED A TOTAL OF 54 POSTMORTEM HUMAN FRONTAL CORTEX TISSUE SAMPLES FROM ADULTS 22 TO 85 YEARS OLD. "WE OBSERVED THAT GENE EXPRESSION IN THE BRAIN TISSUE OF PATIENTS WHO DIED OF COVID-19 CLOSELY RESEMBLED THAT OF UNINFECTED INDIVIDUALS 71 YEARS OLD OR OLDER," SAID CO-FIRST AUTHOR JONATHAN LEE, PHD, A POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW AT BIDMC."GIVEN THESE FINDINGS, WE ADVOCATE FOR NEUROLOGICAL FOLLOW-UP OF RECOVERED COVID-19 PATIENTS," SAID SENIOR AND CO-CORRESPONDING AUTHOR FRANK SLACK, PHD, DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE FOR RNA MEDICINE AT BIDMC AND THE SHIELDS WARREN MALLINCKRODT PROFESSOR OF MEDICAL RESEARCH AT HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL. "WE ALSO EMPHASIZE THE POTENTIAL CLINICAL VALUE IN MODIFYING THE FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE RISK OF DEMENTIA SUCH AS CONTROLLING WEIGHT AND REDUCING EXCESSIVE ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION TO REDUCE THE RISK OR DELAY THE DEVELOPMENT OF AGING-RELATED NEUROLOGICAL PATHOLOGIES AND COGNITIVE DECLINE."BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE MOLECULAR MECHANISMS UNDERLYING BRAIN AGING AND COGNITIVE DECLINE IN COVID-19 COULD LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL THERAPEUTICS TO ADDRESS COGNITIVE DECLINE OBSERVED IN COVID-19 PATIENTS. THE TEAM IS NOW TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT DRIVES THE AGING-LIKE EFFECTS IN THE BRAINS OF COVID-19 PATIENTS.
FORM 990 SCHEDULE H PART VI, SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION3. RESEARCH SUGGESTS POLITICAL EVENTS IMPACT SLEEP: STUDY FINDS ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ELECTIONS AND SLEEP, ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AND OVERALL PUBLIC MOODIN A PAPER PUBLISHED IN THE NATIONAL SLEEP FOUNDATION'S JOURNAL SLEEP HEALTH, RESEARCHERS AT BIDMC SHOWED THAT MAJOR SOCIOPOLITICAL EVENTS CAN HAVE GLOBAL IMPACTS ON SLEEP THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH SIGNIFICANT FLUCTUATIONS IN THE PUBLIC'S COLLECTIVE MOOD, WELL-BEING, AND ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION. AS PART OF A LARGER STUDY EXPLORING THE SLEEP AND PSYCHOLOGICAL REPERCUSSIONS OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, THE TEAM SURVEYED 437 PARTICIPANTS IN THE UNITED STATES AND 106 INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPANTS DAILY BETWEEN OCTOBER 113, 2020 (BEFORE THE ELECTION) AND OCTOBER 30NOVEMBER 12, 2020 (DAYS SURROUNDING THE NOVEMBER 3 U.S. ELECTION). WITH REGARD TO SLEEP, BOTH U.S. AND NON-U.S. PARTICIPANTS REPORTED LOSING SLEEP IN THE RUN-UP TO THE ELECTION; HOWEVER, U.S. RESPONDENTS HAD SIGNIFICANTLY LESS TIME IN BED IN THE DAYS AROUND THE ELECTION. ON ELECTION NIGHT ITSELF, U.S. PARTICIPANTS REPORTED WAKING UP FREQUENTLY DURING THE NIGHT AND EXPERIENCING POORER SLEEP EFFICIENCY.U.S. PARTICIPANTS WHO EVER REPORTED DRINKING ALCOHOL SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED CONSUMPTION ON THREE DAYS DURING THE ASSESSMENT PERIOD: HALLOWEEN, ELECTION DAY AND THE DAY THE ELECTION WAS CALLED BY MORE MEDIA OUTLETS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7. AMONG NON-U.S. PARTICIPANTS, THERE WAS NO CHANGE IN ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION OVER THE NOVEMBER ASSESSMENT PERIOD.WHEN THE SCIENTISTS LOOKED AT HOW THESE CHANGES IN BEHAVIOR MAY HAVE AFFECTED MOOD AND WELL-BEING OF U.S PARTICIPANTS, THEY FOUND SIGNIFICANT LINKS BETWEEN SLEEP AND DRINKING, STRESS, NEGATIVE MOOD, AND DEPRESSION."THIS IS THE FIRST STUDY TO FIND THAT THERE IS A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED CHANGES IN ELECTION DAY PUBLIC MOOD AND SLEEP THE NIGHT OF THE ELECTION," SAID CORRESPONDING AUTHOR TONY CUNNINGHAM, PHD, DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR SLEEP AND COGNITION AT BIDMC. "MOREOVER, IT IS NOT JUST THAT ELECTIONS MAY INFLUENCE SLEEP, BUT EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THAT SLEEP MAY INFLUENCE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND PARTICIPATION IN ELECTIONS AS WELL. THUS, IF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SLEEP AND ELECTIONS IS ALSO BIDIRECTIONAL, IT WILL BE IMPORTANT FOR FUTURE RESEARCH TO DETERMINE HOW PUBLIC MOOD AND STRESS EFFECTS ON SLEEP LEADING UP TO AN ELECTION MAY EFFECT OR EVEN ALTER ITS OUTCOME."4. TARGETED CARE REVERSES RACIAL/ETHNIC HEALTH DISPARITIES IN COLON CANCER SCREENING, RESEARCHERS FINDIN A RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW OF PATIENTS WHO HAD A RECENT PRIMARY CARE VISIT IN A WELL-RESOURCED SAFETY-NET HEALTH SYSTEM SERVING A DIVERSE POPULATION, A TEAM LED BY RESEARCHERS AT BIDMC AIMED TO BETTER DEFINE THE LINKS BETWEEN PATIENTS' SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS AND COLORECTAL SCREENING. EVALUATING SELF-REPORTED FACTORS INCLUDING RACE, ETHNICITY, PREFERRED LANGUAGE, MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE STATUS, THE TEAM'S MORE GRANULAR ASSESSMENT PROVIDED FINDINGS THAT CONTRADICT TRADITIONAL U.S. HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES, WITH HISPANIC AND SPANISH-SPEAKING PATIENTS SCREENING AT SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER RATES THAN WHITE AND ENGLISH-SPEAKING PATIENTS. THE COUNTERINTUITIVE FINDINGS, PUBLISHED IN PREVENTIVE MEDICINE, DEMONSTRATE THAT A HEALTHCARE SYSTEM DESIGNED TO PROVIDE EQUAL ACCESS TO SCREENING FOR UNDERSERVED PATIENTS CAN ADDRESS THE DISPARITIES COMMONLY SEEN IN CANCER SCREENING."INVESTMENT INTO A MULTICULTURAL WORKFORCE AND OUTREACH EFFORTS TO UNDERSERVED PATIENTS MAY COUNTERACT SOME OF THE IMPLICIT OR EXPLICIT BIASES SEEN ON HEALTH SYSTEMS THAT HAVE LED TO TRADITIONAL RACIAL/ETHNIC DISPARITIES," SAID SENIOR AUTHOR HEIDI J. RAYALA, MD, PHD, UROLOGIST AT BIDMC. "OUR STUDY SHOWED DIFFERENCES IN ODDS OF SUCCESSFUL SCREENING BASED ON SUB-SECTIONS OF TRADITIONALLY DEFINED ETHNICITIES SUCH AS BREAKING DOWN "HISPANIC" INTO MORE SPECIFIC CULTURES AND BACKGROUNDS AND THAT SUGGESTS THAT FUTURE RESEARCH SHOULD FOCUS ON BETTER UNDERSTANDING INDIVIDUAL CULTURES AND COMMUNITIES, RATHER THAN LUMPING PATIENTS INTO OVERLY LARGE GROUPS."RAYALA AND COLLEAGUES LOOKED AT DE-IDENTIFIED RECORDS OF MORE THAN 22,000 PATIENTS BETWEEN 50- AND 75-YEARS OLD WHO SAW A PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN AT CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE (CHA) IN 2018 TO 2019. OF THE 22,000 PATIENTS INCLUDED IN THE STUDY, 16,065 UNDERWENT COLORECTAL SCREENING, AN OVERALL SCREENING RATE OF 73 PERCENT--ON PAR WITH MASSACHUSETTS' OVERALL COLORECTAL SCREENING RATES. HOWEVER, MASSACHUSETTS' NUMBERS REFLECT NATIONAL RACIAL AND ETHNIC DISPARITIES, IN WHICH PEOPLE OF COLOR DO NOT GET SCREENED AS OFTEN AS WHITE PEOPLE, SHOWING A SCREENING RATE OF 56 PERCENT OF HISPANIC INDIVIDUALS AND 68 PERCENT OF BLACK INDIVIDUALS COMPARED TO 76 PERCENT FOR WHITE INDIVIDUALS.IN CONTRAST, AT CHA, HISPANICS HAD THE HIGHEST SCREENING RATES OF 78 PERCENT. RAYALA AND COLLEAGUES FURTHER BROKE OUT PARTICIPANTS BY MORE GRANULAR DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS, FINDING THE ETHNICITY OF PORTUGUESE/AZOREAN RECEIVED SCREENING AT 79 PERCENT. SPANISH SPEAKERS IN GENERAL HAD THE HIGHEST SCREENING RATE OF NEARLY 80 PERCENT.5. PATIENTS OVERWHELMINGLY PREFER IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO TEST RESULTS, EVEN WHEN THE NEWS MAY NOT BE GOODIN APRIL 2021, NEW FEDERAL RULES WENT INTO EFFECT MANDATING THAT HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS MAKE NEARLY ALL TEST RESULTS AND CLINICAL NOTES IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE TO PATIENTS. EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THAT PATIENTS MAY GAIN IMPORTANT CLINICAL BENEFITS BY REVIEWING THEIR MEDICAL RECORDS, AND ACCESS THROUGH ELECTRONIC PATIENT PORTALS HAS BEEN ADVOCATED AS A STRATEGY FOR EMPOWERING PATIENTS TO MANAGE THEIR HEALTH CARE AND FOR STRENGTHENING PATIENT-CLINICIAN RELATIONSHIPS. HOWEVER, CONCERNS REMAIN ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF RELEASING TEST RESULTS TO PATIENTS BEFORE CLINICIANS OFFER COUNSEL OR INTERPRETATION.IN A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND MULTISITE SURVEY OF MORE THAN 8,000 PATIENTS WHO ACCESSED THEIR TEST RESULTS VIA AN ONLINE PATIENT PORTAL ACCOUNT, RESEARCHERS AT BIDMC AND COLLEAGUES FOUND THAT USERS OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORTED RECEIVING THE RESULTS IMMEDIATELY, EVEN IF THEIR PROVIDER HAD NOT YET REVIEWED THEM. THE FINDINGS, PUBLISHED IN JAMA NETWORK OPEN, SHOWED ONLY A SMALL SUBSET OF PATIENTS REPORTED EXPERIENCING ADDITIONAL WORRY AFTER RECEIVING ABNORMAL TEST RESULTS. IN ADDITION, PRE-COUNSELING BY THE HEALTH CARE TEAM BEFORE TESTS WERE ORDERED WAS LINKED TO REDUCED WORRY AMONG PATIENTS WITH ABNORMAL RESULTS."ONLINE PATIENT PORTALS HAVE EMERGED AS IMPORTANT TOOLS FOR INCREASING PATIENT ENGAGEMENT," SAID CO-SENIOR AUTHOR CATHERINE M. DESROCHES, DRPH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF OPENNOTES, THE INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT BASED AT BIDMC FOCUSED ON INCREASING INFORMATION TRANSPARENCY IN HEALTHCARE. "THEY ENABLE PATIENTS TO ACCESS INFORMATION, PARTICIPATE IN MEDICAL DECISION-MAKING AND TO COMMUNICATE WITH CLINICIANS. PRIOR STUDIES PERFORMED BY OPENNOTES INVESTIGATORS ESTABLISHED IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF CLINICAL NOTES AS A RECOMMENDED BEST PRACTICE. HOWEVER, RELEASING TEST RESULTS TO PATIENTS IMMEDIATELY, OFTEN BEFORE A CLINICIAN CAN PROVIDE COUNSELLING AND CONTEXT, WAS YET TO BE STUDIED WIDELY."TO ASSESS PATIENT AND CAREGIVER ATTITUDES AND PREFERENCES RELATED TO RECEIVING TEST RESULTS THROUGH THE PATIENT PORTAL, DESROCHES AND COLLEAGUES DELIVERED SURVEYS TO MORE THAN 43,000 PATIENTS AND CARE PARTNERS WHO ACCESSED THEIR TEST RESULTS VIA AN ONLINE PATIENT PORTAL ACCOUNT BETWEEN APRIL 2021 AND APRIL 2022. WHEN ASKED ABOUT THEIR PREFERENCES FOR CONTACTS ABOUT FUTURE TEST RESULTS, 90 PERCENT OF RESPONDENTS WITH NORMAL RESULTS INDICATED THEY WOULD PREFER RECEIVING THEIR RESULT VIA THE PATIENT PORTAL. THE SURVEY RESULTS SUGGEST THAT PATIENTS RECEIVING NOT NORMAL RESULTS ARE INDEED AT INCREASED RISK FOR WORRY. NEVERTHELESS, MORE THAN 95 PERCENT OF PARTICIPANTS WHO RECEIVED ABNORMAL TEST RESULTS REPORTED PREFERRING TO CONTINUE TO RECEIVE IMMEDIATELY RELEASED RESULTS THROUGH THE PORTAL."RESPONDENTS OVERWHELMINGLY PREFERRED TO RECEIVE TEST RESULTS THROUGH THE PATIENT PORTAL, EVEN IF IT MEANT VIEWING RESULTS PRIOR TO DISCUSSING THEM WITH A HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL," SAID CO-AUTHOR LIZ SALMI, COMMUNICATIONS AND PATIENT INITIATIVES DIRECTOR OF OPENNOTES AT BIDMC. "AS HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS CONTINUE TO NAVIGATE THIS NEW ERA OF HEALTH INFORMATION TRANSPARENCY, BALANCING PATIENTS' EXPECTATION OF IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO THEIR INFORMATION WITH THE NEED TO MANAGE INCREASED WORRY IS IMPORTANT."
FORM 990 SCHEDULE H PART VI, SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION6. SHARP RISE IN CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS AMONG YOUNG ADULTS FORESHADOWS PUBLIC HEALTH CRISISIN A STUDY PUBLISHED IN JAMA AND PRESENTED AT THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS, RESEARCHERS AT BIDMC ANALYZED MORE THAN A DECADE'S WORTH OF DATA TO EXAMINE RATES OF CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS SUCH AS HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, DIABETES, OBESITY AND SMOKING AMONG US ADULTS FROM 2009 TO MARCH 2020. THE RESEARCHERS OBSERVED A RISE IN HYPERTENSION AND SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN DIABETES AND OBESITY RATES AMONG YOUNG ADULTS, WITH NO SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN CONTROL OF BLOOD PRESSURE OR BLOOD SUGAR. THE SCIENTISTS ALSO OBSERVED SUBSTANTIAL VARIATION IN THESE TRENDS BY RACE AND ETHNICITY."THE ONSET OF CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS EARLY IN LIFE IS ASSOCIATED WITH A HIGHER RISK OF HEART DISEASE AND ACUTE EVENTS, SUCH AS HEART ATTACK AND STROKE, RESULTING IN THE SUBSTANTIAL LOSS OF QUALITY OF LIFE AND YEARS OF LIFE," SAID CORRESPONDING AUTHOR RISHI K. WADHERA, MD, MPP, MPHIL, SECTION HEAD OF HEALTH POLICY AND EQUITY AT THE SMITH CENTER FOR OUTCOMES RESEARCH IN CARDIOLOGY AT BIDMC. "THEREFORE, THE SUBSTANTIAL RISE IN THE BURDEN OF CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS AMONG YOUNG ADULTS WILL HAVE MAJOR PUBLIC HEALTH IMPLICATIONS AS THE POPULATION AGES."WADHERA AND COLLEAGUES OBSERVED THAT THE PREVALENCE OF HYPERTENSION INCREASED AND SAW STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN RATES OF DIABETES AND OBESITY DURING THE STUDY PERIOD. THE PERCENTAGE OF YOUNG ADULTS WITH A SMOKING HISTORY WAS HIGH AND DID NOT CHANGE. IN CONTRAST, RATES OF HIGH CHOLESTEROL DECLINED, A DECREASE THE SCIENTISTS SUGGEST REFLECTS GOVERNMENT REGULATION OF THE USE OF TRANS FATTY ACIDS AND OTHER PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED OILS IN PACKAGED CONVENIENCE FOODS AND FAST-FOOD RESTAURANTS.THE RESEARCHERS FOUND SUBSTANTIAL VARIATION IN PREVALENCE OF RISK FACTORS BY RACE AND ETHNICITY. OBESITY SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED ACROSS ALL RACIAL AND ETHNIC GROUPS EXCEPT BLACK ADULTS. WHILE RATES OF HYPERTENSION INCREASED AMONG MEXICAN AMERICANS AND OTHER HISPANIC ADULTS, BLACK ADULTS EXPERIENCED THE HIGHEST RATES OF HYPERTENSION.THE RESEARCHERS ALSO EXAMINED CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTOR TREATMENT AND CONTROL RATES AMONG YOUNG ADULTS. ONLY ABOUT 55 PERCENT OF YOUNG ADULTS WITH HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE RECEIVE TREATMENT FOR THE CONDITION. RATES OF DIABETES TREATMENT WERE ALSO LOW, WITH ONE OUT OF TWO YOUNG ADULTS ON THERAPY FOR THEIR DIABETES. NEARLY HALF OF YOUNG ADULTS ON TREATMENT FOR DIABETES HAD POOR BLOOD SUGAR CONTROL."THE SUBOPTIMAL TREATMENT RATES FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND DIABETES ARE CONCERNING AND MAY BE BECAUSE MANY YOUNG ADULTS AREN'T AWARE OF THEIR DIAGNOSIS," SAID WADHERA. "THE RISE IN CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS THAT WE OBSERVED SHOULD BE A CALL-TO-ACTION TO INTENSIFY PUBLIC HEALTH AND CLINICAL INTERVENTIONS FOCUSED ON THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS IN YOUNG ADULTS."7. COSTS OF NATURAL DISASTERS SET TO SPIRAL WITH CONTINUED RISE IN CO2 AND GLOBAL TEMPERATURE, STUDY SHOWSIN A PAPER PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND HEALTH, MEMBERS OF THE BIDMC FELLOWSHIP IN DISASTER MEDICINE ESTIMATED THAT CLIMATE CHANGE-RELATED NATURAL DISASTERS HAVE INCREASED SINCE 1980 AND HAVE ALREADY COST THE UNITED STATES MORE THAN $2 TRILLION IN RECOVERY COSTS. THEIR ANALYSIS ALSO SUGGESTS THAT AS ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE LEVELS AND THE GLOBAL TEMPERATURE CONTINUE TO RISE, THE FREQUENCY AND SEVERITY OF DISASTERS WILL INCREASE, WITH RECOVERY COSTS POTENTIALLY RISING EXPONENTIALLY."THE UNITED STATES SPENDS A STAGGERING AMOUNT ON COSTS SECONDARY TO NATURAL DISASTERS," SAID SENIOR AUTHOR GREGORY CIOTTONE, MD, DIRECTOR OF THE DISASTER MEDICINE FELLOWSHIP AT BIDMC. "CARBON DIOXIDE LEVELS AND TEMPERATURES HAVE INCREASED OVER THE PAST FOUR DECADES AND ARE STRONGLY POSITIVELY CORRELATED WITH THE NUMBER AND COST OF BILLION-DOLLAR DISASTERS, SUGGESTING THE ANNUAL NUMBER OF EVENTS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ALONG WITH THEIR ECONOMIC BURDEN. MEASURES ARE NEEDED TO MITIGATE THOSE COSTS."TO ASSESS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RISING CARBON DIOXIDE LEVELS, TEMPERATURES AND THE NUMBER OF DISASTERS COSTING A BILLION DOLLARS OR MORE IN THE UNITED STATES, CIOTTONE AND COLLEAGUES ANALYZED DATA BETWEEN 1980-2021 FROM THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION (NCEI). THE TEAM FOUND THAT THE INCREASES IN ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE LEVELS AND TEMPERATURE TIGHTLY LINKED TO EACH OTHER WERE ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASING NUMBERS OF EVENTS PER YEAR, AS WELL AS FATALITIES. AFTER ADJUSTING DOLLAR VALUES FOR INFLATION, THEIR ANALYSIS SHOWED THAT MORE FREQUENT AND MORE SEVERE DISASTERS ARE INCURRING RISING COSTS.AMONG THEIR FINDINGS: FROM 1980-1989, THERE WERE 3 BILLION-DOLLAR EVENTS PER YEAR AND 297 DEATHS PER YEAR, COSTING A TOTAL OF $19.5 BILLION. BY 2010-2019, THE RISE IN CARBON DIOXIDE LEVELS AND TEMPERATURE WERE LINKED WITH 13 ANNUAL EVENTS, 523 ANNUAL DEATHS, AND $89.2 BILLION IN RECOVERY COSTS, A FOURFOLD INCREASE."FRAMING DISASTERS IN THIS ECONOMIC LIGHT CAN BRING MORE ATTENTION AND MOTIVATION FOR CHANGE TO ALTER POLICYMAKERS' DECISIONS," SAID CORRESPONDING AUTHOR VIJAI BHOLA, MD, A GRADUATE OF THE DISASTER MEDICINE FELLOWSHIP AT BIDMC, WHO NOTES THE CURRENT ANALYSIS CAPTURES JUST A FRACTION OF THE COSTS INCURRED BY CLIMATE CHANGE. "THESE COSTS REPRESENT A COMBINATION OF IMMEDIATE AND LONGER-TERM RESTORATION ESTIMATES. WHAT THEY DO NOT REFLECT, HOWEVER, ARE FACTORS SUCH AS DESTRUCTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES OR LOSS OF LIFE, AND THEREFORE THESE NUMBERS SIGNIFICANTLY UNDERESTIMATE THE TRUE COST OF CLIMATE-RELATED DISASTERS."8. RESEARCHERS TEST AI POWERED CHATBOTS MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC ABILITYIN A RECENT EXPERIMENT PUBLISHED IN JAMA, PHYSICIAN-RESEARCHERS AT BIDMC TESTED ONE WELL-KNOWN PUBLICLY AVAILABLE CHATBOT'S ABILITY TO MAKE ACCURATE DIAGNOSES IN CHALLENGING MEDICAL CASES. THE TEAM FOUND THAT THE GENERATIVE AI, CHAT-GPT 4, SELECTED THE CORRECT DIAGNOSIS AS ITS TOP DIAGNOSIS NEARLY 40 PERCENT OF THE TIME AND PROVIDED THE CORRECT DIAGNOSIS IN ITS LIST OF POTENTIAL DIAGNOSES IN TWO-THIRDS OF CHALLENGING CASES.GENERATIVE AI CHATBOTS ARE POWERFUL TOOLS POISED TO REVOLUTIONIZE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES, EDUCATION, CUSTOMER SERVICE AND MORE. HOWEVER, LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT THEIR POTENTIAL PERFORMANCE IN THE CLINICAL SETTING, SUCH AS COMPLEX DIAGNOSTIC REASONING."RECENT ADVANCES IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE HAVE LED TO GENERATIVE AI MODELS THAT ARE CAPABLE OF DETAILED TEXT-BASED RESPONSES THAT SCORE HIGHLY IN STANDARDIZED MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS," SAID ADAM RODMAN, MD, MPH, CO-DIRECTOR OF THE INNOVATIONS IN MEDIA AND EDUCATION DELIVERY (IMED) INITIATIVE AT BIDMC. "WE WANTED TO KNOW IF SUCH A GENERATIVE MODEL COULD 'THINK LIKE A DOCTOR, SO WE ASKED ONE TO SOLVE STANDARDIZED COMPLEX DIAGNOSTIC CASES USED FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. IT DID REALLY, REALLY WELL."TO ASSESS THE CHATBOT'S DIAGNOSTIC SKILLS, RODMAN AND COLLEAGUES USED CLINICOPATHOLOGICAL CASE CONFERENCES (CPCS), A SERIES OF COMPLEX AND CHALLENGING PATIENT CASES INCLUDING RELEVANT CLINICAL AND LABORATORY DATA, IMAGING STUDIES, AND HISTOPATHOLOGICAL FINDINGS PUBLISHED IN THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES.EVALUATING 70 CPC CASES, THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE EXACTLY MATCHED THE FINAL CPC DIAGNOSIS IN 27 (39 PERCENT) OF CASES. IN 64 PERCENT OF THE CASES, THE FINAL CPC DIAGNOSIS WAS INCLUDED IN THE AI'S DIFFERENTIAL A LIST OF POSSIBLE CONDITIONS THAT COULD ACCOUNT FOR A PATIENT'S SYMPTOMS, MEDICAL HISTORY, CLINICAL FINDINGS AND LABORATORY OR IMAGING RESULTS."WHILE CHATBOTS CANNOT REPLACE THE EXPERTISE AND KNOWLEDGE OF A TRAINED MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL, GENERATIVE AI IS A PROMISING POTENTIAL ADJUNCT TO HUMAN COGNITION IN DIAGNOSIS," SAID FIRST AUTHOR ZAHIR KANJEE, MD, MPH, A HOSPITALIST AT BIDMC. "IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO HELP PHYSICIANS MAKE SENSE OF COMPLEX MEDICAL DATA AND BROADEN OR REFINE OUR DIAGNOSTIC THINKING. WE NEED MORE RESEARCH ON THE OPTIMAL USES, BENEFITS AND LIMITS OF THIS TECHNOLOGY, AND A LOT OF PRIVACY ISSUES NEED SORTING OUT, BUT THESE ARE EXCITING FINDINGS FOR THE FUTURE OF DIAGNOSIS AND PATIENT CARE.""OUR STUDY ADDS TO A GROWING BODY OF LITERATURE DEMONSTRATING THE PROMISING CAPABILITIES OF AI TECHNOLOGY," SAID CO-AUTHOR BYRON CROWE, MD, AN INTERNAL MEDICINE PHYSICIAN AT BIDMC. "FURTHER INVESTIGATION WILL HELP US BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW THESE NEW AI MODELS MIGHT TRANSFORM HEALTH CARE DELIVERY."
FORM 990 SCHEDULE H PART VI, SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION9. INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY TO BETTER SUPPORT MENTAL HEALTH CAREOVER THE PAST DECADE, DEMAND FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES HAS RISEN SIGNIFICANTLY, WITH THE NUMBER OF ADULTS RECEIVING PSYCHIATRIC CARE INCREASING BY MORE THAN 12 PERCENT SINCE 2011, ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR MENTAL ILLNESS. HOWEVER, A SHORTAGE OF MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIANS MEANS MANY PEOPLE ARE STILL NOT ABLE TO ACCESS THE CARE THEY NEED. IN A CASE STUDY PUBLISHED IN NEJM CATALYST, CLINICIAN-INVESTIGATORS IN THE DIVISION OF DIGITAL PSYCHIATRY AT BIDMC HIGHLIGHT A MODEL THEY DEVELOPED FOR INTEGRATING DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES AND BRIEF EVIDENCE-BASED TREATMENT INTO IN-PERSON PSYCHIATRY. KNOWN AS THE DIGITAL CLINIC, THE TEAM'S INNOVATIVE HYBRID CARE MODEL EXPANDS PATIENTS' ACCESS TO HIGHLY EFFECTIVE MENTAL HEALTH CARE WHILE SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASING PATIENT WAIT TIMES AND LENGTH OF TREATMENT. ADDITIONALLY, THE TEAM'S RECENT PILOT STUDY SUGGESTS THAT THIS MODEL MAY YIELD POST-TREATMENT IMPROVEMENTS IN PATIENTS' SYMPTOMS OF DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY THAT ARE COMPARABLE TO, IF NOT BETTER THAN, TRADITIONAL MODELS OF CARE."AS THE SEVERITY OF MENTAL HEALTH CRISES INCREASES, EVIDENCED BY RISING RATES OF DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY ESPECIALLY IN YOUNG PEOPLE, IT'S CRITICAL THAT INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS ARE DEVELOPED TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY PSYCHIATRIC CARE," SAID SENIOR AUTHOR JOHN TOROUS, MD, MBI, DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF DIGITAL PSYCHIATRY AT BIDMC. "OUR ENCOURAGING FINDINGS SUGGEST THAT WHEN WE TARGET DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY WITH BRIEF, TECHNOLOGY-ENHANCED, EVIDENCE-BASED TREATMENT, OUR PATIENTS CAN OBTAIN MEANINGFUL GAINS."IN A RECENT PILOT STUDY OF 40 ADULT PATIENTS WHO RECEIVED EIGHT WEEKS OF TREATMENT FOR DEPRESSION AND/OR ANXIETY IN THE DIGITAL CLINIC BETWEEN OCTOBER 2022 AND JANUARY 2023, 67 PERCENT OF PATIENTS' MENTAL HEALTH OUTCOMES THAT WERE TARGETED IN TREATMENT REFLECTED CLINICALLY SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT. NOTABLY, 64 PERCENT OF THOSE PATIENT OUTCOMES REFLECTED REMISSION, DEFINED AS HAVING "MILD, MINIMAL OR NO SYMPTOMS" BY THE END OF TREATMENT."THESE OUTCOMES MEET AND EXCEED OUTCOMES FROM LONGER-TERM TREATMENT," SAID TOROUS, WHO ADDED THAT RECENT META-ANALYSES OF MAINLY MAINSTREAM, EVIDENCE-BASED TREATMENTS FOUND REMISSION RATES OF JUST OVER HALF FOR ANXIETY DISORDERS AND ROUGHLY ONE THIRD FOR DEPRESSION. LIKEWISE, STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT DIGITAL APPROACHES TO MENTAL HEALTH CAN YIELD IMPRESSIVE RESULTS WHEN PATIENTS CONSISTENTLY ENGAGE WITH THEM, BUT DECADES OF USER-CENTERED DESIGN AND GAMIFICATION HAVE NOT SOLVED THE PROBLEM OF KEEPING PEOPLE REGULARLY INTERACTING WITH THE TECHNOLOGY LONG TERM."WE DESIGNED THE DIGITAL CLINIC TO HARNESS THE STRENGTHS OF BOTH TRADITIONAL AND DIGITAL MENTAL HEALTH CARE," SAID FIRST AUTHOR NATALIA MACRYNIKOLA, PHD, A POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW AT BIDMC. "THE BENEFITS OF HUMAN RAPPORT, THE THERAPEUTIC ALLIANCE, AND A THERAPIST'S ABILITY TO TAILOR EVIDENCED-BASED THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONS TO THE NEEDS OF EACH CLIENT ARE TANGIBLE ADVANTAGES OF TRADITIONAL CARE, WHEREAS THE SCALABILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF DIGITAL APPROACHES CONFER CLEAR ADVANTAGES THAT SHOULD NOT BE OVERLOOKED."10. NEW NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE AIM TO ACHIEVE HEALTH EQUITY FOR US NEWBORNSLED BY BIDMC NEONATOLOGIST ANN R. STARK, MD, IN HER CAPACITY AS MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF THE NICU VERIFICATION PROGRAM FOR THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS (AAP), A TEAM OF NEONATAL LEADERS AND EXPERIENCED CLINICIANS HAVE ESTABLISHED NEW STANDARDS FOR LEVELS OF NEONATAL CARE THAT SPECIFY THE PERSONNEL, EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES HOSPITALS NEED TO PROVIDE FOR NEWBORNS AND FAMILIES. BASED ON AAP POLICY, EVIDENCE-BASED LITERATURE AND STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE, STANDARDS FOR LEVELS OF NEONATAL CARE: II, III, & IV, APPEARED IN THE AAP'S JOURNAL PEDIATRICS."WE HAVE CREATED THESE STANDARDS WITH A GOAL TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES, INCREASE ACCESS TO CARE, IMPROVE STANDARDIZATION ACROSS ALL LEVELS OF NEONATAL CARE AND ACHIEVE HEALTH EQUITY FOR BABIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY," SAID STARK, "WE WERE CONCERNED THAT FIRST, ALL BABIES SHOULD BE TREATED IN A PLACE WITH APPROPRIATE CARE AND SECOND, THAT THE FACILITY HAS THE PEOPLE AND THE EQUIPMENT THAT ARE APPROPRIATE FOR THEIR DEGREE OF ILLNESS OR IMMATURITY." THE UNITED STATES RANKS 35TH IN NEONATAL MORTALITY AMONG DEVELOPED NATIONS; MORE THAN THREE BABIES OUT OF EVERY 1,000 BABIES DIE WITHIN THEIR FIRST MONTH OF LIFE. MANY FACTORS CONTRIBUTE TO THESE SHOCKING NUMBERS, HOWEVER, EXPERTS AGREE ONE REASON IS THE LACK OF NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNITS (NICUS). WITH PUBLICATION OF THE NEW STANDARDS, AND WHEN PROCESSES ARE IN PLACE, THE AAP PROGRAM WILL BE ABLE TO VERIFY A NEONATAL FACILITY'S COMPLIANCE AND DESIGNATE THAT IT PROVIDES A SPECIFIC LEVEL OF NEONATAL CARE (II, III OR IV). HOSPITALS WILL SUBMIT DATA AND UNDERGO A SURVEY OF THEIR FACILITY. THOSE THAT MEET REQUIREMENTS WILL BE ABLE TO STATE THAT THEY ARE AAP-VERIFIED AT A PARTICULAR LEVEL OF NEONATAL CARE. THE DESIGNATION THEN WILL BE TRANSPARENT TO PHYSICIANS AND FAMILIES DECIDING WHERE TO DELIVER AND/OR SEEK CARE FOR THEIR BABY."PARENTS SHOULD UNDERSTAND THE LEVEL OF NEONATAL CARE AVAILABLE WHERE THEY ARE DELIVERING," SAID STARK. "WHETHER THEY ARE BORN IN URBAN ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS OR RURAL COMMUNITY HOSPITALS, ALL BABIES DESERVE OPTIMAL CARE. ADOPTION OF THE AAP NEONATAL STANDARDS IS A VITAL STEP TOWARD HIGH-QUALITY AND EQUITABLE CARE."FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND CERTAIN OTHER COMMUNITY BENEFITS GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AS NOTED THROUGHOUT THIS FORM 990, BID-PLYMOUTH IS A MEMBER OF THE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH (BILH) NETWORK OF AFFILIATES. ALTHOUGH BID-PLYMOUTH DOES NOT DIRECTLY ENGAGE IN HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION / GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION, BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER (BIDMC), LAHEY CLINIC HOSPITAL, NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL AND MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL ALL ENGAGE IN EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TRAIN THE PHYSICIANS AND OTHER HEALTHCARE PRACTITIONERS OF TOMORROW. ACROSS BILH HOSPITALS, COSTS FOR TRAINING MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS EXCEEDED $202 MILLION. REIMBURSEMENT FROM MEDICARE FOR THESE ACTIVITIES WAS APPROXIMATELY $68 MILLION WHICH LEFT A COMBINED SHORTFALL RELATED TO THESE ACTIVITIES ACROSS BILH OF OVER $134 MILLION. ALTHOUGH THE EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES OF THESE BILH AFFILIATES ARE NOT QUANTIFIED HERE IN BID-PLYMOUTH'S FORM 990 SCHEDULE H, PART I, 7F, AS ALREADY NOTED THESE ACTIVITIES ARE IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITIES SERVED BY BID-PLYMOUTH AND BEYOND. IN ADDITION, INFORMATION ON THE TEACHING ACTIVITIES AT BIDMC, A SISTER ENTITY TO BID-PLYMOUTH, DURING THE PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING, IS INCLUDED BELOW. THE MEDICAL CENTER'S DEVOTION TO TEACHING, RESPECT FOR STUDENTS/TRAINEES AND WILLINGNESS TO EMBRACE TECHNOLOGICAL AND CLINICAL PRACTICE INNOVATION MAKE THE MEDICAL CENTER A TOP CHOICE AMONG MEDICAL STUDENTS AND HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS. THE MEDICAL CENTER TRAINS HUNDREDS OF MEDICAL STUDENTS, INTERNS, RESIDENTS AND FELLOWS, AS WELL AS PROFESSIONALS IN NURSING, SOCIAL WORK AND THE ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES. THE MEDICAL CENTER HAS 63 ACCREDITATION COUNCIL FOR GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION (ACGME) APPROVED CLINICAL RESIDENCY AND FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS WITH 731 RESIDENTS AND CLINICAL FELLOWS. IN ADDITION, THE MEDICAL CENTER HAS 44 NONSTANDARD CLINICAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS WITH 53 TRAINEES PER YEAR. STAFF PHYSICIANS AT THE MEDICAL CENTER WHO HOLD FACULTY APPOINTMENTS AT HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL INSTRUCT THE DOCTORS OF TOMORROW THROUGH SUPERVISION OF THEIR DAILY PATIENT CARE AND A RANGE OF INTERACTIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCES. CORE CLINICAL TRAINING PROGRAMSTHE MEDICAL CENTER SPONSORS CORE CLINICAL TRAINING PROGRAMS IN THE FOLLOWING FIELDS:- ANESTHESIOLOGY- EMERGENCY MEDICINE- EAR, NOSE AND THROAT (OTOLARYNGOLOGY)- INTERNAL MEDICINE- NEUROLOGY- NEUROSURGERY- OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY- PATHOLOGY- PLASTIC SURGERY - PSYCHIATRY- RADIOLOGY- SURGERY- TRANSITIONAL YEAR- UROLOGYRESIDENCY PROGRAMSTHE MEDICAL CENTER SPONSORS ACCREDITATION COUNCIL FOR GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION (ACGME) APPROVED RESIDENCY PROGRAMS IN EACH OF THE CORE CLINICAL TRAINING PROGRAMS LISTED ABOVE.
FORM 990 SCHEDULE H PART VI, SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATIONFELLOWSHIP PROGRAMSIN ADDITION TO THE RESIDENT TRAINING PROGRAMS LISTED ABOVE, THE MEDICAL CENTER SPONSORS A WIDE VARIETY OF FELLOWSHIP TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR ELIGIBLE DOCTORS WHO HAVE COMPLETED THEIR RESIDENCY AND WANT TO ENGAGE IN MORE SPECIALIZED STUDY. MORE THAN HALF OF THESE PROGRAMS (47 OF 91) ARE ACGME APPROVED OR APPROVED BY A COMPARABLE BODY RELATED TO THE PARTICULAR SUBSPECIALTY. THE MEDICAL CENTER SPONSORS THE FOLLOWING FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS:-ANESTHESIA: ADULT CARDIOTHORACIC ANESTHESIOLOGY, ADVANCED CLINICAL ANESTHESIA, ANESTHESIA FOR OUTPATIENT SURGERY, CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE, NEUROANESTHESIA, NEURO CRITICAL CARE, OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIOLOGY, PAIN MEDICINE, REGIONAL ANESTHESIA, VASCULAR ANESTHESIA, PATIENT SAFETY AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN ANESTHESIA, ANESTHESIA MEDICAL EDUCATION-DERMATOLOGY: CUTANEOUS ONCOLOGY, DERMATOLOGY RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP IN CLINICAL TRIALS AND OUTCOMES RESEARCH (CLEARS)-EMERGENCY MEDICINE: EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, EMERGENCY ULTRASOUND, DISASTER MEDICINE, ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE-INTERNAL MEDICINE: ADVANCED CARDIAC NON-INVASIVE IMAGING, ADVANCED ENDOCRINE, DIABETES AND METABOLISM, ADVANCED ENDOSCOPY, ADVANCED INFECTIOUS DISEASE, ADVANCED NEPHROLOGY, CARDIAC MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, CELIAC DISEASE, CLINICAL CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY, CLINICAL INFORMATICS, ENDOCRINOLOGY, DIABETES, AND METABOLISM, GASTROENTEROLOGY, GENERAL MEDICINE, GERIATRIC MEDICINE, GERIATRIC AND DIABETES, GI MOTILITY/FUNCTIONAL BOWEL DISORDERS, GLOBAL HEALTH, HEMATOLOGY AND MEDICAL ONCOLOGY, HEPATOLOGY, HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE, INFECTIOUS DISEASE, INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE, INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL PULMONOLOGY, NEPHROLOGY, PULMONARY CRITICAL CARE, RHEUMATOLOGY, SLEEP MEDICINE, SLEEP RESPIRATION, STRUCTURAL HEART DISEASE, TRANSPLANT HEPATOLOGY, TRANSPLANT NEPHROLOGY, LGBTQIA+ HEALTH-NEUROLOGY: AUTONOMIC DISORDERS, COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL NEUROLOGY, CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY, EPILEPSY, MOVEMENT DISORDERS, MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, NEUROLOGY-HIV, NEUROMUSCULAR MEDICINE, NEURO-ONCOLOGY, VASCULAR NEUROLOGY, NEURO CRITICAL CARE-OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY: FEMALE PELVIC MEDICINE & RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY, GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY, MATERNAL FETAL MEDICINE, REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY-PATHOLOGY: BLOOD BANKING/TRANSFUSION MEDICINE, CYTOPATHOLOGY, DERMATOPATHOLOGY, HEMATOPATHOLOGY, MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY, MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY CPEP, NEUROPATHOLOGY, SELECTIVE PATHOLOGY -PSYCHIATRY: EARLY PSYCHOSIS-RADIOLOGY: DIAGNOSTIC, ABDOMINAL RADIOLOGY, BREAST IMAGING RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY-INDEPENDENT, INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY-INTEGRATED, MRI, MUSCULOSKELETAL IMAGING (MSK), NEURORADIOLOGY, THORACIC IMAGING RADIOLOGY, -RADIATION ONCOLOGY: BRACHYTHERAPY, STEREOTATIC-SURGERY: ABDOMINAL TRANSPLANT SURGERY/KIDNEY, ACUTE CARE SURGERY, ANTERIOR SEGMENT OPHTHALMOLOGY, COLON AND RECTAL SURGERY, CORNEA AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY, CEREBROVASCULAR AND ENDOVASCULAR NEUROSURGERY, HEAD & NECK SURGICAL ONCOLOGY & RECONSTRUCTION, INTERDISCIPLINARY BREAST SURGERY, LYMPHATIC SURGERY, MINIMALLY INVASIVE BARIATRIC SURGERY, NEUROSURGERY/ORTHO SPINE, ORTHOPAEDIC HAND SURGERY, ORTHOPAEDIC SPINE SURGERY, OTOLARYNGOLOGY FELLOWSHIP, PLASTIC SURGERY, PLASTIC SURGERY/AESTHETIC RECONSTRUCTION, PLASTIC SURGERY/BREAST RECONSTRUCTION, PODIATRY, SURGICAL CRITICAL CARE, THORACIC SURGERY, UROLOGY, UROLOGY MALE INFERTILITY/SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, VASCULAR SURGERY, VASCULAR SURGERY-INTEGRATED, JOINTS FELLOWSHIPADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON CLINICAL RESIDENCY AND FELLOWSHIPS -- EXAMPLESBELOW IS MORE DETAIL ON JUST A FEW OF THE SPECIFIC GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS OFFERED AT THE MEDICAL CENTER:HARVARD AFFILIATED EMERGENCY MEDICINE RESIDENCY AT BIDMCTHE BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER HARVARD AFFILIATED EMERGENCY MEDICINE RESIDENCY IS A THREE-YEAR PROGRAM (PGY-1 TO PGY-3) AFFILIATED WITH HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL AND IS BASED AT BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER (BIDMC), A 57,000 VISIT PER YEAR LEVEL I TRAUMA CENTER. RESIDENTS ROTATE AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL BOSTON, BROCKTON HOSPITAL, CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE, TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER, ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL, MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL, SOUTH SHORE HOSPITAL AND BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL-NEEDHAM.THE EDUCATIONAL GOALS OF THE RESIDENCY ARE TO PROMOTE EXCELLENCE IN THE CLINICAL, ACADEMIC, AND ADMINISTRATIVE ASPECTS OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE. RESIDENTS ARE TAUGHT HOW TO BE OUTSTANDING CLINICIANS. THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH CLINICAL EXPERIENCE IN SEVERAL BUSY EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS AS WELL AS THROUGH A HIGH QUALITY DIDACTIC PROGRAM. DURING THE CLINICAL EXPERIENCE, THE RESIDENTS ARE CLOSELY SUPERVISED AND GIVEN GRADED RESPONSIBILITY FOR PATIENT CARE AND ULTIMATELY FOR PATIENT FLOW IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. ADDITIONALLY, RESIDENTS ARE TAUGHT HOW TO SUPERVISE MEDICAL STUDENTS AND OTHER RESIDENTS AND HOW TO TEACH THE PRACTICE OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE. RESIDENTS TEACH MEDICAL STUDENTS AND PREHOSPITAL PERSONNEL AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE DIDACTIC PROGRAM. SENIOR RESIDENTS TAKE ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF SUPERVISING JUNIOR RESIDENTS IN THE CLINICAL ARENA. THE FOCUS OF THE RESIDENCY PROGRAM IS ON TEACHING THE LEADERSHIP SKILLS NECESSARY TO DIRECT A BUSY EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT IN ANY SETTING.THE OTHER MAJOR EDUCATIONAL GOAL OF THE RESIDENCY IS TO DEVELOP THE RESEARCH AND ACADEMIC SKILLS REQUIRED FOR A CAREER IN ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE. PARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH IS PROMOTED THROUGH A SYSTEM OF MENTORSHIP, JOURNAL CLUB PARTICIPATION, AND A DIDACTIC PROGRAM THAT TEACHES RESEARCH DESIGN AND STATISTICAL METHODS. RESIDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE A RESEARCH OR ACADEMIC PROJECT THAT RESULTS IN A PAPER SUITABLE FOR PUBLICATION. FUNDING IS AVAILABLE WITHIN THE DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE AT HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL AND THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE AT BIDMC. PROMOTING THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASPECTS OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE IS ANOTHER GOAL OF THE BIDMC HARVARD AFFILIATED EMERGENCY MEDICINE RESIDENCY. THROUGH AN EMS/ADMINISTRATIVE ROTATION AND A LONGITUDINAL EXPERIENCE IN PREHOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION, RESIDENTS GAIN EXPERIENCE IN RUNNING A LOCAL PREHOSPITAL SYSTEM.THIS PROGRAM TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THE UNIQUE ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES AT HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL, THE HARVARD TEACHING HOSPITALS, AND THE HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. THESE OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDE THE OUTSTANDING EXPERIENCE AVAILABLE THROUGH BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AND THE DEPARTMENTS OF MEDICINE, SURGERY, OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY, AND ANESTHESIA AT BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER. INTERNAL MEDICINE EDUCATION AT BIDMCTHE GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO DEVELOP EACH RESIDENT'S JUDGMENT AND SKILLS TO PROVIDE THE HIGHEST QUALITY MEDICAL CARE. THE MEDICAL CENTER TRAINS RESIDENTS AS ACADEMIC INTERNISTS AND PROVIDES THE FOUNDATION FOR THE PRACTICE OF INTERNAL MEDICINE OR FOR SUBSEQUENT CLINICAL AND RESEARCH TRAINING IN MEDICAL SUBSPECIALTIES. RESIDENTS ARE EXPOSED TO A WIDE ARRAY OF PATIENTS IN VARIOUS INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT SETTINGS, INCLUDING DIFFERENT UNITS WITHIN BIDMC, DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, AND WEST ROXBURY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER. CLINICAL TEACHING IS A FOCUS AT BIDMC AND IS COMPRISED OF FORMAL AND INFORMAL DAILY ROUNDS AND NOONTIME CONFERENCES. THIS TEACHING PROVIDES THE BASIS OF AN ORGANIZED CURRICULUM FOR ALL MEDICAL INTERNS AND RESIDENTS AT BIDMC.INTERNSHIPTHE INTERNSHIP YEAR EMPHASIZES THE CARE OF PATIENTS IN GENERAL INPATIENT MEDICINE, INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE, ONCOLOGY, CARDIOLOGY, EMERGENCY MEDICINE AND AMBULATORY CARE UTILIZING BOTH CAMPUSES AND SELECTED OUTSIDE SITES. WORKING AS PART OF A 2-4 PHYSICIAN TEAM WHICH INCLUDES AN OVERSEEING RESIDENT, ATTENDING STAFF AND OFTEN MEDICAL STUDENTS, INTERNS GAIN EXPERIENCE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH A BROAD RANGE OF MEDICAL DISEASES. INTERNS HAVE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CARE OF ALL PATIENTS ADMITTED TO THE MEDICAL WARD SERVICE AND ARE CONSIDERED THEIR PATIENT'S PRIMARY INPATIENT DOCTOR FOR THE DURATION OF THE HOSPITALIZATION. THROUGHOUT INTERN YEAR, INTERNS MAINTAIN A LONGITUDINAL CONTINUITY CLINIC EXPERIENCE WHERE THEY DEVELOP A PANEL OF THEIR OWN PRIMARY CARE PATIENTS. DURING MOST OF THE YEAR, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF INTENSIVE CARE ROTATIONS, AN INTERN WILL HAVE CLINIC ONE HALF-DAY PER WEEK. DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR ARE FOUR "AMBULATORY BLOCKS" OF TWO WEEKS DURATION. DURING THIS TIME THE INTERN IS IN THEIR CONTINUITY CLINIC EVERY AFTERNOON AND ATTENDS OUTPATIENT SPECIFIC DIDACTIC LECTURES DURING THE MORNING HOURS.
FORM 990 SCHEDULE H PART VI, SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATIONAS MEMBERS OF THE HARVARD FACULTY, INTERNS PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN TEACHING, BOTH OF THEIR PEERS AND OF ROTATING MEDICAL STUDENTS. WHILE ON THE MEDICAL WARDS, INTERNS PROVIDE DAILY CLINICAL GUIDANCE AND TEACHING TO THIRD AND FOURTH YEAR MEDICAL STUDENTS. AS PART OF THE AMBULATORY CARE CURRICULUM, INTERNS WILL ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD PRE-CLINIC CONFERENCES. DURING THE YEAR, THERE ARE SPECIAL INTERN-ONLY EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING THE TWICE-WEEKLY INTERN REPORT, MONTHLY INTERN FORUM SESSIONS AND BI-ANNUAL 24-HOUR INTERN RETREATS.JUNIOR AND SENIOR RESIDENCYRESIDENCY SOLIDIFIES CLINICAL AND TEACHING SKILLS AND ALLOWS TRAINEES TO EXPERIENCE LEADERSHIP OF A MEDICAL TEAM. JUNIOR RESIDENCY PROVIDES THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS TO SUPERVISE HOUSESTAFF TEAMS ON GENERAL MEDICAL SERVICES AND IN THE MEDICAL AND CARDIAC INTENSIVE CARE UNITS. SENIOR RESIDENCY PROMOTES CONSOLIDATION AND REFINEMENT OF THESE SKILLS, WITH ATTENDINGS ALLOWING INCREASING AUTONOMY. THE RESIDENT ON THE SERVICE IS LOOKED ON AS THE TEAM LEADER AND ASSUMES PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY FOR TEACHING OF THE TEAM. RESIDENCY ALSO PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR INCREASED ELECTIVE TIME TO SAMPLE SUBSPECIALTY ROTATIONS. THIS PROVIDES ADDITIONAL SPECIALTY TRAINING IN AREAS OF INTEREST. THE ELECTIVE OPPORTUNITIES ARE DIVERSE, RANGING FROM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY TO MUSCULOSKELETAL MEDICINE TO HEALTH POLICY. RESIDENTS ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN ONE OF SEVERAL "TRACKS" WITHIN THE RESIDENCY PROGRAM IF INTERESTED IN ADDITIONAL SPECIFIC TRAINING RESOURCES AND EXPERIENCES.TEACHING AS A RESIDENTAS MENTIONED ABOVE, RESIDENTS ARE VIEWED AS SOME OF THE PRIMARY TEACHERS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE. SOME OF THESE TEACHING OPPORTUNITIES WILL ALSO BE OBSERVED BY DEPARTMENT FACULTY TO HELP THE RESIDENT REFINE THE STYLE AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THEIR TEACHING. TEACHING OPPORTUNITIES WILL INCLUDE:LEADING INPATIENT MEDICINE ROUNDS: - RESIDENTS ARE IN CHARGE OF RUNNING WARD ROUNDS. MEDICAL STUDENTS AND INTERNS PRESENT TO THE RESIDENT DURING ROUNDS. THE ATTENDING HOSPITALIST IS CONSIDERED THE RESIDENT'S CONSULTANT, WITH THE RESIDENT RETAINING THE PRIMARY DECISION-MAKING ROLE FOR THE PATIENTS ON THEIR SERVICE.- DURING THE MONTHS ON MEDICAL WARDS, THE CHIEF RESIDENTS AND FIRM CHIEFS ARE ASSIGNED TO DO WALK ROUND ONCE EACH WEEK WITH ONE OF THE RESIDENTS ON THEIR FIRM. THEY WILL OBSERVE THE RESIDENT RUNNING THE WARD ROUNDS AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THE TEACHING SKILLS OBSERVED DURING ROUNDS.LEADING TEACHING ATTENDING ROUNDS: - DURING EVERY ROTATION ON THE MEDICAL WARDS, EACH RESIDENT WILL LEAD ONE TO THREE ATTENDING ROUNDS SESSIONS. THE TWO TEACHING ATTENDINGS HELP PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THE RESIDENT'S SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION AND TEACHING SKILLS. SMALL GROUP PRESENTATIONS: - DURING AMBULATORY WEEKS, RESIDENTS WILL LEAD A MAJORITY OF THE PRE-CLINIC CONFERENCES, TYPICALLY PRESENTING EITHER A CHALLENGING AMBULATORY CASE OR AMBULATORY-BASED TOPIC.- ONCE DURING RESIDENCY, EACH JUNIOR RESIDENT WILL ALSO PRESENT A JOURNAL ARTICLE OF AMBULATORY CARE SIGNIFICANCE AT AMBULATORY JOURNAL CLUB TO A SMALL GROUP OF THEIR PEERS. INTERNAL MEDICINE GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAMOUR MISSION IS TO TRAIN LEADERS IN GLOBAL HEALTH TO BE EFFECTIVE PRACTITIONERS IN UNDERSERVED, RESOURCE-LIMITED SETTINGS AND TO DESIGN, MANAGE, IMPROVE AND EVALUATE GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESS THE HEALTH PROBLEMS OF THE WORLD'S NEEDIEST POPULATIONS.PROGRAM OBJECTIVES - INTRODUCE GLOBAL HEALTH ISSUES TO BIDMC MEDICAL RESIDENTS - CONTRIBUTE TO THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS IN BOSTON AND AROUND THE WORLD - ENRICH THE MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE AND ENHANCE THE CLINICAL SKILLS OF RESIDENTS BY PRACTICING IN UNIQUE SETTINGS WITH LIMITED RESOURCES - EXPAND RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES - ADVANCE THE CAREERS OF BIDMC RESIDENTS IN THE FIELDS OF INTERNATIONAL HEALTH, PUBLIC POLICY AND RESEARCH SITE LOCATIONS - BOTSWANA: THE DEPARTMENT HAS A PERMANENT PRESENCE IN BOTSWANA WITH A MEMBER OF OUR DEPARTMENT FULL-TIME AT SCOTTISH LIVINGSTONE HOSPITAL IN MOLEPOLOLE, BOTSWANA. - VIETNAM: THE MEDICAL CENTER HAS A PERMANENT PRESENCE IN VIETNAM. PHYSICIAN AND NURSE TRAINING ON HIV/AIDS CARE IN VIETNAM TAKES PLACE THROUGH FUNDING FROM THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION. - ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS: THE DEPARTMENT OFFERS ROTATIONS AT THE ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL IN GABON AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL SITES. RESIDENTS CAN ALSO DO ROTATIONS THROUGH THE INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE OR AT BIDMC-AFFILIATED COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS. GLOBAL HEALTH TRACK LEARNING HOW TO WORK EFFECTIVELY IN RESOURCE-LIMITED SETTINGS REQUIRES BOTH TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE. PARTICIPANTS IN THE GLOBAL HEALTH TRACK WILL PARTICIPATE WITH LEARNERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD IN THE GLOBAL HEALTH EFFECTIVENESS PROGRAM AT THE HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH; THEY WILL ENGAGE IN OUR HOSPITAL-WIDE, YEAR-LONG GLOBAL HEALTH CURRICULUM AND JOURNAL CLUB, AND THEY WILL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY FOR TWO FIELD EXPERIENCES DURING RESIDENCY. HOSPITAL-WIDE GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAM THE BIDMC GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAM IS A HOSPITAL-WIDE PROGRAM AVAILABLE TO ALL BIDMC RESIDENTS. WHILE REQUIREMENTS AND TIMELINES MAY DIFFER BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS AND SPECIALTIES, THE OVERARCHING GOAL IS TO PROVIDE RESIDENTS WITH FURTHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION IN THE DISCIPLINE OF GLOBAL HEALTH. NEUROLOGY EDUCATION AT BIDMCTHE HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL NEUROLOGY PROGRAM AT BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS WAS FOUNDED IN 1996 AS THE SUCCESSOR TO THE HARVARD-LONGWOOD NEUROLOGY PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM CONCENTRATES ON THE TRAINING AND RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE ON THE HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL LONGWOOD CAMPUS, BY COMBINING THE RESOURCES OF TWO MAJOR HARVARD TEACHING HOSPITALS, BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. THESE COMBINED HOSPITALS, WITH OVER 800 INPATIENT BEDS AND EXTENSIVE OUTPATIENT CLINICS, PROVIDE THE SETTING FOR TRAINING PHYSICIANS IN THE ART AND SCIENCE OF CLINICAL NEUROLOGY.THE COMBINED FACULTY CONSISTS OF MORE THAN 80 NEUROLOGISTS AT THE TWO PARTICIPATING HOSPITALS, AND PROVIDES CORE EXPERIENCES IN INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT NEUROLOGY, AS WELL AS TRAINING IN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY (INCLUDING EEG, EMG, AND SLEEP POLYSOMNOGRAPHY) AND NEUROPATHOLOGY. THE KEY DISTINGUISHING FEATURE OF THE PROGRAM IS THE CLOSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CLINICAL FACULTY, NEARLY ALL OF WHOM ARE FULL-TIME ACADEMIC NEUROLOGISTS ENGAGED IN SUBSTANTIVE RESEARCH AND TEACHING EFFORTS, AND A SELECT GROUP OF RESIDENTS WHO ARE KEENLY INTERESTED IN FORGING ACADEMIC CAREERS IN NEUROLOGY. VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE CLINICAL TRAINING TAKES PLACE WITHIN A 2 BLOCK RADIUS ON THE HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL LONGWOOD CAMPUS. A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF THE PROGRAM IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS TO HAVE A MENTORED TEACHING EXPERIENCE AS WELL AS THE OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERTAKE A MENTORED PROJECT, WHICH MAY ENTAIL EITHER CLINICAL OR LABORATORY BASED INVESTIGATION OR PREPARATION OF INNOVATIVE TEACHING MATERIALS OR METHODS. PATHOLOGY EDUCATION AT BIDMCTHE DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY AT BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING STATE-OF-THE-ART TRAINING TO PREPARE PHYSICIANS FOR LEADERSHIP ROLES IN PATHOLOGY AND ACADEMIC MEDICINE. THE PROGRAM OFFERS THREE RESIDENT TRAINING PATHWAYS: FIRST, A COMBINED ANATOMIC PATHOLOGY/CLINICAL PATHOLOGY (AP/CP) PATHWAY PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING IN ALL AREAS OF TISSUE DIAGNOSTICS AND LABORATORY MEDICINE. SECOND, THE AP ONLY PATHWAY PREPARES RESIDENTS FOR CAREERS AS ACADEMIC SURGICAL PATHOLOGISTS. THIRD, THE CP ONLY PATHWAY PREPARES RESIDENTS FOR CAREERS AS FUTURE LEADERS IN LABORATORY MEDICINE. ALL PATHWAYS INCLUDE EXTENSIVE OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN RESEARCH PROJECTS WITH WORLD-RENOWNED EXPERTS IN PATHOLOGY OR RELATED DISCIPLINES. KNOWLEDGE COMES THROUGH EXPERIENCE AND EXTENSIVE INTERACTION WITH FACULTY. IN ANATOMIC PATHOLOGY SIGN OUT, RESIDENTS PREPARE THEIR OWN DIAGNOSES AND ARE THEN IN A POSITION TO TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF SIGN OUT WITH STAFF MEMBERS. IN CLINICAL PATHOLOGY, RESIDENTS GAIN EXPERIENCE DURING DAILY ROUNDS WITH ATTENDINGS, SOCRATIC TUTORIALS, AND THROUGH POSITIONING OF RESIDENTS AS AN INTERMEDIARY BETWEEN CLINICIAN AND LABORATORY. THERE ARE DAILY TEACHING AND CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCES COVERING THE DIFFERENT PATHOLOGY SPECIALTIES.
FORM 990 SCHEDULE H PART VI, SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATIONGIVEN THE IMPORTANT ROLE PATHOLOGISTS PLAY IN TEACHING MEDICAL STUDENTS AND COLLEAGUES IN OTHER SPECIALTIES, THE PROGRAM PROVIDES GUIDANCE FOR RESIDENTS AS THEY HONE THEIR TEACHING SKILLS. SUCH "RESIDENT-AS-TEACHER" PROGRAMS ARE COMMON IN OTHER SPECIALTIES BUT NOT AS WELL-DEVELOPED IN PATHOLOGY. THE CURRICULUM INCLUDES SESSIONS DESIGNED TO IMPROVE SKILLS RELATED TO GIVING FEEDBACK AND SMALL GROUP TEACHING. THERE IS A SESSION ON DEVELOPING PRESENTATION SKILLS WITH CLOSE MENTORING OF FIRST YEAR RESIDENTS, BY SPECIFIC FACULTY WHO HAVE ALSO BEEN THROUGH THE CURRICULUM, AS THEY PREPARE FOR THEIR FIRST PRESENTATION. THERE ARE ALSO OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS TO TEACH MEDICAL STUDENTS BOTH WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT AND AT HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL, AS WELL AS TO RECEIVE FEEDBACK ON THEIR TEACHING SKILLS. RECOGNIZING THE NEED TO INTEGRATE TECHNOLOGY INTO RESIDENCY TRAINING, ALL FIRST YEAR RESIDENTS ARE PROVIDED WITH IPADS. THESE TABLETS ALLOW RESIDENTS TO MORE EASILY PREVIEW THE SLIDES THAT ARE ROUTINELY SCANNED FOR OUR SURGICAL SLIDE CONFERENCE. GENOMIC TECHNOLOGY WILL AFFECT THE PRACTICE OF ALL MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS. AS THE PHYSICIANS WHO MANAGE THE HOSPITAL LABORATORIES, PATHOLOGISTS MUST UNDERSTAND NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCING TECHNOLOGY AND ITS APPLICATION TO PATIENT CARE. IN 2009, THE PROGRAM CREATED, TO OUR KNOWLEDGE, THE FIRST GENOMIC PATHOLOGY CURRICULUM IN THE COUNTRY. THE CURRICULUM HAS BEEN PUBLISHED AND HAS SERVED AS THE BASIS FOR A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT TO DEVELOP A NATIONAL GENOMICS CURRICULUM (WWW.ASCP.ORG/TRIG).TRAINING IN EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE IS CRITICAL. A FIRST-YEAR RESIDENT JOURNAL CLUB ALLOWS AN INTRODUCTION TO CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE MEDICAL LITERATURE. IN LATER YEARS, RESIDENTS LEAD SMALL-GROUP DISCUSSIONS IN MONTHLY JOURNAL CLUBS. THERE IS ALSO AN EVIDENCE-BASED TRANSFUSION MEDICINE CURRICULUM TO HONE THESE SKILLS DURING CP TRAINING. RADIOLOGY EDUCATION AT BIDMCTHE RADIOLOGY RESIDENCY PROVIDES FOUR YEARS OF TRAINING IN DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING. APPOINTMENTS ARE HELD JOINTLY AS A RESIDENT AT THE MEDICAL CENTER AND AS A CLINICAL FELLOW AT HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL. WITH A CENTRAL ROLE IN CLINICAL SERVICE, TEACHING, AND RESEARCH, THE RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT PERFORMS OVER 400,000 RADIOLOGIC EXAMINATIONS EACH YEAR. THE DEPARTMENT PROVIDES RADIOGRAPHY, CT, ULTRASOUND, MRI, NUCLEAR MEDICINE, MAMMOGRAPHY, ANGIOGRAPHY, AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY SERVICES TO BOTH THE MEDICAL CENTER AS WELL AS OUR AFFILIATED HEALTH CARE FACILITIES. A RADIOLOGY RESEARCH AND ANIMAL LABORATORY IS HOUSED ADJACENT TO THE RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT. ALL RESIDENTS, FELLOWS, AND FACULTY HAVE APPOINTMENTS AT HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL. ALL RADIOLOGIC STUDIES ARE INTERPRETED UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF STAFF RADIOLOGISTS. THE NUCLEAR MEDICINE PROGRAM IS A PART OF THE JOINT PROGRAM IN NUCLEAR MEDICINE AT HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL. THE DEPARTMENT PLACES STRONG EMPHASIS ON THE QUALITY OF TEACHING-BOTH IN DIDACTIC LECTURES AND IN INDIVIDUAL CASE-BASED TEACHING.WITH THE ADVENT OF RECENT CHANGES IN RESIDENCY TRAINING, THE CURRICULUM HAS RECENTLY BEEN REVISED SO THAT RESIDENTS UNDERTAKE A COURSE OF STUDY WHICH WILL PERMIT THEM TO OBTAIN EXPERTISE NOT JUST IN CLINICAL SUBSPECIALTIES BUT ALSO IN OTHER KEY AREAS SUCH AS RESEARCH, EDUCATION, GLOBAL HEALTH, QUALITY IMPROVEMENT, AND HEALTH POLICY. RADIOLOGIC PHYSICS HAS BEEN INTEGRATED INTO DAILY DIDACTIC SESSIONS. IN ADDITION, MANY DIDACTIC SESSIONS UTILIZE AUDIENCE RESPONSE TECHNOLOGY, VIDEO-RECORDING, AND IPAD2 TECHNOLOGY.THERE ARE NINE FORMAL SECTIONS IN THE DEPARTMENT: ABDOMINAL IMAGING, BREAST IMAGING, CARDIOVASCULAR AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY (CVIR), MRI, MUSCULOSKELETAL IMAGING, NEURORADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE, ULTRASOUND, AND THORACIC IMAGING. MOST NON-ANGIOGRAPHIC INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES ARE PERFORMED BY THE RESPECTIVE SERVICES. RESIDENTS ROTATING THROUGH THESE SECTIONS ARE PROVIDED WITH READING SUGGESTIONS AND MATERIAL. ACADEMIC ROTATIONS ARE MADE UP OF THIRTEEN 4-WEEK BLOCKS ANNUALLY. AT THE END OF EACH ROTATION RESIDENTS RECEIVE WRITTEN EVALUATIONS AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EVALUATE THE STAFF.FIRST YEAR ROTATIONS EMPHASIZE FUNDAMENTALS AND COMMON RADIOLOGIC EXAMINATIONS IN PREPARATION FOR INPATIENT AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBILITIES. PRIOR TO TAKING CALL, ALL FIRST YEAR RESIDENTS ROTATE THROUGH ABDOMINAL IMAGING, BREAST IMAGING, EMERGENCY RADIOLOGY, FLUOROSCOPY, MUSCULOSKELETAL IMAGING, NEURORADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE, THORACIC IMAGING, AND ULTRASOUND.DURING THE SECOND YEAR, RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO GAIN EXPERIENCE IN THESE SECTIONS, PERFORMING AND INTERPRETING MORE ADVANCED EXAMINATIONS AND INTERVENTIONS AS THEIR LEVELS OF EXPERTISE INCREASE. ADDITIONAL ROTATIONS IN MORE SPECIALIZED TOPICS OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE SECOND THROUGH FOURTH YEARS, INCLUDING INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY, MRI, HEAD AND NECK IMAGING, AND PEDIATRIC RADIOLOGY. IN ADDITION, ALL RESIDENTS PARTICIPATE IN A TWO-WEEK ROTATION IN QUALITY ASSURANCE WHICH PROVIDES THEM WITH ESSENTIAL SKILLS FOR EVENTUAL BOARD RE-CERTIFICATION.ROTATIONS AT OTHER TRAINING LOCATIONS DURING THE SECOND AND THIRD YEARS OF TRAINING INCLUDE:- THREE MONTHS OF TRAINING IN PEDIATRIC RADIOLOGY AT THE BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL DURING THE SECOND YEAR.- FOUR WEEK PROGRAM IN RADIOLOGIC-PATHOLOGIC CORRELATION AT THE ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY (AIRP) SPONSORED BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY IN SILVER SPRINGS, MARYLAND DURING THE THIRD YEAR.- ONE MONTH ROTATION AT THE MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY IN HEAD-AND-NECK RADIOLOGY DURING THE THIRD YEAR.UPON COMPLETION OF THE SECOND YEAR OF RESIDENCY TRAINING, RESIDENTS SELECT AN AREA OF ACADEMIC FOCUS FOR THEIR FOURTH YEAR WHICH WILL GUIDE CHOICES FOR THE 3-MONTH MINI-FELLOWSHIPS AND THE OTHER TWO MONTHS OF ELECTIVE TIME.OUR UNIQUE EDUCATIONAL TRACKSCURRENTLY, SIX TRACKS ARE OFFERED:- CLINICAL- EDUCATION- RESEARCH- GLOBAL HEALTH- QUALITY IMPROVEMENT- HEALTH POLICY/HEALTH ECONOMICSEACH OF THESE TRACKS HAS SPECIFIC CURRICULAR OFFERINGS AND EDUCATIONAL GOALS. MOST OF THE TRACKS ARE LINKED TO SPECIFIC EDUCATIONAL ENDEAVORS. FOR EXAMPLE, A RESIDENT SELECTING THE GLOBAL HEALTH TRACK WILL ENROLL IN THE GLOBAL EFFECTIVENESS CURRICULUM OFFERED BY THE HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND WILL SPEND TIME ABROAD PROVIDING CLINICAL RADIOLOGY SERVICES AND UNDERTAKING A GLOBAL HEALTH PROJECT. A RESIDENT SELECTING THE EDUCATION TRACK WILL PURSUE ADVANCED TRAINING IN EDUCATIONAL THEORY AND ADULT LEARNING BY PARTICIPATING IN THE HARVARD MACY PROGRAM FOR PHYSICIAN EDUCATORS AND UNDERTAKE AN EDUCATIONAL PROJECT BASED AT BIDMC OR HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL. A RESIDENT CHOOSING THE RESEARCH TRACK WILL PARTICIPATE IN GRANT WRITING WORKSHOPS AND DELVE DEEPLY INTO A RESEARCH PROJECT OF THEIR CHOICE.NO MATTER WHICH TRAINING TRACK, THE EXPECTATION IS THAT EVERY RESIDENT WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERTAKE A SUBSTANTIAL PROJECT DURING RESIDENCY THAT WILL CULMINATE IN PRESENTATION AT A NATIONAL MEETING AND/OR PUBLICATION.SURGERY EDUCATION AT BIDMCTHE ROBERTA AND STEPHEN R. WEINER DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY OFFERS EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS, FELLOWS AND MEDICAL STUDENTS IN CARDIAC SURGERY, GENERAL SURGERY, NEUROSURGERY, PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY, PODIATRY, TRAUMA SURGERY, MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY, UROLOGY, AND VASCULAR SURGERY. RESIDENTS AND FELLOWS LEARN THE MOST ADVANCED TECHNIQUES IN A STATE-OF-THE-FACILITY. RESIDENTS AND FELLOWS ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MINIMALLY INVASIVE TECHNIQUES AT THE CARL J. SHAPIRO SIMULATION AND SKILLS CENTER, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND TO BE ACCREDITED IN THE COUNTRY AND LOCATED WITHIN THE MEDICAL CENTER.THE MEDICAL CENTER'S DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY IS ONE OF THREE MAJOR TEACHING AND RESEARCH UNITS OF HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL'S DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY. AT ALL LEVELS, THE HOUSESTAFF GAIN TRAINING AND PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE IN THE PREOPERATIVE, OPERATIVE, AND POST-OPERATIVE CARE OF PATIENTS. THE PROGRAM EMPHASIZES RESIDENT-FACULTY INTERACTION FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. TEACHING CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS FOR THE HOUSESTAFF CAPITALIZE ON WORKING RELATIONSHIPS DEVELOPED WITH THE ATTENDING STAFF. UPON COMPLETION OF FIVE YEARS OF SURGICAL TRAINING, RESIDENTS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE AMERICAN BOARD OF SURGERY EXAMINATION. DIDACTIC TEACHINGTHE PROGRAM HAS DEDICATED EDUCATION TIME, INCLUDING A STRONG DIDACTIC CONFERENCE SCHEDULE, TO PROVIDE A BASIC FOUNDATION OF SURGICAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS. REQUIRED WEEKLY CONFERENCES INCLUDE:- RESIDENT CURRICULUM CONFERENCE / MIS SKILLS LAB - SURGICAL SERVICE MORBIDITY/MORTALITY & SURGICAL GRAND ROUNDS - COMBINED GI CONFERENCETHROUGHOUT TRAINING, A PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY OF SENIOR RESIDENTS IS TEACHING MORE JUNIOR RESIDENTS AND THE STUDENTS ON THEIR SERVICE. THEY ARE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF CASES, CLINICAL SUPERVISION OF MEDICAL STUDENTS AND RESIDENTS, AND PREPARING MATERIAL FOR SERVICE AND TEACHING CONFERENCES.
FORM 990 SCHEDULE H PART VI, SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATIONADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING PROMOTING THE HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY (SCHEDULE H, PART VI, QUESTIONS 5 AND 6)OPEN MEDICAL STAFFTHE HOSPITAL MAINTAINS AN OPEN MEDICAL STAFF AND AS NOTED IN THIS FORM 990 PARTS I AND VI, THE MAJORITY OF BOARD MEMBERS ARE INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY MEMBERS. AFFILIATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEMAS NOTED BELOW AND THROUGHOUT THIS FILING, BID-PLYMOUTH IS A MEMBER OF THE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH (BILH) NETWORK OF AFFILIATES. AS NOTED IN VARIOUS NARRATIVE DISCLOSURES THAT SUPPORT THIS FORM 990 AND RELATED SCHEDULES FOR THE PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING, BILH IS A MASSACHUSETTS NON-PROFIT CORPORATION EXEMPT FROM INCOME TAX UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED. BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH'S (BILH) MISSION IS TO SUPPORT ITS AFFILIATES AND THOSE AFFILIATES' MISSIONS TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF PATIENTS, THEIR FAMILIES AND THE COMMUNITIES SERVED. BILH STRIVES TO ACCOMPLISH THIS MISSION BY PROVIDING SERVICES TO ITS AFFILIATES WHICH SUPPORT THE DELIVERING THE HIGH-QUALITY HEALTH CARE THAT EVERY PATIENT DESERVES. BILH BELIEVES THAT EFFECTIVE CARE IS EASILY ACCESSIBLE AND SIMPLE TO ACCESS SO IT IS BILH'S FOCUS TO PROVIDE PATIENTS WITH CARE THAT IS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY AND CONVENIENT REGARDLESS OF WHERE PATIENTS LIVE, THEIR HEALTH HISTORY OR STAGE OF LIFE.BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH (BILH) IS THE PARENT AND A SUPPORT ORGANIZATION OF THE BILH NETWORK OF AFFILIATES. THE NETWORK COMPRISES AN INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM COMMITTED TO EXPANDING ACCESS TO EXTRAORDINARY PATIENT CARE ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND ADVANCING THE SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF MEDICINE THROUGH GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH AND EDUCATION. THE BILH SYSTEM INCLUDES ACADEMIC AND TEACHING HOSPITALS, A PREMIER ORTHOPEDICS HOSPITAL, PRIMARY CARE AND SPECIALTY CARE PROVIDERS, AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTERS, URGENT CARE CENTERS, COMMUNITY HOSPITALS, HOMECARE SERVICES, OUTPATIENT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTERS AND ADDICTION TREATMENT PROGRAMS. BILH'S COMMUNITY OF CLINICIANS, CAREGIVERS AND STAFF INCLUDES APPROXIMATELY 4,800 PHYSICIANS AND 39,000 EMPLOYEES.THE BILH PURPOSE STATEMENT ARTICULATES THE IMPACT THAT EACH BILH AFFILIATE STRIVES TO MAKE IN THE COMMUNITIES SERVED. THESE SHARED VALUES GUIDE EACH ENTITY'S DAILY EFFORTS AND KEEP EACH AFFILIATE ALIGNED IN THE PURSUIT OF THE BILH PURPOSE, SHOWING HOW "WE CARE" FOR PATIENTS, EACH OTHER AND THE COMMUNITIES SERVED.PURPOSE STATEMENT: BILH CREATES HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES ONE PERSON AT A TIME THROUGH SEAMLESS CARE AND GROUND-BREAKING SCIENCE, DRIVEN BY EXCELLENCE, INNOVATION AND EQUITY.BILH WE CARE VALUES:WELLBEING. WE PROVIDE A HEALTH-FOCUSED WORKPLACE AND SUPPORT A HEALTHY WORK-LIFE BALANCE.EMPATHY. WE DO OUR BEST TO UNDERSTAND OTHERS' FEELINGS, NEEDS AND PERSPECTIVES.COLLABORATION. WE WORK TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE EXTRAORDINARY RESULTS.ACCOUNTABILITY. WE HOLD OURSELVES AND EACH OTHER TO BEHAVIORS NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE OUR COLLECTIVE GOALS.RESPECT. WE VALUE DIVERSITY AND TREAT ALL MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WITH DIGNITY AND INCLUSIVENESS.EQUITY. EVERYONE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTAIN THEIR FULL POTENTIAL IN OUR WORKPLACE AND THROUGH THE CARE WE PROVIDE.DURING THE FISCAL PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING, BILH SERVED AS THE SOLE MEMBER OF BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, INC. (BIDMC), MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL (MAH), NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL (NEBH), BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL -- MILTON, INC. (MILTON), BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL -- NEEDHAM, INC. (NEEDHAM), BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL -- PLYMOUTH, INC. (PLYMOUTH), LAHEY HEALTH SHARED SERVICES (LHSS), LAHEY CLINIC FOUNDATION (LCF), WINCHESTER HOSPITAL (WINCHESTER), NORTHEAST HOSPITAL CORPORATION (NHC) WHICH INCLUDES BEVERLY, ADDISON GILBERT AND BAYRIDGE HOSPITALS, NORTHEAST BEHAVIORAL CORPORATION (NBHC), ANNA JAQUES HOSPITAL (AJH), THE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH PERFORMANCE NETWORK (BILHPN), JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER AND THE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH PHARMACY. THE LAHEY CLINIC FOUNDATION IN TURN SERVED AS THE SOLE MEMBER OF LAHEY CLINIC INC, AND LAHEY CLINIC HOSPITAL D/B/A LAHEY HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER (LHMC). THE ENTITIES LISTED HERE MAY HAVE ALSO, IN TURN, SERVED AS MEMBER TO OTHER NETWORK AFFILIATES. EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2023, BILH ALSO BECAME THE SOLE MEMBER OF EXETER HEALTH RESOURCES, INC. (EHRI) AND ITS AFFILIATES INCLUDING EXETER HOSPITAL. BILH NETWORK ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ACTIVITIES FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2023THE QUANTIFICATION IN THIS SCHEDULE H PART 1 QUESTION 7 IN THIS FILING REFLECTS ONLY THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND CERTAIN OTHER COMMUNITY BENEFITS AT COST OF BID- PLYMOUTH AND AS NOTED THROUGHOUT THIS FILING, BID-PLYMOUTH IS A MEMBER OF THE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH NETWORK. BELOW IS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS ACTIVITIES ACROSS ALL OF THE BILH HOSPITALS. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR COVERED BY THIS FILING BILH HOSPITALS PROVIDED MORE THAN $48 MILLION IN NET COST OF CHARITY CARE, INCLUDING CARE FOR EMERGENT SERVICES PROVIDED TO NON-PAYING PATIENTS AND INCLUDING PAYMENTS TO THE HEALTH SAFETY NET TRUST.IN ADDITION TO THE CHARITY CARE REPORTED ABOVE, EACH OF THE BILH HOSPITALS ALSO PROVIDES CARE TO PATIENTS WHO PARTICIPATE IN OTHER PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT LOW-INCOME FAMILIES, INCLUDING PARTICULARLY THE MEDICAID PROGRAM, WHICH IS JOINTLY FUNDED BY FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS. THE MASSACHUSETTS HEALTH REFORM LAW PROVIDED AN INITIATIVE FOR EXPANSION OF MEDICAID COVERAGE TO GREATER POPULATIONS AND FOR ENROLLMENT OF UNINSURED PATIENTS IN OTHER INSURANCE PROGRAMS. PAYMENTS FROM MEDICAID AND OTHER PROGRAMS THAT INSURE LOW-INCOME POPULATIONS DO NOT COVER THE COST OF SERVICES PROVIDED. DURING THE FISCAL PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING, THE COST OF PROVIDING CARE TO MEDICAID PATIENTS ACROSS BILH EXCEEDED PAYMENTS RECEIVED FOR PROVIDING THAT CARE RESULTING IN A COMBINED SHORTFALL EXCEEDING $61 MILLION RELATED TO TREATING MEDICAID PATIENTS. MEDICARE IS THE FEDERALLY SPONSORED HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM FOR ELDERLY OR DISABLED PATIENTS. PAYMENTS FROM MEDICARE DO NOT COVER THE COST OF SERVICES PROVIDED. ALL BILH HOSPITALS PROVIDE CARE TO PATIENTS WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE MEDICARE PROGRAM. DURING THE FISCAL PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING, THE COST OF PROVIDING CARE TO MEDICARE PATIENTS ACROSS BILH EXCEEDED PAYMENTS RECEIVED FOR PROVIDING THAT CARE, RESULTING IN A COMBINED SHORTFALL EXCEEDING $144 MILLION RELATED TO TREATING MEDICARE PATIENTS. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR COVERED BY THIS FILING BILH HOSPITALS PROVIDED COMBINED COMMUNITY BENEFITS, COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT SERVICES, CASH AND IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS TO COMMUNITY GROUPS AS WELL AS COSTS INCURRED RELATED TO SUBSIDIES FOR PRIMARY CARE, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE AND OTHER CARE PROVIDED AT A LOSS TOTALING OVER $88 MILLION. ACROSS BILH HOSPITALS, COSTS FOR TRAINING MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS EXCEEDED $202 MILLION. REIMBURSEMENT FROM MEDICARE FOR THESE ACTIVITIES WAS APPROXIMATELY $68 MILLION WHICH LEFT A COMBINED SHORTFALL RELATED TO THESE ACTIVITIES ACROSS BILH OF OVER $134 MILLION WHICH IS AN INVESTMENT IN THE HEALTH SYSTEM OF TOMORROW. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ACROSS BILH SERVE PATIENT CARE BOTH AT BILH AND BEYOND AS PART OF THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, INC. (BIDMC OR MEDICAL CENTER) IS A TERTIARY CARE ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER PROVIDING LEADING EDGE PATIENT CARE, IS A WORLD CLASS RESEARCH INSTITUTION AND IS DEVOTED TO TEACHING AND TRAINING THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS OF TOMORROW, EMBRACING TECHNOLOGICAL AND CLINICAL PRACTICE INNOVATION AND TO THAT END, PART OF THE MEDICAL CENTER'S MISSION IS TO BE A WORLD-CLASS RESEARCH INSTITUTION WHERE OUTSTANDING SCIENTISTS WORK TO DEVELOP NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE HEALTH OF OUR LOCAL AND EXTENDED COMMUNITIES. BIDMC HAS THE LARGEST RESEARCH OPERATIONS ACROSS BILH AND DURING THE FISCAL YEAR COVERED BY THIS FILING, THE MEDICAL CENTER INCURRED OVER $320 MILLION IN RESEARCH EXPENSES, MORE THAN $82 MILLION OF WHICH WERE INTERNALLY FUNDED.FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THESE ACTIVITIES AS WELL AS EACH HOSPITAL'S MOST RECENT COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY, PLEASE SEE FORM 990 SCHEDULE H FOR EACH OF THE BILH HOSPITALS.
FORM 990 SCHEDULE H PART VI, SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATIONADDITIONAL BILH NETWORK ACTIVITIES -- EXPANDING ACCESS AND SERVICES, INCLUDING TO UNDERSERVED PATIENT POPULATIONS IN ORDER TO REDUCE HEALTH INEQUITIES; CONTINUING TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY CARE AT A LOWER COST; BEHAVIORAL HEALTH; COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2023IN ADDITION, AS NOTED FURTHER BELOW, BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH ("BILH") AND ITS AFFILIATES FOCUSED ON EXPANDING ACCESS AND SERVICES, INCLUDING TO UNDERSERVED PATIENT POPULATIONS IN ORDER TO REDUCE HEALTH INEQUITIES. IN ADDITION, THERE WAS A STRONG FOCUS ON CONTINUING TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY CARE AT A LOWER COST, WHEN APPROPRIATE, AS DEMONSTRATED BY BILH'S EFFORTS TO LEVERAGE COMMUNITY SETTINGS, KEEP CARE WITHIN THE BILH PERFORMANCE NETWORK ("BILHPN"), AND ALLOW PATIENTS TO RECEIVE CARE IN THEIR HOMES. THE FOLLOWING HIGHLIGHTS SPECIFIC EFFORTS DURING THE PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING:ACCESS & EXPANSION TO PHARMACY SERVICES-BILH PHARMACY HAS CONTINUED TO EXPAND ITS CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIPS, ALLOWING MORE PATIENTS TO UTILIZE ITS PHARMACY FOR THEIR PRESCRIPTIONS. IN FY 2023, BILH PHARMACY SUCCESSFULLY NEGOTIATED ACCESS TO THE POINT32HEALTH SPECIALTY PHARMACY NETWORK AS WELL AS THE WELLSENSE MEDICAID ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION ("ACO") PLAN. EXAMPLES OF BILH PHARMACY'S OTHER EFFORTS TO EXPAND PATIENT ACCESS TO MEDICATIONS INCLUDE: -ENHANCED MEDICATION AUTHORIZATION AND ACCESS SERVICES TO HELP PATIENTS OBTAIN NECESSARY INSURANCE AUTHORIZATIONS AND FIND CO-PAY ASSISTANCE, -EXPANDED THE MEDICATION REFILL CENTER TO ASSIST PATIENTS AND PROVIDERS IN EXPEDITING MEDICATION RENEWALS AND ENSURING PRESCRIBED MEDICATION AND DOSAGE ARE STILL APPROPRIATE, -EXTENDED PATIENT CO-PAY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS TO THE JOSLIN ADULT DIABETES CLINIC AND NORTHEAST HOSPITAL CORPORATION PATIENTS, AND EXPANDED CLINICAL PHARMACY SERVICES IN AMBULATORY CLINICS TO HELP MANAGE AND OPTIMIZE PATIENTS' COMPLEX MEDICATION THERAPIES. -BILH PHARMACY ALSO EXPANDED ITS CLINICAL PHARMACY PRESENCE IN CLINICS TO REDUCE THE HEALTH EQUITY GAP IN THE USE OF HIGHLY IMPACTFUL MEDICATIONS TO TREAT PATIENTS WITH DIABETES AND ATHEROSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES BY IMPROVING THEIR BLOOD PRESSURE AND HEMOGLOBIN A1C. INTERVENTIONS CENTERED AROUND PRESCRIBING EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICATIONS, EDUCATING PATIENTS ABOUT THEIR CONDITIONS, AND ENSURING ACCESS TO MEDICATION. INITIAL RESULTS HAVE DEMONSTRATED AN INCREASE IN THE USE OF GLP-1 AGONISTS AND SGLT-2 INHIBITORS BY 32% IN BLACK AND HISPANIC POPULATIONS, AN AVERAGE REDUCTION IN HEMOGLOBIN A1C OF 0.8, AND A DECREASE OF SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURES OF 7MMHG AND 2MMHG RESPECTIVELY.IMPROVEMENT IN LAB SERVICES-BILH OPTIMIZED THE TRANSPORTATION ROUTES OF COLLECTED LABORATORY SPECIMENS TO TESTING LABORATORIES, ENSURING HIGH STANDARDS FOR TURNAROUND TIMES AND MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY. THIS IS FOUNDATIONAL TO THE SYSTEM'S ABILITY TO CONSOLIDATE TESTING, EXPAND ACCESS TO IN-NETWORK LABORATORY SERVICES WHICH IN TURN GENERALLY REDUCES COST, AND SUPPORT THE PROVISION OF HIGH-QUALITY CARE AND THE CLINICIAN AND PATIENT EXPERIENCE.-FOCUS REMAINED STRONG IN DEVELOPING PHYSICIAN PRACTICE DELIVERY MODELS AND RE-OPENING PATIENT SERVICE CENTERS. THESE EFFORTS ENHANCE COMMUNITY PROVIDERS' ABILITY TO USE BILH LABS AND INCREASE PATIENT ACCESS TO BILH LABS.LEVERAGING IN-NETWORK CARE-BILH OPERATES A TRANSFER CENTER THAT FACILITATES PATIENT ACCESS TO THE APPROPRIATE PLACEMENT OF PATIENT TRANSFERS. WITH THE CREATION OF THE TRANSFER CENTER, BILH HAS BEEN ABLE TO RETAIN PATIENTS WHO MIGHT OTHERWISE HAVE GONE OUTSIDE OF THE SYSTEM. BY EXPANDING ITS FOCUS TO COMMUNITY HOSPITALS, BILH HAS ENHANCED ITS ABILITY TO PLACE PATIENTS, INCLUDING AT LOCATIONS POTENTIALLY CLOSER TO THE PATIENTS' HOMES. -BILHPN OPERATES A CENTRALIZED REFERRAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM THAT FOCUSES ON PATIENTS SEEKING OUT-OF-NETWORK SPECIALTY CARE AND REDIRECTING THEM TO IN-NETWORK SPECIALTY CARE, WHEN CLINICALLY APPROPRIATE. THROUGHOUT FY 2023, BILHPN REDIRECTED WELL OVER ONE THOUSAND PATIENT VISITS. IN MOST CASES, CARE RETAINED WITHIN BILH RESULTED IN ENHANCED CARE COORDINATION AT A LOWER COST OF CARE.ENABLING PATIENTS TO RECEIVE CARE AT HOME-BILH LAUNCHED ITS HOSPITAL AT HOME PROGRAM IN FY 2023, STARTING WITH LAHEY CLINIC HOSPITAL D/B/A LAHEY HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER. THIS HAS ALLOWED ELIGIBLE PATIENTS TO BE OFFERED CARE IN THE SETTING MOST COMFORTABLE FOR THEM THEIR HOMES WHILE ALSO CUSTOMIZING CARE PLANS AND IMPROVING PATIENTS' MOBILITY EVEN WHILE THEY ARE ACUTELY ILL. -IN FY 2023, BILHPN PUT PROGRAMS IN PLACE TO MANAGE LENGTH OF STAY AT SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES ("SNFS"), REDUCE READMISSIONS, AND DISCHARGE MEDICALLY APPROPRIATE PATIENTS DIRECTLY TO THEIR HOMES WITH HOMECARE SERVICES INSTEAD OF TO A SNF, PROVIDED PATIENTS ARE MEDICALLY STABLE TO RETURN HOME AFTER AN ACUTE CARE STAY AND WILL LIKELY HAVE BETTER OUTCOMES AND LOWER COST OF CARE.BEHAVIORAL HEALTH-IN FY 2023, BILH BEHAVIORAL SERVICES LAUNCHED ITS COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER ("CBHC") IN LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS, CONSOLIDATING OUTPATIENT, MOBILE CRISIS INTERVENTION, AND ADULT COMMUNITY CRISIS STABILIZATION SERVICES. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CBHC IS A PART OF THE COMMONWEALTH'S EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES ROADMAP FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH REFORM. -IN ADDITION, AS PART OF THE ROADMAP FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH REFORM, BILH LAUNCHED AN EMERGENCY SERVICES REDESIGN THAT SHIFTS EMERGENCY EVALUATIONS OUT OF THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT ("ED"). BILH BEHAVIORAL SERVICES ALSO EXPANDED ITS ED INTEGRATION EFFORTS TO A TOTAL OF SIX EDS, INCLUDING ADDISON GILBERT HOSPITAL, ANNA JAQUES HOSPITAL, BEVERLY HOSPITAL, LAHEY MEDICAL CENTER-PEABODY, BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL-MILTON, AND WINCHESTER HOSPITAL.HEALTH EQUITY-BILH AND LAWYERS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS LAUNCHED A MEDICAL-LEGAL PARTNERSHIP TO PROVIDE FREE LEGAL SUPPORT TO LOW-INCOME PATIENTS, BEGINNING AT BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER. THE COLLABORATION WILL EXPAND BILH'S ABILITY TO ADDRESS HEALTH EQUITY AND EXPAND ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE FOR PATIENTS LIVING IN UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES.-BILHPN FOCUSED ON REDUCING HEALTH EQUITY DISPARITIES IN DIABETES AND HYPERTENSION MANAGEMENT BY STRATIFYING HEALTH OUTCOMES BY RACE, ETHNICITY AND LANGUAGE; SHARING PERFORMANCE DATA WITH PRIMARY CARE GROUPS; AND IMPLEMENTING CLINICAL INITIATIVES SUCH AS OFF-HOUR CLINICS, HOME BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR DISTRIBUTION, CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITORING, AND OUTREACH TO PATIENTS WITH HIGHER NEEDS.ONGOING INTIATIVES:-ENHANCED ACCESS FOR MASSHEALTH PATIENTS -TO MITIGATE BARRIERS IN ACCESS TO CARE AND INCREASE THE NUMBER OF MASSHEALTH PATIENTS THAT BILH SERVES, THE SYSTEM COMMITTED TO UNIVERSAL NETWORK-WIDE PROVIDER PARTICIPATION IN MASSHEALTH. ALL BILH HOSPITALS AND PROVIDERS EMPLOYED BY BILH OR ON WHOSE BEHALF BILH JOINTLY CONTRACTS PARTICIPATE IN AND/OR HAVE APPLIED TO PARTICIPATE IN SOME FORM OF MASSHEALTH. IN FY 2022, BILH SIGNED A NEW MASSHEALTH ACO CONTRACT WITH BMC HEALTHNET PLAN / WELLSENSE HEALTH PLAN THAT WENT INTO EFFECT IN APRIL 2023. AS PART OF THIS CONTRACT, BILHPN EXTENDED PARTICIPATION TO ALL ELIGIBLE PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS ("PCPS") WHO WERE NOT OTHERWISE PARTICIPATING IN A MASSHEALTH ACO. PRIOR TO THAT TIME, WHILE ALL ELIGIBLE BILHPN PCPS WERE PARTICIPANTS IN A FORM OF MASSHEALTH, SOME PCPS WERE NOT PREVIOUSLY PARTICIPATING IN A MASSHEALTH ACO. -BILH HAS DEVELOPED, REFINED AND IMPLEMENTED A MULTICULTURAL MARKETING, ADVERTISING, AND OUTREACH PLAN WITH THE PURPOSE OF EXPANDING ACCESS FOR UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS, INCLUDING MASSHEALTH PATIENTS, IN TARGETED BILH SERVICE AREAS. INVESTMENTS IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES-BILH HOSPITALS HAVE CREATED AND MAINTAIN STRONG CONNECTIONS TO A NETWORK OF AFFILIATED HOSPITALS AND HEALTH CENTERS THAT PROVIDE COMMUNITY-BASED CARE TO HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS. IN THE REGIONS THAT THEY SERVE, THE SAFETY NET AFFILIATES ("SNAS") AND COMMUNITY CARE ALLIANCE ("CCA") COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS ("CHCS") ARE THE CORNERSTONE OF BILH'S DELIVERY SYSTEM REGARDING COMMUNITY-BASED CARE FOR MASSHEALTH AND HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED PATIENTS. - CCA CHCS INCLUDE BOWDOIN STREET HEALTH CENTER, CHARLES RIVER COMMUNITY HEALTH, THE DIMOCK CENTER, FENWAY HEALTH, AND SOUTH COVE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER. -SNAS INCLUDE CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE AND SIGNATURE HEALTHCARE BROCKTON HOSPITAL.-BILH CONTINUES TO INVEST IN THE CCA CHCS AND SNAS, ENABLING THEM TO EXPAND THEIR CAPABILITIES AND CARE FOR MORE HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED PATIENTS. IN FY 2022, BILH INVESTED OVER $8 MILLION IN ITS CHCS AND SNAS, IN ADDITION TO ENGAGING IN REGIONAL PLANNING AND COLLABORATIVE PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT. THESE INVESTMENTS REPRESENT ONLY A PORTION OF A MUCH LARGER COMMUNITY BENEFITS INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO THAT IS DESCRIBED IN GREATER DETAIL IN THIS AND OTHER BILH NETWORK TAX FILINGS.
FORM 990 SCHEDULE H PART VI, SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION- BILH CONTINUES TO INVEST IN THE CCA CHCS AND SNAS, ENABLING THEM TO EXPAND THEIR CAPABILITIES AND CARE FOR MORE HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED PATIENTS. IN FY 2022, BILH INVESTED OVER $8 MILLION IN ITS CHCS AND SNAS, IN ADDITION TO ENGAGING IN REGIONAL PLANNING AND COLLABORATIVE PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT. THESE INVESTMENTS REPRESENT ONLY A PORTION OF A MUCH LARGER COMMUNITY BENEFITS INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO THAT IS DESCRIBED IN GREATER DETAIL IN THIS AND OTHER BILH NETWORK TAX FILINGS. - BILH CONTINUES TO EXPLORE ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES WITH CHCS IN ESSEX AND MIDDLESEX COUNTIES. FOR EXAMPLE, BILH HAS ESTABLISHED A TELEHEALTH PILOT PROGRAM BETWEEN PHYSICIANS AT ADDISON GILBERT AND BEVERLY HOSPITALS AND PATIENTS AT NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER. BILH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICESTHE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH NETWORK (BILH) IS COMMITTED TO THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEEDS OF THE PATIENTS AND COMMUNITIES SERVICED. BELOW ARE SOME OF ACTIVITIES THAT BILH BEHAVIORAL SERVICES (BILHBS) HAS PROVIDED TO THE PATIENTS AND COMMUNITIES SERVED BY BILH AND ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES. ADDICTION SERVICES NORTHEAST BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CORPORATION D/B/A BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH BEHAVIORAL SERVICES (NBHC OR BILH BS) IS THE LARGEST NETWORK OF MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS, PROVIDING HIGH-QUALITY MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION TREATMENT. THIS INCLUDES A FULL CONTINUUM OF CARE FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS RANGING FROM INPATIENT TO COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES. TREATMENT OFFERINGS INCLUDE MOBILE CRISIS TEAMS FOR BEHAVIORAL AND SUBSTANCE-RELATED EMERGENCIES; INPATIENT PSYCHIATRIC AND DETOXIFICATION TREATMENT; RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS; OUTPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION CLINICS; AND MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENT PROGRAMS FOR PERSONS WITH OPIOID USE DISORDERS. NORTHEAST BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CORPORATION (NBHC) HAS OVER 250 BEDS IN 9 FACILITIES FOR PATIENTS REQUIRING ACUTE PSYCHIATRIC, DETOXIFICATION AND POST-ACUTE DIVERSIONARY SERVICES. OTHER OFFERINGS INCLUDE MANY COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES SUCH AS MOBILE EMERGENCY SERVICES TEAMS, SCHOOL AND HOME-BASED COUNSELING FOR YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES. BILHBS SERVES APPROXIMATELY 17,000 INDIVIDUALS ANNUALLY, PROVIDING OVER 380,000 UNITS OF SERVICE, IN A VAST ARRAY OF SETTINGS BASED ON THEIR NEEDS. BECAUSE OF THE COVID-19 EMERGENCY, NBHC WAS FORCED TO RECONFIGURE ITS DELIVERY MODEL FOR MANY SERVICES. WITH MULTIPLE "BRICK AND MORTAR" SITES TEMPORARILY CLOSED DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC, NBHC OUTFITTED CLINICIANS WITH THE TOOLS NEEDED TO OFFER TELEHEALTH SERVICES. BY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, OF THE TOTAL UNITS OF SERVICE LISTED ABOVE, ALMOST 61,000 WERE DELIVERED VIA TELEHEALTH. IN ADDITION, AS OUTLINED BELOW, NBHC SUPPORTED BILH'S SYSTEM-WIDE RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC BY QUICKLY STANDING UP A SHORT-TERM STAY COMMUNITY CRISIS STABILIZATION UNIT ON THE CAMPUS OF AN AFFILIATED ENTITY. BILH BS CONTINUES TO LEVERAGE TELEHEALTH SERVICES TO CONNECT TO COMMUNITIES SERVED ACROSS BILH. NBHC PROVIDED ADDICTION TREATMENT SERVICES WITH MORE THAN 200 INPATIENT AND RESIDENTIAL BEDS, OPERATING 24/7 FOR ADDICTION TREATMENT. ADDICTION TREATMENT INCLUDES BOTH OUTPATIENT AND INPATIENT TREATMENT AND PREVENTION. SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELING AND GROUP THERAPY IS OFFERED FOR BOTH ADULTS AND TEENS, AS ARE A RANGE OF COURT-ORDERED PROGRAMS INCLUDING OPERATING UNDER THE INFLUENCE (OUI) EDUCATION AND EVALUATIONS. MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENT FOR MEN AND WOMEN ADDICTED TO HEROIN OR PRESCRIPTION OPIOIDS IS PROVIDED AT LOCATIONS IN GLOUCESTER AND DANVERS. ACUTE TREATMENT PROGRAMS PROVIDING INPATIENT DETOXIFICATION SERVICES FROM DRUGS AND/OR ALCOHOL IN MEDICAL SETTINGS ARE AVAILABLE AT TREATMENT CENTERS IN DANVERS AND TEWKSBURY. IN FY23 THESE CENTERS SERVED APPROXIMATELY 2,600 PATIENTS. NBHC ALSO PROVIDED POST-DETOXIFICATION RESIDENTIAL SETTINGS AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS SERVING BOTH MEN AND WOMEN, INCLUDING HART HOUSE IN TEWKSBURY WHICH EXCLUSIVELY SERVES MOTHERS WITH CHILDREN. IN FY23, NBHC'S OUTPATIENT ADDICTION PROGRAMS PROVIDED 196,350 UNITS OF SERVICE, INCLUDING 5,600 VIA TELEHEALTH, WHILE INPATIENT AND RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS RECORDED 60,327 BED DAYS. AMBULATORY SERVICES BILH BS' AMBULATORY DIVISION SERVES NEARLY 4,300 PATIENTS EVERY YEAR, DELIVERING MORE THAN 108,000 UNITS OF SERVICES IN VARIOUS SETTINGS. MORE THAN 43,000 WERE DELIVERED BY TELEHEALTH AMBULATORY PROGRAMS AND SERVICES OFFERED UNDER THE CHILDREN'S BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INITIATIVE (CBHI) INCLUDING A BROAD RANGE OF COUNSELING AND THERAPY AS WELL AS MORE INTENSIVE TREATMENT MODALITIES. OUTPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH CLINICS IN SALEM, LAWRENCE, GLOUCESTER AND BEVERLY, AND AN OUTREACH CLINIC IN HAVERHILL, ASSIST INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES THROUGH PERIODS OF STRESS AND ADJUSTMENT, PROVIDING THERAPY FOR DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, TRAUMA, BIPOLAR DISEASE, AND CHRONIC MENTAL ILLNESS. OUTREACH COUNSELORS OFFER SHORT AND LONG-TERM THERAPY IN HOMES, SCHOOLS, AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMUNITY SETTINGS. ALL THERAPY PROGRAMS ARE SUPPORTED BY MEDICATION CLINICS IF THAT IS DETERMINED TO BE AN APPROPRIATE ADJUNCT TO TREATMENT. IN FY23, NBHC DELIVERED 99,419 UNITS OF AMBULATORY SERVICES, SUPPORTED BY 8,432 PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY VISITS. EMERGENCY SERVICES THE EMERGENCY SERVICES DIVISION OFFERS EMERGENCY PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES AND INCLUDES THE EMERGENCY SERVICES PROGRAM (ESP) AND COMMUNITY CRISIS STABILIZATION (CCS) INPATIENT PROGRAM. ESP PROVIDES EMERGENCY PSYCHIATRIC ASSESSMENTS AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES 24/7 IN A VARIETY OF SETTINGS, INCLUDING HOMES, SCHOOLS, OUTPATIENT CLINICS AND HOSPITALS. ESP SERVICES ARE PROVIDED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND WITHIN 10 HOSPITALS EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS (ED) THROUGHOUT THE NORTH SHORE, CAPE ANN AND MERRIMACK VALLEY, INCLUDING 6 NON-BILH EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS. BILH BS' EMERGENCY PSYCHIATRIC AND MOBILE RESPONSE TEAMS IN LAWRENCE, SALEM AND LOWELL ARE AVAILABLE AROUND THE CLOCK, PROVIDING PSYCHIATRIC ASSESSMENTS AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES IN VARIOUS SETTINGS. NBHC PROVIDES THESE SERVICES IN CONJUNCTION WITH A LARGE NUMBER OF AREA HOSPITALS, INCLUDING FACILITIES OUTSIDE OF THE BILH UMBRELLA. MOBILE CRISIS CLINICIANS ALSO RESPOND TO SCHOOLS, HOMES AND OUTPATIENT CLINICS, AND NBHC ALSO PROVIDES WALK-IN SERVICES AT THE THREE TEAM LOCATIONS. IN ADDITION TO EMERGENCY EVALUATION, TEAM MEMBERS PROVIDE ONGOING CRISIS COUNSELING UNTIL THE PATIENT IS STABLE AND RELATIONSHIPS ARE ESTABLISHED WITH LONGER-TERM CARE PROVIDERS. THE LAWRENCE AND SALEM LOCATIONS ALSO HOUSE 8-BED COMMUNITY CRISIS STABILIZATION UNITS, WHICH OFFER SHORT-TERM (3-5 DAY) CRISIS BEDS IN LIEU OF HOSPITALIZATION FOR MASSHEALTH, MEDICARE, AND UNINSURED CLIENTS. IN JANUARY 2023, THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS IMPLEMENTED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH REDESIGN, WHICH SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES TEAMS. BILH BS WAS AWARDED ONE COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER (CBHC), LOCATED IN LAWRENCE. THE SERVICE AREAS FOR SALEM AND LOWELL WERE TRANSITIONED TO A DIFFERENT VENDOR. HOWEVER, THIS ALLOWED OUR SALEM AND LOWELL TEAMS TO PIVOT INWARD TO SERVICE THE BILH SYSTEM NEEDS. DURING THE FISCAL PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING, EMERGENCY SERVICE PROGRAMS HAD 13,502 ENCOUNTERS, 1,895 OF WHICH WERE DONE REMOTELY, AND THE CCS PROGRAMS RECORDED 2,546 BED DAYS. NBHC IS ALSO ON THE FOREFRONT OF EXPANDING TREATMENT FOR OPIOID USE DISORDER (OUD). SEVERAL BILH ORGANIZATIONS HAVE TAKEN STEPS TO ENHANCE CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH OPIOID USE DISORDER (OUD) WHO PRESENT IN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS, PARTICULARLY AS THESE PATIENTS TRANSITION FROM THE HOSPITAL TO A LONG-TERM TREATMENT PROGRAM. THE NBHC BRIDGE CLINIC IN GLOUCESTER ACCEPTS PATIENTS REFERRED FROM THE NORTHEAST HOSPITAL CORP (NHC) EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS AT BOTH BEVERLY HOSPITAL AND ADDISON GILBERT HOSPITAL AND OFFERS CONTINUATION OF MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT AND SUPPORT FROM RECOVERY COACHES. BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL PLYMOUTH (BID-PLYMOUTH) TREATS PATIENTS WITH OUD THROUGH MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENT IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, AND THE HOSPITAL WORKS CLOSELY WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO PROVIDE ONGOING SUPPORT TO PATIENTS. THESE PROGRAMS ARE SIMILAR TO SERVICES AT MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL WHICH ALSO OFFERS MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENT IN ITS EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. PATIENTS CAN THEN BE REFERRED TO THE BRIDGE CLINIC AT MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL OR BID-PLYMOUTH FOR CONTINUED OR ADDITIONAL TREATMENT. NORTHEAST HOSPITAL CORPORATION, BID-PLYMOUTH AND MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITALS ARE ALL PART OF THE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH NETWORK AND SISTER ENTITIES TO NBHC.

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TABB MD KEVIN
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (EX-OFFICIO)$0$2,103,982$0$0$0$403,253$0$257,320$0$42,597$0$2,807,152$0$0
ROWAN MICHAEL
TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO) (CEO DESIGNEE)$0$1,190,783$0$0$0$108,052$0$9,371$0$27,668$0$1,335,874$0$0
KERNDL JOHN
TREAS (EX-OFF) (EVP & CFO, BILH)$0$1,068,846$0$100,000$0$132,617$0$4,985$0$29,424$0$1,335,872$0$0
RIOS CINDY
TREAS (EX-OFF) (INTERIM CFO, BILH)$0$574,544$0$174,475$0$53,027$0$188,510$0$32,426$0$1,022,982$0$0
KATZ ESQ JAMIE
CLERK (EX-OFFICIO)$0$794,826$0$0$0$103,367$0$7,320$0$8,544$0$914,057$0$0
TIERNEY MD MATT
CHIEF OF SURGERY$0$509,638$0$50,000$0$24,446$0$30,500$0$41,037$0$655,621$0$0
BURNS ERIN
TRUSTEE$0$526,559$0$25,000$0$8,621$0$30,500$0$44,969$0$635,649$0$0
VALSKY MD EUGENE
TTEE (EX-OFF) (PRES, MEDICAL STAFF)$0$432,267$0$68,870$0$25,267$0$30,500$0$38,773$0$595,677$0$0
THOMAS MD TENNY
CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER$0$435,537$0$0$0$5,134$0$96,500$0$43,432$0$580,603$0$0
COUGHLIN KEVIN
TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO), PRESIDENT$0$501,414$0$0$0$28,002$0$7,320$0$35,385$0$572,121$0$0
KELLY MD DAVID
TRUSTEE$0$301,252$0$61,666$0$2,847$0$28,050$0$21,752$0$415,567$0$0
CHAPIN RN MS MARY
VP, AMBULATORY SVS & PROCESS IMPROVE$268,194$0$0$0$66,183$0$12,140$0$32,520$0$379,037$0$0$0
DOHERTY RN DONNA
CNO & SVP, PATIENT CARE SERVICES$299,311$0$0$0$23,002$0$12,776$0$21,344$0$356,433$0$0$0
GORSUCH W BRIAN
CHIEF PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT$308,502$0$0$0$2,786$0$12,256$0$32,022$0$355,566$0$0$0
ABOU RJEILY MD CHARBEL
CHIEF OF MEDICINE$0$256,987$0$4,244$0$18,283$0$25,961$0$37,289$0$342,764$0$0
HEBERT RICHARD
NURSE PRACTITIONER$271,920$0$100$0$23,203$0$4,936$0$21,073$0$321,232$0$0$0
SODERSTROM JADE
REGISTERED NURSE$273,364$0$0$0$3,578$0$9,018$0$28,962$0$314,922$0$0$0
TAYLOR LISA
TRUSTEE$0$270,573$0$2,250$0$7,026$0$26,787$0$5,683$0$312,319$0$0
ARMSTRONG ESQ EMILY
ASST CLERK(EX-OFF), AVP,ASST DEP GC$24$244,147$0$0$0$24,047$0$7,915$0$29,090$24$305,199$0$0
BROWNING MD THOMAS
FORMER CHIEF OF MEDICINE$0$235,284$0$0$0$9,737$0$24,650$0$29,402$0$299,073$0$0
GERENIA DARLENE
REGISTERED NURSE$276,173$0$100$0$8,586$0$7,395$0$92$0$292,346$0$0$0
BAKER WENDY
VP, HUMAN RESOURCES BUSINESS PARTNER$0$172,016$0$37,921$0$13,438$0$40,840$0$13,662$0$277,877$0$0
NDUNGU VIRGINIA
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT, ICU$236,856$0$0$0$5,695$0$9,340$0$18,698$0$270,589$0$0$0
RUTHERFORD RON
VP, CIO, VP SUPPORT SERVICES$223,184$0$0$0$24,693$0$11,077$0$7,138$0$266,092$0$0$0
DWYER MARY
INTM ASST TREAS EXOFF/CFO;CONTROLLER$204,815$0$0$0$10,783$0$10,525$0$20,659$0$246,782$0$0$0
JENKINS JIM
ASST TREAS (EX-OFF), CFO$0$172,884$0$30,766$0$29,934$0$0$0$1,242$0$234,826$0$0
BARNES ESQ JARED
FRMR ASST CLERK (EX-OFF) (ASSOC GC)$0$118,706$0$0$0$17,143$0$2,826$0$14,111$0$152,786$0$0

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PART I, LINE 4BAS REQUIRED BY THIS FORM 990, SCHEDULE J, COMPENSATION INFORMATION, AND AS NOTED ABOVE, THE COMPENSATION DETAIL INCLUDED IN BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL PLYMOUTH'S (BIDP OR BID-PLYMOUTH) FORM 990 FILING FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2023 IS CALENDAR YEAR 2022 DETAIL. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS INCLUDED WITH THE EXPLANATORY NOTES TO SCHEDULE J BELOW. DURING THE 2022 CALENDAR YEAR, BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER (BIDMC) WAS A PARTICIPATING EMPLOYER IN THE BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PROGRAM WHICH IS A NON-QUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN AND PURSUANT TO THE PLAN ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES RECEIVE CERTAIN RETIREMENT BENEFITS. AMOUNTS RECEIVED BY PARTICIPANTS AND RELATED TO THIS PLAN ARE INCLUDED IN FORM 990 SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN B(III), OTHER REPORTABLE COMPENSATION AND/OR FORM 990, SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN C, DEFERRED COMPENSATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS TO THIS FORM 990. IN ADDITION, DURING THE 2022 CALENDAR YEAR, SEVERAL ENTITIES WITHIN THE LAHEY HEALTH SYSTEM WERE PARTICIPATING EMPLOYERS IN THE LAHEY CLINIC 457(F) NON-QUALIFIED DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN AND THE LAHEY CLINIC 457(B) RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN. PURSUANT TO THESE PLANS, ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES RECEIVED CERTAIN RETIREMENT BENEFITS AND/OR COULD DEFER PART OF THEIR COMPENSATION. UNDER THE DEFINITIONS TO THIS FORM 990, THESE PLANS ARE CONSIDERED SUPPLEMENTAL NON-QUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLANS. AMOUNTS DEFERRED BY PARTICIPANTS OR CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED BY PARTICIPANTS AND RELATED TO THESE PLANS ARE INCLUDED IN FORM 990 SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN B(III), OTHER REPORTABLE COMPENSATION AND/OR FORM 990, SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN C, DEFERRED COMPENSATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS TO THIS FORM 990. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS INCLUDED WITH THE EXPLANATORY NOTES TO SCHEDULE J BELOW.
SCHEDULE J ADDITIONAL EXPLANATORY FOOTNOTESALL DIRECTORS/TRUSTEES SERVE WITHOUT COMPENSATION OR BENEFITS. COMPENSATION PAID TO OFFICERS, DIRECTORS/TRUSTEES OR KEY EMPLOYEES WAS EARNED FOR WORK PERFORMED IN A CAPACITY OTHER THAN THAT OF DIRECTOR/TRUSTEE, AS DENOTED BY THE LISTED TITLES IN THE NOTES BELOW AND WAS PAID FOR POSITIONS HELD DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2023. AS REQUIRED BY FORM 990, COMPENSATION REPORTED FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR IS CALENDAR YEAR 2022 COMPENSATION. COMPENSATION REPORTED FOR INDIVIDUALS MAY REFLECT AN ALLOCATION OF COMPENSATION PAID BY ENTITIES RELATED TO THE FILING ORGANIZATION AND WITHIN THE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH NETWORK OR OTHER ENTITIES, AS REQUIRED. REPORTABLE COMPENSATION LISTED IN FORM 990 PART VII INCLUDES BASE COMPENSATION, INCENTIVE COMPENSATION AND OTHER REPORTABLE COMPENSATION AS REPORTED IN FORM 990 SCHEDULE J. OTHER COMPENSATION LISTED IN FORM 990 PART VII INCLUDES DEFERRED COMPENSATION AND NON-TAXABLE BENEFITS AS REPORTED IN FORM 990 SCHEDULE J. BASE COMPENSATION: AMOUNTS NOT OTHERWISE SEPARATELY NOTED IN THIS RETURN BUT QUANTIFIED IN BASE COMPENSATION INCLUDE AMOUNTS FROM ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS: REGULAR WAGES, EMPLOYEE DEFERRALS TO A 401(K) AND/OR 403(B) PLAN. OTHER REPORTABLE COMPENSATION: AMOUNTS QUANTIFIED IN OTHER REPORTABLE COMPENSATION WHICH MAY NOT BE SEPARATELY NOTED IN THIS FILING INCLUDE AMOUNTS FROM ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS: TAXABLE EMPLOYER-SUBSIDIZED PARKING; TAXABLE MOVING EXPENSES; TAXABLE LIFE, DISABILITY, OR LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE; AMOUNTS DEFERRED BY THE EMPLOYEE (PLUS EARNINGS) UNDER FULLY VESTED 457(B) PLAN; DISTRIBUTIONS FROM A 457(B) PLAN; AMOUNTS INCLUDIBLE IN INCOME UNDER A 457(F) PLAN; INCREASE/DECREASE IN VALUE OF NONQUALIFIED RETIREMENT BENEFITS; OTHER TAXABLE RETIREMENT BENEFITS. DEFERRED COMPENSATION: AMOUNTS NOT OTHERWISE SEPARATELY NOTED BUT QUANTIFIED IN DEFERRED COMPENSATION INCLUDE AMOUNTS FROM ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS: EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS TO 401K RETIREMENT PLAN, EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS TO 403B RETIREMENT PLAN, EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION TO PENSION PLAN AND/OR THE CHANGE IN ACTUARIAL VALUE OF THE PENSION PLAN BENEFIT, UNFUNDED AND UNVESTED AMOUNTS DEFERRED UNDER 457(F) PLAN. NON-TAXABLE BENEFITS: AMOUNTS NOT OTHERWISE SEPARATELY NOTED BUT QUANTIFIED IN NON-TAXABLE BENEFITS INCLUDE AMOUNTS FROM ONE OR MORE OF THE NON-TAXABLE BENEFITS: EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS TO HEALTH INSURANCE, EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS TO HEALTH INSURANCE, EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS TO FLEXIBLE SPENDING ACCOUNTS FOR DEPENDENT CARE AND/OR MEDICAL REIMBURSEMENT, ADOPTION ASSISTANCE, TUITION ASSISTANCE PURSUANT TO AN EMPLOYER PLAN, GROUP TERM LIFE INSURANCE, DISABILITY INSURANCE. COMPLETE TITLES AND ADDITIONAL EXPLANATORY INFORMATION FOR OFFICERS, DIRECTOR/TRUSTEES, KEY EMPLOYEES AND THE ENTITIES FIVE HIGHEST PAID EMPLOYEES OTHER THAN ODTKH ARE LISTED BELOW ALPHABETICALLY: ABOU RJEILY, M.D., CHARBEL -CHIEF OF MEDICINE BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL PLYMOUTH, INC. OTHER REPORTABLE AND DEFERRED COMPENSATION FOR MR. ABOU INCLUDES COMBINED CONTRIBUTIONS TO, AND CHANGE IN VALUE OF, NONQUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLANS IN THE AMOUNT OF $14,183. INCLUDED IN THIS AMOUNT IS AN UNREALIZED LOSS IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,817 IMPACTING THE NONQUALIFIED UNVESTED BALANCE. ARMSTRONG, ESQ., EMILY -ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT AND ASSISTANT DEPUTY GENERAL COUNSEL BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH -ASSISTANT CLERK (EX-OFFICIO) - BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, INC. -ASSISTANT CLERK (EX-OFFICIO) - BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL PLYMOUTH, INC. -ASSISTANT CLERK (EX-OFFICIO) - JOSLIN CLINIC, INC. -ASSISTANT CLERK (EX-OFFICIO) - JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER, INC. -ASSISTANT CLERK (EX-OFFICIO) (HOSPITAL ATTORNEY) - THE JORDAN HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. -ASSISTANT CLERK (EX-OFFICIO) (HOSPITAL ATTORNEY) - JORDAN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, INC. , INC. -CLERK (EX-OFFICIO) - MEDICAL CARE OF BOSTON MANAGEMENT CORPORATION D/B/A BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH PRIMARY CARE A/K/A AFFILIATED PHYSICIANS GROUP -TERM ENDED MARCH 30, 2023 -CLERK (EX-OFFICIO) - BAIM INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH, INC. -CLERK (EX-OFFICIO) - BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH PRIMARY CARE, INC. -TERM ENDED MARCH 30, 2023 UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED, MS. ARMSTRONG SERVED IN THE POSITIONS ABOVE FOR THE FULL FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2023. AS REQUIRED IN THIS FORM 990, COMPENSATION REPORTED HERE IS CALENDAR YEAR 2022 COMPENSATION. BASE COMPENSATION, INCENTIVE COMPENSATION, OTHER REPORTABLE COMPENSATION, DEFERRED COMPENSATION AND NON-TAXABLE BENEFITS ARE REPORTED AS REQUIRED IN FORM 990, SCHEDULE J. OTHER REPORTABLE COMPENSATION INCLUDES A PAYMENT FOR PTO CASHED OUT IN THE AMOUNT OF $23,808. BAKER, WENDY -VICE PRESIDENT, HUMAN RESOURCES BUSINESS PARTNER - BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL PLYMOUTH, INC. MS. BAKER SERVED IN THIS POSITION DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2023. AS REQUIRED IN THIS FORM 990, COMPENSATION REPORTED HERE IS CALENDAR YEAR 2022 COMPENSATION. BASE COMPENSATION, INCENTIVE COMPENSATION, OTHER REPORTABLE COMPENSATION, DEFERRED COMPENSATION AND NON-TAXABLE BENEFITS ARE REPORTED AS REQUIRED IN FORM 990, SCHEDULE J. OTHER REPORTABLE AND DEFERRED COMPENSATION FOR MS. BAKER INCLUDES COMBINED CONTRIBUTIONS TO, AND CHANGE IN VALUE OF, NONQUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLANS IN THE AMOUNT OF $13,049. INCLUDED IN THE AMOUNT IS AN UNREALIZED LOSS OF $398 IMPACTING HER UNVESTED NONQUALIFIED BENEFIT. DEFERRED COMPENSATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $34,200 IS INCLUDED IN THIS FILING FOR MS. BAKER. THAT AMOUNT RELATES TO A MILESTONE PAYMENT WHICH, AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2022, WAS NOT FUNDED, WAS NOT VESTED AND FOR WHICH THERE WAS NO GUARANTEE OF PAYMENT. THIS AMOUNT IS INCLUDED HERE AS DEFERRED COMPENSATION AS REQUIRED BASED ON THE INSTRUCTIONS TO THE FORM 990. BARNES, ESQ., JARED -ASSOCIATE GENERAL COUNSEL- BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH -ASSISTANT CLERK (EX-OFFICIO), ASSOCIATE GENERAL COUNSEL- BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL-PLYMOUTH, INC. -FORMER ASSISTANT CLERK- JORDAN HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. -FORMER ASSISTANT CLERK - JORDAN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES BLAIR, RAYMOND -TRUSTEE - JORDAN HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. -TRUSTEE - BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL PLYMOUTH, INC -TRUSTEE - JORDAN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, INC. BROWNING, M.D., THOMAS -FORMER CHIEF OF MEDICINE - BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL PLYMOUTH, INC., INC. BURNS, ERIN -TRUSTEE - JORDAN HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. -TRUSTEE - BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL PLYMOUTH, INC., INC. -TRUSTEE - JORDAN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, INC. CARR, ALLISON GILLMORE -TRUSTEE - JORDAN HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. -TRUSTEE - BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL PLYMOUTH, INC., INC. -TRUSTEE - JORDAN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, INC. CHAPIN, RN, MS, MARY -VICE PRESIDENT OF AMBULATORY SERVICES & PROCESS IMPROVEMENT - BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL PLYMOUTH, INC. OTHER REPORTABLE AND DEFERRED COMPENSATION FOR MS. CHAPIN INCLUDES COMBINED CONTRIBUTIONS TO, AND CHANGE IN VALUE OF, NONQUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLANS IN THE AMOUNT OF $63,358. THIS AMOUNT IS A DISTRIBUTION FROM A NONQUALIFIED PLAN IN THE AMOUNT OF $63,358. COUGHLIN, KEVIN -PRESIDENT AND TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO) - BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL PLYMOUTH, INC., INC. -PRESIDENT AND TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO) - THE JORDAN HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. -PRESIDENT AND TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO) - JORDAN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, INC. MR. COUGHLIN SERVED IN THE POSITIONS ABOVE DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2023. AS REQUIRED IN THIS FORM 990, COMPENSATION REPORTED HERE IS CALENDAR YEAR 2022 COMPENSATION. BASE COMPENSATION, INCENTIVE COMPENSATION, OTHER REPORTABLE COMPENSATION, DEFERRED COMPENSATION AND NON-TAXABLE BENEFITS ARE REPORTED AS REQUIRED IN FORM 990, SCHEDULE J. OTHER REPORTABLE AND DEFERRED COMPENSATION FOR MR. COUGHLIN INCLUDES COMBINED CONTRIBUTIONS TO, AND CHANGE IN VALUE OF, NONQUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLANS IN THE AMOUNT OF $22,976.. THIS AMOUNT INCLUDES A NET UNREALIZED LOSS IN THE AMOUNT OF $30,577 IMPACTING THE NONQUALIFIED BENEFIT AND A PAYOUT FROM A NONQUALIFIED PLAN IN THE AMOUNT OF $34,053. DOHERTY, R.N., DONNA -CHIEF NURSING OFFICER AND SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, PATIENT CARE SERVICES - BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL PLYMOUTH, INC. OTHER REPORTABLE AND DEFERRED COMPENSATION FOR MS. DOHERTY INCLUDES COMBINED CONTRIBUTIONS TO, AND CHANGE IN VALUE OF, NONQUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLANS IN THE AMOUNT OF $18,217. DWYER, MARY -INTERIM ASSISTANT TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO)/ CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, CONTROLLER - BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL PLYMOUTH, INC. FOSDICK, KENNETH -TRUSTEE AND BOARD CHAIR - JORDAN HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC -TRUSTEE AND BOARD CHAIR - BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - PLYMOUTH -TRUSTEE AND BOARD CHAIR - JORDAN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, INC. MR. FOSDICK'S TERM AS CHAIR ON THE BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL PLYMOUTH'S BOARD BEGAN ON OCTOBER 1, 2021. GERENIA, DARLENE -REGISTERED NURSE- BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL PLYMOUTH
SCHEDULE J ADDITIONAL EXPLANATORY FOOTNOTESGORSUCH, W BRIAN -CHIEF PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL PLYMOUTH HEBERT, RICHARD -NURSE PRACTITIONER - BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL PLYMOUTH HEWITT, CHARLES -TRUSTEE AND BOARD CHAIR - JORDAN HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC -TRUSTEE AND BOARD CHAIR - BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - PLYMOUTH -TRUSTEE AND BOARD CHAIR - JORDAN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, INC. HORWITZ-WILLIS, NATE -TRUSTEE - JORDAN HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC -TRUSTEE - BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - PLYMOUTH -TRUSTEE - JORDAN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, INC. -TRUSTEE - BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH PHARMACY, INC JENKINS, JIM -ASSISTANT TREASURER, EX OFFICIO (HOSPITAL CFO)- JORDAN HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. -ASSISTANT TREASURER, EX OFFICIO (HOSPITAL CFO)- JORDAN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, INC. -ASSISTANT TREASURER, EX OFFICIO (HOSPITAL CFO)- BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL- PLYMOUTH, INC. JOHNSON, JOHN -TRUSTEE - JORDAN HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC -TRUSTEE - BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - PLYMOUTH -TRUSTEE - JORDAN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, INC. KAPELL, JEFF -TRUSTEE AND VICE CHAIR - JORDAN HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC -TRUSTEE AND VICE CHAIR - BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - PLYMOUTH -TRUSTEE AND VICE CHAIR - JORDAN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, INC. KATZ, ESQ., JAMIE UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED BELOW, MR. KATZ HELD THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS FOR THE FULL FISCAL PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2023: -GENERAL COUNSEL AND CLERK (EX-OFFICIO), - BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH, INC. -CLERK (EX-OFFICIO) - BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, INC. -CLERK (EX-OFFICIO) - BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL NEEDHAM, INC. -CLERK (EX-OFFICIO) - MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL -CLERK (EX-OFFICIO) - NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL -CLERK (EX-OFFICIO) - BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL MILTON, INC. -CLERK - COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS ASSOCIATES, INC. -CLERK (EX-OFFICIO) - BID - MILTON PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, INC. -CLERK (EX-OFFICIO) - BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL PLYMOUTH, INC. -CLERK (EX-OFFICIO) - JORDAN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, INC. , INC. -CLERK (EX-OFFICIO) - THE JORDAN HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. -CLERK (EX-OFFICIO) - ANNA JAQUES HOSPITAL -CLERK - SEACOAST AFFILIATED GROUP PRACTICE, INC. -TRUSTEE AND CLERK (EX-OFFICIO) - LAHEY HEALTH SHARED SERVICES, INC. -TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO) AND CLERK (EX-OFFICIO) - ADDISON GILBERT SOCIETY, INC. -TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO) AND CLERK (EX-OFFICIO) - NORTHEAST HEALTH SYSTEM, INC. -TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO)RAND CLERK (EX-OFFICIO) - NORTHEAST SENIOR HEALTH CORPORATION -TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO) AND CLERK (EX-OFFICIO) - NORTHEAST BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CORPORATION -TRUSTEE AND CLERK (EX-OFFICIO) - SEACOAST NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER, INC. -DIRECTOR AND CLERK (EX-OFFICIO) - WINCHESTER HOSPITAL FOUNDATION, INC. -CLERK (EX-OFFICIO) - WINCHESTER HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT, INC. -CLERK (EX-OFFICIO) - LAHEY CLINIC FOUNDATION, INC. -CLERK (EX-OFFICIO) - LAHEY CLINIC, INC. -CLERK (EX-OFFICIO) - LAHEY CLINIC HOSPITAL, INC.D/B/A LAHEY HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER -CLERK (EX-OFFICIO) - NORTHEAST HOSPITAL CORPORATION -TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO) AND CLERK (EX-OFFICIO) - NORTHEAST MEDICAL PRACTICE INC. -TRUSTEE AND CLERK - CAB HEALTH AND RECOVERY SERVICES, INC. -TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO) AND CLERK (EX-OFFICIO) - HEALTH AND EDUCATION HOUSING SERVICES, INC. -CLERK (EX-OFFICIO) - WINCHESTER HOSPITAL -CLERK (EX-OFFICIO) - JOSLIN CLINIC, INC. -CLERK (EX-OFFICIO) - JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER, INC. -CLERK (EX-OFFICIO) - MOUNT AUBURN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, INC. -CLERK - MEDICAL CARE OF BOSTON MANAGEMENT CORPORATION D/B/A BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH PRIMARY CARE A/K/A AFFILIATED PHYSICIANS GROUP - TERM BEGAN ON MARCH 31, 2023 -CLERK (EX-OFFICIO) - BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH PHARMACY, INC. -CLERK (EX-OFFICIO) - BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH PRIMARY CARE, INC. - TERM BEGAN ON MARCH 31, 2023 EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2023, BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH BECAME THE SOLE MEMBER OF EXETER HEALTH RESOURCES INC. WHICH IN TURN SERVES AS THE SOLE MEMBER OF EXETER HOSPITAL AND ADDITIONAL AFFILIATES. AS OF THAT DATE MR. KATZ ASSUMED THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL POSITIONS: -CLERK (EX-OFFICIO) - EXETER HEALTH RESOURCES, INC. -CLERK (EX-OFFICIO) - EXETER HOSPITAL, INC. -CLERK (EX-OFFICIO) - CORE PHYSICIANS, LLC -SECRETARY (EX-OFFICIO) - ROCKINGHAM VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION AND HOSPICE AS REQUIRED IN THIS FORM 990, COMPENSATION REPORTED HERE IS CALENDAR YEAR 2022 COMPENSATION. BASE COMPENSATION, INCENTIVE COMPENSATION, OTHER REPORTABLE COMPENSATION, DEFERRED COMPENSATION AND NON-TAXABLE BENEFITS ARE REPORTED AS REQUIRED IN FORM 990, SCHEDULE J. OTHER REPORTABLE COMPENSATION FOR MR. KATZ INCLUDES COMBINED CONTRIBUTIONS TO, PAYMENTS FROM AND CHANGE IN VALUE OF, NONQUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLANS IN THE AMOUNT OF $68,094. INCLUDED IN THIS AMOUNT IS A DISTRIBUTION FROM A NONQUALIFIED PLAN IN THE AMOUNT OF $72,875 AND AN UNREALIZED LOSS IN THE AMOUNT OF $24,281. KELLY, M.D., DAVID -TRUSTEE - JORDAN HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. -TRUSTEE - BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL PLYMOUTH -TRUSTEE - JORDAN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, INC. KENNISTON, M.D., JULIA -TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO) (PRESIDENT, MEDICAL STAFF) - JORDAN HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. -TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO) (PRESIDENT, MEDICAL STAFF) - BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL PLYMOUTH -TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO) (PRESIDENT, MEDICAL STAFF) - JORDAN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES
SCHEDULE J ADDITIONAL EXPLANATORY FOOTNOTESKERNDL, JOHN UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED BELOW, MR. KERNDL HELD THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2023: -EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH, INC. -TRUSTEE AND TREASURER - CAB HEALTH AND RECOVERY SERVICES, INC. -TREASURER - COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS ASSOCIATES, INC. -TREASURER - CAREGROUP PARMENTER HOME CARE & HOSPICE, INC. -TRUSTEE, TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - HEALTH AND EDUCATION HOUSING SERVICES, INC. -TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - THE JORDAN HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. -TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - JORDAN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, INC. , INC. -TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - LAHEY CLINIC, INC. -TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - LAHEY CLINIC FOUNDATION, INC. -TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - LAHEY CLINIC HOSPITAL, INC. D/B/A LAHEY HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER -TRUSTEE AND TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - LAHEY HEALTH SHARED SERVICES, INC. -TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL -TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) MOUNT AUBURN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES -ASSISTANT TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - MEDICAL CARE OF BOSTON MANAGEMENT CORPORATION D/B/A BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH PRIMARY CARE A/K/A AFFILIATED PHYSICIANS GROUP -TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - BID - MILTON PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, INC. -TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - NORTHEAST PROFESSIONAL REGISTRY OF NURSES, INC. -TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL -TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO) AND TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - NORTHEAST BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CORPORATION -TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO) AND TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - NORTHEAST HEALTH SYSTEM, INC. -TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - NORTHEAST HOSPITAL CORPORATION -TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO), TREASURER(EX-OFFICIO) - NORTHEAST MEDICAL PRACTICE INC. -TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO), TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - NORTHEAST SENIOR HEALTH CORPORATION -TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - SEACOAST AFFILIATED GROUP PRACTICE, INC. -TRUSTEE AND TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - SEACOAST NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER, INC. -TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - WINCHESTER HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT, INC. -TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - WINCHESTER HOSPITAL -DIRECTOR (EX-OFFICIO) AND TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - WINCHESTER HOSPITAL FOUNDATION, INC. -TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO), TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - ADDISON GILBERT SOCIETY, INC. -TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - ANNA JAQUES HOSPITAL, INC. -TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL MILTON, INC. -TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL NEEDHAM, INC. -TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL PLYMOUTH, INC. -TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, INC. -TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH PHARMACY, INC. -MANAGING DIRECTOR - BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS PHYSICIAN ORGANIZATION, LLC -MANAGING DIRECTOR, TREASURER - BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH PERFORMANCE NETWORK, LLC -TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - LAHEY CLINICAL PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION, LLC -TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - LAHEY CLINICAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK, LLC -ASSISTANT TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH PRIMARY CARE, INC. -TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - JOSLIN CLINIC, INC. -TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER, INC. AS REQUIRED IN THIS FORM 990, COMPENSATION REPORTED HERE IS CALENDAR YEAR 2022 COMPENSATION. BASE COMPENSATION, INCENTIVE COMPENSATION, OTHER REPORTABLE COMPENSATION, DEFERRED COMPENSATION AND NON-TAXABLE BENEFITS ARE REPORTED AS REQUIRED IN FORM 990, SCHEDULE J. OTHER REPORTABLE COMPENSATION FOR MR. KERNDL INCLUDES COMBINED CONTRIBUTIONS TO, PAYMENTS FROM AND CHANGE IN VALUE OF, NONQUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLANS IN THE AMOUNT OF $109,434. OF THIS AMOUNT, $89,934 WAS UNVESTED AT SEPTEMBER 30, 2023. OTHER REPORTABLE COMPENSATION FOR MR. KERNDL ALSO INCLUDES $ 7,961 RELATED TO TEMPORARY HOUSING. KOWALOFF, M.D., HARVEY -TRUSTEE - JORDAN HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. -TRUSTEE - BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL PLYMOUTH, INC. -TRUSTEE - JORDAN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, INC. MARBLE, MEGAN VAYO -TRUSTEE - JORDAN HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. -TRUSTEE - BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL PLYMOUTH, INC. -TRUSTEE - JORDAN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, INC. MARINI, ANNA -TRUSTEE - JORDAN HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. -TRUSTEE - BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL PLYMOUTH, INC. -TRUSTEE - JORDAN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, INC. MCGRATH, JOHN -TRUSTEE - JORDAN HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. -TRUSTEE - BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL PLYMOUTH, INC. -TRUSTEE - JORDAN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, INC. MCKENNA, CATHERINE -TRUSTEE - JORDAN HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. -TRUSTEE - BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL PLYMOUTH, INC. -TRUSTEE - JORDAN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, INC. NDUNGU, VIRGINIA -PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT, ICU - BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL PLYMOUTH, INC. PRIMAVERA, DENNIS -TRUSTEE - JORDAN HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. -TRUSTEE - BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL PLYMOUTH, INC. -TRUSTEE - JORDAN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, INC. MR. PRIMAVERA'S TERM AS VICE CHAIR ON THE JORDAN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES' BOARD BEGAN ON OCTOBER 1, 2021.
SCHEDULE J ADDITIONAL EXPLANATORY FOOTNOTESRIOS, CINDY -TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) AND INTERIM CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH, INC. - TERM BEGAN JANUARY 1, 2023. -SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND OPERATIONS CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH, INC. - TERM ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2022 UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2023, MS. RIOS ALSO ASSUMED THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS: -TREASURER - MEDICAL CARE OF BOSTON MANAGEMENT CORPORATION D/B/A BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH PRIMARY CARE A/K/A AFFILIATED PHYSICIANS GROUP - TERM BEGAN MARCH 31, 2023 -TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - CAREGROUP PARMENTER HOME CARE & HOSPICE, INC. -TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - NORTHEAST PROFESSIONAL REGISTRY OF NURSES, INC. -TRUSTEE & TREASURER - CAB HEALTH AND RECOVERY SERVICES, INC. -TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - ANNA JAQUES HOSPITAL, INC. -TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, INC. -TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL MILTON, INC. -TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - BID - MILTON PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, INC. -TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL NEEDHAM, INC. -TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL PLYMOUTH, INC. -TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH PHARMACY, INC. -TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH PRIMARY CARE, INC. - TERM BEGAN MARCH 31, 2023 -TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS ASSOCIATES, INC. -TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - JOSLIN CLINIC, INC. -TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER, INC. -TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - THE JORDAN HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. -TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - JORDAN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, INC. , INC. -TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - LAHEY CLINIC FOUNDATION, INC. -TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - LAHEY CLINIC HOSPITAL, INC. D/B/A LAHEY HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER -TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - LAHEY CLINIC, INC. -TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL -TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - MOUNT AUBURN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, INC. -TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL -TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - NORTHEAST HOSPITAL CORPORATION -TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - SEACOAST AFFILIATED GROUP PRACTICE, INC. -DIRECTOR & TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - WINCHESTER HOSPITAL FOUNDATION, INC. -TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - WINCHESTER HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT, INC. -TRUSTEE & TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) ADDISON GILBERT SOCIETY, INC. -TRUSTEE & TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - HEALTH AND EDUCATION HOUSING SERVICES, INC. -TRUSTEE & TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - LAHEY HEALTH SHARED SERVICES, INC. -TRUSTEE & TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - NORTHEAST BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CORPORATION -TRUSTEE & TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - NORTHEAST HEALTH SYSTEM, INC. -TRUSTEE & TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - NORTHEAST MEDICAL PRACTICE, INC. -TRUSTEE & TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - NORTHEAST SENIOR HEALTH CORPORATION -TRUSTEE & TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - SEACOAST NURSING & REHABILITATION CENTER, INC. -TRUSTEE & TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - WINCHESTER HOSPITAL EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2023, BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH BECAME THE SOLE MEMBER OF EXETER HEALTH RESOURCES INC. WHICH IN TURN SERVES AS THE SOLE MEMBER OF EXETER HOSPITAL AND ADDITIONAL AFFILIATES. AS OF THAT DATE MS. RIOS ASSUMED THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL POSITIONS: -TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - EXETER HEALTH RESOURCES, INC. -TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - EXETER HOSPITAL, INC. -TREASURER (EX-OFFICIO) - ROCKINGHAM VISITING NURSE ASSOC & HOSPICE MS. RIOS SERVED IN THE POSITIONS ABOVE DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2023. AS REQUIRED IN THIS FORM 990, COMPENSATION REPORTED HERE IS CALENDAR YEAR 2022 COMPENSATION. BASE COMPENSATION, INCENTIVE COMPENSATION, OTHER REPORTABLE COMPENSATION, DEFERRED COMPENSATION AND NON-TAXABLE BENEFITS ARE REPORTED AS REQUIRED IN FORM 990, SCHEDULE J. OTHER REPORTABLE COMPENSATION INCLUDES PAYMENTS FOR TEMPORARY HOUSING AND MOVING EXPENSES IN THE AMOUNT OF $41,927 AND 9,904, RESPECTIVELY. DEFERRED COMPENSATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $187,500 INCLUDED IN THIS FILING FOR MS. RIOS RELATES TO A MILESTONE PAYMENT WHICH, AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2022, WAS NOT FUNDED, WAS NOT VESTED AND FOR WHICH THERE WAS NO GUARANTEE OF PAYMENT. THIS AMOUNT IS INCLUDED HERE AS DEFERRED COMPENSATION AS REQUIRED BASED ON THE INSTRUCTIONS TO THE FORM 990. ROWAN, MICHAEL UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED BELOW, MR. ROWAN HELD THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS FOR THE FULL FISCAL PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2023: -EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, HOSPITAL AND AMBULATORY SERVICES - BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH, INC. -TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO) (CEO DESIGNATE) - BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH PHARMACY, INC. -TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO) (CEO DESIGNATE) - BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL MILTON, INC. -TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO) (CEO DESIGNATE) - BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL PLYMOUTH, INC. -TRUSTEE (CEO DESIGNATE) - BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL NEEDHAM, INC. -TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO) (CEO DESIGNATE) - NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL -TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO) (CEO DESIGNATE) - NORTHEAST HOSPITAL CORPORATION -TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO) (CEO DESIGNATE) - COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS ASSOCIATES, INC. -TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO) (CEO DESIGNATE) - THE JORDAN HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. -TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO) (CEO DESIGNATE) - JORDAN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, INC. , INC. -TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO) (CEO DESIGNATE) - BID - MILTON PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, INC. -TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO) (CEO DESIGNATE) - JOSLIN CLINIC, INC. -TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO) (CEO DESIGNATE) - JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER, INC. -TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO) (CEO DESIGNATE) - ANNA JAQUES HOSPITAL, INC. - TERM BEGAN ON APRIL 1, 2023. -TRUSTEE (CEO DESIGNEE) - SEACOAST AFFILIATED GROUP PRACTICE, INC. - TERM BEGAN ON APRIL 1, 2023. -TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO) (CEO DESIGNATE) - WINCHESTER HOSPITAL - TERM BEGAN ON MARCH 10, 2023. -TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO) (CEO DESIGNATE) - WINCHESTER HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT, INC. -TERM BEGAN ON MARCH 10, 2023. MR. ROWAN SERVED IN THE POSITIONS ABOVE DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2023. AS REQUIRED IN THIS FORM 990, COMPENSATION REPORTED HERE IS CALENDAR YEAR 2022 COMPENSATION. BASE COMPENSATION, INCENTIVE COMPENSATION, OTHER REPORTABLE COMPENSATION, DEFERRED COMPENSATION AND NON-TAXABLE BENEFITS ARE REPORTED AS REQUIRED IN FORM 990, SCHEDULE J. OTHER REPORTABLE AND DEFERRED COMPENSATION FOR MR. ROWAN INCLUDES COMBINED CONTRIBUTIONS TO, AND CHANGE IN VALUE OF, NONQUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLANS IN THE AMOUNT OF $84,688. OF THIS AMOUNT, $65,188 IS UNVESTED AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2023. RUTHERFORD, RON -VICE PRESIDENT, CIO, VICE PRESIDENT SUPPORT SERVICES - BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL PLYMOUTH, INC. -VICE PRESIDENT, CIO, VICE PRESIDENT SUPPORT SERVICES - JORDAN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, INC. OTHER REPORTABLE AND DEFERRED COMPENSATION FOR MR. RUTHERFORD INCLUDES COMBINED CONTRIBUTIONS TO, AND CHANGE IN VALUE OF, NONQUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLANS IN THE AMOUNT OF $20,906. INCLUDED IN THIS AMOUNT IS AN UNREALIZED LOSS IN THE AMOUNT OF $12,794 IMPACTING THE NONQUALIFIED UNVESTED BALANCE. SHIELDS, MARY -TRUSTEE - JORDAN HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. -TRUSTEE - BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL PLYMOUTH, INC. -TRUSTEE - JORDAN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, INC. SODERSTROM, JADE -REGISTERED NURSE - BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL PLYMOUTH, INC.
SCHEDULE J ADDITIONAL EXPLANATORY FOOTNOTESTABB, M.D., KEVIN UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED BELOW, DR. TABB HELD THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS FOR THE FULL FISCAL PERIOD ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2023: -PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER; TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO) - BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH, INC. -CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO) - BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, INC. -TRUSTEE (EX OFFICIO) AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (EX-OFFICIO) - LAHEY CLINIC HOSPITAL, INC. -TRUSTEE (EX OFFICIO) AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (EX-OFFICIO) - LAHEY CLINIC, INC. -TRUSTEE (EX OFFICIO) AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (EX-OFFICIO) - LAHEY CLINIC FOUNDATION, INC. -TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO), BOARD CHAIR (EX-OFFICIO), PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (EX-OFFICIO) - LAHEY HEALTH SHARED SERVICES, INC. -CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (EX-OFFICIO) - BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH PHARMACY, INC. -PRESIDENT (EX-OFFICIO) AND TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO) - ADDISON GILBERT SOCIETY, INC. -TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO), BOARD CHAIR (EX-OFFICIO) AND PRESIDENT (EX-OFFICIO) - NORTHEAST HEALTH SYSTEM, INC. -TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO), BOARD CHAIR (EX-OFFICIO) AND PRESIDENT (EX-OFFICIO) - NORTHEAST SENIOR HEALTH CORPORATION -TRUSTEE, BOARD CHAIR (EX-OFFICIO) AND PRESIDENT (EX-OFFICIO) - SEACOAST NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER, INC. -CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (EX-OFFICIO) - WINCHESTER HOSPITAL -DIRECTOR AND PRESIDENT (EX-OFFICIO) - WINCHESTER HOSPITAL FOUNDATION, INC. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (EX-OFFICIO) - WINCHESTER HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT, INC. -CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (EX-OFFICIO) - NORTHEAST HOSPITAL CORPORATION -CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (EX-OFFICIO) AND TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO) NORTHEAST BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CORPORATION -CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND TRUSTEE - CAB HEALTH AND RECOVERY SERVICES, INC. -CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND TRUSTEE - HEALTH AND EDUCATION HOUSING SERVICES, INC. -CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (EX-OFFICIO) - BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL MILTON, INC. -CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (EX-OFFICIO) - BID - MILTON PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, INC. -CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER - COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS ASSOCIATES, INC. -CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (EX-OFFICIO) - BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL NEEDHAM, INC. -CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (EX-OFFICIO) - BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL PLYMOUTH, INC. -CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (EX-OFFICIO) - MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL -CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (EX-OFFICIO) - NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL -CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER - THE JORDAN HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. -CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER - JORDAN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, INC. , INC. -CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (EX-OFFICIO) - ANNA JAQUES HOSPITAL, INC. -CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (EX-OFFICIO) - SEACOAST AFFILIATED GROUP PRACTICE, INC. -CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (EX-OFFICIO) - JOSLIN CLINIC, INC. -CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (EX-OFFICIO) - JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER, INC. EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2023, BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH BECAME THE SOLE MEMBER OF EXETER HEALTH RESOURCES INC. WHICH IN TURN SERVES AS THE SOLE MEMBER OF EXETER HOSPITAL AND ADDITIONAL AFFILIATES. AS OF THAT DATE DR. TABB ASSUMED THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL POSITIONS: -CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (EX-OFFICIO) - EXETER HEALTH RESOURCES, INC. -CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (EX-OFFICIO) - EXETER HOSPITAL, INC. IN ADDITION TO THE POSITIONS NOTED ABOVE, DR. TABB HELD THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS FOR WHICH HE WAS ENTITLED TO AND DID APPOINT A DESIGNATE WHO THEN BECAME THE VOTING TRUSTEE IN HIS PLACE: -TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO) NORTHEAST HOSPITAL CORPORATION -TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO) BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL MILTON, BID-MILTON PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES AND COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS ASSOCIATES -TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO) BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL NEEDHAM -TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO) BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL PLYMOUTH, THE JORDAN HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC AND JORDAN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, INC. , INC. -TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO) BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH PHARMACY, INC. -TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO) MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL -TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO) NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL -TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO) WINCHESTER HOSPITAL AND WINCHESTER HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT -TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO) ANNA JAQUES HOSPITAL, INC. AND SEACOAST AFFILIATED GROUP PRACTICE -TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO) JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER -TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO) JOSLIN CLINIC -TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO) EXETER HEALTH RESOURCES, INC. -TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO) EXETER HOSPITAL, INC. ALTHOUGH DR. TABB SERVED IN THE POSITIONS ABOVE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2023, AS REQUIRED IN THIS FORM 990, COMPENSATION REPORTED HERE IS CALENDAR YEAR 2022 COMPENSATION. OTHER REPORTABLE AND DEFERRED COMPENSATION FOR DR. TABB INCLUDES COMBINED CONTRIBUTIONS TO, PAYMENTS FROM AND CHANGE IN VALUE OF, NONQUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLANS IN THE AMOUNT OF $388,031. THIS AMOUNT INCLUDES A DISTRIBUTION FROM A NONQUALIFIED PLAN IN THE AMOUNT OF $453,944 AND UNREALIZED LOSSES IMPACTING HIS NONQUALIFIED BENEFIT IN THE AMOUNT OF $85,413. DEFERRED COMPENSATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $250,000 INCLUDED IN THIS FILING FOR DR. TABB RELATES TO A MILESTONE PAYMENT WHICH, AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2022, WAS NOT FUNDED, WAS NOT VESTED AND FOR WHICH THERE WAS NO GUARANTEE OF PAYMENT. THIS AMOUNT IS INCLUDED HERE AS DEFERRED COMPENSATION AS REQUIRED BASED ON THE INSTRUCTIONS TO THE FORM 990. TAYLOR, LISA -TRUSTEE - JORDAN HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. -TRUSTEE - BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL PLYMOUTH, INC. -TRUSTEE - JORDAN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, INC. MS. TAYLOR'S TERM ON THE JORDAN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES' BOARD BEGAN ON OCTOBER 1, 2021. THOMAS, M.D., TENNY -CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER - BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL PLYMOUTH, INC. DR. TENNY SERVED IN THIS POSITION DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2023. AS REQUIRED IN THIS FORM 990, COMPENSATION REPORTED HERE IS CALENDAR YEAR 2022 COMPENSATION. BASE COMPENSATION, INCENTIVE COMPENSATION, OTHER REPORTABLE COMPENSATION, DEFERRED COMPENSATION AND NON-TAXABLE BENEFITS ARE REPORTED AS REQUIRED IN FORM 990, SCHEDULE J. DEFERRED COMPENSATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $66,000 INCLUDED IN THIS FILING FOR DR. TENNY RELATES TO A MILESTONE PAYMENT WHICH, AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2022, WAS NOT FUNDED, WAS NOT VESTED AND FOR WHICH THERE WAS NO GUARANTEE OF PAYMENT. THIS AMOUNT IS INCLUDED HERE AS DEFERRED COMPENSATION AS REQUIRED BASED ON THE INSTRUCTIONS TO THE FORM 990. TIERNEY, M.D., MATT -CHIEF OF SURGERY - BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL PLYMOUTH, INC. -GENERAL SURGEON - JORDAN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, INC. OTHER REPORTABLE AND DEFERRED COMPENSATION FOR DR. TIERNEY INCLUDES COMBINED CONTRIBUTIONS TO, AND CHANGE IN VALUE OF, NONQUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLANS IN THE AMOUNT OF $16,228. INCLUDED IN THIS AMOUNT IS AN UNREALIZED LOSS IN THE AMOUNT OF $4,272 IMPACTING THE NONQUALIFIED UNVESTED BALANCE. VALSKY, M.D., EUGENE -TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO) (PRESIDENT, MEDICAL STAFF) - BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL PLYMOUTH, INC. -TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO) (PRESIDENT, MEDICAL STAFF) THE JORDAN HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. -TRUSTEE (EX-OFFICIO) (PRESIDENT, MEDICAL STAFF) - JORDAN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, INC. OTHER REPORTABLE AND DEFERRED COMPENSATION FOR DR. VALSKY INCLUDES COMBINED CONTRIBUTIONS TO, AND CHANGE IN VALUE OF, NONQUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLANS IN THE AMOUNT OF $19,905. INCLUDED IN THIS AMOUNT IS AN UNREALIZED LOSS IN THE AMOUNT OF $595 IMPACTING THE NONQUALIFIED UNVESTED BALANCE.

Schedule K IRS990ScheduleK

Tax Exempt Bonds Issues TaxExemptBondsIssuesGrp (4 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCdBond Issuer EINBondIssuerEINCUSIPCUSIPNumBond IssuedBondIssuedDtIssue PriceIssuePriceAmtPurposePurposeDescDefeasedDefeasedIndOn Behalf Of IssuerOnBehalfOfIssuerIndPool FinancingPoolFinancingInd
MDFA - SERIES 2019K
A04343181457584YTK52019-07-31$211,922,775SEE PART VI000
MDFA - SERIES 2018J-1 J-2
B04343181457584YJW02018-06-13$479,594,374SEE PART VI000
MDFA - SERIES 2016I
C04343181457584XMT52016-05-12$257,611,877SEE PART VI000
MDFA - LAHEY SERIES F
D04343181457584XFW62015-10-21$262,828,878SEE PART VI000

Tax Exempt Bonds Proceeds TaxExemptBondsProceedsGrp (4 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCdRetiredRetiredAmtTotal ProceedsTotalProceedsAmtIssuance Costs From ProceedsIssuanceCostsFromProceedsAmtCapital ExpendituresCapitalExpendituresAmtOther Spent ProceedsOtherSpentProceedsAmtSubstantial CompletionSubstantialCompletionYrRefunding Tax Exempt BondsRefundingTaxExemptBondsIndRefunding Taxable BondsRefundingTaxableBondsIndFinal Allocation MadeFinalAllocationMadeIndAdequate Books And Rec MaintAdequateBooksAndRecMaintIndCapitalized InterestCapitalizedInterestAmt
A$27,790,000$211,922,775$2,931,137$19,714,020$189,277,638201900Yes (1)Yes (1)
B$13,875,000$504,358,641$4,594,374$499,764,267202100Yes (1)Yes (1)
C$53,195,000$257,618,370$2,515,889$19,006,493$236,095,98820160Yes (1)Yes (1)Yes (1)
D$28,000,000$262,953,908$3,129,474$94,764,737$160,202,2322021Yes (1)Yes (1)Yes (1)Yes (1)$4,857,465

Tax Exempt Bonds Private Bus Use TaxExemptBondsPrivateBusUseGrp (4 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCdOwning Bond Financed PropertyOwningBondFinancedPropertyIndAny Lease ArrangementsAnyLeaseArrangementsIndMgmt Contract Bond Fincd PropMgmtContractBondFincdPropIndEngage Bond Counsel ContractsEngageBondCounselContractsIndAny Research AgreementsAnyResearchAgreementsIndPrivate Bus Use By OthersPrivateBusUseByOthersPctPrivate Bus Concerning UBIPrivateBusConcerningUBIPctTotal Private Business UseTotalPrivateBusinessUsePctBond Iss Meet Prvt Sec Pymt TestBondIssMeetPrvtSecPymtTestIndChange In Use Bond Financed PropChangeInUseBondFinancedPropIndProcs Nonqualified Bond RemdtdProcsNonqualifiedBondRemdtdIndEngage Bond Counsel ResearchEngageBondCounselResearchInd
A0Yes (1)Yes (1)Yes (1)00.000000.000000.0000000Yes (1)
B0Yes (1)Yes (1)Yes (1)Yes (1)0.000000.000000.0000000Yes (1)Yes (1)
C0Yes (1)Yes (1)Yes (1)00.000000.000000.0000000Yes (1)
D00000.000000.000000.0000000Yes (1)

Tax Exempt Bonds Arbitrage TaxExemptBondsArbitrageGrp (4 entries)

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A0Yes (1)000000Yes (1)
B000Yes (1)000Yes (1)Yes (1)
C000Yes (1)0000Yes (1)
D000Yes (1)000Yes (1)Yes (1)

Procedures Corrective Action ProceduresCorrectiveActionGrp (4 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCdProcedures Corrective ActionProceduresCorrectiveActionInd
AYes (1)
BYes (1)
CYes (1)
DYes (1)

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
BOND A, ENTITY 1:PART I, ROW A, COLUMN F: FOR TAX PURPOSES (PURSUANT TO PROPOSED TREASURY REGULATIONS SECTION 1.150-1(D)(2)(II)(C)), THE ISSUE'S PROCEEDS OTHER THAN THOSE ALLOCATED TO COSTS OF ISSUANCE WERE ALLOCATED TO CAPITAL EXPENDITURES ON THE DATE OF CLOSING. THE PRESENTATION SHOWN HERE DEPARTS FROM THE TAX TREATMENT, REFLECTING THE CHARACTERIZATION OF THE TRANSACTION FOR OTHER PURPOSES, AND IS MORE IN ACCORDANCE TO THE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING PRESENTATION.
BOND B, ENTITY 1:PART I, ROW B, COLUMN F: THE ISSUE'S PURPOSE WAS TO FINANCE AN OUTPATIENT AMBULATORY CARE BUILDING, FACILITY UPGRADES, AND COMPUTER UPGRADES AT CERTAIN BIDMC AFFILIATES. PART II, COLUMN B, LINE 3: THE TOTAL PROCEEDS EXCEED THE ISSUE PRICE DUE TO THE $24,764,267 OF INVESTMENT EARNINGS. PART IV, COLUMN B, LINE 2C: FINAL REBATE CALCULATION SHOWING NO REBATE DUE COMPLETED ON 09/30/2023.
BOND C, ENTITY 1:PART I, ROW C, COLUMN F: THE ISSUE'S PURPOSE WAS TO FINANCE CAPITAL PROJECTS AND REFUND ISSUES DATED 6/9/2008; 7/13/2004; 2/11/1998. PART II, COLUMN C, LINE 3: THE TOTAL PROCEEDS EXCEED THE ISSUE PRICE DUE TO THE $6,493 OF INVESTMENT EARNINGS. PART II, COLUMN C, LINE 11: THE OTHER SPENT PROCEEDS ARE THE REFUNDING PROCEEDS OF THE ISSUE THAT ARE NO LONGER IN ESCROW. PART IV, COLUMN C, LINE 2C: ARBITRAGE REBATE & YIELD RESTRICTION LIABILITY CALCULATION PERFORMED ON 09/30/2021.
BOND D, ENTITY 1:PART I, ROW D, COLUMN F: THE ISSUE'S PURPOSE WAS TO FINANCE CAPITAL PROJECTS AND REFUND ISSUES DATED 08/17/2007 AND 07/14/2005. PART II, COLUMN D, LINE 3: THE TOTAL PROCEEDS EXCEED THE ISSUE PRICE DUE TO THE $125,030 OF INVESTMENT EARNINGS. PART IV, COLUMN D, LINE 2C: ARBITRAGE REBATE & YIELD RESTRICTION LIABILITY CALCULATION PERFORMED ON 09/30/2021. PART III, LINE 9 AND PART IV, LINE 7 THIS FORM 990 SCHEDULE K REPRESENTS TAX-EXEMPT DEBT OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH (BILH) OBLIGATED GROUP WHICH WAS FORMED IN JUNE 2020. THE MAJORITY OF BILH OBLIGATED GROUP MEMBERS HAVE ADOPTED FORMAL WRITTEN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES TO REVIEW AND MONITOR ARRANGEMENTS WHICH COULD GENERATE PRIVATE USE OF BOND FINANCED AND COMPLIANCE RELATED TO INTERNAL REVENUE CODE (IRC) SECTION 141 AND ARBITRAGE RULES UNDER IRC SECTION 148. ALTHOUGH NOT EVERY MEMBER OF THE BILH OBLIGATED GROUP HAS FORMALLY ADOPTED THESE WRITTEN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, THOSE THAT HAVE NOT NEVERTHELESS FOLLOW THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ADOPTED BY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BILH OBLIGATED GROUP TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THESE SECTIONS OF THE IRC AND THE REGULATIONS PROMULGATED THEREUNDER. SUCH POLICIES AND PROCEDURES INCLUDE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT VIOLATIONS OF FEDERAL TAX REQUIREMENTS, IF ANY, ARE TIMELY IDENTIFIED AND CORRECTED THROUGH THE VOLUNTARY CLOSING AGREEMENT PROGRAM IF SELF-REMEDIATION ISN'T AVAILABLE UNDER APPLICABLE REGULATIONS. THIS FORM 990 SCHEDULE K REPRESENTS TAX-EXEMPT DEBT OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH (BILH) OBLIGATED GROUP WHICH WAS FORMED IN JUNE 2020. THE OBLIGATED GROUP INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING ENTITIES: BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, INC., MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL, BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL PLYMOUTH, INC., NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL, BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL MILTON, INC., BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL NEEDHAM, INC., MEDICAL CARE OF BOSTON MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, MOUNT AUBURN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, INC., LAHEY CLINIC FOUNDATION, INC., LAHEY CLINIC, INC., LAHEY CLINIC HOSPITAL, INC., NORTHEAST HOSPITAL CORPORATION, WINCHESTER HOSPITAL, AND ANNA JAQUES HOSPITAL. THE OBLIGATED GROUP IS AWARE OF THE INSTRUCTIONS TO SCHEDULE K THAT STATE THAT "IF THE ORGANIZATION HAS ONE OR MORE RELATED ORGANIZATIONS (FOR EXAMPLE, PARENT AND SUBSIDIARY RELATIONSHIP), IT MUST COMPLETE SCHEDULE K (FORM 990) CONSISTENT WITH THE FILINGS(S) OF ITS RELATED ORGANIZATION(S). THE SAME LIABILITY SHOULDN'T BE REPORTED BY MORE THAN ONE OF THE RELATED ORGANIZATIONS." THE OBLIGATED GROUP IS CURRENTLY WORKING TOWARD A DETERMINATION REGARDING THE REPORTING OF TAX-EXEMPT DEBT AMONG ITS MEMBERS WITH RESPECT TO SCHEDULE K. IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH A DETERMINATION, FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD ENDING ON 09/30/2023, THE OBLIGATED GROUP HAS INCLUDED ALL TAX-EXEMPT BOND ISSUES ON EACH OF ITS MEMBER'S FORM 990 SCHEDULE KS, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE APPROACH THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN SINCE THE OBLIGATED GROUP'S FORMATION. THE OBLIGATED GROUP INTENDS TO MODIFY ITS FILING POSITION TO BE IN LINE WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS TO SCHEDULE K ON ALL SUBSEQUENT FORM 990S.
BOND A, ENTITY 2:PART I, ROW A, COLUMN F: THE ISSUE'S PURPOSE WAS TO REFINANCE SEVERAL DIFFERENT ISSUES (DATED 06/09/2008; 11/30/2005; 07/16/2003; AND 06/04/1998), FUND TERMINATION PAYMENTS, AND FUND BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS, EQUIPMENT AND LAND IMPROVEMENTS. PART II, COLUMN B, LINE 11: THE OTHER SPENT PROCEEDS ARE THE REFUNDING PROCEEDS OF THE ISSUE NO LONGER IN ESCROW PART IV, COLUMN A, LINE 2(C): ARBITRAGE REBATE & YIELD RESTRICTION LIABILITY CALCULATION PERFORMED ON OCTOBER 29, 2019.
BOND B, ENTITY 2:PART I, ROW B, COLUMN A: MASSACHUSETTS HEALTH AND EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES AUTHORITY. PART I, ROW B, COLUMN F: DESCRIPTION OF PURPOSE - REFUND ISSUE DATED 06/28/2000. PART II, COLUMN B, LINE 11: THE OTHER SPENT PROCEEDS ARE THE REFUNDING PROCEEDS OF THE ISSUE NO LONGER IN ESCROW PART IV, ROW 2C, COLUMN B: ARBITRAGE REBATE & YIELD RESTRICTION LIABILITY CALCULATION PERFORMED ON OCTOBER 10, 2009.

Schedule K IRS990ScheduleK

Tax Exempt Bonds Issues TaxExemptBondsIssuesGrp (2 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCdBond Issuer EINBondIssuerEINCUSIPCUSIPNumBond IssuedBondIssuedDtIssue PriceIssuePriceAmtPurposePurposeDescDefeasedDefeasedIndOn Behalf Of IssuerOnBehalfOfIssuerIndPool FinancingPoolFinancingInd
MDFA - SERIES 2015 H-1
A04343181457584XDH12015-09-02$203,702,204SEE PART VI000
MHEFA - WINCHESTER SERIES F
B04245601157586CDD42004-07-08$30,340,000SERIAL BOND SERIES F - ADV REFUND000

Tax Exempt Bonds Proceeds TaxExemptBondsProceedsGrp (2 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCdRetiredRetiredAmtTotal ProceedsTotalProceedsAmtIssuance Costs From ProceedsIssuanceCostsFromProceedsAmtOther Spent ProceedsOtherSpentProceedsAmtSubstantial CompletionSubstantialCompletionYrRefunding Tax Exempt BondsRefundingTaxExemptBondsIndRefunding Taxable BondsRefundingTaxableBondsIndFinal Allocation MadeFinalAllocationMadeIndAdequate Books And Rec MaintAdequateBooksAndRecMaintIndCredit EnhancementCreditEnhancementAmt
A$94,030,000$203,702,204$2,348,479$201,353,7252015Yes (1)Yes (1)Yes (1)Yes (1)
B$8,860,000$30,340,000$365,445$29,927,55220040Yes (1)Yes (1)Yes (1)$47,003

Tax Exempt Bonds Private Bus Use TaxExemptBondsPrivateBusUseGrp (2 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCdOwning Bond Financed PropertyOwningBondFinancedPropertyIndAny Lease ArrangementsAnyLeaseArrangementsIndMgmt Contract Bond Fincd PropMgmtContractBondFincdPropIndEngage Bond Counsel ContractsEngageBondCounselContractsIndAny Research AgreementsAnyResearchAgreementsIndPrivate Bus Use By OthersPrivateBusUseByOthersPctPrivate Bus Concerning UBIPrivateBusConcerningUBIPctTotal Private Business UseTotalPrivateBusinessUsePctBond Iss Meet Prvt Sec Pymt TestBondIssMeetPrvtSecPymtTestIndChange In Use Bond Financed PropChangeInUseBondFinancedPropIndProcs Nonqualified Bond RemdtdProcsNonqualifiedBondRemdtdInd
A0Yes (1)Yes (1)Yes (1)00.001000.000000.0010000Yes (1)
B00000.000000.000000.0000000Yes (1)

Tax Exempt Bonds Arbitrage TaxExemptBondsArbitrageGrp (2 entries)

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(no name)
A000Yes (1)0000Yes (1)
MORGAN STANLEY
B000Yes (1)Yes (1)Yes (1)00Yes (1)20.00000000000000

Procedures Corrective Action ProceduresCorrectiveActionGrp (2 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCdProcedures Corrective ActionProceduresCorrectiveActionInd
AYes (1)
BYes (1)

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (20 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART I, LINE 1THE MISSION OF THE BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL-PLYMOUTH, INC. (BID-PLYMOUTH OR HOSPITAL) IS TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF ITS PATIENTS AND COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING A FULL CONTINUUM OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES WITH EXCELLENCE AND COMPASSION AS WELL AS ACCESS TO TERTIARY CARE IN CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH AND ITS AFFILIATES, REGARDLESS OF THE PATIENT'S ABILITY TO PAY, RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, NATIONAL ORIGIN, ANCESTRY, AGE, OR DISABILITY.
FORM 990, PART III, LINE 1THE MISSION OF THE BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL-PLYMOUTH, INC. (BID-PLYMOUTH OR HOSPITAL) IS TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF ITS PATIENTS AND COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING A FULL CONTINUUM OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES WITH EXCELLENCE AND COMPASSION AS WELL AS ACCESS TO TERTIARY CARE IN CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH AND ITS AFFILIATES, REGARDLESS OF THE PATIENT'S ABILITY TO PAY, RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, NATIONAL ORIGIN, ANCESTRY, AGE, OR DISABILITY. SERVING THE GREATER PLYMOUTH REGION, BID-PLYMOUTH AND ITS AFFILIATES COLLABORATE WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE AGENCIES AND BUSINESSES, TO PROVIDE HEALTH PROMOTION, HEALTH PROTECTION, AND PREVENTIVE SERVICES TO MEET THE BROAD RANGE OF THE COMMUNITY'S HEALTH AND WELLNESS NEEDS AS IDENTIFIED THROUGH COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND FORMAL COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENTS. AS PART OF ITS MISSION TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY HEALTH, THE HOSPITAL IS COMMITTED TO ASSESSING ROOT CAUSES OF HEALTH DISPARITIES AND TO ASSISTING IN IMPROVING HEALTH CARE FOR THE DISADVANTAGED AND UNDERSERVED. BID-PLYMOUTH IS A 170-BED ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL SERVING MORE THAN 535,000 RESIDENTS IN PLYMOUTH AND BARNSTABLE COUNTIES, INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF BOURNE, CARVER, DUXBURY, HALIFAX, KINGSTON, LAKEVILLE, PEMBROKE, PLYMPTON, PLYMOUTH, MARSHFIELD, MIDDLEBORO, SANDWICH AND WAREHAM. THE HOSPITAL IS THE REGION'S LEADING PROVIDER OF HIGH-QUALITY HEALTHCARE, PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE HEALTHCARE RANGING FROM PRIMARY AND PREVENTIVE CARE TO SPECIALTY SERVICES. THROUGHOUT BID-PLYMOUTH, QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IS PARAMOUNT AND ENCOMPASSES BOTH CLINICAL OUTCOMES AND THE SERVICE COMPONENTS OF ALL INTERACTIONS WITH PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. WHEN NEEDED, BID-PLYMOUTH PATIENTS HAVE ACCESS TO THE HOSPITAL'S SISTER ENTITY, BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER (BIDMC OR MEDICAL CENTER), WHICH IS A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED TERTIARY CARE ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER AND IS A TEACHING HOSPITAL OF HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL. BIDMC IS EXEMPT FROM INCOME TAX UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED AND IS RECOGNIZED NATIONALLY FOR THE CLINICAL EXCELLENCE OF ITS FACULTY AND THE PATIENT CARE PROVIDED, AS WELL AS FOR THE MAGNITUDE AND BREADTH OF ITS RESEARCH AND FOR ITS COMMITMENT TO MEDICAL EDUCATION. MANY BID-PLYMOUTH PHYSICIANS ALSO HOLD APPOINTMENTS AT HARVARD OR OTHER MAJOR MEDICAL SCHOOLS AND ARE TIED CLOSELY WITH THEIR COLLEAGUES AT OTHER ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS. DURING THE FISCAL PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING, BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH (BILH) SERVED AS THE SOLE MEMBER OF BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL -- PLYMOUTH, INC. (PLYMOUTH), BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, INC. (BIDMC), MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL (MAH), NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL (NEBH), BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL -- MILTON, INC. (MILTON), BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL -- NEEDHAM, INC. (NEEDHAM), LAHEY HEALTH SHARED SERVICES (LHSS), LAHEY CLINIC FOUNDATION (LCF), WINCHESTER HOSPITAL (WINCHESTER), NORTHEAST HOSPITAL CORPORATION (NHC) WHICH INCLUDES BEVERLY, ADDISON GILBERT AND BAYRIDGE HOSPITALS, NORTHEAST BEHAVIORAL CORPORATION (NBHC), ANNA JAQUES HOSPITAL (AJH), THE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH PHARMACY, THE JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER AND THE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH PERFORMANCE NETWORK (BILHPN). THE LAHEY CLINIC FOUNDATION IN TURN SERVED AS THE SOLE MEMBER OF LAHEY CLINIC INC, AND LAHEY CLINIC HOSPITAL D/B/A LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER (LHMC). IN ADDITION, AS OF JULY 1, 2023, BILH BECAME THE SOLE MEMBER OF EXETER HEALTH RESOURCES, INC WHICH IN TURNS SERVES AS THE SOLE MEMBER OF EXETER HOSPITAL. THE ENTITIES LISTED HERE MAY HAVE ALSO, IN TURN, SERVED AS MEMBER TO OTHER NETWORK AFFILIATES. BILH IS AN INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM COMMITTED TO EXPANDING ACCESS TO EXTRAORDINARY PATIENT CARE ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND ADVANCING THE SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF MEDICINE THROUGH GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH AND EDUCATION. THE BILH SYSTEM IS COMPRISED OF ACADEMIC AND TEACHING HOSPITALS, A PREMIER ORTHOPEDICS HOSPITAL, PRIMARY CARE AND SPECIALTY CARE PROVIDERS, AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTERS, URGENT CARE CENTERS, COMMUNITY HOSPITALS, HOMECARE SERVICES, OUTPATIENT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTERS, ADDICTION TREATMENT PROGRAMS. BILH'S COMMUNITY OF CLINICIANS, CAREGIVERS AND STAFF INCLUDES APPROXIMATELY 4,800 PHYSICIANS AND 38,000 EMPLOYEES.
FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4AINPATIENT BID-PLYMOUTH PROVIDES A WIDE RANGE OF INPATIENT CARE INCLUDING SURGICAL SERVICES, INTENSIVE AND CARDIAC CARE, OBSTETRICS, SENIOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, AND COMPLETE DIAGNOSTIC FACILITIES. THE HOSPITAL'S INPATIENT UNITS INCLUDE 120 GENERAL MEDICAL/SURGICAL BEDS, 13 CRITICAL CARE BEDS, 18 OBSTETRICS BEDS, 13 NURSERY BASSINETS IN THE BIRTHPLACE, AND 24 BEDS IN A SECURE SENIOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH UNIT. SURGICAL SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE 24 HOURS A DAY FOR CRITICALLY ILL OR INJURED PATIENTS REQUIRING IMMEDIATE SURGICAL INTERVENTION, OR FOR OTHER PATIENTS ON A NON-EMERGENT OR ELECTIVE BASIS. BID-PLYMOUTH'S HIGHLY QUALIFIED SURGEONS PERFORM ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES AND IMPLANTS, NEUROSURGERY, PLASTIC RECONSTRUCTION, GASTROINTESTINAL, GENERAL SURGICAL (INCLUDING BREAST), GYNECOLOGICAL, OPHTHALMOLOGIC, OTOLARYNOGOLOGIC, PODIATRIC, AND UROLOGICAL PROCEDURES. LIMITED VASCULAR AND THORACIC SURGERY IS ALSO PERFORMED. PATIENTS ARE UNDER THE CARE OF THE HOSPITAL'S MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITALISTS, MID-LEVEL PROVIDERS AND SURGEONS IN GENERAL AND SPECIALTY PRACTICE. THE NURSING CARE TEAM CONSISTS OF REGISTERED NURSES AND QUALIFIED ANCILLARY CLINICIANS WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH SURGICAL AND ANESTHESIA PHYSICIANS. THE SCOPE OF NURSING PRACTICE IN THE PERIOPERATIVE AREA INCLUDES PREOPERATIVE ASSESSMENT AND PLANNING, INTRA-OPERATIVE INTERVENTION, POSTOPERATIVE ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTION, DISCHARGE PLANNING AND DOCUMENTATION TO ENSURE HIGH QUALITY PATIENT CARE AND SAFETY. THE INPATIENT POPULATION THAT IS SERVED INCLUDES CHILDREN UNDER 15 YEARS OF AGE REQUIRING MINOR OUTPATIENT SURGERY AND ANY INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE 15 YEARS AND OLDER WHO REQUIRE MINOR OR MAJOR SURGICAL INTERVENTION. DURING THE PERIOD OCTOBER 1, 2022 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 2023 THE HOSPITAL HAD 12,435 ADMISSIONS, 1,053 NEWBORN DELIVERIES, 58,181 INPATIENT DAYS, AND PERFORMED 1,859 INPATIENT SURGICAL PROCEDURES.
FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4BOUTPATIENT CLINICS AND SERVICES BID-PLYMOUTH PROVIDES A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM OF CLINICAL SERVICES ENCOMPASSING GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE AND ALL THE SUBSPECIALTIES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, COVERING THE GAMUT OF SERVICES FROM PRIMARY TO TERTIARY CARE AS WELL AS PROVIDING SURGICAL SERVICES ON AN OUTPATIENT BASIS. THE HOSPITAL'S MEDICAL STAFF BLENDS EXPERIENCED PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS AND SPECIALISTS IN A WIDE VARIETY OF DISCIPLINES. BID-PLYMOUTH'S SERVICES AND CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE INCLUDE: - AIDS/HIV CARE, EDUCATION, AND SUPPORT ANTICOAGULATION CLINIC - BREAST CENTER - CANCER CARE SERVICES: RADIATION AND MEDICAL ONCOLOGY, ONCOLOGY SOCIAL WORK, GENETIC COUNSELING AND TESTING, AND SURGERY - CARDIOVASCULAR SERVICES: DIAGNOSTIC AND INTERVENTIONAL CARDIAC & PULMONARY REHABILITATION - DIABETES/ENDOCRINOLOGY - ENDOSCOPY - HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE - IMAGING/RADIOLOGY SERVICES: DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY, MRI, BREAST MRI, CT, PET/CT, ULTRASOUND, NUCLEAR MEDICINE, GENERAL X-RAY - LUNG CANCER PROGRAM NEUROLOGY OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH - OBSTETRICS, GYNECOLOGY, AND MIDWIFERY - ORTHOPEDICS - PATHOLOGY - PAIN MANAGEMENT PODIATRY - PRIMARY & FAMILY CARE PHYSICAL THERAPY /REHAB SLEEP CENTER - SPINE CARE STROKE SERVICES - SUBSTANCE ABUSE & BEHAVIORAL HEALTH - SURGERY: GENERAL, LAPAROSCOPIC, NEUROSURGERY, OTOLARYNGOLOGY, THORACIC, VASCULAR - UROLOGY VEIN CENTER - WOUND HEALING & HYPERBARIC CENTER IN ADDITION, DIAGNOSTIC FACILITIES INCLUDE A COMPLETE 24-HOUR HISTOPATHOLOGY LABORATORY AND BLOOD BANKING SERVICES AS WELL AS DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING INCLUDING CT SCANNING, ULTRASOUND, ULTRASONIC CARDIOGRAPHY, BONE DENSITOMETRY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE, PLAIN FILM RADIOLOGY AND FLUOROSCOPY. IN ADDITION, THE HOSPITAL'S PICTURE ARCHIVAL AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM (PACS) CAN INSTANTANEOUSLY TRANSMIT RADIOLOGIC IMAGES BETWEEN BID-PLYMOUTH AND BIDMC, MEANING THAT PATIENTS IN PLYMOUTH HAVE ACCESS TO THE SAME WORLD-CLASS SPECIALISTS AS PATIENTS AT BIDMC IN BOSTON. THE SYSTEM FACILITATES, WHEN NECESSARY, MULTI-DISCIPLINARY EVALUATION OF IMAGES, RESULTING IN IMPROVED TECHNICAL PERFORMANCE AND FEEDBACK AND DIAGNOSES WITH GREATER DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY. DURING THE FISCAL PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING, THERE WERE 372,784 OUTPATIENT ENCOUNTERS AT BID-PLYMOUTH, INCLUDING 5,619 AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES, 22,865 ONCOLOGY VISITS, 23,013 PHYSICAL THERAPY VISITS, 10,359 ENDOSCOPIES, 7,829 PAIN CLINIC VISITS, 3,624 WOUND CENTER VISITS, 30,391 RADIOLOGIC EXAMS, 17,289 MAMMOGRAMS, 31,555 CT SCANS, 12,713 ULTRASOUND SCANS, 1,864 NUCLEAR MEDICINE EXAMS, AND 9,288 MRIS. SEE SCHEDULE H FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON CHARITY CARE AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS.
FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4CEMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AS PREVIOUSLY NOTED IN THIS FILING, BIDMC IS A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED TERTIARY CARE ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER AND TEACHING HOSPITAL OF HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL AND AN AFFILIATE OF BID-PLYMOUTH FOR THE PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING. ASSOCIATED PHYSICIANS OF HARVARD MEDICAL FACULTY PHYSICIANS AT BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER (APHMFP) IS AN INTEGRALLY RELATED PHYSICIAN PRACTICE OF BIDMC AND ITS AFFILIATES AND IS ALSO EXEMPT FROM INCOME TAX UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED. APHMFP PHYSICIANS PROVIDE AROUND THE CLOCK PHYSICIAN PATIENT CARE COVERAGE AND MEDICAL DIRECTION OF THE BID-PLYMOUTH EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. THESE PHYSICIANS ARE ALL CERTIFIED OR BOARD-ELIGIBLE IN LEVEL 1 TRAUMA. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR COVERED BY THIS FILING, BID-PLYMOUTH HAD 43,609 EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISITS. IN ADDITION TO BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL-PLYMOUTH, INC. (BID-PLYMOUTH OR HOSPITAL)'S PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS DESCRIBED ABOVE, THE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH (BILH) NETWORK ENGAGED IN SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES FOCUSED ON EXPANDING ACCESS TO CARE AND SERVICES, INCLUDING UNDERSERVED PATIENT POPULATIONS IN ORDER TO REDUCE HEALTH INEQUITIES. THERE WAS ALSO A STRONG FOCUS ON CONTINUING TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY CARE AT A LOWER COST, WHEN APPROPRIATE. BILH CONTINUES TO FOCUS ON THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS OF ITS COMMUNITIES AS WELL. PLEASE SEE FORM 990 SCHEDULE H FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
FORM 990, PART IV, LINE 12THE BOSTON, MA OFFICE OF KPMG ISSUED AN UNQUALIFIED OPINION ON THE CONSOLIDATED AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH, INC. AND AFFILIATES FOR FISCAL PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2023. THESE STATEMENTS WERE PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES (GAAP) AND INCLUDED THE ACCOUNTS OF THE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH, INC. (BILH), AND THE ENTITIES FOR WHICH BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH, INC. (BILH) SERVED AS DIRECT OR INDIRECT SOLE MEMBER DURING THE FISCAL PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING: BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, INC. (BIDMC), MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL (MAH), NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL (NEBH), BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL MILTON, INC. (MILTON), BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL NEEDHAM, INC. (NEEDHAM), BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL PLYMOUTH, INC. (PLYMOUTH), LAHEY CLINIC FOUNDATION (LCF) , LAHEY CLINIC (LCI), LAHEY CLINIC HOSPITAL D/B/A LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER (LHMC), WINCHESTER HOSPITAL (WINCHESTER), NORTHEAST HOSPITAL CORPORATION (NORTHEAST), ANNA JAQUES HOSPITAL (AJH), BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH PHARMACY, JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER AND THEIR AFFILIATES. EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2023, BILH BECAME THE SOLE MEMBER OF EXETER HEALTH RESOURCES, INC. (EHRI) AND THREE MONTHS OF EHRI'S ACTIVITY AS WELL AS THREE MONTHS OF EHRI'S AFFILIATES' ACTIVITY, INCLUDING EXETER HOSPITAL, ARE INCLUDED IN THE AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF BILH AND AFFILIATES. THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE SYSTEM ALSO INCLUDE THE ACCOUNTS OF, HARVARD MEDICAL FACULTY PHYSICIANS AT BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, INC. (HMFP), THE DEDICATED PHYSICIAN PRACTICE OF BIDMC AND HMFP'S AFFILIATES. HMFP AND ITS AFFILIATES ARE INTEGRALLY RELATED TO HELPING BILH, BIDMC AND OTHER AFFILIATES IN THE BILH NETWORK ACCOMPLISH THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSES.
FORM 990, PART IV, LINE 24AAS DESCRIBED IN THIS FORM 990 AND FOR THE PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING, BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH, INC. (BILH) IS AN ENTITY EXEMPT FROM INCOME TAX UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED AND SERVED AS A SUPPORT ORGANIZATION OF AND DIRECT OR INDIRECT SOLE MEMBER OF BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL-PLYMOUTH. DURING THIS SAME PERIOD, BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL-PLYMOUTH WAS A MEMBER OF THE BILH OBLIGATED GROUP AND ITS TAX-EXEMPT BOND FINANCING WAS ISSUED THROUGH EITHER THE BILH OBLIGATED GROUP OR THROUGH A PREVIOUS OBLIGATED GROUP WHICH IS NOW A PART OF THE BILH OBLIGATED GROUP. THE SCHEDULE K AS INCLUDED IN THIS FORM 990 INCLUDES ALL OF THE BILH OBLIGATED GROUP OUTSTANDING TAX-EXEMPT DEBT FOR BONDS ISSUED AFTER DECEMBER 31, 2002, ONLY A PORTION OF WHICH IS ALLOCABLE TO AND REPORTED ON BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL-PLYMOUTH'S BALANCE SHEET.
FORM 990, PART IV, LINE 24BAS REPORTED ON THE FORM 990 SCHEDULE K, THE LAHEY HEALTH SYSTEM INC. (LHSI) SERIES F BONDS WHICH WERE ISSUED IN 2015 ARE NOW PART OF THE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH (BILH) OBLIGATED GROUP DEBT. THE BONDS WERE ISSUED IN 2015 AND AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2023 THERE WAS A BALANCE REMAINING IN THE CONSTRUCTION FUND. PROCEEDS IN THE CONSTRUCTION FUND WERE UNEXPECTEDLY HELD BEYOND THE THREE-YEAR TEMPORARY PERIOD, AND WERE YIELD RESTRICTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL TAX REQUIREMENTS. ALTHOUGH THESE BONDS ARE NOT ON THE BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL-PLYMOUTH BALANCE SHEET, BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL-PLYMOUTH IS INCLUDING THIS DISCLOSURE IN ITS FORM 990 BECAUSE BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL-PLYMOUTH IS A MEMBER OF THE BILH OBLIGATED GROUP.
FORM 990, PART V, QUESTION 7GBETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - PLYMOUTH, INC. DID NOT RECEIVE ANY CONTRIBUTIONS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND AS SUCH, WAS NOT REQUIRED TO FILE FORM 8899.
FORM 990, PART V, QUESTION 7HBETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - PLYMOUTH, INC. DID NOT RECEIVE ANY CONTRIBUTIONS OF CARS, BOATS, AIRPLANES OR OTHER VEHICLES AND AS SUCH, WAS NOT REQUIRED TO FILE FORM 1098-C
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2FOR THE PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING, BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH, INC. (BILH) SERVED AS DIRECT OR INDIRECT SOLE MEMBER TO: BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, INC. (BIDMC), MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL (MAH), NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL (NEBH), BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL MILTON, INC. (MILTON), BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL NEEDHAM, INC. (NEEDHAM), BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL PLYMOUTH, INC. (PLYMOUTH), LAHEY CLINIC FOUNDATION (LCF) , LAHEY CLINIC (LCI), LAHEY CLINIC HOSPITAL D/B/A LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER (LHMC), WINCHESTER HOSPITAL (WINCHESTER), NORTHEAST HOSPITAL CORPORATION (NORTHEAST), ANNA JAQUES HOSPITAL (AJH), BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH PHARMACY, JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER AND TO AFFILIATES OF THESE ENTITIES. EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2023, BILH ALSO BECAME THE SOLE MEMBER OF EXETER HEALTH RESOURCES, INC. (EHRI) AND ITS AFFILIATES', INCLUDING EXETER HOSPITAL. EACH OF THESE AFFILIATES MAY HAVE, IN TURN, SERVED AS MEMBER OF ADDITIONAL ENTITIES WITHIN THE BILH NETWORK OF AFFILIATES. IN ADDITION, HARVARD MEDICAL FACULTY PHYSICIANS AT BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, INC. (HMFP) IS THE DEDICATED PHYSICIAN PRACTICE OF BIDMC AND AN ENTITY INTEGRALLY RELATED TO HELPING BIDMC AND OTHER AFFILIATES IN THE BILH NETWORK ACCOMPLISH THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSES. FOR THIS SAME PERIOD HMFP SERVED AS THE SOLE MEMBER OF AFFILIATED PHYSICIANS OF HARVARD MEDICAL FACULTY PHYSICIANS AT BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER (APHMFP) AS WELL AS SEVERAL ADDITIONAL ENTITIES. TWO OR MORE OF THE PERSONS LISTED IN THIS FORM 990 PART VII HAVE A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH EACH OTHER BY VIRTUE OF SITTING ON ONE OR MORE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS/TRUSTEES OR BY SERVING IN AN EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP WITH ONE OR MORE ENTITIES WITHIN THE NETWORK OF THE AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS NOTED ABOVE. ADDITIONAL DETAIL IS PROVIDED IN THE EXPLANATORY NOTES TO THIS FORM 990 SCHEDULE J.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6FOR THE PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING, BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH, INC. (BILH) SERVED AS DIRECT OR INDIRECT SOLE MEMBER OF: BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, INC. (BIDMC), MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL (MAH), NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL (NEBH), BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL MILTON, INC. (MILTON), BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL NEEDHAM, INC. (NEEDHAM), BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL PLYMOUTH, INC. (PLYMOUTH), LAHEY CLINIC FOUNDATION (LCF) , LAHEY CLINIC (LCI), LAHEY CLINIC HOSPITAL D/B/A LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER (LHMC), WINCHESTER HOSPITAL (WINCHESTER), NORTHEAST HOSPITAL CORPORATION (NORTHEAST), ANNA JAQUES HOSPITAL (AJH), BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH PHARMACY, JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER AND TO AFFILIATES OF THESE ENTITIES. EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2023, BILH ALSO BECAME THE SOLE MEMBER OF EXETER HEALTH RESOURCES, INC. (EHRI) AND ITS AFFILIATES', INCLUDING EXETER HOSPITAL. EACH OF THESE AFFILIATES MAY HAVE, IN TURN, SERVED AS MEMBER OF ADDITIONAL ENTITIES WITHIN THE BILH NETWORK OF AFFILIATES.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7ATHE MEMBER HAS THE EXCLUSIVE AUTHORITY TO (A) APPOINT AND REAPPOINT TRUSTEES, (B) FILL ANY VACANCIES IN THE OFFICES OF TRUSTEES, AND (C) ACTING BY VOTE OF NOT LESS THAN THREE QUARTERS (3/4) OF THE MEMBER'S TRUSTEES THEN IN OFFICE, REMOVE, WITH OR WITHOUT CAUSE, A TRUSTEE.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7BTHE MEMBER OF BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - PLYMOUTH, INC. HAS THE FOLLOWING RIGHTS, AS DESIGNATED IN BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL -PLYMOUTH, INC.'S BY-LAWS: SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION AND THESE BYLAWS, THE MEMBER SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO EXERCISE ALL POWERS, BOTH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, CONFERRED BY MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL LAWS ("M.G.L.") CHAPTER 180, AS AMENDED, ON MEMBERS OF CORPORATIONS ORGANIZED UNDER M.G.L. CHAPTER 180. IN ADDITION, EXCEPT AS ARE EXPRESSLY GRANTED TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CORPORATION ("BOARD") IN THESE BYLAWS, THE MEMBER SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO EXERCISE ALL POWERS, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, CONFERRED BY M.G.L. CHAPTER 180 ON BOARDS OF CORPORATIONS ORGANIZED UNDER M.G.L. CHAPTER 180. NOT WITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE MEMBER MAY NOT TAKE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE BOARD: (A) APPROVE OR REQUIRE ANY CHANGE IN, OR CONSOLIDATION OF PHILANTHROPIC GIFTS, ASSETS, AND PROGRAMS OF THE CORPORATION, WHICH SHALL REMAIN UNDER THE CORPORATION'S CONTROL AND BE USED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CORPORATION AND NOT FOR OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE MEMBER'S SYSTEM, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH CHANGES INVOLVE BACK-OFFICE CONSOLIDATION WITH OTHER DIRECT OR INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES OF THE MEMBER; (B) APPROVE OR REQUIRE ANY CHANGE IN THE NAME, BRAND, OR TRADEMARK OF THE CORPORATION OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES, EXCEPT SUCH COMPLEMENTARY CHANGES AS THE MEMBER MAY DETERMINE ARE REASONABLY APPROPRIATE IN ESTABLISHING A SYSTEM-WIDE IDENTITY FOR THE AFFILIATED ENTITIES; OR (C) AMEND OR RESTATE THESE BYLAWS TO CHANGE OR ELIMINATE EITHER OF THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS ON ITS POWERS. FOR THE PERIOD ENDING ON THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF THE DATE THE MEMBER BECOMES THE SOLE CORPORATE MEMBER OF THE CORPORATION, THE MEMBER'S AUTHORITY TO CHANGE THE MEDICAL SCHOOL AFFILIATION OF THE CORPORATION OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES IS SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMENT THAT IT OBTAIN THE UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE CORPORATION'S DESIGNATED TRUSTEES (AS DEFINED IN THE BYLAWS OF THE MEMBER) AND THE APPROVAL OF THE MEMBER'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES (THE "MEMBER'S BOARD"). THE MEMBER MAY NOT CAUSE THE CORPORATION TO CEASE OPERATING A SEPARATELY LICENSED HOSPITAL FACILITY, OR CLOSE ANY ESSENTIAL SERVICE OF SUCH HOSPITAL FACILITY, WITHOUT CONSULTING WITH THE BOARD PRIOR TO TAKING SUCH ACTION. THE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE BOARD INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE MEMBER REGARDING (I) APPOINTMENT, REAPPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL OF TRUSTEES, (II) THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CORPORATION'S POLICIES, (III) THE MAINTENANCE OF PATIENT CARE QUALITY, AND (IV) THE PROVISION OF CLINICAL SERVICES AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PLANNING IN A MANNER RESPONSIVE TO LOCAL COMMUNITY NEEDS; (B) ENSURING COMPLIANCE WITH ALL LICENSURE AND ACCREDITATION REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING CREDENTIALING AND OTHER MEDICAL STAFF MATTERS; (C) PROVIDING OVERSIGHT FOR INSTITUTIONAL PLANNING, MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR NEW CLINICAL SERVICES, AND PARTICIPATING IN AN ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE CORPORATION'S STRATEGIC ANDFINANCIAL PLAN AND GOALS. (D) REVIEWING AND RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGETS AS WELL AS MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS WITH RESPECT TO CAPITAL EXPENDITURES; (E) MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS WITH RESPECT TO QUALITY ASSESSMENT AND IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS; (F) PROVIDING OVERSIGHT OF RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS RELATING TO PATIENT CARE AND SAFETY; (G) REVIEWING DISASTER PLANS THAT DEAL WITH BOTH INTERNAL (E.G., FIRE) AND EXTERNAL DISASTERS; AND (H) EVALUATING RECRUITMENT NEEDS TO ENSURE ADEQUATE MEDICAL STAFF CAPACITY TO CONTINUE TO MEET COMMUNITY NEEDS. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THESE BYLAWS, THE BOARD SHALL ACT IN AN ADVISORY CAPACITY AND CONSISTENT THERE WITH SHALL HAVE ONLY THE FOLLOWING POWERS: (A) POWERS EXPRESSLY GRANTED BY THE MEMBER FROM TIME TO TIME; (B) POWER TO EXERCISE ITS AUTHORITY AS A MEMBER OF OTHER CORPORATIONS; (C) POWER TO ENFORCE ANY RIGHTS VESTED IN THE CORPORATION UNDER THE BYLAWS OF THE MEMBER (AS DEFINED UNDER THE BYLAWS OF THE MEMBER) OR UNDER THESE BYLAWS WITH RESPECT TO THE MEMBER; AND (D) POWERS TO ENFORCE ANY RIGHTS VESTED IN THE CORPORATION UNDER THAT AGREEMENT DATED JUNE 30, 2017 BY AND AMONG LAHEY HEALTH SYSTEM, INC., BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, INC., NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL, INC., MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL, CAREGROUP,INC., AND SEACOAST REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. THE POWERS OF THE BOARD IN CLAUSES (A) AND (B) OF THE PRECEDING SENTENCE SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE RESERVED POWERS OF THE MEMBER AS NOTED ABOVE. THE POWERS OF THE BOARD IN CLAUSE (C) AND (D) OF THE FIRST SENTENCE OF THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE INDEPENDENT OF THE MEMBER AND NOT SUBJECT TO THE RESERVED POWERS OF THE MEMBER AS NOTED ABOVE. NOT WITHSTANDING CLAUSE (B) ABOVE, THE POWER OF THE CORPORATION TO EXERCISE ITS AUTHORITY AS A MEMBER OF ANOTHER CORPORATION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING LIMITATIONS: (X) ALL STATUTORY POWERS THAT RESIDE IN THE CORPORATION AS A MEMBER OF ANOTHER CORPORATION UNDER MASSACHUSETTS LAW MAY BE EXERCISED BY THE CORPORATION ONLY AT THE EXPRESS AND EXPLICIT DIRECTION OF, AND WITH THE APPROVAL OF, THE MEMBER; (Y) ALL STATUTORY POWERS THAT RESIDE IN THE CORPORATION AS A MEMBER OF ANOTHER CORPORATION UNDER MASSACHUSETTS LAW MAY BE EXERCISED DIRECTLY BY THE MEMBER AFTER CONSULTATION WITH THE CHAIR BUT OTHERWISE WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OR PARTICIPATION OF THE CORPORATION; AND (Z) OTHER THAN STATUTORY POWERS, THE CORPORATION SHALL HAVE ONLY THOSE POWERS AND AUTHORITIES OVER AND WITH RESPECT TO THE CORPORATIONS OF WHICH IT IS A MEMBER AS ARE EXPRESSLY AND EXPLICITLY DELEGATED OR DIRECTED TO THE CORPORATION BY ACTION OF THE MEMBER'S BOARD.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11BAS NOTED IN VARIOUS DISCLOSURES THROUGHOUT THIS FILING, BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH, INC. (BILH) IS THE SOLE MEMBER OF BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - PLYMOUTH. THIS FORM 990 IS PREPARED BY THE BILH TAX DEPARTMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH DELOITTE TAX, LLP (DELOITTE). AS PART OF THIS PROCESS, THE BILH TAX DEPARTMENT WORKS WITH OTHER DISCIPLINES AND FUNCTIONS WITHIN BILH AND BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL- PLYMOUTH TO ENSURE THAT ALL FINANCIAL AND NON-FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES ARE COMPLETE AND ACCURATE. EXAMPLES OF SUCH DEPARTMENTS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING, HUMAN RESOURCES AND PAYROLL, TREASURY, COMPLIANCE, LEGAL, COMMUNITY BENEFITS, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND REIMBURSEMENT, GOVERNANCE, DEVELOPMENT, GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, RESEARCH AND/OR RESEARCH FINANCE. BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL- PLYMOUTH'S FORM 990 IS REVIEWED INTERNALLY BY THE BILH ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT, TAXATION AND EXTERNALLY BY DELOITTE. BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL- PLYMOUTH'S FORM 990, ALONG WITH THE FORMS 990 OF ALL ENTITIES IN THE BILH NETWORK, ARE DISCUSSED WITH THE BILH AUDIT AND COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE. DELOITTE SIGNS THE FINAL RETURNS. A COPY OF THE COMPLETE RETURN IS THEN PROVIDED TO EACH MEMBER OF BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL- PLYMOUTH'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES PRIOR TO SUBMISSION TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12CAS NOTED THROUGHOUT THIS FILING, BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - PLYMOUTH IS A MEMBER OF THE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH (BILH) SYSTEM OF AFFILIATES. ALL ENTITIES IN THE BILH NETWORK ADHERE TO THE BILH CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND MAINTAIN A WRITTEN, COMPREHENSIVE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AT THE ENTITY LEVEL. PURSUANT TO THESE POLICIES, BILH ENTITIES' OFFICERS, TRUSTEES AND KEY EMPLOYEES AS WELL AS CERTAIN OTHER INDIVIDUALS ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE ANNUAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND TAX QUESTIONNAIRE (COI-TQ). THE COI-TQ IS DESIGNED TO REQUIRE DISCLOSURE OF ANY BUSINESS AND FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS MAINTAINED BY OFFICERS, TRUSTEES, OR KEY EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS AND WHICH MAY RESULT IN A REAL OR PERCEIVED CONFLICT OF INTEREST. THE BILH OFFICE OF INTEGRITY AND COMPLIANCE, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BILH TAX DEPARTMENT, ADMINISTERS THE COI-TQ PROCESS ANNUALLY. BILH INTEGRITY AND COMPLIANCE COLLECTS AND REVIEWS ALL DISCLOSURES. DISCLOSURES FOR BILH EXECUTIVES AND KEY EMPLOYEES ARE ASSIGNED APPROPRIATE FOLLOW-UP ACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BILH POLICY. A SUMMARY OF POSITIVE RESPONSES FOR EACH BILH AFFILIATE IS PROVIDED TO THE COMPLIANCE OFFICER FOR THAT ENTITY FOR REVIEW FINAL DETERMINATION OF ANY POTENTIAL OR ACTUAL CONFLICT. ANY ACTIVITY THAT REQUIRES ACTION UNDER THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICIES IS SUBJECT TO ONGOING REVIEW BY BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - PLYMOUTH AS WELL AS THE BILH INTEGRITY AND COMPLIANCE OFFICE. PURSUANT TO THE BILH CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, CERTAIN ACTIVITIES WHICH COULD CREATE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ARE PROHIBITED WHILE OTHER TYPES OF RELATIONSHIPS ARE PERMITTED, SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE WITH A MANAGEMENT PLAN TO REQUIRE DISCLOSURE AND RECUSAL, INCLUDING APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTATION IN THE MINUTES. IN ADDITION AS NOTED ABOVE, THE ANNUAL COI-TQ PROCESS OUTLINED ABOVE IS JOINTLY ISSUED BY THE BILH TAX DEPARTMENT, TO ENSURE THAT THE QUESTIONNAIRE IS DISTRIBUTED TO ALL CURRENT AND FORMER MEMBERS OF THE BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - PLYMOUTH BOARD OF TRUSTEES AS WELL AS FORMER OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES. THE COI-TQ PROCESS IS DESIGNED TO GATHER THE INFORMATION NECESSARY FOR BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - PLYMOUTH TO COMPLETELY AND ACCURATELY COMPLETE FORM 990 SCHEDULE L, TRANSACTIONS WITH INTERESTED PERSONS AND FORM 990, PART VI, QUESTION 2, FAMILY AND BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN OFFICERS, DIRECTORS/TRUSTEES AND KEY EMPLOYEES.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15AS NOTED THROUGHOUT THIS FILING, BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL- PLYMOUTH IS A MEMBER OF THE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH (BILH) NETWORK OF AFFILIATES WITH BILH SERVING AS BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL- PLYMOUTH'S SOLE MEMBER, OR IF NOT AS DIRECT SOLE MEMBER, INDIRECTLY AS THE MEMBER IN ITS CAPACITY AS PARENT OF THE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH NETWORK. IN THIS ROLE BILH MAINTAINS THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR SETTING COMPENSATION FOR EXECUTIVES AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT OF THE ENTITIES WHICH COMPRISED THE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH NETWORK. THE BILH COMPENSATION COMMITTEE IS THEREFORE RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSURING THAT THE TOTAL COMPENSATION PROVIDED TO THESE INDIVIDUALS IS FAIR AND REASONABLE USING CURRENT AND CREDIBLE MARKET PRACTICE INFORMATION AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LEGAL AND REGULATORY GUIDELINES, THE BILH COMPENSATION COMMITTEE IS COMPOSED OF INDEPENDENT MEMBERS OF ITS BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE NOTED BELOW OR IN FORM 990 SCHEDULE J, THE COMPENSATION REPORTED IN THIS FORM 990 FOR BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL- PLYMOUTH'S OFFICERS, TRUSTEES AND KEY EMPLOYEES WAS SET BY THE BILH COMPENSATION COMMITTEE. THE BILH COMPENSATION COMMITTEE PROCESS FOR SETTING COMPENSATION IS BELOW. THE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH (BILH) COMPENSATION COMMITTEE ESTABLISHES THE POLICIES AND THE COMPENSATION STRUCTURE, INCLUDING BENEFITS, FOR THE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH NETWORK OF AFFILIATES INCLUDING THE BILH CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AS WELL AS OTHER MEMBERS OF SENIOR MANAGEMENT AT BILH AND ITS AFFILIATES. THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSURING THAT THE TOTAL COMPENSATION PROVIDED TO THESE INDIVIDUALS IS FAIR AND REASONABLE USING CURRENT AND CREDIBLE MARKET PRACTICE INFORMATION AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LEGAL AND REGULATORY GUIDELINES. THE BILH COMPENSATION COMMITTEE IS COMPOSED OF INDEPENDENT MEMBERS OF ITS BOARD OF TRUSTEES. IN SETTING COMPENSATION, THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE RELIES UPON PUBLISHED COMPENSATION SURVEYS AND STUDIES PRODUCED BY INDEPENDENT COMPENSATION CONSULTING FIRMS THAT REGULARLY ASSESS EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS OF SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS. THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE MEETS TO REVIEW THE COMPENSATION STRUCTURE OF THE INDIVIDUALS DESCRIBED ABOVE AND AT THAT TIME REVIEWS THE COMPENSATION SURVEY DETAILS PREPARED BY THE INDEPENDENT COMPENSATION CONSULTING FIRM. FOR SOME CATEGORIES OF POSITIONS, THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE WILL REVIEW THE COMPENSATION STRUCTURE AND TARGETS AS A GROUP, RATHER THAN BY INDIVIDUAL. COMPENSATION FOR THE BILH CEO AND OTHER SENIOR EXECUTIVES IS REVIEWED ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS. THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE THEN VOTES TO APPROVE THE COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENTS OF ALL INDIVIDUALS DESCRIBED ABOVE EXCEPT FOR THE BILH CEO. THE COMPENSATION PACKAGE FOR THE BILH CEO AS VOTED BY THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE IS SUBMITTED TO THE FULL BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR APPROVAL. ALL DELIBERATIONS FOR BOTH THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ARE CONTEMPORANEOUSLY DOCUMENTED IN MINUTES. THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES AS DESCRIBED ABOVE ARE DESIGNED TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF TREASURY REGULATION SECTION 53.4958-6(C), REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION THAT A TRANSACTION IS NOT AN EXCESS BENEFIT TRANSACTION. FORM 990, PART VI, QUESTION 16B AS NOTED THROUGHOUT THIS FILING, BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH (BILH) SERVES AS THE DIRECT OR INDIRECT SOLE MEMBER OF BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - PLYMOUTH. ALTHOUGH BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - PLYMOUTH'S BOARD HAS NOT FORMALLY ADOPTED A WRITTEN POLICY REGARDING INVESTMENT IN, CONTRIBUTION OF ASSETS TO AND/OR PARTICIPATION IN A JOINT VENTURE WITH A TAXABLE ENTITY, PROCEDURALLY IF/WHEN ANY SUCH TRANSACTION IS CONTEMPLATED BY ANY BILH AFFILIATE, BOTH THE BILH OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL AND BILH TAX DEPARTMENT ARE INVOLVED TO EVALUATE PARTICIPATION. OUTSIDE COUNSEL IS ALSO CONSULTED WHERE NEEDED. THESE STEPS ARE TAKEN TO ENSURE THAT PARTICIPATION IN ANY JOINT VENTURE ARRANGEMENT HAS BEEN REVIEWED UNDER APPLICABLE FEDERAL TAX LAW AND TO ENSURE THAT BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - PLYMOUTH'S EXEMPT STATUS IS SAFEGUARDED.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19AS NOTED THROUGHOUT THIS FILING, BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - PLYMOUTH IS A MEMBER OF THE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH (BILH) NETWORK OF AFFILIATES WITH BILH SERVING AS BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - PLYMOUTH'S SOLE MEMBER, OR IF NOT AS DIRECT SOLE MEMBER, INDIRECTLY AS THE MEMBER IN ITS CAPACITY AS PARENT OF THE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH NETWORK. BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - PLYMOUTH'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC UPON REQUEST AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATION: BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH TAX DEPARTMENT SCHRAFFT'S CITY CENTER, 4TH FLOOR, 529 MAIN STREET CHARLESTOWN, MA 02129
FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11GTEMPORARY HELP: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 20,616,239. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 1,570,760. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 22,186,999. PHYSICIAN SERVICES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 19,900,136. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 19,900,136. MISC SVCS PROVIDED BY AFFILIATES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 2,970,551. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 226,328. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 3,196,879. OTHER MANAGEMENT FEES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 2,605,243. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 198,495. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 2,803,738. LABORATORY SERVICES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 1,807,653. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 1,807,653. MEDICAL SERVICES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 1,324,596. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 1,324,596. HOSPICE ROOM & BOARD: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 1,289,329. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 1,289,329. LAUNDRY AND LINEN: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 1,221,913. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 1,221,913. PURCHASED SERVICES DIRECT CARE: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 1,120,524. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 1,120,524. CONSULTING SERVICES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 485,543. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 36,994. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 522,537. TRANSCRIPTION SERVICES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 409,054. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 409,054. TRANSPORTATION SERVICES CLIENT: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 353,489. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 353,489. SECURITY: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 268,601. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 268,601. PROFESSIONAL FEES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 106,791. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 8,136. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 114,927. RECRUITMENT: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 86,468. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 6,588. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 93,056. MAINTENENCE EXPENSE: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 68,707. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 5,235. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 73,942. INTERPRETER SERVICES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 62,420. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 62,420. ANSWERING SERVICE: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 14,135. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 14,135.
FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9:TRANSFER TO AFFILIATES -13,018,712. NET ASSETS RELEASED FROM RESTRICTIONS 529,372. NET ASSETS RELEASED FOR CAPITAL 1,786,293. CHANGE IN FUNDED STATUS OF BENEFIT PLANS 3,381,120. PENSION ADJUSTMENT -489,444. TRUST AND PLEDGE ADJUSTMENTS -794,147.

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ADDISON GILBERT SOCIETY INC
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ANNA JAQUES HOSPITAL
25 HIGHLAND AVENEWBURYPORTMA01950042104338HEALTHCAREMA501(C)(3)3BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH INCYes (1)
ASSOC PHYS HARVARD MED FAC PHY AT BIDMC
375 LONGWOOD AVEBOSTONMA02215320058309TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICESMA501(C)(3)12A, IHARVARD MEDICAL FACULTY PHYSICIANS AT BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTERYes (1)
BAIM INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH INC DBA BAIM INSTITUTE
930 COMMONWEALTH AVEBOSTONMA02215043521077SCIENTIFIC & MEDICAL RESEARCHMA501(C)(3)70N/A
BETH ISRAEL ANAESTHESIA FOUNDATION INC
330 BROOKLINE AVEBOSTONMA02215042997215SUPPORT PATIENT CARE, RESEARCH AND TEACHING MISSIONS OF BIDMC, HFMP AND HMSMA501(C)(3)12A, IHARVARD MEDICAL FACULTY PHYSICIANS AT BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTERYes (1)
BETH ISRAEL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC
330 BROOKLINE AVEBOSTONMA02215042776678INACTIVE CORPORATIONMA501(C)(3)70N/A
BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE FOUNDATION INC
330 BROOKLINE AVEBOSTONMA02215364803234SUPPORT PATIENT CARE, RESEARCH AND TEACHING MISSIONS OF BIDMC, HFMP AND HMSMA501(C)(3)12A, IHARVARD MEDICAL FACULTY PHYSICIANS AT BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTERYes (1)
BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE FOUNDATION INC
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BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS DEPARTMENT OF NEONATOLOGY FOUNDATION INC
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BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY FOUNDATION INC
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BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS DEPARTMENT OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY FOUNDATION INC
330 BROOKLINE AVEBOSTONMA02215204974585SUPPORT PATIENT CARE, RESEARCH AND TEACHING MISSIONS OF BIDMC, HFMP AND HMSMA501(C)(3)12A, IHARVARD MEDICAL FACULTY PHYSICIANS AT BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTERYes (1)
BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY FOUNDATION INC
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BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY FOUNDATION INC
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BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL MILTON INC
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BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL NEEDHAM INC
148 CHESTNUT STNEEDHAMMA02492043229679HOSPITAL FOR THE TREATMENT, CARE AND RELIEF OF SICK AND SUFFERING PERSONSMA501(C)(3)3BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH INCYes (1)
BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL PLYMOUTH INC
275 SANDWICH STPLYMOUTHMA02360222667354HOSPITAL FOR THE TREATMENT, CARE AND RELIEF OF SICK AND SUFFERING PERSONSMA501(C)(3)3BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH INCYes (1)
BIDMC AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CARE CORP
300 LONGWOOD AVEBOSTONMA02215043200113OUTPATIENT AMBULATORY CENTER - INACTIVEMA501(C)(3)12A, I0N/A
BIDMC OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY FOUNDATION INC
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BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER INC
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BETH ISRAEL DERMATOLOGY FOUNDATION INC
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BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH INC
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BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH PRIMARY CARE
529 MAIN ST 4TH FLCHARLESTOWNMA02129472248298HEALTHCAREMA501(C)(3)10LAHEY HEALTH SHARED SERVICES INCYes (1)
BID-MILTON PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES INC
199 REEDSDALE ROADMILTONMA02186222566792PROMOTE HEALTHCAREMA501(C)(3)10BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - MILTONYes (1)
BIH PATHOLOGY FOUNDATION INC
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BIH RADIOLOGIC FOUNDATION INC
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CAB HEALTH AND RECOVERY SERVICES INC
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CPHCH INC DBA BILH AT HOME - WATERTOWN
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COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS ASSOCIATES INC
199 REEDSDALE RDMILTONMA02186043243146OUTPATIENT AND PRIMARY CARE SERVICESMA501(C)(3)3BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - MILTONYes (1)
CONTINUING EDU PROGRAM DBA BID DEPT OF PSYCH FDN
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HARVARD MEDICAL FACULTY PHYSICIANS AT BIDMC INC
375 LONGWOOD AVEBOSTONMA02215222768204GENERAL AND SPECIALIZED MEDICAL SERVICES TO THE PATIENTS OF BIDMC AND OTHERSMA501(C)(3)10BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER INCYes (1)
HEALTH AND EDUCATION HOUSING SERVICES INC
199 ROSEWOOD DRIVEDANVERSMA01923223232914HUD HOUSING - INACTIVEMA501(C)(3)10NORTHEAST BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CORPORATIONYes (1)
JORDAN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES INC
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LAHEY CLINIC CANADIAN FOUNDATION
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LAHEY CLINIC FOUNDATION INC
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LAHEY CLINIC HOSPITAL INC DBA LAHEY HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER AND LMC
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LAHEY CLINIC INC
529 MAIN ST 4TH FLCHARLESTOWNMA02129042704683HEALTHCAREMA501(C)(3)10LAHEY CLINIC FOUNDATION INCYes (1)
LAHEY HEALTH SHARED SERVICES INC
529 MAIN ST 4TH FLCHARLESTOWNMA02129043178972ADMINMA501(C)(3)10BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH INCYes (1)
LONGWOOD MEDICAL ENERGY COLLABORATIVE INC
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LONGWOOD MEDICAL INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION INC
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MED CARE OF BOSTON MGMT CORP DBA BILH PRIMARY CARE
464 HILLSIDE AVENEEDHAMMA02494042810972OUTPATIENT, PRIMARY CARE AND SPECIALTY SERVICESMA501(C)(3)10BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH PRIMARY CAREYes (1)
MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL
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MOUNT AUBURN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES INC
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NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL
125 PARKER HILL AVEBOSTONMA02120042103612ORTHOPEDIC SPECIALTY HOSPITALMA501(C)(3)3BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH INCYes (1)
NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST MEDICAL ASSOCIATES INC
125 PARKER HILL AVEBOSTONMA02120043235796OUTPATIENT MEDICAL SERVICES TO THE VARIOUS COMMUNITIES SERVICED BY NEBHMA501(C)(3)3NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITALYes (1)
NORTHEAST BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CORP DBA BILH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES
199 ROSEWOOD DRIVEDANVERSMA01923042777145HEALTHCAREMA501(C)(3)10BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH INCYes (1)
NORTHEAST HEALTH SYSTEMS INC
85 HERRICK STBEVERLYMA01915043240453FINANCIAL & OPERATIONAL SUPPORTMA501(C)(3)12B, IILAHEY HEALTH SHARED SERVICES INCYes (1)
NORTHEAST HOSPITAL CORPORATION
85 HERRICK STBEVERLYMA01915042121317HEALTHCAREMA501(C)(3)3BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH INCYes (1)
NORTHEAST MEDICAL PRACTICE INC
85 HERRICK STBEVERLYMA01915043201853HEALTHCAREMA501(C)(3)10NORTHEAST HOSPITAL CORPORATIONYes (1)
NORTHEAST PROFESSIONAL REGISTRY OF NURSES INC DBA BILH AT HOME
800 CUMMINGS CENTERBEVERLYMA01915201287349HEALTHCAREMA501(C)(3)10NORTHEAST SENIOR HEALTH CORPORATIONYes (1)
NORTHEAST SENIOR HEALTH CORPORATION
85 HERRICK STBEVERLYMA01915042731137HEALTHCAREMA501(C)(3)10LAHEY HEALTH SHARED SERVICES INCYes (1)
SEACOAST AFFILIATED GROUP PRACTICE INC
25 HIGHLAND AVENEWBURYPORTMA01915043485648PHYSICIAN GROUPMA501(C)(3)10ANNA JAQUES HOSPITAL INCYes (1)
SEACOAST NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER INC
300 WASHINGTON STGLOUCESTERMA01930041305001HEALTHCAREMA501(C)(3)10LAHEY HEALTH SHARED SERVICES INCYes (1)
THE JORDAN HEALTH SYSTEMS INC
275 SANDWICH STPLYMOUTHMA02360042103805PROMOTE HEALTHCAREMA501(C)(3)7BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER INCYes (1)
WINCHESTER COMMUNITY ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION INC
41 HIGHLAND AVEWINCHESTERMA01890223137856ACO - INACTIVEMA501(C)(3)12A, IWINCHESTER HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT INCYes (1)
WINCHESTER HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT INC
41 HIGHLAND AVEWINCHESTERMA01890222701817MANAGEMENTMA501(C)(3)12A, ILAHEY HEALTH SHARED SERVICES INCYes (1)
WINCHESTER HOSPITAL
41 HIGHLAND AVEWINCHESTERMA01890042104434HEALTHCAREMA501(C)(3)3BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH INCYes (1)
WINCHESTER HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC
41 HIGHLAND AVEWINCHESTERMA01890043399570PROFESSIONAL SERVICES & FINANCIAL SUPPORTMA501(C)(3)12A, IWINCHESTER HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT INCYes (1)
JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER INC
ONE JOSLIN PLACEBOSTONMA02215042203836PREVENTION, TREATMENT, AND CURE OF DIABETESMA501(C)(3)7BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH INCYes (1)
JOSLIN CLINIC INC
ONE JOSLIN PLACEBOSTONMA02215222984590PREVENTION, TREATMENT, AND CURE OF DIABETESMA501(C)(3)12A, IJOSLIN DIABETES CENTER INCYes (1)
EXETER HEALTH RESOURCES INC
5 ALUMNI DRIVEEXETERNH03833020222126SUPPORT COMMUNITY HEALTH & NETWORK MGMT SVCSNH501(C)(3)12A, IBETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH INCYes (1)
EXETER HOSPITAL
5 ALUMNI DRIVEEXETERNH03833222674014HOSPITAL FOR THE TREATMENT, CARE AND RELIEF OF SICK AND SUFFERING PERSONS.NH501(C)(3)3EXETER HEALTH RESOURCES INCYes (1)
ROCKINGHAM VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION AND HOSPICE
5 ALUMNI DRIVEEXETERNH03833020274905HOME CARE & HOSPICENH501(C)(3)10EXETER HEALTH RESOURCES INCYes (1)
EXETER MED REAL INC
5 ALUMNI DRIVEEXETERNH03833020418718REAL ESTATE HOLDING COMPANYNH501(C)(25)EXETER HEALTH RESOURCES INCYes (1)
CORE PHYSICIANS LLC
5 ALUMNI DRIVEEXETERNH03833870807914PHYSICIAN PRACTICESNH501(C)(3)10EXETER HEALTH RESOURCES INCYes (1)
EXETER HEALTH RESOURCES SELF-INSURANCE TRUST
5 ALUMNI DRIVEEXETERNH03833200753662SELF-INSURANCE TRUSTNH501(C)(3)12A, IEXETER HEALTH RESOURCES INCYes (1)

Id Related Org Txbl Partnership IdRelatedOrgTxblPartnershipGrp (9 entries)

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41 RESNIK ROADPLYMOUTHMA02360883871838SURGERY CENTERMABETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL-PLYMOUTH INCEXCLUDED000.51000
BIDCO HOSPITAL LLC
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NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST SURGERY CENTER LLC
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PHYSICIANS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LLP
200 RIVERS EDGE DRIVEMEDFORDMA02155043275078TO PROVIDE MEDICAL BILLING SERVICESMA00N/A
SHIELDS IMAGING AT ANNA JAQUES HOSPITAL LLC
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WINCHESTER HOSPITALSHIELDS MRI LLC
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GREATER NEWBURYPORT MANAGEMENT SERVICES ORGANIZATION INC
25 HIGHLAND AVENEWBURYPORTMA01950161744477MANAGEMENT SERVICESMAN/AC0
HUNTINGFIELD CORPORATION
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LAHEY CLINIC INSURANCE CO LTD
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LEDGEWOOD HEALTH CARE CORPORATION
87 HERRICK STREETBEVERLYMA01915042855189NURSING HOMEMAN/AC0
NORTHEAST PROPRIETARY CORP
85 HERRICK STREETBEVERLYMA01915042855191MEDICAL SERVICESMAN/AC0
WINCHESTER HEALTHCARE ENTERPRISES INC
41 HIGHLAND AVEWINCHESTERMA01890042932059MANAGEMENT SERVICESMAN/AC0
WINCHESTER PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES INC
41 HIGHLAND AVEWINCHESTERMA01890043262963MANAGEMENT SERVICESMAN/AC0
WINCHESTER PHYSICIAN HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION INC
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Transaction TypeTransactionTypeTxtInvolvedInvolvedAmtMethod Of Amount DeterminationMethodOfAmountDeterminationTxt
MEDICAL CARE OF BOSTON MANAGEMENT CORP
J$5,202,242FMV
MEDICAL CARE OF BOSTON MANAGEMENT CORP
K$63,681FMV
BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL MILTON INC
L$285,663FMV
BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL MILTON INC
O$203,326FMV
BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL MILTON INC
P$51,540FMV
BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL NEEDHAM INC
L$319,717FMV
BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER INC
M$3,608,380FMV
BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER INC
R$1,995,393FMV
BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH INC
L$9,245,809FMV
BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH INC
M$34,094,445FMV
BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH INC
O$3,239,403FMV
BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH INC
P$1,699,427FMV
BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH PHARMACY INC
P$60,521FMV
HARVARD MEDICAL FACULTY PHYSICIANS
O$1,368,900FMV
HARVARD MEDICAL FACULTY PHYSICIANS
Q$2,978,969FMV
JORDAN HEALTH SYSTEMS INC
M$4,535,653FMV
JORDAN HEALTH SYSTEMS INC
O$668,933FMV
JORDAN HEALTH SYSTEMS INC
Q$164,958FMV
JORDAN HEALTH SYSTEMS INC
R$10,030,095FMV
JORDAN HEALTH SYSTEMS INC
S$9,061,782FMV
JORDAN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES INC
M$7,000,000FMV
JORDAN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES INC
O$5,104,146FMV
JORDAN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES INC
P$8,497,109FMV
JORDAN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES INC
R$14,559,275FMV
JORDAN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES INC
S$77,784,751FMV
LAHEY CLINIC HOSPITAL INC
P$56,162FMV
LAHEY CLINIC HOSPITAL INC
Q$423,286FMV
LAHEY HEALTH SHARED SERVICES INC
Q$118,195FMV
NORTHEAST HOSPITAL CORPORATION
P$97,268FMV
NORTHEAST HOSPITAL CORPORATION
Q$94,821FMV
WINCHESTER HOSPITAL
P$117,747FMV
BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH INC
Q$227,826,483FMV
BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH INC
R$365,889,735FMV
BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH INC
S$89,974,563FMV