In 2007, INTEGRIS Health provided $55,814,881.97 in community benefits. This includes our returnship efforts and uncompensated services.

Returnship

Returnship epitomizes our mission of giving back to our community. It takes the form of hundreds of programs and acts of charity provided daily across the state of Oklahoma – free health screenings, support groups, medical services, educational programs, health fairs and more as reflected in the previous pages.

Our returnship efforts equaled $5,204,980.97

Uncompensated Services

Uncompensated services are the costs of providing free and reduced cost care, which include charity care and unpaid costs of Medicaid programs. As a system of not for profit hospitals, INTEGRIS Health provides services to everyone, regardless of the ability to pay or their insurance coverage. Thus, we provide a much-needed safety net for members of our community who would otherwise have no access to medical care. Charity care costs are based on the overall hospital cost-to-charge ratios.

INTEGRIS Health provided charity care of $15,698,818

INTEGRIS Health also provides care to patients who qualify for Medicaid programs for which the organization receives inadequate payments. Unpaid costs of Medicaid programs reflect the difference between costs to provide patient care services and the rate at which the hospital is reimbursed. Estimated costs are based on cost accounting data and the overall hospital cost-to-charge ratios.

Unpaid costs of Medicaid programs equaled $34,911,083

In addition, INTEGRIS Health wrote off $133,699,899 in patient charges for bad debts.