Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital

PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE INPATIENT, OUTPATIENT, EMERGENCY, MEDICAL CLINIC, AND HOME HEALTH SERVICES.

SCHOOLCRAFT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (SMH), A COMPONENT UNIT OF SCHOOLCRAFT COUNTY, IS ORGANIZED UNDER PUBLIC ACT OF 230 AND IS A COUNTY HOSPITAL CORPORATION THAT OPERATES A 12-BED ACUTE CARE FACILITY. SMH PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE INPATIENT, OUTPATIENT, EMERGENCY, MEDICAL CLINIC, AND HOME HEALTH SERVICES IN TOTAL. HEALTHCARE IS OFFERED IN AT LEAST 30 SPECIALTIES, SOME OF WHICH INCLUDE CARDIOLOGY, NEUROLOGY, GENERAL AND ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY, A 24-HOUR PHYSICIAN STAFFED EMERGENCY ROOM, A WALK-IN CLINIC, PHYSICAL AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, CARDIAC REHABILITATION, AND A WIDE RANGE OF DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES INCLUDING A FULL-SERVICE LABORATORY, X-RAY, MAMMOGRAPHY, CT SCANS, MRI'S, AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE. SMH IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY PROVIDER AND EMPLOYER. DURING 2021 SMH HAD 1,417 ACUTE AND SWING BED PATIENT DAYS, 641 INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT SURGERIES, 42,651 OUTPATIENT VISITS, AND 373 HOME HEALTH ADMITS.THE HOSPITAL PROVIDES HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO PATIENTS WHO MEET CERTAIN CRITERIA UNDER ITS CHARITY CARE POLICY WITHOUT CHARGE OR AT AMOUNTS LESS THAN ESTABLISHED RATES. SINCE THE HOSPITAL DOES NOT PURSUE COLLECTION OF THESE AMOUNTS, THEY ARE NOT REPORTED AS PATIENT SERVICE REVENUE. THE ESTIMATED COST OF PROVIDING THESE SERVICES WAS $178,000 IN 2021, CALCULATED BY MULTIPLYING THE RATIO OF COST TO GROSS CHARGES FOR THE HOSPITAL BY THE GROSS UNCOMPENSATED CHARGES ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING CHARITY CARE TO ITS PATIENTS.

SMH OWNS A PROVIDER BASED RURAL HEALTH CLINIC, WHICH HAD THIRTEEN PHYSICIANS, TWO PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS, AND FOUR NURSE PRACTITIONERS. SMH HAD 24,049 RHC VISITS IN 2021.

SMH OFFERS 24/7 EMERGENCY SERVICES STAFFED WITH A PHYSICIAN WHO IS ON-SITE. SMH TREATS ALL PATIENTS, REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY. SMH HAD 4,380 ER VISITS IN 2021.