Baylor Health Care System

FAITH BASED SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION PROVIDING SERVICES TO A NETWORK OF ACUTE CARE HOSPITALS AND RELATED HEALTH CARE ENTITIES THAT PROVIDE PATIENT CARE, MEDICAL EDUCATION, MEDICAL RESEARCH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES.

SEE SCHEDULE OBAYLOR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM (BHCS) IS A FAITH-BASED, NONPROFIT SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION FORMED IN 1981 TO PROVIDE CENTRALIZED STRATEGIC AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO AN INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM. BHCS IS NOW AFFILIATED WITH BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE HEALTH (BSWH), A FAITH-BASED NATIONALLY ACCLAIMED NETWORK OF ACUTE CARE HOSPITALS AND RELATED HEALTH CARE ENTITIES PROVIDING QUALITY PATIENT CARE, MEDICAL EDUCATION, MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OTHER COMMUNITY SERVICES TO THE RESIDENTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS. AS THE LARGEST NOT-FOR-PROFIT HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IN TEXAS AND ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE UNITED STATES, BSWH WAS BORN FROM THE 2013 COMBINATION OF BAYLOR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AND SCOTT & WHITE HEALTHCARE. TODAY, BSWH HAS OVER 1,100 PATIENT ACCESS POINTS INCLUDING 51 HOSPITALS, 561 SPECIALTY CARE CLINICS, 195 OUTPATIENT CLINICS, 160 PRIMARY CARE CLINICS, 32 PHARMACIES, 29 AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTERS, AND MORE THAN 7,300 ACTIVE PHYSICIANS. THE SYSTEM ALSO INCLUDES A STATE CERTIFIED HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION, THE SCOTT AND WHITE HEALTH PLAN AND THE BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE QUALITY ALLIANCE ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION BOTH COVERING OVER 983,000 LIVES.BHCS'S GOVERNING BODY IS COMPRISED OF VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES WHO PROVIDE LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE TO BHCS. THE MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY CONTRIBUTE THEIR WISDOM, INSIGHTS, AND EXPERTISE TO ENSURE THAT BHCS IS FULFILLING ITS MISSION AND CHARITABLE PURPOSE WHILE PROVIDING EFFICIENT ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES AND DIRECTION TO AFFILIATES OF BOTH BHCS AND BSWH. AS PART OF ITS MISSION, BHCS PROVIDES GRANTS AND OTHER ASSISTANCE TO BSWH'S NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE RELIGIOUS, CHARITABLE, SCIENTIFIC, OR EDUCATIONAL IN NATURE, WITHIN THE MEANING OF INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 501(C)(3). FOUNDED AS A CHRISTIAN MINISTRY OF HEALING, BSWH PROMOTES THE WELL-BEING OF INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, BHCS PROVIDED MORE THAN $63.1 MILLION OF ASSISTANCE TO AFFILIATED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. BSWH IS COMMITTED TO OFFERING ACCESS TO QUALITY HEALTH CARE INCLUDING FREE OR DISCOUNTED HEALTH CARE TO THE INDIGENT AND UNDERSERVED POPULATION THROUGH ITS AFFILIATED HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS. AS PART OF ITS CHARITABLE MISSION, BSWH'S NONPROFIT HOSPITALS PROVIDED COMMUNITY BENEFITS (AS REPORTED TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS STATUTORY METHODOLOGY) OF $930 MILLION WHICH INCLUDES THE UNREIMBURSED COST OF CHARITY CARE, MEDICAID, MEDICARE AND OTHER COMMUNITY BENEFITS. BSWH'S NONPROFIT HOSPITALS PROVIDED COMMUNITY BENEFITS (AS REPORTED ON FORM 990, SCHEDULE H) OF $534 MILLION DURING THE TAX YEAR, WHICH INCLUDED THE UNREIMBURSED COST OF CHARITY CARE, MEDICAID AND OTHER COMMUNITY BENEFITS, BUT EXCLUDES MEDICARE.

SEE SCHEDULE OBHCS OWNS AND LEASES VARIOUS HOSPITAL FACILITIES AND PROFESSIONAL OFFICE BUILDINGS TO CONTROLLED AFFILIATES, PHYSICIANS ON THE MEDICAL STAFF OF AFFILIATED HOSPITALS, AND OTHER HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS.