Central Washington Health Services Association

DEDICATED TO IMPROVING OUR PATIENTS' HEALTH BY PROVIDING SAFE, HIGH-QUALITY CARE.

CENTRAL WASHINGTON HEALTH SERVICES ASSOCIATION, DBA CENTRAL WASHINGTON HOSPITAL (THE ASSOCIATION), IS ACCREDITED BY DNV GL HEALTHCARE AND OPERATES A LICENSED 198-BED ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL DELIVERING A FULL RANGE OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES IN WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON, AND THE NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AREA. THE ASSOCIATION IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT INSTITUTION GOVERNED BY A BOARD OF DIRECTORS, PROVIDING GENERAL INPATIENT SERVICES INCLUDING MEDICAL, SURGICAL, HOME INFUSION SERVICES, INTENSIVE CARE AND CORONARY CARE, NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE, PEDIATRICS, OBSTETRICS, GYNECOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY. THE ASSOCIATION IS A FEDERAL REGIONAL REFERRAL CENTER, AND IS DESIGNATED BY THE STATE AS A LEVEL III GENERAL TRAUMA CENTER AND LEVEL III PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTER, SUPPORTED BY A COMPREHENSIVE RANGE OF SURGICAL PROCEDURES IN ORTHOPEDIC, NEUROSURGERY, VASCULAR SURGERY, INTERVENTIONAL CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION, AND OPEN-HEART SURGERY. CONFLUENCE HEALTH WAS FORMED IN 2012 AS A HEALTH SYSTEM THAT REPRESENTS AN AFFILIATION BETWEEN CENTRAL WASHINGTON HOSPITAL (A NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION) AND WENATCHEE VALLEY MEDICAL GROUP (WVMG) (A FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION). EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2013, THE ASSOCIATION AFFILIATED WITH CONFLUENCE HEALTH, AND CONFLUENCE HEALTH BECAME THE SOLE MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATION. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF CONFLUENCE HEALTH CONSISTS OF 9 COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND 6 PHYSICIANS OF WVMG.THE ASSOCIATION PROVIDES CARE TO PATIENTS WHO MEET CERTAIN CRITERIA UNDER ITS CHARITY CARE POLICY WITHOUT CHARGE OR AT AMOUNTS LESS THAN ITS ESTABLISHED RATES. BECAUSE THE ASSOCIATION DOES NOT PURSUE COLLECTION OF AMOUNTS DETERMINED TO QUALIFY AS CHARITY CARE, THEY ARE NOT REPORTED AS REVENUE.THE ASSOCIATION MAINTAINS RECORDS TO IDENTIFY AND MONITOR THE LEVEL OF CHARITY CARE IT PROVIDES. THESE RECORDS INCLUDE THE AMOUNT OF CHARGES FORGONE FOR SERVICES AND SUPPLIES FURNISHED UNDER ITS CHARITY CARE POLICY AND THE ESTIMATED COST OF THOSE SERVICES AND SUPPLIES.MANAGEMENT ESTIMATES CHARITY CARE COSTS BY CALCULATING A RATIO OF COST TO GROSS CHARGES, AND THEN MULTIPLYING THAT RATIO BY THE GROSS UNCOMPENSATED CHARGES ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING CARE TO CHARITY PATIENTS. CHARITY CARE COSTS WERE $10,290,231 AND $10,028,002 FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020, RESPECTIVELY.THE ASSOCIATION HAD 47,502 ACUTE PATIENT DAYS, 9,697 ACUTE DISCHARGES, 1,289 DELIVERIES AND 34,871 EMERGENCY VISITS.