Aurora Health Care is a national leader in developing and implementing best
practices in clinical improvement and disease management. In 2006, Aurora
analyzed the effect of 26 initiatives involving more than 600 Aurora physicians
and documented the following impact:
Lives benefited
838,575
Deaths prevented
1,403
Medical expense savings for patients, employers and other payers
Influenza
vaccination for high-risk patients
$13.1 million
Cholesterol
management for coronary artery disease patients
$5.4 million
Antibiotic
treatment for pneumonia patients
$6.1 million
Other
$700,000
Total savings
$25.3 million
The people of Aurora Health Care
Total employees
25,750
Registered nurses
4,948
Physicians on
staff
3,387
Employed
physicians
670
Residents and
fellows
139
Charity care
Aurora provides a large amount of charity care for people who are uninsured
or are otherwise unable to pay for the care they need. in 2006, Aurora's costs
for providing this care totaled $31.7 million.
Charity care
charges
$71,639,000
Charity care
costs
$31,735,000
Other unreimbursed care
Bad debt
$82,508,000
Service statistics
Inpatient
discharges
101,500
Inpatient days
414,866
Length of stay
(days)
4.09
Births
12,492
Surgical
procedures
84,775
Ambulatory care
visits
2,589,606
Emergency care
visits
230,697
Hospital
outpatient visits
1,414,462
Home care nursing
visits
282,371
Family service
visits
67,698
Hospice benefit
days
84,416
Home-delivered
meals
466,017
Retail pharmacy
prescriptions
5,595,713
Web site visits
6,481,247
Community outreach
Every year Aurora provides, without charge, a variety of services in
communities throughout eastern Wisconsin. The total value of these services in
2006 was $26.1 million.
Health education
and outreach
$4,626,456
Transportation
772,300
In-kind services
and sponsorships
8,681,570
Counseling
1,271,832
Free clinics
2,475,505
Health screenings
and immunizations
888,499
Support groups
and self help
2,196,305
Work force
development
5,223,695
Total
$26,134,162
Financial summary
Aurora's total net services revenue grew from $2.8 billion in 2005 to $3
billion in 2006. revenue from inpatient services rose 4.4% while revenue from
outpatient hospital visits and visits to clinics rose 10.8%.
Aurora is not for profit
Aurora health care is a not-for-profit charitable organization. All revenues
in excess of expenses are reinvested in improving health care services.
Sources of funds
Inpatient
services
$1,083,307,726
Outpatient and
ambulatory services
1,481,273,274
Other services
468,438,000
Total net
services revenue*
3,033,019,000
Other sources
151,762,000
Total
$3,184,781,000
Uses of funds
Salaries, fees
and fringe benefits
$1,573,009,000
Supplies
686,544,000
Net building,
equipment and working capital
45,917,000
Maintenance,
rental, insurance, utilities and other business expenses
636,376,000
Other payments
242,935,000
Total
$3,184,781,000
* Total net service revenue is net after subtraction of charity
care, other uncompensated care, and Medicare, Medicaid and other government
shortfalls.
