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Community benefits report

Aurora Community Benefits ReportPrint a copy of this report (PDF)

In 2008, across eastern Wisconsin, Aurora Health Care provided more than $65 million in charity care and community benefits.

  • Health screenings
  • Health services at free clinics
  • Funding for community health centers
  • Community health education programs
  • Support groups
  • Sponsorships that reach into every community we serve in eastern Wisconsin

Community benefits are services provided with little or, in most cases, no compensation that go above and beyond the delivery of essential health care for patients and align with our mission to promote health and well-being, prevent illness, and contribute to the overall welfare of the communities we serve.

As a not-for-profit health care provider, we are committed to improving community well-being through collaborations with community partners. One example is our continuing partnership with local health departments to conduct community health needs assessments throughout eastern Wisconsin. These help communities focus their resources on areas of greatest need and enable us to align our outreach to better meet those needs. See the results of the community health needs assessments.

Accessible health careAccessibility and affordability of health care

As the leading health care provider in eastern Wisconsin, we recognize our role in addressing concerns about the accessibility and affordability of health care. Further, we recognize that we are accountable to our patients and communities and that our initiatives to support our communities must be cost-effective, stretch limited financial resources and fit our role as a not-for-profit organization.

Each year Aurora Health Care provides, without charge, a variety of services in communities throughout eastern Wisconsin, in addition to charity care for people who are uninsured or are otherwise unable to pay for the care they need.

Charity Care at cost* (includes 100% GAMP) $35,369,000
Medicaid shortfall at cost* $108,752,000
Losses on Other Public Programs at cost* $6,772,000

Total uncompensated care

$150,893,000

Community benefit programs

 

Community health education and outreach - includes:

  • Parish Nurse Program, School-Based Health Program, senior education and outreach, as well as community programs on disease prevention topics such as nutrition, exercise, chronic disease management, controlling asthma, etc.

 $3,667,547
Transportation for indigent patients $336,161

In-kind services and sponsorships - includes:

$11,254,021

Counseling

$1,424,359

Free clinics - including:

$7,951,651

Health screenings and immunizations

$1,110,524

Support groups and self help

  • AIDS/HIV, Alzheimer’s, Asthma/COPD, bereavement, cardiac/heart healthy, caregivers, cancer, diabetes, nutrition & weight loss, substance abuse, tobacco/smoking cessation

$247,742

Health Professions Education

  • Health professions education for physicians, medical students, nurses, nursing students, allied health professionals; scholarships, mentoring and job-shadowing programs

$6,464,490
Total community benefit programs

$32,456,495

Total 2007 community benefits**

$183,349,495

*Calculations and cost-to-charge ratios based on Wisconsin Hospital Association guidelines.

**Unlike some community benefit reports that include additional categories as community benefits, Aurora has elected to exclude Medicare shortfalls and bad debt expense from the community benefit calculations.

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