Value of Our Services

As a community health system, CentraState maintains a strong commitment to programs and services that promote healthy living as well as caring for our neighbors when illness strikes. At the same time, we are coping with national and statewide trends of declining reimbursements for healthcare services provided, dramatic market-driven increases in the cost of medical malpractice insurance, and a rise in the cost of doing business driven by medical technology. As employers eliminate or reduce health benefits and the ranks of the uninsured swell, we are absorbing more charity care and bad debt—a form of uncompensated care in disguise. CentraState provides care regardless of a person’s ability to pay.

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In 2005 alone, CentraState Healthcare System provided more than $12-million —or nearly $33,000 per day—in
services to the community for which our facilities received no payment, or for which payments made were insufficient to cover costs. This figure represents six percent of our total operating costs even though CentraState is an efficient healthcare provider.

The five-year total of community benefit by CentraState is nearly $50-million.

Overview Value of Our Services Community Benefit Community Benefit Challenges Partnership and Collaboration Celebrating Community Services Conclusion