4A (Expenses $ 5845271 including grants of $ 0) (Revenue $ 5248834)
Inpatient healthcare services - providing inpatient community-based medicine and tertiary care to the surrounding region consistent with our core values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence. During FY10, Tas-Sahc, Inc. (F/k/a Saint Anne's Hospital) provided 2,808 patient days of inpatient services, with 554 discharges.

4B (Expenses $ 4927908 including grants of $ 0) (Revenue $ 7684032)
Outpatient healthcare services - providing outpatient clinical services to the surrounding region consistent with our core values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence. During FY11, Saint Anne's Hospital provided 6,872 outpatient visits.

4C (Expenses $ 1525226 including grants of $ 0) (Revenue $ 1786302)
Emergency room services - providing emergency room services to the surrounding region consistent with our core values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence. During FY11, Saint Anne's Hospital had 3,336 emergency room visits.

"PART I, LINE 7: THE COST TO CHARGE RATION AS DERIVED FROM WORKSHEET 2 WAS USED AS THE COSTING METHODOLOGY USED TO CALCULATE THE AMOUNT USED TO CALCULATE THE AMOUNTS IN THE TABLE OF LINE 7. PART II: TAS-SAHC, INC. RECOGNIZES COMMUNITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES AS PART OF IT'S MISSION TO PROVIDE HEALTH CARE SERVICES IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY IT SERVES. TAS-SAHC, INC.'S BUILDING ACTIVITIES CONSIST OF THE FOLLOWING. LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS: A BI-LINGUAL COMMUNITY RESOURCE LIAISON (CRL) CONTINUED THE HOSPITAL'S LONG-STANDING EFFORT TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE FOR THE WORKING POOR, ELDERLY, THOSE WITH LANGUAGE BARRIERS, THOSE WITHOUT TRANSPORTATION AND MORE. THROUGH INCREASED OUTREACH TO SMALL BUSINESSES, ADULT DAYCARE CENTERS, SENIOR CENTERS, CHURCHES AND HEALTH FAIRS AND THROUGH APPOINTMENTS IN HER HOSPITAL OFFICE, THE ADVOCATE ASSISTED THE UNINSURED AND UNDERINSURED IN ENROLLING IN AVAILABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS BY PROVIDING DIRECT HELP WITH THE MANY REQUIRED APPLICATION FORMS AND THE FILING OF THESE FOR ENROLLMENT. WHEN APPROPRIATE, ASSISTANCE IN SCHEDULING, COORDINATING CARE PROVIDERS AND SERVICES, IS OFFERED. COALITION BUILDING: TAS-SAHC, INC.'S PROGRAM OF ""PROMOTING WELLNESS OF VULNERABLE POPULATIONS"" CAME FROM THE RESULTS OF THEIR COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT WHICH SHOWED THE LEADING CAUSE OF HOSPITALIZAITONS IN OUR COUNTY TO BE MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE."

PART VI, LINE 2: IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MASSACHUSETTS ATTORNEY GENERAL'S COMMUNITY BENEFITS GUIDELINES FOR NON-PROFIT HOSPITALS, THE HOSPITAL CONDUCTED A NEEDS ASSESSMENT. MASSCHUSETTS LAW ALSO REQUIRES THAT ALL NON-PROFIT HOSPITALS AND HEALTH PLANS SUBMIT AN ANNUAL COMMUNITY BENEFITS REPORT THAT DETAILS THE EXTENT TO WHICH THESE INSTITUTIONS PROVIDE CHARITY CARE AND SUPPORT COMMUNITY HEALTH ACTIVITIES IN THEIR SERVICE AREAS. THE HOSPITAL CONDUCTS A PERIODIC COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENTS THAT CLARIFY THE LEADING HEALTH CONCERNS, SERVICE GARPS, AND BARRIERS TO ACCESS FOR THEIR PATIENTS. THE PRIMARY AIM OF THESE NEEDS ASSESSMENTS ARE TO HELP ENSURE THAT HOSPITAL AND HEALTH PLAN COMMUNITY BENEFIT ACTIVITIES ARE TARGETED APPROXIMATELY. IN THE SPRING OF 2009L, THE HOSPITAL ENGAGED AN OUTSIDE CONSULTING FIRM TO ASSIST WITH THE COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT. THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT COMPLIED AND ANALYZED SECONDARY DATA DRAWN FROM EXISTING FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL SOURCES AS WELL AS ANALYZED PRIMARY DATA THAT THE HOSPITAL COLLECTED THROUGH SURVEYS ADMINISTERED TO PATIENTS IN CLINIC WAITING ROOMS. THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT PROCESS EXPLORED ISSUES RELATED TO: HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND PREVENTIVE SERVICES; MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH STATUS; THE PREVALENCE OF CHRONIC DISEASE, MENTAL ILLNESS, AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE, AND THE EXTENT TO WHICH PATIENTS ARE INVOLVED IN RISKY BEHAVIORS. THEN THE INFORMATION COLLECTED WAS ANALYZED AND REPORTED.

PART VI, LINE 3: THE HOSPITAL'S POLICY IS THAT NO INDIVIDUAL WILL EVER BE REFUSED CARE. CARE IS PROVIDED REGARDLESS OF AGE, RACE, SEX, RELIGION, NATIONALITY, OR ABILITY TO PAY. THE POLICY IS POSTED ON SIGNS THROUGHOUT THE HOSPITAL ALONG WITH SIGNS INFORMING PATIENTS OF THE AVAILABILITY PUBLIC ASSISTANCE & MASSHEALTH PROGRAMS ARE POSTED AT ALL REGISTRATION POINTS, THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, CASHIER'S WINDOW, AND FINANCIAL COUNSELOR OFFICES. ALL SIGNS ARE LARGE ENOUGH THAT THEY ARE CLEARLY VISIBLE AND LEGIBLE BY PATIENTS VISITING THESE AREAS. SIGNS ARE IN BOTH ENGLISH AND ANY OTHER LANGUAGE SPOKEN BY MORE THAN 10% OF THE POPULATION IN THE HOSPITAL'S SERVICE AREA. THE HOSPITAL ALSO PROVIDES CARE TO THE ELDERLY AND THE INDIGENT UNDER THE MEDICARE AND MEDICAID PROGRAMS, GRANTED AT A DISCOUNT, WHICH IS GENERALLY LESS THAN COST. THE PROPORTION OF SERVICES PROVIDED TO MEDICAID PATIENTS APPROXIMATES THE PROPORTION OF MEDICAID BENEFICIARIES LIVING IN THE MEDICAL CENTER'S SERVICE AREAS. IN ADDITION, THE HOSPITAL PAYS INTO THE HEALTH SAFETY NET FOR HOSPITALS WITHIN THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. THROUGHOUT 2010, THE HOSPITAL CONTINUED TO ENROLL AND PROVIDE REFERRAL AND HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOR THE INDIGENT, UNDERINSURED AND UNINSURED IN OUR COMMUNITY. THE HOSPITAL RECOGNIZES THE DELIVERY OF CARE TO THOSE IN NEED AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR MISSION AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON MEETING THE HEALTH CARE NEEDS OF THSI POPULATION GOING FORWARD.

PART VI, LINE 4: TAS-SAHC, INC.'S (F/K/A SAINT ANNE'S HOSPITAL CORPORATION) IS A 160-BED, ACUTE-CARE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, LOCATED IN FALL RIVER, MA. ST. ANNE'S PRIMARY SERVICE AREA INCLUDES FALL RIVER, SWANSEA, SOMERSET, AND WESTPORT, MA; AND LITTLE COMPTON, PORTSMOUTH, AND TIVERTON, RI. THE HOSPITAL HAS A RICH HISTORY OF ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES BY SERVING THOSE WITHOUT READY-ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE AND BY PROVIDING A WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES THAT MEET THE NEEDS OF FALL RIVER'S URBAN POOR, OUR COMMITMENT TO THE INDIVIDUALS WE SERVE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER GIVEN COMMUNITY STATISTICS ON UNEMPLOYMENT AND POVERTY WHICH ARE AMONG THE HIGHEST IN MASSACHUSETTS. TAS-SAHC, INC.'S (F/K/A SAINT ANNE'S HOSPITAL CORPORATION) SERVES A DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBER OF THE IMPOVERISHED, MINORITY, WORKING POOR, AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED INCOME. THE MOST RECENT CENSUS DATA REPORTS THAT ONE IN FIVE PEOPLE IN FALL RIVER LIVE BELOW THE POVERTY LINE AND THE CITY'S PER CAPITA INCOME TRAILS THE STATE AVERAGE BY ONE-THIRD. FALL RIVER'S POVERTY RATE IS 21.3 PERCENT, UP FROM 16.1 PERCENT IN 2005 AND MORE THAN DOUBLE THE STATE AVERAGE, WHICH STAYED RELATIVELY FLAT AT 10.3 PERCENT. IN ADDITION, 35.6% OF CHILDREN UNDER 18 LIVE BELOW THE POVERTY LINE. IN JANUARY 2010, FALL RIVER'S UNEMPLOYMENT WAS THE HIGHEST IN THE STATE AT 17.2% AND HOVERED AT BETWEEN 14-16% THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR.

PART VI, LINE 5: IN FURTHERANCE OF ITS CHARITABLE PURPOSE, THE HOSPITAL PROVIDES A WIDE VARIETY OF SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO ENSURE ACCESS TO APPROPRIATE CARE FOR POPULATIONS IN NEED. THE HOSPTIAL, TAS-CC, INC. (F/K/A CARITAS CHRISTI) AND ITS MEMBERS SUPPORT SERVICES WITH TARGET NOT ONLY THE GENERAL POPULATION IN EACH MEMBER'S RESPECTIVE SERVICE AREA, BUT ALSO PARTICULAR POPULATIONS WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS, INCLUDING THE POOR, THE ELDERLY, CHILDREN, AND MINORITY POPULATIONS. SUPPORTED SERVICES INCLUDE VARIOUS CLINICS, HEALTH SCREENING PROGRAMS, HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND SUPPORT AREA GROUPS OPERATED IN THE LOCAL AREA. THE ORGANIZATION AND ITS MEMBERS WORK ACTIVELY WITH OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS TO ENSURE THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY HEALTH NETWORK. THE ORGANIZATION AND ITS MEMBERS ALSO PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO FOSTER A VITAL LOCAL ECONOMIC AND CIVIC ENVIRONMENT. SEVERAL OF THE MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDE CARE WITHOUT CHARGE OR AT AMOUNTS LESS THAN ESTABLISHED RATES TO PATIENTS WHO MEET CERTAIN CRITERIA UNDER THE ORGANIZATIONS CHARITY CARE POLICIES. BECAUSE THE MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS DO NOT PURSUE COLLECTION OF AMOUNTS DETERMINED TO QUALITY AS CHARITY CARE, THEY ARE NOT REPORTED AS REVENUE. MISSION STATEMENT: BEING PART OF A CATHOLIC HEALTH CARE SYSTEM MEANS THAT OURS IS A MINISTRY WITH ROOTS IN THE TEACHINGS OF THE CHURCH AND THE GOSPEL MESSAGE OF JESUS. AT TAS-CC, INC.

PART VI, LINE 6: TAS-CC, INC.'S (F/K/A CARITAS CHRISTI) IS A CATHOLIC HEALTH CARE SYSTEM ORGANIZED BY THE ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE OF BOSTON (RCAB). MEMBER HOSPITAL ORGANIZATIONS OF TAS-CC, INC. (F/K/A CARITAS CHRISTI) INCLUDES TAS- SAHCS, INC. (F/K/A ST. ANNE'S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, INC.) AND AFFILIATES, INCLUDING TAS-SAHC, INC. (F/K/A ST. ANNE'S HOSPTIAL CORPORATION); TAS-CSEMCB (F/K/A CARITAS ST. ELIZABETH'S MEDICAL CENTER OF BOSTON, INC.); TAS-CVRHS, INC. (F/K/A CARITAS VALLEY REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM, INC.) AND AFFILIATES, INCLUDING TAS-CHFH, INC. (F/K/A CARITAS HOLY FAMILY HOSPITAL, INC.); TAS-CCH, INC. (F/K/A CARITAS CARNEY HOSPITAL, INC.); TAS-CNH, INC. (F/K/A CARITAS NORWOOD HOSPITAL, INC.) AND TAS-CGSMC, INC. (F/K/A CARITAS GOOD SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER, INC.). CARITAS CHRISTI SERVES AS THE SOLE CORPORATE MEMBER OF EACH OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS. TAS-CC, INC. (F/K/A CARITAS CHRISTI) AND ITS MEMBERS SUPPORT SERVICES WHICH TARGET NOT ONLY THE GENERAL POPULATION IN EACH MEMBER'S RESPECTIVE SERVICE AREA, BUT ALSO PARTICULAR POPULATIONS WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS, INCLUDING THE POOR, THE ELDERLY, CHILDREN, AND MINORITY POPULATIONS. SUPPORTED SERVICES INCLUDE VARIOUS CLINICS, HEALTH SCREENING PROGRAMS, HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND SUPPORT AREA GROUPS OPERATED IN THE LOCAL AREA. TAS-CC, INC. (F/K/A CARITAS CHRISTI) AND ITS MEMBERS WORK ACTIVELY WITH OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS TO ENSURE THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY HEALTH NETWORK.

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