Enloe’s benefit to Chico

In a report submitted to the state detailing the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, Enloe Medical Center valued its community benefit at $95.6 million.

The report, which is required of nonprofit hospitals in California, noted that Enloe’s community benefit increased by 23 percent over 2010, according to an Enloe Medical Center press release. Community benefit is mostly determined by measuring the amount of uncompensated care provided, either through charity care or bad debt from uncollectible accounts.

Most of the contribution is attributed to the difference between state and federal payments for Medicare and Medi-Cal services and the actual cost of providing those services. Payments for Medicare and Medi-Cal were $31.7 million and $49.3 million short of operating costs, respectively.

Charity care accounted for $4.7 million of the hospital’s community benefit, an increase of more than 66 percent over the previous fiscal year.