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Ken DeFurio,
President and CEO
Our year of growth and expansion
IT WAS A GOOD YEAR.
2016 was another year
of continued growth and expansion for Butler
Health System, resulting
in quality-driven care that
allows you and your loved
ones to receive the care
they need, close to home.
Our primary care base
continues to grow, with
excellent physicians across
six counties. We added
BHS Endocrinology, a
much needed specialty in
our community.
Other enhanced services include Electrophysi-
ology, Cardiovascular Services and transcatheter
aortic valve replacement (TAVR), BHS Lung Center
focused on early lung cancer detection, and 3-D
Mammography, with its more precise and earlier
breast cancer detection. We expanded the BHS
Palliative Care service to the outpatient setting.
We continue to challenge ourselves in delivering
care that produces the best outcome in the lowest
cost setting. Our work ranges from telemedicine,
which is featured on the cover of this magazine, to
constantly challenging ourselves to whenever pos-
sible, keep people out of the hospital and cared
for in convenient and affordable ambulatory care
sites.
On page 3 of this edition of
BUTLERhealth,
you
will see the continually growing roster of outstand-
ing physicians who have joined BHS. We work very
hard to recruit and keep the very best doctors. All
of them could work anywhere they want, and they
have chosen BHS. Healthcare has essentially be-
come a team endeavor. This is critically important
for safety, efficiency, and the overall patient and
family experience. I am so very pleased to con-
tinue to work with the physicians who have joined
the BHS team.
One thing is certain for 2017: It will be another
year of great change to U.S. health care. As I write
this, President-Elect Trump prepares for his inau-
guration, and as we all know, he has vowed to
repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. No
matter what happens, BHS will be proactive as we
learn about what the changes mean, and we will
advocate for policy and payment that assures ac-
cess to all patients, and supports the sustainability
of BHS, and our availability to you.
All the best to you and yours in 2017!
Care and comfort
in times of need
PALLIATIVE CARE IS
specialized care that focuses on
symptom management and advanced care planning for
people of all ages with serious, life-threatening illnesses.
BHS takes a team approach to care for the whole
person—physically, emotionally and spiritually. This
care is provided by a core team of specially trained
doctors, physician assistants, nurses and social workers
who create a program based on the patient’s individual
goals.
As part of Butler Health System’s growing Palliative Care
Program, an outpatient clinic was recently established.
For more information, call
724-968-5330
or visit the
palliative care page at
butlerhealthsystem.org.
Expenses
Salaries and benefits
$115,929,083
Utilities
2,961,416
Drugs
11,839,678
Medical and surgical supplies
33,565,053
Supplies and other purchased services
37,915,713
Depreciation of buildings and equipment
11,804,469
Insurance
1,874,064
Interest paid
4,478,006
Bad debt write-offs
7,650,125
Total operating expense
$228,017,607
Total remaining revenue to be reinvested
in equipment, new technology and
needed programs
$44,308,882
By the numbers:
Fiscal year 2016
Revenue
Gross charges for patient services
$1,091,921,923
Free care for patients unable to pay
(5,996,593)
Discounts for Medicare and Medicaid
(543,652,557)
Contractual discounts to health
insurance companies
(286,527,925)
Net revenue for patient services
255,744,848
Other operating revenue
11,078,613
Nonoperating revenue
5,503,028
Total revenue
$272,326,489
FROM THE PRESIDENT AND CEO
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