Childrens Hospital Corporation
Childrens Hospital Corporation
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About this organization
Mission
Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service
About
CLINICAL CARE: The services we offer - from well child visits and treatment for typical child health issues (broken bones, tonsillitis, etc.) to chronic care (asthma, diabetes, obesity, etc.) and specialty services (oncology, cardiology, neurology) - benefit from our clinicians' high level of specialization, our collaboration with research scientists (many of whom are also physicians) affiliated with the hospital, and our significant investments in equipment, facilities and clinical and support staff. Our team has a deep commitment to setting the bar for quality and safety and exceeding the expectations of our patients and their families for service, undertaking significant investments in each of these areas.In FY2019, Boston Children's saw more than 670,000 outpatient visits, 61,000 emergency department visits, 23,000 inpatient or observation stays, and 29,000 inpatient or day surgeries. Our inpatient case mix index was 2.26 and the average length of stay was 5.8 days. Of the bedded cases, more than 16.8% (CMI > 2.00) can be qualified as clinically complex. Of these patients, approximately 35% (patients on Medicaid/Medicare) are considered low income.BCH is the safety net institution for very sick children throughout the region, supporting the entire health care system for the most complex pediatric cases. We receive referrals from community hospitals as well as from other academic medical centers throughout New England. Approximately 25% of our inpatients are transferred from hospitals & medical centers across Massachusetts for care that no one else can provide. BCH is the single largest provider of care to children enrolled in the Medicaid program, caring for approximately 30% of all pediatric Medicaid patients statewide, including many of the sickest children in the state. BCH also provides clinical care for the largest number of uninsured children in the state. While the numbers are not finalized, we're projecting a Medicaid loss over $120M for FY19. In FY18 (the most recent complete year we have), for our Massachusetts patients, 39.4% of our gross patient service revenue (GPSR) was from Medicaid, including carved out behavioral health programs and the Children's Medical Security Plan.Increasingly, we have been able to care for and improve life and health outcomes for medically complex children, many with conditions such as congenital heart conditions, childhood cancers & complex neurological and neurosurgical conditions. Our capabilities are accelerating rapidly as we develop new clinical & surgical approaches including gene therapies, stem cell transplant procedures, fetal surgical interventions, and the like.BCH is at the absolute forefront nationally in these & many other areas. As a result, we have seen significant growth in the number of complex patients served-patients who stay longer, require more resources (such as intensive care unit-level care), use a broader range of interdisciplinary specialists, and frequently require substantial support for their whole family. Some of them travel great distances, but equally many are from here in Massachusetts.We've attempted to manage these trends by delivering care in lower cost settings including community hospitals that we help support, and by transitioning inpatient care to multi-specialty outpatient settings where possible. We've built care teams that work effectively across disciplines. We've strived to create a more welcoming and family-centered environment for children & families on the Longwood campus. We need to do more.Recognizing the difficulties that community-based hospitals face in providing specialized pediatric care (which requires significant investments in staff, equipment & training), BCH has formed partnerships with community hospitals throughout eastern Massachusetts, including Beverly Hospital, Winchester Hospital, Charlton Memorial in Fall River, Milford Regional, St. Luke's in New Bedford, Tobey Hospital in Wareham & South Shore Hospital. We've also expanded partnerships with Barbara Bush Hospital at Maine Medical Center and Hasbro Children's Hospital in Providence, RI. Additionally, our physicians see patients at Massachusetts General Hospital. With approximately 100 physicians serving those community hospitals, we enhance the community's-and the state's-ability to provide access to emergency, neonatal, inpatient & outpatient specialty services for children. BCH also operates satellite facilities in Lexington, North Dartmouth, Peabody & Waltham where we offer specialized care in cardiology, gastroenterology, neurology, respiratory diseases, diabetes, orthopedic surgery, urology, behavioral health and other specialties, as well as Martha Eliot Health Center, our community health center in Jamaica Plain. In addition, our physicians offer outpatient services at our Physician Office Locations in Brockton, Milford, Norwood & Weymouth. The Pediatric Physicians Organization at Children's consists of more than 300 physicians and 100 nurse practitioners and physician assistants across Massachusetts who work in close collaboration with Boston Children's. Additionally, our BCH Physicians partnership is a multi-specialty, pediatric practice with strong medical and academic roots, whose more than 276 physicians serve families in 57 locations throughout New York's Metropolitan Area, the Hudson Valley, Connecticut and New Jersey.Each year, BCH improves the quality of the clinical care it provides by recruiting talented staff, investing in cutting-edge equipment and technology, undertaking safety & quality initiatives, supporting community health programs and ensuring that our facilities make the care process easier & more comfortable for all the patients & families we serve. For example:Focus on Quality and Safety: At BCH, a dedication to quality & patient safety is embedded in everything we do. We continuously measure & track our performance in order to improve the care we provide. We believe measurement is essential for providing world-class care. If we don't track how we're doing, we can't identify areas of care that need improvement. And we can't identify high-performing areas that could serve as a model throughout BCH & the health care industry as a whole. By closely watching our quality & safety outcomes, we push ourselves to get better every day & raise the standard of care everywhere. We are committed to transparency in our efforts to constantly improve quality & safety, and clinical departments at BCH publish information on both in their own sections of our website.We value the insights of parents, patients & families when it comes to quality and safety. Parents know their child best, and they often have excellent ideas about how care can be improved. Adult family members, and children who are old enough, are encouraged to voice their observations, opinions or concerns to members of the care team. Doctors, nurses, researchers & administrators throughout BCH are continually exploring new ways of improving the quality of care we provide. Whenever possible, we share our successes & breakthroughs with the wider world, so that other health care professionals can learn from our experience and join us in raising the standard of care for children everywhere.In addition, BCH is engaged in an ongoing enterprise-wide commitment, extending to all staff as well as patients and families, to be a High Reliability Organization, one where ZERO preventable harm will occur to any patient, family member or team member. Foster innovation: Through the work of the Innovation and Digital Health Accelerator, BCH reinforces a commitment to, and investment in pediatric innovation. We are combining our data, clinical expertise, and health care technology development experience, with leading worldwide industry partners - including start-ups - to transform health care. Through the IDHA, we continue to make significant investments in the area of digital and technology-driven care. We know that the patient's journey is going to be not only more personalized as it comes to their care, but clearly more digital.Some of our ongoing projects include:- Circulation, which leverages on-demand transportation services to ease the burden of non-emergency medical transportation- Mightier, which uses the power of video games to help kids 6-14 struggling with anxiety and controlling emotions build emotional strength and resilience- An Early Literacy Screening App that can effectively screen for early signs of literacy challenges in only 30 minutes and link to risk-specific evidence-based responses for screening- Mindlight Medical, a brain-based diagnostic service that leverages EEG data to provide risk assessment & monitoring services for autism in infants as early as 3-6 months.
Interesting data from their 2017 990 filing
The filing specifies the mission of the non-profit as “Boston children's hospital (bch) is the nation's premier pediatric hospital. we serve as the community hospital for the children of boston; provide specialty pediatric care throughout the region; and offer access to innovative, life saving care to children across the world facing rare and complex conditions. bch's vision is to advance pediatric care - both in our local neighborhoods and worldwide - through a commitment to innovation, science-based care and quality improvement. all of our activities are driven by four interwoven missions: providing access to safe, high quality, compassionate and innovative clinical care to children; researching new cures and treatments for diseases and methods of care delivery; training the next generation of pediatric caregivers; and improving the health and well being of children, with a special emphasis on helping the children of boston grow and learn in safe, healthy environments.”.
When explaining its duties, they were described as: “Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service”.
- The state in which the non-profit is authorized to operate legally is MA.
- According to the filing, the address of the non-profit for the year 2017 is 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115.
- The non-profit has reported 12743 employees on their form for the year 2017.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is $61,060,331.
- The organization has 19 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 1982.
- The organization pays $831,560,153 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $29,069,094 in fundraising expenses.
