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Leadership Milton Magee, chair, board of directors; Stephen C. Reynolds, president and CEO
Founded 1912 in Memphis, Tenn., by Southern Baptist Conventions of Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi
Governance Board of Directors of Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation (BMHCC)
Affiliate Locations Hospitals - 14
Home Care - 6
Hospice - 6
Minor Medical Centers - 4
Licensed Beds Systemwide — more than 2,300; metro Memphis area — more than 1,300
Discharges Approximately 88,428 systemwide in fiscal year 2010
Emergency Room Visits 312,185 systemwide in fiscal year 2010
Surgical Procedures Approximately 58,372 systemwide in fiscal year 2010
Births Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women, approximately 4,610; systemwide, 10,842 in fiscal year 2010
Charitable Care & Community Benefit $97 million in uncompensated care in FY 2010, which includes charity care and unpaid patient accounts. Total Baptist community benefit for FY 2010 is approximately $204 million.
Economic Impact According to a 2005 University of Memphis study, Baptist had a total economic impact of $2,016,722,529, and the economic activity related to Baptist generated 20,585 local jobs. Baptist and its suppliers generated $749,317,702 in local employee compensation and $1,016,035,478 in total income (employee compensation, proprietors’ income and other property income). Baptist’s economic impact generated $112,978,143 of total tax revenue (federal, state, and local).
Employees Systemwide — approximately 12,000; metro Memphis area total — approximately 8,000
Baptist Health Services Group PPO network including 54 hospitals, 200 ancillary facilities and 4,161 physicians serving more than 1,761 employers and 508,852 covered lives
Baptist Memorial Medical Group Multispecialty group practice with 31 different specialties in three states—Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee. NEA Baptist Clinic, the largest physician group in Northeast Arkansas, and Stern Cardiovascular Foundation, one of the largest and most comprehensive cardiology group practices in the region, are among the group practices that have partnered with BMMG.
Cardiac 11,513 catheterization procedures, 6,385 interventional procedures and 1,653 cardiovascular surgeries in fiscal year 2010. The Baptist Heart Institute, opened in September 2001, is located at Baptist Memphis and provides comprehensive cardiovascular services in one facility. The Heart Institute is the only place in the Mid-South where physicians perform adult heart transplants.
Women & Children Includes freestanding Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women, which features a Level III newborn intensive care unit, labor and delivery and diagnostic services, such as urodynamics. Baptist Women’s Hospital also offers comprehensive breast care services through the Women’s Health Center, located within the hospital and at Macy’s in Oak Court Mall. The Women’s Health Center’s services include mammography, ultrasound and mobile mammography. Baptist also offers labor and delivery and diagnostic services, such as mammography, at Baptist DeSoto, Baptist Union County, Baptist North Mississippi, Baptist Golden Triangle, Baptist Tipton, Baptist Union City and NEA Baptist Hospital. In addition, Baptist Collierville, Baptist Booneville and Baptist Huntingdon have mammography services.
Health & Wellness/Disease Management Group programs, individual assistance and self-help information help patients choose and maintain healthy lifestyles; programs identify and assist those prone to and living with chronic diseases such as diabetes.
Oncology Offers treatment, research, support services, community education and the area’s first genetic counseling and testing program for cancer. In addition, Baptist Memphis has the Mid-South’s first adult myelosuppression unit, which provides specialized care for patients who have received myelosuppressive or myeloablative chemotherapy.
Pastoral Care About 200 volunteer chaplains and 22 pastoral care staff in Baptist system
Rehabilitation A number of Baptist Memorial hospitals offer a wealth of rehabilitation services, including physical, occupational and speech therapy; wound care; sports medicine; treatment for work-related injuries; swallowing therapy; aquatic therapy; and pediatric therapy.
Home Care & Hospice Registered nurses, nursing assistants, therapists, medical social workers and chaplains provide care for disabled, recovering, chronically sick and terminally ill patients throughout the Mid-South. Baptist opened the Memphis area’s first residential hospice facility, the Baptist Trinity Hospice House, and the Kemmons Wilson Family Center for Good Grief.
Clinical Services Include radiology, cardiovascular, nursing, laboratory services and respiratory therapy
Physician Providers More than 4,000 in 80 specialties
Affiliates Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation
Baptist College of Health Sciences
Baptist Memorial Home Care Inc. (Baptist Trinity Home Care & Hospice)
Baptist Health Services Group
Medical Financial Services Inc.
Affiliate Hospitals Baptist Memorial Hospital-Booneville (Booneville, Miss.)
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville (Collierville, Tenn.)
Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto (Southaven, Miss.)
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle (Columbus, Miss.)
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Huntingdon (Huntingdon, Tenn.)
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis (Memphis, Tenn.)
Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi (Oxford, Miss.)
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton (Covington, Tenn.)
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City (Union City, Tenn.)
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County (New Albany, Miss.)
Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women (Memphis, Tenn.)
Baptist Memorial Restorative Care Hospital (Memphis, Tenn.)
Baptist Rehabilitation-Germantown (Germantown, Tenn.)
NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital (Jonesboro, Ark.)

Last modified: 6/24/2011


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