Subsidized Health Services
These are negative-margin services provided despite a financial loss. Subsidized services are provided because they meet a community need that no one else provides.
The total expense for subsidized health services for FY10 was $8,806,307. This includes Scripps inpatient and outpatient behavioral health services, Mercy Clinic and Scripps In-Lieu of Funds.
Behavioral Health
Scripps offers both inpatient and outpatient adult behavioral health services at the Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego campus.
Scripps Mercy’s behavioral health program also actively supports community programs designed to reduce the stigma of mental illness, and help affected individuals live and work in the community.
A-Visions, an innovative and nationally recognized work program for qualified candidates living with chronic mental illness, helps candidates maintain their health and secure satisfying work. Along with therapy, A-Visions offers structured volunteer or paid employment within Scripps, offering extended peer report, self-sufficiency, and pride in a job well done.
Learn moreMercy Clinic
Founded in 1930 and adopted by the Sisters of Mercy in 1961, Mercy Clinic of Scripps Mercy Hospital is a primary care clinic that treats more than 2,000 patients each month. Total patient visits for primary and subspecialty care at the clinic in FY10 were 15,272.
Established with the intent of caring for the poor, Mercy Clinic has become a critical source of medical care for San Diego’s “working poor.” Each year, 80% of the patient visits are paid through Medi-Cal, Medicare or some other insurance plan. The remaining 20% pay what, and if, they can.
Thousands of people in the region rely on Mercy Clinic, most of them women, children and seniors who otherwise would have no other access to health care. The total subsidized expense for Mercy Clinic for FY10 was $2.2 million (excludes Medicare, Medi-Cal, bad debt and charity care).
A permanent clinic staff of nurses and other personnel work hand-in-hand with more than 100 physicians from Scripps Mercy Hospital who volunteer their time. As an integral part of treating its patients, Mercy Clinic serves as a training ground for more than 50 residents each year from the Scripps Mercy Hospital graduate medical education program. Note: Mercy Clinic expenses are included within Scripps Mercy Hospital financials.