Christus Health Southeast Texas

Community services for the broader community the greatest share of these expenses is spent educating health professionals. helping to prepare future health care professionals is a distinguishing characteristic of nonprofit health care and constitutes a significant community benefit. the three facilities (christus hospital - st. elizabeth, christus hospital - st. mary and christus jasper memorial hospital) provide a number of services for the benefit of the community -- including leadership activities. christus health also used cash donations as a vehicle to help our communities. we made cash donations, in addition to grants awarded through the christus fund, to support causes like the fight against cancer, provision of a continuum of care for our elderly, hiv/aids, and for many other equally worthy purposes. during fy 2024, christus health advocated for improving public policies, working to establish, and in some instances augment, grassroots advocacy and greater access to health care services for the constituents we serve.

Community services for the poor and underserved rooted in our mission and tradition, the founders and sponsors of christus health and those who co-minister with them seek new and innovative ways of delivering quality health care that are both affordable and accessible to all. today, more than ever, we must aim to improve the total health status of the community through programs that our services where they are needed most, with special attention and preference given to programs that support and benefit the health and welfare of the poor and underserved. community services for the poor and underserved represent the unpaid cost of services provided for which a patient is not billed, or for which a fee has been assessed that recovers only a portion of the cost of the rendered service. this category includes initiatives that reach out to those in need through community health and social programs. these programs seek justice for the vulnerable and work to bring about changes in our political and economic systems. the programs cover a broad spectrum of services from community clinics to immunizations for children and seniors, meals on wheels, transportation services, home repair projects and a variety of other social services. christus health has established the christus community impact funds to provide resources to nonprofit agencies and groups whose vision, mission and goals are consistent with christus health's mission, values and philosophy of a healthy community. we believe that by working together, we can make a profound difference in the quality of peoples' lives and create sustainable health in our communities. the cost of these grants is not included in the program service expenses for christus health southeast texas. several christus regions provide indigent funding donations or "grants" to aid the counties in which they, or another christus region, serve. such grants may be paid to the county directly or via another hospital or healthcare organization in the area. this charitable donation helps relieve the additional expense of healthcare for the indigent population within the communities that christus may not directly serve in one of our hospitals. this is a result of our mission to extend the healing ministry of jesus christ, especially to the poor and underserved.