Mercy Health Partners (Northeast Region)

Mercy Health Partners (Northeast Region) is based in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where it serves the community with an acute care hospital and a long-term acute care hospital. MHP – Northeast also operates home health and hospice agencies, a wound care center and a foundation.

Information on these and other MHP – Northeast services and facilities is available at www.mercyhealthpartners.com.

Hospitals:

  • Mercy Hospital, Scranton
  • Mercy Special Care Hospital (Long-Term Acute Care Hospital)

    • By the Numbers: (information current as of December 31, 2007)

  • Licensed Acute Beds: 198
  • Licensed Non-Acute Beds: 99 (all are Licensed Long-Term Care Beds)
  • FTEs: 1,228

    • Economic Impact
    The following economic impact information comes from an Economic Impact Study of CHP’s healthcare facilities completed by the University of Cincinnati’s Economic Center for Education & Research. The report estimated economic impact for calendar year 2005, the last year for which current information was available at the time the research was done.

    MHP’s Impact on the Regional Economy
    Total expenditures by MHP healthcare facilities: $135 million

    Total economic impact on the region: $250.5 million

    Wages and benefits to employees: $6.7 million

    Total impact on employment: 2,327 jobs

    Investing to Benefit the Scranton & Wilkes-Barre Community
    Total Community Benefit: $10,464,000

    Benefit to those who are poor: $5,766,000

  • Care for those who cannot afford to pay: $1,729,000
  • Unreimbursed care for those who qualify for Medicaid: $3,964,000
  • Other programs for the under-served: $73,000

    • Benefit to the broader community: $4,698,000

    Uncollectible debt absorbed: $7,792,499

    As a mission-driven organization, we strive to meet and exceed the letter and the spirit of the law regarding our tax-exempt status. In 2005, Mercy Health Partners – Northeast provided more than $1.70 in community benefit for every $1.00 it would have paid in taxes.

    Awards and Recognition
    In 2006, Mercy Hospital, Scranton was named to Solucient’s annual list of the nation’s 100 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals. This was the third consecutive year that the hospital received this honor.

    Mercy Health Partners – Northeast Region received The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania’s 2007 Achievement Award Honoring Excellence and Innovation in Health Care.

    For its leadership in becoming the first tobacco-free hospital in Lackawanna County, Mercy Hospital, Scranton received the Lackawanna County Commission on Drug and Alcohol Abuse’s Community Service Award.

    The American Lung Association of Pennsylvania issued a Commendation to Mercy Health Partners – Northeast Region for instituting a totally smoke-free campus policy.

    In 2007, Mercy Hospital, Scranton was named among the 100 Top Hospitals for cardiovascular care by Thomson Healthcare (formerly Solucient). This was the fourth time that Mercy Hospital, Scranton had been named to the list.

    Return to Where We Serve.