Commonwealth Health Moses Taylor Hospital 2018 Community Benefits Report
2/1/2019
SCRANTON, Pa. (Feb. 1, 2019) – Commonwealth Health Moses Taylor Hospital contributed to the community in 2018 in many ways beyond providing quality medical care. As one of Scranton’s largest employers, we contribute to the local economy by paying property and sales taxes, providing jobs and through sponsorships and donations to local organizations and groups.
We support local vendors through purchases and services and our employees do the same. We support local organizations and events through both our participation and our financial sponsorships.
In 2018, Moses Taylor Hospital provided quality care in the form of:
- More than 37,000 emergency department visits
- More than 19,000 inpatient visits
- More than 2,000 births
- More than 7,000 surgeries
- More than 340,000 outpatient visits
Our financial benefits to the community last year include:
- More than $2 million in capital investments
- More than $5 million paid in property and sales taxes
- More than $10 million in charity and uncompensated care
- More than $8 million spent locally
- More than $60,000 in donations and outreach contributions
Some of the highlights of the past year:
- Became the first hospital in Northeastern Pennsylvania to perform navigational bronchoscopy, an advanced procedure for the diagnosis of lung cancer
- Expanded online scheduling with InQuicker to include new providers and for gynecology scheduling
- Added physicians: Emily Nebzydoski, M.D., pediatrics; Marla Osborne Dempsey, D.O., family practice; Deepika Kalisetti, M.D., interventional cardiology; Dan Shust, M.D., family practice; Melissa Marji, OB/GYN; Charles Hughes, M.D., general surgery
- With other Commonwealth Health acute care hospitals, entered into a partnership with Jefferson Neuroscience Network for a stroke telemedicine program
- Recertified in Stroke Care, Perinatal Care, Chest Pain Center
- Renovated labor and delivery rooms and behavioral health department
- Held a successful Mammothon in October, calling on women who were past due for their annual mammograms, scheduling this important screening
