$534.6M in expenses

Meriter hospital, INC. Is a 448-bed community hospital focused on delivering quality care and patient safety. Meriter provides solutions to many community health care needs, and provides the region's only available child and adolescent psychiatry services, and sexual assault nurse examiner services. Meriter is proud to deliver more babies than any other hospital in wisconsin and received numerous awards:-pageen small, clinical ethicist was recently published in the bioethics today blog "you need more friends": making space for latine diversity in bioethics (bioethicstoday.org). -unitypoint health meriter was nationally recognized with the american heart association's "get with the guidelines - stroke and received the stroke gold plus quality achievement award for its commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines, ultimately leading to more lives saved and reduced disability. -meriter was also named to the target: type 2 diabetes honor roll. Target: type 2 diabetes aims to ensure patients with type 2 diabetes, who might be at higher risk for complications, receive the most up-to-date, evidence-based care when hospitalized due to stroke. Target: heart failure demonstrates a commitment to improving outcomes for patients with heart failure, meaning reduced readmissions and more healthy days at home.-unitypoint meriter has earned the award of hope bronze for organ donation performance and a tissue excellence award for tissue performance in 2024! -lions eye bank of wisconsin: unitypoint health meriter achieved a 46.7% conversion rate; exceeding, not only the eye bank's goal of 30.0% but their stretch goal of 40.0%! -meriter was named one of becker's hospital review's 100 great community hospitals! It recognizes local and rural hospitals for their crucial role in keeping communities healthy. -meriter has been recognized by u.s. News & world report as a 'high performing' 2025 best hospital for maternity care. U.s. A high performing rating indicates exemplary performance on a range of objective quality measures, such as rates of unexpected complications and c-sections. Of the record 817 hospitals that submitted maternity data to u.s. News this year, only 414 earned a high performing rating. -congrats to pam wetzel, MD, who was named a 2025 "cmo to know" by becker's hospital review!-unitypoint health meriter was recently named to newsweek's america's best maternity hospitals 2024 listing. Meriter was one of 168 hospitals awarded five ribbons, while 236 hospitals received four ribbons. The evaluation centered on three pillars: an online survey of health care professionals and hospital managers with knowledge of maternity processes, results from patient experience surveys, and consideration of hospital quality metrics.-unitypoint health - meriter has been named to the 2024 edition of becker's 'great community hospitals' list. Community hospitals honored in this list are focused on bringing clinical and academic excellence, personalized and holistic care, and overall improved health to their communities. The becker's editorial team selected hospitals for inclusion based on nominations and considered several outside rankings and ratings organizations, including u.s. News & world report, healthgrades, CMS, the leapfrog group, the national rural health association and the chartis center for rural health. Becker's recognized uph-m as a community hospital that has served its community for more than 125 years, and is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and equitable care environment. For example, it recently renamed its women's health/mother-baby services to pregnancy and newborn services to ensure an inclusive culture at all stages of the care continuum. The hospital offers educational opportunities for area students, partners with a local furniture store to provide mattresses to residents of a nearby low-income housing complex, and works to address negative impacts to health, such as homelessness, through a program that provides treatment to those with housing insecurities. The hospital's efforts have unitypoint.org been recognized nationally, including earning a 5-star quality rating from CMS and being named the no. 2 hospital nationwide on newsweek's excellence 1000 index for 2024.-meriter is ranked 67th in the united states and 3rd in wisconsin on the 2024 newsweek best hospitals in the world list. Newsweek identified the top 2,400 hospitals across 30 countries. Each hospital's score is based on an online survey of more than 85,000 medical experts and public data from post-hospitalization patient surveys on their general satisfaction. The score also considers metrics on things like hygiene and patient/doctor ratio as well as a statista survey on whether hospitals use patient reported outcome measures (proms), which are standardized questionnaires completed by patients to assess their experience and results.-for the third year in a row, unitypoint health meriter has been named to newsweek's list of "world's best hospitals". Meriter ranked in the top 100, no. 73 in the united states. Our partners at uw health ranked no. 22 in the nation and in the top 200 globally, and unitypoint health affiliate ST. Luke's in cedar rapids came in at no.177 nationally. Newsweek and statista developed a complex methodology to ensure the quality and validity of the ranking.-2024 get with the guidelines-stroke gold plus target: type 2 diabetes honor roll. Meriter has been recognized for its commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines, ultimately leading to more lives saved and reduced disability.-meriter's security team received the iahss award. The security team was selected based on leader and security officer certification, as well as skills and specialized knowledge in healthcare security and safety and are only 1 of 60 u.s. Hospitals since 2007 to receive this distinction.-meriter has been recognized as a wisconsin hospital association checkpoint top performer! Checkpoint is a voluntary hospital quality reporting program that encompasses over 45 quality and safety measures publicly available for providers, employers, and consumers. All acute care and critical access hospitals in the state report on measures relevant to their patient populations. Meriter is in the top 10% checkpoint top performer status for the mortality-conditions and mortality-procedures category measure.-meriter received 2024 healthgrades outstanding patient experience award, america's 100 best hospitals for pulmonary care award, and coronary intervention excellence award.-becker's has recognized unitypoint health meriter as a top recommended hospital in wisconsin. Becker's compiled a list of hospital's patients that are most likely to recommend in every state using hospital consumer assessment of healthcare providers and systems data from CMS. The recommended hospital star rating is based on patients' responses to the question, "would you recommend this hospital to your friends and family?" hospitals must have at least 100 completed hcahps surveys in a four-quarter period to be eligible for a star rating.-unitypoint health meriter has been named by u.s. News & world report to its 2024-2025 high performing hospitals list for treatment of congestive heart failure, COPD, heart attack, kidney failure and pneumonia. This is the highest distinction a hospital can earn for u.s. News' best hospitals procedures & conditions ratings.-unitypoint health meriter has been recognized by u.s. News and world report as one of the best hospitals in the stmeriter clinic's offers ambulatory health care with a focuson providing educational, outreach and referral programs that include wellness and disease prevention. This occurs through all specialties for individuals and in group settings such as individual health education sessions with a nurse practitioner for women managing their heart disease, offering group sessions on the latest advancements for treatments of osteoarthritis, and educational programs for pregnant parents attending childbirth education programs. Meriter clinic's providers also offer various educational talks and screening opportunities as part of community programs/events each year. Meriter's adult primary care clinics include diabetes management services through a team consisting of endocrinologists, program service accomplishments: certified diabetes educators, dietitian and health psychologist. Health psychology services are available to patients who need emotional support and guidance as they work through personal health changes. Meriter child & adolescent psychiatry staff provide educational sessions for school personnel. Meriter primarily serves patients from dane county.