ADVENTIST HEALTH BAKERSFIELD
1. Community Benefit Plan
Click on the button below to download the community benefit plan.
The documents are being made available as provided by the facility, in accordance with Health and safety Code 127350 and California Code of Regulations Section 95102. If there are any issues with accessibility, please notify us directly at communitybenefit@hcai.ca.gov
Download2. Community Health Needs Assessment
The web address where the Community Benefit Plan is published on the hospital's website:
https://www.adventisthealth.org/bakersfield/about-us/community-benefit/
The year the hospital last conducted a Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA):
2025
What community groups attended or engaged with the most recent CHNA process? Identify the vulnerable populations represented by these:
Represented populations included: agricultural workers, civic government, labor workers, LGBTQ community, low-income, medically underserved, older adults, persons with disabilities, unhoused population and those with substance use disorders. Participating organizations include First 5 Kern County, Garden Pathways, Kern County Public Health, Mission at Kern County, Noel Alexandra Foundation, and the Community Action Partnership of Kern County.
Does the Hospital make the CHNA report widely available to the public?
Yes
How the hospital made the Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) available to the public:
Community Health Needs Assessments (CHNA), Community Health Implementation Strategies (CHIS), and Community Health Plan Updates are readily accessible to the public by posting these reports on the hospital's website and the Adventist Health website.
The web address where the CHNA is publicly accessible:
3. Community Benefit Expenses
| Vulnerable Population | |
|---|---|
| Traditional Charity Care | $ 1,438,590 |
| Medi-Cal | $ 26,782,084 |
| Other Means-Tested Government (Indigent Care) | $ 0 |
| Sum Financial Assistance and Means-Tested Government Programs | $ 28,220,674 |
| Vulnerable Population | Broader Community | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Health Improvement | $ 2,024,866 | $ 1,054,695 | $ 3,079,561 |
| Community Benefit Operations | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 0 |
| Health Professions Education | $ 0 | $ 1,931,551 | $ 1,931,551 |
| Subsidized Health Services | $ 0 | $ 41,794,769 | $ 41,794,769 |
| Research | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 0 |
| Cash and In-kind Contributions for Community Benefits | $ 5,000 | $ 191,851 | $ 196,851 |
| Other Community Benefits | $ 0 | $ 1,744,643 | $ 1,744,643 |
| Total Other Benefits | $ 2,029,866 | $ 46,717,509 | $ 48,747,375 |
| Vulnerable Population | Broader Community | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Community Benefits* | $ 30,250,540 | $ 46,717,509 | $ 76,968,049 |
| Medicare | $ 15,767,854 | $ 15,767,854 | |
| Total Community Benefits with Medicare | $ 46,018,394 | $ 46,717,509 | $ 92,735,903 |
*Aggregate from tables above.
Other relevant information to the hospital's community benefit plan not otherwise captured:
See attached report Community Benefit Operations is included in Community Health Improvement Services as formatted in accordance with Schedule H 990 reporting.