Since its founding more than a century ago, Bronson Methodist Hospital has been committed to outreach efforts and to providing care to all people, regardless of their ability to pay. This approach is fundamental to Bronson's mission and values as Kalamazoo's only community-owned and locally governed hospital.

Annually, Bronson documents its service to the community through community benefit reporting which tracks service to the underserved, community outreach and leadership, and time and resources donated to health professional education. The most recent report shows Bronson gives back more than $48 million a year in community benefits.

For years, Bronson has served the largest percentage of Medicaid patients of any hospital outside of Detroit. Bronson's charity care and non-reimbursed Medicaid care expense has risen sharply in recent years, increasing the demand on Bronson to find the resources to provide care to a growing number of families in financial need.

Despite limited reimbursement, we continue to provide medical care in virtually every specialty and are dedicated to being the community's and region's destination for critical care services.

About 40 percent of the people we serve come from outside Kalamazoo County.

Bronson is a Level I Adult & Pediatric Trauma Center and has the largest Emergency Department with nearly 80,000 visits annually. We offer advanced care as an accredited chest pain emergency center center and certified stroke center. We also provide the region's only high-risk pregnancy center, neonatal intensive care unit, burn center, and children's hospital.

At Bronson, we know that our value to the community is often measured in lives.

Lives touched. Lives saved. Lives improved.

Read our 2007 Community Report and learn about some of the ways Bronson is making a difference in people's lives throughout southwest Michigan.