Athens Regional Health Services Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
581930582
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2015
Forms available
Form 990 2015
Location
Athens, GA, USA
Phone
7064757000
Rating
54
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,750,917
Expenses
$4,119,298
Assets
$117,358,186
Liabilities
$1,157,794

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

21 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHARLES PECK MD (PRESIDENT & CEO)
  • JAMES THAW (FORMER PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • CHARLES PECK MD (PRESIDENT & CEO): $1,232,115 total reported compensation
  • WENDY COOK (SVP & CFO): $663,621 total reported compensation
  • JAMES THAW (FORMER PRESIDENT): $466,606 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The corporation was organized to create and maintain a coordinated system of health care services and programs for citizens of northeast Georgia. The components of the system include hospital services, a foundation, physician services and a health insurance plan. To fulfill this mission, the system will provide quality based health care services, focusing on clinical excellence and economic value and the highest levels of patient and customer satisfaction. In addition, it will maintain a safe and attractive physical environment for all patients, staff, physicians and the general public. The system's governance recognizes an extended role in the region for economic development, community health planning, and the stewardship of environmental assets. The leadership pledges continuous improvement in all processes and to achieve this it will solicit input from all of those the system serves, its physicians and other caregivers and staff, community leaders and the community at large.

What it reported doing in 2015

Executive management: athens regional health services, inc. Assisted athens regional medical center, inc. And its affiliates in their management and patient care efforts by providing management to all affiliated companies.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 100% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 81
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 28.4%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 28.49; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 77.4%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 17.7% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -3.9% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1.2M · 21 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2009 to 2015
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 10 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 8 filed related-organization links
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.