Baldwin Area Medical Center Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

The medical center operates a critical access hospital, including a provider-based, rural health clinic, a rural health clinic in a neighboring community, and a fitness center with a clear and consistent charitable purpose which is to provide health and wellness services to all residents of the communities served without regard to age, race, gender, creed, national origin, ability to pay, and physical or mental handicap. The dedication of the medical center's workforce provides a strong foundation for program development that is based upon community need and in alignment with organizational values of caring, innovation and sustainability.during fiscal year 2025, there were 1,118 medical/surgical (acute and observations) admissions, 208 swing bed days, and 417 newborn deliveries. The expansion of the medical/surgical and obstetrics wing has increased the facility's capacity to provide care. The medical center also had 5756 emergency room visits in fiscal year 2025. The medical center focusses on health and wellness and integrative health services that include holistic services provided by traditional medical practitioners, specialists, integrative health care providers, health coaches, dieticians, behavioral health specialists, therapists and fitness experts. The medical center has developed specific services around emotional resiliency training (i.e. A collection of services aimed at teaching people to manage their own physical and emotional wellbeing). In addition, the medical center provides a full spectrum of geriatric services on site and within area nursing homes and assisted living facilities. This includes 24/7 call and the regular provision of on-site care to over 200 patients. This service is not well reimbursed and thus, requires a significant in-kind investment from the medical center.in addition, the medical center operates a simple health and a functional medicine program. These programs are aimed at improving patients' health and wellness, at the preventive level. This type of program keeps patient healthcare costs low, by starting at a foundational level of diet and exercise. Both programs have documented outcomes of lowering unnecessary emergency department visits and reducing hospital re-admissions. The challenge is in a fee for service environment, there is no comprehensive reimbursement for innovative programming, such as offered through these services. As a result, wwh makes significant investment to ensure these services continue to be available to wwh patients and our community.medical center representatives provide a variety of volunteer services to enhance the community by participating in collaborative efforts related to the community health needs assessment, relay for life, local school education programs for students regarding career choices and mental health support, and many other initiatives. The medical center offers scholarship funds to select area high school seniors looking to pursue a career in healthcare and grant program dollars to employees looking to enhance their professional skills in a health-related education field. The medical center further serves the community by providing outreach programs and services that are intended to enhance the health and well-being of the people in the community. Some of these services and/or support groups include the following: community-wide health and wellness programs; school based mental health services and school athletic training; cardiac, diabetes, mental health and depression support groups; diabetes self-management classes; nutrition and lifestyle consultation and programs; expectant parent classes and breastfeeding education.uncompensated care: the most significant expression of charitable service is the provision of uncompensated healthcare services.a. Charity carethe medical center provides healthcare services to all people, regardless of their ability to pay. For those individuals with verified income that are at or below 100% of the federal

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 84%; rating input score 84
• Program expense ratio: 88.8%; rating input score 89
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th 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: 4%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.11; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.42; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 4.2%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings