Independence Health System

What it reported doing in 2024

Butler healthcare providers d/b/a butler memorial hospital (bmh) is an independent, community-based hospital that has served butler county, pa, and the surrounding area for over 100 years. Bmh employs approximately 1,600 people. Bmh has grown into a regional referral center. It is the largest hospital facility between pittsburgh and erie. It is comprised of 296 acute care beds. Bmh serves approximately 10,200 acute care patients (admissions) and nearly 430,000 outpatient registrations each year. Bmh maintains a deep commitment to its community, as is demonstrated through its broad services offering, including all levels of general medical and surgical care, emergency services, obstetrics and gynecology services, a robust behavioral health service, drug and alcohol treatment, family services, preventative & wellness programs and tertiary cardiovascular care. It also has a network of approximately 60 convenient, low cost outpatient sites that are located in communities through butler county and the surrounding area. A description of the top three service lines follow.butler memorial hospital (bmh) medical imaging services provides the communities we serve with easy access to the latest medical imaging technologies. Butler memorial hospital imaging services include computerized tomography (ct), medical resonance imaging (mri), pet/ct, and digital mammography. Additional imaging service include ultrasound (sonography), nuclear medicine, bone density testing, x-rays and fluoroscopic studies. Bmh's imaging studies are interpreted by on-site board-certified radiologists trained in the following subspecialties: interventional radiology, women's imaging, musculoskeletal imaging, body imaging, neuroradiology and advanced vein care. Bmh provided medical imaging services to approximately 100,000 patients.cardiology services at butler memorial hospital provides routine cardiac care, interventional cardiology, electrophysiology, open heart surgery and cardiac rehabilitation. Other service areas include a device management clinic, valve clinic, heart failure clinic and chest pain center with pci accreditation.butler memorial hospital laboratory has state-of-the art instrumentation complemented by professional expertise in microbiology, pathology, chemistry, hematology and cytology. Our laboratory provides blood work and testing throughout our service area, for patients, physician offices and long-term care facilities and is accredited by the college of american pathologists (cap) and licensed by the clinical laboratory improvement act (clia). Laboratory services vary by location and cover all of the following areas: surgical pathology, molecular diagnostics, dermatopathology, cytopathology, hematopathology and transfusion medicine. Butler memorial hospital provide laboratory service to over 200,000 patients.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 80.9%; rating input score 81
• Program expense ratio: 89.6%; rating input score 90
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 12th 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: Pass
  • 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: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 80%; rating input score 80; 28th 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: 8.4%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.34; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.47; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 3%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 16th percentile among comparable filings