Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital

Legal name: Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Medical Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
141338471
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Plattsburgh, NY, US
Phone
5185612000
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hospital, General

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$528,091,754
Expenses
$528,544,119
Assets
$219,334,455
Liabilities
$219,007,523

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

27 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MICHELLE LEBEAU (PRESIDENT/CEO)
  • DR RAMSEY HERRINGTON (MG PRESIDENT & CEO)
  • DR JASON SANDERS (UVMMG PRESIDENT & CEO TIL 3/25)

Highest reported compensation

  • MICHELLE LEBEAU (PRESIDENT/CEO): $862,929 total reported compensation
  • DR RAMSEY HERRINGTON (MG PRESIDENT & CEO): $777,218 total reported compensation
  • DR JASON SANDERS (UVMMG PRESIDENT & CEO TIL 3/25): $751,166 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To help ensure our families, friends and neighbors have access to high-quality, affordable health care close to home.

What it reported doing in 2024

See schedule oseveral outpatient facilities where services are provided to its patients including: ambulatory surgery, physical and occupational therapy, rehabilitation, renal dialysis, and diagnostic imaging. Cvph also operates health clinics located in outlying geographic areas, to better serve the health needs of cvph's rural community service area. Through its various locations, outreach activities, and support groups, cvph is active in the community in promoting health and wellness of the body, mind, and spirit. Cvph provides ongoing medical education to its medical staff, in addition to offering an x-ray technology program for enrolled students. Cvph maintains a comprehensive medical library and have made available web-based links for the community to easily access health and wellness information and educational materials. Cvph accepts numerous insurance plans, and is medicare and medicaid approved. Additionally, cvph has a charity care policy to accommodate patients whose financial means are within specified guidelines.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 99% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 67
  • Transparency & Controls: 71
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75%; rating input score 75
  • Program expense ratio: 74.9%; rating input score 75
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • 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: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.1%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.41; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.7%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0% per year; rating input score 100; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 75% of revenue deployed · 74.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $396M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $863K · 27 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $4M reported
  • Consistency: 36 of 36 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 11 filed schedules · includes major donors, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 23 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 27/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 7/100.