ContinueCARE Hospital at Palmetto Health Baptist

Legal name: ContinueCare Hospital at Palmetto Health Baptist Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
813048423
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2024
Official website data refreshed
Jul 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Columbia, South Carolina, United States
Phone
(803) 296-3701
Rating
65
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community Health Systems
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,373,901
Expenses
$4,681,704
Assets
$9,058
Liabilities
$287,322

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • APRIL MYERS (DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT)
  • Holly Powell (Interim CEO (until 2/2025))

Highest reported compensation

  • LINDA MOORE (SECRETARY): $534,405 total reported compensation
  • JAMES HILL (TREASURER): $512,221 total reported compensation
  • APRIL MYERS (DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT): $508,426 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

As a partner in the healthcare continuum, the continuecare team is committed to achieving positive patient outcomes by delivering appropriate, safe, quality care in an ethical and compassionate manner.

What it reported doing in 2024

Continuecare hospital at palmetto health baptist, inc. (cch palmetto) was formed to provide an appropriate venue in the continuum of care for patients requiring an extended stay in an acute care setting and who reside in or around columbia, South Carolina. Cch palmetto was established to provide long-term acute care services to individuals with critical disease or disorders including but not limited to chronic or acute infection, cardiovascular and respiratory disorders, post surgical and cancer patients, and those weanable patients dependent upon ventilator care whose condition is so significant that a hospital stay of at least 14-30 days (aggregate 25 days) is expected. The hospital intended to meet the medical, therapeutic and familial needs of individuals in the columbia, South Carolina area using an interdisciplinary team approach, effectively implementing a responsive continuum of care. During the fiscal year ended june 30, 2025, cch palmetto's total patients admitted were 48 and the total number of patient care days provided were 2,073. The average daily census was 5.7 and the average length of stay of the discharged patients was 37.5 days. On december 3, 2024, cch palmetto discharged its last patient. The hospital sold its license and certain other assets on february 7, 2025. The entity is currently winding down its affairs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 100% 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.

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 a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 64
  • Accountability: 62
  • Sustainability: 2
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 86.4%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 50%; rating input score 50; 8th 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: -97.2%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 31.72; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 22.3%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -6.9% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -7.1% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -8.7% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 86.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 1 of 2 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $534K · 11 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $714K reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2016 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 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: Independent voting board scored 50/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.