Digestive Health Physicians Association Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
464950538
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Silver Spring, MD, USA
Phone
3015932002
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Digestive Diseases, Disorders

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$954,220
Expenses
$1,440,318
Assets
$511,254
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

114 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • NARESH GUNARATNAM MD (PRESIDENT & BOARD CHAIR)
  • SANJAY SANDHIR MD (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • NARESH GUNARATNAM MD (PRESIDENT & BOARD CHAIR)
  • JEFFRY NESTLER MD (SECRETARY)
  • SANJAY SANDHIR MD (VICE PRESIDENT)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The digestive health physicians association (dhpa) is a trade association of independent gastroenterology (gi) physician practices across the country with the aim of promoting and preserving accessible, high quality and cost-efficient care provided in the independent gi medical practice setting. Dhpa focuses on collecting, benchmarking, and analyzing data relevant to independent gi medical practices. The association capitalizes on its member practices' data resources to augment dhpa's public policy, education, and advocacy efforts on behalf of independent gi practices and their patients. Our members continually strive to improve patient care and outcomes by supporting healthcare policy that promotes accessible, high quality and cost-efficient medicine in the independent gi medical practice setting.

What it reported doing in 2025

As gastroenterologists who have chosen to care for our patients in independent medical practices, we are keenly aware of the many threats that our groups and ultimately our patients face due to the changing healthcare landscape. And while our existing national societies play a vital role advocating on our behalf, it is clear that those of us who offer patients the choice of receiving the highest quality, affordable gastroenterological care in the independent medical practice setting need a voice on the national and state levels focused exclusively on promoting and preserving the integrated model of care we deliver to our patients. Our mission is focused: 1) gather, analyze, and benchmark data relevant to independent gi practices. 2) develop a strong data story to support education and advocacy on the federal and state levels that aims to protect the integrated model of care delivered by our member practices. 3) work and coordinate with the trade associations and medical societies that represent the interests of other physician specialties that are similarly committed to protecting and promoting the integrated model of care delivered by independent medical practices.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -50.9%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.35; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -0.2% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 114 of 114 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 114 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $975K reported
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.