Great Plains Regional Medical Center
Legal name: Farmers Union Hospital Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 730579295
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Elk City, OK, US
- Phone
- 580-225-2511
- Rating
- 74
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $54,865,046
- Expenses
- $61,004,045
- Assets
- $54,989,266
- Liabilities
- $39,121,130
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
19 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Corey Lively (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- Steven Riley Winham MD (Orthopedic Surgery): $1,317,648 total reported compensation
- Millard L Henry III MD (Urology): $789,413 total reported compensation
- Tyson Fisher MD Member (Med Chief of Staff as of 11/24): $651,250 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Great Plains Regional Medical Center is dedicated to providing exceptional healthcare services to the residents of Elk City and surrounding communities. Our mission is to deliver compassionate, high-quality care and to support the ongoing education and development of healthcare professionals through strategic partnerships and innovative programs.
What it reported doing in 2024
Farmers Union Hospital Association, doing business as Great Plains Regional Medical Center (GPRMC), operates a 62-bed acute care hospital in Elk City, Oklahoma, serving residents of Western Oklahoma and surrounding rural communities. The Hospital provides inpatient, outpatient, emergency, surgical, diagnostic, rehabilitation, behavioral health, and ancillary services in furtherance of its charitable health care mission.Statement continued on Schedule O.For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, GPRMC provided: 1,148 inpatient admissions 6,404 inpatient days 9,990 emergency department visits 41,623 outpatient visits 593 surgical proceduresDuring fiscal year 2025, GPRMC generated $49,317,168 in net patient service revenue and incurred $45,087,119 in operating expenses in carrying out its exempt purpose. The Hospital's payor mix reflects its role as a rural community provider, with approximately 48% of gross patient service revenue attributable to Medicare beneficiaries and 17% attributable to Medicaid beneficiaries.Consistent with its charitable mission and Financial Assistance Policy, GPRMC provided $62,220 in charity care (charges foregone), representing approximately $21,000 at cost. The Hospital provides care without discrimination based on race, religion, creed, sex, national origin, disability, age, or ability to pay, and maintains 24-hour emergency services to ensure access to medically necessary care in a medically underserved rural region.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 96% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 71
- Transparency & Controls: 85
- Accountability: 84
- Sustainability: 17
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 83.5%; rating input score 83
- Program expense ratio: 73.9%; rating input score 74
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Pass
- 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: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 80%; rating input score 80; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- 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: -11.2%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.9; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.71; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 7.8%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -0.8% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -3.3% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 83.5% of revenue deployed · 73.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 10 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $45.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $1.3M · 19 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $7.2M reported
- Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes executive pay and related organizations
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 2 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 21/100.