Hartford HealthCare Medical Group

Legal name: Hartford HealthCare Medical Group Specialists PLLC

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
371911194
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Hartford, CT, US
Phone
877.707.4442
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Psychiatric Hospitals

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$771,555,785
Expenses
$771,481,301
Assets
$178,271,727
Liabilities
$122,047,128

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • Jeff Cohen MD (Director/ Chair): $1,660,694 total reported compensation
  • Ajay Kumar MD (Director): $1,540,215 total reported compensation
  • Padmanabhan Premkumar MD (Director/ Vice Chair): $931,420 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The Mission of Hartford HealthCare Medical Group Specialists, PLLC is to put the patients first, provide coordinated quality care and value, exceed the expectations of patients, providers, staff and the community that it serves.

What it reported doing in 2024

Hartford HealthCare Medical Group Specialists, PLLC is a multi-specialty group encompassing more than 600 physicians and advanced practitioners in more than 35 specialties across Connecticut. In addition to clinical practices, our doctors are teachers and researchers, always looking for ways to improve the quality of care and bring innovations to their patients. Hartford HealthCare Medical Group is one of the largest multispecialty practices in Connecticut, and offers primary and urgent care, along with specialty services and a highly regarded surgical program.In addition to above, HHCMG offers the following services/programs: Bariatric Surgery, Breast Surgery and Breast Care, Cardiac Surgery, Cardiology, Colorectal Surgery, Dermatology, Electrophysiology, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Family Medicine, General Surgery, Geriatrics, Hand Surgery, Headache, Hematology & Oncology, Hepatobiliary Surgery & Pancreatic, Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, Occupational Medicine, Oral Maxillofacial Surgery, Neurosurgery, Neurology, Pain Management, Peripheral Vascular Surgery, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Podiatric Surgery, Pulmonology, Rheumatology, Sports Medicine, Surgical Oncology, Thoracic Surgery, Transplant Surgery, Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, Urgent Care, Urology.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 99% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 96% 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. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 67
  • Accountability: 42
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 96.6%; rating input score 97
  • Program expense ratio: 97.1%; rating input score 97
  • 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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 4th 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: 0%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.23; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.68; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.1%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 20.7% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 20.6% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 21.8% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 96.6% of revenue deployed · 97.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 4 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $749.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1.7M · 12 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $68.2M reported
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay and related organizations
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: 61 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 30/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.