Health Information Alliance Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 842850813
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2019–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- West Hartford, CT, USA
- Phone
- 8887834410
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $9,934,922
- Expenses
- $9,356,310
- Assets
- $7,833,375
- Liabilities
- $1,084,015
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JENN SEARLS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- JENN SEARLS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $426,040 total reported compensation
- MICHELLE PUHLICK (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $342,896 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Health information alliance, inc. ("hia") was incorporated as an independent, not-for-profit, neutral, and trusted organization to operate Connecticut's statewide health information exchange (hie) program, known as connie. (see schedule o)the company was established on july 17, 2019 pursuant to cgs sec. 17b-59d to empower consumers to make effective health care decisions, promote patient-centered care, improve the quality, safety, and value of health care, reduce waste and duplication of services, support clinical decision-making, keep confidential health information secure and make progress toward the state's public health goals.
What it reported doing in 2024
Hia launched connie to advance health information exchange services that provide value across Connecticut's healthcare ecosystem. During 2021, hia officially commenced operations and has onboarded hundreds of participating organizations. Hia has become a centralized source for the seamless transfer of data between different interested parties including hospitals and health systems, labs, providers, and other health information exchanges. Hia continually develops and enhances functional services to add valuable data and information for providers and patients alike.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 76% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 77
- Transparency & Controls: 74
- Accountability: 86
- Sustainability: 44
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 84.7%; rating input score 85
- Program expense ratio: 90%; rating input score 90
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 5.8%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.84; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 8.2%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 20.4% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 13.7% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 17.1% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 84.7% of revenue deployed · 90% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $8.4M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $426K · 10 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $7.8M reported
- Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 9 not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 53/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 36/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 52/100.