Hutcheson Medical Center Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
582176794
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2012
Forms available
Form 990 2012
Location
Fort Oglethorpe, GA, USA
Phone
7068582385
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Hospital, General

Reported finances

Revenue
$70,913,559
Expenses
$74,877,724
Assets
$51,771,561
Liabilities
$82,783,359

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

34 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The primary mission of hutcheson medical center, inc (hmc) is to provide access to quality, cost effective, community-based health care services to residents of walker, dade, and catoosa counties in northwest Georgia.

What it reported doing in 2012

Hmc includes an acute care hospital, a skilled nursing sub acute care unit, and a nursing home. Additionally, hmc offers hospice related services. Hmc provides quality medical health care regardless of race, creed, sex, national origin, handicap, age or ability to pay although reimbursement for services rendered is critical to the operation and stability of hmc, it is recognized that not all individuals possess the ability to purchase essential medical service. Further, hmc's mission is to serve the community with respect, providing health care services and health care education. Therefore, in keeping with the hospital's commitment to serve all members of its community, free care and/or subsidized care is provided to persons covered by governmental programs at below cost, and health activities and programs to support the community will be considered where the need and an individual's ability to pay coexist. These activities include health evaluation, screening programs and specific services for the elderly and home bound as well as a variety of broad community support activities. Hmc provides care to persons covered by governmental programs at below cost recognizing its mission to the community, services are provided to both medicare and medicaid patients. Charity care is also provided through many reduced price services and free programs offered throughout the year based upon activities and services which hmc believes will serve a bona fide community health need.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 94% 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: 77
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 14
  • Growth: 0

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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • 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: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -5.6%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.69; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.6; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.5%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -9.4% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -11% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $66.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $240K · 34 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2009 to 2012
  • Related organizations: 5 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 27/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 17/100.