Improved Patient & Physician Access to Technology Coalition Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
471678622
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023
Location
Greensboro, NC, USA
Phone
3365101120
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Boards of Trade

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$150
Assets
$25,508
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOHN MERRITT (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ERNEST A KNESEL (SECRETARY/TR)
  • JOHN MERRITT (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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

1)the organization will exchange information and ideas with its membership on contemporary issues facing physician office laboratories, such as financing and coverage matters impacting patient quality of care. 2)the organization will support physicians and their patients with quality diagnoses, treatment and proscription drug management for severe pain management and the prevention of drug diversion. 3)the organization will advocate and protect physicians' rights to choose and be to equitably reimbursed for in office laboratory testing (particularly related to drug screenings and confirmation testing). 4)the organization will develop relationships with pain-management providers to actively promote continuous quality improvement and assessment for physicians and patients. 5)the organization will provide forums for payers and providers to collaborate on technology assessment as well as cost containment programs. 6)the organization will assist member physician office laboratories in meeti

What it reported doing in 2023

1)the organization will exchange information and ideas with its membership on contemporary issues facing physician office laboratories, such as financing and coverage matters impacting patient quality of care. 2)the organization will support physicians and their patients with quality diagnoses, treatment and proscription drug management for severe pain management and the prevention of drug diversion. 3)the organization will advocate and protect physicians' rights to choose and be to equitably reimbursed for in office laboratory testing (particularly related to drug screenings and confirmation testing). 4)the organization will develop relationships with pain-management providers to actively promote continuous quality improvement and assessment for physicians and patients. 5)the organization will provide forums for payers and providers to collaborate on technology assessment as well as cost containment programs. 6)the organization will assist member physician office laboratories in meeting all licensing, certification and personnel requirements (as outlined by clia and required by applicable federal and state regulations).

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
  • 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: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • 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: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 170.05; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -39.4% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -47.2% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -16.9% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 2 of 2 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 11 of 11 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2015 to 2023
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.