Knox Community Hospital

What it reported doing in 2024

According to the community health assessment conducted in 2024, 23% of respondents rank chronic diseases (diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, cancer, and strokes) as a top community health concern. One community member stated, "most people don't know they have heart disease." respondents reported that they believe the top issues for chronic diseases are poor diet/obesity; alcohol/tobacco/substance use; lack of affordability; older homes.to help increase awareness of possible heart disease and access to care, knox community hospital conducted 20-minute heart checks for a total of 46 community members, at a greatly reduced fee of $20 per person. In addition, to increase cancer awareness and prevention, one of our efforts included a campaign regarding the importance of colon cancer screenings. Held during march, colorectal cancer awareness month, the hospital used website, social media, press release, flyers and more to encourage the community to pick up free colon cancer screening kits and return the samples for testing in our labs. A total of 400 kits were picked up and 215 kits were tested in the lab.clinical staff from both diabetes education and stroke prevention programs shared educational resources with 150+ senior citizens at the senior resource day held in september 2024. The half-day community event was sponsored by knox county task force for older adults. Information was shared about cancer, diabetes prevention, heart disease prevention, substance abuse, stroke awareness, and more during the city of mount vernon's "first friday" events (held monthly from june through september). During november, diabetes awareness month, the following methods were used to increase awareness and educate our community: social media posts, press release sent to media and published on website, streetlamp banners in downtown mount vernon. Obesity is an ongoing problem for the community according the community health needs assessment, and often becomes more challenging when combined with one of the above-mentioned chronic diseases. In an effort to reduce this number and support the local schools' athletic programs, kch provided athletic training during the school year in 2024 for a nominal fee at danville, utica,, fredericktown, east knox, mount vernon and centerburg while also donating $221,776 worth of our trainers' time. In the fall of 2024, kch also donated $7,000 toward the purchase of bikes, a bike rack and helmets for local grade schools through a united way of knox county program called all kids bike. This partnership includes a training program for the gym teachers of those schools to help teach kids bike use and safety.mental health and substance abuse continue to be a top priority concerns identified through the community health assessment. When kch see patients with a mental health or behavioral health condition and/or diagnosis, we often collaborate with other organizations to serve this population. For example, through our emergency department, once a patient has completed the necessary medical screenings, crisis assessment may be handled by a partnering organization such as behavioral health partners, to determine the next steps. In addition, since substance abuse may be combined with mental health concerns, kch may refer to new vision (medically stabilized withdrawal treatment) or the freedom center for additional treatment, if appropriate. However, during 2024, kch conducted a broad-based educational campaign to increase awareness of the withdrawal treatment services offered at new vision.classes / support groups were held to support the need for patients and their families to be involved in their care and understand the nuances of certain conditions. Some of those classes included bariatrics (weight management), childbirth education classes, and lactation support for new parents, to name a few. In the latter part of 2024, attendance at these classes increased. The childbirth education classes are

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 87.9%; rating input score 88
• Program expense ratio: 79.6%; rating input score 80
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 24th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 78.6%; rating input score 79; 27th 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: -9.8%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.03; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.34; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 3.6%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 7.7% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings