Lancaster General Health-columbia Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
230485650
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Columbia, PA, USA
Phone
7175445658
Rating
66
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$7,572,050
Expenses
$11,467,951
Assets
$5,761,788
Liabilities
$605,697

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

Leadership & pay

19 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Michael R Ripchinski MD (Chairperson / President)

Highest reported compensation

  • John J Herman (Trustee): $1,288,283 total reported compensation
  • Michael R Ripchinski MD (Chairperson / President): $1,030,196 total reported compensation
  • Margaret F Costella Esq (Secretary): $844,072 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Lancaster general health-columbia center is a health care clinic in which primary and specialty medical services are provided by licensed providers; the organization also leases office space to health care providers and others. Lancaster general health-columbia center offers preventive, diagnostic, and therapeutic medical services to patients on an outpatient basis.

What it reported doing in 2024

Disease & disorders programs, general/other: acute primary care. Lancaster general health-columbia center enhances the ability of the hospital and its tax-exempt affiliates to participate in a broad range of health delivery programs, including medicare (27% of patient visits), medical assistance (29% of patient visits), and various risk-based managed care programs. It provides charity care and expands community access to health care services. (48,544 office visits) financial means should not prevent anyone from accessing healthcare services. To that end, lancaster general health-columbia center has established financial assistance programs for those with little or no insurance, or limited financial means. Community benefit summary: financial assistance, at cost $33,354 unreimbursed medicaid $1,822,288 unreimbursed medicare $706,861

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 94% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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. 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: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 60
  • Accountability: 37
  • Sustainability: 14
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 95.5%; rating input score 95
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: -51.5%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.5; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 26.1%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.8% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 95.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 7 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $10.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1.3M · 19 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 86 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.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Document-retention policy not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 58/100.