Lehigh Valley Hospital - Coordinated Health Bethlehem

What it reported doing in 2021

Coordinated health, part of lehigh valley health network (lvhn), is an integrated healthcare system with locations throughout eastern Pennsylvania and western New Jersey. Coordinated health is part of the lvhn referral region for over two million residents of surrounding counties in eastern and northeastern Pennsylvania, and western New Jersey. The new lehigh valley health network - coordinated health (lvhn-ch) system is composed of 22 multi-specialty locations including two hospitals - lvh-ch allentown at 1503 north cedar crest boulevard, allentown, pa and lvh-ch bethlehem at 2300 highland avenue, bethlehem, pa; two ambulatory surgery centers located at 511 vna road, east stroudsburg, pa and 212 red school lane, phillipsburg, nj, eight locations with advanced imaging, eleven outpatient rehabilitation centers, six walk-in expresscare centers and six orthopedic injury centers. It has always been the mission, duty and purpose of coordinated health to provide affordable and accessible healthcare to our community by making healthcare simpler through process innovations and improvements that provide value to the patient. We continuously strive to deliver a better, coordinated patient experience through collaboration of care resulting in the best possible outcomes as evidenced by our numerous quality awards based on the centers for medicare & medicaid (cms) data.acquired by lehigh valley health network in december 2019, the coordinated health facilities are now operated as eight separate legal entities: lehigh valley hospital - coordinated health allentown, lehigh valley hospital - coordinated health bethlehem, lvhn coordinated professional practice, lvhn scranton orthopedic specialists, lvhn ambulatory surgery center of lopatcong inc., lvhn coordinated professional practice of nj pc, ch urology specialists pc, and ch eye specialists pc. As such, lvhn-ch is driven by the lvhn mission to heal, comfort and care for the people of our community by providing advanced and compassionate health care of superior quality and value supported by education and clinical research. In addition, the lvhn-ch entities have adopted the policies and procedures of lehigh valley health network, including those related to financial assistance programs, charity care, and community health needs.the sports medicine program at lvhn-ch boasts the most fellowship-trained orthopedic sports medicine specialists in the region. These physicians, who support the only division i schools in our region (lehigh university and lafayette college), as well as east stroudsburg university, lackawanna college, and 18 high schools throughout our service areas, dedicate more than 1,000 hours annually to on-field coverage for the schools' sports programs. The sports medicine program and employee services programs have been vital to local schools and employers during the covid-19 pandemic. In 2022, we continued our partnership with northampton county to provide for covid-19 testing and vaccine drive thru services. Our collaboration allowed us to serve hundreds of residents of northampton county who received vaccines and boosters as well as free testing services which were funded by northampton county.the orthopedic walk-in injury centers at coordinated health were developed to provide patients who needed urgent orthopedic care with immediate access to orthopedic specialists without incurring the cost of an emergency room visit. The orthopedic walk-in injury centers became virtual during the covid-19 lockdown to enable patients to access triage and injury care from their home or wherever the injury may occur. This virtual service continues to the present as in-person services have resumed.lvh-coordinated health bethlehem (lvh-chb) is a 20-bed short-term acute care inpatient hospital and surgery center. This hospital, located in northampton county, pa served 4,844 patients in 2022 providing specialty surgical services to patient across the region. Lvh-chb is the proud recipient of h

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 73%; rating input score 73
• Program expense ratio: 99.3%; rating input score 99
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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: 40%; rating input score 40; 6th 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: 26.5%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
• Officer compensation ratio: 3.9%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 25.7% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 21.9% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -68.8% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings