Lehigh Valley Health Network

What it reported doing in 2024

Lehigh valley hospital-pocono (lvh-p) is a 225 bed, acute care, not-for-profit community hospital located in east stroudsburg, pa.lvh-p also operates lehigh valley hospital-dickson city (lvh-dc), a new state-of-the-art hospital campus located in dickson city, pa. With over 850 physicians with clinical privileges at lvh-pocono and lvh-dickson city and over 1,800 staff members, our organization's mission is to provide world-class healthcare to our community for those services most critical to the community's health needs. Lvh-p had 36,652 patient days of stay in fy2025. 4,980 surgeries were completed, and lvh-p received 241,314 outpatient visits, with 39,143 being emergency department visits.lvh-dc had 8,812 patient days of stay in fy2025. 9,149 surgeries were completed, and lvh-dc received 61,066 outpatient visits, with 32,006 being emergency department visits.lvh-p and lvh-dc provide services of direct patient care, community health education, professional and patient education, and community partnerships. Lvh-p and lvh-dc provide quality, cost-effective healthcare regardless of age, creed, sex, national origin, handicap, age, or ability to pay. Although reimbursements for services rendered are critical to the operation and stability of lvh-p and lvh-dc, it is recognized that not all individuals have the same ability to pay for vital medical services. To that end, as part of our charitable mission to serve all members of the community, free care, subsidized care, and health activities, programs, and screenings are available to all community members, regardless of their ability to pay.emergency department (ed): lvh-p and lvh-dc provide several direct patient care services to the uninsured and underinsured in our community. The emergency department typically serves as the principal means of healthcare for these patients.during fy2025, the ed at lvh-p saw 39,143 patients, with nearly 14.1% being admitted to the hospital through the emergency department, making up 72% of lvh-p's total admissions.the ed at lvh-dc saw 32,006 patients during fy2025, with nearly 5.7% being admitted to the hospital through the emergency department, making up 75% of lvh-dc's total admissions.essa heart and vascular center part of lehigh valley heart and vascular institute: lvh-p's essa heart and vascular institute (hvi) provides comprehensive care for addressing the second highest cause of death of adults in our county, heart disease. For the convenience of our patients and to improve operational efficiencies, we centralized our cardiac care services and opened a new heart rhythm center. The cardiac catheterization labs, cardiac rehabilitation department, and various non-invasive cardiac services (such as pacemaker checks, cardiac stress testing, nuclear stress testing, pulmonary rehab, and stress echo) were relocated to offer comprehensive heart care in one location. In addition to offering minimally invasive surgical procedures to treat heart arrhythmias, our heart rhythm center provides a fully equipped electrophysiology (ep) lab. The ep lab provides atrial and ventricular node diagnostics and ablation, intra cardiac 3d echo and 3d cardio capabilities, as well as bi-ventricular pacemakers - services patients previously had to travel to other facilities to receive. In fy25 we have expanded our offerings to include pulse field ablation (pfa) and the watchman procedure.24/7 expert stroke care: lvh-p is certified by the joint commission as a primary stroke center and is part of the lehigh valley health network, which gives our patients and physicians on-call access to our joint commission certified comprehensive stroke center at cedar crest. Our network provides tele-consult services to our neurology and neuro-interventional teams, as well as artificial intelligence software in our ct scanners to detect large vessel occlusions, enabling our physicians to provide faster diagnosis and more effective and appropriate treatment.level iii trauma center: our le

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 90.2%; rating input score 90
• Program expense ratio: 99.9%; rating input score 100
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th 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: 54.5%; rating input score 55; 14th 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: 13.9%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.2; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.28; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0.6%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings