Luminis Health

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521169362
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Annapolis, MD, USA
Phone
4434811308
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hospital, General

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$759,645,663
Expenses
$679,628,767
Assets
$1,203,554,316
Liabilities
$427,132,577

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

Leadership & pay

30 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • VICTORIA BAYLESS (LH CEO/BOARD MEMBER)
  • SHERRY PERKINS PHD RN FAAN (LHAAMC PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • VICTORIA BAYLESS (LH CEO/BOARD MEMBER): $3,409,414 total reported compensation
  • JEFFREY GELFAND (BOARD MEMBER/MEDICAL DIRECTOR): $1,337,384 total reported compensation
  • STEPHEN CATTANEO (FORMER BOARD MEMBER/ PHYSICIAN): $1,123,046 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Luminis Health6s mission is to enhance the health of the people and communities we serve. Luminis Health’s mission is to enhance the health of the people and communities we serve. Our vision is living healthier together. We believe that health and wellness are fundamental to everyone. family of 3 playing outside Luminis Health is a nonprofit regional health system that was formed when Doctors Community Medical Center joined Anne Arundel Medical Center, each with rich histories of serving their communities. Together, we provide care for 1.8 million people in Anne Arundel and Prince George’s Counties, the Eastern Shore and beyond. We make it refreshingly easy to access care with a network of more than 100 practice locations, including Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Lum.

What it reported doing in 2024

Inpatientthe lhaamc women's and children's center offers multigenerational programs to support a woman from the time she begins gynecological care through the childbearing years and beyond. We offer the most comprehensive women's services; all-inclusive maternity, newborn and pediatric care; advanced treatments for any health challenges women and their families may encounter; and extensive screening, prevention and wellness programs to help them lead longer, healthier and more fulfilling lives.lhaamc is known for excellence in obstetrical services, and we offer moms many options as they make informed choices during labor and delivery. Our goal is for each birthing person and their family to feel respected and to experience the birthing process and postpartum experience they desire. Lhaamc delivers nearly 5,000 babies each year, the second highest number of deliveries in the state of Maryland.luminis health anne arundel medical center's neonatal intensive care unit (nicu) is designated as a level iii nicu, and cares for the most critically ill newborns, allowing babies born early or with complications to stay with their families at lhaamc. Without this level of nicu care, babies would have to be transferred to other health care facilities, resulting in families and babies being separated.the lhaamc nicu, also known as "teddy's place", is a state-of-the-art thirty (30) bed unit, equipped with life-saving technology. Lhaamc is also proud to offer specialized care for high risk pregnancies in the center for maternal-fetal medicine, as wells as pelvic in the women's center for pelvic health. The lhaamc women's center for pelvic health was awarded the safety certification in outpatient practice excellence (scope) for women's health. It is one of only two women's health practices in the state and among only 95 in the country to receive this designation.strokelhaamc has earned certification as a primary stroke center from the joint commission (tjc), and was the first hospital in the region (and one of the first eight (8) in the state) to have earned this highly specialized designation. The (tjc) certification means lhaamc has demonstrated that its stroke program follows national standards and guidelines that can significantly improve outcomes for stroke patients. Lhaamc received the stroke gold plus achievement award from the american heart association/american stroke association (target: stroke honor roll elite plus and target: type 2 diabetes honor roll, Maryland region3 m; l regional report - mission: lifeline regional award). The highest award given to stroke programs nationally.the joint commission certification means lhaamc has demonstrated that its stroke program follows national standards and guidelines that can significantly improve outcomes for stroke patients. Heart and vascular institutethe lhaamc heart and vascular institute is a comprehensive program offering exceptional emergency, interventional and surgical care to our community. The lhaamc heart and vascular institute is nationally recognized as a standard for care and treatment of heart attack patients and recipient of the gold performance achievement award from the american college of cardiology. Lhaamc also received a performance achievement award from the american college of cardiology which recognized lhaamc for consistently following heart attack treatment guidelines and improving outcomes for high-risk patients. Only 319 hospitals nationwide receive this honor.surgical serviceslhaamc surgeons perform a variety of inpatient and outpatient surgical procedures from the routine to the technologically advanced, such as robotics. In addition to general surgeries, they specialize in breast, colon and rectal, orthopedic, pediatric, retinal, thoracic, vascular, urology, gynecology, urogynecology, ophthalmology, and ear, nose and throat surgery, as well as neurosurgery and plastic reconstructive surgery. Lhaamc's bariatric surgery program is a level 1 facility, nationall

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 91% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 54
  • Transparency & Controls: 81
  • Accountability: 93
  • Sustainability: 68
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 56.5%; rating input score 57
  • Program expense ratio: 65.8%; rating input score 66
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 34th 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: 10.5%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.77; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.35; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.6%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.8% per year; rating input score 100; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 56.5% of revenue deployed · 65.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 16 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $446.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $3.4M · 30 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $19M reported
  • Consistency: 36 of 36 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 11 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 25 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 57/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 50/100.