Lvhn Coordinated Professional Practice

What it reported doing in 2022

Coordinated health, now 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. 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, coordinated health and lvhn are driven by the 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, coordinated health has adopted the policies and procedures of lehigh valley health network, including those related to financial assistance programs, charity care, and community health needs.lvhn coordinated professional practice (lvhn cpp) is comprised of over 40 multispecialty providers across 22 locations throughout Pennsylvania and western New Jersey. A full range of musculoskeletal services is offered which includes disorders of the upper and lower extremities as well as the spine. Subspecialists with fellowship credentials provide the following services: joint replacement, spine surgery, sports medicine, hand and wrist surgery, and foot and ankle surgery, sports medicine, podiatry, rheumatology, and chiropractic medicine, as well as five walk-in injury centers and a 24-hour virtual injury center. In addition to musculoskeletal care, coordinated professional practice specialists include bariatric surgery, breast care, cardiology, endocrinology, general surgery, gynecology, ophthalmology, optometry, radiology and urology. The practice also includes primary care and six care-on-demand walk-in centers, physical therapy, and advanced imaging. As of november 2022, lvhn coordinated professional practice merged out-of-existence with lehigh valley physician group, a related organization, with lehigh valley physician group as the surviving organization.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 72%; rating input score 72
• Program expense ratio: 99.3%; rating input score 99
• 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: 40%; rating input score 40; 15th 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: 27.5%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
• Officer compensation ratio: 462.1%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: -38.7% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: -41.1% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -43.6% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings