Mercy Hospital Joplin

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
270814858
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Joplin, MO, USA
Phone
3145796100
Rating
62
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hospitals and Related Primary Medical Care Facilities
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$342,621,581
Expenses
$315,597,837
Assets
$181,431,875
Liabilities
$29,824,866

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CIARAMITA MD JEFFREY (PRESIDENT, SPECIALTY SERVICE LINES - MERCY HEALTH)
  • DRINKWITZ JEREMY (PRESIDENT, MERCY JOPLIN COMMUNITIES)

Highest reported compensation

  • MOHART MD JOHN (EVP, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER - MERCY HEALTH & BOAR): $2,319,329 total reported compensation
  • CIARAMITA MD JEFFREY (PRESIDENT, SPECIALTY SERVICE LINES - MERCY HEALTH): $1,924,208 total reported compensation
  • ARGUETA DAVID (SVP, COMMUNITY OPERATIONS & BOARD MEMBER): $1,386,408 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

As the sisters of mercy before us, we bring to life the healing ministry of jesus through our compassionate care and exceptional service.

What it reported doing in 2024

Mercy hospital joplin provides quality medical health care regardless of race, creed, sex, national origin, handicap, age or ability to pay by offering essential health services to its community. In active pursuit of this mission, mercy hospital joplin provides a wide variety of services in their 221 bed facility and in fy25, had 243,585 total cases. Mercy hospital joplin offers comprehensive heart and vascular services, a wide variety of treatment options and advanced technologies to diagnose and treat a full range of conditions. Mercy hospital joplin also provides a full complement of cardiac rehabilitation, therapy and education services. In fy25, mercy hospital joplin had 19,675 cases and 6,976 patient days for this service line.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 99% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

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: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 72
  • Accountability: 32
  • Sustainability: 57
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 73.9%; rating input score 74
  • Program expense ratio: 80.2%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 12th 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: 97.3%; rating input score 97; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 7.9%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.57; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.16; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.3%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0% per year; rating input score 100; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -5.5% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 73.9% of revenue deployed · 80.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 3 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $253.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $2.3M · 12 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $15M reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 31 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 82 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.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.