Mercy Hospital Nanticoke

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
232604818
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2010
Forms available
Form 990 2010
Location
Nanticoke, PA, USA
Phone
5136392800
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Hospital, General
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$17,591,364
Expenses
$17,576,093
Assets
$9,742,533
Liabilities
$4,699,652

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2010. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

25 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2010. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Mission - mercy hospital nanticoke extends the healing ministry of jesus by improving the health of our communities with emphasis on people who are poor and under-served. Values - mercy hospital nanticoke demonstrates behaviors reflecting our core values of compassion, excellence, human dignity, justice, sacredness of life and service. Together we commit to: compassion: our commitment to serve with mercy and tenderness. Excellence: our commitment to be the best in the quality of our services and the stewardship of our resources. Human dignity: our commitment to value the diversity of all persons and to be respectful and inclusive of everyone. Justice: our commitment to act with integrity, honesty and truthfulness. Sacredness of life: our commitment to reverence all life and creation. Service: our commitment to respond to those in need.

What it reported doing in 2010

Charity care and financial assistance programs - mercy special care hospital cares for everyone who comes to us in need, regardless of ability to pay. Meeting the needs of people with limited resources has always been at the heart of our mission. Mercy offers free care to anyone without insurance earning up to twice the federal proverty guidelines, substantial discounts to those earning up to four times the federal guidelines, and those who have insurance but earn more can also qualify for discounts. We recognize that not everyone can pay for healthcare services. We offer assistance and counseling in finding resources that may help to pay their healthcare expenses. Patients and their counselors review options and serve as patient advocates in obtaining financial assistance through federal, state and hospital programs. Mercy special care hospital served 576 non-acute admissions with 16,317 patient days in 2010. In addition, 12,862 outpatients were also served. 1,607 people were served through charity care programs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 100% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 64
  • Accountability: 77
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 59th 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: 76.2%; rating input score 76; 15th 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: 0.1%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.55; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.48; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.7%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 16 of 21 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $14.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1.1M · 25 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: 147 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 31/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 35/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 41/100.