UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital

What it reported doing in 2024

Meriter hospital, inc. Is a 448-bed community hospital focused on delivering quality care and patient safety. Meriter provides solutions to many community health care needs, and provides the region's only available child and adolescent psychiatry services, and sexual assault nurse examiner services. Meriter is proud to deliver more babies than any other hospital in Wisconsin and received numerous awards:-pageen small, clinical ethicist was recently published in the bioethics today blog "you need more friends": making space for latine diversity in bioethics (bioethicstoday.org). -unitypoint health meriter was nationally recognized with the american heart association's "get with the guidelines - stroke and received the stroke gold plus quality achievement award for its commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines, ultimately leading to more lives saved and reduced disability. -meriter was also named to the target: type 2 diabetes honor roll. Target: type 2 diabetes aims to ensure patients with type 2 diabetes, who might be at higher risk for complications, receive the most up-to-date, evidence-based care when hospitalized due to stroke. Target: heart failure demonstrates a commitment to improving outcomes for patients with heart failure, meaning reduced readmissions and more healthy days at home.-unitypoint meriter has earned the award of hope bronze for organ donation performance and a tissue excellence award for tissue performance in 2024! -lions eye bank of Wisconsin: unitypoint health meriter achieved a 46.7% conversion rate; exceeding, not only the eye bank's goal of 30.0% but their stretch goal of 40.0%! -meriter was named one of becker's hospital review's 100 great community hospitals! It recognizes local and rural hospitals for their crucial role in keeping communities healthy. -meriter has been recognized by u.s. News & world report as a 'high performing' 2025 best hospital for maternity care. U.s. A high performing rating indicates exemplary performance on a range of objective quality measures, such as rates of unexpected complications and c-sections. Of the record 817 hospitals that submitted maternity data to u.s. News this year, only 414 earned a high performing rating. -congrats to pam wetzel, md, who was named a 2025 "cmo to know" by becker's hospital review!-unitypoint health meriter was recently named to newsweek's america's best maternity hospitals 2024 listing. Meriter was one of 168 hospitals awarded five ribbons, while 236 hospitals received four ribbons. The evaluation centered on three pillars: an online survey of health care professionals and hospital managers with knowledge of maternity processes, results from patient experience surveys, and consideration of hospital quality metrics.-unitypoint health - meriter has been named to the 2024 edition of becker's 'great community hospitals' list. Community hospitals honored in this list are focused on bringing clinical and academic excellence, personalized and holistic care, and overall improved health to their communities. The becker's editorial team selected hospitals for inclusion based on nominations and considered several outside rankings and ratings organizations, including u.s. News & world report, healthgrades, cms, the leapfrog group, the national rural health association and the chartis center for rural health. Becker's recognized uph-m as a community hospital that has served its community for more than 125 years, and is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and equitable care environment. For example, it recently renamed its women's health/mother-baby services to pregnancy and newborn services to ensure an inclusive culture at all stages of the care continuum. The hospital offers educational opportunities for area students, partners with a local furniture store to provide mattresses to residents of a nearby low-income housing complex, and works to add

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 83.6%; rating input score 84
• Program expense ratio: 86.2%; rating input score 86
• 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 84.6%; rating input score 85; 32nd 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: 3.6%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.66; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.21; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0.3%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings