Bryan Health

Legal name: Merrick Medical Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
820906268
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Central City, NE, USA
Phone
3089463015
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hospitals and Related Primary Medical Care Facilities

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$30,165,903
Expenses
$26,405,494
Assets
$46,061,197
Liabilities
$20,218,527

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JODI MOHR (CEO MERRICK MEDICAL CENTER (EFFECTIVE 6/17/2024))

Highest reported compensation

  • RICHARD LLOYD (DIRECTOR): $552,133 total reported compensation
  • BLAKE COVER MD (PHYSICIAN/EX-OFFICIO DIRECTOR): $525,766 total reported compensation
  • RICHARD POPPE MD (PHYSICIAN): $505,979 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Merrick medical center is committed to promoting and providing personalized, compassionate, quality health services. Merrick medical center's vision is to be the leader in patient-centered care, providing exceptional service, quality outcomes and making a measurable improvement in the health and lives of others.

What it reported doing in 2024

Merrick medical center (mmc), is a hospital organization located in central city, Nebraska, and is part of the bryan health system. Mmc was incorporated on march 15, 2017, with hospital operations commencing on july 1, 2017. Mmc operates a 6 licensed bed critical access hospital and 2 physician clinics. Mmc is committed to serving patients and the community by investing funds in facilities, technology, physicians, and staff to deliver premium healthcare to central city and the surrounding communities. Mmc supports numerous health care services, fitness and wellness programs, telehealth technology and community partnerships. During 2024, mmc provided inpatient acute and swing bed services to 274 patients. Also, mmc performed 329 surgical procedures and provided primary care physician services with 15,310 visits. In 2024, mmc provided charity care to 329 patients and served 754 medicaid patients. Mmc is a Nebraska nonprofit corporation as described in section 501(c)(3) of the code and has received a determination letter that it is exempt from federal income taxes on related income pursuant to section 501(a) of the code.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 97% of the money available for current operations came from other operating 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 - 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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 76
  • Accountability: 61
  • Sustainability: 56
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 77.1%; rating input score 77
  • Program expense ratio: 87.3%; rating input score 87
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 33.3%; rating input score 33; 7th 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: 12.5%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.74; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.44; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 11.1%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 13.9% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 14% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 24.9% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 6 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 77.1% of revenue deployed · 87.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 2 of 6 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $23M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $552K · 12 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $900K reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 21 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.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 33/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 16/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 33/100.