Mile Bluff Medical Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
390992883
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Mauston, WI, USA
Phone
6088476161
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hospital, General

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$126,897,296
Expenses
$127,114,303
Assets
$112,619,582
Liabilities
$69,991,303

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

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DARA BARTELS (PRESIDENT, CEO & ACTING CFO)

Highest reported compensation

  • JAMES GRANNELL MD (ORTHOPEDICES/DIRECTOR): $693,480 total reported compensation
  • NICHOLAS CONWELL MD (EMERGENCY MEDICINE): $664,042 total reported compensation
  • BRIAN SCHULTZ DO (GENERAL SURGEON): $653,830 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Mile bluff medical center, as a community health resource center, will serve in a leadership capacity to facilitate the delivery of health care and medical services, including care for the elderly and home care to the residents of and visitors to juneau county and surrounding counties. Mile bluff medical center is committed to providing compassionate and progressive care, improving the health and wellness of the community, and going beyond expectations in healthcare today and always.

What it reported doing in 2024

Mile bluff medical center (mbmc) leads delivery of healthcare to its region through over 700 associates who coordinate care to deliver patient care as an integrated unit. Mbmc and its affiliates work seamlessly to meet the needs of the communities they serve and make medical care accessible to the entire community it serves. Mbmc operates an emergency room that is staffed 24 hours/day, seven days a week, providing emergency care regardless of patient ability to pay. Mbmc provides clinical services needed to operate the emergency room and on-site emergency medical care. Medical transportation services are available through an area ambulance service along with an on-site helipad. The medical center provides health care services to patients and residents who meet certain criteria under its charity care policy without charge or at amounts less than established rates. Since the medical center does not pursue collection of these amounts, they are not reported as patient and resident service revenue. The estimated cost of providing these services was $230,000 for the year ended september 30, 2025, calculated by multiplying the ratio of cost to gross charges for the medical center by the gross uncompensated charges associated with providing charity care to its patients and residents. Mile bluff medical center operates two long-term care facilities, fair view nursing & rehabilitation in mauston, wi and crest view nursing and rehabilitation in new lisbon, wi. These two skilled nursing facilities are 50 beds and 60 beds respectively. Crest view also operates a 12-bed community-based residential facility.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 96% 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 expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 86.8%; rating input score 87
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 55.6%; rating input score 56; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • 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: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.2%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.89; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.62; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.7%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 87% of revenue deployed · 86.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 9 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $110.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $693K · 17 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $2.6M reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 11 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Review — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 56/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 27/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 29/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.