Minnesota Ambulatory Surgery Center Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
611508213
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
St Paul, MN, USA
Phone
6515569205
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$230,968
Expenses
$227,368
Assets
$63,114
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TRACY MILLS (PRESIDENT)
  • DARCI NAGORSKI (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • TRACY MILLS (PRESIDENT)
  • DARCI NAGORSKI (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • MARY HAUGEN (TREASURER)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

The Minnesota ambulatory surgery center association (mnasca) is a statewide, non-profit trade association representing the interests of the ambulatory surgery center (asc) industry in Minnesota through legislative advocacy, education, and communication. This includes establishing acceptable standards of care and outcome benchmarking, assessing applicable state laws and regulations, and providing regular updates to ensure our members are educated and informed and informed on legislative issues impacting ascs.

What it reported doing in 2024

In 2024, the Minnesota ambulatory surgery center association (mnasca) remained actively engaged in monitoring and responding to key legislative and regulatory issues affecting ambulatory surgery centers (ascs) across the state. Areas of focus included healthcare funding, workforce and staffing shortages, medical debt reporting requirements, prior authorization reform, and proposed limits on private equity involvement in healthcare. Mnasca also tracked broader developments in state healthcare policy and insurance reform with implications for outpatient surgical care.mnasca continued to facilitate opportunities for member engagement with policymakers, including efforts to connect asc leaders with their local legislators to discuss the real-world impact of proposed policy changes on their centers and the patients they serve.in addition to its advocacy work, mnasca advanced its mission through professional development and education. In 2024, the organization hosted its signature two-day annual education conference, offering expert-led sessions, peer-to-peer networking, and timely discussions on asc operations, compliance, quality, and leadership. The conference featured twelve targeted educational sessions designed to help asc professionals grow in their roles, stay informed on industry trends, and build resiliency and well-being in a demanding healthcare environment.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program 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: 90
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 42
  • Growth: 60

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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.6%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.28; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $125K reported
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 43/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.