MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital

Legal name: National Rehabilitation Hospital

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521369749
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2022
Location
Washington, DC, US
Phone
410-772-6735
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Hospital, Specialty

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$179,376,301
Expenses
$184,685,303
Assets
$147,445,825
Liabilities
$24,790,584

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

Leadership & pay

24 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOHN D ROCKWOOD (PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • KENNETH A SAMET (DIRECTOR): $6,562,774 total reported compensation
  • JOHN D ROCKWOOD (PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR): $1,416,903 total reported compensation
  • ROHIT SATOSKAR MD (DIRECTOR): $795,942 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

See schedule oas a proud member of medstar health, medstar national rehabilitation network's (medstar nrn) mission is to serve the community as a regional and national leader in rehabilitative services through quality patient care, rehabilitation research, education and training, assistive technology and advocacy. Medstar nrn includes a specialty hospital located directly adjacent to medstar Washington hospital center, in northwest Washington, d.c. And over 55 outpatient rehabilitation centers throughout Washington, d.c., Maryland and Virginia. In fiscal year 2025, mnrn had a total of 594,367 outpatient visits.

What it reported doing in 2024

See schedule omedstar national rehabilitation network's largest program is access to and the provision of rehabilitation hospital services to the communities of Washington, d.c. And the surrounding areas. In addition to the program service expenses listed above, medstar nrn incurred $54.4m of management and general expenses in providing services to its communities. Medstar nrh is a comprehensive medical rehabilitation facility offering a full range of treatments and services for the physical rehabilitation of individuals with disabling injuries and illnesses such as stroke, traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries, arthritis, amputations, post-polio syndrome, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, chronic pain, back and neck pain, occupational injuries, cancer and cardiac disease that requires medical rehabilitation. In partnership with children's national health network, the hospital also offers specialized pediatric care. Medstar nrn owns, operates, or participates as a joint venture partner in the outpatient centers which offer general rehabilitative care as well as distinct programs such as hand therapy, occupational rehabilitation, cancer rehabilitation and sports medicine. Medstar nrn is nationally known for its research and body of knowledge on improving the lives of people with spinal cord injury and disease as one of 18 model systems in the country.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 97% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 64
  • Transparency & Controls: 96
  • Accountability: 83
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 72%; rating input score 72
  • Program expense ratio: 70%; rating input score 70
  • Fundraising efficiency: $2.34 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 6 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • 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: 71.4%; rating input score 71; 22nd 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%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.8; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.17; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 7 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 72% of revenue deployed · 70% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 14 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $129.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $6.6M · 24 people listed · 6 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $4.9M reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 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: 12 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 65 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.

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

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 38/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.