Saint Francis Health System

Legal name: Saint Francis Hospital South Llc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
010603214
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Tulsa, OK, USA
Phone
9184948418
Rating
67
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hospitals and Related Primary Medical Care Facilities
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$234,350,466
Expenses
$154,881,437
Assets
$353,240,857
Liabilities
$45,886,652

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

Leadership & pay

22 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CLIFF A ROBERTSON MD (PRESIDENT/CEO/DIRECTOR)
  • BARRY L STEICHEN (VICE PRESIDENT/COO)
  • TODD SCHUSTER (SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • CLIFF A ROBERTSON MD (PRESIDENT/CEO/DIRECTOR): $2,411,089 total reported compensation
  • BARRY L STEICHEN (VICE PRESIDENT/COO): $1,554,280 total reported compensation
  • DEBORAH DAGE (TREASURER/CFO): $1,072,326 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To extend the presence and healing ministry of Christ in all we do. We’re proud to offer comprehensive healthcare services for our community, including heart care, cancer care, primary care and pediatrics. We provide healthcare for life. View Our Services Placeholder image. Saint Francis offers many locations in eastern Oklahoma to provide convenient care for you and your family. We’re nearby when you need us. View Our Locations Image. If you or a family member has been diagnosed with cancer, having access to a complete suite of cancer services, exceptional oncology doctors and support resources is critical to recovery. Saint Francis offers oncology clinics in two locations across eastern Oklahoma to help you find the best hospital for your cancer treatment. Saint Francis Cancer Center – Tulsa, OK Since 1978, the Saint Francis cancer program in Tulsa has been accredited by the...

What it reported doing in 2024

Saint Francis Hospital South, LLC is a member of Saint Francis Health System, Inc. The Saint Francis Health System, Inc. is a Catholic, not-for-profit health system whose mission is to extend the presence and healing ministry of Christ in all we do. Saint Francis Hospital South, LLC's accomplishments include operating an acute care hospital where admitting physicians, who are primarily practitioners in the local area, provided approximately 7,000 inpatient visits, 83,000 outpatient visits, and 53,000 emergency care visits to residents of Broken Arrow and Tulsa, Oklahoma, and the surrounding areas, and operating a HealthPlex in Glenpool, Oklahoma, that provides a variety of outpatient services as well as a full-service emergency room. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O.)

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 100% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 54
  • Transparency & Controls: 69
  • Accountability: 78
  • Sustainability: 81
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 51.2%; rating input score 51
  • Program expense ratio: 77.5%; rating input score 77
  • 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: 96.8%; rating input score 97; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 77.8%; rating input score 78; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 33.9%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.28; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.1%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.7% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site
  • Where the money goes: 51.2% of revenue deployed · 77.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 9 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $120M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $2.4M · 22 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $105.3M reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 31 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 51/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.