Salina Regional Health Center

Legal name: Salina Regional Health Center Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
481169103
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Salina, KS, USA
Phone
7854527145
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hospital, General

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$434,935,359
Expenses
$415,657,311
Assets
$680,306,030
Liabilities
$71,360,187

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

Leadership & pay

25 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Joel Phelps (President/CEO)
  • Bethanie McDowell (Vice President, CNO)
  • Brenda Cox (Vice President, HR)
  • Terry Hauschel (Vice President, Operations)
  • John J Berghuis (Vice President, CIO)

Highest reported compensation

  • Travis Rump (Physician): $1,951,525 total reported compensation
  • Scott Boswell (Physician): $1,470,212 total reported compensation
  • Yazan Abuodeh (Physician): $1,277,173 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

At Salina Regional, physicians practice old-fashioned compassion, complemented with the latest technologies to make healing happen even faster, delivering confidence for today, for the future, and for your good life. Through the acceptance and stewardship of gifts, the Salina Regional Health Foundation supports the programs and services of Salina Regional Health Center, as well as other community health-related agencies and organizations. The mission of the Salina Regional Health Foundation is to expand, manage, and distribute assets to improve the health of this regional community. To make a gift or learn more, visit our website at <. The Tammy Walker Cancer Center is a comprehensive cancer facility providing the latest cancer fighting technology, diagnostic, educational and support services. TWCC offers the latest technology in radiation and chemotherapy and all the support...

What it reported doing in 2024

Salina Regional Health Center, Inc. provides hospital and health related services to the people of Saline County, Kansas. During the fiscal year Salina Regional Health Center, Inc. discharged 6,999 inpatients resulting in 30,998 patient days, treated outpatients in 543,747 visits and generated 371 million in net patient service revenue. Charges of $6.5 million were provided in charity care assistance during the year.Salina Regional Health Services is the sole owner of Salina Regional Health Affiliations, LLC (SRHA). SRHA manages Memorial Health Systems (MHS), a tax-exempt hospital located in Abilene, Kansas, in Dickinson County. SRHC also manages Lindsborg Community Hospital Association in McPherson County and Cloud County Health Center, d/b/a North Central Kansas Medical Center in Cloud County. All three of these hospitals are in rural communities and operate as critical access hospitals. By sharing its resources and expertise, SRHC assists these facilities in providing high quality medical care, thereby furthering its tax-exempt purpose.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 92% 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

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 87
  • Sustainability: 57
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 76.3%; rating input score 76
  • Program expense ratio: 78.5%; rating input score 78
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 98.7%; rating input score 99; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 32nd 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: 4.4%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.64; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.7%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 76.3% of revenue deployed · 78.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 14 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $326.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $2M · 25 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $10.2M reported
  • Consistency: 39 of 40 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 14 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 10 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.

  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 56/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 43/100.