Lehigh Valley Health Network

Legal name: Schuylkill Medical Center - East Norwegian Street

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
230880420
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2017
Official website data refreshed
Aug 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2017
Location
Pottsville, PA, USA
Phone
888-402-5846
Rating
64
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hospital, General

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$89,475,612
Expenses
$73,807,528
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

22 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • WILLIAM J REPPY (PRESIDENT)
  • DIANE BORIS (VICE PRESIDENT - FINANCE)
  • SUSAN CURRY (VICE PRESIDENT PATIENT CARE)

Highest reported compensation

  • THOMAS V WHALEN MD MMM (BOARD MEMBER): $1,184,987 total reported compensation
  • LAWRENCE RIDDLES (CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER): $443,644 total reported compensation
  • WILLIAM J REPPY (PRESIDENT): $360,958 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Improving lives

What it reported doing in 2017

On may 26, 2018, schuylkill medical center - east norwegian street and schuylkill medical center - south jackson street merged, and the surviving corporate entity was schuylkill medical center - south jackson street who immediately changed its name to lehigh valley hospital - schuylkill. Schuylkill medical center - east norwegian street is now a campus of lehigh valley hospital - schuylkill. The schuylkill medical center - east norwegian street, through the combined efforts of its highly qualified medical staff, employees, and volunteers, offers a broad range of healthcare services to the residents of schuylkill county, pa. Inpatient healthcare services are provided in medicine, surgery, and critical care medicine. 26,352 visits by residents of the region were made to receive emergency care at the schuylkill medical center - east norwegian street's emergency department. A wide array of diagnostic and treatment programs are also offered by the medical center, including ct scanning, inpatient renal (kidney) dialysis, medical oncology/chemotherapy, diagnostic, ultrasound, blood banking and laboratory, physical therapy, cardiovascular service, and an outpatient chemical dependency program.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 99% 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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and the required major-donor schedule is missing or incomplete.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 61
  • Transparency & Controls: 49
  • Accountability: 93
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 63.2%; rating input score 63
  • Program expense ratio: 76.7%; rating input score 77
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 6th 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: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: No; rating input score 0
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 40th 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: 17.5%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.6%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.3% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 63.2% of revenue deployed · 76.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 16 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $56.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1.2M · 22 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $6.4M reported
  • Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2009 to 2017
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 37 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Major donor itemization scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 42/100.