Scott & White Healthcare

What it reported doing in 2024

See Schedule OScott & White Healthcare (SWHC) is a faith-based, nonprofit, supporting organization formed in 2009 to provide centralized strategic and management services to an integrated health care delivery system. SWHC is affiliated with Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH), a faith-based nationally acclaimed network of acute care hospitals and related health care entities providing exemplary patient care, medical education, medical research and community service to the residents of North and Central Texas. As the largest not-for-profit health care system in Texas and one of the largest in the United States, BSWH was born from the 2013 combination of Baylor Health Care System and Scott & White Healthcare. Today, BSWH has over 1,300 patient access points including 53 hospitals, 600+ specialty care clinics, 250+ outpatient clinics, 150+ primary care clinics, 29 pharmacies, 30+ ambulatory surgery centers, 60+ urgent care clinics, and over 7,300 active physicians. The system also includes a state certified health maintenance organization, the Scott and White Health Plan and the Baylor Scott & White Quality Alliance accountable care organization both covering approximately 1,200,000 lives.A majority of SWHC's governing body is made up of volunteer community representatives who provide leadership and governance to SWHC and its subsidiaries. The members of the governing body contribute their wisdom, insights and expertise to ensure that SWHC is fulfilling its mission and charitable purpose while providing efficient administrative support services and direction to affiliates of BSWH.Founded as a Christian ministry of healing, Baylor Scott & White Health promotes the well-being of all individuals, families and communities. BSWH is committed to offering access to quality health care including free or discounted health care to the indigent and underserved population through its affiliated health care providers. As part of its charitable mission, BSWH's nonprofit hospitals provided community benefits (as reported to the Texas Department of State Health Services and in accordance with the State of Texas statutory methodology) of $1.3 Billion which includes the unreimbursed cost of charity care, Medicaid, Medicare and other community benefits. BSWH's nonprofit hospitals provided community benefits (as reported on Form 990, Schedule H) of $485 Million during the tax year, which included the unreimbursed cost of charity care, Medicaid and other community benefits, but excludes Medicare.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Limited
• Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 50%; rating input score 50; 8th 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: -1,259.8%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.63; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0.5%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 9.8% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: -15.4% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -4.1% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings