SetonUT Austin Dell Medical School University Physicians Group

What it reported doing in 2024

THE FILING ORGANIZATION IS A PART OF THE ASCENSION CATHOLIC HEALTH MINISTRY. ASCENSION IS A FAITH-BASED HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATION THAT DELIVERS PERSONALIZED, COMPASSIONATE CARE TO ALL, ESPECIALLY TO THOSE WHO NEED IT THE MOST. Seton/UT Austin Dell Medical School University Physicians Group ("SUUPG") is organized to provide graduate and undergraduate training programs in Austin, through the leadership of the full-time faculty of the University of Texas Dell Medical School ("DMS"). Combining real world clinical experience with quality, evidence based, personalized instruction, medical residents gain the skills needed to build successful careers in medicine in the communities they service. In turn, those residents along with medical students and faculty members provide coverage at multiple local hospitals and clinics throughout the Central Texas region. Some of the facilities benefiting from SUUPG include those operated by health care organizations such as: Central Health (the Travis County Health Care District); Veterans Administration; and city, county and state mental health organizations. SUUPG continues to build and strengthen sustainable collaborative efforts that benefit the health of individuals, families and society as a whole. SUUPG is home to Austin's graduate medical education program and fellowship training programs. Ascension Texas has entered into a long-term affiliation with The University of Texas at Austin, together with the Board of Regents of The University of Texas System to provide graduate and undergraduate training programs at the DMS in Austin. SUUPG furthers this goal through delivery of direct patient care services, including care to the elderly and those living in poverty, as well as patient education and health awareness programs for the community. Available services are provided to people in the community without regard to the patient's race, creed, national origin, economic status, or ability to pay. The following inpatient and outpatient medical services are provided to the community: - Family Medicine - Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology - Endocrinology - Infectious Disease - Dermatology Pediatrics - Psychiatry- Adult/Child/Geriatric - Women's Health - full continuum - Urology Surgery - trauma and general - Rheumatology (inpatient) Many programs partner with Dell Medical School including, but not limited to: - Transplant - Women's Health - Gastroenterology Some of the services listed above charge patients on a sliding scale. Accomplishments: 1. SUUPG together with DMS provides an extensive list of classes, seminars and materials to medical residents and staff related to each specialty. All core and elective requirements for graduate medical education and undergraduate medical students are offered as specified by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, which is responsible for the Accreditation of post-MD medical training programs within the United States. 2. In addition, SUUPG trains and recruits healthcare professionals who are likely to remain in the region to meet unmet needs for physician services in both urban and rural setting, and in so doing, provides direct physician services to the public, including a significant number of the persons who are elderly, vulnerable or living in poverty. Development of new physicians is an integral part of improving community health status in the future.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 92.2%; rating input score 92
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th 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: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 54.5%; rating input score 55; 14th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
  • 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: Fail
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -19.1%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.27; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.06; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0.4%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 14th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 14.5% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings