Intermountain Health

What it reported doing in 2024

On april 1, 2022, sisters of charity of leavenworth health system, inc. (sclhs) affiliated with intermountain health care, inc., creating a model health system that provides high-quality, accessible, and affordable healthcare to communities in Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Colorado, Montana, and Wyoming. The organization employs over 68,000 caregivers, operates 33 hospitals (including one virtual hospital), and runs hundreds of clinics, while providing health insurance to over one million people in Utah, Idaho and Nevada.sclhs was founded by the sisters of charity of leavenworth, who trace their origin as a religious community to the 1600s in france, where vincent de paul and louise de marillac established the (see schedule o) daughters of charity. These women were dedicated to serving the sick and poor through an active ministry.in 1857, a small congregation of sisters from nashville, Tennessee, led by mother xavier ross, ventured to the edge of an expanding frontier in the then indian territory of Kansas. They opened the first private hospital in the state in 1864, with the first trained nurse in the state and surely the first woman in the western territory to run a hospital. In 1873, the sisters founded what is now saint joseph hospital in denver, the oldest private teaching hospital in Colorado, and one of the five Colorado hospitals of the health system.sclhs was formed in 1972 to strengthen and unify the healthcare facilities sponsored by sclhs. In 2011, the sisters transferred sponsorship of sclhs to leaven ministries. In april 2022, sclhs affiliated with affiliated with intermountain health care, inc. Creating an integrated health system whose vision is to "be a model health system by providing extraordinary care and superior service at an affordable cost". Sclhs' rich heritage and enduring legacy serve as the foundation for its health ministry today, and its mission, vision and values serve as the framework for its success. Sclhs is the management company providing centralized services for all sclhs subsidiaries. Sclhs performs numerous coordinated and centralized services for the entities and care sites that comprise its system, such as administering financing and capital formation programs; ethical and religious directives; financial reporting; tax services; human resources functions, including executive recruiting and administering and maintaining welfare, benefit and retirement plans; information technology services, including electronic medical record systems, business management systems, equipment and connectivity; internal audit functions; legal services; physician network development; procurement and supply chain management, including medical devices, supplies and equipment; professional liability insurance through a captive provider, including group excess coverage, reinsurance and litigation management; public relations; communications and legislative affairs; real estate management services, including leasing, construction, purchase and sale; regulatory compliance services; revenue cycle management services, including billing and collections; risk management services, including self-insurance, group excess coverage and reinsurance; and litigation management. The centralization of management services provides for high-quality, cost-effective and compassionate healthcare management and medical services for the communities we serve. Therefore, these management services relate directly to the exempt purpose of owning and managing public hospitals and a health system. Our mission, vision and values are listed below.mission, vision, & values mission: we reveal and foster god's healing love by improving the health of the people and communities we serve, especially those who are poor and vulnerable.vision: be a model health system by providing extraordinary care and superior service at an affordable cost.values: we are leaders in clinical excellence, delivering safe, best-in-quality care.we believe in what we do, living our

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 83.8%; rating input score 84
• Program expense ratio: 90.9%; rating input score 91
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 17th 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: Scored; rating input score 0
• Grant itemization coverage: 98.8%; rating input score 99; 36th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 44th 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: 12.4%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.97; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.19; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 5%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 11.2% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings