Stevens Community Medical Center

What it reported doing in 2024

Stevens Community Medical Center is a not-for-profit integrated health care system. The mission of the Medical Center is to make available high-quality health care. The Medical Center serves the population of West Central Minnesota and is becoming a regional health care center."CARING IS OUR REASON FOR BEING"SCMC provides quality medical healthcare regardless of race, creed, sex, national origin, handicap, age or ability to pay. Although reimbursement for services rendered is critical to the operation and stability of SCMC, it is recognized that not all individuals possess the ability to purchase essential medical services. To further that, our mission is to serve the community with respect to providing health care services and health care education. For example, the Medical Center is committed to provide medical services to all members of its community, provide free care and/or subsidized care, promote health activities and programs to support the community, and provide care to persons covered by governmental programs at below cost. Therefore, financial assistance will be considered where the need and/or an individual's inability to pay exists. SCMC had 42,055 hospital outpatient visits, 38,252 clinic and urgent care visits, 790 inpatient days, 6,653 outpatient counseling visits, 74 deliveries, 612 surgeries, 2,710 emergency room visits, and 25,298 therapy treatments in 2024. SCMC also owns and operates the Courage Cottage, an assisted living facility specializing in care for the terminally ill. In 2024, 12 residents were served, and the cost to provide their care was subsidized by community donations.Recognizing its mission to the community, SCMC provides services to Medicare, Medicaid, and other patients covered by governmental programs that often is below cost. For example, in 2024, SCMC was reimbursed less than cost by $2,502,586 for Medicaid participants. The estimated cost of foregone charges for services supplied under SCMC's charity care policy (free and/or subsidized care) was $539,734 in 2024.Charity care is also provided through many reduced price services and free SCMC programs and information offered throughout the year based on activities and services which SCMC believes will serve a bona fide community need. These include: various brochures to educate patients; staff speaking for a variety of community events including SCMC sponsored "health nights," elderly and adult education; sponsoring a smoking cessation program and a variety of other "wellness" type programs at subsidized cost; providing meeting facilities for various community groups; offering support groups; and providing assistance to educators through our work with student nurses.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 79.3%; rating input score 79
• Program expense ratio: 86.6%; rating input score 87
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 19th 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: 6.4%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.66; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 9.3%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings