Superior Health Quality Alliance Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
830900646
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2018
Location
Madison, WI, USA
Phone
6084418268
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Support N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$15,948,657
Expenses
$16,294,014
Assets
$6,260,631
Liabilities
$1,307,742

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TANIA DANIELS MN HOSPITAL (ASSOC), CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

People named in this filing

  • HELGA BRAKE IL HEALTH (HOSPITAL), CHAIR)
  • DEE LEDUC MIDWEST KIDNEY (NETWORK), SECRETARY)
  • TANIA DANIELS MN HOSPITAL (ASSOC), CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Superior health quality alliance was formed as a joint venture to improve the effectiveness, efficiency, economy, and quality of health services delivered. Specifically, the corporation operates as a qi contractor and participates in the programs and bring patients, providers and communities together to achieve large-scale improvement results using effective and innovative quality improvement strategies that are data-driven, transparent, and empower patients and families to partner with their clinicians to make decisions about their healthcare.

What it reported doing in 2024

Under the terms of a contract with the centers for medicare and medicaid services (cms) and as a subcontractor, superior health quality alliance, inc. Provides healthcare quality improvement services as a nqiic (network of quality improvement and innovation contractors) to improve care for patients with end stage renal disease.

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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 81
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 94
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 90.6%; rating input score 91
  • Program expense ratio: 89.9%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 86
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2.2%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.38; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.21; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 30.3% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 29.9% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 26.9% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 90.6% of revenue deployed · 89.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 6 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $14.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $12M reported
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: 8 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 11/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Document-retention policy not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 57/100.