The Surgery Center of Greater Nashua

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
461084049
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Nashua, NH, USA
Phone
6035789909
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Health Treatment Facilities, Primarily Outpatient

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,098,216
Expenses
$1,239,973
Assets
$959,842
Liabilities
$266,038

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

Leadership & pay

21 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Colin T McHugh (SNHMC President/CEO/Secretary)
  • John E Friberg Esq (Interim CEO, SolutionHealth)
  • Leanne Berube RN (Former Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

  • John E Friberg Esq (Interim CEO, SolutionHealth): $1,200,857 total reported compensation
  • Colin T McHugh (SNHMC President/CEO/Secretary): $944,309 total reported compensation
  • Michael Turilli (SVP/CFO, SolutionHealth): $907,034 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The Surgery Center of Greater Nashua, is a state-of-the-art outpatient surgical facility offering a wide range of surgical and endoscopic care, including Orthopedic, Podiatry, General Surgery and Ear, Nose and Throat procedures. Our facility provides safe, efficient, high-quality care while maintaining patient privacy. Our operating room suites feature innovative ceiling-mounted modular units which give the surgeons, anesthesiologists and nurses access to a comprehensive array of tools, equipment and data.The Surgery Center of Greater Nashua is specifically designed for patients to have procedures under general or local anesthesia which don't require an overnight stay. The Surgery Center of Greater Nashua is a community partnership of Nashua's two major healthcare organizations: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Nashua and Southern New Hampshire Health System.

What it reported doing in 2024

The Surgery Center of Greater Nashua provides high quality, outpatient surgical care for all individuals without regard to demographics, socio-economic status, or age, provided the patient is medically appropriate for the Center. The Surgery Center of Greater Nashua provides patient care in an environment that is conducive to meeting the expressed needs of a diverse patient population while at the same time adhering to the highest standards for patient care.Surgery patients will go home the same day. The Surgery Center willspecialize in providing surgery and diagnostic (e.g., colonoscopy)services. Emphasis will be placed on patient specific factors includingphysical status, surgical procedure, length of procedure and ASA classification. Only patients whose needs can be fully supplied by theSurgery Center will be considered as candidates for a procedure. Theperioperative / perianesthesia team providing care consists of anesthesiologists, gastroenterologists, certified registered nurseanesthetists, physician assistants, registered nurses, surgicaltechnologists, surgical assistants, and operating room assistants.Elective procedures performed include, but are not limited to thefollowing: - Orthopedic- Podiatry- Ear Nose and Throat- General Surgery- Plastic Surgery- Gynecology- Gastroenterology

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 60
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 20
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 96.6%; rating input score 97
  • Program expense ratio: 85.5%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 73.3%; rating input score 73; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • 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: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -12.9%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.77; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.28; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 39.9%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.3% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.8% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -7.7% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 96.6% of revenue deployed · 85.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 15 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1.2M · 21 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $586K reported
  • Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: 18 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 26/100.