United Health Services Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
222682421
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Binghamton, NY, USA
Phone
6077622107
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community Health Systems

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$12,960,877
Expenses
$14,219,067
Assets
$26,718,213
Liabilities
$5,793,600

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

Leadership & pay

31 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOHN CARRIGG (PRESIDENT/CEO/BOARD MEMBER)

Highest reported compensation

  • JOHN CARRIGG (PRESIDENT/CEO/BOARD MEMBER): $1,437,541 total reported compensation
  • AFZAL REHMAN MD PHD (SR VP/CIO): $868,608 total reported compensation
  • KAY BOLAND RN (SR VP / CNO / COO): $766,154 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

United health services, inc. Is the parent corporation responsible for governing, planning, coordinating, monitoring and supporting system development. Its mission is to improve the health of those we serve through our committment to excellence in all that we do.

What it reported doing in 2024

United health services, inc. Is the not-for-profit, tax-exempt parent of the united health services, inc. Healthcare system. Its mission is to improve the health of those that our system members serve through our committment to excellence in all that we do. Additionally, united health services, inc. Governs the activities of the system's members to ensure a comprehensive, well organized network of high quality affordable healthcare services for their service areas.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 99% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 66% for direct work, 0% for grants, and 34% for affiliated organizations.

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 some related-organization disclosures are missing.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 98.7%; rating input score 99
  • Program expense ratio: 90.4%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • 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; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Scored; rating input score 0

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 86.7%; rating input score 87; 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: -9.7%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.88; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.22; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 47.6%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.5% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 98.7% of revenue deployed · 90.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 15 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $12.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1.4M · 31 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $2M reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 16 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 10 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 10/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Related-party transparency scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 56/100.