University of Maryland Faculty Physicians, Inc.

Overview

Mission

Under the medical service plan of the university of Maryland, school of medicine, administrative support services are provided to the physician practices of the university of Maryland, including but not limited to information technology, finance, human resources, contracting, legal and business services. These services allow the physician practices to deliver healthcare to the general public without regard to the patient's ability to pay for services on behalf of the school of medicine.

University of Maryland Faculty Physicians, Inc. (UM FPI) is the multi-specialty physician practice affiliated with the University of Maryland School of Medicine, providing comprehensive medical care across more than 80 specialties including primary care, orthopedics, cardiology, oncology, and women's health. Serving patients throughout Maryland with locations such as Baltimore, Columbia, and a new Health Village at Mondawmin opening in 2025, UM FPI operates urgent care centers, ambulatory surgery centers, and numerous outpatient clinics. The organization is recognized for clinical excellence, with over 120 faculty physicians named Baltimore magazine Top Doctors in 2024 and its ambulatory surgery center ranked 2nd in Maryland by Newsweek.

Operating model

Revenue model

Other-operating. 97% of the money available for current operations came from other operating 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

MIXED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.

Rating breakdown

• Financial Efficiency: 69
• Transparency & Controls: 45
• Accountability: 37
• Sustainability: 67
• Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Details

• What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
• Where the money goes: 73.9% of revenue deployed · 84.3% of spending went to programs
• Governance: 0 of 19 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
• Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $78.8M in reported program spending
• Leadership: top reported pay $1.1M · 35 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
• Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $2.5M reported
• Consistency: 41 of 41 current checks pass
• Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes foreign activity and executive pay
• Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
• Contacts: How to reach this organization
• Money network: 13 filed money-flow records
• Related organizations: 30 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.
• Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

• High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
• High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
• High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
• Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
• High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.
• High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 28/100.