University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health System Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 521398513
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Bel Air, MD, USA
- Phone
- 4436431000
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Community Health Systems
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $16,765,191
- Expenses
- $17,903,092
- Assets
- $47,994,845
- Liabilities
- $10,014
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
33 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ELIZABETH WISE (PRESIDENT/CEO, UCHS)
- MOHAN SUNTHA MD (PRESIDENT AND CEO, UMMS)
Highest reported compensation
- MOHAN SUNTHA MD (PRESIDENT AND CEO, UMMS): $3,940,617 total reported compensation
- AARON J RABINOWITZ (Former Officer): $1,060,115 total reported compensation
- ELIZABETH WISE (PRESIDENT/CEO, UCHS): $851,824 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To assist in the management of and to provide services to related healthcare affiliates.
What it reported doing in 2024
In december 2013, upper chesapeake health system formally merged into the university of Maryland medical system in order to continue its commitment to the growing northeast Maryland area with expanded clinical service, programs and facilities, and physician recruitment. The health system includes one acute care, not-for-profit hospital, upper chesapeake medical center in bel air, md. The mission of the health system is dedication to maintaining and improving the health of the people in its communities through an integrated health delivery system that provides high quality care to all. Health system current statistics: 2,668 employees 528 physicians in 39 specialties information for upper chesapeake medical center: 257 total licensed beds 14,768 total admissions 1,242 deliveries 77,402 emergency department visits 91,147 outpatient visits 6,435 same-day surgical procedures 2,793 inpatient surgical procedures
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 99% 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
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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 89
- Sustainability: 39
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
- 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: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 81%; rating input score 81; 16th 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: -6.8%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.68; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 32.7%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -0.1% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 23.7% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 17 of 21 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $17.9M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $3.9M · 33 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $285K reported
- Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, executive pay, and related organizations
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 10 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 58 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 14/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.