University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health

What it reported doing in 2024

Providing healthcare services to patients regardless of their ability to pay for such services. For more than 90 years, upper chesapeake health has been providing comprehensive, high quality healthcare. Upper chesapeake medical center offers some of the area's most advanced inpatient and outpatient services so that patients can enjoy the superior wellness resources a healthy lifestyle needs, without leaving their neighborhood. Upper chesapeake health is a community-based, non-profit health system located in harford county, Maryland. Our vision is based on creating the healthiest community in Maryland. Building on that vision, we have a strong commitment to service excellence. So much so that it has become part of the fabric of the healthcare experience at upper chesapeake health. Upper chesapeake health has over 2,500 physicians and healthcare professionals who are delivering care for the mind, body, and spirit in settings from offices, to outpatient centers, to hospitals, to shopping centers, to businesses, and to homes. Upper chesapeake medical center is a member of the university of Maryland upper chesapeake health system. Upper chesapeake medical center (the medical center) is an acute care, non-profit facility offering a full complement of medical, diagnostic and emergency care services. The medical center is fully accredited by the joint commission on the accreditation of healthcare organizations (jcaho). This premier health care facility incorporates several trends that reflect how health care is changing, including reorientation towards outpatient care, more acutely ill patients in the hospital and flexibility for growth and change to meet our community's future health care needs. Located on the medical campus is the upper chesapeake medical center with 194 acute care beds. Adjacent to the medical center is the ambulatory care center of harford county, containing physician offices, outpatient imaging and laboratory procedures, outpatient pre-assessment testing and assessment, upper chesapeake cardiovascular institute, and the administrative offices of the university of Maryland upper chesapeake health system. Also located next to the medical center, is a pre-existing medical office building with physician offices and other healthcare related services, a parking garage and a second medical office building which includes outpatient services and physician offices. Upper chesapeake medical center maintains charity care programs and, in addition, conducts many community outreach and community building activities including: - community health education programs which include newborn baby care, sitter safety program, infant cpr, infant safety, stop smoking class, kids safety class, and prenatal breast feeding class - support groups including breast feeding support, breast cancer awareness groups, perinatal bereavement, asthma support group, widow and widowers support group, grief support group, prostate cancer support group, amputee network, brain injury support group, stroke club, lupus support group, and others - health screenings including screenings for osteoporosis, cardiac problems, blood pressure, and other issues - free and mobile clinic

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 64.3%; rating input score 64
• Program expense ratio: 70%; rating input score 70
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 17th 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: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 81%; rating input score 81; 29th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Fail
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • 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%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.35; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.45; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0.4%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 7% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings