Wellspan Medical Group

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
232730785
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
York, PA, USA
Phone
7178513055
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Group Health Practice (Health Maintenance Organizations)

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,153,356,451
Expenses
$1,250,367,036
Assets
$225,839,653
Liabilities
$142,319,687

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

Leadership & pay

25 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ROXANNA GAPSTUR PHD RN (PRESIDENT & CEO - WELLSPAN HEALTH)

Highest reported compensation

  • ROXANNA GAPSTUR PHD RN (PRESIDENT & CEO - WELLSPAN HEALTH): $3,176,598 total reported compensation
  • JOEL WINER MD (NEUROSURGEON): $2,089,800 total reported compensation
  • MATTHEW SINGLETON MD (ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIST): $2,076,707 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 wellspan medical group was founded and operates on the belief that a large, well-organized group practice, based on primary and preventive care, and working collaboratively as part of an integrated health care delivery system, can deliver a superior standard of care. Its mission is to promote and to provide quality, cost-effective health care services which seek to improve the health status of the community. The medical group provides care without regard for an individual's health status or ability to pay.

What it reported doing in 2024

Wellspan medical group, which does not contemplate pecuniary gain or profit, incidental or otherwise, was formed for the purposes of furthering the charitable purposes of wellspan health, and promoting the provision of health care services in south central Pennsylvania, including york and adams counties, by providing clinically effective health care services, including professional health care services, in a cost effective manner in settings appropriate to patient and payor needs, under a variety of health care financing arrangements; enhancing the continuity and quality of health care services provided to patients; ensuring the continued local patient access to health care services; enhancing the health status of the communities served by wellspan health; effectively responding to changing payor requirements; achieving excellence in clinical innovations, service, quality, cost and outcomes; and achieving operating efficiencies, such as containing and reducing costs and avoiding unnecessary duplication of services and equipment, thereby utilizing resources more effectively.see wellspan health - 2025 community benefit report located at https://www.wellspan.org/about-wellspan/improving-healthy-communities/community-benefit.

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. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 45
  • Sustainability: 17
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 94.6%; rating input score 95
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th 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: 13.3%; rating input score 13; 9th 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: Fail
    • 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: -8.4%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.18; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.63; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.4%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 12.8% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.6% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.7% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 94.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 2 of 15 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.2B in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $3.2M · 25 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $19.7M reported
  • Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 16 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 49 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 13/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 5/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: CEO compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 26/100.