West Shore Advanced Life Support Services Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

West shore advanced life support services, inc. (wsals, d/b/a geisinger ems (gems)) strives: - to be the leader in excellence in the provision of pre-hospital emergency services throughout northeast and central Pennsylvania. - to maintain the public trust through the delivery of compassionate, courteous, and professional treatment of those placed in our care. - to enhance and maintain the image of pre-hospital emergency services as an important link in the chain of health care utilizing the most up-to-date technology and therapies available. - to assist others in their technology and therapies available. - to assist others in their education in pre-hospital care through observation and participation in the performance of our duties. - to maintain a workplace where thoughts and ideas are nurtured, where performance and rewards are equitable, and where social and self-actualization needs are fulfilled. To achieve these goals, wsals commits to continuously improve the quality of care and services, creatively responding to the needs of the people served. Wsals provides primary emergency basic life support (bls) ambulance service, primary emergency advanced life support paramedic service, and routine bls service, whether routine (non-emergency) or life saving (emergency) care in the communities in which it serves. Wsals provides 24-hour ambulance and paramedic service to communities across northeast and central Pennsylvania, including: emergency services and medical transport: . Wsals responds to 911 emergency calls 24 hours a day, 7 days per week, including holidays and weekends. . Critical care transportation: people who are injured or ill get safe medical transport in advanced life support ambulances outfitted with lifesaving equipment and medications. . Basic life support: our emergency medical technicians (emts) are right there when you need medical transportation from home to doctors' appointments or between facilities. All our basic life support ambulances carry oxygen and medical devices essential to care. . Advanced life support: skilled paramedics focus on those needing medical attention during transport to geisinger or other hospitals in the area. Non-emergency services and medical transport . Ambulance transport services: wsals provides non-emergency medical transportation to or from doctors' appointments, hospitals, nursing homes, home health and hospice agencies and other care facilities. . Wheelchair van service, paratransit services may be provided in central Pennsylvania. Wsals is committed to the communities it services offering outreach and education services, including: . Cpr/aed information and first aid courses . Emergency planning assistance . Medical education on alcohol/drugs, stroke, heart attack, sexual assault and other topics . Boy scout and girl scout activities . Presentations to groups and organizations event coverage and ems standby . Wsals provides on-site ambulance, equipment and trained staff at picnics, concerts, sporting events and similar community events. Uncompensated care wsals recognizes that its mission is to serve all members of the community with respect to the provision of emergency basic life support ambulance services and advanced life support paramedic services. Wsals provides quality services regardless of race, creed, sex, national origin, handicap, age, or ability to pay. In this regard, wsals provides free or subsidized care below cost and supports various health activities and programs in support of the community. A. Charity care the primary concern of wsals is the delivery of emergency services to all the citizens in their Pennsylvania service area regardless of their ability to pay. The unreimbursed cost of charity care represents the cost wsals incurs by providing free or discounted services to those who cannot afford to pay. The cost to wsals of providing this charity care during the year ended december 31, 2024 was $116,923. B. Medicare/medicaid/other governmental in recog

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 95.6%; rating input score 96
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 6 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Pass
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
  • Written employment contract: Pass
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Limited
• Related-party transparency: Scored; rating input score 0

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 57.1%; rating input score 57; 9th 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: -15%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.5; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.48; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 48.5%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: -0.7% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -2.7% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings