West Virginia University Hospitals - East Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
202337985
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Martinsburg, WV, USA
Phone
3042641000
Rating
53
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$19,347,799
Expenses
$19,403,169
Assets
$3,032,496
Liabilities
$3,050,940

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

Leadership & pay

27 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Albert Wright (Director, CEO WVUHS)
  • Dean Thomas (President CEO WVUH-East through 09/30/24)
  • Mark O'Hern (President CEO WVUH-East starting 11/04/24)
  • Jeffrey DeBord DO (Director, BMC Medical Staff President)
  • Brad Wright MD (Director, JMC Medical Staff President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Albert Wright (Director, CEO WVUHS): $2,726,278 total reported compensation
  • Dean Thomas (President CEO WVUH-East through 09/30/24): $873,482 total reported compensation
  • Samantha Richards (Chief Nursing Officer): $417,301 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 mission of West Virginia University Hospitals - East is to improve the health status of Eastern Panhandle residents by providing high-quality health wellness services, expanding access to care participating in the education of healthcare professionals by supporting City Hospital, Jefferson Memorial Hospital related healthcare entities.

What it reported doing in 2024

West Virginia University Hospitals - East dba WV University Healthcare, Inc. coordinates the following departments for City Hospital, Inc. dba Berkeley Medical Center and Jefferson Memorial Hospital dba Jefferson Medical Center Central Scheduling, Clinical Lab, Quality and Risk Management, Physician Recruitment, Administration, Corporate Compliance, Planning and Development, Marketing, Patient Access Health Information Systems, Human Resources, Education, Wellness, Information Services and Facilities Management. WVUH-East also performs all of the Accounting and Patient Financial services for both entities.

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 98% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 31
  • Transparency & Controls: 60
  • Accountability: 87
  • Sustainability: 16
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 35%; rating input score 35
  • Program expense ratio: 34.9%; rating input score 35
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 14th 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: 53.2%; rating input score 53; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 26th 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: -0.3%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.16; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.01; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 21.4%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -5.2% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 35% of revenue deployed · 34.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 15 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $6.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $2.7M · 27 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $157K reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 33 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 18 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 46 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 35/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 35/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 53/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 6/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.