Yoakum Community Hospital

What it reported doing in 2024

Yoakum community hospital (ych) is a not-for-profit, critical-access hospital delivering comprehensive services with compassion and commitment. Hospital leadership and physicians work together to guide the direction of the facility. The busy, 23-bed community hospital has served neighbors in yoakum and the surrounding area for 100 years. The ych medical staff of 43 physicians includes not only family physicians but also those certified in a number of major healthcare specialties. More than 42 ych staff nurses and 92 other personnel provide special expertise and a compassionate bedside manner. The hospital provides a broad range of inpatient and outpatient services to meet the evolving health care needs of our community, which include laboratory, rehabilitation, imaging, emergency, general medicine, diabetes education, sleep disorder treatment, surgery and the many medical specialists who schedule patient appointments at the ych outpatient clinic. The ych team takes pride in the facility's quality of care and our ongoing commitment to patients in yoakum and the surrounding communities. Additional information regarding ych for fiscal year ended june 30, 2025: - the hospital performed 332 lifesaving surgeries. - ych admitted 508 local patients in the acute state of illness and managed 7,172 emergency room visits with the rapid, reliable care our community deserves. - the emergency services at ych have earned the hospital distinguished recognition as the first level iv trauma center in the area. - in 2007, yoakum chamber of commerce presented ych with its business of the year award, and the hospital also received the 2007 Texas health care quality improvement award. - in 2012, yoakum community hospital received the 2012 Texas health care quality improvement bronze award. Hospital services: ych provides a broad range of services to meet the evolving health care needs of our community, which include: - up-to-date laboratory, physical therapy and radiology services-including mri, mammography, ct, radiography/fluoroscopy and ultrasound diagnostic services. - lone star emergency physicians in yoakum community hospital's emergency room treat trauma patients at any time of day or night, seven days a week. - medical specialists, including cardiology, ear, nose and throat, gastroenterology, general surgery, ophthalmology, orthopedics, ob/gyn, podiatry and urology physicians who schedule patient appointments at the ych outpatient clinic on a regular basis. - surgical services for many inpatient and outpatient procedures in our fully equipped operating rooms. - convenient access to numerous outpatient services for patients with sleep disorders, diabetes and pulmonary rehabilitation needs.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 89.1%; rating input score 89
• Program expense ratio: 88.9%; rating input score 89
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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: Scored; rating input score 0

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 21st 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: -0.2%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.71; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.27; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 8.7%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings