Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$53,589,032

Total expenses

$93,827,884

Contributions and grants received

$25,048

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$50,306,116

Investment income

$277,551

Other revenue

$2,980,317

Total assets, end of year

$27,286,402

Total liabilities, end of year

$27,086,648

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$199,754

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$89,645,240

Management and general expenses

$4,182,644

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$89,645,240

Program services were 95.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2023

• LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP - POCONO (LVPG-P) WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1985 AS AN AFFILIATE OF THE POCONO HEALTH SYSTEM. AS A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION WHICH SUPPORTS BOTH LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL - POCONO (LVH-P) AND LEHIGH VALLEY HEALTH NETWORK, LVPG-P OPERATES SEVERAL PHYSICIANS' PRACTICES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, FAMILY MEDICINE, HEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY, INTERNAL MEDICINE, PSYCHIATRY, PEDIATRICS, CARDIOLOGY, GENERAL SURGERY AND OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY. LVPG-P ALSO OPERATES 4 EXPRESS CARE LOCATIONS. LVPG-P IS DEDICATED TO SERVING OUR PATIENTS THROUGH THE DELIVERY OF HIGH QUALITY AND EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE. CONTINUED CLINICIAN RECRUITMENT AND GROWTH ARE A FOCUS, WITH THE PURPOSE OF DELIVERING THE BEST RESOURCES AND SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY. WITH A CURRENT SIZE OF 80 PHYSICIANS AND 80 ADVANCED PRACTICE CLINICIANS, LVPG-P OPERATES AS A SINGLE ENTITY WITH SERVICES PROVIDED AT NUMEROUS LOCATIONS WITHIN THE MONROE COUNTY REGION. DURING FY24, LVPG-P PRACTICES HAD OVER 348,000 PATIENT VISITS. THE ORGANIZATION HAS ALSO ENHANCED THE OUTPATIENT SERVICES OFFERED TO INDIVIDUALS IN THE AREA, INCLUDING UNDERINSURED AND INDIGENT PATIENTS. ALSO, THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES PHYSICIAN PRACTICE SUPPORT SERVICES INCLUDING BILLING, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS. PROVIDING EXCELLENT QUALITY CARE TO OUR DIVERSE AND GROWING COMMUNITY WHILE PROVIDING NECESSARY CAPITAL FOR FUTURE GROWTH IS THE ORGANIZATION'S GOAL. ALL RESOURCES AND PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES ARE UTILIZED TO OFFER OUR PATIENTS QUALITY CARE THROUGH MULTIPLE SERVICE LINES. FOR THESE SERVICES, THE LVPG-P CONSISTENTLY EVALUATES AND IMPROVES FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY, QUALITY REVIEW MEASURES, AND SCHEDULING CONSIDERATIONS TO MEET OR EXCEED THE STANDARD OF CARE EXPECTED.SEVERAL OUR PRACTICES OFFER MULTIPLE LOCATIONS AND EXTENDED OFFICE HOURS TO MAKE CARE MORE ACCESSIBLE TO PATIENTS, INCLUDING THOSE LIVING IN UNDERSERVED AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY. PATIENT CARE PROGRAMS:LVPG-P OFFERS A CONTINUUM OF HEALTH CARE PROMOTION, PREVENTION, DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT TO THE COMMUNITY. OUTPATIENT SERVICES ARE PROVIDED AT LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE REGION AND ARE A PART OF A HEALTHCARE NETWORK ESTABLISHED BY LVPG-P AND LVH-P TO MEET THE MEDICAL AND SURGICAL NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE MONROE AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES. INFANTS/CHILDREN/YOUNG ADULTS:THROUGH OUR PATIENT-CENTRIC PHILOSOPHY INCLUDING STATE-OF-THE-ART DIAGNOSTIC AND MEDICAL TECHNIQUES, LVPG PROVIDES SUPERIOR OUTPATIENT PEDIATRIC MEDICAL CARE. A TEAM OF PHYSICIANS AND SUBSPECIALISTS, BOTH FROM THE COMMUNITY AND FROM THE HOSPITAL, PROVIDES SERVICES. POCONO HAS A LEVEL III NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE STAFFED BY EXPERIENCED NEONATOLOGISTS AND NEONATAL NURSES.PRIMARY CARE:PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS AND APCS PROVIDE HIGH-QUALITY, COMPREHENSIVE, COORDINATED CARE TO ADULTS AND CHILDREN. WE FOCUS ON A HIGH-VALUE, PATIENT-CENTERED APPROACH BASED IN LONGITUDINAL RELATIONSHIPS. OUR CARE MODEL INCLUDES SAME-DAY ILLNESS AND INJURY CARE, COMPLEX DISEASE MANAGEMENT, CHRONIC CARE MANAGEMENT, AND PREVENTIVE CARE. WE ACCEPT MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PATIENTS, OFFER VFC AT ALL OUR LOCATIONS THAT SERVE THE PEDIATRIC POPULATION, AND PROMOTE AN EQUITABLE, SAFE, AND FRIENDLY CARE ENVIRONMENT FOR PATIENTS OF ALL DEMOGRAPHICS. OUR PATIENTS NOW HAVE ACCESS TO CARE THROUGH TELEHEALTH BOTH TO THEIR ESTABLISHED PRIMARY CARE CLINICIAN AS WELL AS TO EXPRESSCARE AND SPECIALTY CARE. THIS TECHNOLOGY CREATES A PARADIGM OF ENHANCED ACCESS IN A CONVENIENT MANNER. WE ALSO HAVE SEVERAL PROGRAMS WHICH ENHANCE THE WELL-BEING OF THE COMMUNITY. WE PARTNER WITH EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY TO PROVIDE HEALTH SERVICES TO THEIR STUDENT BODY. WE OFFER A PHYSICIAN-LED LITERACY PROGRAM CALLED "REACH OUT AND READ," THROUGH WHICH CHILDREN VISITING A PARTICIPATING PRACTICE RECEIVE AN AGE-APPROPRIATE BOOK DURING THEIR ANNUAL WELL-CHILD VISIT. IN COLLABORATION WITH THE LEHIGH VALLEY TOPPER CANCER INSTITUTE, WE HAVE INCREASED RATES OF LUNG CANCER SCREENING INCLUDING EFFORTS TO REDUCE DISPARITIES IN SCREENING RATES. OUR LINKAGE TO ADDICTION TREATMENT & OPIOID STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM HAS CONTINUED TO SUPPORT OUR PRACTICES IN PROVIDING MEDICATIONS FOR OPIOID USE DISORDER (MOUD) ACROSS 7 COUNTIES. MANY OF THESE PATIENTS FACE INTENSE BARRIERS TO CARE SUCH AS CHRONIC HOMELESS, PAST INCARCERATION, AND UNDERTREATED MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS. OUR PRACTICES ARE HIGHLY ENGAGED IN EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS, CONTRIBUTING TO THE SKILL DEVELOPMENT OF PRIMARY CARE NURSE PRACTITIONERS, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS, AND PHYSICIANS. THIS EDUCATION INCLUDES PARTNERSHIPS WITH MANY LOCAL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, AS WELL AS THE PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE AND THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA MORSANI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE. OUR PRACTICES ALSO SUPPORT LOCAL NURSING HOMES, SCHOOL SPORTS, AND COMMUNITY EVENTS. EXPRESS CARE:NUMEROUS EXPRESSCARE LOCATIONS ARE AVAILABLE AT LVPG-POCONO, PROVIDING RESIDENTS WITH IMMEDIATE WALK-IN CARE. A WALK-IN APPOINTMENT IS AVAILABLE FOR COMMON ILLNESSES AND MINOR INJURIES SUCH AS SPRAINS, CUTS, RASHES, SEASONAL ALLERGIES, FLU SYMPTOMS, BRONCHITIS, EAR INFECTIONS, SORE THROATS, FEVERS, AND MORE. FURTHERMORE, THEY OFFER COVERAGE FOR ROUTINE SCHOOL PHYSICALS AND FOLLOW-UP VACCINATIONS TO PROVIDE PATIENTS WITH CONVENIENCE. AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM, THIS CLINICAL CARE MODEL OFFERS A LOWER COST, EASIER ACCESS OPTION FOR PATIENTS OF LOWER ACUITY. MEDICAL SPECIALTIES:LVPG PROVIDES A BROAD ARRAY OF MEDICAL SPECIALTY CARE ACROSS THE POCONO REGION. CARE COORDINATION WITH ACCESS TO SPECIALTY AREAS AND COLLABORATION WITH PRIMARY CARE COLLEAGUES IS ESSENTIAL TO PROVIDE OPTIMAL PATIENT OUTCOMES FOR OUR COMMUNITY. WE HAVE ROBUST SPECIALTY CARE SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE REGION, WITH FULL-TIME SERVICES OFFERED IN A VAST ARRAY OF MEDICAL DISCIPLINES INCLUDING RHEUMATOLOGY, GASTROENTEROLOGY, PULMONARY, CRITICAL CARE, ENDOCRINOLOGY, AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES. SPECIALTY CARE IN CARDIOLOGY, HEMATOLOGY AND NEUROLOGY ARE OFFERED THROUGH THE HEART & VASCULAR INSTITUTE, CANCER INSTITUTE AND NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE, RESPECTIVELY. OBESITY MEDICINE SERVICES WERE LAUNCHED IN FY24. 1. GASTROENTEROLOGY SERVICES:LVPG PROVIDES GASTROENTEROLOGY CARE IN THE POCONO REGION. THIS SERVICE AIMS TO IMPROVE THE DIGESTIVE HEALTH OF PATIENTS. LVPG'S TEAM SUPPORTS ROUTINE AND CHRONIC CARE NEEDS AND PROMOTES QUALITY CARE THROUGH ROUTINE COLONOSCOPY SCREENING. LVPG'S LOCAL GASTROENTEROLOGY PRACTICE BEGAN PROVIDING ADVANCED ENDOSCOPY SERVICES SUCH AS ERCP AND ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND WITHIN THE LVH-POCONO HOSPITAL TO PROVIDE GREATER LOCAL ACCESS TO PATIENTS IN AND AROUND MONROE COUNTY.2. PULMONARY SERVICES:LVPG PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE PULMONARY CARE RANGING FROM A GENERAL PULMONARY EVALUATION AND TREATMENT TO ACCESS TO ADVANCED BRONCHOSCOPY FOR DIAGNOSIS OF LUNG CANCER AND OTHER PULMONARY DISEASES. PATIENTS HAVE ACCESS TO MULTIDISCIPLINARY CARE FOR LUNG CANCER INCLUDING SPECIALISTS IN PULMONARY, ONCOLOGY, RADIATION ONCOLOGY, AND THORACIC SURGERY. THERE HAS BEEN EXPANSION OF SLEEP MEDICINE IN THE AREA TO INCLUDE INSPIRE FOR SURGICAL TREATMENT OF OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA.ECONSULT PROGRAM:AS PART OF THE ECONSULT PROGRAM, LVPG-P CLINICIANS CAN POSE NON-URGENT QUESTIONS REGARDING THEIR PATIENTS TO THEIR SPECIALIST COLLEAGUES ACROSS MULTIPLE DISCIPLINES. REQUESTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ARE FORMALLY INCORPORATED INTO THE EMR AND ARE INCLUDED IN THE PATIENT'S MEDICAL RECORD. THE AVAILABILITY OF SPECIALISTS ACROSS THE AMBULATORY LANDSCAPE HAS IMPROVED ACCESS AND ENHANCED CONTINUITY OF CARE. ADULT ECONSULT SERVICES INCLUDE ADDICTION MEDICINE, ANTICOAGULATION MANAGEMENT, CARDIOLOGY, DISABILITY SUPPORT, ENDOCRINOLOGY, ENT, GERIATRICS, GYNECOLOGY, HEMATOLOGY, HIV/PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS, INFECTIOUS DISEASES, LONG COVID, MEDICAL ONCOLOGY (DIAGNOSTIC ADVICE), NEUROLOGY, ORTHOPEDICS, PAIN MANAGEMENT, PULMONOLOGY, PSYCHIATRY, RHEUMATOLOGY, TOXICOLOGY AND UROLOGY. OUR PEDIATRIC ECONSULT PROGRAM ALSO INCLUDES ENDOCRINOLOGY, INFECTIOUS DISEASE, GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEMATOLOGY. INPATIENT MEDICINE ALSO LIVE WITH ECONSULTS.

  Expenses $89,645,240 · Revenue $53,563,984

• Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

• HAZLETON HEALTH & WELLNESS CENTER

  501(C)(3) · STAFFING SERVICES · PA

  Directly controlled by LEHIGH VALLEY HEALTH NETWORK

• HAZLETON PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

  501(C)(3) · PHYSICIAN PRACTICE ORGANIZATION · PA

  Directly controlled by LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP

• HAZLETON SURGICAL ALLIANCE (FINAL 12-31-2023)

  501(C)(3) · SURGICAL SERVICES · PA

  Directly controlled by LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL - HAZLETON

• LEHIGH VALLEY HEALTH NETWORK

  501(C)(3) · PARENT COMPANY · PA

• LEHIGH VALLEY HEALTH NETWORK EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES

  501(C)(3) · AMBULATORY MEDICAL SERVICES · PA

  Directly controlled by LEHIGH VALLEY HEALTH NETWORK

• LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL

  501(C)(3) · HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION · PA

  Directly controlled by LEHIGH VALLEY HEALTH NETWORK

• LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL - HAZLETON

  501(C)(3) · HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION · PA

  Directly controlled by LEHIGH VALLEY HEALTH NETWORK

• LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL - POCONO

  501(C)(3) · HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION · PA

  Directly controlled by LEHIGH VALLEY HEALTH NETWORK

• LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL - SCHUYLKILL

  501(C)(3) · HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION · PA

  Directly controlled by LEHIGH VALLEY HEALTH NETWORK

• LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP

  501(C)(3) · PHYSICIAN PRACTICE ORGANIZATION · PA

  Directly controlled by LEHIGH VALLEY HEALTH NETWORK

• LEONARD PARKER POOL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH

  501(C)(3) · SUPPORT RELATED ORGANIZATIONS · PA

  Directly controlled by LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL

• LVHN REALTY HOLDING COMPANY

  501(C)(3) · REAL ESTATE RENTALS · PA

  Directly controlled by LEHIGH VALLEY HEALTH NETWORK

• LEHIGH VALLEY HEALTH NETWORK REALTY HOLDING COMPANY (FINAL 03-31-2024)

  501(C)(2) · REAL ESTATE HOLDING CO. · PA

  Directly controlled by LEHIGH VALLEY HEALTH NETWORK

• POCONO AMBULATORY SERVICES INC (FINAL 12-31-2023)

  501(C)(3) · HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION · PA

  Directly controlled by LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL - POCONO

• POCONO HEALTH FOUNDATION

  501(C)(3) · FUNDRAISING · PA

  Directly controlled by LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL - POCONO

• POCONO HEALTH SYSTEM (FINAL 12-31-2023)

  501(C)(3) · SUPPORT RELATED ORGANIZATIONS · PA

  Directly controlled by LEHIGH VALLEY HEALTH NETWORK

• POCONO HEALTH SYSTEM MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY SELF-INSURANCE TRUST

  501(C)(3) · SELF-INSURANCE · PA

  Directly controlled by LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL - POCONO

• POCONO VNA-HOSPICE

  501(C)(3) · HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION · PA

  Directly controlled by LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL - POCONO

• SCHUYLKILL HEALTH SYSTEM MEDICAL GROUP INC

  501(C)(3) · PHYSICIAN PRACTICE ORGANIZATION · PA

  Directly controlled by LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

8 May 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

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