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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by SSM HEALTH CARE GROUP.

Totals

Total revenue
$334,917,297
Total expenses
$414,080,978
Contributions and grants received
$166,513
Grants paid
$13,985
Program service revenue
$309,016,421
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$25,734,363
Total assets, end of year
$183,835,887
Total liabilities, end of year
$268,251,865
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$84,415,978
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$413,548,311
Management and general expenses
$532,667
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$413,548,311

Program services were 99.9% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $122,763

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $43,750

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CORPORATE FEES

    total $163,011,825 · related or exempt $163,011,825

  • 2b · Program service revenue: NET PATIENT REVENUE

    total $144,561,991 · related or exempt $144,561,991

  • 2c · Program service revenue: NET PATIENT REVENUE INTERCOMPANY

    total $1,443,592 · related or exempt $1,443,592

  • 2d · Program service revenue: OTHER PROGRAM REVENUE

    total -$987 · related or exempt -$987

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $25,734,363 · related or exempt $25,734,363

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $25,734,363

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $13,985 · program services $13,985

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $285,863,795 · program services $285,906,535 · management and general -$42,740

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $15,824,598 · program services $15,826,964 · management and general -$2,366

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $19,791,591 · program services $19,794,550 · management and general -$2,959

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $14,287,753 · program services $14,289,889 · management and general -$2,136

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $194,285 · program services $194,285

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $354,155 · program services $354,155

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $17,088,722 · program services $16,940,223 · management and general $148,499

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $123,141 · program services $115,076 · management and general $8,065

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,195,217 · program services $1,190,513 · management and general $4,704

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $4,085,545 · program services $3,951,107 · management and general $134,438

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $7,771,805 · program services $7,720,252 · management and general $51,553

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,084,081 · program services $1,084,081

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $168,005 · program services $168,005

  • 20 · Interest

    total $42 · program services $42

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $17,656,257 · program services $17,656,257

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,681,199 · program services $2,462,297 · management and general $218,902

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $9,443,211 · program services $9,443,211

  • 24a · Other expenses: MEDICAL SUPPLIES & EQUI

    total $11,596,843 · program services $11,589,027 · management and general $7,816

  • 24b · Other expenses: LICENSES, DUES & SUBSCR

    total $4,462,612 · program services $4,449,956 · management and general $12,656

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $361,136 · program services $361,136

  • 24d · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $30,933 · program services $34,698 · management and general -$3,765

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,067 · program services $2,067

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $0 · end of year -$3

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $27,846,182 · end of year $26,576,065

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $1,329,208 · end of year $927,462

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $5,574,926 · end of year $1,569,765

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $8,710,304

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $3,222,003

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $6,341,350 · end of year $5,488,301

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $148,203,721 · end of year $147,627,281

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $38,157 · end of year $1,647,016

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $25,433,443 · end of year $32,127,371

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $30,880

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    end of year $76,217

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $169,152,398 · end of year $236,017,397

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$5,252,297 · end of year -$84,415,978

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THROUGH OUR EXCEPTIONAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES, WE REVEAL THE HEALING PRESENCE OF GOD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SSM HEALTH CARE GROUP IS A MULTI-SPECIALTY MEDICAL GROUP PROVIDING - EMPLOYED OR OTHERWISE CONTRACTED MEDICAL CARE IN A CHARITABLE MANNER TO THE COMMUNITY SERVED BY SSM HEALTH CARE ST. LOUIS AS PART OF AN INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM.

  • SINCE IT WAS FOUNDED IN 1872 BY CATHOLIC SISTERS, SSM HEAL TH (SSMH) HAS EXISTED TO MEET THE HEAL TH NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES. SSMH IS A CATHOLIC, NOT-FORPROFIT HEAL TH SYSTEM SERVING THE COMPREHENSIVE HEAL TH NEEDS OF COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE MIDWEST THROUGH ONE OF THE LARGEST INTEGRATED DELIVERY SYSTEMS IN THE NATION. WITH CARE DELIVERY SITES IN ILLINOIS, MISSOURI, OKLAHOMA, AND WISCONSIN, SSMH INCLUDES 23 ACUTE CARE HOSPITALS, ONE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, MORE THAN 290 PHYSICIAN OFFICES AND OTHER OUTPATIENT AND VIRTUAL CARE SERVICES, 12 POST-ACUTE FACILITIES, COMPREHENSIVE HOME CARE AND HOSPICE SERVICES, A PHARMACY BENEFIT COMPANY, A HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY, AND AN ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION. THE HEALTH SYSTEM EMPLOYS OVER 40,000 PEOPLE AND IS AFFILIATED WITH 11,000 PHYSICIANS MAKING IT ONE OF THE LARGEST EMPLOYERS IN EVERY COMMUNITY IT SERVES. IN THE TRADITION OF ITS FOUNDING SISTERS, SSMH STRIVES TO FULFILL ITS MISSION BY PROVIDING EXCEPTIONAL HEAL TH CARE TO EVERYONE WHO COMES TO ITS HOSPITALS, REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY. THE MISSION OF SSM HEALTH FOUNDATION - ST. LOUIS IS TO INSPIRE FINANCIAL AND SPIRITUAL SUPPORT OF SSM HEAL TH'S MISSION BY BUILDING PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO ACHIEVE THE VISION OF A SUSTAINABLE AND MEANINGFUL HEALTH IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY. THE FOUNDATION CARES ABOUT PEOPLE AND THE OVERALL COMMUNITY. SINCE HEAL TH AND WELLNESS TOUCHES EVERY PERSON AND THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE, THOSE IMPACTS NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. SSM HEAL TH FOUNDATION - ST. LOUIS SEEKS TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE QUALITY HEAL TH CARE THROUGH SUPPORT OF PATIENT CARE SERVICES, MEDICAL EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS. PATIENT CARE SERVICES INCLUDE MEDICAL RESEARCH, WELLNESS AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS AND CAPITAL PROJECTS. THE FOUNDATION SUPPORTS THE FOLLOWING SSM HEAL TH HOSPITALS IN THE ST. LOUIS METROPOLITAN AREA: SSM HEAL TH DEPAUL HOSPITAL- ST. LOUIS, SSM HEAL TH SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, SSM HEAL TH ST. CLARE HOSPITAL - FENTON, SSM HEAL TH ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL- LAKE SAINT LOUIS, SSM HEAL TH ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL - ST. CHARLES, SSM HEAL TH ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL -WENTZVILLE AND SSM HEALTH ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL- ST. LOUIS. THE FOUNDATION PROVIDED PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT TO NUMEROUS PROGRAMS AT THE SEVEN SSM HEAL TH ST. LOUIS AREA REGIONAL HOSPITALS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO: SUPPORT GROUPS FOR PATIENTS LIVING WITH CANCER; NUTRITION COUNSELING, MEDICAL SUPPLIES FOR UNINSURED/UNDERINSURED PATIENTS; SCREENING MAMMOGRAMS AND DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES FOR UNINSURED WOMEN; CONTINUING PROGRAM CONNECTING MOTHERS WITH NEEDED RESOURCES AND EDUCATION; CONTINUED RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF MATERNAL-FETAL MEDICINE, NURSING SCHOLARSHIPS FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION, ADVANCED EQUIPMENT AND CAPITAL FUNDING.

    Expenses $413,548,311 · Grants $13,985 · Revenue $334,750,784

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kevin Elledge

    DIRECTOR, REGIONAL PRESIDENT-MEDICAL GROUP

    Total calculated
    $937,816
    From this org
    $715,497
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $222,319
    Hours/week
    39 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $548,562
    Bonus
    $63,521
    Other
    $103,414
    Deferred
    $208,947
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,372
    Filer's total
    $937,816
  • Bob Pendleton MD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $1,028,021
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $754,330
    Other
    $273,691
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $637,684 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $114,024 related
    Other
    $0 + $2,622 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $259,831 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $13,860 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $1,028,021 related
  • Christine Jacobs MD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steve Smoot

    VICE PRESIDENT, COO SSM HEALTH

    Total calculated
    $3,258,847
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $2,054,358
    Other
    $1,204,489
    Hours/week
    1 + 65 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $1,173,646 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $737,192 related
    Other
    $0 + $143,520 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $1,164,125 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $40,364 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $3,258,847 related
  • Randy Combs

    TREASURER, CFO SSM HEALTH PART YEAR

    Total calculated
    $3,420,428
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $2,182,354
    Other
    $1,238,074
    Hours/week
    1 + 69 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $1,242,308 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $669,269 related
    Other
    $0 + $270,777 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $1,203,989 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $34,085 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $3,420,428 related
  • Kevin Smith

    TREASURER, CFO SSM HEALTH PART YEAR

    Total calculated
    $318,920
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $219,586
    Other
    $99,334
    Hours/week
    1 + 69 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $117,134 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $102,320 related
    Other
    $0 + $132 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $96,255 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $3,079 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $318,920 related
  • Douglas Long

    SECRETARY, CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER AT SSM HEALTH

    Total calculated
    $2,202,252
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $1,425,239
    Other
    $777,013
    Hours/week
    1 + 72.2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $759,270 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $495,539 related
    Other
    $0 + $170,430 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $753,634 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $23,379 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $2,202,252 related
  • Jayceen Ensrude

    VP-MEDICAL GROUP OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $399,279
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $312,673
    Other
    $86,606
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $268,655 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $32,158 related
    Other
    $0 + $11,860 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $67,746 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $18,860 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $399,279 related
  • Lisa Kehlenbrink

    VP-ONCOLOGY SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $401,694
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $322,357
    Other
    $79,337
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $294,500 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $26,871 related
    Other
    $0 + $986 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $65,341 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $13,996 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $401,694 related
  • Howard Place

    PHYSICIAN

    Total calculated
    $1,068,731
    From this org
    $1,024,294
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,437
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $988,680
    Bonus
    $12,363
    Other
    $23,251
    Deferred
    $19,057
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,380
    Filer's total
    $1,068,731
  • Abdulaziz Alali

    PHYSICIAN

    Total calculated
    $1,187,633
    From this org
    $1,149,833
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,800
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $615,366
    Bonus
    $533,373
    Other
    $1,094
    Deferred
    $7,235
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,565
    Filer's total
    $1,187,633
  • Ramona Behshad

    PHYSICIAN

    Total calculated
    $1,704,467
    From this org
    $1,691,965
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,502
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $874,062
    Bonus
    $816,763
    Other
    $1,140
    Deferred
    $4,188
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,314
    Filer's total
    $1,704,467
  • Christopher Blewett

    PHYSICIAN

    Total calculated
    $1,100,299
    From this org
    $1,037,342
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $62,957
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $1,032,440
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $4,902
    Deferred
    $24,536
    Nontaxable benefits
    $38,421
    Filer's total
    $1,100,299
  • Hersh Maniar

    PHYSICIAN

    Total calculated
    $1,215,210
    From this org
    $1,179,908
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,302
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $1,088,194
    Bonus
    $90,000
    Other
    $1,714
    Deferred
    $6,092
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,210
    Filer's total
    $1,215,210

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

Answered yes

  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 4B
PENSION RESTORATION PLAN: SSM HEAL TH (SSMH) PROVIDES THIS SUPPLEMENTAL DEFINED BENEFIT NONQUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLAN TO ANY EMPLOYEE WHO IS A PARTICIPANT IN THE SSMH QUALIFIED DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN WHO EARNS OVER THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE COMPENSATION LIMIT. THE PLAN "RESTORES" THE BENEFITS TO THESE EMPLOYEES THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN PROVIDED UNDER THE SSMH QUALIFIED PLAN IF THE REGULATIONS DID NOT IMPOSE COMPENSATION LIMITS. AN INDIVIDUAL CAN TAKE A DISTRIBUTION FROM THE PLAN AT (1) AGE 65 OR OLDER IF THE INDIVIDUAL IS STILL EMPLOYED BY SSMH OR (2) AGE 55 OR OLDER IF THE INDIVIDUAL IS NO LONGER EMPLOYED BY SSMH. NO INDIVIDUALS LISTED ON PART VII OF FORM 990 RECEIVED DISTRIBUTIONS FROM THE PLAN IN 2023. CAPITAL ACCUMULATION PLAN: SSMH PROVIDES THIS SUPPLEMENTAL NONQUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLAN TO EXECUTIVE LEVEL EMPLOYEES. THE ORGANIZATION CONTRIBUTED A PERCENTAGE OF THE EMPLOYEE'S BASE SALARY INTO THEIR CHOICE OF A SELECT LIST OF INVESTMENTS. THE DEPOSITS AND EARNINGS OF THE PLAN ARE OWNED BY SSMH AND ARE TAX-DEFERRED UNTIL A DISTRIBUTION IS MADE TO THE EMPLOYEE. IN ADDITION, THE PLAN HAS SPECIAL SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE TO PROTECT THE FUNDS FROM CONTINGENCIES, OTHER THAN INSOLVENCY. FOR CONTRIBUTIONS MADE TO THE PLAN IN 2014 OR AFTER, THE DISTRIBUTION WILL OCCUR AFTER THE COMPLETION OF FOUR PLAN YEARS FOR ALL EXECUTIVES THAT ARE STILL ACTIVELY EMPLOYED ON THE DISTRIBUTION DATE. ANY ACTIVE PARTICIPANT 65 YEARS OR OLDER WILL RECEIVE THE CONTRIBUTION IN THE CURRENT YEAR. THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS LISTED ON PART VII OF THE FORM 990 RECEIVED DEFERRALS FROM THIS PLAN IN 2023: STEVE SMOOT $249,972 RANDALL COMBS $261,633 KEVIN SMITH $95,493 DOUGLAS LONG $161,286 KEVIN ELLEDGE $48,528 BOB PENDLETON $59,726 JAYCEEN ENSRUDE $12,156 LISA KEHLENBRINK $13,188 HOWARD PLACE $14,107 THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS LISTED ON PART VII OF THE FORM 990 RECEIVED DISTRIBUTIONS FROM THIS PLAN IN 2023. ALL DISTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM THE PLAN IN THE CURRENT YEAR WERE INCLUDED IN THE INDIVIDUAL'S TAXABLE COMPENSATION. STEVE SMOOT $140,898 KEVIN ELLEDGE $47,362 JAYCEEN ENSRUDE $11,267
SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 3-ARRANGEMENT USED TO ESTABLISH THE TOP MANAGEMENT
THE ORGANIZATION'S TOP MANAGEMENT OFFICIAL IS COMPENSATED BY A RELATED ORGANIZATION THAT UTILIZES THE FOLLOWING TO DETERMINE COMPENSATION: (1) INDEPENDENT COMPENSATION CONSULTANT; (2) COMPENSATION SURVEY OR STUDY; COMPENSATION (3) APPROVAL BY THE BOARD OR COMPENSATION COMMITTEE.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202433209349313633

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