Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$1,866,314

Total expenses

$1,505,558

Contributions and grants received

$1,529,882

Grants paid

$92,671

Program service revenue

$336,432

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$2,389,707

Total liabilities, end of year

$538,374

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,851,333

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$934,269

Management and general expenses

$571,289

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$934,269

Program services were 62.1% 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 · 2022

• WILDERNESS HEALTH, INC. IS A SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION THAT OPERATES AS A COLLABORATIVE OF INDEPENDENT HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS, ALL OF WHOM ARE GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS OR 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATIONS. THESE HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS PROVIDE HOSPITAL, MEDICAL AND OTHER HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN.THE PURPOSE OF OUR ORGANIZATION IS TO ADVANCE PATIENT AND COMMUNITY HEALTH OUTCOMES, IMPROVE PATIENT EXPERIENCE, AND LOWER THE COSTS OF PROVIDING HEALTH CARE SERVICES BY WORKING TOGETHER WITH OUR MEMBERS TO EXPLORE WAYS THEY CAN PROVIDE THEIR CHARITABLE SERVICES MORE EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND THE HEALTH CARE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. WE ARE SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON HEALTH ISSUES IN THE RURAL COMMUNITIES OUR MEMBERS SERVE AND WHERE THEIR PATIENT BASES RESIDE.OUR CURRENT INITIATIVES ARE THE FOLLOWING:- COORDINATING AND IMPROVING PATIENT CARE USING EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE;- PROVIDING QUALITY, LOCAL HEALTHCARE IN RURAL COMMUNITIES THAT OUR MEMBERS SERVE;- IDENTIFYING SHARED SERVICE AND PURCHASING OPPORTUNITIES BETWEEN OUR MEMBERS TO MAXIMIZE OPERATING EFFICIENCIES AND REDUCE COSTS OF PROVIDING OUR SERVICES;- EXPLORING ALTERNATIVE PAYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, SUCH AS ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATIONS, WITH PAYERS AS THE SYSTEM TRANSITIONS FROM FEE-FOR- SERVICE TO FEE-FOR-VALUE, AND EVALUATING WHETHER WE ARE POSITIONED TO LEVERAGE THOSE CHANGES TO IMPROVE THE PATIENT EXPERIENCE AND LOWER COSTS;- WORK WITH KEY COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS TO IMPROVE THE CONTINUUM OF CARE AND IDENTIFY GAPS IN CARE; AND- INTEGRATE DATA BETWEEN OUR MEMBERS TO ENABLE BETTER CARE COORDINATION AND CARE PLANNING FOR PATIENTS WHO ARE SERVED BY MORE THAN ONE OF OUR MEMBERS.IN JANUARY 2015, WILDERNESS HEALTH SIGNED A CONTRACT WITH THE STATE OF MINNESOTA TO BECOME AN INTEGRATED HEALTH PARTNERSHIP (IHP), WHICH IS A DEMONSTRATION MEDICAID ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION (ACO). IHPS ARE PART OF MINNESOTA'S EFFORTS TO ACCELERATE PARTICIPATION IN ALTERNATIVE PAYMENT MODELS OF PAYMENT FOR ATTRIBUTED MEDICAID PATIENTS WITH THE GOAL OF IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF PATIENTS WHILE REDUCING THE TOTAL COST OF CARE. PROVIDERS ARE MEASURED AGAINST TARGETS FOR COST AND QUALITY AND RECEIVE CLAIMS DATA AND ANALYSIS FROM THE STATE REGARDING THEIR PATIENTS. AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2022, THERE WERE 16,922 PATIENTS ATTRIBUTED TO WILDERNESS HEALTH IN CONNECTION WITH THE IHP.THROUGH THE REVIEW OF ITS CLAIMS AND CLINICAL DATA, WILDERNESS HEALTH HAS IDENTIFIED THE FOLLOWING QUALITY INITIATIVES:1. DEVELOP A PROGRAM TO AUGMENT CARE COORDINATION OF DEPRESSION CARE INTO PRIMARY CARE;2. REDUCE NON-EMERGENT EMERGENCY ROOM UTILIZATION; AND3. ACCESS TO PREVENTATIVE CARE VISITS.WE'VE DEVELOPED A SUBCOMMITTEE FOR EACH INITIATIVE THAT INCLUDES STAFF FROM THE GOVERNMENTAL AND 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION THAT WILDERNESS HEALTH SUPPORTS, INDEPEDENT PROVIDERS (SUCH AS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, COUNTIES, COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, AND LOCAL UNIVERSITIES THAT COLLABORATE WITH WILDERNESS HEALTH AND ITS SUPPORTED ORGANIZATIONS AND PATIENTS.

  Expenses $803,298 · Grants $92,671 · Revenue $336,432

• WILDERNESS HEALTH HAS BEEN ACTING AS A FISCAL SPONSOR FOR A LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION TO SUPPORT COVID-19 GRANT-FUNDED OUTREACH AND EDUCATION EFFORTS TO THE LOCAL AFRICAN HERITAGE COMMUNITY. THIS WORK INCLUDES MASK DISTRIBUTION, COMMUNITY SURVEYS, EDUCATION, TESTING, AND VACCINE OUTREACH EFFORTS. THROUGH 2020 THIS WAS WITH THE DULUTH NAACP AND HAS SHIFTED TO HEALTH EQUITY NORTHLAND AS OF 2021.

  Expenses $130,971

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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

• FAIRVIEW RANGE MEDICAL CENTER

  $50,171

  PHARMACIST GRANT

• ST LUKES HOSPITAL OF DULUTH

  $40,000

  IMMUNIZATION GRANT AND VACCINATION COORDINATOR GRANT

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.

• BIGFORK VALLEY HOSPITAL

  HOSPITAL · MN

• COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION

  501(C)(3) · HOSPITAL · MN

• COOK HOSPITAL

  HOSPITAL · MN

• COOK COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT (DBA NORTH SHORE HEALTH)

  HOSPITAL · MN

• RANGE REGIONAL HEALTH SERVICES (DBA FAIRVIEW RANGE)

  501(C)(3) · HOSPITAL · MN

• LAKE VIEW MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

  501(C)(3) · HOSPITAL · MN

  Directly controlled by ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL OF DULUTH

• INTERNATIONAL FALLS MEM HOSP ASSN (DBA RAINY LAKE MED CTR)

  501(C)(3) · HOSPITAL · MN

• ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL OF DULUTH

  501(C)(3) · HOSPITAL · MN

• GRAND ITASCA

  501(C)(3) · HOSPITAL · MN

• ELY - BLOOMENSON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL

  501(C)(3) · HOSPITAL · MN

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

1 November 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202343109349300094

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