Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$807,942,652

Total expenses

$919,558,924

Contributions and grants received

$642,967

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$807,186,884

Investment income

$19,665

Other revenue

$93,136

Total assets, end of year

$374,128,775

Total liabilities, end of year

$464,964,431

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

-$90,835,656

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$845,643,581

Management and general expenses

$73,915,343

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$845,643,581

Program services were 92.0% 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

• THE LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1993 AS AN AFFILIATE OF LEHIGH VALLEY HEALTH NETWORK (LVHN). AS A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION WHICH SUPPORTS BOTH LVHN AND LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL, LVPG HAS DEVELOPED PHYSICIAN PRACTICES IN THE CLINICAL DEPARTMENTS OF FAMILY MEDICINE, MEDICINE AND MEDICAL SUBSPECIALTIES, OBSTETRICS/GYNECOLOGY, PEDIATRICS, PSYCHIATRY, SURGERY, AND EMERGENCY AND HOSPITAL MEDICINE. WITH A CURRENT SIZE OF AROUND 1,400 PHYSICIANS AND OVER 900 ADVANCED PRACTICE CLINICIANS, THE MEDICAL GROUP OPERATES AS A SINGLE ENTITY WITH SERVICES PROVIDED AT OVER 170 LOCATIONS. IMPORTANTLY, LVPG PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE IN THE LEHIGH VALLEY COMMUNITY, CARING FOR OVER 50% OF THE POPULATION. LAST FISCAL YEAR, LVPG PROVIDED OVER 3.6 MILLION VISITS TO OUR PATIENTS. THE FOLLOWING SUMMARIZES THE MEDICAL SPECIALTIES OFFERED ACROSS LVPG: ADDICTION MEDICINE, ADOLESCENT MEDICINE, ADVANCED SPINE, CONCUSSION, HEAD TRAUMA, BARIATRIC MEDICINE, BARIATRIC SURGERY, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, BURN SURGERY AND WOUND CARE, GENERAL CARDIOLOGY, CARDIOLOGY ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY, CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY, CHIROPRACTIC MEDICINE, EAR / NOSE / THROAT MEDICINE, CONCUSSION CARE, CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE, EMERGENCY MEDICINE, ENDOCRINOLOGY/METABOLISM/DIABETES, EXECUTIVE MEDICINE, EXPRESS CARE/WALK IN, FAMILY MEDICINE, GENERAL AND MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY, GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE (AMBULATORY & HOSPITALISTS), GERIATRICS, GYNECOLOGY, GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY, HEALTH AND WELLNESS, HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY, INFECTIOUS DISEASE, MATERNAL FETAL MEDICINE, NEONATOLOGY, NEPHROLOGY, NEUROLOGY, NEUROPSYCHOLOGY, NEUROSURGERY, OBSTETRICS, OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE, OPHTHALMOLOGY, OPTOMETRY, ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY, PAIN MANAGEMENT, PALLIATIVE MEDICINE, GENERAL PEDIATRICS, PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY, PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY, PEDIATRIC HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY, PEDIATRIC HOSPITALISTS, PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE, PEDIATRIC INTENSIVISTS, PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY, PEDIATRIC NEONATOLOGY, PEDIATRIC PLASTIC SURGERY, PEDIATRIC PULMONOLOGY, PEDIATRIC SURGERY, PEDIATRIC UROLOGY, PLASTIC SURGERY, PHYSIATRY, PSYCHIATRY - CHILD & ADOLESCENT, GENERAL PSYCHIATRY, PULMONOLOGY, RHEUMATOLOGY, SLEEP MEDICINE, SPORTS MEDICINE, SURGICAL ONCOLOGY, TOXICOLOGY, TRAUMA SURGERY, TRANSPLANT SURGERY, UROGYNECOLOGY, UROLOGY, VASCULAR SURGERY.LVPG HAS PARTICIPATED IN THE MEDICARE SHARED SAVINGS PROGRAM (MSSP) SINCE 2015. OUR MSSP ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION (ACO) IS COMPRISED OF OVER 38,000 MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES. THE MEDICAL GROUP ALSO PARTICIPATES IN MULTIPLE QUALITY PROGRAMS AS WELL AS GAIN-SHARE AND RISK-BASED VALUE PROGRAMS ACROSS ALL LINES OF BUSINESS. THROUGH THIS WORK, OUR MEDICAL GROUP HAS DEMONSTRATED THE ABILITY TO REALIZE THE QUINTUPLE AIM AS WE SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.LVPG ALSO IS CONTINUING TO ADD CLINICAL SERVICES IN THE SCRANTON AREA. ALONG WITH LVH-DICKSON CITY, OUTPATIENT SERVICES, INCLUDING PRIMARY CARE AND VARIOUS MEDICAL SPECIALTIES ARE CONTINUING TO GROW AND SERVE THAT COMMUNITY.PATIENT CARE PROGRAMS:LVPG OFFERS A CONTINUUM OF HEALTH CARE PROMOTION, PREVENTION, DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT TO THE COMMUNITY. EXTENSIVE OUTPATIENT SERVICES ARE PROVIDED AT LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE REGION AND ARE A PART OF A HEALTHCARE NETWORK ESTABLISHED BY LVPG TO MEET THE MEDICAL AND SURGICAL NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY AND BEYOND. LVPG SERVES AS A MULTISPECIALTY PHYSICIAN GROUP, ACCEPTING REFERRALS FROM AN AREA POPULATED BY APPROXIMATELY TWO MILLION RESIDENTS OF SURROUNDING COUNTIES IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. IN CENTER CITY ALLENTOWN, OUR 17TH STREET CAMPUS PROVIDES DEDICATED SERVICE AND CARE DELIVERY TO OUR UNDERSERVED POPULATION. WITH OVER 70% OF THE PATIENT POPULATION UN/UNDER-INSURED, THESE PRACTICES PROVIDE THE HIGHEST QUALITY CARE TO PATIENTS REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY. THE PEDIATRIC CHILDREN'S CLINIC CARES FOR OVER 25,000 CHILDREN, AND NOT ONLY PROVIDES HEALTHCARE BUT SUPPORTIVE OUTREACH THROUGH WELL INTEGRATED SOCIAL SUPPORT SERVICES. OTHER 17TH STREET PRACTICES INCLUDE INTERNAL MEDICINE, FAMILY MEDICINE, OB/GYN, COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH SERVICES AND A HEPATITIS CARE CENTER, A MEDICAL SPECIALTIES PRACTICE AND A WELLNESS CENTER. IN 2023, FIVE OF OUR LVPG PRACTICES COMPLETED THEIR TRANSFORMATION INTO A FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER (FQHC) THAT IS NOW CALLED VALLEY HEALTH PARTNERS. THEIR WORK REMAINS TIGHTLY CONNECTED WITH THE LVHN. THE WORK OF THE VALLEY HEALTH PARTNERS (VHP) FQHC WILL SERVE THE COMMUNITY EVEN GREATER IN YEARS TO COME. INFANTS/CHILDREN/YOUNG ADULTS:LVPG OFFERS COMPREHENSIVE INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT PEDIATRIC MEDICAL CARE BY COMBINING A PHILOSOPHY OF PATIENT/FAMILY-CENTERED CARE WITH DIAGNOSTIC, MEDICAL AND SURGICAL TECHNIQUES. SERVICES ARE PROVIDED THROUGH THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS OF COMMUNITY AND HOSPITAL-BASED PHYSICIANS AND SUBSPECIALISTS. PEDIATRIC SPECIALTY SERVICES INCLUDE ADOLESCENT MEDICINE, CHILD ABUSE, DEVELOPMENTAL PEDIATRICS, GASTROENTEROLOGY, HEMATOLOGY, HOSPITAL-BASED CARE, INTENSIVISTS, INFECTIOUS DISEASE, NEONATOLOGY, NEUROLOGY, ONCOLOGY, PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY, PSYCHIATRY, PULMONOLOGY, RHEUMATOLOGY, GENERAL SURGERY, AND TRAUMA & BURN CARE. LVPG PHYSICIANS PROVIDE CARE TO PATIENTS AT THE LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL 40-BED LEVEL III NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT, 8-BED PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT, 32-BED PEDIATRIC INPATIENT UNIT, 13-BED ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY UNIT AND A RECENTLY OPENED 12-BED PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. AMBULATORY SERVICES PROVIDED BY LVPG INCLUDE A GENERAL PEDIATRIC OUTPATIENT CLINIC, A PEDIATRIC SUBSPECIALTY CENTER, AND A PEDIATRIC AMBULATORY SURGERY UNIT.

  Expenses $845,643,581 · Revenue $807,108,550

• PEDIATRIC SERVICES:LVPG OFFERS COMPREHENSIVE INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT PEDIATRIC MEDICAL CARE BY COMBINING A PHILOSOPHY OF PATIENT/FAMILY-CENTERED CARE WITH DIAGNOSTIC, MEDICAL AND SURGICAL TECHNIQUES. SERVICES ARE PROVIDED THROUGH THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS OF COMMUNITY AND HOSPITAL-BASED PHYSICIANS AND SUBSPECIALISTS. LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP (LVPG) MAINTAINS PEDIATRIC SERVICES AT ALL OUR REGIONAL CAMPUSES ENCOMPASSING APPROXIMATELY 20 OUTPATIENT SITES AND PROVIDING CARE FOR OVER 60,000 PEDIATRIC PATIENTS ANNUALLY. INTRODUCED IN MAY 2012, LEHIGH VALLEY REILLY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL (LVRCH) OFFERS THE MOST WIDE-RANGING, SPECIALIZED HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN OF ANY FACILITY IN THE REGION. STAFFED BY LVPG PEDIATRICIANS AND ADVANCED PRACTICE CLINICIANS (APCS), LEHIGH VALLEY REILLY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL (LVRCH) HAS THE REGION'S ONLY CHILDREN'S EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT (27 BEDS), LEVEL IV NICU (40 BEDS), CHILDREN'S AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTER (6 ORS), AND CHILDREN'S CANCER AND INFUSION CENTER (8 INFUSION CHAIRS/BEDS, A PROCEDURE ROOM AND 4 EXAM ROOMS). THERE IS ALSO A 12-BED PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT, 50 PEDIATRIC INPATIENT BEDS, AND 13 ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY BEDS. WE ALSO HAVE THE REGION'S ONLY CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER AT LVH-17TH STREET. LVPG PHYSICIANS PROVIDE CARE TO PATIENTS AT THE LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL 40-BED LEVEL III NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT, LVRCH OF LVHN HAS BEEN A FULL INSTITUTIONAL MEMBER OF THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION FOR 10 YEARS AND HAS HAD A PEDIATRIC RESIDENCY TRAINING PROGRAM FOR 11 YEARS. WE HAVE A PEDIATRIC SLEEP CENTER, AND A PEDIATRIC CYSTIC FIBROSIS CENTER. WE ALSO PROVIDE SERVICES TO CHILDREN WITH BLEEDING DISORDERS THROUGH THE LVH HEMOPHILIA TREATMENT CENTER.WE HAVE TWO SCHOOL-BASED CLINICS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ALLENTOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT AT THE SHERIDAN AND HAYS SCHOOLS. THROUGH OUR SCHOOL-BASED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES WE PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH CARE TO STUDENTS IN 13 SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE REGION. OUR CLINIC FOR CHILDREN WITH MEDICAL COMPLEXITY IS AT THE VALLEY HEALTH PARTNERS CHILDREN'S CLINIC AT LVH-17TH STREET. WE HAVE THE REGION'S ONLY CHILDREN'S EXPRESSCARE AT 2 SITES. WE HAVE DEVELOPED 30 CLINICAL PATHWAYS, WHICH DRIVE HIGH-QUALITY, EFFICIENT CARE. THE LVRCH FAMILY ADVISORY COUNCIL CONTINUES TO ASSIST US IN SHAPING FAMILY-CENTERED PROGRAMS, PROCESSES, AND PLACES. LVPG'S BOARD-CERTIFIED PHYSICIANS PROVIDE CHILDREN'S CARE IN GREATER THAN 30 PEDIATRIC SPECIALTIES INCLUDING PEDIATRIC SURGERY, PEDIATRIC UROLOGY, PEDIATRIC ENT, PEDIATRIC PLASTIC SURGERY, PEDIATRIC ORTHOPEDICS, PEDIATRIC NEUROSURGERY, PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA, PEDIATRIC RADIOLOGY, PEDIATRIC HEMATOLOGY-ONCOLOGY, PEDIATRIC PULMONOLOGY, PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY, PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY, PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE, PEDIATRIC RHEUMATOLOGY, PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY, PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL MEDICINE, NEONATOLOGY, PEDIATRIC CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE, PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE, ADOLESCENT MEDICINE, DEVELOPMENTAL PEDIATRICS, PEDIATRIC NEUROPSYCHOLOGY, CHILD PROTECTION MEDICINE, AND CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY. LVRCH CHILD PROTECTION TEAM EVALUATES CHILDREN WHO MAY HAVE BEEN ABUSED OR NEGLECTED. THIS TEAM INCLUDES A BOARD-CERTIFIED CHILD ABUSE SPECIALIST. LVRCH IN PARTNERSHIP WITH VALLEY HEALTH PARTNERS IS CONTINUING THE ALLENTOWN CHILDREN'S HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (ACHIP), WHICH IS A COMMUNITY-BASED NEEDS ASSESSMENT, RESOURCE CONNECTION, AND FAMILY EMPOWERMENT SERVICES FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN UNDER 5 YEARS OLD. LVRCH PROVIDES AND SUPPORTS EDUCATIONAL SERVICES. OUR WELLER EDUCATION SERVICES PROVIDE HIGHLY REGARDED PROGRAMS ADMINISTERED BY PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR IN SCHOOLS ACROSS THE REGION. LVRCH PROMOTES SAFETY AND HEALTHY LIVING IN VARIOUS FORUMS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THE MOST NOTABLE IS OUR COMMUNITY CANVAS PROGRAM, WHICH IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE KELLYN FOUNDATION PROVIDES PROGRAMS IN OVER 15 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT PROMOTE GOOD NUTRITION AND HEALTHY LIVING.PRIMARY CARE:PRIMARY CARE 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 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. THE MOBILE HARM REDUCTION TEAM, WITH SUPPORT FROM LEHIGH COUNTY DRUG AND ALCOHOL, HAS INITIATED OUTREACH, NALOXONE DISTRIBUTION AND MOBILE MEDICAL VISITS FOR PEOPLE WHO USE DRUGS IN THE HARD-HIT 7TH STREET NEIGHBORHOOD OF ALLENTOWN. OUR PRACTICES ARE HIGHLY ENGAGED IN EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS, CONTRIBUTING TO THE SKILL DEVELOPMENT OF PRIMARY CARE NURSE PRACTITIONERS, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS, AND MEDICAL DOCTORS. 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. EXPRESSCARE:EXPRESSCARE LOCATIONS PROVIDE IMMEDIATE CARE 7 DAYS/WEEK. THE SCOPE OF CARE INCLUDES MANAGEMENT OF COMMON ILLNESSES AND MINOR INJURIES SUCH AS SPRAINS, CUTS, RASHES, SEASONAL ALLERGIES, FLU SYMPTOMS, BRONCHITIS, EAR INFECTIONS, SORE THROATS, FEVERS, AND MORE. FURTHERMORE, WE OFFER COVERAGE FOR ROUTINE SCHOOL PHYSICALS, INFLUENZA, AND COVID-19 VACCINATIONS.THIS CLINICAL CARE MODEL IS A LOWER COST, EASY ACCESS ALTERNATIVE FOR LOWER ACUITY PATIENTS AS COMPARED TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM. ADDITIONALLY, EXPRESSCARE OFFERS TELEHEALTH "VIDEO VISITS" PROVIDING PATIENTS THE OPTION TO UTILIZE TELEMEDICINE SERVICES TO TREAT ACUTE ILLNESSES AND MINOR INJURY CARE WITHOUT NEED TO TRAVEL OR WAIT IN AN OFFICE BUILDING. MEDICAL SPECIALTIES:LVPG PROVIDES A BROAD ARRAY OF MEDICAL SPECIALTY CARE ACROSS THE LEHIGH REGION. CARE COORDINATION WITH ACCESS TO SPECIALTY AREAS AND COLLABORATION WITH PRIMARY CARE COLLEAGUES IS ESSENTIAL TO PROVIDE OPTIMAL PATIENT OUTCOMES FOR OUR COMMUNITY.SOME OF THESE COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS INCLUDE:OACIS THE NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED OACIS (OPTIMIZING ADVANCED COMPLEX ILLNESS SUPPORT) TEAM OF CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE PRACTITIONERS (CRNPS), SOCIAL WORKERS, NURSES AND SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS PROVIDES PALLIATIVE CARE IN THE HOME FOR OVER 800 PATIENTS ACROSS THE REGION. SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE WITHIN AN IDENTIFIED GEOGRAPHIC REGION TO INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH SERIOUS ILLNESS AND CAN BE PROVIDED IN THE PATIENT'S HOME, ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES, AND SELECT SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES. IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL VISITS ARE AVAILABLE. PHONE ACCESS TO OFFICE-BASED NURSES AND SOCIAL WORKERS IS AVAILABLE TO PATIENTS, FAMILY MEMBERS, PHYSICIANS AND COMMUNITY AGENCIES FOR INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE. THE OACIS TEAM WORKS TO DEVELOP A PLAN OF CARE THAT PROMOTES QUALITY OF LIFE AND WORKS TO EASE THE SUFFERING INVOLVED WITH SERIOUS ILLNESS.

• ADVANCED INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (AICU PROGRAM) THE ADVANCED INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (AICU), THE LEHIGH VALLEY HEALTH NETWORK'S TELECRITICAL CARE UNIT, OPENED IN 2004 AS ONE OF THE ONE OF THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE UNITED STATES. IT IS A CENTRALIZED REMOTE MONITORING UNIT WHERE A TEAM COMPOSED OF A MEDICAL INTENSIVIST, THREE EXPERIENCED CRITICAL CARE NURSES AND A STAFF ASSISTANT, PROVIDE SUPPORT TO LVHN'S ICUS ACROSS THE NETWORK. THE TEAM WORKS TOGETHER UTILIZING THE LATEST IN ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD INFORMATION AND REMOTE MONITORING TECHNOLOGIES WITH TWO-WAY AUDIO VIDEO CAPABILITIES. THE AICU TEAM WORKS WITH THE BEDSIDE TEAM AS AN EXTRA LAYER OF CARE, MONITORING VITAL SIGNS AND LABORATORY DATA TO DETECT TRENDS THAT MAY INDICATE A CHANGE IN A PATIENT'S CONDITION. THIS ALLOWS FOR A PROACTIVE APPROACH THAT ADDRESSES THE CRITICAL CARE PATIENT'S UNIQUE NEEDS QUICKLY. TODAY THE PROGRAM COVERS MORE THAN 130 CRITICAL CARE BEDS EVERY EVENING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WITH ADDITIONAL GROWTH PLANNED IN THE COMING YEAR. THE LVHN AIUC PROGRAM HAS BEEN A PIONEER IN THIS WORK, PUBLISHING ONE OF THE FIRST NATIONAL RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSES OF THE IMPACT OF THIS CARE ON REDUCING INTUBATION AND OVERALL MORTALITY AMONG CRITICAL CARE PATIENTS. COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH SERVICES (FORMER AIDS ACTIVITIES OFFICE) LVHN COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH SERVICES (CHS) IS A REGIONAL LEADER IN THE PROVISION OF A BROAD RANGE OF SERVICES FOR THE TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF HIV AND VIRAL HEPATITIS AS WELL AS A GROWING PROGRAM OFFERING CARE TO THE TRANS AND GENDER DIVERSE COMMUNITY. CHS CONTINUES TO BE THE LARGEST PROVIDER OF HIV SERVICES IN THE REGION AND HAS BEEN A RECIPIENT OF A FEDERAL RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS PROGRAM GRANT SINCE THE EARLY 1990S. CARING FOR OVER 1000 INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH HIV, CHS PROVIDES WHOLE-PERSON HIV CARE INCLUDING INTEGRATED PRIMARY CARE AND PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES, ADHERENCE, EDUCATION, MEDICAL CASE MANAGEMENT, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SUPPORT, NUTRITION, PREVENTION, OUTREACH, TESTING AND QUALITY MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES THROUGH A MULTIDISCIPLINARY STAFF. CHS ALSO OFFERS PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS (PREP) FOR THE PREVENTION OF HIV INFECTION AND COORDINATES POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS (PEP) FOR LVHN FOR BOTH OCCUPATIONAL (NON-LVHN) AND NON-OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURES TO HIV. COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH SERVICES HAS RECENTLY BECOME A LEADING PROVIDER OF GENDER-AFFIRMING HORMONE THERAPY FOR THE TRANS AND GENDER-DIVERSE (TGD) COMMUNITY. IN RECENT YEARS, STIGMA RELATED TO A TGD IDENTITY HAS DECREASED RESULTING IN MORE INDIVIDUALS SEEKING GENDER-AFFIRMING TREATMENT AND PROCEDURES. AS LONG-TERM ADVOCATES FOR HIGH-QUALITY CARE FOR LGBTQ+ INDIVIDUALS, CHS LAUNCHED ITS PROGRAM IN 2018 WITH THE INTEGRATION OF AN EXPERIENCED ENDOCRINOLOGIST. CHS CONTINUES TO GROW THIS PROGRAM AND CAN SERVE AS A HUB OF A POTENTIAL LVHN TRANSGENDER MEDICINE PROGRAM BY INTEGRATING MEDICAL SPECIALTY, PRIMARY CARE, AND PSYCHOSOCIAL SERVICES AS WELL AS LVHN SURGICAL OFFERINGS IN A COORDINATED FASHION. HEPATITIS CARE CENTERANOTHER PRACTICE UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CENTER, THE HEPATITIS CARE CENTER (HCC) HAS BEEN ONE OF THE LARGEST REGIONAL PRACTICES DEVOTED TO THE TREATMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF HEPATITIS B AND C SINCE 2007. IN ADDITION TO CURATIVE ANTIVIRAL THERAPY FOR HCV AND SUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT FOR HBV, THE HCC NOW COLLABORATES CLOSELY WITH THE LVHN TRANSPLANT PROGRAM TO EVALUATE HCV-NEGATIVE KIDNEY TRANSPLANT CANDIDATES FOR APPROPRIATENESS OF RECEIVING KIDNEYS FROM HCV-INFECTED DECEASED DONORS. WITH THE ABILITY TO CURE A NEWLY ACQUIRED HCV-INFECTION RESULTING FROM SUCH A TRANSPLANT, THE NUMBER OF TRANSPLANTS PERFORMED ANNUALLY CAN BE INCREASED THROUGH EXPANSION OF THE DONOR POOL, WHICH MAY ALSO RESULT IN DECREASED WAIT TIMES.ADVANCED ENDOSCOPY PROGRAM THE ADVANCED ENDOSCOPY PROGRAM AT LVHN HAS SEEN SIGNIFICANT GROWTH OVER THE PAST YEAR. IN ADDITION TO ERCP AND ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND (EUS), WHICH HAS REVOLUTIONIZED THE MANAGEMENT OF MALIGNANT AND PREMALIGNANT PANCREATIC DISEASE, OUR ADVANCED ENDOSCOPY SERVICES NOW INCLUDE ENDOSCOPIC MUCOSAL RESECTION (EMR) FOR THE REMOVAL OF LARGE POLYPS PREVIOUSLY REQUIRING SURGICAL RESECTION; TRANSORAL INCISIONLESS FUNDOPLICATION (TIF) FOR REFRACTORY GERD; SPYGLASS ENDOSCOPY FOR INTUBATION AND DIRECT EXAMINATION OF THE BILE DUCTS, AND PER-ORAL ENDOSCOPIC MYOTOMY (POEM) FOR THE TREATMENT OF ACHALASIA. THIS HAS ALLOWED LVHN TO KEEP PACE WITH SERVICES PROVIDED AT MANY TOP-TIER UNIVERSITY-BASED PROGRAMS. WITH THE HIRING OF OUR FOURTH ADVANCED ENDOSCOPIST, WE HAVE GROWN OUR CLINICAL FOOTPRINT TO INCLUDE LVH-POCONO IN ADDITION TO OUR THRIVING PROGRAMS AT LVH-CEDAR CREST AND LVH-MUHLENBERG. THIS HAS ALLOWED US TO ESTABLISH A ROBUST PANCREATIC CANCER SCREENING PROGRAM. WE ALSO PROVIDE AN ASGE-RECOGNIZED ADVANCED ENDOSCOPY TRAINING PROGRAM TO TRAIN SELECT INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE COMPLETED AN ACGME-ACCREDITED GI FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM AND WISH TO PURSUE A CAREER IN ADVANCED ENDOSCOPY. THIS HAS ENABLED US TO GROW OUR RESEARCH FOOTPRINT RESULTING IN MULTIPLE PANCREATIC AND BILIARY RESEARCH PAPERS PRESENTED AT MAJOR SOCIETIES. INTERVENTIONAL PULMONARY PROGRAM THE INTERVENTIONAL PULMONARY PROGRAM COMPRISES A COLLABORATIVE MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM CONSISTING OF FOUR PHYSICIANS, AN APC, AND A NURSE NAVIGATOR. THE GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO EXPEDITE THE EVALUATION OF PATIENTS WITH LUNG NODULES, MASSES, OR MEDIASTINAL ADENOPATHY FOUND ON THORACIC IMAGING. THE PHYSICIANS UTILIZE ROBOTIC BRONCHOSCOPY, CONVEX ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASOUND (CEBUS), RADIAL EBUS, AND FLUOROSCOPY TO LOCALIZE LESIONS FOR BIOPSY. PHYSICIANS ARE TRAINED ON ALL DIAGNOSTIC MODALITIES. THIS ALLOWS FOR STREAMLINING SCHEDULING AND PLACES A STRONGER EMPHASIS ON FASTER TIME TO DIAGNOSIS BY REMOVING SCHEDULING BARRIERS. ALL PATIENTS REFERRED FOR LUNG LESIONS ARE EVALUATED BY ONE OF THE INTERVENTIONAL BRONCHOSCOPISTS AT THEIR INITIAL VISIT, AS WELL AS ONE-WEEK POST-PROCEDURE TO REVIEW RESULTS AND NEXT STEPS IN WORK-UP OR TREATMENT. THE NURSE NAVIGATOR GUIDES THE PATIENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS FROM INITIAL VISIT THROUGH TO TRANSITION TO THE TREATMENT TEAM. SHE IS A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT FOR THESE PATIENTS FOR QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS AND HELPS TO ALLEVIATE ANXIETY DURING A TUMULTUOUS TIME IN THEIR LIVES. ADDITIONALLY, THE TEAM ADDED BRONCHOSCOPIC LUNG VOLUME REDUCTION (BLVR) TO ITS EXPANDING MENU OF SERVICES IN JUNE 2022. THE GOAL OF THE PROCEDURE IS TO ACHIEVE A REDUCTION IN RESIDUAL VOLUME THROUGH BRONCHOSCOPIC PLACEMENT OF ONE-WAY ENDOBRONCHIAL VALVES INTO THE MOST DAMAGED LOBE WHICH LEADS TO DECREASED SYMPTOMS, IMPROVED EXERCISE CAPACITY, AND IMPROVED QUALITY OF LIFE. PHYSIOLOGICALLY, THIS IS THE EQUIVALENT OF A LOBECTOMY WITHOUT AN INCISION. THESE PATIENTS REQUIRE EXTENSIVE PRE-OPERATIVE TESTING TO ENSURE THE OPTIMAL PATIENTS WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM THE PROCEDURE ARE SELECTED WHILE MINIMIZING POST-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS.LVPG ECONSULT PROGRAMSINCE APRIL 2019, LVPG'S ECONSULT PROGRAM HAS OFFERED CLINICIANS ACROSS THE ENTIRE NETWORK THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACCESS SPECIALIST INPUT FOR FOCUSED CLINICAL QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS WITHOUT THE NEED FOR A FACE-TO-FACE VISIT. IN ADDITION TO ACCELERATING ACCESS TO SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS, THE PROGRAM HAS IMPROVED ACCESS IN OUR SPECIALTY PRACTICES STRAIGHTFORWARD AND SIMPLE ISSUES ARE ADDRESSED BY A SPECIALIST VIRTUALLY OPENING SCHEDULES FOR PATIENTS WHO TRULY NEED FACE-TO-FACE ASSESSMENTS. ECONSULTS ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FOR ADULT PATIENTS IN THE FOLLOWING SPECIALTIES: 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 INCLUDES ENDOCRINOLOGY, GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEMATOLOGY. IN FY22, A TOTAL OF 2,116 ECONSULTS ACROSS THE NETWORK. THIS NUMBER INCREASED TO 3,558 IN FY23, REPRESENTING A 68% INCREASE IN ANNUAL VOLUMES. THE HIGHEST VOLUME OF ECONSULTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED BY THE DIVISIONS OF HEMATOLOGY, INFECTIOUS DISEASE, NEUROLOGY, CARDIOLOGY, ENDOCRINOLOGY, PSYCHIATRY, AND PULMONARY MEDICINE.

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

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.

• FAMILY CARE CENTERS INC

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

  Directly controlled by LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP

• HAZLETON HEALTH & WELLNESS CENTER

  501(C)(3) · STAFFING SERVICES · PA

  Directly controlled by NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA HEALTH CORP

• HAZLETON PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

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

  Directly controlled by LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP

• HAZLETON SURGICAL ALLIANCE

  501(C)(3) · SURGICAL SERVICES · PA

  Directly controlled by NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA HEALTH CORP

• 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 HEALTH NETWORK REALTY HOLDING CO

  501(C)(2) · REAL ESTATE HOLDING CO. · 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 - COORDINATED HEALTH ALLENTOWN (FINAL 8-9-2022)

  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 POCONO HEALTH SYSTEM

• LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL - SCHUYLKILL

  501(C)(3) · HEALTH CARE 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 AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTER OF LOPATCONG INC

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

  Directly controlled by LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL

• LVHN COORDINATED PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE (FINAL 11-14-2022)

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

  Directly controlled by LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL

• LVHN SCRANTON ORTHOPEDIC SPECIALISTS (FINAL 11-14-2022)

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

  Directly controlled by LEHIGH VALLEY HEALTH NETWORK

• MUHLENBERG REALTY CORPORATION

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

  Directly controlled by LEHIGH VALLEY HEALTH NETWORK

• POCONO AMBULATORY SERVICES INC

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

  Directly controlled by POCONO HEALTH SYSTEM

• POCONO HEALTH FOUNDATION

  501(C)(3) · FUNDRAISING · PA

  Directly controlled by POCONO HEALTH SYSTEM

• POCONO HEALTH SYSTEM

  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 POCONO HEALTH SYSTEM

• POCONO HEALTHCARE PARTNERS (FINAL 12-31-2022)

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

  Directly controlled by POCONO HEALTH SYSTEM

• POCONO VNA-HOSPICE

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

  Directly controlled by POCONO HEALTH SYSTEM

• SCHUYLKILL HEALTH SYSTEM MEDICAL GROUP INC

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

  Directly controlled by LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP

• SCHUYLKILL REHABILITATION CENTER INC (FINAL 3-31-2023)

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

  Directly controlled by LEHIGH VALLEY HEALTH NETWORK

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

2022

Filed

9 May 2024

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

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