Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$159,979,504

Total expenses

$136,872,989

Contributions and grants received

$132,954

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$152,136,577

Investment income

$5,295,991

Other revenue

$2,413,982

Total assets, end of year

$343,431,915

Total liabilities, end of year

$87,140,201

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$256,291,714

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$115,838,198

Management and general expenses

$21,034,791

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$115,838,198

Program services were 84.6% 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

• LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL-HAZLETON (LVH-H) IS PART OF LEHIGH VALLEY HEALTH NETWORK (LVHN), A MULTI-HOSPITAL SYSTEM LOCATED IN ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA. LVH-H IS THE ONLY INPATIENT HEALTH CARE PROVIDER IN THE GREATER HAZLETON AREA SERVING A POPULATION OF OVER 80,000 PEOPLE WITHIN THREE COUNTIES, INCLUDING A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE HISPANIC POPULATION. WE OFFER QUALITY CONTINUUM OF CARE SERVICES BEGINNING AT BIRTH IN THE FAMILY BIRTH AND NEWBORN CENTER, ACUTE INPATIENT MEDICAL AND SURGICAL SERVICES, EMERGENCY SERVICES, INPATIENT REHAB AT THE GUNDERSON CENTER FOR INPATIENT REHABILITATION AND HOME CARE SERVICES THROUGH LEHIGH VALLEY HOME CARE-HAZLETON. OUTPATIENT DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND REHAB SERVICES ARE PROVIDED AT THE HEALTH & WELLNESS CENTER AT HAZLETON (PA), THE HEALTH CENTER AT MOUNTAIN TOP (PA) AND LVHN-STATION CIRCLE (HAZLE TOWNSHIP, PA), AS WELL AS OUTPATIENT CANCER TREATMENT AT THE LVHN CANCER CENTER-HAZLETON. LEHIGH VALLEY PHYSICIAN GROUP (LVPG), A SUBSIDIARY OF LVHN, IS A MULTI-SPECIALTY MEDICAL OUTPATIENT CARE PROVIDER. LVPG-HAZLETON (LVPG-H) IS THE OUTPATIENT MEDICAL PROVIDER GROUP ALIGNED WITH LVH-H. ADDITIONALLY, LVH-H HAS A ROBUST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM THAT DELIVERS HEALTH AND WELLNESS EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND HEALTH SCREENINGS FREE OF CHARGE TO THE COMMUNITY. A COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT (CHNA) IS CONDUCTED EVERY THREE YEARS. WE DELIVER OUR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES WITH COMPASSION AND HIGH STANDARDS OF QUALITY TO THE RESIDENTS OF GREATER HAZLETON REGARDLESS OF RACE, SEX, RELIGION, OR ECONOMIC STATUS.STRATEGIC DIRECTIONSTRATEGIC PLANNING IN HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVES CREATING OBJECTIVES AND SETTING GOALS FOR WHERE THE ORGANIZATION SEES ITSELF LONG TERM AND HOW IT CAN STRENGTHEN ACCESS TO EFFICIENT AND AFFORDABLE CARE TO THE COMMUNITY SERVED. LVH-H'S THREE-YEAR STRATEGIC GOALS AND PRIORITIES INCLUDE INCREASED PATIENT SATISFACTION, PROVIDER RECRUITMENT, IMPROVED EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT SERVICES WITH FOCUSES ON TRANSFERS AND ADMISSIONS, REDUCTION IN LENGTH OF STAY, INTEGRATION OF MUSCULOSKELETAL (MSK) SERVICES AND BUILDING OF A NEW CANCER CENTER. THE MASTER FACILITIES PLAN THAT WAS DEVELOPED IN FY 2022 CONTINUED INTO FY2023, TO INCLUDE THE HEALTH & WELLNESS CENTER AT HAZLETON AND CLINICS AT STATION CIRCLE AND 1000 ALLIANCE DRIVE (DESSEN CENTER), TO BEST DETERMINE WHAT SERVICES WOULD BEST BE LOCATED AT THESE FACILITIES TO ALLOW GREATER ACCESS TO PRIMARY AND SPECIALTY HEALTH CARE TO MEET THE GROWING NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.QUALITY CAREQUALITY HEALTH CARE IS CARE THAT IS SAFE, EFFECTIVE, PATIENT-CENTERED, TIMELY, EFFICIENT, AND EQUITABLE. AT LVHN, OUR MISSION IS TO HEAL, COMFORT AND CARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THIS IS DONE THROUGH COLLABORATION WITH ALL LEVELS OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS. STANDARD OF CARE AND BEST PRACTICES ARE ALWAYS THE GOAL. THROUGH CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ACTIVITIES, WE STRIVE TO IDENTIFY WAYS TO BRING ABOUT IMPROVEMENTS THAT RESULT IN IMPROVED OUTCOMES FOR OUR PATIENTS. THIS INVOLVES A TEAM EFFORT THAT STRIVES TO ENCOURAGE COLLABORATION ACROSS ALL DISCIPLINES AND ENABLE BEST USE OF OUR AVAILABLE RESOURCES. PROCESSES SPECIFIC TO QUALITY MANAGEMENT INCLUDE MONITORING AND EVALUATING DATA, FORMULATING STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVEMENT, AND SHARING INFORMATION WITH KEY STAKEHOLDERS TO INITIATE PROCESS CHANGES AS NEEDED. SPECIFIC AREAS OF ATTENTION INCLUDES: CARE OF PATIENTS WITH STROKE, HEART FAILURE, SEPSIS, ALL CAUSE READMISSION RATES, MORTALITY, PATIENT SAFETY AND RISK MANAGEMENT ALONG WITH COMPLIANCE WITH STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH REGULATIONS AS WELL AS THOSE OF THE ACCREDITATION COMMISSION FOR HEALTHCARE. BELOW ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF PROGRAMS AT LVH-H AND SOME RECOGNITIONS FROM FY23 THAT ILLUSTRATE OUR COMMITMENT TO BEST PRACTICES AND QUALITY PATIENT OUTCOMES:- ACHIEVED LEAPFROG SAFETY GRADE "A" FOR SPRING 2023- CMS 4 STAR RATING FOR 2023- RECEIVED AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION GET WITH THE GUIDELINES 2023 STROKE GOLD PLUS WITH TARGET: STROKE HONOR ROLL ELITE AND TARGET: TYPE 2 DIABETES HONOR ROLL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD- RECEIVED AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION GET WITH THE GUIDELINES 2023 HEART FAILURE GOLD PLUS WITH TARGET: HEART FAILURE HONOR ROLL AND TARGET: TYPE 2 DIABETES HONOR ROLL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD- ACHIEVED CHEST PAIN CENTER ACCREDITATION FROM AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY JUNE 2023- ACCREDITED WITH ATLS AS LEVEL IV TRAUMA CENTER THROUGH OCTOBER 2025. - RECOGNIZED BY HEALTHGRADES FOR CLINICAL ACHIEVEMENT FOR CARE OF HEART ATTACK, HIP FRACTURE TREATMENT, STROKE TREATMENT AND C-SECTION DELIVERY. - LVH-HAZLETON IS A MEMBER OF VIZIENT, INC., THE NATION'S LARGEST HEALTH CARE PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT COMPANY THAT COMPARES HOSPITAL QUALITY AND PATIENT SATISFACTION. HAZLETON RANKED 120 OUT OF 267 HOSPITALS IN OUR COHORT FY2023 AND CONTINUES TO FOCUS ON PATIENT SAFETY AND EVIDENCE-BASED GUIDELINES TO PROVIDE QUALITY CARE TO PATIENTS. NEW/EXPANDED SERVICESLVH-H IS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO PROVIDE OUR COMMUNITY WITH ACCESS TO QUALITY MEDICAL CARE, WHETHER IT IS THROUGH NEW OR ENHANCED SERVICES OR BY DIRECTING THEM TO SPECIALIZED CARE AT ONE OF OUR SISTER HOSPITALS AT LVHN. HERE ARE JUST SOME OF THE NEW OR ENHANCED SERVICES LVH-H PROVIDED IN FY 2023.COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTERIN FY2023, CONSTRUCTION OCCURRED ON THE CANCER CENTER AT LVH-HAZLETON. COMPLETED IN SUMMER 2023, THE NEW 32,000 SQ. FT., $20 MILLION CANCER CENTER HOUSES MEDICAL ONCOLOGY WITH SEVEN EXAM ROOMS, A PROCEDURE ROOM AND A PHLEBOTOMY LAB; RADIATION ONCOLOGY WITH TWO EXAM ROOMS, A PROCEDURE ROOM, A LINEAR ACCELERATOR AND A CT/SIM; AN INFUSION SUITE WITH 14 PRIVATE INFUSION ROOMS; AND A SESSION SUITE WITH TWO EXAM ROOMS AND ONE PROCEDURE ROOM FOR ROTATING PROVIDERS. PREVIOUSLY, INFUSION SERVICES WERE PROVIDED AT AN OFF-SITE MEDICAL OFFICE THAT QUICKLY OUTGREW ITS SPACE, AND PATIENTS WHO NEEDED RADIATION THERAPY NEEDED TO TRAVEL TO OTHER LOCATIONS DUE TO LACK OF SERVICE IN THE COMMUNITY. THE NEED WAS CLEAR, AND THIS EXPANSION ALLOWS PATIENTS TO RECEIVE MANY OF THEIR TREATMENTS IN A CENTRALIZED LOCATION WITHOUT THE NEED TO TRAVEL LONG DISTANCES.EMERGENCY SERVICES SINCE BECOMING A LEVEL IV TRAUMA CENTER IN 2015, THE TRAUMA PROGRAM AT LVH-H HAS CONTINUED TO PROVIDE OPTIMAL CARE AND REDUCE THE LIKELIHOOD OF DEATH OR DISABILITY TO INJURED PATIENTS WHO ENTER ITS EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT (ED). BECAUSE OF THE CONTINUED EFFORTS OF INCESSANTLY BEING PREPARED TO STABILIZE AND TREAT THE MOST SERIOUS LIFE-THREATENING AND DISABLING INJURIES PRIOR TO TRANSFER TO A LEVEL 1 TRAUMA CENTER, THE PENNSYLVANIA TRAUMA SYSTEMS FOUNDATION (PTSF) IN FY 2022 HAS REACCREDITED LVH-HAZLETON AS A LEVEL IV TRAUMA CENTER FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. THIS IS THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF YEARS A TRAUMA CENTER MAY BE ACCREDITED.LVH-HAZLETON EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT (ED), ALONG WITH ALL OUR HEALTH NETWORK HOSPITALS, CONTINUES TO BE CHALLENGED WITH HIGH PATIENT VOLUMES. AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT PATIENT FLOW TEAM WAS EXPANDED TO FOCUS ON IMPROVEMENT IN EFFICIENCIES OF OPERATIONS OF THE ED, REDUCE PATIENT WAIT TIMES, PATIENT EXPERIENCE AND IMPROVE PATIENT THROUGHPUT. THIS MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM CONSISTED OF ED STAFF, LAB, RADIOLOGY, PHARMACY, HOUSEKEEPING, FOOD SERVICE, EMS, AND REGISTRATION. INITIATIVES WERE DEVELOPED RESULTING IN A DECREASE IN LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN (LWBS) FROM 18 PERCENT TO 2 PERCENT. HOSPICE SERVICES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPICE, INPATIENT AND HOME CARE HOSPICE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED TO OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY. THIS IS THE ONLY INPATIENT HOSPICE PROGRAM SERVING THE GREATER HAZLETON AREA. THE PROGRAM MODEL IS DESIGNED TO DELIVER PATIENT-CENTERED CARE RATHER THAN DISEASE-CENTERED CARE AND TO PROVIDE COMFORT AND CARE TO TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. IN FY23, HOSPICE SERVICES WERE PROVIDED TO 46 LVH-H PATIENTS FOR A TOTAL OF 221 DAYS OF CARE WHICH WAS AN INCREASE FROM PRIOR YEAR. TELEHEALTH SERVICESAS TECHNOLOGY HAS ADVANCED, THE WAYS HEALTH CARE CAN BE PROVIDED HAVE CHANGED AND ADVANCED TOO. AT LVH-H, PATIENTS ARE BENEFITING FROM SECURE TELEHEALTH TECHNOLOGY THAT ALLOWS THEM TO ACCESS AND RECEIVE QUALITY, SPECIALIZED CARE CONVENIENTLY. IN FY 2023, LVH-H ADDED INPATIENT TELEHEALTH HEME/ONCOLOGY TO ITS GROWING LIST OF TELEHEALTH SERVICES THAT INCLUDE INFECTIOUS DISEASE, NEUROLOGY, ADVANCED INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (AICU), BURN, NEUROSURGERY, TOXICOLOGY, PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATIONS, MATERNAL FETAL MEDICINE, AND PALLIATIVE CARE.

  Expenses $115,838,198 · Revenue $155,923,589

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

As filed on the 2022 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.

• 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 - 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

• 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 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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