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CLAIBORNE MEDICAL CENTER

EIN 46-4420358 KNOXVILLE, TN

Revenue 2024
$37,039,229
Expenses 2024
$38,114,430

Program services were 94.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
E20
Classification
1000
Street
1420 CENTERPOINT BLVD BLDG C

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Claiborne Medical Center provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health, regardless of a patient's ability to pay.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Claiborne Medical Center is an 85-bed full service, acute care hospital located in Tazewell, TN. It also operates the Claiborne Health and Rehabilitation Center which is licensed for 100 beds. It is a member of the Covenant Health system.

  • Claiborne Medical Center ("Claiborne") opened in 1959 and serves the Tri-State area. It is located near the Cumberland Gap, in a rural area where health care is a much-needed service, and more than 23.1 percent of the population is below the poverty line. Claiborne became part of Covenant Health in 2014. Claiborne is also one of the largest employers in Claiborne County, with over 300 employees. Located near the state lines of Kentucky and Virginia, Claiborne serves citizens in Bell County, KY; Lee County, VA; and Claiborne and surrounding counties in East Tennessee.SERVICEClaiborne maintains an ambulance service, which enhances area residents' ability to access health care. Claiborne EMS is the primary 911 service for Claiborne County, and a helicopter pad located next to the hospital makes air medical transport services available when needed. The hospital also operates Claiborne Health and Rehabilitation Center, a long-term care facility offering both short-term rehabilitation and residential care for those who can no longer live independently without assistance. Claiborne Health and Rehabilitation Center is currently rated a 4-star facility by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). In 2024 the Center was recognized by both Newsweek and U.S. News and World Report as a "Best Nursing Home."In 2024, the hospital provided care for 35,744 patients. Of these, 34,680 were outpatients and 1,064 were inpatients with an average length-of-stay of 3.49 days.PUTTING PATIENTS FIRSTCurrently licensed for 85 beds, the hospital is best known for its surgical services, cardiac rehabilitation, lymphedema program, nursing home, and emergency medical services. Claiborne is certified by The Joint Commission as an Acute Stroke-Ready hospital and is a member of Covenant Health's stroke hospital network, providing rapid diagnosis and treatment of stroke. Claiborne has two full-time general surgeons and one part-time orthopedic surgeon to provide excellent surgical care for patients.Claiborne offers imaging services that include a full-service clinical laboratory, digital mammography, high-definition MRI scans, CT services, echocardiography, and nuclear medicine. The imaging department is accredited by the American College of Radiology in five areas: CT scan, mammography, MRI, nuclear medicine, and ultrasound. Claiborne received both a new CT scanner and new MRI equipment in 2024.Claiborne was recognized in the spring and fall of 2024 with an "A" grade from The Leapfrog Group for patient safety and quality. The hospital was also recognized with the American Heart Association's Get With the Guidelines-Rural Stroke Bronze quality achievement award. The medical center also was recognized by Becker's Healthcare Review in 2024 for Top Hospitals in Nurse Communication, Doctor Communication, and Cleanliness. Recently Claiborne received three Zero Harm awards from the Tennessee Hospital Association for outstanding achievements in patient safety. The awards celebrate hospitals that reached zero healthcare-associated infections in certain areas over the calendar year.IMPROVING THE COMMUNITY'S QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGH BETTER HEALTH Claiborne completed a Community Health Needs Assessment in 2023 and identified four areas as health priorities in the community. As part of the Claiborne Health Council, Claiborne is working to develop projects to improve mental health, substance abuse disorders, diabetes, and obesity in Claiborne County. Teams have been developed for each focus area, and hospital staff are working on the obesity and diabetes teams. In 2024 these teams partnered with other members of the Claiborne County Health Council to provide community health education. One of the hospital's managers served on a community drug coalition led by Live Free, a local nonprofit that provides alcohol and drug addiction and mental health counseling.Claiborne EMS participated in several community events in 2024, including safety days at Midway and Forge Ridge Elementary Schools, training with the North Claiborne County Fire Department, and providing hands-only CPR education at several local events. Hospital staff also provided stroke education and emergency poison control education at the Claiborne County Fair in August 2024.Claiborne partnered with local high schools and colleges to provide expanded opportunities for students interested in pursuing healthcare careers. The hospital partnered with Cumberland Gap High School to encourage healthcare careers by offering hospital tours, job shadowing, and career day presentations. Claiborne also serves as a rotation site for nursing students from Walters State Community College and Lincoln Memorial University, as well as medical students from the LMU DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine who are doing rural hospital rotations.Claiborne also focuses on community education, with hospital staff visiting and presenting information to senior adults on a variety of topics, including breast cancer awareness. A senior health fair was held in May 2024, with Claiborne staff providing screenings and stroke education at the event. Hospital staff participated in community resource fairs and back-to-school events at Clairfield Elementary School and the Tazewell Municipal Park. In October 2024, the hospital partnered with the Claiborne County Health Department and hosted a breast cancer survivor's luncheon, providing education and support to local breast cancer survivors and those currently battling the disease. The hospital continues to work with the Claiborne Family Justice Center, and a hospital employee serves on the Justice Center's Coordinated Community Response (CCR) team. Claiborne also hosted Healthcare and Emergency Services Day for the Leadership Claiborne community leadership program.Hospital staff worked with the Claiborne County Healthcare Foundation to raise funds, including coordinating the 24th annual Golf for Great Healthcare tournament. Funds from the tournament were used to purchase furniture for the hospital's outpatient lobby and emergency department.Claiborne staff also participated in child-related activities, including having a hospital manager participate in the Pre-K Advisory Council for the Claiborne school system. Both the Chief Administrative Officer and the manager were members of the Wilderness Road Kiwanis, with the manager participating in reading events at Springdale and Midway elementary schools.

    Expenses $35,942,722 · Grants $2,075 · Revenue $36,273,063

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Mitchell Dickson MD

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0 + 1 related

  • Stephanie Flood

    Director

    Total calculated
    $964
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $964
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0 + 1 related

  • James Gibson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0 + 1 related

  • Edgar Gray

    Director

    Total calculated
    $844
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $844
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0 + 1 related

  • Leslye Hartsell

    Director

    Total calculated
    $1,124
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $1,124
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0 + 1 related

  • Donald Hickman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $675
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $675
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0 + 1 related

  • Timothy Matthews

    Director

    Total calculated
    $657
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $657
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0 + 1 related

  • Janice McKinley

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0 + 1 related

  • Cletus McMahon MD

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0 + 1 related

  • Dave Miller

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0 + 1 related

  • Bill Myers

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0 + 1 related

  • Alvin Nance

    Director

    Total calculated
    $648
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $648
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0 + 1 related

  • Linda Ogle

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0 + 1 related

  • King Purnell

    Director/Chair

    Total calculated
    $935
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $935
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0 + 1 related

  • Jorge Sanabria

    Director

    Total calculated
    $807
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $807
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0 + 1 related

  • William Seale

    Director

    Total calculated
    $1,060
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $1,060
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0 + 1 related

  • Cosby Stone

    Director

    Total calculated
    $1,113
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $1,113
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0 + 1 related

  • Joe Sutter

    Director

    Total calculated
    $881
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $881
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0 + 1 related

  • James Tramontana MD

    Director

    Total calculated
    $1,086
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $1,086
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0 + 1 related

  • James D VanderSteeg

    President & CEO

    Total calculated
    $3,242,830
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $2,880,556
    Other
    $362,274
    Hours/week
    0 + 50 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $1,578,849 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $1,078,259 related
    Other
    $0 + $223,448 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $335,103 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $27,171 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $3,242,830 related

  • Joseph C Dolan

    EVP/CFO

    Total calculated
    $967,301
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $861,693
    Other
    $105,608
    Hours/week
    0 + 50 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $697,828 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $138,667 related
    Other
    $0 + $25,198 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $72,802 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $32,806 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $967,301 related

  • Patricia J Ketterman

    Fmr Pres & CAO (through Aug 2024)

    Total calculated
    $366,998
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $342,437
    Other
    $24,561
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $121,127 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $50,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $171,310 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $10,587 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $13,974 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $366,998 related

  • Jacqueline H Hounshell

    Fmr VP - Fin Svcs (through Aug 2024)

    Total calculated
    $265,030
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $222,480
    Other
    $42,550
    Hours/week
    15 + 35 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $153,925 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $29,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $39,555 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $9,057 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $33,493 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $265,030 related

  • Gordon E Lintz

    President & CAO

    Total calculated
    $590,525
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $564,436
    Other
    $26,089
    Hours/week
    15 + 35 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $387,063 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $110,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $67,373 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $13,200 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $12,889 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $590,525 related

  • Amy E Herndon

    VP - Financial Services

    Total calculated
    $227,124
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $198,501
    Other
    $28,623
    Hours/week
    15 + 35 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $136,570 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $25,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $36,931 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $6,127 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $22,496 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $227,124 related

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $37,039,229
    Expenses
    $38,114,430
    Contributions
    $507,543
    Grants paid
    $2,075
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $36,596,205
    Expenses
    $37,447,955
    Contributions
    $20,900
    Grants paid
    $5,574
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $37,539,623
    Expenses
    $36,670,586
    Contributions
    $2,859,456
    Grants paid
    $6,130

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $38,347,834
    Expenses
    $35,637,379
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,448,383

  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $33,726,778
    Expenses
    $35,698,126
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,304,330

  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $29,938,002
    Expenses
    $32,983,061
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,406,848

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $27,749,568
    Expenses
    $31,979,108
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,653,885

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $28,059,377
    Expenses
    $31,474,117
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,015,689

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

Related partnerships on its 2024 return

Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.