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BALLAD HEALTH: Form 990, tax year 2021

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Organization
BALLAD HEALTH (EIN 61-1771290)
Tax period
2021-07-01 to 2022-06-30
Filed
2023-05-11
IRS object ID
202341319349305344
Schema version
2021v4.2
Source
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header ReturnHeader

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return2023-05-11T15:17:12-05:00ReturnTs
Tax Period End2022-06-30TaxPeriodEndDt
Return Type990ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin2021-07-01TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

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EIN611771290EIN

Business Name BusinessName

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Business Name ControlBALLBusinessNameControlTxt
Phone4233023374PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

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Address Line1311 Princeton Road Suite 1AddressLine1Txt
CityJohnson CityCityNm
State AbbreviationTNStateAbbreviationCd
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PersonLynn KrutakPersonNm
Person TitleBH EVP & CFOPersonTitleTxt
Phone4233023374PhoneNum
Signature2023-05-11SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer0DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

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Person Full Name PersonFullName

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Person LastKrutakPersonLastNm
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Trusted Customer TrustedCustomerGrp

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Authentication Assurance LevelAAL1AuthenticationAssuranceLevelCd
Identity Assurance LevelIAL1IdentityAssuranceLevelCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tax2021TaxYr
Build TS2023-04-26 12:10:37ZBuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

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Address ChangeYes (X)AddressChangeInd
Principal OfficerAlan Levine PresCEOPrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

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Address Line1303 Med Tech PkwyAddressLine1Txt
CityJohnson CityCityNm
State AbbreviationTNStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP37604ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts$94,357,310GrossReceiptsAmt
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Website Addressballadhealth.orgWebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization CorpYes (X)TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation2015FormationYr
Legal Domicile StateTNLegalDomicileStateCd
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PY Contributions Grants$8,853,151PYContributionsGrantsAmt
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PY Program Service Revenue$15,427,011PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue$12,958,715CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income$48,569,618PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income$76,729,403CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue-$6,779,789PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue-$2,092,421CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue$66,069,991PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue$90,929,944CYTotalRevenueAmt
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PY Benefits Paid To Members$0PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members$0CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid$16,033,975PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
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CY Total Fundraising Expense$254,681CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses$71,080,701PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses$63,705,640CYOtherExpensesAmt
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PY Revenues Less Expenses-$21,044,685PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
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Total Liabilities BOY$1,355,496,733TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY$1,278,794,518TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
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Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY$623,315,872NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part IIIYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
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Revenue$10,034,486RevenueAmt
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Schedule B RequiredYes (1)ScheduleBRequiredInd
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Lobbying ActivitiesYes (1)LobbyingActivitiesInd
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Conservation Easements0ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art0CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling0CreditCounselingInd
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Report Investments Other Sec0ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related InvstYes (1)ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets0ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other LiabilitiesYes (1)ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 FootnoteYes (1)IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
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Foreign Office0ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities0ForeignActivitiesInd
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Professional Fundraising0ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities0FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities0GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital0OperateHospitalInd
Grants To OrganizationsYes (1)GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals0GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J RequiredYes (1)ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt BondsYes (1)TaxExemptBondsInd
Invest Tax Exempt Bonds0InvestTaxExemptBondsInd
Escrow Account0EscrowAccountInd
On Behalf Of Issuer0OnBehalfOfIssuerInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans0EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
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Loan OutstandingYes (1)LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person0GrantToRelatedPersonInd
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Business Rln With Fam MemYes (1)BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
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Terminate Operations0TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation0PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity0DisregardedEntityInd
Related EntityYes (1)RelatedEntityInd
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Transaction With Control EntYes (1)TransactionWithControlEntInd
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Employment Tax Returns FiledYes (1)EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over LimitYes (1)UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T FiledYes (1)Form990TFiledInd
Foreign Financial Account0ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans0ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification0TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions0NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions0QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of0Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
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Indoor Tanning Services0IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht PymtYes (1)SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
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Family Or Business Rln0FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
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Decisions Subject To Approva0DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
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Minutes Of CommitteesYes (1)MinutesOfCommitteesInd
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Local Chapters0LocalChaptersInd
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Regular Monitoring EnfrcYes (1)RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower PolicyYes (1)WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention PolicyYes (1)DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEOYes (1)CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process OtherYes (1)CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint VentureYes (1)InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Written Policy Or ProcedureYes (1)WrittenPolicyOrProcedureInd
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Upon RequestYes (X)UponRequestInd

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Julie Bennett
Director4.000.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
Doug Springer MD
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David Lester
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David May MD
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Scott Niswonger
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Dr Brian Noland
Director4.000.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
Gary Peacock
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David Golden
Director4.000.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
Keith Wilson
Director4.000.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
Aldo Noseda Beg 1021
Director4.000.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
Marvin Eichorn
EVP/CAO57.807.20Yes (X)$1,154,466$0$43,904
Lynn Krutak
EVP/CFO63.401.60Yes (X)$956,968$0$104,263
Eric Deaton
EVP/COO58.606.40Yes (X)$1,021,443$0$104,184
Shane Hilton SVP
CFO Market Operations53.002.00$550,842$0$82,716Yes (X)
Lisa Smithgall SVP
Chief Nursing Executiv55.000.00$538,248$0$72,060Yes (X)
Pam Austin SVP
CIO55.000.00$641,557$0$62,540Yes (X)
Tim Belisle EVP
General Counsel59.006.00$670,583$0$87,406Yes (X)
Anthony Keck
EVP/CPHO64.400.60$664,042$0$85,520Yes (X)
Steve Kilgore
BHMA SVP54.300.70$667,536$0$92,580Yes (X)
Clay Runnels MD
EVP/Chief Phys Exec65.000.00$811,148$0$93,765Yes (X)
Amit Vashist MD
SVP Chief Clinical Officer55.000.00$633,235$0$82,347Yes (X)
Melissa Carr SVP
FMR Financial Management54.800.20$421,910$0$26,781Yes (X)
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Compensation From Other Srcs0CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

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Medical Solutions LLC
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Virginia Highlands Anesthesia PC
PO Box 1476AbingdonVA24212Anesthesia Svcs$5,965,932
Anesthesia Pain Counsultants
1009 Lark St Ste 2Johnson CityTN37604Anesthesia Svcs$5,774,741
Trustaff Travel Nurses LLC
PO Box 63-8231CincinnatiOH452638231Contract Nursing$5,084,436
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Exclusion$77,540,142ExclusionAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IXYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartIXInd

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Program Services$55,000ProgramServicesAmt

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Program Services$458,477ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$867,308ManagementAndGeneralAmt
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Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

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Program Services$127,894ProgramServicesAmt
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Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

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Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

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Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

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Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

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Program Services$10,010,092ProgramServicesAmt
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Advertising AdvertisingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Program Services$846,634ProgramServicesAmt
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Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

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Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

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Program Services$2,164,022ProgramServicesAmt
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Occupancy OccupancyGrp

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Program Services$2,410,935ProgramServicesAmt
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Travel TravelGrp

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Interest InterestGrp

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Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

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Insurance InsuranceGrp

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Program Services$955,218ProgramServicesAmt
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Maintenance$37,731,653$26,236,506$11,495,147
Dues & Subscriptions$4,255,511$2,175,351$2,080,160
Population Health$3,765,178$3,765,178

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Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

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Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

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Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

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Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

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Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

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Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

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EOY$30,237,513EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

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EOY$2,664,061EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$256,221,004BOYAmt
EOY$244,636,992EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

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BOY$927,900,240BOYAmt
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Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$18,941,004BOYAmt
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Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

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BOY$448,729,709BOYAmt
EOY$243,927,163EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$133,326,592BOYAmt
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Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$38,425,638BOYAmt
EOY$45,134,886EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$2,205,229,549BOYAmt
EOY$1,902,110,390EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$114,696,786BOYAmt
EOY$84,229,440EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$284,185BOYAmt
EOY$275,339EOYAmt

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$1,158,577,182BOYAmt
EOY$1,145,545,290EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$22,317,393BOYAmt
EOY$16,541,411EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$59,621,187BOYAmt
EOY$32,203,038EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$1,355,496,733BOYAmt
EOY$1,278,794,518EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117Yes (X)OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$849,335,967BOYAmt
EOY$623,054,287EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$396,849BOYAmt
EOY$261,585EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$849,732,816BOYAmt
EOY$623,315,872EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$2,205,229,549BOYAmt
EOY$1,902,110,390EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XIYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss$4,069,641ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst-$251,336,311NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets$20,849,726OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting AccrualYes (X)MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review0AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS AuditedYes (1)FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Consolidated Basis Fincl StmtYes (X)ConsolidatedBasisFinclStmtInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Audit CommitteeYes (1)AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit RequiredYes (1)FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd
Federal Grant Audit PerformedYes (1)FederalGrantAuditPerformedInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Supporting Organization509a3Yes (X)SupportingOrganization509a3Ind
Supporting Org Type2Yes (X)SupportingOrgType2Ind
IRS Written DeterminationYes (X)IRSWrittenDeterminationInd
Supported Organizations2SupportedOrganizationsCnt

Supported Org Information SupportedOrgInformationGrp (2 entries)

EINEINOrganization TypeOrganizationTypeCdGoverning Document ListedGoverningDocumentListedIndSupportSupportAmtOther SupportOtherSupportAmt
Mountain States Health Alliance
6204762823Yes (1)$0$0
Wellmont Health System
6216364653Yes (1)$0$0
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Supported Organizations Total2SupportedOrganizationsTotalCnt
Support Sum$0SupportSumAmt
Other Support Sum$0OtherSupportSumAmt

Form990 Sch A Supporting Org Form990SchASupportingOrgGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Listed By Name Governing DocYes (1)ListedByNameGoverningDocInd
Suprt Org No IRS Determination0SuprtOrgNoIRSDeterminationInd
Supported Org Section C4560SupportedOrgSectionC456Ind
Supported Org Not Organized US0SupportedOrgNotOrganizedUSInd
Organization Change Suprt Org0OrganizationChangeSuprtOrgInd
Support Non Supported Org0SupportNonSupportedOrgInd
Payment Substantial Contribtr0PaymentSubstantialContribtrInd
Loan Disqualified Person0LoanDisqualifiedPersonInd
Controlled Disqualified Prsn0ControlledDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Disqualified Prsn Controll Int0DisqualifiedPrsnControllIntInd
Disqualified Prsn Ownr Int0DisqualifiedPrsnOwnrIntInd
Excess Business Holdings Rules0ExcessBusinessHoldingsRulesInd
Contribution Controller0ContributionControllerInd
Contribution Family0ContributionFamilyInd
Contribution35 Controlled0Contribution35ControlledInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Majority Dir Trst Supported OrgYes (1)MajorityDirTrstSupportedOrgInd

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Volunteers0VolunteersInd
Paid Staff Or Management0PaidStaffOrManagementInd
Media Advertisements0MediaAdvertisementsInd
Mailings Members0MailingsMembersInd
Publications Or Broadcast0PublicationsOrBroadcastInd
Grants Other OrganizationsYes (1)GrantsOtherOrganizationsInd
Grants Other Organizations$6,095GrantsOtherOrganizationsAmt
Direct Contact LegislatorsYes (1)DirectContactLegislatorsInd
Direct Contact Legislators$985,473DirectContactLegislatorsAmt
Rallies Demonstrations0RalliesDemonstrationsInd
Other Activities0OtherActivitiesInd
Total Lobbying Expenditures$991,568TotalLobbyingExpendituresAmt
Not Described Section501c30NotDescribedSection501c3Ind

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePart II-B, Line 1:FormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationBallad Health had lobbying expenses of $6,095 which represents the portion of dues paid to various organizations, including Tennessee Business Roundtable and Tennessee Chamber of Commerce & Industry, attributable to lobbying. Representatives of Ballad Health participated in the following legislative events: -Premier Federal Affairs Network meeting -Tennessee Hospital Association (THA) Legislative Advocacy Day -Tennessee Public & Teaching Hospitals Association annual meeting -Participated in THA Public Policy Sub-Committee Representatives of Ballad Health's Community & Government Relations department also contacted congressional offices concerning the following issues: -Opposed any cuts in Medicare/Medicaid -Supported area wage index permanent fix (introduced Save Rural Hospital Act) -Supported the continuance of Medicare Dependent Hospital and low-volume designations -Opposed cuts to 340B program -Supported a reasonable remedy for "surprise" billing -Advocated for Provider Relief Funds to provide needed dollars to offset hospital costs and related to pandemic readiness, increased cost for patient care, and loss of revenues -Supported legislation to protect hospital eligibility in the 340B Program -Supported efforts to increase access to Telehealth Services -Supported the extension of Medicare Sequester Relief -Supported efforts to give hospitals more time to repay payments received through the Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payment Program Representative of Ballad Health's Community & Government Relations department responded via letter, phone, or in person to the following Tennessee and Virginia legislative issues: Supported the following issues: -Certificate Of Need reform (TN)/Certificate Of Public Need (VA) reform -Continuation and monitoring of hospital assessment fee in Tennessee and Virginia -Mental health funding for inpatient psychiatric care - Tennessee and overall behavioral health funding in Virginia -Adequate TennCare funding in Tennessee -Limited hospital reporting requirements for surprise billing -Advocated for legislation and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funding in Tennessee to support residential treatment center for mothers with substance use disorders and their young children -Monitored progress of the TN Medicaid Block GrantExplanationTxt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Land LandGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$34,532,435OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value$34,532,435BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$107,868,250OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$42,636,323DepreciationAmt
Book Value$65,231,927BookValueAmt

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$4,555,466OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$3,021,422DepreciationAmt
Book Value$1,534,044BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$492,663,963OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$355,803,144DepreciationAmt
Book Value$136,860,819BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$8,689,607OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$2,211,840DepreciationAmt
Book Value$6,477,767BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$244,636,992TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Invst Program Related Org InvstProgramRelatedOrgGrp (6 entries)

DescDescBook ValueBookValueAmtMethod ValuationMethodValuationCd
Investment - BRMMC$100,310,432C
Investment - MSHA$125,042,522C
Investment - Premier$19,203,975C
Investment - MSJC-$1,064,220C
Investment - PRAM HLDG$332,439C
Investment - DePre HLDG$102,015C
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Program Rltd$243,927,163TotalBookValueProgramRltdAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (9 entries)

DescDescAmtAmt
Professional Liabilities Reserve$4,904,886
Asset Retirement Obligations$3,773,506
Retiree Health Care Benefit$1,298,884
Long-term Compensation Payable$4,102,573
Contributions Payable$16,864,413
Operating Lease Obligation ST$1,670,853
Operating Lease Obligation LT$2,751,503
SWAPS$5,390,394
Due to Affiliates-$8,553,974
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Liability$32,203,038TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote TextYes (X)FootnoteTextInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePart X, Line 2:FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation"Ballad is classified as an organization exempt from federal income taxes under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. As such, no provision for federal income taxes is included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. Taxable subsidiaries are discussed in Note K. No significant uncertain tax positions exist at June 30, 2022. Tax returns for 2019 through 2021 are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service."ExplanationTxt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant Records MaintainedYes (1)GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable (3 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1TxtCityUSAddress/CityNmState AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCdZIPUSAddress/ZIPCdRecipient EINRecipientEINIRC SectionIRCSectionDescCash GrantCashGrantAmtNon Cash AssistanceNonCashAssistanceAmtPurpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt
Autoplay Inc
122 Pickens RdKingsportTN37663814417391501C3$20,000$0Supports children with diagnosis of physical disability
Appalachian Mountain Project Access Inc
926 W Oakland Ave Ste 222Johnson CityTN37601262102040501C3$15,000$0Tri-Cities RAM Clinic Support
Coailition for Better Health
3796 Bedford Ave Ste 302NashvilleTN37215834259201501C3$20,000$0Improve health conditions & battle chronic, behavior-related diseases in TN
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org3Total501c3OrgCnt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePart I, Line 2 - Procedures for Monitoring Use of Grants Funds in U.S.FormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationThe Community Benefit and Population Health Committee for Ballad Health is comprised of members from Tennessee and Virginia. Committee members have various perspectives on community health improvement and work to develop an understanding of population health, philanthropy, community benefit obligations and the role Ballad Health plays in health access improvement. The senior leadership for Ballad Health, including the President and CEO and COO, attend the meetings. Among the responsibilities of the committee is ensuring charitable contributions comply with Ballad Health Board policies. All requests are submitted electronically with the required information to determine eligibility. After the committee has reviewed requests, various levels of approval are required, including the Ballad Health CEO or Ballad Health Board, based on the level of commitment. Applicants requesting funding for a specific event or program should include the following information: -Mission statement of organization -Year organization was founded -Tax status and federal taxpayer ID number -Website -Description of the event/program -Event/program budget -Other sources of income -Impact of the event/program on the health of residents in our region -Beneficiaries of contribution -Number of people served annually -Event/program accomplishments -Measure of accomplishmentsExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
First Class Or Charter TravelYes (X)FirstClassOrCharterTravelInd
Written Policy Ref T And E ExpnssYes (1)WrittenPolicyRefTAndEExpnssInd
Substantiation RequiredYes (1)SubstantiationRequiredInd
Compensation CommitteeYes (X)CompensationCommitteeInd
Independent ConsultantYes (X)IndependentConsultantInd
Compensation SurveyYes (X)CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee ApprovalYes (X)BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance PaymentYes (1)SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr PlanYes (1)SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp ArrngmYes (1)EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org0CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs0CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org0CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs0CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments0AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception0InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (13 entries)

TitleTitleTxtBase Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmtCompensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmtBonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmountBonus Related OrganizationsBonusRelatedOrganizationsAmtOther Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmtOther Compensation Rltd OrgsOtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmtDeferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmtDeferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmtNontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmtNontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmtTotal Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmtTotal Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmtComp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmtComp Report Prior990 Rltd OrgsCompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt
Alan Levine PresidentCEO
Executive Chair$1,328,603$0$1,687,893$0$1,066,533$0$216,552$0$23,791$0$4,323,372$0$1,002,170$0
Marvin Eichorn
EVP/CAO$738,294$0$347,261$0$68,911$0$17,100$0$26,804$0$1,198,370$0$0$0
Eric Deaton
EVP/COO$656,895$0$334,180$0$30,368$0$83,012$0$21,172$0$1,125,627$0$0$0
Lynn Krutak
EVP/CFO$638,754$0$299,081$0$19,133$0$80,962$0$23,301$0$1,061,231$0$0$0
Clay Runnels MD
EVP/Chief Phys Exec$539,228$0$244,092$0$27,828$0$68,561$0$25,204$0$904,913$0$0$0
Steve Kilgore
BHMA SVP$464,334$0$183,773$0$19,429$0$64,464$0$28,116$0$760,116$0$0$0
Tim Belisle EVP
General Counsel$444,154$0$202,357$0$24,072$0$61,801$0$25,605$0$757,989$0$0$0
Anthony Keck
EVP/CPHO$444,898$0$212,357$0$6,787$0$61,803$0$23,717$0$749,562$0$0$0
Amit Vashist MD
SVP Chief Clinical Officer$469,344$0$154,428$0$9,463$0$56,065$0$26,282$0$715,582$0$0$0
Pam Austin SVP
CIO$349,274$0$283,511$0$8,772$0$51,209$0$11,331$0$704,097$0$0$0
Shane Hilton SVP
CFO Market Operations$393,320$0$150,735$0$6,787$0$56,357$0$26,359$0$633,558$0$0$0
Lisa Smithgall SVP
Chief Nursing Executiv$377,014$0$156,307$0$4,927$0$53,375$0$18,685$0$610,308$0$0$0
Melissa Carr SVP
FMR Financial Management$289,836$0$128,892$0$3,182$0$15,696$0$11,085$0$448,691$0$0$0

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Part I, Line 1aUnless expressly approved by the Ballad Health Executive Chair/President, first-class transportation is generally not permitted. The Executive Chair/President may utilize first class travel for flights of a long duration. The Vice Chair/Lead Independent Director of the Board of Directors reviews and determines approval for expense reimbursement requests made by the Executive Chair/President. Charter flights must be approved in advance by the Executive Chair/President and are limited to business trips that can be justified based on financial savings, essential time savings and meeting logistics. On an annual basis, the Internal Audit Department of Ballad Health validates all charter travel was for valid business purposes and in compliance with the Ballad Health senior executive travel and business reimbursement policy.
Part I, Lines 4a-cThe following executives listed in Schedule J, Part II participated in a 457(f) retirement plan provided by Ballad Health (BH). The 457(f) plan is a nonqualified tax-deferred compensation plan available to a select group of key executives for the intent of supporting retention and to offer a competitive total retirement program. Account balances have a "substantial risk of forfeiture". In addition to creditor risk, substantial risk of forfeiture is created through default risk if the participant's employment with BH is terminated prior to age 65. However, the 457(f) plan contains a non-compete provision that provides the account balance to be paid in a lump sum after the executive satisfies the two-year non-compete period. This provision applies to employer contributions if the executive has provided eligible service for six or more years. The executive will receive the entire account balance if he/she becomes disabled, dies or if the executive terminates for "good reason or is involuntarily terminated without "good cause" within a 24-month period after a change-of-control occurs. Distributions from this plan are subject to federal, state, and local taxes on the entire account balance upon distribution. Additionally, during the year a one-time acceleration of the supplemental executive retirement plan occurred for the CEO in amount of $1,002,170. This amount was taxable in the year accelerated and is included in total compensation for purposes of reporting. Alan Levine $199,452 Eric Deaton $65,950 Lynn Krutak $63,862 Tony Keck $44,703 Tim Belisle $44,703 Steve Kilgore $47,364 Clay Runnels, MD $50,611 Shane Hilton $38,852 Lisa Smithgall $36,419 Pam Austin $32,348 Amit Vashist, MD $38,965

Schedule K IRS990ScheduleK

Tax Exempt Bonds Issues TaxExemptBondsIssuesGrp (2 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCdBond Issuer EINBondIssuerEINCUSIPCUSIPNumBond IssuedBondIssuedDtIssue PriceIssuePriceAmtPurposePurposeDescDefeasedDefeasedIndOn Behalf Of IssuerOnBehalfOfIssuerIndPool FinancingPoolFinancingInd
Hlth & Edu Facil Bd 2018
A830682499396649EX92018-06-06$820,526,657Assets & Capital Improvements000
Hlth & Edu Facil Bd 2022
B621464028478271KE82022-06-16$128,145,000Capital&Debt Refd000

Tax Exempt Bonds Proceeds TaxExemptBondsProceedsGrp (2 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCdRetiredRetiredAmtTotal ProceedsTotalProceedsAmtIssuance Costs From ProceedsIssuanceCostsFromProceedsAmtCapital ExpendituresCapitalExpendituresAmtSubstantial CompletionSubstantialCompletionYrRefunding Tax Exempt BondsRefundingTaxExemptBondsIndRefunding Taxable BondsRefundingTaxableBondsIndFinal Allocation MadeFinalAllocationMadeIndAdequate Books And Rec MaintAdequateBooksAndRecMaintIndRefunding EscrowRefundingEscrowAmt
A$162,280,000$820,545,037$9,240$820,535,7982022000Yes (1)
B$128,145,000$357,186$71,250,0002022Yes (1)00Yes (1)$56,375,000

Tax Exempt Bonds Private Bus Use TaxExemptBondsPrivateBusUseGrp (2 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCdOwning Bond Financed PropertyOwningBondFinancedPropertyIndAny Lease ArrangementsAnyLeaseArrangementsIndMgmt Contract Bond Fincd PropMgmtContractBondFincdPropIndEngage Bond Counsel ContractsEngageBondCounselContractsIndAny Research AgreementsAnyResearchAgreementsIndBond Iss Meet Prvt Sec Pymt TestBondIssMeetPrvtSecPymtTestIndChange In Use Bond Financed PropChangeInUseBondFinancedPropIndProcs Nonqualified Bond RemdtdProcsNonqualifiedBondRemdtdInd
A00Yes (1)Yes (1)000Yes (1)
B00Yes (1)Yes (1)000Yes (1)

Tax Exempt Bonds Arbitrage TaxExemptBondsArbitrageGrp (2 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCdForm8038 T FiledForm8038TFiledIndRebate Not Due YetRebateNotDueYetIndException To RebateExceptionToRebateIndNo Rebate DueNoRebateDueIndVariable Rate IssueVariableRateIssueIndHedge Identified In Bks And RecHedgeIdentifiedInBksAndRecIndGross Proceeds Invested In GICGrossProceedsInvestedInGICIndGross Proceeds InvestedGrossProceedsInvestedIndWritten Proc To Monitor ReqsWrittenProcToMonitorReqsInd
A0Yes (1)00Yes (1)000Yes (1)
B0Yes (1)Yes (1)0Yes (1)000Yes (1)

Procedures Corrective Action ProceduresCorrectiveActionGrp (2 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCdProcedures Corrective ActionProceduresCorrectiveActionInd
AYes (1)
BYes (1)

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePart II, Line 10FormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationPursuant to Section 1.150 - 1(a)(2)(ii) of the Treasury Regulations, the proceeds of the Bonds were used to acquire the assets of Mountain States Health Alliance and Wellmont Health System, and such expenditures would be treated as capital expenditures, and not the refunding of prior debt.ExplanationTxt

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Loans Btwn Org Interested Prsn LoansBtwnOrgInterestedPrsnGrp

Business Name BusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1M EichornBusinessNameLine1Txt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Relationship With OrgOfficerRelationshipWithOrgTxt
Loan PurposeSPLITLoanPurposeTxt
Loan From OrganizationYes (X)LoanFromOrganizationInd
Original Principal$2,808,925OriginalPrincipalAmt
Balance Due$5,007,341BalanceDueAmt
Default0DefaultInd
Board Or Committee ApprovalYes (1)BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Written Agreement0WrittenAgreementInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Balance Due$5,007,341TotalBalanceDueAmt

Bus Tr Involve Interested Prsn BusTrInvolveInterestedPrsnGrp

Name Of Interested NameOfInterested

Business Name BusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1Stephen StanleyBusinessNameLine1Txt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Relationship DescriptionFamily MemberRelationshipDescriptionTxt
Transaction$124,921TransactionAmt
TransactionSee Part VTransactionDesc
Sharing Of Revenues0SharingOfRevenuesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePart IV, Supplemental InformationFormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationPam Austin, SVP and CIO of Ballad Health, is a family member of Stephen Stanley, an employee of Ballad Health.ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (13 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Part III, Program Service AccomplishmentsBallad Health (Ballad) is an integrated healthcare delivery system consisting of 21 hospitals in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia, including a Level 1 Trauma Center, dedicated children's hospital, several community hospitals, three critical access hospitals, a behavioral health hospital, an addiction treatment facility, long-term care facilities, home care and hospice services, retail pharmacies, outpatient services and a comprehensive medical management corporation. Ballad works closely with an active independent medical community and community stakeholders to improve the health and well-being of over one million people in 29 counties of the Appalachian Highlands in Northeast Tennessee, Southwest Virginia, Northwest North Carolina, and Southeast Kentucky. Ballad is a Tennessee non-profit corporation and is the main provider of healthcare services in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. Ballad Health is a tax-exempt entity and the parent corporation of both Mountain States Health Alliance (MSHA) and Wellmont Health System (WHS). On February 1, 2018, Ballad was formed through a merger of two legacy systems, Mountain States Health Alliance and Wellmont Health System. Ballad was formed under state-action immunity in compliance with federal antitrust law, to create a healthier region and keep healthcare local. The action approving the merger was officially taken through the agreements made between Ballad and the State of Tennessee in the Certificate of Public Advantage (the "COPA") and the Letter Authorizing the Cooperative Agreement (the "CA") in Virginia. Pursuant to the COPA and CA, Ballad must fulfill certain obligations, commitments, and covenants. Tennessee and Virginia, through their respective health departments, supervise specific aspects of Ballad's operations under certain conditions of the COPA and the CA. The COPA and amendments is publicly available on the website of the Tennessee Department of Health, at https://www.tn.gov/health/health-program -areas/health-planning/certificate-of-public-advantage.html. The Cooperative Agreement is available on the website of the Virginia Department of Health, at https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/licensure- and-certification/cooperative-agreement/. Form 990 for MSHA includes eight wholly owned hospitals including a children's hospital and a behavioral health hospital; two others, also wholly owned by MSHA, each file a separate return. Form 990 for WHS includes six wholly owned hospitals; three others, also wholly owned, each file a separate return.
Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Public Health EmergencyIn March 2020, Ballad Health (Ballad) executed its disaster plan in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This plan included the activation of its Corporate Emergency Operations Command (CEOC) to coordinate efforts across the system and around the region to rapidly plan for and execute an ongoing response to the issues resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout 2021, Ballad continued to battle against COVID-19 as new variants emerged, such as the Delta and Omicron variants. As these variants spread through the Ballad service area, Ballad's emergency rooms experienced significant surges. In addition to caring for patients within the hospital's walls, Ballad also supported the community through testing and vaccination efforts. In 2021 alone, Ballad conducted almost 300,000 tests and delivered over 88,000 total doses of COVID-19 vaccines. In September 2021, Ballad expanded its Safe at Home program, which was designed to provide at-home COVID-19 care to include patients presenting at Ballad urgent care and primary care locations and those visiting Ballad hospitals. Launched in November 2020, the program aimed to prevent hospital overcrowding and conserve inpatient beds during current and expected COVID-19 surges. Eligible patients in the Safe at Home program were equipped with a pulse oximeter and thermometer to monitor their vitals at home and ensure they receive timely and appropriate care if their condition worsened. The program also involved regular interactions with Ballad's clinical team members via phone calls. In April of 2021, Ballad launched the region's first Center for Post-COVID Care, an innovative approach to COVID-19 care that creates an access point to comprehensive clinical care for patients struggling with post-COVID symptoms. Through the Center for Post-COVID Care, Ballad offers a full spectrum of services, including care navigation and case management, for post-COVID patients. The health system is also fostering research and learning opportunities and collaborating with other leading institutions to understand post-COVID care and increase awareness among healthcare providers, patients, and community members of this condition. In April 2022, Ballad closed its Corporate Emergency Operations Center. Ballad continues to vigilantly monitor COVID-19 and its variants in its service area and will respond accordingly. FOCUSING ON QUALITY
EMPHASIZING ZERO-HARM THROUGH TIERED SAFETY HUDDLES - As part of BalladHealth's systemwide initiative to improve safety and reduce harm, Ballad Health continued its tiered safety huddle program throughout the pandemic. Each day, frontline team members across the Ballad Health organization begin their morning with huddles focused on clinical quality and safety. These huddles provide an organized manner for team members to express opportunities to improve safety and quality and strive towards becoming a zero-harm institution. Any issues identified during those huddles are elevated to hospital leadership. If hospital leadership needs help to resolve the problem, the issue is further elevated to the market and corporate levels. Using this approach, Ballad Health can improve outcomes and enhance safety by rapidly deploying resources to support and solve safety issues as they arise. LAUNCH OF IBM/WATSON TOP HEALTH SYSTEM JOURNEY - Since the merger in 2018, one of Ballad Health's priorities has been to instill a zero-harm culture and become one of the highest-performing health systems in America for the quality of care it delivers to patients. After a rigorous review of the various systems for measuring that success, Ballad Health leaders chose IBM/Watson because it provided measurable, achievable, and valid guideposts for the health system. To help lead Ballad Health on this journey to become a top health system in the nation, health system leaders formed the IBM/Watson Top 15 Health System Task Force, comprised of stakeholders from multiple departments of Ballad Health. IBM/Watson identifies the 15 top-performing health systems in the nation based on four key performance domains: inpatient outcomes, extended outcomes, operational efficiency, and patient experience. Dr. Amit Vashist, Ballad Health's chief clinical officer, who leads the IBM/Watson top health system journey, stated, "We looked far and wide at various methodologies to identify the most appropriate benchmarks to measure ourselves against, and we ultimately chose IBM/Watson because it included an ideal blend of metrics and measures that are truly meaningful and appealed to our frontline clinicians, such as hospital-acquired conditions, ED throughput, readmissions, mortality, costs of care and length of stay." CLINICAL COUNCIL - A unique feature of Ballad Health is the establishment of a robust and diverse Clinical Council, comprised of about 30 physicians. The physicians were nominated by the leadership of all Ballad Health hospitals, the health system's medical group and independently practicing community physicians. The Council's members also include pharmacists, advanced practice providers and nurses. The Council reports directly to the Quality Committee of the Ballad Health Board of Directors. The council aims to ensure excellence in clinical care through physician engagement and leadership and is charged with guiding Ballad Health's transformation into a community health improvement system. As a result of the council's efforts, several important quality measures are now performing among the top-decile health systems in America. CONTINUED PUBLIC ADVANTAGE - Ballad's compliance with each of the COPA and CA is supervised by Tennessee and Virginia respectively. Ballad is in compliance with all terms of the COPA and CA. Each year since the creation of Ballad, the State of Tennessee and Commonwealth of Virginia have independently confirmed the public advantage created by the unification of the hospitals in the rural region. In the latest report dated June 2022, the Tennessee Department of Health highlighted that despite the significant changes for population health across the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic, the 11 Tennessee counties served by Ballad in "the COPA region performed better, and [were] shown to be healthier, than peer counties in 50 percent of population health" measures and that drug overdoses have decreased considerably in the region since the merger. The region also outperforms peer counties on all vaccination measures for children and adults. The overall cost of healthcare was reduced due to the reduction of preventable hospitalizations in adults 65 and older by almost half. The merger has reduced unnecessary administrative overhead costs and eliminated unnecessary duplication of high-cost services reducing the overall cost of care for the Appalachian Highlands. In the Tennessee Department of Health report covering the period of July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021, the department noted that as a combined health system, Ballad Health was able to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic "in ways that would not have been possible with two separate health systems" to ensure the deployment of staff, beds and personal protective equipment met the needs of the community and served as a trusted voice in the region for COVID-19 information. In each year before the COVID-19 pandemic, Ballad Health also maintained one of the nation's most successful Accountable Care Organizations, which has been highlighted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as one of a handful of organizations that have produced savings for taxpayers in each year since the program's creation, while making high-quality scores.
ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND GOVERNANCE (ESG)Ballad Health is committed to being a responsible and concerned citizen of the communities of the service area where it operates and is driven by its mission: "honor those we serve by delivering the best possible care." Ballad continues to deploy initiatives intended to improve the overall health and well-being of the over one million people living in its service area. ENVIRONMENTAL - Environmental stewardship and preserving the environment is important to Ballad and is demonstrated in the following practices: - Environmentally responsible supply chain - Encourage the recycling of materials and minimization of waste - Encourage the reduction of energy usage - Incorporate environmentally preferable alternatives when designing new construction SOCIAL - Social commitments are an integral part of Ballad's mission, vision, and values. By working and collaborating with others in the communities in which it serves, Ballad works "to build a legacy of superior health by listening to and caring for those we serve". Ballad provides direct and in-kind support to improve access to care and deliver healthy lifestyle services, education, and activities. The community health programs are designed to improve access and quality of care, strengthen community outreach and partnerships, decrease healthcare costs, and assist in the reduction of health care disparities in the region. Ballad has opened two new rural hospitals in the past five years. Ballad offers extensive education and outreach programs throughout the community at little or no cost to participants. Program areas include: - Community events, such as health fairs, screenings, flu shots, health and safety education, support groups, stroke education, baby and child health, and medical libraries - Children's resources, such as the Morning Mile Program, B.E.A.R. Buddies, car seat safety, and Families Thrive. - Heart and Soul, senior health, and well-being programs. - General health resources, individual health, nutrition, and safety education. - Regular health education speakers covering a wide range of topics. The following are some of the programs designed to improve healthcare equity and availability: Ballad as a Community Health Improvement Organization: Ballad's goal is to ensure the sustainability of rural healthcare services while improving the health and well-being of the region as a whole. In the short-term, Ballad will address health related social needs to improve access to care, reduce inequity, and empower individuals to adopt healthy behaviors and manage health conditions. In the long-term, Ballad will address social drivers of health to provide a community level foundation for permanent regional health improvement through multi-sector collective impact. Ballad is taking an intergenerational approach to focus on children's health initiatives to give kids a strong start in life, as well as assisting adults with overcoming obstacles to health and self-sufficiency. Ballad is on a journey to universalize social needs screening and prioritized navigation resources throughout the system using embedded Epic tools combined with the UniteUs referral management platform. These efforts are informed and supported by a multi-departmental team called the Social Needs Council which has accountability to the system Population Health Council, the Chief Population Health Officer, and ultimately the board Population Health and Social Responsibility Committee. STRONG Accountable Care Community: Driving Community Level Action and Change: The STRONG Accountable Care Community is a regional collective impact model focusing on community level strategies across a life course model that includes a multi-generation approach to parenting support and family self-sufficiency. Established in 2018, the STRONG Accountable Care Community (STRONG ACC), sponsored by Ballad, is a 350 organization, multi-sector model serving the same geographic footprint as Ballad and additional contiguous counties. The STRONG ACC has adopted the "Five Conditions of Collective Impact": a common agenda, shared measurement, mutually reinforcing activities, continuous communication, and backbone support. Ballad is providing backbone support and investing in the STRONG ACC because the health system believes the collective impact model is necessary to accelerate, leverage, and sustain community level change. The STRONG ACC is also using the UniteUs platform for a "no wrong door" approach to social needs across hundreds of networked organizations. The organization is also creating an Early Care and Education Plan for all of Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. For more information, visit https://www.strongacc.org/. Accountable Health Communities ("AHC"): When Ballad was awarded the Accountable Health Communities grant from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in 2017, the system acted on its vision to universalize social needs screening and navigation. Health related social needs create major barriers to health for some individuals. Since its inception, the program has screened 182,000 individuals on Medicare or Medicaid and identified 50,000 distinct needs, working with nearly 2,000 regional organizations to successfully connect individuals to services which provide food, housing, transportation, safety support, and utilities among other needs. AHC has provided 29,681 community referrals and navigation for 7,573 patients. The program has revealed new information about the extent of social needs within Ballad's patient environment and informed the goal to scale social needs screening and navigation services throughout the organization. Appalachian Highlands Care Network: Appalachian Highlands Care Network, started in 2020, is Ballad's program to serve low-income, uninsured people of the region through a realignment of charity care dollars. The goals of the Appalachian Highlands Care Network are to identify low-income uninsured people, enroll them in the program, and serve them to improve quality of care, increase access to care, and reduce avoidable cost of care. Patients in the program receive free needed medical care from Ballad and a network of other providers. This includes ensuring all patients have a source of primary care and are screened and navigated to social need resources, provided with medical care coordination, and assisted through care management services. Ballad partners significantly with Appalachian Mountain Project Access, the region's free and reduced cost clinics and health departments, and hundreds of regional social support agencies to break down barriers to medical care, improve chronic conditions like diabetes, and address social needs. To date, the program has enrolled more than 4,800 individuals.
STRONG Starts: Ballad believes safe, stable, nurturing environmentsfor children are essential to optimal early development and later success in life. Started in 2021, STRONG Starts is aimed at improving birth outcomes and reducing the negative impact of chronic stress for mothers, babies and families. The birth of a new baby is a pivotal time for a mother and her family. No one should feel alone or unsupported during this time. Ballad seeks to connect with every expectant mother as early in her pregnancy as possible to ensure access to early prenatal care - all in partnership with the region's obstetric providers. As the life situation and pregnancy experience for every woman is different, Ballad will build supportive relationships aligned with the unique circumstances of every woman and family. With embedded staff in the region's obstetric practices and hospital birthing centers, these relationships begin early. Staff will help families connect with community resources for issues from food/housing insecurity to parenting resources to education/job training. To date, the program has screened more than 7,300 women and served nearly 3,000 through the course of their pregnancies. The program continues into the post-natal and early stage of life. Ballad staff assist those in the program through kindergarten entry with a whole-family approach. This ongoing relationship will help with evolving needs and the transition in healthcare from the obstetric environment to the pediatric environment. Ballad works with regional pediatricians to ensure they can refer children and families into the program. The developmental milestones of children will be assessed so early supports can be provided, and Ballad assist with connections to community resources as children grow, including programs which support resiliency and early learning environments. Ballad seeks to further support the safety, stability, and self-sufficiency of families and to help ensure children enter kindergarten developmentally, socially, and emotionally ready to learn. This first experience with the educational system is foundational, as it sets the tone for later success with grade level reading, math proficiency, and the academic discipline needed to ensure high school graduation and college and career readiness. These benchmarks are predictors of later economic and health outcomes which can reshape the life trajectory, health, and well-being for children and families for generations to come. To date, this section of the program has served more than 2,000 families. In addition to these programs, Ballad invests significant funding annually to support partnering organizations, Community Health Improvement Sites, who provide aligned services and mutually serve the populations mentioned above. These services include free health services, care coordination, housing supports, substance use and recovery, social needs support, maternal/child supports, early learning and literacy improvement initiatives, and women's health services. Ballad also provides a host of other services to vulnerable populations including free cancer screenings, mobile health services, health fairs, children's resources, and health education programs notably through a network of faith community nurses. The health system continued to address the cost of care in the region. For example, Ballad successfully managed the care of thousands of COVID-19 patients in their homes through the "Safe at Home" program. The program served 5,654 patients and saved millions of dollars in potential hospitalization costs and freed up hospital capacity for the most seriously ill patients. Based on the strength of this program, Ballad's Hospital at Home waiver was approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for Ballad's Bristol Regional Medical Center, Holston Valley Medical Center and Johnson City Medical Center. This waiver will allow Ballad to provide hospital-level care at home for Medicare patients who traditionally qualify for hospital admission. Early results from similar programs around the country indicate high patient satisfaction and quality outcomes at a lower cost than traditional inpatient hospitalization.
GovernanceGovernance is overseen by the Ballad Board of Directors and ongoing ESG work through the following committees: - Audit and Compliance - environmental and sustainability performance - Community Benefit & Population Health - social and community goals and performance - Executive Compensation - human capital; diversity, equity, and inclusion; and pay equity goals and performance - Governance - governance goals and performance - Quality - equity of care, patient safety and quality of care goals and performance Ballad has a conflict-of-interest policy and plans to align reporting with the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board's topics for disclosure and other reporting frameworks in the coming years. Ballad has leader diversity with 30% of CEOs being females and 33% of Executive Vice Presidents being females. Forbes recognized Ballad as The Best Employers for Diversity in 2020. CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS - From its inception in February of 2018, Ballad Health made significant contributions to the community it serves totaling over $29 million to date in direct contributions and other community health improvement initiatives. A few examples from fiscal year 2022 include: Support for Speedway Children's Charities, aid to Feeding Southwest Virginia, provision of new EKG equipment to regional emergency medical services, and investments in regional programs for schoolchildren. IMPROVING ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE SERVICES RE-IMAGINE RURAL HEALTHCARE - Our region has a variety of health, economic and other issues that, when combined, present a unique and challenging environment for healthcare access and outcomes. These unique challenges were reaffirmed in a 2017 report issued by the Appalachian Regional Commission, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Foundation for a Healthier Kentucky (Health Disparities in Appalachia), which found that the health outcomes in the greater Appalachian region are worse than those experienced in the United States as a whole in 7 of the 10 leading causes of death: heart disease, cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), injury, stroke, diabetes and suicide. The region also faces economic challenges, with performance on incomes, poverty rates, unemployment rates and postsecondary education lagging the national level. This is relevant because, as the study notes, socioeconomic and health outcomes are often interrelated, if not interdependent. Since 2010, more than 151 rural hospitals have closed in the United States, according to the North Carolina Rural Health Research Program. Compared to other states, Tennessee ranks amongst the worst in the nation, with 15 rural hospital closures since 2005. In the region served by Ballad Health, however, it is a different story. Every community in the region with a hospital prior to the merger creating Ballad Health continues to be served by a hospital. In fact, in the middle of the pandemic, Ballad Health opened the country's newest rural hospital. In July 2021, Ballad Health followed through on its promise to the residents of Lee County, Virginia, and reopened Lee County Community Hospital in Pennington Gap. CREATED SINGLE COORDINATED REGIONAL TRAUMA SYSTEM - A critical success factor of the COPA and CA is avoidance of duplication of hospital resources. Ballad Health consolidated two Level I trauma centers operating within 25 miles of each other and subsequently created a coordinated regional trauma system. In approving this move in advance of the merger, the State of Tennessee relied upon the evidence published in multiple respected studies which found higher volume trauma centers lead to improved outcomes. The move toward a single coordinated trauma system followed the guidance of the American College of Surgeons (ACS), which verifies trauma centers. The Tennessee Department of Health, after conducting a rigorous review of the trauma program at Johnson City Medical Center, issued its Level I Trauma Center Reverification Site Visit Report. The report found the hospital "has demonstrated an outstanding commitment to care for the injured patient." Further, the survey resulted in zero deficiencies, a first for trauma care in the region. CONSOLIDATED REGIONAL PERINATAL CENTER - Tennessee law requires a regionalized system of care for high-risk newborns. As a result of this law, Tennessee recognizes five regional perinatal centers. Niswonger Children's Hospital at Johnson City Medical Center is the designated center for regional perinatal care for the Appalachian Highlands. Prior to the merger, two neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) existed and were not coordinated. After the merger, Ballad Health immediately took steps to consolidate the NICUs to achieve a more sustainable and coordinated system of care for neonates, while also reducing the costs associated with maintaining two lower-volume units. After this consolidation, Ballad Health partnered with ETSU's Quillen College of Medicine to provide ongoing expert neonatology coverage for the hospital 24 hours per day. As a result of the merger and NICU consolidation, every newborn in the region has access to more than 25 pediatric specialists at the regional Perinatal Center. EXPANDED ACCESS TO PEDIATRIC SPECIALTIES - With financial support from Ballad Health and the State of Tennessee, the ETSU Quillen College of Medicine was able to successfully recruit pediatric surgeons to support Niswonger Children's Hospital. Our partners at ETSU's Quillen College of Medicine also provide 24/7 neonatology coverage for the NICU. Ballad Health now proudly meets the highest standards for regional perinatal care, something that was not thought possible prior to the merger creating Ballad Health. PARTNERSHIP WITH ETSU TO CREATE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM IN ADDICTION MEDICINE - Ballad Health and East Tennessee State University formed a partnership to create a new fellowship program in addiction medicine. As part of its commitment to expand education and training in the region, Ballad Health will fund any unreimbursed costs of the fellowship program which, over a 10-year period, could cost more than $2.5 million. ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTER FOR RURAL HEALTH RESEARCH - Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced the creation of a new Center for Rural Health Research that will be housed at the College of Public Health at East Tennessee State University. In addition to state funding, Ballad Health has committed to contributing more than $15 million during the next 10 years to the Center. The goal of the Center will be to work with Ballad Health, local healthcare delivery partners, national experts and the leadership of ETSU Health to identify new mechanisms to improve health in rural and nonurban communities. Specific emphasis will be placed on strategies that disrupt inter-generational cycles of behaviors that contribute to poor health outcomes, which ultimately can affect college and career-readiness. RECRUITMENT OF NEW PHYSICIANS TO THE APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS - Ballad Health provided the necessary resources to recruit new specialists to serve our region, many of whom were recruited to private practices not owned by Ballad Health. The addition of specialists is helping to improve access to care in rural communities. For instance, Wise County, Virginia now benefits from an orthopedist, a cardiologist and several other physicians and providers. Wythe County, Virginia, a community not served by a Ballad Health hospital, benefits from a cardiologist recruited by Ballad Health. Throughout the region, new physicians and advanced practitioners, recruited and funded by Ballad Health, are serving the region - from trauma care to pediatrics, from Wythe County, Virginia to Hancock County, Tennessee.
OTHER NOTABLE EVENTS AND AWARDS- Ballad has invested significantly across the region specifically in academic and community institutions that serve the people in the Service Area. Examples of this investment are shown through the continuum of service from the offering of observation opportunities to students of all ages within our clinical facilities, to providing experts to lecture to school children on a broad variety of healthcare topics. The commitment to giving back extends to direct investment in regional educational partners. Some key examples of this include the Appalachian Highlands Center for Nursing Advancement, The Center for Rural Health Research, the STRONG BRAIN Institute, and the Gatton College of Pharmacy Center for Pharmacy, Education, Outreach, and Advocacy. The work of these centers at ETSU focuses on some of the leading issues facing the Service Area, from the development and support of the next evolution of nursing as a profession, to understanding the unique challenges facing our public health, to the scourge of adverse childhood experiences, to access and intervention at the community pharmacy, Ballad is committed to understanding and addressing the significant issues facing the Service Area. - Ballad is also engaged in funding the development of new and expanded healthcare training programs across the region. Ballad has granted support of programs in Nursing and Allied Health. From a new BSN program in Southwest Virginia at Emory & Henry College, to a new program in Ultrasonography at Southwest Virginia Community College, we are supporting programs large and small. We have expanded the Medical-legal partnership we have in the Appalachian Highlands to include all of the Ballad facilities as well as many of the outpatient clinics. This one-of-a-kind program partners Ballad with Virginia Tech and the Appalachian School of Law together to address the challenges of access to social supports for the poorest members of the Service Area. Ballad is a sponsor of a residency in Advanced Education Graduate Dentistry in Southwest Virginia. This program has seen dramatic growth over the years and surpassed 10,000 patients cared for in fiscal year 2022. The endemic problem of poor oral hygiene across Service Area accounts for loss of economic opportunity, loss of self-esteem, and profound impacts on the health of individuals suffering from missing or diseased teeth. - Ballad's research department serves as the central office for multi-specialty research oversight in the System. In addition to providing full spectrum support for studies generated and managed by the research department, the department provides oversight for studies generated by external groups. The research department has participated in several large-scale, multi-center trials with subject retention at nearly 100%. Oversight services include administrative, legal, regulatory support, internal service arrangement and financial management. Ballad is a world leader in cardiovascular clinical trials. Ballad's chair of clinical research and medical director of the interventional and diagnostic catheterization labs led a new clinical trial in the United States for a potentially groundbreaking new carotid stent. The cardiovascular program at Holston Valley has performed as the No. 1 or No. 2 enroller in the United States and globally in at least 30 top research trials. - Received its Accreditation/Department of Distinction from the International Association for Healthcare Security & Safety (IAHSS) - Recognized by Harvard University and UnitedHealthcare as one of four healthcare organizations leading the way towards a 3D model for value-based care - Earned the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) Digital Health Most Wired. - After the creation of a regional and coordinated system of trauma care nearly two years prior, in July 2021, a Tennessee Department of Health survey concluded the trauma program serving the Appalachian Highlands provides "outstanding commitment to care for the injured patient and found zero deficiencies at the Level I Trauma Center at Johnson City Medical Center, a first for trauma care in the region. As a result of the regional and coordinated system of trauma care, Ballad decreased mortality by 40% and reduced the cost of care by approximately $3 million. - Ballad has achieved seven EPIC Gold Stars.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11bThe Ballad Health Tax Department prepares and reviews the Form 990. During preparation other functional areas within the organization provide information and support to complete an accurate return. The return is reviewed by the organization's EVP/CFO and is provided in electronic form to all members of the Board of Directors prior to being filed with the IRS.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12cBallad Health has a conflict of interest policy for all members of the Board of Directors, the Executive Chair/President, Executive Vice Presidents, Senior Vice Presidents, and Vice Presidents, and applies to all Ballad Health organizations. All persons covered by this policy are required to complete a conflict of interest disclosure form on an annual basis. Should a conflict arise, it is the responsibility of the conflicted individual to update his or her disclosure immediately. All meetings of the board or board committees have a standing agenda item first on the agenda titled "Conflicts of Interest". If a member of the board or board committee has a conflict of interest involving any issue on the board agenda, he or she must declare the conflict of interest during the period allotted for disclosure. If any issue arises during a meeting in which the board member has a conflict of interest, he or she must immediately declare the conflict. While each member of the board or board committee is responsible for disclosing conflicts of interest, it is also the responsibility of any board member aware of a conflict which has not been disclosed to ensure the board is made aware. The presiding officer of a board or board committee meeting may ask a conflicted member to excuse themselves from the meeting during the discussion related to the issue with which the conflict of interest applies. Under no circumstances shall a member vote on a matter that gives rise to a potential conflict.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15Line 15a Compensation Process for Top Official: The executive compensation committee serves as the compensation oversight committee of Ballad Health's Board of Directors. The executive compensation committee is comprised of members who are determined to be independent and whom are not reliant upon any business relationship with Ballad Health for income or compensation. The compensation plan for Alan Levine, Ballad Health's Chairman, President and CEO, was reviewed and approved by the executive compensation committee and then by the Ballad Health Board of Directors in accordance with the Board's compensation policy and practice. The Board of Directors relies upon the advice of an independent and experienced compensation consultant with knowledge about pay practices for comparable positions within the industry, and who has access to broad data, studies and surveys in order to ensure the compensation falls within competitive and appropriate ranges for the position. Part VI, Line 15b Compensation Process for Officers & Key Employees: On an annual basis, Ballad Health's Human Resources (H/R) Department evaluates compensation for all executives at a position level of Assistant Vice President and above. H/R's evaluation is based on market data obtained from independent third-party consultants for positions with similar responsibilities at similarly situated organizations. Based on this comparable data, Ballad Health's President & CEO evaluates the data and submits his recommendations to Ballad Health's Board of Directors for their final review and approval. In addition, Ballad Health offers an incentive plan to executives based on targeted achievement metrics approved by the Ballad Health Board of Directors which include Quality of Care, Access to Care, Cost Management, etc.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19Governing documents and conflict of interest policy are made available upon request to the appropriate parties requesting them. Financial statements are made available upon request to appropriate parties requesting them, and they are made available to those parties who own indebtedness of the company on a quarterly basis.
Form 990, Part IX, line 11gConsulting Fees: Program service expenses 1,431,081. Management and general expenses 2,255,832. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 3,686,913. Contract Labor: Program service expenses 2,026,583. Management and general expenses 2,004,859. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 4,031,442. COVID - 19: Program service expenses 571,093. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 571,093. Mars Julia Davis Collection Center: Program service expenses 2,090,387. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 2,090,387. Project EPIC: Program service expenses 2,793,343. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 2,793,343. Quality Improvement: Program service expenses 1,097,605. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 1,097,605. Other: Program service expenses 0. Management and general expenses 2,853,009. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 2,853,009.
Form 990, Part XI, line 9:Change in Fair Value of interest Rate Swap -4,731,812. Elimination of Intercompany Rec/Pay 230,589,749. Other Acquisition -204,872,947. Temp. Restricted Grants -135,264.

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Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1TxtCityUSAddress/CityNmState AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCdZIPUSAddress/ZIPCdEINEINPrimary ActivitiesPrimaryActivitiesTxtLegal Domicile StateLegalDomicileStateCdBusiness Name Line1DirectControllingEntityName/BusinessNameLine1TxtEntity TypeEntityTypeTxtShare Of Total IncomeShareOfTotalIncomeAmtShare Of EOY AssetsShareOfEOYAssetsAmtOwnershipOwnershipPctControlled OrganizationControlledOrganizationIndAddress Line1ForeignAddress/AddressLine1TxtCityForeignAddress/CityNmProvince Or StateForeignAddress/ProvinceOrStateNmCountryForeignAddress/CountryCdLegal Domicile Foreign CountryLegalDomicileForeignCountryCd
Blue Ridge Medical Management Corp
1905 American WayKingsportTN37660621490616Medical ServicesTNMSHAC$130,961,478$221,268,8531.000000
Mediserve Medical Equipment
1905 American WayKingsportTN37660621212286Durable Medical EquipmentTNBRMMCC-$2,049,696$6,252,0401.000000
Mountain States Properties
1905 American WayKingsportTN37660621845895Property ManagementTNBRMMCC$15,159,843$148,273,3721.000000
Mountain States Physician Grp
1905 American WayKingsportTN37660621700412Medical ServicesTNBRMMCC$51,586,650$9,440,1141.000000
Community Home Care Inc
1490 Park Avenue NW Suite BNortonVA24273541453810Durable Medical EquipmentVAWHSC-$636,325$1,349,1721.000000
Wilson Pharmacy Inc
P O Box 5289Johnson CityTN37604620329587PharmacyTNBRMMCC$6,177,545$6,793,6551.000000
Wellmont Inc
1905 American WayKingsportTN37660621320035Medical ServicesTNWHSC-$90,078,7521.000000
Wellmont Physician Services
1905 American WayKingsportTN37660621567353Medical ServicesTNWHSC1.000000
WPS Providers Inc
1905 American WayKingsportTN37660205564642Medical ServicesTNWHSC1.000000
Wellmont Health Services Inc
1905 American WayKingsportTN37660621254373Medical ServicesTNWHSC$829,113$2,082,0311.000000
Wellmont Insurance Co SPC LTD
981195624InsuranceWHSC$261,262$28,533,0351.000000P O Box 30600Grand CaymonKY1-1203CJCJ
Nolichuckey Management Svcs Inc
1420 Tusculum BoulevardGreenevilleTN37745621776681Medical ServicesTNTRHC$573,625$5,379,5201.000000
Ballad Ventures LLC
400 N State of Franklin RdJohnson CityTN37604844214681InvestmentsTNBalladC$878,965$6,740,0451.000000
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Annts Rnts RyltsYes (1)ReceiptOfIntAnntsRntsRyltsInd
Gift Grnt Or Cap Contri To Oth Org0GiftGrntOrCapContriToOthOrgInd
Gift Grnt Cap Contri From Oth Org0GiftGrntCapContriFromOthOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org0LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees From Oth Org0LoansOrGuaranteesFromOthOrgInd
Div Related Organization0DivRelatedOrganizationInd
Asset Sale To Other Org0AssetSaleToOtherOrgInd
Asset Purchase From Other Org0AssetPurchaseFromOtherOrgInd
Asset Exchange0AssetExchangeInd
Rental Of Facilities To Oth Org0RentalOfFacilitiesToOthOrgInd
Rental Of Fclts From Oth OrgYes (1)RentalOfFcltsFromOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services For Oth OrgYes (1)PerformOfServicesForOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services By Other OrgYes (1)PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgInd
Sharing Of Facilities0SharingOfFacilitiesInd
Paid Employees SharingYes (1)PaidEmployeesSharingInd
Reimbursement Paid To Other OrgYes (1)ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrgInd
Reimbursement Paid By Other OrgYes (1)ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrgInd
Transfer To Other OrgYes (1)TransferToOtherOrgInd
Transfer From Other OrgYes (1)TransferFromOtherOrgInd

Transactions Related Org TransactionsRelatedOrgGrp (46 entries)

Transaction TypeTransactionTypeTxtInvolvedInvolvedAmtMethod Of Amount DeterminationMethodOfAmountDeterminationTxt
Abingdon Physician Partners
Q$735,890Cost
Ballad Health Foundation
Q$68,340Cost
Ballad Ventures LLC
R$1,482,187Cost
Blue Ridge Medical Management
S$673,645Cost
Blue Ridge Medical Management
O$5,942,927Cost
Blue Ridge Medical Management
Q$7,400,981Cost
Blue Ridge Medical Management
M$57,769Cost
Blue Ridge Medical Management
L$228,727Cost
Dickenson Community Hospital
O$465,582Cost
Dickenson Community Hospital
Q$1,381,323Cost
East TN Healthcare Holdings Inc
A$251,768Cost
East TN Healthcare Holdings Inc
Q$239,517Cost
Johnston Memorial Hospital
R$68,195Cost
Johnston Memorial Hospital
Q$19,203,565Cost
Johnston Memorial Hospital
O$5,557,144Cost
Johnston Memorial Hospital
L$452,324Cost
Mediserve Medical Equipment
Q$526,167Cost
Mountain States Health Alliance
A$1,123,607Cost
Mountain States Health Alliance
O$35,680,586Cost
Mountain States Health Alliance
Q$117,731,884Cost
Mountain States Health Alliance
L$3,486,585Cost
Mountain States Health Alliance
M$622,020Cost
Mountain States Properties
K$914,069Cost
Mountain States Properties
P$101,928Cost
Smyth County Community Hospital
O$1,793,037Cost
Smyth County Community Hospital
L$106,389Cost
Smyth County Community Hospital
Q$8,141,840Cost
Takoma Regional Hospital Inc DBA Greeneville Comm Hosp
O$3,879,571Cost
Takoma Regional Hospital Inc DBA Greeneville Comm Hosp
Q$20,283,689Cost
Takoma Regional Hospital Inc DBA Greeneville Comm Hosp
L$463,642Cost
Wellmont Cardiology Services
Q$3,287,019Cost
Wellmont Hawkins Co Memorial Hospital
O$659,099Cost
Wellmont Hawkins Co Memorial Hospital
A$346,528Cost
Wellmont Hawkins Co Memorial Hospital
Q$1,164,398Cost
Wellmont Health System
L$3,524,691Cost
Wellmont Health System
O$31,674,968Cost
Wellmont Health System
R$800,169Cost
Wellmont Health System
K$92,750Cost
Wellmont Health System
S$5,468,549Cost
Wellmont Health System
Q$100,613,308Cost
Wellmont Madison House
Q$135,533Cost
Wellmont Medical Associates
K$1,032,552Cost
Wellmont Medical Associates
Q$7,255,601Cost
Wellmont Wexford House
O$432,789Cost
Wellmont Wexford House
Q$2,569,037Cost
Wilson Pharmacy
Q$443,086Cost