EDWARD W SPARROW HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization: EDWARD W SPARROW HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (EIN 38-1360584)
Tax period: 2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31
Filed: 2012-11-08
IRS object ID: 201213139349300346
Schema version: 2011v1.2
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule C
Schedule D
Schedule H
Schedule J
Schedule K
Schedule L
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2012-11-08T09:52:33-06:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2011-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	ANDREWS HOOPER PAVLIK PLC	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	4295 OKEMOS RD STE 200	AddressLine1
City	OKEMOS	City
State	MI	State
ZIP Code	488646201	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2011-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	381360584	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	EDWARD W SPARROW HOSPITAL	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	EDWA	NameControl
Phone	5173646060	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1215 E MICHIGAN AVENUE	AddressLine1
City	LANSING	City
State	MI	State
ZIP Code	48912	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	PAULA REICHLE	Name
Title	CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER	Title
Phone	5173646060	Phone
Date Signed	2012-10-30	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	MARK E HOOPER	Name
Phone	5177060800	Phone
Date Prepared	2012-11-08	DatePrepared

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2011	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	DENNIS SWAN	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1215 E MICHIGAN AVENUE	AddressLine1
City	LANSING	City
State	MI	State
ZIP Code	48912	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	824615045	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	WWW.SPARROW.ORG	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	1896	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	MI	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING QUALITY, COMPASSIONATE CARE TO EVERYONE, EVERY TIME.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	14	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	9	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	6256	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	2200	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	7842864	TotalGrossUBI
Net Unrelated Business Txbl Income	1352166	NetUnrelatedBusinessTxblIncome
Contributions Grants Prior Year	2841284	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	1335149	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	766073531	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	789813609	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	19222282	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	14265498	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	11400923	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	17387102	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	799538020	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	822801358	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	421151306	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	413449455	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	0	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	343566103	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	369464097	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	764717409	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	782913552	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	34820611	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	39887806	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	836325762	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	885092601	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	484394167	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	528074194	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	351931595	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	357018407	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Info In Schedule O Part III	X	InfoInScheduleOPartIII
Mission Description	IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING QUALITY, COMPASSIONATE CARE TO EVERYONE, EVERY TIME.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	276473545	Expense
Revenue	412136617	Revenue
Description	SPARROW HOSPITAL HAS, SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1896, PROVIDED CARE TO PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF THEIR RACE, CREED, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN, HANDICAP, AGE, OR ABILITY TO PAY. SPARROW IS A NON-PROFIT, COMMUNITY-GOVERNED HOSPITAL AND THE FLAGSHIP OF THE SPARROW HEALTH SYSTEM, A COMPREHENSIVE INTEGRATED HEALTH DELIVERY SYSTEM COMMITTED WITHIN ITS RESOURCES TO IMPROVING THE HEALTH STATUS OF ALL PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE MID-MICHIGAN REGION BY PROVIDING QUALITY, COMPASSIONATE CARE TO EVERYONE, EVERY TIME. SPARROW HOSPITAL IS A 676-BED, MAJOR TEACHING HOSPITAL (AFFILIATED WITH MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY'S COLLEGES OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE, HUMAN MEDICINE AND NURSING) AND THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, ACUTE CARE CENTER IN MID-MICHIGAN. SPARROW IS THE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER FOR: PEDIATRICS, CANCER CARE INCLUDING RADIATION THERAPY, TRAUMA CARE, NEUROLOGICAL CARE, HIGH-RISK OBSTETRICS, NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, AND CARDIOVASCULAR SERVICES. SPARROW TREATED MORE THAN 33,000 INPATIENTS, HAD MORE THAN 1.2 MILLION OUTPATIENT ENCOUNTERS, AND PROVIDED SERVICES TO ABOUT 123,000 EMERGENCY MEDICINE PATIENTS IN 2011. TODAY'S SPARROW HEALTH SYSTEM BLENDS THE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE OF OVER 900 PHYSICIANS, 7,500 CAREGIVERS AND APPROXIMATELY 2,000 VOLUNTEERS WITH THE MOST ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY, SERVING AS A COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH SYSTEM FOR AN EIGHT-COUNTY POPULATION. IN ADDITION, MORE PEOPLE CHOOSE SPARROW FOR THEIR MATERNITY NEEDS (MORE THAN 4,100 DELIVERIES ANNUALLY), REHABILITATION, AND EMERGENCY TREATMENT THAN ANY OTHER HOSPITAL IN MID-MICHIGAN. SPARROW HEALTH SYSTEM'S REACH EXTENDS FAR BEYOND THE ACUTE CARE SETTING OF THE HOSPITAL. THERE ARE MANY WAYS OUR STAFF PROACTIVELY SUPPORTS THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO HAVE THE GREATEST NEED. BECAUSE OF SPARROW'S COMMITMENT, THE PEOPLE OF MID-MICHIGAN HAVE ACCESS TO THE FULL RANGE OF COMPREHENSIVE ACUTE CARE SERVICES AND THE LATEST MEDICAL ADVANCES WITHOUT TRAVELING GREAT DISTANCES. THESE SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE TO ALL MID-MICHIGAN RESIDENTS, REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY. PROVIDING ACCESS TO PRIMARY CARE - SPARROW RECOGNIZES THAT IF WE ARE TO ACHIEVE OUR VISION OF BEING A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED LEADER IN QUALITY AND THE PATIENT EXPERIENCE, WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE THE LEAD IN FUNDAMENTALLY TRANSFORMING HEALTH CARE IN MICHIGAN. IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES OF INCREASING PREVALENCE OF CHRONIC DISEASE AND AN AGING POPULATION, TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF CARE AND THE PATIENT EXPERIENCE WHILE ALSO ENSURING GREATER AFFORDABILITY FOR PAYORS, SPARROW NEEDS TO IMPLEMENT PROFOUND CHANGES IN HOW CARE IS PROVIDED. SPARROW IS COMMITTED TO SEEKING NEW WAYS TO PARTNER WITH QUALITY CARE PROVIDERS TO CREATE GREATER ALIGNMENT AROUND IMPROVED QUALITY AND PATIENT EXPERIENCE, WORK JOINTLY TO DEVELOP CLINICAL GUIDELINES TO ENSURE THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF CARE FOR PATIENTS WHO NEED TO BE TRANSFERRED TO DIFFERENT LEVELS OF CARE AND TO ENSURE THAT CARE IS ALWAYS DELIVERED IN THE BEST QUALITY AND MOST COST-ADVANTAGEOUS CLINICAL SETTING AS CLOSE TO THE PATIENTS HOME AS POSSIBLE. SPARROW WAS SELECTED TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE MAYO CLINIC CARE NETWORK (IN 2012), SOLIDIFYING OUR DEDICATION TO MEETING OUR PATIENTS HEALTHCARE NEEDS RIGHT HERE IN MID- MICHIGAN. SPARROW ALSO HOLDS AFFILIATIONS WITH SPARROW CLINTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, SPARROW IONIA HOSPITAL, CARSON CITY HOSPITAL, AND HAYES GREEN BEACH HOSPITAL EXTENDING OUR REACH THROUGHOUT THE REGION. SPARROW COMMUNITY CARE - A NON-PROFIT ENTITY COMPRISING THE FORMER SPARROW MEDICAL SUPPLY AND SPARROW HOME CARE UNITS WITH SPARROW LABORATORIES AND SPARROW PHARMACY PLUS ROUND OUT SPARROW HEALTH SYSTEM'S NETWORK OF FACILITIES AND PRIMARY CARE SERVICES. THEY ARE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE QUALITY, CONVENIENT, COST EFFECTIVE HEALTH CARE TO THE PEOPLE OF MID-MICHIGAN. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS - SPARROW HAS DISTINGUISHED ITSELF AS A RECOGNIZED LEADER IN EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. THE HOSPITAL VIEWS PREPAREDNESS AS AN ONGOING PROCESS LED BY A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM THAT INVOLVES ALL ASPECTS OF HOSPITAL OPERATIONS, INCLUDING MEDICAL AND NON-MEDICAL SERVICES. DRILLS ARE CONDUCTED YEAR-ROUND IN COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES TO ENSURE SPARROW IS PREPARED FOR ANY DISASTER, WHETHER IT IS THE RESULT OF A TERRORIST ACT OR A NATURAL DISASTER. SPARROW'S EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS COMMITTEE REGULARLY TESTS THE HOSPITAL'S RESPONSE SKILLS INDEPENDENT OF ANY AGENCY OR GOVERNING BODY. THE HOSPITAL ALSO WORKS WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, INCLUDING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO COORDINATE A PLANNED RESPONSE IN THE EVENT OF A TRUE EMERGENCY. SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOODS - SPARROW IS THE UNQUESTIONED LEADER IN MID-MICHIGAN IN PROVIDING HEALTHCARE SERVICES AND PROMOTING HEALTH-RELATED ACTIVITIES. SPARROW PROVIDES FIRST-AID SERVICES AT MANY SPECIAL EVENTS INCLUDING MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL GAMES, LANSING LUGNUTS BASEBALL GAMES AND THE CITY OF LANSING'S ANNUAL COMMON GROUND MUSIC FESTIVAL. SPARROW ALSO SPONSORS DOZENS OF HEALTH-RELATED ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING THE ANNUAL LANSING WOMEN'S EXPO, HIKE FOR HOSPICE, THE FEELIN' GOOD MILEAGE CLUB FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND FITKIDS. SPARROW ALSO HAS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NATION'S LARGEST AND MOST EXPERIENCED PROVIDER OF AIR AMBULANCE SERVICES, LIFENET OF MICHIGAN. LIFENET PROVIDES 24-HOUR AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT SERVICE FOR IMPROVED ACCESS TO PATIENTS WHO NEED CRITICAL CARE. AS A TEACHING HOSPITAL, SPARROW HAS CONTINUED TO STRENGTHEN ITS AFFILIATION WITH MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY THROUGH A JOINT INITIATIVE, THE CENTER FOR INNOVATION, BY SUPPORTING FELLOWSHIPS AND RECRUITING ESTABLISHED RESEARCHERS TO DEVELOP, TEST, IMPLEMENT AND EVALUATE INNOVATIVE APPROACHES IN HEALTHCARE. SPARROW HAS MANY OTHER LONGSTANDING ARRANGEMENTS WITH MSU'S COLLEGES OF HUMAN MEDICINE, OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE AND NURSING. SPARROW WORKS WITH MSU TO FACILITATE THE RECRUITMENT, TRAINING AND RETENTION OF CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS OF PHYSICIANS AND NURSES. SPARROW IS THE CLINICAL CENTER FOR A MULTITUDE OF HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS, INCLUDING GRADUATE MEDICAL RESIDENCY AND NURSING INTERNSHIPS. SPARROW ALSO SPONSORS DOZENS OF HEALTH SCREENING PROGRAMS, WHICH ARE FREE TO THE PUBLIC. FREE DIABETES TESTING, PROSTATE SCREENING, BREAST EXAMS AND BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKS ARE BUT A FEW OF THE MANY SUCH PROGRAMS SPARROW PROVIDES TO THE COMMUNITY. SPARROW ALSO PROVIDES MEETING FACILITIES FOR MANY HEALTH EDUCATION AND SUPPORT GROUPS. AS INDIVIDUAL VOLUNTEERS, AND AS AN ORGANIZATION, SPARROW HEALTH SYSTEM SUPPORTED MORE THAN 200 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WITH SPONSORSHIPS, IN-KIND SERVICES, AND/OR VOLUNTEER SERVICE. AS MID-MICHIGAN'S LEADING HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, SPARROW HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO DELIVER QUALITY, COMPASSIONATE CARE TO ALL PEOPLE. AS THE LEADING REGIONAL PROVIDER OF UNCOMPENSATED AND CHARITY CARE IN 2011, SPARROW PROVIDED APPROXIMATELY 59.8 MILLION IN CHARITY, BAD DEBT AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS AND ABSORBED THE COST OF MORE THAN 8.2 MILLION IN MEDICARE AND MEDICAID UNDER-FUNDING. A BRIEF FINANCIAL SUMMARY OF THE ABOVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS IS: CHARITY AND BAD DEBTS 30,532,167, COMMUNITY BENEFITS (SUBSIDIZED PROGRAMS AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH) 29,291,424, AND MEDICARE AND MEDICAID UNDER-FUNDING 8,213,105.	Description

Activity2 Activity2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	323014924	Expense
Revenue	380931852	Revenue
Description	ANCILLARY SERVICES INCLUDING LABORATORY, RADIOLOGY, DIALYSIS, SOCIAL SERVICES AND CLINICS.	Description

Activity3 Activity3

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	76289052	Expense
Revenue	3418700	Revenue
Description	GENERAL SERVICES INCLUDING FOOD SERVICE, ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, LAUNDRY AND PLANT.	Description

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expense	675777521	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	true	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	true	LobbyingActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds	false	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	true	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip	true	ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities	false	ReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel Invest	false	ReportProgRelInvest
Report Other Assets	true	ReportOtherAssets
Report Other Liabilities	true	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	false	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	true	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	false	School
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	false	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	false	Gaming
Hospital	true	Hospital
Financial Stmt Attached	true	FinancialStmtAttached
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	true	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	true	TaxExemptBonds
Invest Tax Exempt Bonds	false	InvestTaxExemptBonds
Escrow Account	false	EscrowAccount
On Behalf Of Issuer	false	OnBehalfOfIssuer
Excess Benefit Transaction	false	ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction	false	PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
Loan To Officer Or DQP	false	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization	false	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	true	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	false	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	false	DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art	false	DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated	false	Terminated
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntity
Related Entity	true	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	true	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transaction Related Entity	true	TransactionRelatedEntity
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	true	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	255	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	true	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	6256	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	true	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	true	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Form990-T Filed	true	Form990-TFiled
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions	false	NonDeductibleContributions
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributions
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Funds To Pay Premiums	false	FundsToPayPremiums
Premiums Paid	false	PremiumsPaid
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	14	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	9	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	false	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	false	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	false	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	true	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	true	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	true	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	true	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	true	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	false	LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	true	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	true	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	true	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	true	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	true	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	true	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	true	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	true	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	true	InvestmentInJointVenture
Written Policy Or Procedure	true	WrittenPolicyOrProcedure
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	MI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	GARY REETZ	NamePerson
Telephone Number	5173646060	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1215 EAST MICHIGAN AVE	AddressLine1
City	LANSING	City
State	MI	State
ZIP Code	48912	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (44 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployee	FormerFormer
DENNIS SWAN
PRES/CEO	40.00	X	X	1395149	0	32167
GREG BROGAN
VICE CHAIR	2.00	X		1338	0	0
JAMES BUTLER III
CHAIRMAN	2.00	X		1338	0	0
DAVID KAUFMAN DO
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	X		1338	0	0
THEDA RUDD
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	X		1338	0	0
RICHARD BRUNER
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	X		0	0	0
PATRICK GRIBBEN
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	X		0	0	0
CURTIS KECK
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	X		0	0	0
DONALD KUIPER MD
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	X		0	0	0
LANCE LYNCH
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	X		0	0	0
BARBARA GIVEN PHD
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	X		0	0	0
MIKE KING
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	X		0	0	0
CANDY PARKER
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	X		0	0	0
MICHAEL CLARK MD
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	X		0	0	0
THOMAS BRES
VP/CIO	40.00		X	610947	0	23207
PAULA REICHLE
VP/CFO	40.00		X	458644	0	24260
JOE RUTH
VP/COO	40.00		X	426454	0	34288
MARK BRETT
SR VP/AFFILI	40.00		X	408980	0	30858
SCOTT WILKERSON
PRESIDENT -	40.00		X	398141	0	34288
LARRY RAWSTHORNE MD
VP	40.00		X	347065	0	32747
ELIZABETH HENRY
VP/CNO	40.00		X	334763	0	32743
THOMAS OSTRANDER
VP - HR	40.00		X	327719	0	30541
DAVE KRUGER
VP - TCI	40.00		X	295592	0	30829
PETER GRAHAM MD
VP - SMG	40.00		X	291893	0	34283
DONALD DAVIS
VP/CHIEF HR	40.00		X	284506	0	4576
CAROL DWYER
VP NURSING	40.00		X	255225	0	20449
IRA GINSBURG
VP	40.00		X	228952	0	30951
LARRY WILHITE
VP - LEGAL	40.00		X	228568	0	23782
STELLA CASH
INTERIM PRES	40.00		X	227662	0	8361
RICHARD FELLOWS
VP	40.00		X	186972	0	20320
ANDREA KOSLOSKI
EXECUTIVE DI	40.00		X	184033	0	26679
SHERRY TAUNT
VP QUALITY/P	40.00		X	76208	0	2795
LISA PASCOE
CORPORATE DI	20.00		X	73455	0	6653
BRIAN SCHROEDER
SVP/CHIEF ME	40.00		X	16385	0	0
MICHAEL ZAROUKIAN
VP/CHIEF MED	40.00		X	13750	0	0
JOEL COHN MD
PHYSICIAN	40.00			747733	0	30858	X
DARYL MELVIN MD
PHYSICIAN	40.00			738841	0	32524	X
TODD HICKOX DO
PHYSICIAN	40.00			738152	0	32524	X
CHRISTOPHER D'HAEM DO
PHYSICIAN	40.00			730373	0	30557	X
KIRK LAMAN DO
PHYSICIAN	40.00			705856	0	30858	X
STEPHEN GUERTIN MD
FORMER BOARD	40.00			371854	0	41856		X
GARY REETZ
FORMER INTER	40.00			207289	0	16540		X
DAWN SPRINGER MD
FORMER BOARD	40.00			182423	0	14249		X
MIKE WALL
FORMER FDN P	0.00			7958	0	0		X

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	11506894	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Other Compensation	714743	TotalOtherCompensation
Number Individuals GT100 K	353	NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed	true	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	true	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensation (5 entries)

Address Line1AddressOfContractor/AddressUS/AddressLine1	CityAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/City	StateAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/State	ZIP CodeAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/ZIPCode	Description Of ServicesDescriptionOfServices	CompensationCompensation
MHA INSURANCE SERVICES
6215 W ST JOSEPH HIGHWAY	LANSING	MI	48917	INSURANCE	6776061
ARAMARK HEALTHCARE
10510 TWIN LAKES PARKWAY	CHARLOTTE	NC	28269	MAINTENANCE CON	6733737
EPIC SYSTEMS CORPORATION
1979 MILKY WAY	VERONA	WI	53593	EMR CONTRACT	5339924
DELTA DENTAL PLAN OF MICHIGAN
4100 OKEMOS RD	OKEMOS	MI	48864	INSURANCE	3021673
DISKRITER INC
3257 WEST LIBERTY AVE	PITTSBURGH	PA	15216	CONSULTING	2969325

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Number Of Contractors GT100 K	171	NumberOfContractorsGT100K
Related Organizations	1335149	RelatedOrganizations
Total Contributions	1335149	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (2 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Business CodeBusinessCode	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome	Unrelated Business RevenueUnrelatedBusinessRevenue
PATIENT SERVICE REVENUE	621990	782448965	782448965
PATIENT SERVICE REVENUE	621500	7364644		7364644

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	789813609	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	9284496	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$9,284,496	ExclusionAmount

Gross Rents GrossRents

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	2294899	Real

Less Rental Expenses LessRentalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	1813687	Real

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	481212	Real

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	481212	TotalRevenueColumn
Unrelated Business Revenue	112341	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$368,871	ExclusionAmount

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	4981002	Securities

Gain Or Loss GainOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	4981002	Securities

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	4981002	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$4,981,002	ExclusionAmount

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc (3 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Business CodeBusinessCode	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	ExclusionExclusionAmount	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
FOOD SERVICE	900099	2501807	$2,501,807
SPARROW SPECIALTY REVENUE	623990	2348100		2348100
DAYCARE REVENUE	900099	553723		553723

Miscellaneous Revenue MiscellaneousRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	11502260	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	11136381	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	365879	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	16905890	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	822801358	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	796487169	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	7842864	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$17,136,176	ExclusionAmount

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	7561192	Total
Management And General	7561192	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	329013377	Total
Program Services	290737136	ProgramServices
Management And General	38276241	ManagementAndGeneral

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	23345333	Total
Program Services	20424067	ProgramServices
Management And General	2921266	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	29256931	Total
Program Services	25499296	ProgramServices
Management And General	3757635	ManagementAndGeneral

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	24272622	Total
Program Services	20997223	ProgramServices
Management And General	3275399	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1166921	Total
Management And General	1166921	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	244162	Total
Management And General	244162	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbying

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	4913	Total
Management And General	4913	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForServicesInvstMgmntFees

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	626474	Total
Management And General	626474	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	46562794	Total
Program Services	26340050	ProgramServices
Management And General	20222744	ManagementAndGeneral

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	11228986	Total
Program Services	11082183	ProgramServices
Management And General	146803	ManagementAndGeneral

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	20784	Total
Program Services	11256	ProgramServices
Management And General	9528	ManagementAndGeneral

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3807285	Total
Program Services	2412726	ProgramServices
Management And General	1394559	ManagementAndGeneral

Interest Interest

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	10355920	Total
Program Services	7899089	ProgramServices
Management And General	2456831	ManagementAndGeneral

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	43406577	Total
Program Services	33108831	ProgramServices
Management And General	10297746	ManagementAndGeneral

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	34311769	Total
Program Services	34311769	ProgramServices

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral
SUPPLIES	128544080	125246938	3297142
BAD DEBT	64725113	64725113
RENT & REPAIRS	21801868	12189967	9611901
TELEPHONE	1943969	309979	1633990

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	712482	Total
Program Services	481898	ProgramServices
Management And General	230584	ManagementAndGeneral

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	782913552	Total
Program Services	675777521	ProgramServices
Management And General	107136031	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	28422151	BOY
EOY	41569638	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	260215796	BOY
EOY	284522856	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	109491832	BOY
EOY	99471442	EOY

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUse

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	16064955	BOY
EOY	16312456	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	5689592	BOY
EOY	10319442	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	926428462	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	538015055	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	397135917	BOY
EOY	388413407	EOY

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	19305519	BOY
EOY	44483360	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	836325762	BOY
EOY	885092601	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	70563075	BOY
EOY	81194586	EOY

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	228950000	BOY
EOY	222890000	EOY

Mort Notes Pybl Secured Invest Prop MortNotesPyblSecuredInvestProp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	8094610	BOY
EOY	8326880	EOY

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	176786482	BOY
EOY	215662728	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	484394167	BOY
EOY	528074194	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117	X	FollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	351931595	BOY
EOY	357018407	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	351931595	BOY
EOY	357018407	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	836325762	BOY
EOY	885092601	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartXI
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	39887806	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconcilation Other Changes	-34800994	ReconcilationOtherChanges
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	true	FSAudited
Audit Committee	true	AuditCommittee
Financial Statement Separate	X	FinancialStatementSeparate
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Hospital170b1 Aiii	X	Hospital170b1Aiii

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor Number	RESTRICTED	ContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Aggregate Contributions	RESTRICTED	AggregateContributions

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form4720 Filed4955 Tax	false	Form4720Filed4955Tax
Correction Made	false	CorrectionMade
Form1120 Pol Filed	false	Form1120PolFiled
Form4720 Filed	false	Form4720Filed
Volunteers	false	Volunteers
Paid Staff Or Management	true	PaidStaffOrManagement
Media Advertisements	false	MediaAdvertisements
Mailings Members	false	MailingsMembers
Publications Or Broadcast	false	PublicationsOrBroadcast
Grants Other Organizations	false	GrantsOtherOrganizations
Direct Contact Legislators	true	DirectContactLegislators
Direct Contact Legislators	$4,913	DirectContactLegislatorsAmount
Rallies Demonstrations	false	RalliesDemonstrations
Other Activities	false	OtherActivities
Total Lobbying Expenditures IIB	4913	TotalLobbyingExpendituresIIB
Not Described In501c3	false	NotDescribedIn501c3
Form4720 Filed4912 Tax	false	Form4720Filed4912Tax
Substantially All Dues Nondeduct	false	SubstantiallyAllDuesNondeduct
Only In House Lobbying	false	OnlyInHouseLobbying
Agree To Carryover Prior Year	false	AgreeToCarryoverPriorYear

Form990 Schedule C Part IV Form990ScheduleCPartIV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	ADDITIONAL INFORMATION	Identifier
Return Reference	SCHEDULE C, PART IV	ReturnReference
Explanation	SCHEDULE C, PART II-B, LINE 1G EMPLOYED GCSI TO REPRESENT THE ISSUES OF SPARROW HEALTH SYSTEM BEFORE PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND POLICY MAKERS IN THE STATE OF MICHIGAN.	Explanation

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Disclosed Orgs Legal Control	false	DisclosedOrgsLegalControl
Disclosed For Charitable Purposes	false	DisclosedForCharitablePurposes
Written Policy Monitoring	false	WrittenPolicyMonitoring
Sect170h Requirements Satisfied	false	Sect170hRequirementsSatisfied
Solicited Assets For Sale	false	SolicitedAssetsForSale
Agent Trustee Etc	false	AgentTrusteeEtc
Included On FS	false	IncludedOnFS

Current Year CurrentYear

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	1779759	BeginningOfYearBalance
Contributions	796243	Contributions
Investment Earnings Or Losses	97691	InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
Grants Or Scholarships	30000	GrantsOrScholarships
Administrative Expenses	1833	AdministrativeExpenses
End Of Year Balance	2641860	EndOfYearBalance

Current Year Minus1 Year CurrentYearMinus1Year

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	1550687	BeginningOfYearBalance
Contributions	163793	Contributions
Investment Earnings Or Losses	65279	InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
End Of Year Balance	1779759	EndOfYearBalance

Current Year Minus2 Years CurrentYearMinus2Years

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	1307182	BeginningOfYearBalance
Contributions	134195	Contributions
Investment Earnings Or Losses	109310	InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
End Of Year Balance	1550687	EndOfYearBalance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Permanent Endowment EOY Balance	1.00000	PermanentEndowmentEOYBalance
Endowments Held By Unrelated Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByUnrelatedOrgs
Endowments Held By Related Orgs	true	EndowmentsHeldByRelatedOrgs
Are Related Orgs Listed Schedule R	true	AreRelatedOrgsListedScheduleR

Land Land

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	11663121	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Book Value	11663121	BookValue

Buildings Buildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	453553923	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	177912555	Depreciation
Book Value	275641368	BookValue

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovements

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	12278307	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	5345106	Depreciation
Book Value	6933201	BookValue

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	429397842	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	354757394	Depreciation
Book Value	74640448	BookValue

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	19535269	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Book Value	19535269	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	388413407	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Other Assets OtherAssets (3 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Book ValueBookValue
OTHER ASSETS	34618671
INVESTMENTS IN JOINT VENTURES	6608302
DEFERRED FINANCING COSTS	3256387

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Other Assets	44483360	TotalBookValueOtherAssets

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities (7 entries)

DescriptionDescription	AmountAmount
UNFUNDED PENSION OBLIGATION	$156,695,734
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CLAIMS RESERVE	$44,951,000
ASBESTOS ABATEMENT	$4,189,405
PREMIUM ON 2007 BONDS	$3,855,790
POST RETIREMENT BENEFITS PAYABLE	$3,464,760
PREMIUM ON 2005 BONDS	$2,506,039
PREMIUM ON 2001 BONDS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Amounts	215662728	TotalOfAmounts

Form990 Schedule D Part XIV Form990ScheduleDPartXIV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	INTENDED USES FOR ENDOWMENT FUNDS	Identifier
Return Reference	SCHEDULE D, PAGE 2, PART V, LINE 4	ReturnReference
Explanation	EDWARD W. SPARROW HOSPITAL DOES NOT HOLD ENDOWMENTS. THE ENDOWMENTS ARE HELD BY SPARROW FOUNDATION AND CLINTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. SPARROW HEALTH SYSTEM IS THE SOLE MEMBER OF EDWARD W. SPARROW HOSPITAL, CLINTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, AND SPARROW FOUNDATION. THE ENDOWMENTS ARE MAINTAINED TO PROVIDE A PERMANENT SOURCE OF INCOME WITH THE STIPULATION THE PRINCIPAL IS KEPT INTACT IN PERPETUITY AND THE INCOME GENERATED FROM INVESTMENTS OF THE ENDOWMENT FUNDS CAN BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE ESTABLISHED BY THE ENDOWMENT.	Explanation

Schedule H IRS990ScheduleH

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Charity Care Policy	true	CharityCarePolicy
Written Policy	true	WrittenPolicy
Policy Tailored To Ind Hospitals	X	PolicyTailoredToIndHospitals
FPG Reference Free Care	true	FPGReferenceFreeCare
Pcent200	X	Pcent200
FPG Reference Discounted Care	true	FPGReferenceDiscountedCare
Pcent400	X	Pcent400
Free Disc Care Medically Indigent	true	FreeDiscCareMedicallyIndigent
Amounts Budgeted For Charity Care	true	AmountsBudgetedForCharityCare
Expenses Exceeded Budget	true	ExpensesExceededBudget
Unable To Provide Care	false	UnableToProvideCare
Annual Community Benefit Report	true	AnnualCommunityBenefitReport
Report Publically Available	true	ReportPublicallyAvailable

Charity Care At Cost CharityCareAtCost

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Community Benefit Expense	11469297	TotalCommunityBenefitExpense
Direct Offsetting Revenue	374490	DirectOffsettingRevenue
Net Community Benefit Expense	11094807	NetCommunityBenefitExpense
Percent Of Total Expense	0.01420	PercentOfTotalExpense

Unreimbursed Medicaid UnreimbursedMedicaid

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Community Benefit Expense	120560868	TotalCommunityBenefitExpense
Direct Offsetting Revenue	95943003	DirectOffsettingRevenue
Net Community Benefit Expense	24617865	NetCommunityBenefitExpense
Percent Of Total Expense	0.03140	PercentOfTotalExpense

Unreimbursed Costs UnreimbursedCosts

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Community Benefit Expense	2349272	TotalCommunityBenefitExpense
Direct Offsetting Revenue	1716960	DirectOffsettingRevenue
Net Community Benefit Expense	632312	NetCommunityBenefitExpense
Percent Of Total Expense	0.00080	PercentOfTotalExpense

Total Charity Care TotalCharityCare

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Community Benefit Expense	134379437	TotalCommunityBenefitExpense
Direct Offsetting Revenue	98034453	DirectOffsettingRevenue
Net Community Benefit Expense	36344984	NetCommunityBenefitExpense
Percent Of Total Expense	0.04640	PercentOfTotalExpense

Community Health Services CommunityHealthServices

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Community Benefit Expense	25574718	TotalCommunityBenefitExpense
Direct Offsetting Revenue	11548760	DirectOffsettingRevenue
Net Community Benefit Expense	14025958	NetCommunityBenefitExpense
Percent Of Total Expense	0.01790	PercentOfTotalExpense

Subsidized Health Services SubsidizedHealthServices

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Community Benefit Expense	3748656	TotalCommunityBenefitExpense
Direct Offsetting Revenue	2705844	DirectOffsettingRevenue
Net Community Benefit Expense	1042812	NetCommunityBenefitExpense
Percent Of Total Expense	0.00130	PercentOfTotalExpense

Total Other Benefits TotalOtherBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Community Benefit Expense	29323374	TotalCommunityBenefitExpense
Direct Offsetting Revenue	14254604	DirectOffsettingRevenue
Net Community Benefit Expense	15068770	NetCommunityBenefitExpense
Percent Of Total Expense	0.01920	PercentOfTotalExpense

Total Community Benefits TotalCommunityBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Community Benefit Expense	163702811	TotalCommunityBenefitExpense
Direct Offsetting Revenue	112289057	DirectOffsettingRevenue
Net Community Benefit Expense	51413754	NetCommunityBenefitExpense
Percent Of Total Expense	0.06570	PercentOfTotalExpense

Economic Development EconomicDevelopment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Community Building Expense	2639	TotalCommunityBuildingExpense
Net Community Building Expense	2639	NetCommunityBuildingExpense

Community Support CommunitySupport

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Community Building Expense	1684	TotalCommunityBuildingExpense
Net Community Building Expense	1684	NetCommunityBuildingExpense

Environmental Improvements EnvironmentalImprovements

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Community Building Expense	1175	TotalCommunityBuildingExpense
Net Community Building Expense	1175	NetCommunityBuildingExpense

Coalition Building CoalitionBuilding

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Community Building Expense	16233	TotalCommunityBuildingExpense
Net Community Building Expense	16233	NetCommunityBuildingExpense

Health Improvement Advocacy HealthImprovementAdvocacy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Community Building Expense	10220	TotalCommunityBuildingExpense
Net Community Building Expense	10220	NetCommunityBuildingExpense

Total Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Community Building Expense	31951	TotalCommunityBuildingExpense
Net Community Building Expense	31951	NetCommunityBuildingExpense

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Bad Debt Expense Reported	true	BadDebtExpenseReported
Bad Debt Expense	$19,049,701	BadDebtExpenseAmount
Amount Attributable To	1029128	AmountAttributableTo
Amount Reimbursed By Medicare	205404137	AmountReimbursedByMedicare
Cost Of Care Reimbursed By Medicare	213617242	CostOfCareReimbursedByMedicare
Medicare Surplus Or Shortfall	-8213105	MedicareSurplusOrShortfall

Costing Methodology Used CostingMethodologyUsed

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cost To Charge Ratio	X	CostToChargeRatio

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Written Debt Collection Policy	true	WrittenDebtCollectionPolicy
Provision For Charity Care	true	ProvisionForCharityCare

Form990 Schedule H Part IV Form990ScheduleHPartIV (2 entries)

Description Ent Primary ActivityDescriptionEntPrimaryActivity	Organization Profit Or OwnershipOrganizationProfitOrOwnership	Physicans Profit Or OwnershipPhysicansProfitOrOwnership
LANSING MED DENTAL
MEDICAL BUILDING OWNERSHIP	0.63000	0.37000
MID-MI REG DIALYSIS
RENTAL ACTIVITIES	0.37000	0.25000

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Number Of Hospital Facilities	2	NumberOfHospitalFacilities

Form990 Schedule H Part V Section A Form990ScheduleHPartVSectionA (2 entries)

Facility NumberFacilityNumber	Business Name Line2Name/BusinessNameLine2	Address Line1Address/AddressLine1	CityAddress/City	StateAddress/State	ZIP CodeAddress/ZIPCode	Licensed HospitalLicensedHospital	General Medical And SurgicalGeneralMedicalAndSurgical	Teaching HospitalTeachingHospital	Er24 HoursEr24Hours	Er OtherErOther	OtherOther
EDWARD W SPARROW HOSPITAL
1	MAIN CAMPUS	1215 E MICHIGAN AVE	LANSING	MI	48912	X	X	X	X	X	URGENT CARE
EDWARD W SPARROW HOSPITAL
2	ST LAWRENCE CAMPUS	1210 W SAGINAW	LANSING	MI	48915	X		X	X		BEHAVIORAL HLTH HOSPICE SR SVC

Form990 Schedule H Part V Section B Form990ScheduleHPartVSectionB (2 entries)

Hospital Facility NumberHospitalFacilityNumber	Eligibility Criteria ExplainedEligibilityCriteriaExplained	Uses FPG FreeUsesFPGFree	FPG Free PercentFPGFreePercent	Uses FPG DiscountedUsesFPGDiscounted	FPG Discount PercentFPGDiscountPercent	Explains BasisExplainsBasis	Income LevelIncomeLevel	Medical IndigencyMedicalIndigency	Insurance StatusInsuranceStatus	Uninsured DiscountUninsuredDiscount	Explains Application MethodExplainsApplicationMethod	Includes Publicity MeasuresIncludesPublicityMeasures	Posted On WebsitePostedOnWebsite	Provided On AdmissionProvidedOnAdmission	Available On RequestAvailableOnRequest	Actions On NonpaymentActionsOnNonpayment	Collection ActivitiesCollectionActivities	Notify Upon AdmissionNotifyUponAdmission	Notify Before DischargeNotifyBeforeDischarge	Notified All PatientsNotifiedAllPatients	Documented DeterminationDocumentedDetermination	Nondiscrim Emergency Care PolicyNondiscrimEmergencyCarePolicy	Used Other MethodUsedOtherMethod	Amounts Generally BilledAmountsGenerallyBilled	Gross ChargesGrossCharges
EDWARD W SPARROW HOSPITAL
1	true	true	200.0	true	400.0	true	X	X	X	X	true	true	X	X	X	true	false	X	X	X	X	true	X	false	true
EDWARD W SPARROW HOSPITAL
2	true	true	200.0	true	400.0	true	X	X	X	X	true	true	X	X	X	true	false	X	X	X	X	true	X	false	true

Form990 Schedule H Part V Section C Form990ScheduleHPartVSectionC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Number Of Other Facilities	27	NumberOfOtherFacilities

Other Facilities OtherFacilities (27 entries)

Address Line1Address/AddressLine1	CityAddress/City	StateAddress/State	ZIP CodeAddress/ZIPCode	Facility TypeFacilityType
EWSH MEDICAL ARTS BUILDING
1322 E MICHIGAN	LANSING	MI	48823	OCC HEALTH WOUND CLINIC OB/GYN
EWSH SPARROW PROF BUILDING
1200 E MICHIGAN AVE	LANSING	MI	48823	CLINICS PHARMACY REHAB
EWSH MED CENTER WEST
1100 W SAGINAW	LANSING	MI	48823	PHARMACY PLUS OB/GYN CLINIC
EWSH MASON COMMUNITY CENTER
800 E COLUMBIA	MASON	MI	48854	URGENT CARE/FAMILY PRACTICE/RADIOLOGY
EWSH LANSING OBGYN
1600 W GRAND RIVER	OKEMOS	MI	48864	FAMILY PRACTICE OB/GYN LAB RADIOLOGY
EWSH SPARROW REG LAB
2035 ASHER CT STE 200	EAST LANSING	MI	48823	LABORATORY
EWSH SMG NORTH
2035 ASHER CT STE 200	EAST LANSING	MI	48823	FAMILY PRACTICE PHYSICAL THERAPY RADIOLO
EWSH OP REHAB
1288 W GRAND RIVER	WILLIAMSTON	MI	48895	PHYSICAL THERAPY
EWSH SMG MASON
230 TEMPLE ST STE 3	MASON	MI	48854	FAMILY PRACTICE
EWSH SMG WEST
7335 WESTSHIRE DR STE 10	LANSING	MI	48912	FAMILY PRACTICE
EWSH SPARROW REGIONAL LAB
11615 HARTEL	GRAND LEDGE	MI	48837	LABORATORY
EWSH SMG POTTERVILLE
113 E LANSING RD	POTTERVILLE	MI	48876	FAMILY PRACTICE
EWSH RAMBLEWOOD IMG CENTER
1575 RAMBLEWOOD DR	EAST LANSING	MI	48823	RADIOLOGY
EWSH SPARROW REGIONAL LAB
2199 JOLLY ROAD STE 120	OKEMOS	MI	48864	LABORATORY
EWSH SPARROW REGIONAL LAB
1650 RAMBLEWOOD DR	EAST LANSING	MI	48823	LABORATORY
EWSH OKEMOS URGENT CARE
2248 MOUNT HOPE	OKEMOS	MI	48864	URGENT CARE
EWSH SPARROW REGIONAL LAB
6254 W SAGINAW	LANSING	MI	48912	LABORATORY
EWSH SPARROW REGIONAL LAB
6030 S PENNSYLVANIA	LANSING	MI	48913	LABORATORY
EWSH
11653 HARTEL STE 1000	GRAND LEDGE	MI	48837	PHYSICAL THERAPY
EWSH OUTPATIENT REHAB
13105 SCHAVEY ROAD	DEWITT	MI	48820	PHYSICAL THERAPY
EWSH
SOUTHPOINT MALL STE A14-A17	ST JOHNS	MI	48879	PHYSICAL THERAPY
EWSH SMG DEWITT
13191 SCHAVEY RD	DEWITT	MI	48820	FAMILY PRACTICE LAB RADIOLOGY
EWSH
138 SERVICE ROAD	EAST LANSING	MI	48823	LABORATORY
EWSH SPARROW PHARMACY PLUS
129 S PUTNAM	WILLIAMSTON	MI	48895	PHARMACY
EWSH SPARROW PHARMACY PLUS
508 S CLINTON	GRAND LEDGE	MI	48837	PHARMACY
EWSH SPARROW PHARMACY PLUS
915 E MICHIGAN	LANSING	MI	48912	PHARMACY
EWSH SPARROW PHARMACY PLUS
1200 E MICHIGAN STE 310	LANSING	MI	48912	PHARMACY

Form990 Schedule H Part VI Form990ScheduleHPartVI (13 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
COMMUNITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES	PART II	SPARROW HEALTH SYSTEMS REACH EXTENDS FAR BEYOND THE ACUTE CARE SETTING OF THE HOSPITAL THERE ARE MANY WAYS OUR STAFF PROACTIVELY SUPPORTS THE COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO HAVE THE GREATEST NEED WHETHER THROUGH CHARITABLE CARE SUBSIDIZED HOSPITAL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES MEDICAL EDUCATION OR COMMUNITY HEALTH EDUCATION SPARROW STRIVES TO RESPOND TO THE REGIONS MOST PRESSING HEALTH NEEDS FOR MORE THAN 114 YEARS SPARROW HAS BEEN DISTINGUISHED BY ITS PASSIONATE COMMITMENT TO CARE FOR ALL REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IS AVAILABLE TO PATIENTS WHO MEET CERTAIN QUALIFICATIONS SPARROW ALSO PROVIDES SUBSIDIZED HEALTH SERVICES THESE ARE SERVICES THAT ARE OFFERED DESPITE FINANCIAL LOSS BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY NEEDS THEM BECAUSE OTHER PROVIDERS ARE NOT WILLING TO OFFER THEM OR BECAUSE THE SERVICES WOULD OTHERWISE NOT BE ABLE TO MEET PATIENT DEMAND THESE SERVICES INCLUDE HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE OBSTETRICS REHABILITATION EMERGENCY AND TRAUMA SERVICES GERIATRICS CLINICS AND PEDIATRIC CLINICS
BAD DEBT EXPENSE EXPLANATION	PART III LINE 4	THE PROVISION FOR BAD DEBTS IS BASED UPON MANAGEMENTS ASSESSMENT OF HISTORICAL AND EXPECTED NET COLLECTIONS CONSIDERING BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS TRENDS IN HEALTHCARE COVERAGE AND OTHER COLLECTION INDICATORS PERIODICALLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR MANAGEMENT ASSESSES THE ADEQUACY OF THE ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS BASED UPON HISTORICAL WRITEOFF EXPERIENCE AND CURRENT MARKET CONDITIONS THE RESULTS OF THIS REVIEW ARE THEN USED TO MAKE ANY MODIFICATIONS TO THE PROVISION FOR BAD DEBTS TO ESTABLISH AN APPROPRIATE ALLOWANCE FOR UNCOLLECTIBLE RECEIVABLES AFTER SATISFACTION OF AMOUNTS DUE FROM INSURANCE THE HEALTH SYSTEM FOLLOWS ESTABLISHED GUIDELINES FOR PLACING CERTAIN PAST DUE PATIENT BALANCES WITH COLLECTION AGENCIES THE COST TO CHARGE RATIO IS USED IN DETERMINING BAD DEBT INFORMATION
MEDICARE EXPLANATION	PART III LINE 8	THE COST TO CHARGE RATIO IS USED
COLLECTION PRACTICES EXPLANATION	PART III LINE 9B	PATIENTS WHO QUALIFY FOR CHARITY CARE OR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE ARE SECLUDED FROM THE COLLECTION PROCESS AND THE CHARITY CARE POLICY IS FOLLOWED
NEEDS ASSESSMENT	PART VI	THROUGH CONTINUAL ANALYSIS OF OUR ANNUAL CASE MIX AND COLLABORATION WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS SPARROW IS ABLE TO MAKE ACCURATE ASSESSMENTS OF THE HEALTH CARE NEEDS OF THE REGION IT SERVES FOR EXAMPLE OUR REGIONAL COLLABORATION OF AREA HEALTH PARTNERS WHICH INCLUDES SPARROW MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY INGHAM REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER LANSING COMMUNITY COLLEGE THE MICHIGAN STATE AND INGHAM COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETIES THE INGHAM COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT THE LANSING SCHOOL DISTRICT THE ACCIDENT FUND THE CAPITAL AREA HEALTH ALLIANCE AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS RECENTLY ADOPTED A NEW GOAL OF DEVELOPING THE HEALTH PLAN CHAPTER FOR THE GREATER LANSING NEXT INITIATIVE ASSESSING THE REGIONS HEALTH CARE NEEDS IS A KEY COMPONENT OF THIS STRATEGIC PLAN WHICH IS FOCUSED ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THE REGION
PATIENT EDUCATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE	PART VI	SPARROW HOSPITAL EMPLOYS SEVERAL METHODS TO COMMUNICATE ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE TO PATIENTS ALL UNINSURED INPATIENTS ARE DIRECTLY SCREENED FOR POTENTIAL MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY AND ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS COBRA BENEFITS ETC SIGNAGE IS POSTED IN OUR PATIENT REGISTRATION AREAS REGARDING AVAILABILITY OF SPARROW COMMUNITY FINANCIAL AID CFA PROGRAM CHARITY CARE ALL PATIENT BILLING STATEMENTS HAVE A NOTE REGARDING THE CFA PROGRAM AND OUR WEBSITE CONTAINS LINKS TO OUR CFA POLICY AND APPLICATION
COMMUNITY INFORMATION	PART VI	SPARROW SERVES THE MIDMICHIGAN REGION WHICH CONSISTS OF THE GREATER LANSING AREA A POPULATION OF APPROXIMATELY 450000 STRATEGICALLY LOCATED IN THE HEART OF MICHIGAN SPARROW IS LOCATED WITHIN 90 MINUTES OF 90 PERCENT OF THE STATES POPULATION OF APPROXIMATELY 10 MILLION PEOPLE THE STATE CAPITAL MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY AND TWO GENERAL MOTORS ASSEMBLY FACILITIES MAKE THE LANSING REGION AMONG THE MOST STABLE AND DIVERSE ECONOMIES IN MICHIGAN THE REGION IS EVOLVING AS A LEADING ECONOMIC FORCE IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WAREHOUSING AND DISTRIBUTION INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BIOTECHNOLOGY HEALTHCARE INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES
HEALTH OF COMMUNITY IN RELATION TO EXEMPT PURPOSE	PART VI	AS NOTED ABOVE THE ORGANIZATIONS COMMUNITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES PROMOTE THE HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITIES THE ORGANIZATION SERVES THESE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED UNDER THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING QUALITY COMPASSIONATE CARE TO EVERYONE EVERY TIME
AFFILIATED HEALTH CARE INFORMATION	PART VI	EDWARD W SPARROW HOSPITAL IS A WHOLLYOWNED SUBSIDIARY OF SPARROW HEALTH SYSTEM SPARROW HEALTH SYSTEM IS A NONPROFIT COMMUNITY GOVERNED INTEGRATED HEALTH DELIVERY AND FINANCING SYSTEM SERVING MIDMICHIGAN SPARROW HEALTH SYSTEM PROVIDES SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES THROUGH ITS WHOLLY OWNED AND CONTROLLED SUBSIDIARIES PHYSICIAN HEALTH PLAN PHYSICIAN HEALTH NETWORK EDWARD W SPARROW HOSPITAL CLINTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL SPARROW SPECIALTY HOSPITAL SPARROW DEVELOPMENT INC SPARROW COMMUNITY CARE IONIA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND SPARROW FOUNDATION
EDWARD W SPARROW HOSPITAL LINE NUMBER 1 PART V LINE 19D	PART V LINE 19D	ALL PATIENTS AND INSURANCES ARE CHARGED THE SAME GROSS CHARGE FROM OUR FEE SCHEDULE DISCOUNTS ARE THEN PROVIDED TO UNINSURED PATIENTS BASED ON OUR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICY ANDOR INDIVIDUAL CIRCUMSTANCES
EDWARD W SPARROW HOSPITAL LINE NUMBER 1 PART V LINE 21	PART V LINE 21	ALL PATIENTS AND INSURANCES ARE CHARGED THE SAME GROSS CHARGE FROM OUR FEE SCHEDULE DISCOUNTS ARE THEN PROVIDED TO UNINSURED PATIENTS BASED ON OUR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICY ANDOR INDIVIDUAL CIRCUMSTANCES
EDWARD W SPARROW HOSPITAL LINE NUMBER 2 PART V LINE 19D	PART V LINE 19D	ALL PATIENTS AND INSURANCES ARE CHARGED THE SAME GROSS CHARGE FROM OUR FEE SCHEDULE DISCOUNTS ARE THEN PROVIDED TO UNINSURED PATIENTS BASED ON OUR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICY ANDOR INDIVIDUAL CIRCUMSTANCES
EDWARD W SPARROW HOSPITAL LINE NUMBER 2 PART V LINE 21	PART V LINE 21	ALL PATIENTS ARE INSURANCES ARE CHARGED THE SAME GROSS CHARGE FROM OUR FEE SCHEDULE DISCOUNTS ARE THEN PROVIDED TO UNINSURED PATIENTS BASED ON OUR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICY ANDOR INDIVIDUAL CIRCUMSTANCES

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Idemnification Gross Up Payments	X	IdemnificationGrossUpPayments
Club Dues Or Fees	X	ClubDuesOrFees
Written Policy Re T And E Expenses	true	WrittenPolicyReTAndEExpenses
Substantiation Required	true	SubstantiationRequired
Compensation Committee	X	CompensationCommittee
Independent Consultant	X	IndependentConsultant
Form990 Of Other Organizations	X	Form990OfOtherOrganizations
Written Employment Contract	X	WrittenEmploymentContract
Compensation Survey	X	CompensationSurvey
Board Or Committee Approval	X	BoardOrCommitteeApproval
Severance Payment	true	SeverancePayment
Supplemental Nonqual Retire Plan	false	SupplementalNonqualRetirePlan
Equity Based Comp Arrangement	false	EquityBasedCompArrangement
Comp Based On Revenue Of Filing Org	true	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFilingOrg
Comp Based On Revenue Related Orgs	true	CompBasedOnRevenueRelatedOrgs
Comp Based Net Earnings Filing Org	true	CompBasedNetEarningsFilingOrg
Comp Based Net Earnings Relate Orgs	true	CompBasedNetEarningsRelateOrgs
Any Non Fixed Payments	true	AnyNonFixedPayments
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractException

Form990 Schedule J Part II Form990ScheduleJPartII (27 entries)

Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrg	Bonus Filing OrgBonusFilingOrg	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrg	Deferred Comp Filing OrgDeferredCompFilingOrg	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrg	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrg
DENNIS SWAN
736731	627244	31174	18130	14037	1427316
THOMAS BRES
406374	202935	1638	7350	15857	634154
PAULA REICHLE
406584	51370	690	13893	10367	482904
JOE RUTH
390912	33754	1788	18130	16158	460742
MARK BRETT
363605	43587	1788	14700	16158	439838
SCOTT WILKERSON
333061	63292	1788	18130	16158	432429
LARRY RAWSTHORNE MD
343747		3318	18130	14617	379812
ELIZABETH HENRY
296419	35087	3257	18130	14613	367506
THOMAS OSTRANDER
292632	33138	1949	14700	15841	358260
DAVE KRUGER
246219	49010	363	14700	16129	326421
PETER GRAHAM MD
274262	16080	1551	18130	16153	326176
DONALD DAVIS
258773	18340	7393	4189	387	289082
CAROL DWYER
239240	15015	970	14041	6408	275674
IRA GINSBURG
198909	26400	3643	16942	14009	259903
LARRY WILHITE
213116	14036	1416	16914	6868	252350
STELLA CASH
211748	12864	3050	7117	1244	236023
RICHARD FELLOWS
164877	21496	599	13836	6484	207292
ANDREA KOSLOSKI
167203	15344	1486	10674	16005	210712
JOEL COHN MD
711675	35218	840	14700	16158	778591
DARYL MELVIN MD
701254	35218	2369	14700	17824	771365
TODD HICKOX DO
701254	35218	1680	14700	17824	770676
CHRISTOPHER D'HAEM DO
694802	34491	1080	14700	15857	760930
KIRK LAMAN DO
671111	32310	2435	14700	16158	736714
STEPHEN GUERTIN MD
368536		3318	27517	14339	413710
GARY REETZ
189087	16499	1703	15339	1201	223829
DAWN SPRINGER MD
163703	15000	3720	13499	750	196672
MIKE WALL
7958					7958

Form990 Schedule J Part III Form990ScheduleJPartIII (8 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
FRINGE OR EXPENSE EXPLANATION	SCHEDULE J, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 1A	PRESIDENT/CEO DENNIS SWAN RECEIVED A LIFE INSURANCE GROSS-UP PAYMENT OF 10,342. CERTAIN BOARD MEMBERS' AND EXECUTIVES' MICHIGAN ATHLETIC CLUB DUES ARE PAID BY EDWARD W. SPARROW HOSPITAL. THESE AMOUNTS ARE CONSIDERED TAXABLE COMPENSATION.
SEVERANCE, NONQUALIFIED, AND EQUITY-BASED PAYMENTS	SCHEDULE J, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 4	MIKE WALL 14,400 0 0
COMPENSATION CONTINGENT UPON REVENUES OF ORGANIZATION	SCHEDULE J, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 5A	THE 2011 INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN PAYMENTS WERE ACCRUED IN 2011 AND WILL BE PAID IN 2012. THE INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN IS BASED, IN PART, ON THE OPERATING MARGIN OF SPARROW HEALTH SYSTEM, WHICH INCLUDES EDWARD W. SPARROW HOSPITAL AS WELL AS AFFILIATED COMPANIES.
COMPENSATION CONTINGENT UPON REVENUES OF RELATED ORG	SCHEDULE J, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 5B	THE 2011 INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN PAYMENTS WERE ACCRUED IN 2011 AND WILL BE PAID IN 2012. THE INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN IS BASED, IN PART, ON THE OPERATING MARGIN OF SPARROW HEALTH SYSTEM, WHICH INCLUDES EDWARD W. SPARROW HOSPITAL AS WELL AS AFFILIATED COMPANIES.
COMPENSATION CONTINGENT UPON NET EARNINGS OF ORGANIZATION	SCHEDULE J, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 6A	THE 2011 INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN PAYMENTS WERE ACCRUED IN 2011 AND WILL BE PAID IN 2012. THE INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN IS BASED, IN PART, ON THE OPERATING MARGIN OF SPARROW HEALTH SYSTEM, WHICH INCLUDES EDWARD W. SPARROW HOSPITAL AS WELL AS AFFILIATED COMPANIES.
COMPENSATION CONTINGENT UPON NET EARNINGS OF RELATED ORG	SCHEDULE J, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 6B	THE 2011 INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN PAYMENTS WERE ACCRUED IN 2011 AND WILL BE PAID IN 2012. THE INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN IS BASED, IN PART, ON THE OPERATING MARGIN OF SPARROW HEALTH SYSTEM, WHICH INCLUDES EDWARD W. SPARROW HOSPITAL AS WELL AS AFFILIATED COMPANIES.
NON-FIXED PAYMENTS PROVIDED	SCHEDULE J, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 7	COMPENSATION INCLUDES BOTH BASE AND VARIABLE COMPENSATION (NON-FIXED PAYMENTS). IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS POLICIES, ALL ELEMENTS (BASE, VARIABLE, BENEFITS AND PERQUISITES) ARE COMPARED TO MARKET.
OTHER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION	SCHEDULE J, PART III	SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 4A: MIKE WALL AND EDWARD W. SPARROW HOSPITAL REACHED A SEPARATION AGREEMENT IN 2010. THE PAYMENTS REFERENCED ON FORM 990 PART VII, SECTION A, LINE 1A REFLECT THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENTS. GARY REETZ IS A FORMER OFFICER AND STEPHEN GUERTIN AND DAWN SPRINGER ARE FORMER BOARD MEMBERS OF EDWARD W. SPARROW HOSPITAL. THESE FORMER OFFICER AND BOARD MEMBERS ARE BEING COMPENSATED BY SPARROW HEALTH SYSTEM AND AFFILIATES FOR SERVICES PROVIDED TO SPARROW HEALTH SYSTEM AND AFFILIATES IN POSITIONS OTHER THAN OFFICER OR BOARD MEMBER. THE FORMER OFFICER AND BOARD MEMBERS ARE NOT BEING COMPENSATED FOR ANY PAST SERVICES PROVIDED TO EDWARD W. SPARROW HOSPITAL AS FORMER OFFICER OR BOARD MEMBERS.

Schedule K IRS990ScheduleK

Form990 Schedule K Part I Form990ScheduleKPartI (2 entries)

Issuer EINIssuerEIN	CUSIP NumberCUSIPNumber	Date IssuedDateIssued	Issue PriceIssuePrice	Description Of PurposeDescriptionOfPurpose	DefeasedDefeased	On Behalf Of IssuerOnBehalfOfIssuer	Pool FinancingPoolFinancing
MICHIGAN STATE HOSPITAL FINANCE AUT
382889417	59465HAC0	2005-04-26	92941319	10-STRY ADD. TO HOSP.	false	false	false
MICHIGAN STATE HOSPITAL FINANCE AUT
382889417	59465HEQ5	2007-04-01	140209630	FINISH 10-STRY ADD.	false	false	false

Form990 Schedule K Part II Form990ScheduleKPartII (2 entries)

Total ProceedsTotalProceeds	Refunding EscrowRefundingEscrow	Issuance Costs From ProceedsIssuanceCostsFromProceeds	Capital ExpendituresCapitalExpenditures	Year Of Subst CompletionYearOfSubstCompletion	Current RefundingCurrentRefunding	Advance RefundingAdvanceRefunding	Final Allocation MadeFinalAllocationMade	Adequate Books And Recds MaintaindAdequateBooksAndRecdsMaintaind
92941319	40072062	2868252	50001005	2006	true	false	true	true
140209630	41432241	1203994	97573395	2008	false	true	true	true

Form990 Schedule K Part III Form990ScheduleKPartIII (2 entries)

Owning Bond Financed PropertyOwningBondFinancedProperty	Any Lease ArrangementsAnyLeaseArrangements	Mngment Cntrct Bond Financd PrprtyMngmentCntrctBondFinancdPrprty	Engage Bond Counsel ContractsEngageBondCounselContracts	Any Research AgreementsAnyResearchAgreements	Engage Bond Counsel ResearchEngageBondCounselResearch	Post Issuance Compliance ProcdrsPostIssuanceComplianceProcdrs
false	false	false	false	false	false	true
false	false	false	false	false	false	true

Form990 Schedule K Part IV Form990ScheduleKPartIV (2 entries)

Form8038 T FiledForm8038TFiled	Variable Rate IssueVariableRateIssue	Hedge Identified In Books And RecdsHedgeIdentifiedInBooksAndRecds	Gross Proceeds Invested In GICGrossProceedsInvestedInGIC	Business Name Line2NameOfGICProvider/BusinessNameLine2	Term Of GICTermOfGIC	Regulatory Safe Harbor SatisfiedRegulatorySafeHarborSatisfied	Gross Proceeds InvestedGrossProceedsInvested	Exception To RebateExceptionToRebate
MORGANSTANLEY &
false	false	false	true	CO INCORPORATED	2.7	true	false	true
HYPO PUBLIC FIN
false	false	false	true	BANK	2.7	true	false	true

Form990 Schedule K Part VI Form990ScheduleKPartVI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	ADDITIONAL INFORMATION	Identifier
Return Reference	SCHEDULE K	ReturnReference
Explanation	MICHIGAN STATE HOSPITAL FINANCE AUT THE ISSUE PRICE FOR THE MICHIGAN STATE HOSPITAL FINANCE AUTHORITY CUSIP 59465HAC0 REPORTED ON FORM 8038 WAS XXX-XX-XXXX THIS TAXEXEMPT BOND IS BEING ALLOCATED BETWEEN EDWARD W SPARROW HOSPITAL AND CLINTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL THE AMOUNT OF THE ISSUE PRICE REPORTED ON EDWARD W SPARROW HOSPITAL IS XXX-XX-XXXX AND THE AMOUNT REPORTED ON CLINTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IS 4148209 SPARROW HEALTH SYSTEM IS THE SOLE MEMBER OF BOTH EDWARD W SPARROW HOSPITAL AND CLINTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	Explanation

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Form990 Schedule L Part IV Form990ScheduleLPartIV (2 entries)

RelationshipRelationship	Amount Of TransactionAmountOfTransaction	Description Of TransactionDescriptionOfTransaction	Sharing Of RevenuesSharingOfRevenues
MAUREEN FELLOWS
FAMILY MEMBER	49739	EMPLOYMENT	false
DEBORAH GINSBURG
FAMILY MEMBER	28373	EMPLOYMENT	false

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (11 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION	FORM 990	ALL LINES LEFT BLANK ARE NOT APPLICABLE TO THE ORGANIZATION. PART IV, QUESTION 4 - THE ORGANIZATION HAS MEMBERSHIPS IN VARIOUS TRADE ASSOCIATIONS THAT USE A PORTION OF DUES PAID TO THE TRADE ASSOCIATIONS FOR LOBBYING ACTIVITIES ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICABLE TRADE ASSOCIATION INDUSTRIES, THUS INDIRECTLY BENEFITING THE ORGANIZATION. THE PERCENTAGE OF DUES ALLOCATED TO THIS INDUSTRY-WIDE LOBBYING ACTIVITY IS MINOR AND IS NOT CONSIDERED BY THE ORGANIZATION AS LOBBYING ACTIVITIES REQUIRED FOR DISCLOSURE ON SCHEDULE C, PART II.
FIRST ACCOMPLISHMENT DESCRIPTION	FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A	MID-MICHIGAN. SPARROW IS THE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER FOR: PEDIATRICS, CANCER CARE INCLUDING RADIATION THERAPY, TRAUMA CARE, NEUROLOGICAL CARE, HIGH-RISK OBSTETRICS, NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, AND CARDIOVASCULAR SERVICES. SPARROW TREATED MORE THAN 33,000 INPATIENTS, HAD MORE THAN 1.2 MILLION OUTPATIENT ENCOUNTERS, AND PROVIDED SERVICES TO ABOUT 123,000 EMERGENCY MEDICINE PATIENTS IN 2011. TODAY'S SPARROW HEALTH SYSTEM BLENDS THE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE OF OVER 900 PHYSICIANS, 7,500 CAREGIVERS AND APPROXIMATELY 2,000 VOLUNTEERS WITH THE MOST ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY, SERVING AS A COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH SYSTEM FOR AN EIGHT-COUNTY POPULATION. IN ADDITION, MORE PEOPLE CHOOSE SPARROW FOR THEIR MATERNITY NEEDS (MORE THAN 4,100 DELIVERIES ANNUALLY), REHABILITATION, AND EMERGENCY TREATMENT THAN ANY OTHER HOSPITAL IN MID-MICHIGAN. SPARROW HEALTH SYSTEM'S REACH EXTENDS FAR BEYOND THE ACUTE CARE SETTING OF THE HOSPITAL. THERE ARE MANY WAYS OUR STAFF PROACTIVELY SUPPORTS THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO HAVE THE GREATEST NEED. BECAUSE OF SPARROW'S COMMITMENT, THE PEOPLE OF MID-MICHIGAN HAVE ACCESS TO THE FULL RANGE OF COMPREHENSIVE ACUTE CARE SERVICES AND THE LATEST MEDICAL ADVANCES WITHOUT TRAVELING GREAT DISTANCES. THESE SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE TO ALL MID-MICHIGAN RESIDENTS, REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY. PROVIDING ACCESS TO PRIMARY CARE - SPARROW RECOGNIZES THAT IF WE ARE TO ACHIEVE OUR VISION OF BEING A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED LEADER IN QUALITY AND THE PATIENT EXPERIENCE, WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE THE LEAD IN FUNDAMENTALLY TRANSFORMING HEALTH CARE IN MICHIGAN. IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES OF INCREASING PREVALENCE OF CHRONIC DISEASE AND AN AGING POPULATION, TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF CARE AND THE PATIENT EXPERIENCE WHILE ALSO ENSURING GREATER AFFORDABILITY FOR PAYORS, SPARROW NEEDS TO IMPLEMENT PROFOUND CHANGES IN HOW CARE IS PROVIDED. SPARROW IS COMMITTED TO SEEKING NEW WAYS TO PARTNER WITH QUALITY CARE PROVIDERS TO CREATE GREATER ALIGNMENT AROUND IMPROVED QUALITY AND PATIENT EXPERIENCE, WORK JOINTLY TO DEVELOP CLINICAL GUIDELINES TO ENSURE THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF CARE FOR PATIENTS WHO NEED TO BE TRANSFERRED TO DIFFERENT LEVELS OF CARE AND TO ENSURE THAT CARE IS ALWAYS DELIVERED IN THE BEST QUALITY AND MOST COST-ADVANTAGEOUS CLINICAL SETTING AS CLOSE TO THE PATIENTS HOME AS POSSIBLE. SPARROW WAS SELECTED TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE MAYO CLINIC CARE NETWORK (IN 2012), SOLIDIFYING OUR DEDICATION TO MEETING OUR PATIENTS HEALTHCARE NEEDS RIGHT HERE IN MID- MICHIGAN. SPARROW ALSO HOLDS AFFILIATIONS WITH SPARROW CLINTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, SPARROW IONIA HOSPITAL, CARSON CITY HOSPITAL, AND HAYES GREEN BEACH HOSPITAL EXTENDING OUR REACH THROUGHOUT THE REGION. SPARROW COMMUNITY CARE - A NON-PROFIT ENTITY COMPRISING THE FORMER SPARROW MEDICAL SUPPLY AND SPARROW HOME CARE UNITS WITH SPARROW LABORATORIES AND SPARROW PHARMACY PLUS ROUND OUT SPARROW HEALTH SYSTEM'S NETWORK OF FACILITIES AND PRIMARY CARE SERVICES. THEY ARE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE QUALITY, CONVENIENT, COST EFFECTIVE HEALTH CARE TO THE PEOPLE OF MID-MICHIGAN. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS - SPARROW HAS DISTINGUISHED ITSELF AS A RECOGNIZED LEADER IN EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. THE HOSPITAL VIEWS PREPAREDNESS AS AN ONGOING PROCESS LED BY A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM THAT INVOLVES ALL ASPECTS OF HOSPITAL OPERATIONS, INCLUDING MEDICAL AND NON-MEDICAL SERVICES. DRILLS ARE CONDUCTED YEAR-ROUND IN COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES TO ENSURE SPARROW IS PREPARED FOR ANY DISASTER, WHETHER IT IS THE RESULT OF A TERRORIST ACT OR A NATURAL DISASTER. SPARROW'S EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS COMMITTEE REGULARLY TESTS THE HOSPITAL'S RESPONSE SKILLS INDEPENDENT OF ANY AGENCY OR GOVERNING BODY. THE HOSPITAL ALSO WORKS WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, INCLUDING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO COORDINATE A PLANNED RESPONSE IN THE EVENT OF A TRUE EMERGENCY. SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOODS - SPARROW IS THE UNQUESTIONED LEADER IN MID-MICHIGAN IN PROVIDING HEALTHCARE SERVICES AND PROMOTING HEALTH-RELATED ACTIVITIES. SPARROW PROVIDES FIRST-AID SERVICES AT MANY SPECIAL EVENTS INCLUDING MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL GAMES, LANSING LUGNUTS BASEBALL GAMES AND THE CITY OF LANSING'S ANNUAL COMMON GROUND MUSIC FESTIVAL. SPARROW ALSO SPONSORS DOZENS OF HEALTH-RELATED ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING THE ANNUAL LANSING WOMEN'S EXPO, HIKE FOR HOSPICE, THE FEELIN' GOOD MILEAGE CLUB FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND FITKIDS. SPARROW ALSO HAS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NATION'S LARGEST AND MOST EXPERIENCED PROVIDER OF AIR AMBULANCE SERVICES, LIFENET OF MICHIGAN. LIFENET PROVIDES 24-HOUR AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT SERVICE FOR IMPROVED ACCESS TO PATIENTS WHO NEED CRITICAL CARE. AS A TEACHING HOSPITAL, SPARROW HAS CONTINUED TO STRENGTHEN ITS AFFILIATION WITH MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY THROUGH A JOINT INITIATIVE, THE CENTER FOR INNOVATION, BY SUPPORTING FELLOWSHIPS AND RECRUITING ESTABLISHED RESEARCHERS TO DEVELOP, TEST, IMPLEMENT AND EVALUATE INNOVATIVE APPROACHES IN HEALTHCARE. SPARROW HAS MANY OTHER LONGSTANDING ARRANGEMENTS WITH MSU'S COLLEGES OF HUMAN MEDICINE, OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE AND NURSING. SPARROW WORKS WITH MSU TO FACILITATE THE RECRUITMENT, TRAINING AND RETENTION OF CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS OF PHYSICIANS AND NURSES. SPARROW IS THE CLINICAL CENTER FOR A MULTITUDE OF HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS, INCLUDING GRADUATE MEDICAL RESIDENCY AND NURSING INTERNSHIPS. SPARROW ALSO SPONSORS DOZENS OF HEALTH SCREENING PROGRAMS, WHICH ARE FREE TO THE PUBLIC. FREE DIABETES TESTING, PROSTATE SCREENING, BREAST EXAMS AND BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKS ARE BUT A FEW OF THE MANY SUCH PROGRAMS SPARROW PROVIDES TO THE COMMUNITY. SPARROW ALSO PROVIDES MEETING FACILITIES FOR MANY HEALTH EDUCATION AND SUPPORT GROUPS. AS INDIVIDUAL VOLUNTEERS, AND AS AN ORGANIZATION, SPARROW HEALTH SYSTEM SUPPORTED MORE THAN 200 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WITH SPONSORSHIPS, IN-KIND SERVICES, AND/OR VOLUNTEER SERVICE. AS MID-MICHIGAN'S LEADING HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, SPARROW HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO DELIVER QUALITY, COMPASSIONATE CARE TO ALL PEOPLE. AS THE LEADING REGIONAL PROVIDER OF UNCOMPENSATED AND CHARITY CARE IN 2011, SPARROW PROVIDED APPROXIMATELY 59.8 MILLION IN CHARITY, BAD DEBT AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS AND ABSORBED THE COST OF MORE THAN 8.2 MILLION IN MEDICARE AND MEDICAID UNDER-FUNDING. A BRIEF FINANCIAL SUMMARY OF THE ABOVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS IS: CHARITY AND BAD DEBTS 30,532,167, COMMUNITY BENEFITS (SUBSIDIZED PROGRAMS AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH) 29,291,424, AND MEDICARE AND MEDICAID UNDER-FUNDING 8,213,105.
CLASSES OF MEMBERS OR STOCKHOLDERS	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 6	SPARROW HEALTH SYSTEM IS THE SOLE MEMBER OF EDWARD W. SPARROW HOSPITAL AND HAS 100% OWNERSHIP.
ELECTION OF MEMBERS AND THEIR RIGHTS	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 7A	SPARROW HEALTH SYSTEM CAN ELECT MEMBERS OF THE EDWARD W. SPARROW HOSPITAL BOARD. THE PRESIDENT OF THE MEDICAL STAFF, WHICH IS A MEMBER OF THE GOVERNING BODY, IS ELECTED BY THE MEDICAL STAFF OF EDWARD W. SPARROW HOSPITAL.
DECISIONS SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF MEMBERS	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 7B	SPARROW HEALTH SYSTEM HAS THE RIGHT TO ELECT, REPLACE, AND REMOVE DIRECTORS OF EDWARD W. SPARROW HOSPITAL. SPARROW HEALTH SYSTEM ALSO HAS THE AUTHORITY TO APPROVE DECISIONS OF THE EDWARD W. SPARROW HOSPITAL BOARD WHEN IT IS DEEMED NECESSARY.
ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS USED TO REVIEW FORM 990	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	COPIES OF THE 2011 FORM 990 WHICH WAS REVIEWED BY MANAGEMENT WAS PROVIDED AT THE SEPTEMBER 2012 AUDIT COMMITTEE AND BOARD MEETINGS FOR ALL MEMBERS TO REVIEW AND COMMENT ON. THE AUDIT COMMITTEE IS THE GOVERNING BODY WITH THE AUTHORITY TO REVIEW AND COMMENT ON THE 990.
ENFORCEMENT OF CONFLICTS POLICY	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C	1) CORPORATE COMPLIANCE SENDS OUT CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND QUESTIONNAIRES TO ALL VOTING BOARD MEMBERS AND THE EXECUTIVE TEAM ANNUALLY 2) ALL DISCLOSURES ARE RECEIVED AND REVIEWED BY CORPORATE COMPLIANCE 3) ALL DISCLOSURES ARE GIVEN A RESOLUTION CODE AND PRESENTED TO THE CEO AND GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD 4) ALL BOARD/COMMITTEE LEVEL DISCLOSURES ARE PROVIDED TO THE RESPECTIVE BOARD CHAIR AND EXECUTIVE LIAISON TO ENSURE ISSUES CAN BE ADDRESSED ON A TRANSACTION LEVEL (I.E. IF A VOTE IS REQUIRED ON A TRANSACTION INVOLVING AN INTERESTED PERSON)
COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR TOP OFFICIAL	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A	THE PROCESS FOR DETERMINING COMPENSATION FOR THE CEO OF THE ORGANIZATION INVOLVED THE FOLLOWING: UTILIZING THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE, INDEPENDENT CONSULTANTS, REVIEWING OTHER SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS' 990S, COMPENSATION SURVEYS, AND FINAL APPROVAL BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AS WELL AS FINALIZING THE SALARY PACKAGE WITH A WRITTEN EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT.
COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR OFFICERS	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15B	THE PROCESS FOR DETERMINING COMPENSATION FOR OFFICERS OR KEY EMPLOYEES OF THE ORGANIZATION INVOLVED THE FOLLOWING: UTILIZING THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE, INDEPENDENT CONSULTANTS, REVIEWING OTHER SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS' 990S, COMPENSATION SURVEYS, AND FINAL APPROVAL BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AS WELL AS FINALIZING THE SALARY PACKAGE WITH A WRITTEN EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT.
GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATION	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	THE ORGANIZATION'S AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE ON SEVERAL INTERNET WEBSITES, INCLUDING NMSIR AND MSHFA WEBSITES, AS WELL AS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. THE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.
OTHER CHANGES IN NET ASSETS EXPLANATION	FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 5	CHANGES IN NET ASSETS: CHANGE IN UNFUNDED PENSION OBLIGATION -39,094,775 CHANGE IN UNFUNDED POSTRETIREMENT OBLIGATION -94,240 TRANSFERS FROM AFFILIATES 11,833,823 UNREALIZED GAIN/LOSS ON INVESTMENTS -7,445,802 ------------- TOTAL CHANGE IN NET ASSETS -34,800,994

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Form990 Schedule R Part II Form990ScheduleRPartII (9 entries)

Address Line1AddressUS/AddressLine1	CityAddressUS/City	StateAddressUS/State	ZIP CodeAddressUS/ZIPCode	EINEIN	Primary ActivitiesPrimaryActivities	Legal Domicile StateLegalDomicileState	Exempt Code SectionExemptCodeSection	Public Charity StatusPublicCharityStatus	Business Name Line1DirectControllingEntityName/BusinessNameLine1	Controlled OrgControlledOrg
SPARROW HEALTH SYSTEM
1215 EAST MICHIGAN AVENUE	LANSING	MI	48912	382542859	PARENT	MI	501C3	11A	NA	false
SPARROW COMMUNITY CARE
2909 EAST GRAND RIVER	LANSING	MI	48912	382543305	HOME HLTH	MI	501C3	9	SHS	true
PHYSICIANS HEALTH PLAN
1400 EAST MICHIGAN AVENUE	LANSING	MI	48912	382356288	INSURANCE	MI	501C4		SHS	true
PHP FAMILYCARE
1400 EAST MICHIGAN AVENUE	LANSING	MI	48912	364497604	HMO	MI	501C4		PHPMM	true
PHYSICIANS HEALTH NETWORK
1400 EAST MICHIGAN AVENUE	LANSING	MI	48912	382594856	HMO	MI	501C4		SHS	true
SPARROW FOUNDATION
1110 EAST MICHIGAN AVENUE	LANSING	MI	48912	386100687	FUNDRAISE	MI	501C3	11B	SHS	true
CLINTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
805 SOUTH OAKLAND	ST JOHNS	MI	48879	381358172	HLTH CARE	MI	501C3	3	SHS	true
SPARROW SPECIALTY HOSPITAL
1210 WEST SAGINAW	LANSING	MI	48915	141885340	LT ACUTE C	MI	501C3	3	SHS	true
IONIA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL CORP
479 LAFAYETTE STREET	IONIA	MI	48846	383218134	HLTH CARE	MI	501C3	3	SHS	true

Form990 Schedule R Part III Form990ScheduleRPartIII (2 entries)

Address Line1AddressUS/AddressLine1	CityAddressUS/City	StateAddressUS/State	ZIP CodeAddressUS/ZIPCode	EINEIN	Primary ActivityPrimaryActivity	Legal Domicile StateLegalDomicileState	Business Name Line1DirectControllingEntityName/BusinessNameLine1	Predominant Income TypePredominantIncomeType	Share Of Total IncomeShareOfTotalIncome	Share Of EOY AssetsShareOfEOYAssets	Disproportionate AllocationsDisproportionateAllocations	Code VCodeVAmount	General Or Managing PartnerGeneralOrManagingPartner	Percentage OwnershipPercentageOwnership
LANSING MEDICAL DENTAL BUILDING
2909 EAST GRAND RIVER	LANSING	MI	48909	382566150	RENTAL PRO	MI	EWSH	EXCLUDED	27941	568212	false	$135	false	0.68420
LANSING MEDICAL DENTAL BUILDING
2909 EAST GRAND RIVER	LANSING	MI	48909	382566150	RENTAL PRO	MI	EWSH	EXCLUDED	27941	568212	false	$135	false	0.68420

Form990 Schedule R Part IV Form990ScheduleRPartIV (14 entries)

Address Line1AddressUS/AddressLine1	CityAddressUS/City	StateAddressUS/State	ZIP CodeAddressUS/ZIPCode	EINEIN	Primary ActivityPrimaryActivity	Legal Domicile StateLegalDomicileState	Direct Controlling Entity NADirectControllingEntityNA	Business Name Line1DirectControllingEntityName/BusinessNameLine1	Type Of EntityTypeOfEntity	Share Of Total IncomeShareOfTotalIncome	Share Of EOY AssetsShareOfEOYAssets	Percentage OwnershipPercentageOwnership
SPARROW DEVELOPMENT INC
1210 WEST SAGINAW ST	LANSING	MI	48915	382595963	MED SUPPLY	MI	N/A
MEDICAL CENTER WEST CONDO ASSOC
1100 WEST SAGINAW ST	LANSING	MI	48915	382635630	CONDO ASSO	MI		EWSH	C CORP	33369	224919	0.94610
PHP INSURANCE COMPANY
PO BOX 30377	LANSING	MI	48909	205565219	INSURANCE	MI	N/A
PHP SERVICE COMPANY
1400 EAST MICHIGAN AVE	LANSING	MI	48912	383344741	MED SERV	MI	N/A
EAST LANSING ATHLETIC CLUB
2900 HANNAH BLVD	LANSING	MI	48823	382886420	HLTH CLUB	MI	N/A
MAC RESTAURANT LLC
2900 HANNAH BLVD	LANSING	MI	48823	205120690	RESTAURANT	MI	N/A
CLINTON SERVICE CORPORATION
805 SOUTH OAKLAND	ST JOHNS	MI	48879	382494110	SERVICES	MI	N/A
SPARROW DEVELOPMENT INC
1210 WEST SAGINAW ST	LANSING	MI	48915	382595963	MED SUPPLY	MI	N/A
MEDICAL CENTER WEST CONDO ASSOC
1100 WEST SAGINAW ST	LANSING	MI	48915	382635630	CONDO ASSO	MI		EWSH	C CORP	33369	224919	0.94610
PHP INSURANCE COMPANY
PO BOX 30377	LANSING	MI	48909	205565219	INSURANCE	MI	N/A
PHP SERVICE COMPANY
1400 EAST MICHIGAN AVE	LANSING	MI	48912	383344741	MED SERV	MI	N/A
EAST LANSING ATHLETIC CLUB
2900 HANNAH BLVD	LANSING	MI	48823	382886420	HLTH CLUB	MI	N/A
MAC RESTAURANT LLC
2900 HANNAH BLVD	LANSING	MI	48823	205120690	RESTAURANT	MI	N/A
CLINTON SERVICE CORPORATION
805 SOUTH OAKLAND	ST JOHNS	MI	48879	382494110	SERVICES	MI	N/A

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Ann Rents Royalties	true	ReceiptOfIntAnnRentsRoyalties
Gift Grant Or Cap Contr To Other Org	true	GiftGrantOrCapContrToOtherOrg
Gift Grant Or Cap Contr Fr Other Org	true	GiftGrantOrCapContrFrOtherOrg
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org	true	LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrg
Loans Or Guarantees From Other Org	false	LoansOrGuaranteesFromOtherOrg
Sale Of Assets To Other Org	false	SaleOfAssetsToOtherOrg
Purchase Of Assets From Other Org	true	PurchaseOfAssetsFromOtherOrg
Exchange Of Assets	false	ExchangeOfAssets
Rental Of Facilities To Other Orgs	true	RentalOfFacilitiesToOtherOrgs
Rental Of Facilities Fr Other Orgs	true	RentalOfFacilitiesFrOtherOrgs
Perform Of Services For Other Orgs	true	PerformOfServicesForOtherOrgs
Perform Of Services By Other Orgs	true	PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgs
Sharing Of Facilities	false	SharingOfFacilities
Sharing Of Paid Employees	true	SharingOfPaidEmployees
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org	true	ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrg
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org	true	ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrg
Other Transfer To Other Org	true	OtherTransferToOtherOrg
Other Transfer From Other Org	false	OtherTransferFromOtherOrg

Transactions Related Orgs Table TransactionsRelatedOrgsTable (76 entries)

Transaction TypeTransactionType	Amount InvolvedAmountInvolved	Method Of Amt DeterminationMethodOfAmtDetermination
SPARROW DEVELOPMENT INC
A	18946	COST
SPARROW SPECIALTY HOSPITAL
A	273516	COST
SPARROW COMMUNITY CARE
A	109721	COST
SPARROW REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
A	54027	COST
SPARROW FOUNDATION
C	1342649	COST
IONIA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
D	209340	COST
CLINTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
G	718212	COST
SPARROW DEVELOPMENT INC
J	285671	COST
SPARROW SPECIALTY HOSPITAL
K	1346571	COST
IONIA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
K	1051391	COST
CLINTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
K	1585392	COST
CLINTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
L	73594	COST
CLINTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
N	89677	COST
PHYSICIANS HEALTH PLAN
N	213199	COST
IONIA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
N	715366	COST
PHYSICIANS HEALTH PLAN
P	10923280	COST
SPARROW SPECIALTY HOSPITAL
P	1014562	COST
IONIA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
P	916744	COST
SPARROW FOUNDATION
Q	66177	COST
SPARROW DEVELOPMENT INC
A	18946	COST
SPARROW SPECIALTY HOSPITAL
A	273516	COST
SPARROW COMMUNITY CARE
A	109721	COST
SPARROW REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
A	54027	COST
SPARROW FOUNDATION
C	1342649	COST
IONIA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
D	209340	COST
CLINTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
G	718212	COST
SPARROW DEVELOPMENT INC
J	285671	COST
SPARROW SPECIALTY HOSPITAL
K	1346571	COST
IONIA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
K	1051391	COST
CLINTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
K	1585392	COST
CLINTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
L	73594	COST
CLINTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
N	89677	COST
PHYSICIANS HEALTH PLAN
N	213199	COST
IONIA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
N	715366	COST
PHYSICIANS HEALTH PLAN
P	10923280	COST
SPARROW SPECIALTY HOSPITAL
P	1014562	COST
IONIA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
P	916744	COST
SPARROW FOUNDATION
Q	66177	COST
SPARROW DEVELOPMENT INC
A	18946	COST
SPARROW SPECIALTY HOSPITAL
A	273516	COST
SPARROW COMMUNITY CARE
A	109721	COST
SPARROW REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
A	54027	COST
SPARROW FOUNDATION
C	1342649	COST
IONIA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
D	209340	COST
CLINTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
G	718212	COST
SPARROW DEVELOPMENT INC
J	285671	COST
SPARROW SPECIALTY HOSPITAL
K	1346571	COST
IONIA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
K	1051391	COST
CLINTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
K	1585392	COST
CLINTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
L	73594	COST
CLINTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
N	89677	COST
PHYSICIANS HEALTH PLAN
N	213199	COST
IONIA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
N	715366	COST
PHYSICIANS HEALTH PLAN
P	10923280	COST
SPARROW SPECIALTY HOSPITAL
P	1014562	COST
IONIA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
P	916744	COST
SPARROW FOUNDATION
Q	66177	COST
SPARROW DEVELOPMENT INC
A	18946	COST
SPARROW SPECIALTY HOSPITAL
A	273516	COST
SPARROW COMMUNITY CARE
A	109721	COST
SPARROW REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
A	54027	COST
SPARROW FOUNDATION
C	1342649	COST
IONIA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
D	209340	COST
CLINTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
G	718212	COST
SPARROW DEVELOPMENT INC
J	285671	COST
SPARROW SPECIALTY HOSPITAL
K	1346571	COST
IONIA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
K	1051391	COST
CLINTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
K	1585392	COST
CLINTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
L	73594	COST
CLINTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
N	89677	COST
PHYSICIANS HEALTH PLAN
N	213199	COST
IONIA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
N	715366	COST
PHYSICIANS HEALTH PLAN
P	10923280	COST
SPARROW SPECIALTY HOSPITAL
P	1014562	COST
IONIA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
P	916744	COST
SPARROW FOUNDATION
Q	66177	COST