Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital- Milton Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
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- Income
- $166.9 million
- Spending
- $172.3 million
- Spent on programs
- 88%
- Reserves
- 0.4 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 97%
- Employees
- 1,191
- Volunteers
- 0
- Highest pay
- $5.4 million, ceo (ex-off) (ceo, bilh)
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Fair: 52 out of 100. Higher than 37% of charities in its peer group (health care, over $100m).
Reserves
4 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 0.4 months of spending.
Debt
10 of 20It owes 42% of what it owns.
Living within its means
8 of 15Spending exceeded income by 3% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 10% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1588% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 21 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 95 out of 100. Higher than 36% of charities in its peer group (health care, over $100m).
Independent board
25 of 2516 of 22 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
0 of 5Reports no independent review process for its chief executive's pay.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- $151.5 million spent. OUTPATIENT CLINICS AND SERVICES BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - MILTON (BID-MILTON) PROVIDES A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM OF CLINICAL SERVICES ENCOMPASSING GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE AND ALL THE SUBSPECIALTIES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, COVERING THE GAMUT OF SERVICES FROM PRIMARY TO TERTIARY CARE AS WELL AS PROVIDING SURGICAL SERVICES ON AN OUTPATIENT BASIS. THE HOSPITAL'S MEDICAL STAFF BLENDS EXPERIENCED PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS AND SPECIALISTS IN A WIDE VARIETY OF DISCIPLINES. THE PRIMARY CARE AND SPECIALISTS AT BID-MILTON PROVIDE OUTPATIENT PRIMARY CARE AS WELL AS ENDOSCOPIC, OPHTHALMOLOGIC, ORTHOPEDIC, DERMATOLOGIC AND PODIATRIC PROCEDURES, CARDIAC REHABILITATION, DIABETES MANAGEMENT SERVICES, NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING AND ELDER ASSESSMENT PROGRAMS. DIAGNOSTIC FACILITIES AT BID-MILTON INCLUDE A COMPLETE 24-HOUR HISTOPATHOLOGY LABORATORY AND BLOOD BANKING SERVICES AS WELL AS DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING INCLUDING CT SCANNING, ULTRASOUND, MRI, 3D MAMMOGRAPHY, ULTRASONIC CARDIOLOGY, BONE DENSITOMETRY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE, PLAIN FILM RADIOLOGY AND FLUOROSCOPY. IN ADDITION, THE HOSPITAL'S PICTURE ARCHIVAL AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM (PACS) CAN INSTANTANEOUSLY TRANSMIT RADIOLOGIC IMAGES BETWEEN BID-MILTON AND BIDMC, MEANING THAT PATIENTS IN MILTON HAVE ACCESS TO THE SAME WORLD-CLASS SPECIALISTS AS PATIENTS AT BIDMC IN BOSTON. THE SYSTEM FACILITATES, WHEN NECESSARY, MULTI-DISCIPLINARY EVALUATION OF IMAGES, RESULTING IN IMPROVED TECHNICAL PERFORMANCE AND FEEDBACK AND DIAGNOSES WITH GREATER DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY. DURING THE PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING, BID-MILTON HAD 192,939 OUTPATIENT ENCOUNTERS. THIS INCLUDED 14,769 URGENT CARE VISITS, 17,296 HOSPITAL CLINIC ENCOUNTERS, 2,576 OBSERVATION CASES, 2,210 PAIN CLINIC VISITS, 3,818 OUTPATIENT AMBULATORY SURGERIES, 5,754 OUTPATIENT ENDOSCOPY VISITS, 12,612 OUTPATIENT EKG EXAMS, 970 OUTPATIENT ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES, 49,903 OUTPATIENT RADIOLOGY EXAMS, 19,956 OUTPATIENT CT SCANS, 12,534 OUTPATIENT ULTRASOUNDS, 4,557 OUTPATIENT MRIS, 1,403 OTHER NUCLEAR MEDICINE TESTS, 8,361 BREAST IMAGING EXAMS, 536,000 OUTPATIENT LAB TESTS, 6,836 OUTPATIENT REHABILITATION/PHYSICAL THERAPY VISITS, AND 27,929 OTHER TESTS AND PROCEDURES.
- INPATIENT MEDICAL / SURGICAL AND INTENSIVE CARE BID-MILTON OR HOSPITAL IS A 102-BED ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL THAT SERVES PATIENTS OF ALL AGES AND SERVES THE COMMUNITIES OF MILTON, QUINCY, BRAINTREE, RANDOLPH, CANTON, HYDE PARK DORCHESTER AND OTHER LOCAL COMMUNITIES. BID-MILTON PROVIDES A WIDE RANGE OF INPATIENT CARE INCLUDING SURGICAL SERVICES, INTENSIVE AND CARDIAC CARE AND COMPLETE DIAGNOSTIC FACILITIES. BID-MILTON'S INPATIENT FACILITIES INCLUDE MEDICAL/SURGICAL BEDS AND AN EIGHT-BED INTENSIVE AND CARDIAC CARE UNIT. THE HOSPITAL HAS A FULLY RENOVATED STATE-OF-THE ART SURGICAL SUITE WITH SEVEN FULLY EQUIPPED OPERATING ROOMS, ONE MINOR SURGERY ROOM AND A POST-OPERATIVE ANESTHESIA CARE UNIT. SURGICAL SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE 24 HOURS A DAY FOR CRITICALLY ILL OR INJURED PATIENTS REQUIRING IMMEDIATE SURGICAL INTERVENTION, OR FOR OTHER PATIENTS ON A NON-EMERGENT OR ELECTIVE BASIS. BID-MILTON'S HIGHLY QUALIFIED SURGEONS PERFORM ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES AND IMPLANTS, PLASTIC RECONSTRUCTION, GASTROINTESTINAL, BARIATRIC, GENERAL SURGICAL (INCLUDING BREAST) GYNECOLOGICAL, OPHTHALMOLOGIC, PODIATRIC, AND UROLOGICAL PROCEDURES. LIMITED VASCULAR AND THORACIC SURGERY IS ALSO PERFORMED. PATIENTS ARE UNDER THE CARE OF THE HOSPITAL'S MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITALISTS AND/OR GENERAL SURGEONS ALONG WITH NURSES AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS WHO ARE TRAINED IN CARING FOR PATIENTS WITH COMPLEX MEDICAL NEEDS. THE NURSING CARE TEAM CONSISTS OF REGISTERED NURSES, SURGICAL TECHNICIANS AND QUALIFIED ANCILLARY PERSONNEL WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH SURGICAL AND ANESTHESIA PHYSICIANS. THE SCOPE OF NURSING PRACTICE IN THE PERIOPERATIVE AREA INCLUDES PREOPERATIVE ASSESSMENT AND PLANNING, INTRA-OPERATIVE INTERVENTION, POSTOPERATIVE ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTION, DISCHARGE PLANNING AND DOCUMENTATION TO ENSURE HIGH QUALITY PATIENT CARE AND SAFETY. THE INPATIENT POPULATION THAT IS SERVED INCLUDES INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE 15 YEARS AND OLDER WHO REQUIRE MINOR OR MAJOR SURGICAL INTERVENTION. DURING THE FISCAL PERIOD OCTOBER 1, 2023 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 2024, BID-MILTON HAD 6,593 INPATIENT DISCHARGES WITH 26,868 PATIENT DAYS, AND 1,581 TOTAL INPATIENT SURGERIES.
- EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT BID-MILTON'S EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT (ED) IS OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY, 7 DAYS A WEEK AND PROVIDES EMERGENCY CARE TO ALL PATIENTS, REGARDLESS OF ABILITY TO PAY. THE ED IS STAFFED BY ASSOCIATED PHYSICIANS OF HARVARD MEDICAL FACULTY PHYSICIANS AT BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER (APHMFP), AN INTEGRALLY RELATED PHYSICIAN PRACTICE OF BIDMC AND BIDMC AFFILIATED ENTITIES WHICH IS EXEMPT FROM INCOME TAX UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED. APHMFP PHYSICIANS PROVIDE AROUND THE CLOCK PHYSICIAN PATIENT CARE COVERAGE AND MEDICAL DIRECTION OF THE BID-MILTON EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. A HIGHLY TRAINED NURSING STAFF ALSO PROVIDES CARE TO PATIENTS IN THE ED. CRITICALLY INJURED PATIENTS NEEDING THE SERVICES OF A LEVEL I TRAUMA CENTER ARE STABILIZED AND TRANSFERRED TO BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER IN BOSTON. A RAPID CARDIAC TRANSFER PROGRAM WITH THE MEDICAL CENTER ALSO FACILITATES THE TRANSFER OF PATIENTS NEEDING EMERGENCY CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION. DURING THE FISCAL PERIOD OCTOBER 1, 2023 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 2024, BID-MILTON HAD MORE THAN 37,887 EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISITS. IN ADDITION TO THE PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS NOTED ABOVE, THE BILH NETWORK HAD SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES ACROSS ENTITIES RELATED TO BOTH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND OTHER HEALTHCARE INITIATIVES. SEE THE NARRATIVE SUPPORT FOR SCHEDULE H FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending September 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since April 1952.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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