Lahey Clinic Hospital Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
Points to look into
- Raising each dollar of donations cost 3370 cents.
These come from the organization's own tax return. There may be a good explanation; ask the charity.
What it says it does
SEE SCHEDULE O
- Income
- $1.2 billion
- Spending
- $1.1 billion
- Spent on programs
- 86%
- Reserves
- 0 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 97%
- Employees
- 5,927
- Volunteers
- 164
- Highest pay
- $5.4 million, ttee & 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
Weak: 44 out of 100. Higher than 21% of charities in its peer group (health care, over $100m).
Reserves
4 of 35Spendable reserves would cover -0.0 months of spending.
Debt
10 of 20It owes 41% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 7% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 6% on the year before.
Spending floor
0 of 1586% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 3370 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
Good: 75 out of 100. Higher than 7% of charities in its peer group (health care, over $100m).
Independent board
5 of 2512 of 24 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)
- $977.6 million spent. OUTPATIENT CLINICS AND SERVICES LAHEY CLINIC HOSPITAL D/B/A LAHEY HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER (LHMC) OPERATES TWO CAMPUSES, ONE IN BURLINGTON AND A SECOND IN PEABODY. LHMC BURLINGTON, IS A TERTIARY CARE FACILITY AND ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER. LHMC, PEABODY, IS A FULL-SERVICE, COMMUNITY-BASED HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER. LHMC RECOGNIZES THE INCREASING DEMAND FOR EFFICIENT, HIGH-QUALITY, RESPONSIVE HEALTH CARE SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY. LHMC PROUDLY ADDRESSES THIS NEED BY PROVIDING TOP-QUALITY, SUPERIOR PATIENT CARE THROUGH A WIDE RANGE OF OUTPATIENT SERVICES, INCLUDING ONCOLOGY, RADIOLOGY, PULMONOLOGY, CARDIOLOGY AND UROLOGY AS WELL AS REHABILITATION AND RECOVERY SERVICES. AT BOTH FACILITIES, HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND OTHER CLINICAL STAFF WORK TOGETHER IN A COORDINATED, MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO PROVIDE PATIENTS WITH INTEGRATED, COMPREHENSIVE CARE AND THE MOST ADVANCED TREATMENTS TO ACHIEVE THE BEST POSSIBLE OUTCOMES. HOSPITAL ACTIVITIES ARE SUPPORTED BY A VARIETY OF DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES. PROGRAMS AVAILABLE IN DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY INCLUDE MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI), MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY, FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, COMPUTERIZED AXIAL TOMOGRAPHY (CAT) AND COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY AND POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET-CT), IN ADDITION TO A NUCLEAR MEDICINE PROGRAM. THE HOSPITAL'S BURLINGTON LOCATION ALSO HAS A DEDICATED INTERVENTIONAL NEURORADIOLOGY SERVICE. OVER 80,000 PATIENTS ARE TREATED ANNUALLY ACROSS THESE DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES. RADIATION ONCOLOGY PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE TREATMENT FOR PATIENTS WITH CANCER THROUGH THE USE OF THREE LINEAR ACCELERATORS AND SOPHISTICATED COMPUTER EQUIPMENT FOR TREATMENT PLANNING, WHICH INCLUDES CAT SIMULATORS. THE BURLINGTON CAMPUS ALSO OFFERS A FULL RANGE OF CARDIAC DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC MODALITIES, INCLUDING A CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION LABORATORY AND TWO ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY LABORATORIES. OTHER SERVICES INCLUDE A FULLY ACCREDITED MAMMOGRAPHY SERVICE, MAGNETIC RESONANCE MAMMOGRAPHY AND ULTRASOUND SERVICES UTILIZED BY A RANGE OF MEDICAL AND SURGICAL SUBSPECIALTIES. DURING THE PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING, LAHEY CLINIC HOSPITAL HAD 1,119,751 OUTPATIENT ENCOUNTERS. THIS INCLUDED 3,458 HOSPITAL CLINIC ENCOUNTERS, 5,649 PAIN CLINIC VISITS, 15,558 OUTPATIENT AMBULATORY SURGERIES, 12,858 OUTPATIENT ENDOSCOPY VISITS, 37,742 OUTPATIENT EKG EXAMS, 3,460 OUTPATIENT ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES, 79,221 OUTPATIENT RADIOLOGY EXAMS, 61,585 OUTPATIENT CT SCANS, 24,169 OUTPATIENT ULTRASOUNDS, 26,538 OUTPATIENT MRIS, 3,237 OTHER NUCLEAR MEDICINE TESTS, 42,866 BREAST IMAGING EXAMS, AND 1,979,182 OUTPATIENT LAB TESTS.
- INPATIENT MEDICAL / SURGICAL AND INTENSIVE CARE LHMC'S BURLINGTON CAMPUS PROVIDES HIGH QUALITY INPATIENT CARE IN THE AREAS OF GENERAL MEDICINE, CRITICAL CARE AND SURGERY. THE BURLINGTON CAMPUS HAS 333 LICENSED BEDS, INCLUDING 272 MEDICAL/SURGICAL BEDS,53 INTENSIVE CARE BEDS, AND 8 CORONARY CARE BEDS. MEDICAL/SURGICAL PATIENT ACCOMMODATIONS ARE ALL SINGLE-BED ROOMS LOCATED IN NINE INPATIENT UNITS. CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS ARE CARED FOR EITHER IN THE MEDICAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT, THE CARDIAC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT OR THE SURGICAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT. IN ADDITION, THE PEABODY FACILITY HAS 10 INPATIENT LICENSED MEDICAL/SURGICAL BEDS. COMBINED THE TWO CAMPUSES CARED FOR OVER 22,000 INPATIENTS WHOSE TOTAL LENGTH OF STAY WAS 128,000 PATIENT DAYS. THERE ARE 22 OPERATING SUITES ON THE BURLINGTON CAMPUS AND THE PEABODY CAMPUS HAS FIVE OPERATING SUITES. THE SURGICAL STAFF SPECIALIZES IN AREAS SUCH AS LIVER AND KIDNEY TRANSPLANTS, MAJOR SURGERY OF THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS, CARDIAC AND PULMONARY SYSTEMS, TOTAL JOINT REPLACEMENTS, COLON AND RECTAL SURGERY, MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL TECHNIQUES INCLUDING ROBOTIC SURGERY, AND UROLOGIC, NEUROSURGICAL AND LASER PROCEDURES, AMONG OTHERS. DURING THE PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING THE 27 COMBINED OPERATING ROOMS PERFORMED NEARLY 21,000 INPATIENT AND AMBULATORY SURGERIES. THE LIVER TRANSPLANTATION TEAM AT LHMC BURLINGTON WAS THE FIRST IN NEW ENGLAND TO PERFORM ADULT LIVING-DONOR TRANSPLANT PROCEDURES. TODAY, SURGEONS USE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY TO PERFORM MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY TO REDUCE RECOVERY TIME FOR TRANSPLANT AND OTHER PROCEDURES. LHMC BURLINGTON ALSO HAS ONE OF THE LARGEST CARDIOVASCULAR TREATMENT CENTERS IN THE REGION, PROVIDING EXPERTISE IN ADVANCED CARDIOLOGY SERVICES SUCH AS ANGIOPLASTY AND ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY. LHMC'S CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE CENTER IS ALSO AMONG THE MOST ADVANCED IN THE REGION FOR THE TREATMENT OF STROKES AND BRAIN ANEURYSMS.
- EMERGENCY SERVICES LHMC INCLUDES 24-HOUR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS IN BOTH BURLINGTON AND PEABODY. THE CARE TEAM INCLUDES FULL-TIME, BOARD-CERTIFIED EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS AND NURSES WITH EXTENSIVE TRAINING IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE. AS A TEACHING HOSPITAL, LHMC ALSO TRAINS FUTURE LEADERS IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE TO DELIVER THE BEST POSSIBLE CARE TO PATIENTS. LHMC IN BURLINGTON IS THE ONLY LEVEL I TRAUMA CENTER NORTH OF BOSTON, WITH SPECIALLY TRAINED CLINICIANS AND FACILITIES READY TO PROVIDE TIME-SENSITIVE, CRITICAL CARE FOR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN OUR REGION. LHMC HAS A STATE-OF-THE-ART EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT IN BURLINGTON, OFFERING ADVANCED EMERGENCY CARE IN A FACILITY BUILT SPECIFICALLY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITIES SERVED BY THE HOSPITAL. THE FACILITY FEATURES 36 PRIVATE PATIENT ROOMS, AN ADVANCED IMAGING SUITE FOR CT SCANS AND X-RAYS, FOUR TRAUMA BAYS, AND THREE PRIVATE EXAM ROOMS FOR PATIENTS IN NEED OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES AS WELL AS ENHANCED INFECTION AND DECONTAMINATION AREAS AND A FAST TRACK TRIAGE AREA THAT PROVIDES IMPROVED ACCESS TO CARE AND LESS TIME SPENT IN THE WAITING ROOM IN ADDITION, THE HOSPITAL'S PEABODY LOCATION ALSO INCLUDES AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. THE FACILITY IS OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY, 7 DAYS A WEEK, AND IS STAFFED BY SPECIALTY-TRAINED EMERGENCY MEDICINE PERSONNEL. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR COVERED BY THIS FILING, LHMC HAD 67.972 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 October 1994.
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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