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Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
Points to look into
- It owes more than it owns.
These come from the organization's own tax return. There may be a good explanation; ask the charity.
What it says it does
PINNACLE HEALTH MEDICAL SERVICES IS A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO MAINTAINING AND IMPROVING THE HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL THE PEOPLE OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA BY PROVIDING PRIMARY, CLINIC, FAMILY AND SPECIALTY PHYSICIAN SERVICES.
- Income
- $575.9 million
- Spending
- $575.9 million
- Spent on programs
- 83%
- Reserves
- -15.4 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 55%
- Employees
- 3,629
- Volunteers
- 12
- Highest pay
- $2.1 million, orthopedic surgeon
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 42 out of 100. Higher than 17% of charities in its peer group (health care, over $100m).
Reserves
0 of 35Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.
Debt
0 of 20It owes 721% of what it owns.
Living within its means
12 of 15Income exceeded spending by 0% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 10% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1583% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 53% of charities in its peer group (health care, over $100m).
Independent board
25 of 2512 of 15 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
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
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 June 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 (1)
- $475.5 million spent. PINNACLE HEALTH MEDICAL SERVICES (PHMS) IS A TAX-EXEMPT ENTITY THAT IS PRIMARILY ENGAGED IN THE PROVISION OF PHYSICIAN SERVICES.SEE SCHEDULE O THE PHYSICIAN SERVICES PROVIDED WITHIN PHMS SUPPORT AND ENHANCE THE SERVICES OF UPMC PINNACLE HOSPITALS AND THE UPMC PINNACLE SYSTEM. IT PROVIDES FIRST CLASS PREVENTATIVE CARE TO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS COLLABORATES WITH ITS AFFILIATES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF HEALTHCARE, AND THE PATIENT'S EXPERIENCE. PHMS PROVIDED FREE AND UNCOMPENSATED CARE DURING THE YEAR IN THE AMOUNT OF $7,200,000. PHMS PROVIDED CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS AND SUBSIDIZED HEALTH SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY AT A COST OF OVER $20,600,000. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2024, SPECIALTY SITE VISITS TOTALED 906,023. MANAGEMENT CONSIDERS THE INVESTMENT IN SPECIALTY SERVICES CRITICAL IN MAINTAINING AN INTEGRATED DELIVERY SYSTEM AND TO THE FUTURE SUCCESS OF UPMC PINNACLE. TWENTY NEW SPECIALTY PRACTICES OPENED IN FY 2024 INCLUDING: PAIN MANAGEMENT & ADDICTION SERVICES, YORK EAR, NOSE AND THROAT, CUMBERLAND VALLEY OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY SPECIALISTS, PEDIATRIC ORTHOPEDICS OF CENTRAL PA-UPMC, PINNACLE HEALTH DIALYSIS ACCESS CENTER, CHILDRENS NEUROLOGICAL SURGERY, UPMC ORTHOPAEDIC CARE (HANOVER/ANNVILLE/CARLISLE/HERSHEY/SHIPPENSBURG), UPMC NEONATOLOGY SERVICES, UPMC PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY CARLISLE, AND YORKTOWNE UROLOGY. THE SPECIALTY PHYSICIAN PRACTICES INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: SURGICAL ASSOCIATES - ON APRIL 1, 2010, PINNACLE HEALTH SURGICAL ASSOCIATES CAME TO FRUITION WHEN THE GENERAL SURGEONS AND STAFF OF CAPITAL AREA SURGICAL ASSOCIATES AND SUSQUEHANNA SURGEONS JOINED THE UPMC PINNACLE NETWORK. EXCELLENT SURGICAL CARE DOESN'T JUST HAPPEN. IT'S THE COMBINATION OF SKILLED SURGEONS, THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY AND EQUIPMENT AND THE EXPERTISE OF THE OPERATING ROOM TEAM WORKING TOGETHER. THE MORE ADVANCED, THE MORE PRECISE, THE BETTER OUTCOME FOR THE PATIENT. PHMS HAS A LONG HISTORY OF PROVIDING THE FINEST SURGICAL CARE IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA, DATING TO THE OPENING OF OUR FIRST OPERATING ROOM IN 1900. TODAY, OUR OUTSTANDING TEAM OF GENERAL SURGEONS AT PINNACLE HEALTH SURGICAL ASSOCIATES CONTINUES THE TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE BY PERFORMING A WIDE RANGE OF OPEN AND MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURES. THE TEAM INCLUDES BOARD CERTIFIED AND FELLOWSHIP TRAINED PHYSICIANS WHO PROVIDE SUPERIOR SURGICAL SKILL AND CARE. WOUND & HYPERBARIC PROGRAM - THIS PROGRAM OPENED IN JANUARY 2010. IT PROVIDES EXPERT MEDICAL CARE FOR CHRONIC WOUNDS THAT HAVE FAILED PREVIOUS METHODS OF TREATMENT. THE USE OF SPECIALIZED INTENSIVE WOUND THERAPIES AND, IN SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES, THE APPROVED USE OF HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY ENHANCES THE HEALING PROCESS IN AN ATTEMPT TO RETURN PATIENTS TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF DAILY FUNCTIONING AND HEALING. ALSO, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AN IN-PATIENT CONSULTATION PROGRAM AT THE HOSPITALS ALLOWS FOR OPTIMAL PATIENT FOLLOW-UP AND REFERRALS. THE PROGRAM ALSO PROVIDES FOR INCREASED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR AREA PHYSICIANS, RESIDENTS AND MEDICAL STUDENTS IN THIS SPECIALTY. RHEUMATOLOGY - OPENED FOR BUSINESS ON MARCH 1, 2010. PHMS' RHEUMATOLOGY OFFICE WAS FOUNDED TO DIAGNOSE AND TREAT THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY THAT EXPERIENCED CONSTANT PAIN WITH RHEUMATIC DISEASES. WHETHER FACED WITH AN INFLAMMATION OF THE JOINTS, TENDONS OR MUSCLES, OR CONSTANT PAIN, PINNACLE HEALTH'S RHEUMATOLOGY DOCTORS HELP DIAGNOSE THE CONDITION AND FIND THE COURSE OF TREATMENT SUITABLE FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL. MANY TYPES OF RHEUMATIC DISEASES ARE NOT EASILY IDENTIFIED IN THE EARLY STAGES AND BECAUSE SOME ARE MORE COMPLEX THAN OTHERS, MORE THAN ONE VISIT MAY BE NECESSARY. AS SUCH, OUR RHEUMATOLOGISTS WORK CLOSELY WITH PATIENTS TO DESIGN INDIVIDUALIZED TREATMENTS THAT MEET THEIR NEEDS. PINNACLE HEALTH NEUROLOGISTS AND NEUROSURGERY - THIS PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED TO MEET THE EMERGENT NEED FOR NEUROLOGISTS IN CENTRAL PA. COVERAGE FOR INPATIENT PHYSICIAN COVERAGE AT UPMC PINNACLE HOSPITALS IS ITS PRIMARY FOCUS, AS WELL AS ESTABLISHING AND GROWING OUTPATIENT SERVICES TO ADDRESS COMMUNITY NEEDS. THIS DEPARTMENT ALSO PROVIDES THE EMERGENT NEED IN CENTRAL PA OF SKILLED NEUROSURGEONS. PENNSYLVANIA NEUROSURGERY AND NEUROSCIENCES INSTITUTE JOINED THIS PRACTICE IN SEPTEMBER 2013 AND PA NEUROLOGICAL ASSOCIATES JOINED IN NOVEMBER 2013. PINNACLE HEALTH ENDOCRINOLOGISTS - THIS PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED IN JANUARY 2005 AND PROVIDES BOTH INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT SERVICES. PINNACLE HEALTH ENDOCRINOLOGY ASSOCIATES PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE CARE FOR ALL ENDOCRINOLOGY DISORDERS, ESPECIALLY COMPLEX PATIENTS WITH DIABETES. WE SPECIALIZE IN INSULIN PUMPS, CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITORING, THYROID DISORDERS INCLUDING THYROID BIOPSIES, THYROID CANCERS, COMPREHENSIVE CARE FOR OSTEOPOROSIS WITH SPECIALIZED NURSE CARE, AND ALL THE OTHER ENDOCRINE DISORDERS INCLUDING POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME, ADRENAL, AND PITUITARY DISEASES. PINNACLE HEALTH INFECTIOUS DISEASE ASSOCIATES - THIS PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED IN JANUARY 2005. PINNACLE HEALTH INFECTIOUS DISEASE ASSOCIATES SPECIALIZES IN THE TREATMENT OF ANY ORGAN INFECTION AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, OSTEOMYELITIS, LYME DISEASE, MENINGITIS, HIV, AND HEPATITIS C. BOTH INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT SERVICES ARE PROVIDED, WHICH INCLUDES A TRAVEL CLINIC. PINNACLE HEALTH PALLIATIVE CARE - THE FOCUS OF THIS PROGRAM IS ON THE INPATIENT CARE OF PATIENTS DURING THE FINAL MONTHS OR DAYS OF THEIR LIVES, SEEKING TO IMPROVE BOTH THE BALANCE OF CARE VIA COMFORT AND DIGNITY AND THE QUALITY OF PAIN RELIEF TREATMENT. IN THE ROLE AS THE PAIN TEAM OF THE SYSTEM, THE PALLIATIVE CARE SPECIALIST WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ANY PATIENT WHO IS IN NEED OF SPECIALIZED ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT OF DIFFICULT OR INTRACTABLE PAIN. THIS DOVETAILS NICELY WITH THE CANCER CENTER PROGRAM. END-OF-LIFE CARE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED NATIONALLY AS A MOMENT OF TIME WHICH TAKES UP AN INORDINATE AMOUNT OF HEALTH CARE RESOURCES, WITH GREAT VARIATION GEOGRAPHICALLY AND LITTLE IN THE WAY OF DEMONSTRABLE VALUE; DYING WITH DIGNITY IS AN OPTION THAT ALL OF
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 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 October 13, 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 October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Worth knowing.
Not individually listed by the IRS as eligible, which is usual for local chapters covered by a parent organization's exemption. The master file records contributions to it as deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since January 1983.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 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 21, 2026.
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