Trihealth Physician Institute
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
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- Income
- $191.5 million
- Spending
- $320.0 million
- Spent on programs
- 93%
- Reserves
- -0.4 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 98%
- Employees
- 127
- Volunteers
- 0
- Highest pay
- $1.4 million, physician
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 32 out of 100. Higher than 6% 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
2 of 20It owes 94% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 67% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 9% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1593% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Fair: 65 out of 100. Higher than 1% of charities in its peer group (health care, over $100m).
Independent board
5 of 250 of 3 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
0 of 10Did not give 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 June 30, 2025, 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)
- $297.1 million spent. AS THE LANDSCAPE OF HEALTH CARE CONTINUES TO EVOLVE BOTH IN THE NATION AND THE GREATER CINCINNATI REGION AND AS THE PATIENT CARE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY SERVED BY TRIHEALTH DEMANDS MORE COORDINATED, PATIENT CENTRIC MODELS OF CARE, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR TRIHEALTH TO STRUCTURE ITS PROGRAMS AND ITS PROVIDERS TO MEET THESE NEEDS. ONE OF THE KEY COMPONENTS IS THE ALIGNMENT OF PHYSICIANS AND HOSPITAL PROVIDERS IN ORDER TO PROMOTE GREATER FOCUS ON COLLABORATION, QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AND PATIENT CENTRIC CARE MODELS THAT DRIVE EFFICIENCY AND PATIENT SATISFACTION. TRIHEALTH PHYSICIAN INSTITUTE ("TPI") REPRESENTS THE POSITIONING OF TRIHEALTH'S MEDICAL RESOURCES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THIS INCREASING ALIGNMENT OF PHYSICIANS AND HOSPITALS TO DEVELOP BETTER SYSTEMS OF CARE AND TO ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES OF HEALTH CARE REFORM. THE FOCUS OF TPI IS TO: * OPTIMIZE THE DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO PATIENTS IN THE GREATER CINCINNATI REGION BY DEVELOPING AND USING INNOVATIVE CARE MODELS AND SUPPORTING THE GROWTH OF PHYSICIAN LEADERS AND OVERALL ADVANCEMENT OF MEDICAL PRACTICE. * DEVELOP COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PHYSICIANS AND TRIHEALTH, INC.'S AFFILIATED HOSPITALS IN ORDER TO FOSTER A COMPREHENSIVE, MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO PATIENT CARE. * ACHIEVE IMPROVED HEALTH CARE QUALITY AND PATIENT OUTCOMES BY DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING EVIDENCE-BASED CLINICAL PROTOCOLS, CLINICAL PATHWAYS, AND DISEASE AND UTILIZATION MANAGEMENT MODELS. * DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT HEALTH EDUCATION INITIATIVES THROUGH COMMUNITY OUTREACH ACTIVITIES, SEMINARS AND HEALTH FAIRS, AND GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS WITHIN TRIHEALTH, INC.'S AFFILIATED HOSPITALS. * ENHANCE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH CLINICAL TRIALS AND AFFILIATIONS WITH NEW AND EXISTING RESEARCH PROGRAMS IN THE GREATER CINCINNATI REGION. TPI OFFERINGS: TPI FUNCTIONALITY IS DEFINED BY SPECIALTY AND DISEASE. EACH PROCESS IS CALLED AN "INSTITUTE." EACH INSTITUTE IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE SEAMLESS CARE CONTINUITY INCLUDING PRIMARY CARE MANAGEMENT AND SUBSPECIALTY REFERRALS TO PATIENT SPECIFIC NEEDS. KEY FUNCTIONAL ATTRIBUTES INCLUDE CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN PRIMARY CARE, SPECIALISTS AND CONSULTANTS TO ASSURE READY ACCESS TO CLINICAL INFORMATION FOR TIMELY DECISION-MAKING. TRIHEALTH CANCER INSTITUTE - THIS INSTITUTE PROVIDES MULTIDISCIPLINARY CARE, WITH SPECIALTY PHYSICIANS FOCUSED ON EACH FORM OF CANCER. PROVIDING CARE FOR THE WHOLE PERSON WITH CENTERS LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE REGION MAKING IT EASIER FOR THE COMMUNITY TO ACCESS CARE. WITH THE LARGEST PERSONALIZED MEDICINE PROGRAM FOR ADULTS IN THE REGION, TPI'S FELLOWSHIP-TRAINED PHYSICIANS WORK WITH PATIENTS TO DEVELOP CUSTOMIZED TREATMENT PLANS - PROVIDING CANCER CARE DOWN TO THE DNA LEVEL WHICH IS PERSONALIZED FOR EACH PATIENT. THE INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH - THIS INSTITUTE OFFERS A BROAD SPECTRUM OF SERVICES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ALL AGES OF WOMEN SEEKING CARE INCLUDING GYNECOLOGIC AND OBSTETRIC SERVICES. AS A MATTER OF FACT, COUPLED WITH FETAL SURGERY COLLABORATION WITH CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER, THE INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH OFFERS THE PATIENT THE WIDEST ARRAY OF SERVICE OFFERINGS AVAILABLE IN CINCINNATI. IN ADDITION, SEAMLESS REFERRAL RELATIONSHIPS WILL BE ESTABLISHED WITH SUBSPECIALTY PROGRAMS INCLUDING ANDROLOGY, BREAST CARE, ONCOLOGY, RECONSTRUCTIVE PLASTIC SURGERY AND ENDOCRINOLOGY. TRIHEALTH HEART INSTITUTE - THIS INSTITUTE IS DESIGNED AROUND TRADITIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE PROCESSES: VESSEL DISEASE, VALVULAR DISEASE, HEART FAILURE, ATHEROSCLEROSIS, VASCULAR DISEASE AND CO-MORBID CONDITIONS LEADING TO OR IMPACTING ON CARDIAC MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY. IT BRINGS TOGETHER THE EXPERTISE, RESEARCH AND INNOVATIVE CLINICAL TECHNIQUES NECESSARY TO GET THE PATIENT BACK TO HIS/HER NORMAL LIFE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. FINALLY, TPI WILL COORDINATE THE HOSPITALIST PROGRAM THAT IS USED BY TRIHEALTH'S AFFILIATED HOSPITALS. A HOSPITALIST IS A PHYSICIAN WHO MAY BE ASSIGNED TO A PATIENT BY HIS/HER PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN ("PCP") OR BY THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT PHYSICIAN IF THE PATIENT DOES NOT HAVE A PCP. THE HOSPITALIST WILL CARE FOR THE PATIENT FROM ADMISSION TO DISCHARGE AND WILL KEEP IN TOUCH WITH HIS/HER PCP IN THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE APPLICABLE.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, 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? 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 October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
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 August 1990.
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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