Baptist Health Medical Group Inc
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
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- Income
- $878.2 million
- Spending
- $892.3 million
- Spent on programs
- 84%
- Reserves
- -1.2 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 36%
- Employees
- 3,324
- Volunteers
- 13
- Highest pay
- $2.5 million, chief medical executive
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 38 out of 100. Higher than 12% 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 148% of what it owns.
Living within its means
8 of 15Spending exceeded income by 2% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 16% 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 September 30, 2025, 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 2512 of 13 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, 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 (3)
- $541.7 million spent. CONSISTENT WITH ITS SPIRITUAL FOUNDATION, BAPTIST HEALTH IS DEDICATED TO PROVIDING HIGH-QUALITY, COST-EFFECTIVE, AND COMPASSIONATE HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO ALL INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING, AS PERMITTED BY AVAILABLE RESOURCES, CHARITY CARE TO THOSE IN NEED. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2025, BAPTIST HEALTH PROVIDED PATIENT SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH FLORIDA AREA, INCLUDING 106,815 ADULT ADMISSIONS, 538,843 PATIENT DAYS, AND 544,300 EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS. DURING THE SAME TIME PERIOD, URGENT CARE VISITS TOTALED 362,851, OUTPATIENT SURGERY CASES TOTALED 135,276, AND TOTAL OUTPATIENT VISITS WERE 2,232,662 SYSTEM-WIDE. AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2025, THE SYSTEM BOASTED 2,894 LICENSED INPATIENT BEDS, INCLUDING 2,709 ACUTE CARE BEDS. OVERALL, IN FY2025, BAPTIST HEALTH PROVIDED MORE THAN $576,000,000 IN COMMUNITY BENEFIT. THIS INCLUDED CHARITY CARE VALUED AT $220,358,061 AND $251,245,659 IN MEDICAL SHORTFALL. THE ESTIMATED COST OF PROVIDING CHARITY CARE AND MEDICAL SHORTFALL IS BASED ON RECENT HISTORICAL COST-TO-CHARGE RATIOS FOR CHARITY PATIENTS AND MEDICAID PATIENTS DERIVED FROM BHSF'S COST ACCOUNTING SYSTEM AND APPLIED TO THE CURRENT PERIOD GROSS UNCOMPENSATED CHARGES ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING CARE TO CHARITY AND MEDICAID PATIENTS. ADDITIONALLY, BAPTIST HEALTH CONTRIBUTED $65,167,078 TO THE INDIGENT CARE FUND AND EXPENDED $4,773,848 ON EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, COMMUNITY SCREENINGS, AND DONATIONS. BAPTIST HEALTH OFFERED FREE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS PROGRAMS ADDRESSING TOPICS SUCH AS NUTRITION, EXERCISE, DIABETES MANAGEMENT, MENTAL HEALTH, MEDITATION, SELF-CARE, AND MANY MORE. BAPTIST HEALTH ALSO OFFERED COMPLIMENTARY SCREENINGS FOR CHOLESTEROL, BLOOD PRESSURE, GLUCOSE, BODY COMPOSITION, AND WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE. FURTHERING ITS COMMITMENT TO INCREASING ACCESS TO PRIMARY CARE SERVICES FOR UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS, BAPTIST HEALTH DONATED $9,027,723 TO NEIGHBORHOOD NOT-FOR-PROFIT CLINICS, INCLUDING: THE GOOD NEWS CARE CENTER IN FLORIDA CITY, OPEN DOOR HEALTH CENTER AND HOMESTEAD COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER IN HOMESTEAD, THE GOOD HEALTH CLINIC IN TAVERNIER, THE FLORIDA KEYS AHEC IN THE KEYS, THE CARIDAD CENTER IN BOYNTON BEACH, THE SOUTH MIAMI CHILDREN'S CLINIC IN SOUTH MIAMI, CARING FOR MIAMI MOBILE DENTAL CLINIC, CHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP, UHI COMMUNITY CARE CLINIC, PALM BEACH COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY SERVICES, BROWARD HEALTHY COALITION, CENTER FOR HAITIAN STUDIES, ICU BABY, MIAMI LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED, FLORIDA KEYS HEALTHY START COALITION, AND WESLEY HOUSE FAMILY SERVICES AND GOOD SAMARITAN THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH FLORIDA AREA. BAPTIST HEALTH ALSO EXPENDED $21,850,657 TO PROVIDE CARE TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN NEED AND $3,528,747 TO SUPPORT PALLIATIVE CARE AND CHAPLAINCY PROGRAMS. THROUGH THESE EFFORTS, BAPTIST HEALTH FULFILLS ITS MISSION TO PROVIDE COMPASSIONATE CARE BY ASSISTING INDIVIDUALS IN FINANCIAL NEED AND SUPPORT SERVICES ESSENTIAL TO THE COMMUNITY. BEYOND THESE HEALTH-RELATED CONTRIBUTIONS, BAPTIST HEALTH ALSO PROVIDES A SUBSTANTIAL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES WITH A WORKFORCE EXCEEDING 28,000 INDIVIDUALS, BAPTIST HEALTH IS SOUTH FLORIDA'S LARGEST PRIVATE EMPLOYER. BAPTIST HEALTH IS ALSO COMMITTED TO ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE AND ENERGY-EFFICIENT FACILITY DESIGN AND OPERATIONS, INCLUDING RESPONSIBLE SOURCING OF SUPPLIES AND THE USE OF EFFICIENT TRANSPORTATION PRACTICES. ALIGNED WITH ITS FAITH-BASED MISSION, BAPTIST HEALTH REMAINS COMMITTED TO MAKING A SIGNIFICANT, POSITIVE AND LASTING IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES. BAPTIST HEALTH HEART & VASCULAR CARE, PART OF BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP, PROVIDES A CARDIOVASCULAR SERVICES THROUGH A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM OF CARDIOLOGISTS, CARDIAC SURGEONS, VASCULAR SPECIALISTS, AND RELATED PROFESSIONALS. THE PROGRAM UTILIZES ADVANCED DIAGNOSTIC TECHNOLOGIES AND COORDINATED CARE APPROACHES TO EVALUATE AND TREAT A BROAD RANGE OF CARDIOVASCULAR CONDITIONS. SERVICES AND PROGRAMS INCLUDE HEART FAILURE MANAGEMENT, CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA CARE, CARDIOMETABOLIC SERVICES, CARDIO-ONCOLOGY, HYPERTENSION MANAGEMENT, LIPID MANAGEMENT, SPORTS CARDIOLOGY, VASCULAR MEDICINE, AND WOMEN'S HEART HEALTH. BAPTIST HEALTH HEART & VASCULAR CARE OPERATES ACROSS ELEVEN (11) CONVENIENT LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT SOUTH FLORIDA. BAPTIST HEALTH BRAIN & SPINE CARE, PART OF BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP, BRINGS TOGETHER MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAMS OF NEUROLOGISTS, NEUROSURGEONS, SPINE SPECIALTIES, AND RELATED PROVIDERS TO DIAGNOSE AND TREAT A WIDE RANGE OF NEUROLOGICAL AND SPINAL CONDITIONS. THE PROGRAM INTEGRATES SERVICES PROVIDED THROUGH BAPTIST HEALTH MIAMI NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE AND MARCUS NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE.
- $145.7 million spent. BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP ONCOLOGY PROVIDES A COMPREHENSIVE RANGE OF CANCER-RELATED SERVICES, INCLUDING ONCOLOGY, HEMATOLOGY, RADIATION ONCOLOGY, BREAST HEALTH AND THORACIC SURGERY, AMONG OTHERS. THESE SERVICES WERE SIGNIFICANTLY EXPANDED WITH THE OPENING OF THE BAPTIST HEALTH MIAMI CANCER INSTITUTE ("MCI") IN JANUARY 2017. THE PROVIDERS WHO FORM PART OF BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP ONCOLOGY PROVIDE SERVICES AT MCI, A STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITY SPANNING 445,000 SQUARE FEET AND REPRESENTING AN INVESTMENT OF $430 MILLION. LOCATED ON THE CAMPUS OF BAPTIST HOSPITAL OF MIAMI, MCI IS A KEY COMPONENT OF BAPTIST HEALTH'S CANCER CARE INFRASTRUCTURE. MCI IS A FULL MEMBER OF THE MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING (MSK) CANCER ALLIANCE AND THE ONLY MEMBER LOCATED IN FLORIDA AT THE TIME OF ADMISSION. THIS COLLABORATION SUPPORTS ACCESS TO ADVANCED CANCER CARE PROTOCOLS AND CLINICAL EXPERTISE. MCI OPERATES UNDER A HYBRID ACADEMIC-COMMUNITY CANCER CENTER MODEL, LEVERAGING BAPTIST HEALTH'S DECADES OF EXPERIENCE IN CANCER CARE. THE FACILITY CONSOLIDATES OUTPATIENT CLINICAL SERVICES, CLINICAL RESEARCH, AND ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES TO SUPPORT COORDINATED, MULTIDISCIPLINARY CARE. THE INSTITUTE INCLUDES A COMPREHENSIVE RADIATION ONCOLOGY PROGRAM, FEATURING A PROTON THERAPY CENTER THAT BEGAN OPERATIONS IN 2017. AT THE TIME OF ITS OPENING, THE CENTER WAS AMONG A LIMITED NUMBER OF PROTON THERAPY CENTERS IN THE UNITED STATES. PROTON THERAPY ENABLES TARGETED TREATMENT OF CANCER CELLS WHILE LIMITING EXPOSURE TO SURROUNDING HEALTHY TISSUE AND VITAL ORGANS, WHICH MAY REDUCE TREATMENT-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS FOR CERTAIN PATIENTS. MCI UTILIZES ADVANCED RADIATION THERAPY TECHNOLOGIES, INCLUDING PENCIL BEAM SCANNING (PBS) PROTON THERAPY, VOLUMETRIC IMAGING, AND SURFACE-GUIDED RADIATION THERAPY, TO ENHANCE TREATMENT PRECISION. THE INSTITUTE ALSO OFFERS ADDITIONAL RADIATION THERAPY MODALITIES, INCLUDING IMAGE-GUIDED RADIATION THERAPY (IGRT), INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY (IMRT), INTRAOPERATIVE RADIATION THERAPY (IORT), BRACHYTHERAPY, GAMMA KNIFE, AND CYBERKNIFE TREATMENTS. DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT PLANNING CAPABILITIES INCLUDE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET) AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT), INCLUDING INTEGRATED PET/CT SCANNING, WHICH SUPPORTS ACCURATE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT PLANNING BY COMBINING ANATOMICAL AND METABOLIC IMAGING. MCI SERVES PATIENTS FROM SOUTH FLORIDA, OTHER REGIONS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND INTERNATIONALLY. THE INSTITUTE ALSO CONTRIBUTES TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY THROUGH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, CONFERENCES, AND CLINICAL RESEARCH INITIATIVES.
- $57.5 million spent. BAPTIST HEALTH ORTHOPEDIC CARE ("BHOC"), PART OF BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP, PROVIDES ORTHOPEDIC AND SPORTS MEDICINE SERVICES THROUGH A TEAM OF BOARD-CERTIFIED, FELLOWSHIP-TRAINED ORTHOPEDIC SURGEONS AND PRIMARY CARE SPORTS MEDICINE PHYSICIANS. BHOC OFFERS COORDINATED CARE SUPPORTED BY ADVANCED DIAGNOSTIC TECHNOLOGY AND COMPREHENSIVE REHABILITATION SERVICES, WITH A PRIMARY LOCATION ON THE CAMPUS OF DOCTORS HOSPITAL. BHOC SERVES AS A SPORTS MEDICINE PROVIDER FOR PROFESSIONAL, COLLEGIATE, AND COMMUNITY ATHLETIC PROGRAMS, INCLUDING ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE MIAMI DOLPHINS, MIAMI HEAT, FLORIDA PANTHERS, MIAMI FC, FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY, ST. THOMAS UNIVERSITY, THE MIAMI CITY BALLET, OUR LADY OF LOURDES ACADEMY, AND SELECT MIAMI-DADE PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL TEAM SPORTS. BHOC PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR MAJOR ATHLETIC EVENTS SUCH AS THE ORANGE BOWL, MIAMI MARATHON, AND MIAMI OPEN. BHOC MAINTAINS AN ACADEMIC AFFILIATION WITH THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY HERBERT WERTHEIM COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, WHERE PHYSICIANS HOLD FACULTY APPOINTMENTS AND CONTRIBUTE TO MEDICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING. BHOC PHYSICIANS PARTICIPATE IN CLINICAL RESEARCH AND HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS RELATED TO ORTHOPEDIC AND SPORTS MEDICINE CARE. BHOC UTILIZES ADVANCED IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES, INCLUDING WEIGHT-BEARING CT IMAGING IN ITS FOOT AND ANKLE CLINICS, AND WAS AMONG THE FIRST PRACTICES IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY TO OFFER THIS CAPABILITY. BHMG'S BHOC HAS MORE THAN FIFTEEN (15) CONVENIENT LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT SOUTH FLORIDA.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 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 September 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 November 2014.
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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