Anderson Regional Medical Center
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
THE MISSION OF ANDERSON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER IS TO CONTINUE OUR HERITAGE OF HEALING AND IMPROVING LIFE FOR THE PEOPLE WE SERVE.
- Income
- $279.8 million
- Spending
- $271.5 million
- Spent on programs
- 92%
- Reserves
- -2.4 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 100%
- Employees
- 1,540
- Volunteers
- 31
- Highest pay
- $3.9 million, president
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: 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
2 of 20It owes 99% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 3% of income.
Income trend
10 of 15Income fell 2% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1592% 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
Good: 85 out of 100. Higher than 21% of charities in its peer group (health care, over $100m).
Independent board
25 of 255 of 8 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 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 (1)
- $250.8 million spent. ANDERSON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER PROVIDES QUALITY MEDICAL HEALTH CARE REGARDLESS OF RACE, CREED, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN, HANDICAP, OR AGE. ALTHOUGH REIMBURSEMENT FOR SERVICES RENDERED IS CRITICAL TO THE OPERATION AND STABILITY OF ANDERSON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, IT IS RECOGNIZED THAT NOT ALL INDIVIDUALS POSSESS THE ABILITY TO PURCHASE ESSENTIAL MEDICAL SERVICES, AND FURTHER, THAT OUR MISSION IS TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY WITH RESPECT TO PROVIDING HEALTH CARE SERVICES AND HEALTH CARE EDUCATION. THEREFORE, IN KEEPING WITH ITS COMMITMENT TO SERVE ALL MEMBERS OF ITS COMMUNITY, ANDERSON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING:- FREE CARE AND/OR SUBSIDIZED CARE WHERE THE NEED AND/OR AN INDIVIDUAL'S INABILITY TO PAY COEXIST,- CARE PROVIDED TO PERSONS COVERED BY GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAMS AT BELOW COST, AND- HEALTH ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY.THESE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE WELLNESS PROGRAMS, COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAMS, PROGRAMS FOR THE ELDERLY, HANDICAPPED, MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED, AND A VARIETY OF BROAD COMMUNITY SUPPORT ACTIVITIES.ANDERSON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER IS AN ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL LOCATED IN MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI. ANDERSON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER'S PRIMARY SERVICE AREA INCLUDES LAUDERDALE, NEWTON, CLARKE, LEAKE, KEMPER, NESHOBA, WINSTON AND JASPER COUNTIES IN MISSISSIPPI. ANDERSON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER ALSO SERVES THE AREAS OF CHOCTAW AND SUMTER COUNTIES IN WESTERN ALABAMA. ANDERSON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER OPERATES THE ONLY COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER, ANDERSON REGIONAL CANCER CENTER, IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND WEST ALABAMA.ANDERSON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER PROVIDES A WIDE ARRAY OF SERVICES INCLUDING MOST MAJOR INPATIENT CLINICAL SERVICES, AN ACUTE CARE SWING BED UNIT, AN INPATIENT REHABILITATION UNIT, AN INPATIENT GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRIC FACILITY, OUTPATIENT SERVICES INCLUDING WOUND CARE SERVICES AND PAIN MANAGEMENT SERVICES, THERAPEUTIC AND DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES, TRAUMA SERVICES AND EMERGENCY SERVICES. ANDERSON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER PRIDES ITSELF IN BEING THE LEADER IN CARDIOLOGY AND CANCER SERVICES.ANDERSON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER PROVIDES CARE TO PERSONS COVERED BY GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAMS FROM WHICH THE HOSPITAL RECEIVES PAYMENT AT LESS THAN MARKET VALUE REIMBURSEMENT. RECOGNIZING ITS MISSION TO THE COMMUNITY, SERVICES ARE PROVIDED TO MEDICARE, MEDICAID, AND UNINSURED PATIENTS. TO THE EXTENT REIMBURSEMENT IS BELOW COST, ANDERSON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER RECOGNIZES THESE AMOUNTS AS CHARITY CARE IN MEETING ITS MISSION TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2025, THE UNREIMBURSED VALUE OF PROVIDING CARE TO THESE PATIENTS WAS $433,078,112.ANDERSON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER HAS RECEIVED THE PLATINUM AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING HEART ATTACK CARE FROM THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY SEVEN YEARS IN A ROW. ANDERSON REGIONAL CANCER CENTER HAS REMAINED ACCREDITED BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS COMMISSION ON CANCER SINCE IT OPENED IN 2003. THE CENTER UTILIZES THE TRUEBEAM RADIATION SYSTEM WHICH IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST ADVANCED RADIATION SYSTEMS IN THE WORLD.CARDIOLOGY PROGRAMSANDERSON CARDIOPULMONARY REHABILITATION PROGRAM IS ACCREDITED BY THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CARDIOVASCULAR AND PULMONARY REHABILITATION. THIS PROGRAM ALLOWS PATIENTS WHO HAVE HEART DISEASE, COPD, OR SIMILAR CONDITIONS TO OPTIMIZE THEIR HEART AND LUNG HEALTH IN A SUPERVISED SETTING.ANDERSON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER OFFERS HEALTH FAIRS TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH OUR WORKHEALTH PROGRAM. IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE GENERAL HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY, NURSES OFFER FREE BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKS, BLOOD SUGAR SCREENINGS, WEIGHT AND BODY MASS INDEX MEASUREMENTS, AND DISTRIBUTE GENERAL HEALTH EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS.DIABETES PROGRAMSANDERSON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER HAS A DIABETES MANAGEMENT CENTER WITH CERTIFIED INSTRUCTORS WHO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ON THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF DIABETES. THE CENTER PROVIDES NUTRITION EDUCATION AND TRAINING ON CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITORING SYSTEMS. ANDERSON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER EMPLOYS AN ENDOCRINOLOGIST IN AN OUTPATIENT CLINIC AND TWO NURSE PRACTITIONERS WHO CONSULT ON INPATIENT DIABETIC PATIENTS AND PROVIDE FOLLOW-UP AFTER DISCHARGE. ANDERSON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER STAFF MEMBERS PARTICIPATE IN THE DIABETES FOUNDATION OF MISSISSIPPI'S ANNUAL WALK FOR DIABETES.CANCER PROGRAMSANDERSON REGIONAL CANCER CENTER FACILITATES COMMUNITY DONATIONS TO THE HOSPITAL'S CANCER PATIENT BENEVOLENCE FUND WHICH ASSISTS AREA CANCER PATIENTS WHO ARE IN NEED OF TRANSPORTATION TO APPOINTMENTS, MEDICATION NOT COVERED BY INSURANCE, PAYMENT OF UTILITY BILLS, ETC. THE FUND ASSISTED 228 PEOPLE DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2025.ANDERSON REGIONAL CANCER CENTER PROVIDES FREE COMMUNITY CANCER SCREENINGS FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT CENTER AROUND EARLY DETECTION AND EDUCATION ON THE PREVENTION OF CANCER. EDUCATION ON THE IMPORTANCE OF LOW DOSE CT LUNG CANCER SCREENING, SKIN CANCER SCREENING, COLONOSCOPY AND MAMMOGRAPHY WERE ADVERTISED TO THE PUBLIC.ANDERSON REGIONAL CANCER CENTER PLACES A LARGE FOCUS ON SURVIVORSHIP AND PROVIDES A BELL OF HOPE REFLECTION GARDEN FOR SURVIVORS TO RING THE BELL SIGNIFYING THE END OF THEIR TREATMENT. SURVIVORS ARE ALSO HONORED DURING NATIONAL CANCER SURVIVOR MONTH WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLACE THEIR HANDPRINT AND YEARS OF SURVIVORSHIP ON A CANVAS THAT IS DISPLAYED IN THE CENTER.GASTROENTEROLOGY PROGRAMSANDERSON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER PROVIDES OPEN ACCESS COLONOSCOPY APPOINTMENTS FOR PATIENTS WHO HAVE NO SYMPTOMS OR FAMILY HISTORY OF COLON CANCER. THESE INDIVIDUALS CAN MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE SCREENING WITHOUT A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT. ANDERSON FAMILY MEDICAL CENTER-MERIDIAN PROVIDES ORAL MEDICATION TREATMENT FOR HEPATITIS C. EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGNS FOR COLON CANCER AWARENESS WERE CONDUCTED IN FY'25.OBSTETRICAL AND GYNECOLOGY PROGRAMSANDERSON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER PROVIDES OBSTETRICAL AND GYNECOLOGY SERVICES, AS WELL AS A NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AND NEONATAL PHYSICIAN SERVICES. THE FOLLOWING EDUCATIONAL CLASSES ARE OFFERED FREE TO ANY EXPEC
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 September 1944.
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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