North Mississippi Medical Center Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
NORTH MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER (NMMC) IS A 650-BED REGIONAL REFERRAL CENTER IN TUPELO, MS. NMMC SERVES MORE THAN 700,000 PEOPLE IN 24 COUNTIES IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI, NORTHWEST ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF TENNESSEE. NMMC IS THE LARGEST HOSPITAL THAT IS PART OF THE NORTH MISSISSIPPI HEALTH SERVICES (NMHS) ORGANIZATION. THE MISSION OF NMHS IS TO CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE OF OUR REGION. NMMC WORKS TO ACHIEVE THIS CORPORATE MISSION TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE OF THIS REGION BY PROVIDING CONVENIENTLY ACCESSIBLE, COST-EFFECTIVE HEALTH CARE OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY.
- Income
- $985.1 million
- Spending
- $901.7 million
- Spent on programs
- 92%
- Reserves
- 12.1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 94%
- Employees
- 5,404
- Volunteers
- 88
- Highest pay
- $2.0 million, physician
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
Strong: 90 out of 100. Higher than 88% of charities in its peer group (health care, over $100m).
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 12.1 months of spending.
Debt
10 of 20It owes 31% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 8% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 14% 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, 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 2513 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
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 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 (2)
- $829.8 million spent. NORTH MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER (NMMC) SERVES MORE THAN 700,000 PEOPLE IN 24 COUNTIES IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI, NORTHWEST ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF TENNESSEE. IN FISCAL YEAR 2024, THERE WERE 23,128 INPATIENT ADMISSIONS, 66,910 EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISITS, 639,933 OUTPATIENT VISITS, 36,674 RURAL HEALTH CLINIC VISITS, AND 524,978 HOSPITAL BASED CLINIC VISITS. NMMC USES PRESS GANEY, THE LARGEST PATIENT SATISFACTION SURVEY COMPANY IN THE NATION, THAT WORKS WITH MORE THAN 7,000 HEALTHCARE FACILITIES. RANDOMLY SELECTED PATIENTS ARE ASKED ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH NMHS INPATIENT, OUTPATIENT, ER, HOME HEALTH AND LONG-TERM CARE SERVICES. AREA RESIDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO A MEDICAL STAFF REPRESENTING MORE THAN 40 MEDICAL SPECIALTIES, AS WELL AS CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE IN CANCER TREATMENT AND RESEARCH, NEUROLOGY, NEUROSURGERY, CARDIAC SURGERY, CARDIOLOGY, PULMONOLOGY, REHABILITATION, CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY AND NEONATAL PROGRAMS. IN ADDITION, THE NMMC HOME HEALTH AGENCY SERVES PATIENTS IN 17 COUNTIES IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI AND OFFERS MANY COMPLEX AND EXTREMELY HIGH-TECH PROCEDURES THAT CAN BE PERFORMED IN THE HOME SETTING. NMMC IS DESIGNATED AS A LEVEL II TRAUMA CENTER BY THE MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. TO RECEIVE THIS DESIGNATION, FACILITIES MUST OFFER A FULL RANGE OF TRAUMA CAPABILITIES, INCLUDING AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, A FULL-SERVICE SURGICAL SUITE, INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AND DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING, AS WELL AS MAKE A COMMITMENT TO CONSISTENTLY MEET NATIONAL GUIDELINES OR STANDARDS IN CARING FOR TRAUMA PATIENTS. IN 2006, NMMC-TUPELO RECEIVED THE MALCOLM BALDRIGE NATIONAL QUALITY AWARD FOR INNOVATIVE PRACTICES, A COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE AND OUTSTANDING RESULTS. THIS AWARD IS A SYMBOL OF WORLD-CLASS PERFORMANCE AND IS THE NATION'S HIGHEST PRESIDENTIAL HONOR FOR ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE EXCELLENCE. NMMC IS A PARTICIPANT IN QUEST (QUALITY, EFFICIENCY, SAFETY, WITH TRANSPARENCY), A NATIONAL INITIATIVE SPONSORED BY FELLOW 2006 BALDRIGE RECIPIENT PREMIER. NMMC BENCHMARKS ITS QUALITY MEASURES AGAINST THE VERY BEST HOSPITALS AND HEALTH SYSTEMS IN THE UNITED STATES. THIS COLLABORATIVE EFFORT ENABLES NMMC'S PHYSICIANS, NURSES AND ANALYSTS TO LEARN FROM THOSE WITH THE BEST RESULTS IN PATIENT SATISFACTION, COST OF CARE AND APPROPRIATENESS OF CARE. QUEST IS ONE WAY THAT NMMC IS CONTINUALLY WORKING TO IMPROVE PATIENT SAFETY AND QUALITY WHILE SAFELY REDUCING HEALTH CARE COSTS. ONE OF THE PRIMARY WAYS NORTH MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER (NMMC) SERVES THE COMMUNITY IS BY PROVIDING CARE TO VARIOUS POPULATIONS FOR WHICH IT RECEIVES NO COMPENSATION OR RECEIVES COMPENSATION AT RATES SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN ESTABLISHED RATES. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF NMMC HAS ESTABLISHED A POLICY UNDER WHICH NMMC PROVIDES CARE, WITHOUT CHARGE, TO NEEDY MEMBERS OF ITS COMMUNITY. THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICY STATES THAT NMMC WILL PROVIDE EMERGENCY AND MEDICALLY NECESSARY INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT HOSPITAL SERVICES TO PATIENTS FREE OF CHARGE WITH HOUSEHOLD INCOME LEVELS AT OR BELOW 150% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL. THE POLICY APPLIES TO INDIVIDUALS WHO RESIDE IN NMMC'S 24-COUNTY SERVICE AREA, AS DEFINED BY THE POLICY. PATIENTS FROM OUTSIDE THE SERVICE AREA MAY ALSO BE GRANTED CHARITY CARE BASED ON THE JUDGMENT OF NMMC MANAGEMENT DEPENDING ON THEIR INDIVIDUAL CIRCUMSTANCES. THE POLICY ALSO REQUIRES THE PATIENT TO COOPERATE FULLY WITH NMMC'S REQUEST FOR INFORMATION WITH WHICH TO VERIFY THE PATIENT'S ELIGIBILITY. FOLLOWING THAT POLICY, NMMC MAINTAINS RECORDS TO IDENTIFY AND MONITOR THE LEVEL OF CHARITY CARE IT PROVIDES. THESE RECORDS INCLUDE THE AMOUNT OF CHARGES FOREGONE FOR SERVICES AND SUPPLIES FURNISHED UNDER ITS CHARITY CARE POLICY. CHARGES FOREGONE, BASED ON ESTABLISHED RATES, TOTALED APPROXIMATELY $58,586,421 IN FISCAL YEAR 2024. BASED ON THE GROSS CHARGES PROVIDED TO CHARITY PATIENTS COMPARED TO TOTAL HOSPITAL GROSS CHARGES, 3.21% OF ALL SERVICES IN FISCAL YEAR 2024 WERE PROVIDED ON A CHARITY BASIS. THE NET COST OF CHARITY CARE PROVIDED BY NMMC WAS APPROXIMATELY $27,300,134 IN FISCAL YEAR 2024. THE TOTAL COST ESTIMATE IS BASED ON THE RATIO OF COSTS TO CHARGES FOR NMMC. ALL OF THE FOREGONE CHARGES MENTIONED ABOVE ARE NETTED AGAINST PATIENT SERVICE REVENUE TO ARRIVE AT NET PATIENT SERVICE REVENUE AS REFLECTED AS PROGRAM SERVICE REVENUE ON PART VIII OF FORM 990 IN ORDER TO BE CONSISTENT WITH FINANCIAL STATEMENT REPORTING AND ARE NOT REPORTED AS FUNCTIONAL EXPENSES ON THE TAX RETURN.
- $719,385 spent. NORTH MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER EMPLOYS CERTIFIED ATHLETIC TRAINERS WHO PROVIDE SERVICES TO HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE SERVICE AREA AT NO COST. THE TRAINERS WORK WITH THE SPORTS TEAMS AT THESE SCHOOLS ON A DAILY BASIS DURING PRACTICE AND TRAINING, AS WELL AS AT IN-SEASON COMPETITIONS. THE COST OF PROVIDING THESE SERVICES WAS APPROXIMATELY $719,385 IN FISCAL YEAR 2024.
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 May 1982.
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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