Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-NORTH MISSISSIPPI, INC. PROVIDES QUALITY MEDICAL HEALTH CARE REGARDLESS OF RACE, CREED, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN, HANDICAP, OR AGE.
- Income
- $311.1 million
- Spending
- $269.0 million
- Spent on programs
- 92%
- Reserves
- 13.5 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 98%
- Employees
- 1,517
- Volunteers
- 6
- 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
Good: 85 out of 100. Higher than 80% of charities in its peer group (health care, over $100m).
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 13.5 months of spending.
Debt
10 of 20It owes 41% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 14% of income.
Income trend
10 of 15Income fell 1% 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: 78 out of 100. Higher than 13% of charities in its peer group (health care, over $100m).
Independent board
18 of 253 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 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)
- $246.4 million spent. BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-NORTH MISSISSIPPI, INC. 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 BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-NORTH MISSISSIPPI, INC., 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, BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-NORTH MISSISSIPPI, INC. 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, AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR THE ELDERLY, HANDICAPPED, MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED, AND A VARIETY OF BROAD COMMUNITY SUPPORT ACTIVITIES.BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-NORTH MISSISSIPPI, INC. SERVICED 12,769 INPATIENTS AND PROVIDED MORE THAN 86,136 OUTPATIENT SERVICES DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2025.BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-NORTH MISSISSIPPI, INC. 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, BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-NORTH MISSISSIPPI, INC. 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 $671,255,075.DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2025, BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-NORTH MISSISSIPPI, INC.'S PROGRAM SERVICES PRODUCED THE FOLLOWING RESULTS:- THE PHARMACY DISPENSED 8,887,946 PRESCRIPTIONS AT A COST OF $11,454,026.- THE NURSING DEPARTMENT HAD 49,922 PATIENT DAYS AT A COST OF $40,360,372.- THE SURGERY DEPARTMENT PERFORMED 8,958 SURGERIES AT A COST OF $41,123,634.- THE CARDIAC SERVICES DEPARTMENT PERFORMED 41,547 BILLABLE PROCEDURES AT A COST OF $13,482,935.- THE LAB DEPARTMENT PERFORMED 652,774 BILLABLE PROCEDURES AT A COST OF $10,770,709.BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-NORTH MISSISSIPPI, INC.'S HEART CARE CENTER OPENED IN THE SUMMER OF 1986. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2025, THE HEART CARE CENTER PERFORMED 5,303 BILLABLE UNITS OF SERVICE. INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY, CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY AND ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY SERVICES PROVIDE A CONTINUUM OF CARE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE 27 COUNTIES WE SERVE. ADDITIONALLY, 9,541 EKGS AND 24,779 OTHER NON-INVASIVE PROCEDURES WERE PERFORMED WHICH AID IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE. RELIEF FROM CHRONIC HEARTBURN IS NOW AVAILABLE AT THE BAPTIST HEARTBURN TREATMENT CENTER. WHILE HEARTBURN IS A COMMON SYMPTOM EXPERIENCED BY ALMOST EVERYONE AFTER A SPICY MEAL OR PERIOD OF INCREASED STRESS, CHRONIC HEARTBURN CAN BE INDICATIVE OF A MUCH MORE SERIOUS PROBLEM. THE BAPTIST HEARTBURN TREATMENT CENTER OFFERS THE LATEST IN STATE-OF-THE-ART DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND TREATMENT OPTIONS TO HELP EASE THE SUFFERING OF GERD.BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-NORTH MISSISSIPPI, INC. OPENED A FREESTANDING, COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER IN 2002 AND CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE TREMENDOUS GROWTH. THE TEAM CONSISTING OF PHYSICIANS, A PHYSICIST, ONCOLOGY NURSES AND RADIATION THERAPISTS PROVIDED OVER 21,271 SERVICE UNITS DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2025. BAPTIST CENTER FOR CANCER CARE SUPPORTS CONCENTRATED EFFORTS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON CANCER PREVENTION. ADDITIONALLY, LOW-COST SCREENINGS ARE AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.PATIENTS COME TO BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-NORTH MISSISSIPPI, INC. FROM 78 COUNTIES IN MISSISSIPPI AND SEVERAL SURROUNDING STATES. STATISTICS SHOW THAT NEARLY 66% OF BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-NORTH MISSISSIPPI, INC.'S PATIENTS COME FROM OUTSIDE OF LAFAYETTE COUNTY. WHEN BAPTIST MEMORIAL HEALTH CARE CORPORATION FIRST LEASED THE HOSPITAL IN 1989 ONLY 30% OF PATIENTS TRAVELED TO LAFAYETTE COUNTY TO RECEIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT. CHARITY CARE IS ALSO PROVIDED THROUGH MANY REDUCED-PRICE SERVICES AND FREE PROGRAMS OFFERED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR BASED UPON ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES THAT BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-NORTH MISSISSIPPI, INC. BELIEVES WILL SERVE A BONA FIDE COMMUNITY HEALTH NEED.BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-NORTH MISSISSIPPI, INC. PROVIDES A NUMBER OF SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY. THE FOLLOWING IS A PARTIAL LISTING OF SUCH SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES OFFERED IN FISCAL YEAR 2025: - ANNUAL DONATIONS TO VARIOUS CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS. - ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED TO VARIOUS INDIVIDUALS WITH TRANSPORTATION, DIETARY, AND PHARMACEUTICAL NEEDS. - DIAGNOSTIC AND LABORATORY TESTING WERE PROVIDED TO INDIVIDUALS IDENTIFIED BY A LOCAL CHARITY CLINIC. - SCREENINGS AND SEMINARS WERE PROVIDED FOR SENIOR CITIZENS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.- SUPPORT GROUPS WERE PROVIDED FOR CANCER PATIENTS, BARIATRIC PATIENTS, HEART PATIENTS, EXPECTANT MOTHERS, ETC.- HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES CONDUCTED ADULT AND CHILD CPR CLASSES, AS WELL AS FIRST AID CLASSES, AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS.- PROGRAMS AND SEMINARS WERE CONDUCTED TO PROMOTE WOMEN'S SERVICES INCLUDING BREAST CANCER AND HEART DISEASE AWARENESS AND CHILDBIRTH PREPARATION CLASSES.- MULTIPLE CLASSES SUCH AS BREASTFEEDING, CHILDBIRTH, AND STRESS MANAGEMENT WERE PROVIDED. BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-NORTH MISSISSIPPI, INC. RECOGNIZES THAT PEOPLE ARE ITS MOST VALUABLE ASSET. TO SHARE THIS ASSET WITH THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, ALL PERSONNEL ARE ENCOURAGED TO GET INVOLVED BY VOLUNTEERING. BELOW IS A PARTIAL LISTING OF ORGANIZATIONS AND ACTIVITIES THAT BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-NORTH MISSISSIPPI, INC. SUPPORTED THROUGH ITS VOLUNTEER EFFORTS:- OXFORD-LAFAYETTE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE/ECON
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 August 1989.
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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