Mountain Pacific Quality Health
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
DEDICATED TO EMPOWERING COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO ACHIEVE HEALTH CARE QUALITY GOALS.
- Income
- $18.4 million
- Spending
- $19.3 million
- Spent on programs
- 67%
- Reserves
- 6.7 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 78%
- Employees
- 146
- Volunteers
- 8
- Highest pay
- $432,127, chief executive officer
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
Good: 77 out of 100. Higher than 67% of charities in its peer group (health care, $10m to $100m).
Reserves
28 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 6.7 months of spending.
Debt
16 of 20It owes 18% of what it owns.
Living within its means
8 of 15Spending exceeded income by 5% of income.
Income trend
10 of 15Income fell 3% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1567% 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
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 52% of charities in its peer group (health care, $10m to $100m).
Independent board
25 of 258 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
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 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 (3)
- $7.6 million spent. MEDICAID WORK:FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS, MOUNTAIN PACIFIC HAS BEEN A VALUED PARTNER TO THE MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (DPHHS) AND TO MONTANANS WITH MEDICAID, ENSURING THEY RECEIVE THE RIGHT CARE, AT THE RIGHT TIME, IN THE MOST APPROPRIATE SETTING.OUR EXTENSIVE UTILIZATION REVIEW EXPERIENCE PROVIDES A CONSISTENT AND EFFICIENT APPROACH TO DETERMINING THE MEDICAL NECESSITY AND APPROPRIATENESS OF SERVICES, SUPPORTING SOME OF OUR STATE'S MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND IMPROVING HEALTH OUTCOMES. APPROXIMATELY ONE IN EVERY FIVE MONTANANS IS ENROLLED IN MEDICAID, OR ABOUT 218,000 PEOPLE.DURING FISCAL YEAR 2025: OUR TRANSPORTATION REVIEW TEAM SERVED 75,000 MEDICAID MEMBERS, ALLOWING ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS TO RECEIVE FUNDING TO OFFSET THE COST OF TRAVELING TO NEEDED HEALTH CARE SERVICES. OUR UTILIZATION MANAGEMENT CALL CENTER HANDLED 13,722 PHONE CALLS, AND UTILIZATION REVIEWERS COMPLETED 10,289 REVIEWS, HELPING MAKE SURE REQUESTED SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT MET EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICAL CRITERIA. OUR LONG-TERM CARE TEAM COMPLETED 7,379 LEVEL-OF-CARE (LOC) REVIEWS AND 8,006 LEVEL I PREADMISSION SCREENING AND RESIDENT REVIEWS (PASRRS), SO PEOPLE BEING ADMITTED TO NURSING HOMES RECEIVED THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF CARE. OUR COMMUNITY FIRST CHOICE TEAM COMPLETED 5,270 REVIEWS AND APPROVED 2,023 PERSONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEMS TO HELP KEEP PEOPLE SAFER IN THEIR HOMES. OUR PHARMACY TEAM COMPLETED 1,027 PHYSICIAN-ADMINISTERED DRUG (PAD) REVIEWS TO HELP REDUCE THE MISUSE AND ABUSE OF MEDICATIONS, PREVENT ADVERSE DRUG EVENTS AND MANAGE HIGH-COST DRUG THERAPIES. OUR DUR TEAM DEVELOPED TWENTY-FIVE NEW DRUG CRITERIA AND UPDATED TWENTY-SEVEN MORE BASED ON EXPANDED U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION (FDA) INDICATIONS FOR MEDICATIONS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY THE FDA. OUR PHARMACY CASE MANAGEMENT TEAM PERFORMED 2,026 REVIEWS, WITH 1,501 RESULTING INTERVENTIONS, RESULTING IN AN ESTIMATED COST AVOIDANCE OF $3.3 MILLION. MOUNTAIN PACIFIC CREATED A PROGRAM THAT CONTINUES TO BE A BEST-IN-CLASS SOLUTION FOR CONDUCTING DRUG PRIOR AUTHORIZATIONS. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, OUR DRUG PRIOR AUTHORIZATION TEAM ACHIEVED A COST AVOIDANCE OF APPROXIMATELY $64 MILLION, AN ESTIMATED GROWTH IN SAVINGS OF $5.4 MILLION FROM FISCAL YEAR 2024.
- $3.6 million spent. HEALTH QUALITY SOLUTIONS:MOUNTAIN PACIFIC HAS BEEN THE EXPERT AND PARTNER FOR RURAL AND FRONTIER HEALTH CARE COMMUNITIES FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS. WE SUPPORT ACCESS TO SERVICES AND ADVANCEMENTS IN QUALITY CARE IN SOME OF THE MOST EXPANSIVE, REMOTE AND GEOGRAPHICALLY CHALLENGING STATES, AND WE CONTINUE TO GROW OUR EFFORTS TO CONNECT HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS TO EDUCATION AND SUPPORT NETWORKS AND TO HELP MAKE SURE CONSUMERS GET THE CARE THEY NEED. IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, OUR TEAM WORKED ALONGSIDE CLINICAL AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS ACROSS MONTANA, HAWAII, ALASKA, AND WYOMING TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF OUTCOMES FOR PEOPLE WITH COMPLEX CHRONIC CONDITIONS. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT ACTIVITIES UTILIZE INDUSTRY BEST PRACTICES, STRATEGIES AND INITIATIVES TO BUILD COLLABORATIONS AND ALIGN OPPORTUNITIES TO ELEVATE THE USE OF HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. THE OUTCOMES INCLUDE IMPROVED POPULATION HEALTH, QUALITY REPORTING, AND CLINICAL OUTCOMES. IN 2025, WE FACILITATED ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS WITH MORE THAN 180 PARTICIPANTS FROM HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, COUNCILS ON AGING, TRIBAL COMMUNITIES AND OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS TO DISCUSS AREAS OF NEED AND IDENTIFY SOLUTIONS AT A COMMUNITY LEVEL. ROBUST DATA ANALYSIS SUPPORTED THE USE OF DASHBOARDS TO SHARE BEST PRACTICES, DRIVING HIGHER PARTICIPATION AND ENGAGEMENT.THE INFANT AND EARLY CHILDHOOD MENTAL HEALTH CONSULTATION PROGRAM (IECMH), MOUNTAIN PACIFIC CONTRACTED TWENTY-SEVEN LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS CERTIFIED IN IECMH CONSULTATION AND THIRTY-EIGHT EARLY CHILDCARE AND EDUCATION SITES TO WORK TOGETHER IN ENHANCING THE KNOWLEDGE AND CONFIDENCE OF EARLY CHILD CARE AND EMPOWERING STAFF WHO WORK WITH YOUNG CHILDREN. AS OF JUNE 30, 10 OF THE THIRTY-EIGHT SITES ARE RECEIVING CONSULTATION FROM IECMH PROFESSIONALS, AND TWENTY-FOUR SITES HAVE COMPLETED AT LEAST ONE OR TWO CONSULTATION CYCLES.MOUNTAIN PACIFIC IS PART OF A NATIONWIDE EFFORT TO IMPROVE HEALTH CARE QUALITY OUTCOMES FOR AMERICAN INDIAN ALASKA NATIVE (AIAN) COMMUNITIES, PARTNERING WITH INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE (IHS) AGENCIES AND FACILITIES AND MEDICARE-CERTIFIED HOSPITALS, NURSING HOMES AND OUTPATIENT CLINICS MANAGED BY TRIBES OR URBAN INDIAN ORGANIZATIONS. THE LATEST ITERATION OF THIS PROGRAM RUNS JANUARY 2025 THROUGH JANUARY 2030. IN THE FIRST YEAR, WE: CONDUCTED MULTIFACETED, EXTENSIVE OUTREACH TO 248 ELIGIBLE TRIBAL FACILITIES FOR PROGRAM ENGAGEMENT AND ENROLLMENT. APPLIED CRITERIA SUCH AS GEOGRAPHY, TRIBAL/AGENCY AFFILIATION AND LAND BOUNDARIES TO GROUP ELIGIBLE FACILITIES INTO EIGHTY-SIX COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITIES FOR FOCUSED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. ASSESSED ALL EIGHTY-SIX COMMUNITIES TO UNDERSTAND EXISTING QUALITY IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVES OR NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN BEST COMPLEMENT CURRENT PROGRAMS THROUGH STRATEGIC COLLABORATION, COORDINATE WITH EXISTING EFFORTS TO AVOID DUPLICATION OF EFFORT AND/OR CREATE NEW INITIATIVES WHERE GAPS IN CARE EXIST. MET WITH KEY NATIONAL LEADERS AND PARTNERS TO ALIGN INITIATIVES AND IDENTIFY LOCAL PRIORITIES, INCLUDING IHS, NATIONAL INDIAN HEALTH BOARD, CMS TRIBAL TECHNICAL ADVISORY GROUP, TRIBAL HEALTH BOARDS AND URBAN INDIAN ORGANIZATION COUNCILS.
- $1.6 million spent. QIO:MOUNTAIN PACIFIC IS PART OF THE NATIONAL MEDICARE QUALITY INNOVATION NETWORK-QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ORGANIZATION (QIN-QIO) PROGRAM. OUR TEAM OF QUALITY IMPROVEMENT EXPERTS WORKS IN AND WITH HEALTH CARE COMMUNITIES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF CARE FOR MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES.IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, WE SERVED 186 NURSING HOMES AND 550,000 MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES ACROSS ALASKA, HAWAII, MONTANA, WYOMING AND GUAM. MOUNTAIN PACIFIC PROVIDED ONSITE AND VIRTUAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING TO NURSING HOMES TO HELP PREVENT OR CONTROL INFECTIONS, WHICH ARE ESPECIALLY DEVASTATING TO OLDER POPULATIONS. OUR INFECTION PREVENTION TRAINING ACHIEVED A 95.5% SATISFACTION RATING FROM PARTICIPANTS. FROM NOVEMBER 2023 TO NOVEMBER 2024, WE HELPED NURSING HOME PARTNERS SUBMIT 754 COVID-19 REPORTS REQUIRED BY THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES (CMS). OUR SUPPORT STREAMLINES AND SIMPLIFIES PROCESSES AND REPORTING, ALLOWING NURSING HOME STAFF TO SPEND TIME WHERE IT MATTERS MOST CARING FOR RESIDENTS.USING ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD (EHR) DATA, MOUNTAIN PACIFIC PARTNERED WITH A CLOUD-BASED SOFTWARE PLATFORM TO SUPPORT WYOMING NURSING HOMES IN CREATING PREDICTIVE MODELS FOR RESIDENT READMISSION RISKS. THE PROJECT ESTABLISHED A SECURE, AUTOMATED PIPELINE OF EHR DATA FOR MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES LIVING IN NURSING HOMES. FIVE CUSTOMIZED PREDICTIVE MODELS ASSIGNED RESIDENTS RISK SCORES, ESTIMATED THEIR MORTALITY RISK AND IDENTIFIED UNDIAGNOSED CASES OF CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE AND HEART DISEASE. AMONG THE PARTICIPATING NURSING HOMES, THE PROJECT REDUCED HOSPITAL READMISSIONS BY 11.8%.
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 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 June 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 September 2014.
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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