Official Seal, Everything Is Broken (2026)

Everything Is Broken

Report No. 1 · Nonprofit Hospital Executive Pay vs Charity Care · Annual Report, 2026 edition

New Jersey · Ranked 861 of 1033 by CEO pay.

Deborah Heart and Lung Center

James R Andrews, Trustee - Pres/CEO (Eff 9/24). Fiscal year ending 2024-12.

$295,272
CEO total compensation
Form 990 Part VII, columns D+E+F
5.30%
of expenses spent on charity care
Schedule H Part I line 7a
2.3%
CEO pay as a share of all charity care

The chief executive's title on the filing indicates a change during the year (TRUSTEE - PRES/CEO (EFF 9/24)); the pay shown is what the filing reports for that person, which may cover part of the year.

Also listed with a chief executive title in the same filings: Joseph Chirichella, Trustee - Pres/CEO, $1,018,802. Where a chief executive retired during the year, the filing reports the final-year payout.

§1The filing

Total revenue
$239,098,859
Total expenses
$241,972,280
Net assets
$102,003,679
Employees
1,371
Hospitals covered
1 facilities across 1 filing
Charity care, net
$12,812,529
Bad debt
Medicare surplus (shortfall), as filed
($3,691,407)
CEO pay from the organization (Part VII col. D)
$290,049
From related organizations (col. E)
$0
Other compensation, including deferred pay and nontaxable benefits (col. F)
$5,223
CEO total compensation (D+E+F)
$295,272 to James R Andrews

Medicare surplus (shortfall) is Schedule H Part III line 7: Medicare revenue minus the cost of Medicare care. A figure in parentheses is a shortfall. Like bad debt, it is not community benefit on the IRS form.

Source: Form 990, Deborah Heart and Lung Center, EIN 23-1550955, fiscal year ending 2024-12, as published by the IRS. CEO identification: ceo title multiple.

§2Community benefit versus charity care

What the system reported as total community benefit (Schedule H line 7k)$32.8M Of which charity care to patients who could not pay (line 7a)$12.8M (39%)

The rest of line 7k is Medicaid shortfall, medical education, research, subsidized services and contributions. Bad debt () and Medicare shortfall are reported separately by the IRS and are not community benefit on the form.

Every number on this page was copied from the filing linked above. If a figure is wrong, send the filing that contradicts it and the correction runs at the top of this page.

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Deborah Heart and Lung Center: CEO pay $295,272, charity care 5.30% of expenses