Official Seal, Everything Is Broken (2026)

Everything Is Broken

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

Wisconsin · Michigan · Ranked 251 of 1033 by CEO pay.

Mchs Hospitals

Brian Hoerneman MD, Board Member/Interim Mchs CEO. Fiscal year ending 2024-12.

$1.6M
CEO total compensation
Form 990 Part VII, columns D+E+F
0.59%
of expenses spent on charity care
Schedule H Part I line 7a
13.5%
CEO pay as a share of all charity care

The chief executive's title on the filing indicates a change during the year (BOARD MEMBER/INTERIM MCHS CEO); the pay shown is what the filing reports for that person, which may cover part of the year.

Most of the reported compensation ($1,584,168 of $1,623,181) came from a related organization (Part VII column E) and was reported on this filing.

Also listed with a chief executive title in the same filings: Susan Turney MD, Former Mchs CEO, $2,241,715. Where a chief executive retired during the year, the filing reports the final-year payout.

§1The filing

Total revenue
$1,911,663,770
Total expenses
$2,018,520,207
Net assets
−$97,242,941
Employees
0
Hospitals covered
11 facilities across 6 filings
Charity care, net
$12,001,840
Bad debt
$66,020,149
Medicare surplus (shortfall), as filed
($38,345,886)
CEO pay from the organization (Part VII col. D)
$0
From related organizations (col. E)
$1,584,168
Other compensation, including deferred pay and nontaxable benefits (col. F)
$39,013
CEO total compensation (D+E+F)
$1,623,181 to Brian Hoerneman MD

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, Mchs Hospitals, EIN 81-0977948, fiscal year ending 2024-12, as published by the IRS. CEO identification: ceo title.

§2Community benefit versus charity care

What the system reported as total community benefit (Schedule H line 7k)$196.9M Of which charity care to patients who could not pay (line 7a)$12.0M (6%)

The rest of line 7k is Medicaid shortfall, medical education, research, subsidized services and contributions. Bad debt ($66.0M) and Medicare shortfall are reported separately by the IRS and are not community benefit on the form.

§3Filings in this system

Filing entityEINFY endRevenueCharity care% of expensesFiling
Mchs Hospitals Inc81-09779482024-12$1.5B$10.2M0.66%990
Dickinson County Healthcare System38-27804292024-12$144.3M$8,3780.01%990
Lakeview Medical Center Inc of Rice Lake39-08372062024-12$140.0M$698,2840.50%990
Beaver Dam Community Hospitals Inc39-11578762024-12$99.0M$635,6210.57%990
Memorial Hospital Inc39-08068282024-12$37.3M$225,3640.63%990
Flambeau Hospital Inc39-09737242024-12$35.1M$216,4410.71%990

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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Mchs Hospitals: CEO pay $1.6M, charity care 0.59% of expenses