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Nonprofit · EIN 46-6029223

SSM HEALTH CARE CORPORATION

Tax-exempt · SAINT LOUIS, MO 63131

Financials

$1.2B$1.2B2023$1.4B$1.3B2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of SSM HEALTH CARE CORPORATION by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
December 31, 2024990$1,391,036,296$1,282,554,955$108,481,341$7,018,706,101$3,603,513,986$3,415,192,115
December 31, 2023990$1,194,913,384$1,184,756,476$10,156,908$5,489,373,100$3,293,526,133$2,195,846,967
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$52,028,222
of which government grants
$31,516,316
Program service revenue
$1,099,633,301
Investment income
$238,991,047
Net gain from sales of assets
$117,106,740
Other revenue
$383,726

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$401,081
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$25,909,061
Other salaries and wages
$342,061,435
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$430,239,542
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Legal fees
$13,135,089
Accounting fees
$5,687,662
Occupancy
$6,726,217
Travel
$2,518,764
Depreciation
$6,612,711
Program services (functional)
$839,781,793
Management and general (functional)
$442,210,505
Fundraising (functional)
$562,657

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$5,489,373,100
Total assets, end of year
$7,018,706,101
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,603,513,986
Net assets, end of year
$3,415,192,115
Land, buildings and equipment
$33,687,753
Publicly traded securities
$2,029,660,173
Net assets without donor restrictions
$3,415,217,116
Net assets with donor restrictions
-$25,001
Gross unrelated business income
-$1,824,098
Gross receipts
$1,391,036,296
Employees
5,315
Volunteers
18
Year formed
1874
State of legal domicile
MO

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
LAURA KAISERDIRECTOR (EX-OFFICIO) & PRES/CEO
Trustee or director, Officer
50$5,205,665$2,681,148
STEVEN SMOOTVICE PRESIDENT & CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Officer
50$2,364,935$1,119,698
DOUGLAS LONGSECRETARY & CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER
Officer
50$1,587,150$700,771
JANET SMITH-HILLCHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER
Key employee
40$1,239,045$628,976
KEVIN SMITHTREASURER & CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Officer
50$1,050,477$627,081
ALEXANDER GARZA MDCHIEF COMMUNTY HEALTH OFFICER
Key employee
40$1,116,919$528,512
JOHN NGUYENCHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
Key employee
40$1,400,059$203,294
RANDALL COMBSFORMER OFFICER
Former
0$1,454,021$29,506
STEPHANIE DUGGANCHIEF CLINICAL OFFICER
Key employee
40$876,847$531,303
PATRICK MCCRUDENCHIEF MISSION INTEGRATION OFFICER
Key employee
40$922,653$441,182
JOAN BACHLEITNERCHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER
Key employee
40$859,994$490,458
JOY GROSSERCHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
Highest-paid employee
20$1,023,219$289,898
KAREN REWERTSVP FINANCIAL OPERATIONS
Highest-paid employee
40$845,480$234,843
TIMOTHY JOHNSONVP CLINICAL INTEGRATION
Highest-paid employee
40$820,503$241,430
AMY WILSONCHIEF NURSING EXECUTIVE
Highest-paid employee
40$744,134$244,532
24 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
MICHAEL GRAYVP SUPPLY CHAIN
Highest-paid employee
40$806,128$171,012
MARK CAGWINASSISTANT TREASURER & VP TREASURY
Officer
40$666,195$158,561
TODD SHUMAN MDCHIEF CLINICAL OFFICER
Key employee
40$609,021$10,298
CARTER DREDGELEAD FUTURIST
Key employee
40$516,058$29,212
JENNIFER HORROMASSISTANT SECRETARY & VP LEGAL
Officer
40$399,795$108,341
SR MARY NOEL BROWN CSADIRECTOR (EX-OFFICIO)
Trustee or director
1$0$0
SR KATHLEEN BUCHHEIT FSMDIRECTOR (EX-OFFICIO)
Trustee or director
1$0$0
RICK CORCORANDIRECTOR & CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
MARIE DEVLINDIRECTOR & VICE CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
DON IMHOLZDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
TOM MERFELDPART YR DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
EVANS RICHARDSONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
SAMUEL L ROSS MDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
MICHAEL ROZIER SJDIRECTOR (EX-OFFICIO)
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JAMES WHALENDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JANICE BURNETT PHDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JOHN HARDT PHDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
CAROLYN KINDLEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
SR JUDITH BELL FSMDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
ALEX J VALDEZDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
TOMAS VALDIVIA MDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
PETER DOLANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
TOM NAIMDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
THERESE PANDLDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 35 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
LAURA KAISERDIRECTOR (EX-OFFICIO), PRES/CEO
Trustee or director, Officer
50$4,644,135$3,002,313
RANDY COMBSTREASURER, CFO AT SSM HEALTH
Officer
50$2,182,354$1,238,074
STEVE SMOOTVICE PRESIDENT, COO AT SSM HEALTH
Officer
50$2,054,358$1,204,489
TODD SHUMAN MDCHIEF CLINICAL OFFICER
Key employee
40$1,436,711$793,115
DOUGLAS LONGSECRETARY, CLO AT SSM HEALTH
Officer
50$1,425,239$777,013
JOHN NGUYENCHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
Key employee
40$1,225,872$761,764
JEREMY FOTHERINGHAMREGIONAL PRESIDENT - ST. LOUIS
Highest-paid employee
20$1,125,814$687,586
JANET SMITH-HILLCHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER
Key employee
40$1,060,510$694,382
ALEXANDER GARZA MDCHIEF COMMUNTY HEALTH OFFICER
Key employee
40$1,032,700$624,655
CARTER DREDGELEAD FUTURIST
Key employee
40$890,988$528,294
PATRICK MCCRUDENCHIEF MISSION INTEGRATION OFFICER
Key employee
40$794,349$469,733
JOY GROSSERCHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
Highest-paid employee
20$860,536$306,224
KAREN REWERTSVP-FINANCIAL OPERATIONS
Highest-paid employee
40$801,331$287,514
TIM JOHNSONVP-CLINICAL INTEGRATION
Highest-paid employee
40$749,701$300,989
MATT HANLEY MDFORMER KEY EMPLOYEE
Former
0$974,654$0
BRENDA CHILMANCHIEF REVENUE CYCLE OFFICER
Highest-paid employee
40$665,694$195,008
MARK CAGWINASSISTANT TREASURER
Officer
40$592,209$188,240
JENNIFER HORROMASSISTANT SECRETARY
Officer
40$372,253$128,361
SR MARY NOEL BROWN CSADIRECTOR (EX-OFFICIO)
Trustee or director
1$0$0
SR KATHLEEN BUCHHEIT FSMDIRECTOR (EX-OFFICIO)
Trustee or director
1$0$0
RICK CORCORANDIRECTOR, CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
MARIE DEVLINDIRECTOR, VICE CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
DON IMHOLZDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
LAWRENCE LEGRANDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
TOM MERFELDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
EVANS RICHARDSONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
SAMUEL L ROSS MDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
MICHAEL ROZIER SJDIRECTOR (EX-OFFICIO)
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JAMES WHALENDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JANICE BURNETT PHDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JOHN HARDT PHDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
CAROLYN KINDLEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
SR JUDITH BELL FSMDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
ALEX J VALDEZDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
TOMAS VALDIVIA MDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
12800 CORPORATE HILL DR, SAINT LOUIS, MO 63131-1833
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
LAURA KAISER, 12800 CORPORATE HILL DRIVE, ST LOUIS, MO 63131
Signed the 990
STEPHANIE KING, VP-FINANCE
Phone
(314) 994-7800
Return prepared by
DELOITTE TAX LLP

Mission

THROUGH OUR EXCEPTIONAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES, WE REVEAL THE HEALING PRESENCE OF GOD.

990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Program accomplishments

  • SSM HEALTH CARE CORPORATION (SSMHCC), A MISSOURI NONPROFIT CORPORATION, IS THE PARENT ENTITY OF A FULLY INTEGRATED HEALTH SYSTEM WITH ITS HEADQUARTERS BASED IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. SSMHCC AND ITS CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES (DOING BUSINESS AS SSM HEALTH (SSMH)) OWN AND OPERATE 23 ACUTE CARE HOSPITALS, ONE OF WHICH SPECIALIZES IN PEDIATRICS, 9 POST-ACUTE CARE FACILITIES, A NATIONAL PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGEMENT COMPANY THAT SERVES 17.7 MILLION MEMBERS IN 50 STATES, AN EXTENSIVE NETWORK OF PHYSICIAN PRACTICE OPERATIONS (APPROXIMATELY 15,000 PHYSICIANS/PROVIDERS AND OVER 490 PHYSICIAN OFFICE/OUTPATIENT SITES, OTHER HEALTH CARE BUSINESSES AND SEVERAL FOUNDATIONS. SSMH'S HOSPITAL OPERATIONS ARE LOCATED PRIMARILY IN MISSOURI, WISCONSIN, OKLAHOMA AND ILLINOIS, AND ITS RELATED BUSINESSES PROVIDE HEALTH RELATED SERVICES IN 50 STATES. SSMHCC IS SPONSORED BY SSM HEALTH MINISTRIES, A MINISTERIAL JURIDIC PERSON, WHICH IS CURRENTLY COMPOSED OF ONE FRANCISCAN SISTER OF MARY, ONE SISTER OF ST. AGNES, ONE JESUIT PRIEST, ONE FRANCISCAN PRIEST, AND FOUR LAY PERSONS WHO COLLECTIVELY HOLD CERTAIN RESERVED POWERS OVER SSMH.
    Expenses $839,781,793 · grants $401,081 · revenue $1,099,633,301

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025December 31, 2025May 15, 2026Not on file
2024December 31, 2024May 15, 2025990 on file
2023December 31, 2023May 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
46-6029223
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Hospital or medical research organization
Exempt since
1946
Accounting year ends
December
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Category (NTEE)
Health care (E210)
Assets (IRS master file)
$7,018,706,101
Income (IRS master file)
$1,391,036,296

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990December 2024$1,391,036,296$1,282,554,955$7,018,706,101XML
990-TDecember 2024–––IRS
990December 2023$1,194,913,384$1,184,756,476$5,489,373,100XML
990-TDecember 2023–––IRS
990December 2022$988,615,388$1,008,576,768$3,982,767,692IRS
990-TDecember 2022–––IRS
990December 2021–––IRS
990-TDecember 2021–––IRS
990December 2020–––IRS
990-TDecember 2020–––IRS
990December 2018–––IRS
990December 2017–––IRS

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 46-6029223).

Questions about SSM HEALTH CARE CORPORATION

What is the EIN of SSM HEALTH CARE CORPORATION?
The employer identification number (EIN) of SSM HEALTH CARE CORPORATION is 46-6029223.
Is SSM HEALTH CARE CORPORATION tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1946.
Which annual return does SSM HEALTH CARE CORPORATION file?
Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
When is the next return of SSM HEALTH CARE CORPORATION due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did SSM HEALTH CARE CORPORATION last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
Who is the principal officer of SSM HEALTH CARE CORPORATION?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names LAURA KAISER.
Who are the officers and directors of SSM HEALTH CARE CORPORATION?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 39 people; 20 received compensation from the organization, the highest $5,205,665 (LAURA KAISER, DIRECTOR (EX-OFFICIO) & PRES/CEO).
How much revenue does SSM HEALTH CARE CORPORATION have?
On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $1,391,036,296, expenses of $1,282,554,955 and total assets of $7,018,706,101 at year end.

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