How does being a nonprofit hospital system fit into SSM Health Cares mission?
Our founding religious sisters came to America in 1872 to care for sick people. From those earliest days, SSM Health Care has responded to the health-care needs of people in our communities. We have been in many of our communities for 100 years or more during good times and bad. Our mission is to provide exceptional health care services to the people we serve. Does SSM Health Care pay taxes? Our tax status is set by the Internal Revenue Service and other taxing authorities. We pay some taxes and are exempt from others. How can SSM Health Care be nonprofit and make a profit? To serve our communities over the long-term, we must be financially sound. Any organization that does not earn revenues in excess of its costs will be unable to stay in business. We make money to cover our costs of doing business to pay our employees fair wages and benefits, to keep safe and well-maintained buildings, and to purchase new medical technologies that benefit and improve the health of people in our commu
