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2024 CHART Institute Virtual Conference: Congratulations Award Recipients, Click to Access 15-Year Reflections and Conference Takeaways Videos.

Serving and Protecting Community Hospitals.

CHART is a comprehensive risk services provider.

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CHART combines an AHRQ-certified Patient Safety Organization with a 100% member-owned medical malpractice insurance company.

Our community hospital members, found throughout Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, are hand-selected based upon their location, size, and individual commitments to patient safety. Once selected to join our community, our members gain access to extensive Patient Safety and Education services to improve outcomes, enhance defensibility and better engage with patients. Since 2002 we have saved our members a documented $240,000,000 in premium cost and our business plan has earned us the prestigious A (Excellent) rating for financial strength from A.M. Best.

22 Years of Milestones

2002
2002
  • 29 Pennsylvania community hospitals form CHART

 

2007
2007
  • CHART becomes a self-managed entity
  • First West Virginia Hospital
2008
2008
  • First cash dividend paid
2009
2009
  • CHART Institute founded
  • CHART Institute becomes an AHRQ-certified Patient Safety Organization (PSO)
2010
2010
  • First New York hospital
  • Simulation Training Program implemented
2012
2012
  • Perinatal Safety Program begins
2013
2013
  • Emergency Department Safety Program begins
  • CHART adds Information Security Breach Response Coverage
2014
2014
  • Surplus exceeds $100 million
2015
2015
  • A.M. Best awards CHART A- (Excellent) rating
2017
2017
  • 15th Anniversary
2018
2018
  • $61 million in dividends paid to date
2019
2019
  • First Connecticut hospital
  • Launched Perinatal Safety Collaborative
  • $72 million in dividends paid to date
2020
2020
  • AM Best reaffirms CHART’s A- (Excellent) rating and revises outlook to positive
  • $83 million in dividends paid to date
2021
2021
  • AM Best upgrades CHART’s rating to A (Excellent)
  • $93 million in dividends paid to date
2022
2022
  • 20th Anniversary
  • $102 million in dividends paid to date
  • AM Best reaffirms CHART’s A (Excellent) rating
2023
2023
  • $110 million in dividends paid to date
  • AM Best reaffirms CHART’s A (Excellent) rating
2024
2024
  • 15th Anniversary CHART Institute
  • $120 million in dividends paid to date

Rated A (Excellent) for Financial Strength by A.M. Best.

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– A.M. Best Global Insurance Credit Ratings & Information Services

What is a Risk Retention Group?

All of CHART’s hospital members are owners of the company and all share in profits.

CHART’s Board of Directors is comprised of community hospital executives and physicians who govern the organization in the best interest of our members.

CHART is one of the largest medical malpractice risk retention groups in the U.S. We are protected by reinsurance and members cannot be assessed for losses.

Members gain equity in CHART and collect cash dividends annually. Meanwhile, CHART invests far more in patient safety than other insurers of all types.

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Million in cash dividends has been paid to member hospitals.

Who We Are

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CHART was built to protect the important work done by our members and to support the caregivers who keep their communities healthy every day. Meet the teams that make CHART the organization we are.

Our Board:

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Subscribers' Advisory Committee Members

Kendra A. Aucker

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Evangelical Community Hospital

Daniel D. Blough
- Vice Chairman

Lee M. Clinton

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Titusville Area Hospital

Patty Dunsinger

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Wayne Memorial Hospital

Jonathan Lawrence
- Vice Chairman

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Arnot Health

John I. Lewis
- Chairman

Michael D. Makosky

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Fulton County Medical Center

Susan Martin

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Middlesex Health

Donna B. Normand
- President and CEO

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CHART RRG

Patrick W. O'Donnell

Kathleen L. Rhine

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Mount Nittany Medical Center

Paul L. Uhrig

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Bassett Healthcare Network

Derick White, CPA CFE

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Strategic Risk Solutions

Stephen A. Wolfe

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Indiana Regional Medical Center

Our Team:

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Donna Normand
President and CEO

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Chad Cicconi
General Counsel
and Chief Claims Officer

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Ken Landis
Chief Financial Officer

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Kristen Rogers
Director of CHART Institute

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Lisa Mathisen
Senior Claims Manager

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Linda McCroddan
Claims Manager

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Elizabeth Moskow
Claims Manager

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Jennifer Sheets
Claims Manager

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Jennifer Zebrasky
Claims Assistant

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Suzanne Evelsizer
Manager, Accounting Services

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Judy Nicklas
Director of Underwriting

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Amy Murphy
Physician Underwriter

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Brandi Lucot
Underwriting Specialist

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Rebecca Norton
Finance and Underwriting Representative

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Cathy Kenny
Risk and Patient Safety Consultant

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BJ Hosler
Manager, IT Services

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Jim Lapp
Communications Specialist

Our Members:

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A Breakdown of Our Diverse Member Groups by State
New York
  • A.O. Fox Hospital
  • Arnot Ogden Medical Center
  • Auburn Community Hospital
  • Bassett Medical Center
  • Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center
  • Cobleskill Regional Hospital
  • Geneva General Hospital
  • Ira Davenport Memorial Hospital
  • Little Falls Hospital
  • O’Connor Hospital
  • Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hospital
  • St. Joseph’s Hospital
  • St. Mary’s Healthcare
Pennsylvania
  • ACMH Hospital
  • Butler Memorial Hospital
  • Clarion Hospital
  • Evangelical Community Hospital
  • Fulton County Medical Center
  • Indiana Regional Medical Center
  • Meadville Medical Center
  • Mount Nittany Medical Center
  • Punxsutawney Area Hospital
  • Titusville Area Hospital
  • Uniontown Hospital
  • Warren General Hospital
  • Wayne Memorial Hospital
Connecticut
  • Middlesex Health
West Virginia
  • Boone Memorial Hospital
  • Grafton City Hospital

"Even though CHART has become a large organization, they've kept that individual hospital focus."

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- John Lewis, Chairman

Connect With CHART Today

If your organization’s goals and vision align with CHART’s, we’d like to hear from you. Connect with us using the form below to learn more about membership.