Northwest Community Care Network Inc

“The sole member of the corporation is wake forest university baptist medical center, a north carolina nonprofit organization.”

“The organization's sole member, wake forest university baptist medical center, appoints three directors. The board of directors appoints one director who is a resident of, or is otherwise associated with, each of the counties that the organization serves. The board of directors appoints one department of social services (dss) director to represent the interests of dss departments. The several dss in the counties jointly discuss and submit to the board of directors their recommended appointee. The board of directors appoints one local management entities (lme) director to represent the interests of such lmes. The several lmes jointly discuss and submit to the board of directors their recommended appointee. The board of directors appoints one physician whose practice is a part of the organization's affiliated primary care network to represent the interest of such primary care physicians. The board of directors appoints one individual who is employed by forsyth medical center to represent the interest of its hospitals and primary care practices. The board of directors appoints one medicare beneficiary who resides in the organization's area of operation to represent the interest of such medicare beneficiaries.”

“The sole member alone can amend the articles and bylaws of the organization.”

“The filing organization's board of directors receives a copy of the form 990 with sufficient time to permit review, comment and questions prior to its filing. If modifications are required following such review, the revised form 990 is redistributed prior to its filing with the irs, along with a summary of the modifications.”

“The organization requires officers, directors and key employees to annually review the conflict of interest policy and determine any potential conflicts of interest. All officers, directors and key employees are required to determine and report potential conflicts annually, and as they arise. Any items disclosed are reviewed and managed in accordance with the organization's policy on conflicts of interest.”

“The filing organization does not pay compensation to directors for their effort devoted to the organization. Certain officers and directors are employed by unrelated but affiliated organizations, wake forest university baptist medical center (wfubmc) and charlotte mecklenburg hospital authority (cmha) and the determination of the compensation of such individuals is conducted via the process utilized by the wfubmc board, as follows: the advocate health compensation and benefits committee ("the committee") of the advocate health, inc. Board of directors ("the board") has authority as the board delegates to it, for the review and approval of executive compensation. The committee relies upon an external, independent compensation consultant retained directly by the committee to provide third-party compensation comparability data for evaluating the competitiveness and reasonableness of executive compensation and benefits programs relative to market practices for similarly situated healthcare organizations. In evaluating compensation, the committee follows corporate governance best practice such as adherence to the company's executive compensation philosophy and review processes; processes to ensure committee member and compensation consultant independence; data from healthcare organizations of comparable size, structure, and complexity; and establishment of the rebuttable presumption of reasonableness, per irs guidelines. Minutes of the deliberations of the committee are maintained in the advocate health, inc. Legal department.”

“The organization's articles of incorporation are available to the public on request and are available on the website of the north carolina secretary of state. The organization's bylaws are not published, but provisions from the bylaws are included as necessary in the organization's policies, and are attached to the form 1023 filed for the organization with the irs, which is publicly available. The conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available to the public on request.”

“Professional fees: program service expenses 811,658. Management and general expenses 157,671. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 969,329.”