Baystate Health Inc.

“The filing organization has a standing executive committee, which is entitled to act between meetings of the Board, on all matters as to which the Board is entitled to act and permitted by law to delegate to a committee.”

“Robert J. Bacon, Gregory L. Braden, MD, Dennis W. Chalke, John H. Davis, Kristin R. Delaney, Harriet A. Deverry, John A. Egelhofer, MD, Mark A. Keroack, MD, Adrian Levsky, Grace P. Makari-Judson, MD, John E. Maybury, Steven M. Mitus, Kevin P. Moriarity MD, Paul R. Murphy, Edward Noonan, John M. O'Brien, III, Ann M. Paradis, James Phaneuf, CIC, Robert L. Pura, PhD, James P. Sadowsky, Kathleen B. Scoble, David C. Southworth, Richard B. Steele, Jr., Katherine McG. Sullivan, Hector Toledo, Madeline Torres, and Victor Woolridge are also officers or trustees of its affiliated entities. The following trustees, officers, or key employees serve on a common board of a non-affiliated entity: (1) Richard B. Steele, Jr., James P. Sadowsky and John H. Davis (2) Robert L. Pura, PhD. and Richard B. Steele, Jr. (3)John F. Maybury and Mark A. Keroack MD 4) John M. O'Brien, III and Victor Woolridge (5) John F. Maybury and Anne M. Paradis”

“Baystate Health, Inc. is affiliated with Baystate Administrative Services, Inc. (BAS) which is a 501(c) (3) organization. Information Technology, Human Resources, Finance, Treasury, Accounting and other management and support functions are delegated to BAS.”

“Two of the Trustees of the filing organization are required to be members of the Board of Directors of BWH, an affiliated organization, and their election is subject to approval by the Board of Directors of BWH.”

“Before the filing of this return, appropriate parts of this Form 990 were reviewed by representatives from the Tax, Finance, and Human Resources Departments of Baystate Health, Inc., some of whom are officers or trustees of the filing organization and by outside legal counsel. The entire return was reviewed by a tax expert from an outside accounting firm. The entire return was also reviewed before filing by the Audit and Compliance Committee of Baystate Health, Inc., which also includes some of the officers of the filing organization. The Form 990 was provided to all members of the Board of Trustees before filing.”

“Baystate Health, Inc. and its affiliated entities have a comprehensive conflict of interest policy applicable to all of the affiliated entities. All directors, trustees, officers, key employees, and highest compensated employees of BH and its affiliates are asked to complete an annual "conflict of interest" form. We utilize an electronic database to receive and manage all conflict of interest submissions. This information is reviewed by the Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Executive Officer, Chair of the Board of Trustees, and the Chair of the Audit & Compliance Committee. A summary of the conflict of interest disclosures is provided to the Baystate Health Board of Trustees and the Tax Department and reviewed by outside counsel. Potential conflict of interest transactions are reviewed as appropriate under the policy, which provides for recusal from discussion and deliberation by any party with a potential conflict of interest.”

“The compensation of the President and CEO is reviewed and determined annually by the compensation committee of Baystate Health, Inc. This committee consists entirely of individuals serving on the board of the filing organization. The individuals responsible for deliberating the compensation arrangement for the President and CEO would be those individuals who do not have a conflict of interest with respect to the compensation arrangement and would be considered independent for compensation deliberation purposes. The compensation of the President and CEO is established based on information provided by independent third party consultants for reasonableness and appropriate comparability data. The compensation is then established, reviewed and approved by the duly authorized compensation committee. The compensation of other officers is administered under the Executive Compensation Philosophy Statement or the Baystate Health Board approved budget and wage program for each fiscal year. Line 15a has been answered No because the President and CEO is paid by Baystate Administrative Services, Inc., an affiliate and related organization of the filing organization.”

“The organization makes its conflict of interest policy and financial statements available to the public at www.baystatehealth.org. Articles of organization and bylaws are generally available at the Commonwealth of Massachusetts website.”

“Certain officers or trustees of the filing organization are paid by an entity, Baystate Medical Practices, Inc. (BMP) EIN 04-2888373, which is part of the health care system to which the filing organization belongs but does not meet the technical requirements as a "Related Organization" per Schedule R. Compensation from BMP to the officers and trustees of the filing organization therefore, is reported as paid from an unrelated organization in Line 5 and according to the instructions reported as though paid by the filing organization.”

“Transfers from/to Affiliated Companies, Net 6,868,100. Property, Plant & Equipment Transfers -4,080,429. Equity Gain / (Loss) in Baycare 80,817. Equity Gain / (Loss) in Ingraham 123,021. Change in Interest of Net Assets of BHF 774,448. Premier Purchasing Partners, L.P. - Interest (incl in part VIII, ln 3D) -54,755. K-1 UBIT NET GAIN -934,460. BHIC UBTI -164,849.”