Berkshire Extended Care Services Inc.

“Berkshire Healthcare Systems, Inc. (BHCS) is the parent corporation of Berkshire Retirement Community, Inc. Berkshire Extended Care is a subsidiary of Berkshire Retirement Community, Inc. Governance duties conducted on behalf of Berkshire Extended Care Services, Inc., take place at the BHCS level. Meetings of the governing board and committees with authority to act on behalf of the governing board of BHCS are documented.”

“Form 990 is reviewed by executive management. Prior to filing, all members of the Berkshire Healthcare Systems, Inc. Board are provided with a copy of Form 990 via a secure intranet connection. The Berkshire Healthcare Systems, Inc. Board delegates review of Form 990 to its Finance Committee. Finance Committee members conduct their review of Form 990 prior to filing.”

“The organization enforces and monitors its conflict of interest policy by requiring all members of the governing body and senior employees to disclose potential conflicts of interest (a) annually and (b) as potential conflicts arise. Senior employees are not permitted to have material conflicts of interests and members of the governing body are to abstain from action that may be influenced by their conflict or potential conflict.”

“The full relevant governing body (Berkshire Health Systems, Inc. and Berkshire Healthcare Systems, Inc.) reviews and approves the compensation of the CEO and President. Every two or three years, the organization engages a nationally recognized healthcare compensation firm to provide information concerning market rates of compensation and assess the organization's compensation structure against those independent benchmarks.”

“Governance documents, the conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available to the public at the office of the Vice President and General Counsel at 725 North Street, Pittsfield, MA 01201, and at the President/Treasurer's office at 75 North Street, Pittsfield, MA 01201.”