Massachusetts Health Quality Partners

“Mhqp has a dues-paying advisory committee called the "physician council and "health plan council" who elect two members to represent them on the board.”

“Form 990 is provided to voting members of the governing body for review prior to electronically filing with the IRS.”

“Each Fiduciary shall sign an annual statement that he or she: (a)has received a copy of MHQP's conflict of interest policy; (b)has read and understands the policy; (c)agrees to comply with the policy; (d)understands that the policy applies to the Board and all committees having board-delegated powers; (e)understands that MHQP is a tax-exempt organization and that in order for it to maintain its tax-exempt status, it must continuously engage primarily in activities which accomplish one or more of its tax-exempt purposes; and (f)agrees to keep all MHQP information learned in the performance of his or her activities that is not generally available to the public in strict confidence. In connection with any actual or possible conflicts of interest, a Fiduciary shall disclose to the MHQP Chief Executive Officer or Chairman any financial or other conflict of interest that may impede the Fiduciary's ability to act in the best interest of MHQP through an annual disclosure statement and at the earliest possible time after a new financial or other conflict of interest becomes known to the Fiduciary.”

“The President & CEO's review and compensation process is conducted by a board-level sub-committee. Other officers and key employees are reviewed by the President & CEO with input from Board members, staff, and key MHQP partners as appropriate. The Board-level Finance Committee and full Board approve the permitted salary increase percent for each year for MHQP staff as part of the annual budget process.”

“The Organization makes its form 990 available for public inspection as required under Section 6104 of the Internal Revenue Code upon request; it can also be found on guidestar.org, Mass. Attorney General's website -http://www.charities.ago.state.ma.us/charities/ and other similar types of websites.”

“MHQP's governing documents, policies and financial statements are made available upon request. Generally, some or all of these documents are requested as part of a response to a "Request for Proposal" from a government organization and/or a proposal to a foundation or other organization which provides grants. MHQP has never had a request from the general public for any of this information.”

“The organization did not change Its oversight process or selection process during the tax year.”