Greenwich Hospital

“The organization's current officers and/or trustees serve as officers and/or directors of taxable affiliates within the organization's corporate system or joint ventures in which the organization's corporate system has an ownership interest. The individual officers do not have personal financial interests in the taxable affiliate and serve only as a function of their roles with the organization or within the organization's corporate system.”

“Classes of members or stockholders: the sole member of greenwich hospital is ynhhs, itself a connecticut non-stock corporation exempt from federal income tax as an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code.”

“Election of members and their rights: ynhhs has the authority to designate one representative of ynhhs to serve as a trustee of the organization and further to approve nominees to the organization's board of trustees in accordance with the organization's bylaws.”

“Decisions subject to approval of members: the yale new haven health services corporation, as the organization's sole member, has the rights, powers and privileges set forth in the organization's bylaws, including, in part, the authority to approve the nominees to the organization's board of trustees, amendments to the governing documents, operating and capital budgets, initiation of major new programs and clinical services or the discontinuation or consolidation of such programs, certain fundamental corporation transactions, and the issuance and incurrence of indebtedness.”

“The organization's process to review form 990: the form 990 tax return and attached schedules were prepared by employees of the ynhhs tax department. The return is initially reviewed by the executive director of corporate finance. Subsequently, it is sent to kpmg llp for their initial review. After all comments from the above groups are received and reviewed, the return is then reviewed by the chief financial officer of ynhhs and a final version of the return is sent back to kpmg llp for final review. Prior to filing, the organization made available a complete copy of the return to its board of trustees by web portal.”

“Greenwich hospital is covered under the yale new haven health system conflict of interest policy approved and adopted by the system compliance committee, which has been delegated the authority to approve and adopt compliance policies on behalf of the entities in the system. The yale new haven health system conflict of interest policy and individual annual disclosure form applies to a pool of employees, board members and non-board members serving on board committees. These "covered individuals" are required to complete a conflict of interest disclosure statement, upon beginning employment or otherwise becoming a covered individual and annually thereafter. Covered individuals are also required to promptly report changes to their most recently completed disclosure statement. These disclosure statements and reports are reviewed by the office of privacy and corporate compliance and/or the legal and risk services department to ensure compliance with the conflict of interest policy. If a potential conflict arises, the president and ceo would consult with the board chairperson and the legal and risk services department to develop a plan to mitigate any actual conflict of interest. For example, a voting board or committee member would be required to recuse himself or herself from voting on matters with which she or he had an actual or potential conflict and the actual or potential conflict would be disclosed to other voting members.”

“Compensation process for ceo/top officials: the top gh official is an employee of ynhhs. The ynhhs compensation and leadership development committee (the "ynhhs compensation committee"), which includes a representative of the hospital, is responsible for (1) determining the overall total compensation strategy for ynhhs officer-level executives, (2) approving all compensation and benefits decisions for ynhhs greenwich officer-level executives, and (3) reporting such actions to the full ynhhs board of trustees on an annual basis. In addition, the ynhhs compensation committee expressly determines the reasonableness of total compensation and benefits for all ynhhs officer-level executives, and assures that all officer-level executive compensation decisions are made after thorough consideration of and comparison to the market practices of other similarly situated organizations. The ynhhs compensation committee consists of trustees who do not have material financial interests that could be affected by the officer-level executive compensation decisions made by the committee. The comparability data used to assist the committees in its compensation deliberations is compiled by an independent, national compensation consulting firm that is retained by and reports directly to the ynhhs compensation committee. The data collected by the consultant consists of market information for executives in functionally similar positions in similarly situated organizations. The deliberations and decisions of the ynhhs compensation committee is contemporaneously documented, reviewed and approved by the committee, and provided to the board of trustees of ynhhs and gh. Compensation process for officers: certain officers are employees of ynhhs, other officers are employed directly by the hospital. Compensation determinations of ynhhs employed officers are made by the ynhhs compensation committee. Compensation determinations of certain hospital employed officers are also reviewed and approved by the ynhhs compensation committee and shared with the hospital's compensation committee or board. The compensation committees of ynhhs and greenwich hospital strive to take the steps necessary to qualify for the "rebuttable presumption of reasonableness" under federal tax law. The ynhhs executive compensation committees are responsible for (1) determining the overall total compensation strategy for all their respective corporate officers, (2) approving all compensation and benefits decisions for corporate officers, and (3) reporting such actions to the full greenwich hospital and ynhhs board on an annual basis, as applicable. In addition, the executive compensation committees, as applicable, expressly determine the reasonableness of total compensation and benefits for all corporate officers, and assures that all officer compensation decisions are made after thorough consideration of and comparison to the market practices of other similarly situated not-for-profit healthcare executives in comparable organizations. The executive compensation committees consist of board members who do not have material financial interests that could be affected by the officer compensation decisions made by the committees. The comparability data used to assist the executive compensation committees in their compensation deliberations are compiled by an independent, national compensation consulting firm that is retained by and reports directly to the executive compensation committees. The data collected by the consultant consists of market information for executives in functionally similar positions in similarly situated not-for-profit healthcare organizations. The deliberations and decisions of the executive compensation committees are contemporaneously documented, reviewed and approved by the executive compensation committees, and provided to the boards of ynhhs and/or the hospital, as applicable.”

“Copies of all available documents are accessible to the public upon request.”

“Greenwich hospital, a member of yale new haven health system ("ynhhs"), is a 206-bed community hospital serving lower fairfield county, connecticut, and westchester county, new york. Ynhhs has a formal clinical affiliation agreement with yale university school of medicine ("ysm"), a division of yale university, to support patient care, faculty, medical education and clinical research. Ynhhs is also clinically affiliated with ysm's clinical practice yale medicine ("ym"), which is a division of yale university. An academic affiliate of ysm, greenwich hospital is a progressive medical center and teaching institution representing all medical specialties and offering a wide range of medical, surgical, diagnostic and wellness programs. Greenwich hospital is recognized throughout the healthcare industry as a leader in service and patient satisfaction excellence. Greenwich hospital has earned magnet designation from the american nurses credentialing center. Ushering a new era in personalized orthopedic care, greenwich hospital conducted its first total knee replacement surgeries using robotic assistance. Robotic-assisted surgery enhances personalized care because the robot helps surgeons navigate the unique anatomical features of the patient's knee joint. The robot's precision reduces errors, optimizes alignment and positioning of the prosthetic components, and helps to preserve healthy tissue for quicker recovery and reduced postoperative pain. Longtime smokers at increased risk of developing lung cancer now have access to an innovative screening at greenwich hospital through the lung cancer screening program at smilow cancer hospital-greenwich using low-dose computerized tomography scans that could significantly increase five-year survival rates. A ct scan combines a series of x-ray images taken from different angles around the body to create cross-sectional images that provide more-detailed information than a traditional x-ray. In one clinical trial, high-risk patients who had a low-dose ct scan saw a 20 percent reduction in mortality compared to those who had a chest x-ray. Smilow cancer hospital's radiation oncology center at greenwich hospital received full initial accreditation by the american society for radiation oncology (astro) through its apex-accreditation program for excellence. Apex accreditation validates a radiation oncology facility's excellence in delivering safe, high-quality patient care. Greenwich hospital's stroke program was recertified as an advanced primary stroke center by the joint commission, the nation's leading credentialing agency for healthcare organizations. In addition, the american heart association recognized the hospital with three awards for providing up-to-the-minute scientifically based care to stroke and diabetes patients. The hospital also earned the joint commission's gold seal of approval for recertification in spinal fusion surgery as well as advanced certification in total hip and knee replacement surgery by demonstrating continuous compliance with performance standards. Greenwich hospital received an 'a' grade as one of the safest hospitals in the nation, according to the leapfrog group, an independent national patient safety watchdog group. Recognizing that high-quality, accessible healthcare rests on ensuring that everyone has a fair and just opportunity to be as healthy as possible, regardless of race or ethnicity, greenwich hospital, as part of yale new haven health, launched the we ask because we care campaign, a multi-phased initiative to improve the equity, quality and safety of patient care. Press ganey recognized greenwich hospital as a human experience guardian of excellence award winner and a human experience pinnacle of excellence award winner. The guardian of excellence award is given to organizations that have achieved the 95th percentile or higher for performance in patient experience. Press ganey works with more than 41,000 healthcare facilities in its mission to enhance”

“Laundering service: program service expenses 1,538,037. Management and general expenses 105,692. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 1,643,729. Other purchased services: program service expenses 116,763,317. Management and general expenses 8,023,812. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 124,787,129. Other professional fees: program service expenses 15,943,477. Management and general expenses 1,017,800. Fundraising expenses 77,813. Total expenses 17,039,090. System support fee: program service expenses 27,068,121. Management and general expenses 1,860,084. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 28,928,205.”

“Change in beneficial interest in greenwich hospital endowment fund 12,618,743. Internal contributions removed -605,500. Beneficial interest transfer -25,000. Rounding 4,133.”