Home Care Plus Inc

“Number of independent voting members of the governing body: the organization sought to confirm the independence of each voting member of its governing body by requesting that each such voting member respond to a questionnaire containing the pertinent instructions and definitions and designed to elicit the information necessary to determine independence. In the event that the organization does not receive a response from any such voting member, the organization reviews other information known to it regarding the voting member and makes a reasonable assessment of independence based on that information. None of the organization's voting members are independent because all are compensated as officers or employees of the organization or a related organization.”

“Business relationships between officers, directors, trustees, or key employees: certain of the organization's current officers and/or trustees may serve as officers and/or directors of tax-exempt and 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 and/or trustees do not have personal financial interests in such affiliates and serve only as a function of their roles with the organization or within the organization's corporate system.”

“Home care plus, inc. Amended its bylaws effective april 1, 2024 to change its single member from yale new haven care continuum corporation to yale new haven health at home.”

“Yale new haven health at home (the member) is the organization's sole member.”

“The member elects the board of trustees. Trustees are nominated for election by the member in consultation with and with the consent of yale new haven health system corporation (ynhhsc).”

“The organization's member has the rights, powers and privileges set forth in the organization's bylaws, including, in part, the authority to elect the board of trustees approve amendments to the governing documents, operating and capital budgets, initiation of new programs and clinical services or the discontinuation or consolidation of such programs, certain fundamental corporate transactions ynhhsc has been delegated certain authority set out in the bylaws, including, in part the sole authority to approve the incurrance of indebtedness and manage the audit and compliance processes on behalf of the organization.”

“The organization's board of trustees has not authorized any committees to act on its behalf.”

“The form 990 tax return and attached schedules were prepared by employees of the yale new haven health services corporation 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 the system 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.”

“Home care plus, inc. Is covered under the yale new haven health services corporation 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 services corporation 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 an actual or potential conflict arises, the board chairperson would consult as needed with the legal and risk services department to develop a plan to mitigate any such conflict of interest. For example, a voting board member would be required to recuse himself or herself from the deliberation and vote on any matter with which she or he had an actual or potential conflict and the actual or potential conflict would be disclosed to other voting members. Form 990, part vi, section b, lines 13 & 14: home care plus, inc. Is covered under the yale new haven health services corporation document retention and whistleblower policies approved and adopted by the system compliance committee, which has been delegated the authority to approve and adopt compliance policies on behalf of its affiliated entities, including the organization.”

“Form 990, part vi, section b, line 15a: compensation process for ceo/top officials: the top home care plus 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 home care plus 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 home care plus. Form 990, part vi, section b, line 15b: 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 aproved by the ynhhs compensation committee and shared with the hospital's compensation committee or board. The compensation committees of ynhhs and home care plus 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 home care plus 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 notforprofit 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 notforprofit 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 applica”

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

“Description of organization mission: to provide patients with high quality comprehensive healthcare services at home through our services, outcomes and patient experiences, and aiming to address the unique needs of the members of our community. These needs may include health and wellness outreach, participating in innovative clinical partnerships or utilizing advanced technology.”

“Home care plus, inc. Paid vendors through an affiliated entity, yale new haven hospital inc. (ein-06-0646652). As such, any required 1099's to be filed were issued by yale new haven hospital inc. For payments made on behalf of the filing organization.”

“Outside contractual: program service expenses 6,589,604. Management and general expenses 617,844. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 7,207,448.”