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“Explanation: Visiting Nurse Service of New York is the sole corporate member.”

“Explanation: Member may elect directors.”

“Explanation: Visiting Nurse Service of New York is the sole corporate member. Per Partners in Care's bylaws, the voting members have the right to attend all meetings of the Members, to vote for the election of Directors at such meetings, and to vote in any corporate proceeding, matter or question pertaining to Partners in Care which is submitted to a vote of the Members.”

“Explanation: The Audit Committee of VNSNY and its affiliated organizations reviewed the Form 990. The Form 990 was made available to the Board of Directors and discussed at a Board meeting. A complete copy of the organization's final Form 990, including all required schedules, as ultimately filed with the IRS, was provided to each voting member of the Board before its filing with the IRS.”

“Explanation: The Compliance Officer reviews the Disclosure Statements completed annually by each officer, director, and key employee, and consults with the Senior Vice President for Legal and Government Affairs as appropriate. Any potential conflicts are vetted with the CEO, Senior Vice President for Legal and Government Affairs and, as appropriate, the Chair of the Board. Specific follow-up action is taken on a case-by-case basis.”

“Explanation: VNSNY reviews its overall executive compensation program on a periodic basis. The last comprehensive review took place in 2014. The process for determining the individual compensation levels of VNSNY's top management, including the CEO, and all officers meets the three requirements of the rebuttable presumption under Treas. Reg. 53.4958-6. A Compensation Committee is appointed by the Board of Directors for the purpose of assisting the Board to fulfill its responsibility to VNSNY and the community to ensure the compensation is in accordance with VNSNY'spolicies. The Committee is comprised of 6 Directors who are independent of management and VNSNY and free of any conflicts of interest that would interfere with their exercise of independent judgment. Prior to making compensation decisions, the Committee obtains and relies upon appropriate data as to comparability. The Committee retains an independent compensation consultant and utilizes local and national compensation surveys to assist in setting compensation levels. The Compensation Committee adequately and on a timely basis documents the basis for setting compensation with the making of the determination.”

“Explanation: Documents are available upon request.”

“DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION MISSION Partners in Care's mission: provide high quality, cost-effective home care services and products to patients in other VNSNY programs and to the private marketplace; support the development of innovative services and new models of care that enable people to function as independently as possible in their community; and contribute to VNSNY's commitment to charitable and compassionate care. Partners in Care shares the public-service goals of its exempt-purpose activities with VNSNY and the other related 501(c)(3) corporations. In 2014, VNSNY and its affiliates provided $30M in charitable care and community services. (See VNSNY Form 990 for complete list of charitable programs.)”

“Partners in Care is a New York State Licensed Home Care Services Agency. As such, it furnishes home health aides to its affiliated organizations, Visiting Nurse Service of New York Home Care II, VNSNY CHOICE, VNSNY CHOICE Community Care and VNSNY Hospice Care. It also provides services to the community at large. Partners in Care offers a wide array of home health care services, including home health aides (personal care and general assistance, bath service, helping patients get to and from doctor appointments) and skilled professional services (RN/LPN care; ST; PT; OT; SW administering medications, treatments and nursing assessments; assessments for nursing home eligibility). In 2014, Partners in Care provided staff to serve an average of over 9100 patients each day. Partners in Care provided over 1,105,000 hours of nursing and personal care to private care individuals and corporations in New York and over 13 million hours of service to patients of the affiliates of the Visiting Nurse Service of New York. Partners in Care employed 13,150 employees, the majority of which were Home Health Aides, along with per diem professionals (RNs, LPNs, Nutritionists, PTs, and MSW) and office-based staff. Partners in Care serves all five boroughs of New York City, as well as Nassau, Westchester, Suffolk and Rockland Counties. The exemplary work performed by Partners in Care continued to garner favorable stories in the press in 2014, including successful media placements regarding home health aides, as well as Partners in Care nurses and senior management appearing on major media outlets. The coverage has been extremely beneficial to promoting the value of a career in both nursing and as a home health aide, which is an important objective of VNSNY and one that contributes significantly to the greater public good. In addition to its critical service delivery achievements in 2014, Partners in Care was a vital player in numerous community activities, participating in events such as food and toy drives for City Harvest, NY Foundling Hospital, and like organizations, and in providing flu vaccinations to adults throughout New York City and the surrounding counties.”