Heritage House Nursing Center Inc

“The sole member of heritage house nursing center is ltc (eddy). See line 7 for additional information.”

“St. Peter's health partners is related to heritage house nursing center through a direct chain of sole memberships. St. Peter's health partners has the right to appoint all persons to the board of directors of heritage house nursing center.”

“St. Peter's health partners must approve certain decisions of the governing body, including the strategic plan, annual capital plan, and annual operating budget. St. Peter's health partners must also approve significant changes such as a merger, dissolution, sale of assets in excess of certain limits, and modifications to governing documents. As the parent of the national trinity health system, certain powers are reserved to trinity health corporation. These include the authority to adopt or modify the organization's governing documents, to approve major changes such as a merger or dissolution, and to approve significant finance matters in excess of certain limits established by trinity health corporation.”

“Prior to filing, the form 990 for heritage house nursing center is reviewed by management. Each member of the board receives a copy of the return in its final form before it is filed with the internal revenue service.”

“Heritage house nursing center has adopted trinity health's governance policy no. 1, which sets forth the organization's conflict of interest policy and processes. It applies to all "interested persons" of heritage house nursing center, which includes directors, principal officers, key employees, and members of committees with board-delegated powers. Interested persons are expected to discharge their duties in a manner the person reasonably believes to be in the best interests of heritage house nursing center and to avoid situations involving a conflict of interest. On an annual basis, interested persons are required to complete a conflict of interest disclosure statement and to affirm their receipt of the conflict of interest policy, compliance with its requirements, and agree to notify the organization of changes impacting their annual disclosure in accordance with the policy. The annual disclosures are provided to the integrity and compliance officer, who collaborates with internal legal counsel to assess the conflict and identify a conflict management plan when necessary. Additionally, the integrity and compliance officer along with legal counsel prepares a report for the board chair and ceo. A summary of potential conflicts is reviewed with the board of directors of heritage house nursing center (or a delegated committee of the board) on a yearly basis. Interested persons are required to make full disclosure to heritage house nursing center of any financial or business interests that might result in or have the appearance of a conflict of interest. The board of directors of heritage house nursing center (or a delegated committee of the board) is responsible for the review of transactions to determine whether an actual conflict of interest exists. In the event of an actual conflict, the board (or a delegated committee of the board) will either avoid the conflict or appropriately scrutinize the transaction to ensure it is in the best interests of heritage house nursing center. Interested persons are required to recuse themselves from discussion and voting on matters involving a conflict of interest. The policy further addresses the proper documentation of the proceedings and potential disciplinary and corrective action for violations of the policy. The policy is available to the public upon request.”

“Question 15a is answered "no" because the compensation for heritage house nursing center's executive vice president is established by trinity health, a related organization. In establishing heritage house nursing center's executive vice president, system ceo and system cfo compensation, trinity health follows a process and policy that is intended to mirror the irc section 4958 guidelines for obtaining a "rebuttable presumption of reasonableness" with regard to compensation and benefits. As part of that process, the compensation and benefits of the executive vice president, system ceo and system cfo of heritage house nursing center are reviewed at least annually by the trinity health board or the trinity health human resources and compensation committee (hrcc) of the board, authorized to act on behalf of the board with respect to certain compensation matters. As part of its review process, the hrcc retains an independent firm experienced in compensation and benefit matters for not-for-profit health care organizations to advise it in the determinations it makes on the reasonableness of proposed compensation and benefits arrangements. For other executives who are not part of the rebuttable presumption process, trinity health uses a market analysis to determine the appropriateness of the executive's compensation. Question 15b is answered "no" because the compensation for certain key management officials is established and paid by st. Peter's health partners. St. Peter's health partners has a process for determining compensation which includes the following: compensation is reviewed by an independent compensation consultant who reviews the salaries to ensure they are within market and market competitive. This is done on an annual basis, reviewed by st. Peter's health partners' compensation committee, and communicated to the other officers.”

“Heritage house nursing center is a subsidiary organization in the trinity health system. Trinity health makes certain of its key documents available to the public on its website, www.trinity-health.org, in the "about us" section. In this section, the consolidated audited financial statements are publicly available. Heritage house nursing center's governing documents and conflict of interest policy are available upon request.”

“Medical specialist fees: program service expenses 54,945. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 54,945. Miscellaneous purchased services: program service expenses 954,464. Management and general expenses 63,848. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 1,018,312. Billing services: program service expenses 6,557. Management and general expenses 439. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 6,996. Consulting services: program service expenses 65,656. Management and general expenses 4,392. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 70,048. Contract labor: program service expenses 764,826. Management and general expenses 51,162. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 815,988. Laundry and linen services: program service expenses 108,384. Management and general expenses 7,250. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 115,634. Medical services: program service expenses 262,809. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 262,809.”

“Equity transfer to affiliates 930,454.”

“The financial statements of heritage house nursing center were audited by an independent public accounting firm. Heritage house nursing center's financial statements were also included in the fy25 consolidated financial statements of st. Peter's health partners and trinity health, which were both audited by an independent public accounting firm.”

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