Blue Mountain Health System Inc

“An executive committee of the board of directors has the broad authority to act on behalf of the governing body. The committee is composed of seven members of the board of directors and includes all four officers of the board.”

“The blue mountain health system (bmhs) staff communicated to the finance committee of the board that the forms 990 were prepared by baker tilly virchow krause, llp, as well as communicating the general types of information contained in the filing. The form 990 is reviewed by the ceo, the cfo, and the vp of fund development prior to issuance and the board is provided the details to access the 990 through a secured board "portal" prior to issuance.”

“The conflict statement must be signed on an annual basis by all governing body members, officers, and key employees. This process is monitored by the administrative assistant to the president/ceo. A conflict is considered to be any direct or indirect financial interest, and any conflicts noted are communicated to the compliance committee. There were no conflicts disclosed for this year. If a conflict were to exist, the interested person may not be present during the discussion of, and the vote on, the transaction or arrangement that results in the conflict of interest.”

“Senior management salaries are determined by the executive committee using market values obtained. Human resources participates in various salary surveys to determine the correct salary range. The appalachian hospital human resource society conducts an annual salary survey for all positions. In addition, the hospital association of pennsylvania conducts an annual survey with yaffe associates for senior management employees. The market data is analyzed by human resources and the goal is to pay at the 50th percentile. Salaries of other employees are recommended by human resources and approved by the president and ceo. The executive committee of the board serves as the compensation committee and approves recommendations for salary increases. The executive committee approves increases for the ceo. The review and approval process for salary increases is documented in the commitee minutes. Senior management has received the same general increases as the staff employees received.”

“The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request.”

“Salaries reported on form 990 part ix line 7 are the portion of salaries allocated to blue mountain health system. All employees providing services to blue mountain are employees of gnaden huetten memorial hospital ("ghmh"). Blue mountain health system issues no w-2 forms, the w-2 forms are issued by ghmh (ein 24-0795436), an affiliated organization.”