Lutheran Home - Hickory Inc

“Whistleblower policy lutheran services for the aging, inc. & affiliates are committed to their role in preventing health care fraud and abuse and complying with applicable state and federal laws related to health care fraud and abuse. The civil false claims act provides for protection for employees from retaliation. Any employee who is discharged, demoted, suspended, threatened, harassed, or discriminated against in terms and conditions of employment because of lawful acts conducted in furtherance of an action under the fca may bring an action in federal district court seeking reinstatement, two times the amount of back pay plus interest, and other enumerated costs, damages, and fees. Documentation retention and destruction policy each entity within the lutheran services for the aging, inc. & affiliates group will ensure that records are retained for the required time periods established by state laws, federal regulations, and payor requirements to meet the needs of legitimate users. At the end of the retention period, each entity will ensure that destruction of records is performed according to specific procedure and authorization with appropriate supervision of destruction. The proper method of destruction for any paper record is by shredding or incineration only. Prior to the destruction of any facility records, whether original or computer media, a check will be made to ensure the retention period has expired as defined by state laws and facility policies. Any records in open investigation, audit, or litigation will not be destroyed. For facilities using electronic medical records, records will be stored in the system indefinitely and the destruction process will not apply.”

“All compensation limits are compared to state and national ranges based on facility size and experience of staff. The board of directors approve the compensation of the ceo/president which is paid by the managing organization of the control group. All compensation limits are compared to state and national ranges based on facility size and experience of staff. The ceo/president approves the compensation of officers and key employees. Officers of the controlled group are paid by the managing organization and certain organizations within the control group also compensate key employees directly.”

“Lsa management, inc. Provides administrative support, management, accounting, information technology, and resource development services to lutheran services for the aging and its affiliates. See schedule r, part v.”

“The form 990 is prepared by an independent accounting firm and then reviewed by the chief financial officer, before made available to the board of directors via a website portal. The board of directors review and comment on the form 990. Any matters are raised to the outside accountants for collaboration and ultimate resolution.”

“Board members receive a board manual as part of orientation when they join the board which includes the corporate compliance policy and bylaws. Both the policy and the bylaws address conflict of interest. Thereafter, annually, the board of directors receive corporate compliance training and complete a conflict of interest disclosure.”

“Form 990 are posted on guidestar and available upon request at the lsa office located in salisbury, nc.”

“The organization only makes its conflict of interest policy available to the public.”

“Part vii, section a - column (b) hours for related organizations board members and officers devote time to all entities within the control group.”

“Lutheran services for the aging, inc. (lsa) and its affiliated organizations are ministries of the north carolina synod of the evangelical lutheran church in america. The lsa mission statement is, "empowered by christ, we walk together with all we serve." lsa operates nursing homes, retirement communities, assisted living residences, and adult day services in addition to providing care management, home care, and information and referral services in north carolina. Lsa provides a ministry of christian care to older adults and adults with disabilities regardless of faith, race, disability, or economic status. Lsa is made up of compassionate people with loving spirits and generous hearts. Residents, staff, clients, participants, families, and volunteers all strive to be of service to god and the community. Many of the seniors served by lsa have been service oriented and philanthropically inclined throughout their lives and continue to seek opportunities for community service. For the young-elders of the retirement communities those opportunities are abundant. Residents there log in hundreds of volunteer hours for local churches, habitat for humanity, the alzheimer's association, the state veterans hospital, fund raising for cancer research, literacy councils, local hospitals, food pantries, homeless shelters, the united way, and mentoring projects for local elementary schools. They have packed boxes for samaritan's purse, gathered coats for kids and collected canned goods for food pantries. They have sewn, knitted, crocheted, and quilted countless items for causes throughout the state and beyond. The more frail elders of the lsa nursing homes and adult day services may be less visible, but are equally committed to community service. Supported by staff and volunteers, they have held blood drives, they have hosted breakfasts for fire, police, and emergency service personnel, collected school supplies for kids, and adopted needy families at christmas. They, too, have logged in hundreds of hours in projects for local schools and hospitals, the arc, the alzheimer's association, meals-on-wheels, the humane society, the american red cross, the united way, and more. Lsa also serves its communities by working collaboratively with colleges and universities throughout north carolina including catawba and livingstone colleges; catawba valley, gaston, rowan-cabarrus, stanly, caldwell and forsyth community colleges; appalachian state, winston-salem state, lenoir-rhyne and duke universities; and the university of north carolina and hood theological seminary. These collaborative efforts foster growth and cooperation, and ultimately improve the quality of life for the institutions and the communities. Lsa also encourages community members to seek volunteer, educational, and spiritual opportunities through its ministries. The ministries of lsa are active, busy places where multiple generations meet in a spirit of fun, fellowship and cooperation. Community education opportunities are always available on topics such as adult day care, alzheimer's disease, medicaid, medicare, healthcare directives and more.”

“This process has not changed from prior year.”