Quality Health Network

“The board consists of eight members. There are five tax exempt non-profit entities represented on the board and one taxable nonprofit entity. Each entity chooses a member to serve on the board. Two members are at large. All members of the board elect the two members at large.”

“A copy of form 990 is provided to each board member before its' filing. Each board member is given an opportunity to comment on the 990 and ask questions before it is filed.”

“Conflict of interest disclosure statements are reviewed by the Executive Director and legal counsel. All Board members, officers and key employees are covered under the policy. Before each Board meeting legal counsel and the Executive Director review the agenda and determine if there is a conflict of interest potential for each board action item and during each board meeting legal counsel and the Executive Director are present to do the same. If there is a potential for a conflict, legal counsel advises the Board and the Board acts in accordance with its' conflict of interest policy. If someone has a conflict that person cannot participate in the deliberations or decision on the transaction.”

“The process is used for Executive Director (who is the top management official) compensation. The Board Chair, Board Vice Chair and Treasurer meet to determine the compensation amount relying on data of compensation rates for executives involved in health care in the Mesa County area. Their determination is documented contemporaneously in e-mail exchanges.”

“No requests for these documents have been received. However, if such a request were made, we would provide a copy of these documents to the extent required by applicable law for 501(c)(3) organizations.”

“Colorado Regional Extension Center(CO-REC): In 2014, QHN concluded the work funded as part of the HITECH Act as a subcontractor with CORHIO to perform Regional Extension Center(REC) services under a cooperative agreement with the Office of the National Coordinator. Under the agreement, QHN provided consulting services to assist MU eligible professionals (EP's) to adopt, implement, and achieve meaningful use of Certified Electronic Health Record Technology (CEHRT). This work to support EP's in western Colorado successfully achieve MU, reduces medical errors, duplicative testing and the associated expense with the manual delivery of paper records. Supporting providers' adoption and meaningful use of electronic health records, reduces the healthcare cost burden on government.”