Quality Health Network

“The Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Organization were amended in 2019. The Articles of Incorporation were amended effective January 1, 2019 to remove Rocky Mountain Health Foundation as a supported organization and to add SummitWest Care as a supported organization. Corresponding changes were also made to the Organization's Bylaws at the same time.”

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

“Line 15a: 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. In addition, in 2017 the Board had executive compensation reviewed by a compensation consultant. Line 15b: The Organization uses a compensation survey and/or a third party consultant to review salaries of several key positions including officers.”

“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.”

“While QHN's historical focus has predominately been on the medical side of a person's health, this does not include the many social factors that affect a person's health. In 2017, QHN launched a new initiative called the Community Resource Network (CRN). This social information exchange is designed to help bridge the gap by combining social, behavioral, and medical information to get more comprehensive view of a person. CRN allows those involved in the coordinated care to view pertinent information to more efficiently guide the person to better health. This collaboration is critical to improve the health and safety of those QHN serves, reducing unnecessary duplication, reducing the burden on government supported healthcare programs and ultimately driving down the cost of healthcare. QHN did development and beta testing of its system in 2019 and went live with its CRN system in mid-2020. Funding Sources: Grant contracts help support the work required to build the technology infrastructure, data interoperability exchange capabilities, and robust data warehousing essential for the advanced analytics and data needs of new care and payment models. QHN continues to support the efforts of the State Innovation Model (SIM) initiative and the HCPF 90-10 contract that procures services to make improvements to the Health Information Exchange capabilities and infrastructure in Colorado. This 90-10 contract focuses on those providers and organizations who serve the Medicaid population. These investments have allowed QHN to increase and enhance connectivity with Medicaid and Medicare providers, expand acquistion of ambulatory data, including data from behavioral health and long-term care providers to, enrich the data repository. This supports the common vision of improving outcomes for Medicaid, Medicare and all patients in Western Colorado. The collective impact of these acquisitions, and the practice transformation work they support, has been instrumental in the evolution of the healthcare delivery system of Western Colorado.”