Thumb Rural Health Network

“The organization is organized on a membership basis as a non-stock corporation.”

“Per the by-laws, the officers of the corporation shall be elected from among the corporate members at the january annual meeting of the corporation. Any vacancy created by a resignation or removal of an officer shall be filled by election of the corporate membership at the next regular meeting. Corporate members are organizations that provide heatlhcare services in huron, sanilac and tuscola county, michigan.”

“The finance committee reviews the draft copy of form 990 with the preparer and executive director. Upon approval of the finance committee, the draft copy of form 990 then is reviewed with the entire governing board for approval before filing.”

“Trhn requires an annual thumb rural health network conflict of interest disclosure and acknowledgement statement to be signed by all board members and employees. This statement identifies any conflict of interest, or possible conflict of interest, that may develop during the calendar year. Signature of this statement acknowledges that the trhn conflict of interest policy requires disclosure of certain interests on an annual basis.”

“All compensation is determined by the board of directors and is based on compensation for similarly-qualified persons in functionally comparable positions in organizations similar in function to trhn. There is a review process for the executive director; completed annually on the date of hire by the board. No employees are voting members of the board. Compensation is determined at the beginning of the fiscal year.”

“Besides the executive director, there are no other officers or key employees compensated by the organization.”

“The organization's articles of incorporation and michigan annual report is available on the michigan bureau of commercial services website. The organization's form 990 is available on guidestar.org website or from the organization. The organization's conflict of interest policy and financial information, including its form 990 is available upon request from the organization.”

“Access to health care program:the federal funding for this program ended 11/30/2013. Thumb rural health network ceased providing program services at this time. As a continuation of the services offered by this program, one local dentist continues to service indigent patients and also sponsors monthly free dental clinics in collaboration with university of michigan school of dentistry. Also, many of the rural health clinics continue to provide low-cost primary care services to indigent patients. Additionally, one trhn member critical access hospital offers a low-cost primary care patient pay program where a patient without insurance can purchase primary physician care directly from participating hospital providers. Qi chronic disease registry:the federal funding for this program ended 07/31/2013. Thumb rural health network ceased providing support for the program at this time. As a continuation of the services offered by this program, each rural health clinic participating in this program continues to utilize the electronic patient registiry to manage chronic disease care and initiate quality improvements for chronically ill patients diagnosed with diabetes and cardiovascular disease.”

“Grant administration = $ 12,800it consultants = 76,597behavioral risk factors survey = 29,436technical assistance = 2,200physician ad-locum = 3,100total = $124,133”