Visiting Nurse Service System Inc.

“The sole member shall be holy redeemer health system (hrhs), a related pennsylvania corporation designated as a 501(c)(3) public charity by the internal revenue service.”

“Hrhs has the reserved power to appoint all voting directors to the board of directors of the filing organization.”

“Hrhs shall have additional reserved powers as outlined in the filing organization's bylaws, including but not limited to the authority to: amend or repeal the governing documents, ratify and/or remove the officers of the board of directors with or without cause, appoint and/or remove the president of the organization, and approve all board-approved annual consolidated operating and capital budgets of the organization.”

“The form 990 and all accompanying schedules (herein form 990) is prepared by an independent accounting firm and then a pdf is provided to management for review. The pdf is published on a secure internal website. Members and officers of the governing body are notified by email, and each are issued an individual access code to retrieve the form 990. They are given two weeks to review, question, and comment on the form 990 and then the return is filed with the internal revenue service.”

“All officers, directors and key employees are subject to the terms of the conflict of interest (coi) policy. The organization regularly and consistently monitors, and enforces compliance to the coi policy by requiring that all officers, directors and key employees annually review, acknowledge and sign a coi policy statement. The policy statement requires disclosure to the board of directors any interests that could give rise to a conflict. The independent board members are responsible for determining if a potential conflict is an actual conflict. If an actual conflict is identified the individual(s) in conflict shall recuse themselves from both the deliberation and vote on any conflicted matter, except for their ability to present factual evidence to the board as deemed necessary for the deliberation.”

“The hrhs board of trustees, through the committee that oversees executive and physician compensation, periodically engages the services of integrated healthcare strategies, a consulting firm with expertise in health care executive compensation, to review the external market data. The market data provides comparable compensation levels based on geography, revenue size and other factors to determine a market range for each executive. The result of their findings are shared directly with the governance and leadership committee of the hrhs board of trustees. The deliberation and final decision are timely documented in the board and committee minutes. This process last took place in 2018.”

“The organization's financial statements, conflict of interest policy and governing documents are made available upon requests. Individuals making a request in person shall receive a copy immediately upon completing a formal request form; the form only asks the individual to identify themselves, provide their addresses and sign the form. All written requests (mail or email) from individuals, foundations or governing agencies are honored within 30 days of receipt. In addition, the hrhs consolidated financial statements are available on dac bonds quarterly report. Notice of the annual public meeting of the organization is advertised in local newspapers.”