Baystate Administrative Services Inc.

“Baystate Administrative Services Inc. (BAS) is part of an integrated delivery system including not for profit community hospitals, which have community boards. BAS is a management services supporting organization, which supports Bayste Health and its affiliates and is comprised of BAS employees. This board structure has not changed significantly since the organization applied for exempt status.”

“Evan Benjamin, MD, FACP, Dennis W. Chalke, Kristin R. Delaney, Jennifer Endicott, Mark A. Keroack, MD, John Schreiber, MD, Paula C. Squires and Mark R. Tolosky are also officers or trustees of Baystate Health, Inc. & its affiliated entities. The following trustees, officers, or key employees serve on a common board of a non-affiliated entity: None that we know of.”

“The organization amended its bylaws to change the office associated with one of the ex officio positions on its Board of Directors.”

“The filing organization has one member, Baystate Health, Inc. (BH).”

“All of the members of the Board of Directors of the filing organization are individuals serving ex officio based on positions they hold with BH.”

“Prior to the filing of this return appropriate parts of this Form 990 were reviewed by representatives from the Tax, Finance, and Human Resources Departments of Baystate Health, Inc. (the sole member of the filing organization and the parent organization of the health care system to which the filing organization belongs), some of whom are officers or trustees of the filing organization and by outside legal counsel. The entire return was reviewed by a tax expert from an outside accounting firm. In addition, this return was provided to and reviewed by the Audit and Compliance Committee of Baystate Health, Inc. This committee also reviews the audited financial statements for the health system. This return was also provided prior to filing to the Baystate Health, Inc. Board of Trustees.”

“Baystate Health, Inc. (BH) has a comprehensive conflict of interest policy which has been adopted by the filing organization. All directors, trustees, officers, key employees, and highest compensated employees of BH and its affiliates are asked to complete an annual conflict of interest form. We utilize an electronic database to receive and manage all conflict of interest submissions. This information is reviewed by the BH Chief Compliance Officer, the BH Chief Executive Officer, the Chair of the BH Board of Trustees, and the Chair of the Audit & Compliance Committee of BH. A summary of the conflict of interest disclosures is provided to the Baystate Health Board of Trustees and the Tax Department and reviewed by outside counsel. Potential conflict of interest transactions are reviewed as appropriate under the policy, which provides for recusal from discussion and deliberation by any party with a potential conflict of interest.”

“The compensation of the President and CEO is reviewed and determined annually by the compensation committee of Baystate Health, Inc. (the parent organization of the health care system to which the filing organization belongs). This committee consists entirely of individuals serving on the board of Baystate Health, Inc. The individuals responsible for deliberating the compensation arrangement for the President and CEO and of other officers would be those individuals who do not have a conflict of interest with respect to the compensation arrangement and would be considered independent for compensation deliberation purposes. The compensation of the President and CEO is established based on information provided by independent third party consultants for reasonableness and appropriate comparability data. The compensation is then established, reviewed and approved by the duly authorized compensation committee of Baystate Health,Inc. The compensation of other officers and key employees is administered under the Executive Compensation Philosophy Statetment or the Baystate Health Board approved budget and wage program for each fiscal year.”

“Public Inspection of Organizational Policies The organization makes its conflict of interest policy and financial statements available to the public at www.baystatehealth.org. Articles of organization and bylaws are generally available at the Commonwealth of Massachusetts website.”

“Reduction in Workforce -363,880. Adjustment for Minimum Pension Liability -10,781,919. Transfer for PP&E 29,550. rounding -989.”