Geisinger System Services

“Form 990, part vi, section a, line 2: did any officer, director, trustee, or key employee have a family relation- ship or business relationship with any other officer, director, trustee, or key employee? Benjamin k. Chu, md, mph, macp, gerald v. Maloney, do , jaewon ryu, md, jd, janet f. Tomcavage, rn, msn, jeffrey a. Jacobson, karen murphy, rn, phd, kevin v. Roberts, mba, cpa, lori r. Gramley, esquire, matthew walsh, steven b. Bender, esquire, v. Chris holcombe, pe, and virginia mcgregor all have a business relationship with one another because they serve as officers and/or directors on one or more for-profit affiliates of the entity. All affiliates are part of geisinger.”

“There was a delegation of authority to the geisinger health emergency action committee, which is comprised of the chair of the board, vice-chair of the board, the president and ceo (ex-officio director), chair of the finance committee and chair of the patient experience, academic affairs and quality committee. Under the nonprofit corporation law and under geisinger health's corporate bylaws, the emergency action committee shall exercise the power and authority of the board of directors to act on emergency matters between meetings of the board of directors.”

“The members of the corporation have the power and authority to elect and remove the directors; elect and remove the president and fill any vacancy in the office of the president of the corporation; and, may approve amendments to the corporate bylaws in lieu of such approval by the board of directors. The members also have the reserve powers as set forth in the pennsylvania nonprofit corporation law.”

“The board of directors of the corporation shall serve as the governing body of the corporation. The president of the corporation shall be a director by reason of holding such office. The remaining directors shall be elected by the members at the annual meeting of the members. The members of the corporation may serve as directors and directors may succeed themselves from term to term. Vacancies on the board of directors shall be filled by the members at their discretion at the annual meeting of the members or at a special meeting called for such purpose.”

“The members of the corporation have the power and authority to elect and remove the directors; elect and remove the president and fill any vacancy in the office of the president of the corporation; and, may approve amendments to the corporate bylaws in lieu of such approval by the board of directors. The members also have the reserve powers as set forth in pennsylvania nonprofit corporation law.”

“The form 990 is prepared by geisinger tax and finance departments with information provided from finance, tax, human resources, legal services and other relevant departments within geisinger. Prior to finalization, the return is reviewed by pwc us tax, llp. The chief financial officer of geisinger and the individual organizations senior financial managers review their respective form 990 prior to making the final return available to the board. All officers and directors were electronically provided a final copy of the form 990 prior to filing the return with the irs. An executive summary of the information reported on the return is provided to assist in the review. In accordance with the geisinger health board of director's finance committee charter, geisinger organizations' form 990 filings are reviewed annually.”

“The officers and directors of the organization are subject to the geisinger conflict of interest policy for directors, officers and senior leaders. At least once each year directors, officers, key employees, senior leaders and others designated by the board of directors are required to disclose in writing the existence of any potential financial interests that may give rise to a conflict of interest with any affiliate within geisinger. The disclosures are reviewed by the office of the chief compliance officer and reported to the audit and compliance committee and/or board of directors. After review of the financial interest and all material facts, input from department of legal services and any discussion with the person desired by the board or committee, the committee/board decides if a conflict exists and takes appropriate action. The individual disclosing the financial interest is absent during the committee/board deliberations and decisions on the matter.”

“The process to review and approve the compensation of geisinger employed board directors, officers, and executive management is designed to satisfy the rebuttable presumption procedure available for intermediate sanction purposes. The process requires a review of compensation determinations by disinterested parties, use of appropriate comparability data and contemporaneous documentation of the process. On an annual basis an independent, nationally recognized compensation consultant completes a comparative assessment of compensation for the ceo and senior management within geisinger. The consultant's report is presented to the geisinger family committee prior to any compensation adjustment. The report supports the rigorous review completed by the geisinger family committee to ensure that the program is responsible to the geisinger charitable mission, reflects reasonable compensation within the nonprofit market and is compliant with the irs's intermediate sanction requirements. The survey data in the comparative analysis is captured for functionally comparable positions in multiple similar nonprofit organizations and reflects total remuneration provided in the market. All surveys are conducted by third party organizations and not conducted at the specific direction of geisinger. Any compensation adjustments are approved by the geisinger family committee prior to the effective date of the payment. The geisinger family committee at its sole discretion may positively or negatively adjust any recommended compensation.”

“See schedule o response to form 990, part vi, section b, question 15a.”

“Financial statements, form 990, form 990-t, the conflicts of interest policy, and other governing documents are available to the public upon request.”

“Form 990, part viii, line 2c: the ic shared service revenue represents revenue from intercompany management, administrative, and consulting services provided to related taxable organizations. The organization and related taxable organizations are all controlled by geisinger health. The services, provided at or below cost, are performed without a profit motive to promote the efficient operation of geisinger in carrying out its charitable mission. The services are not offered to unrelated organizations or to the general public. Under irs advisory dated march 7, 2014, these intercompany shared services are not included in the definition of unrelated business income and should not be included on form 990-t due to the absence of the following two conditions: (1) the services must be above cost or at fair market value, and (2) there must be a profit motive.”

“Form 990, part iv, line 24a: did the organization have a tax-exempt bond issue with an outstanding principal amount of more than 100,000 as of the last day of the year, that was issued after december 31, 2002? Geisinger health (gh) is currently the sole obligor under a series of bond issues, including tax-exempt bonds issued prior to december 31, 2002, with a total outstanding balance at december 31, 2023 of 1,637,871,513, inclusive of unamortized original issue discount. Because the bond proceeds are disbursed to gh subsidiaries, the tax-exempt bond liabilities are reflected on the balance sheets of the following subsidiary organizations: geisinger medical center ein: 24-0795959 geisinger wyoming valley medical center ein: 23-1996150 geisinger clinic ein: 23-6291113 marworth ein: 23-2171417 geisinger system services ein: 23-2164794 community medical center ein: 24-0862246 geisinger-bloomsburg hospital ein: 23-2193572 geisinger-lewistown hospital ein: 23-1352187 geisinger commonwealth school of medicine ein: 26-0812968 geisinger jersey shore hospital ein: 24-0792115 schedule k was prepared on a consolidated basis and is included in the form 990 filing of geisinger health, ein: 23-1995911. Form 990, part ix, line 24 other expenses: included in the 1,431,332 of other / excise taxes on line 24c is federal unrelated business income tax of (7,495).”

“I. General program service information geisinger system services (gss), a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, provides management and consultative services, at cost, to other entities within geisinger. Gss prepares, implements, and audits policies and procedures of system wide relevance and implements uniform standards and methods of management throughout the system. Services historically provided by gss to other entities within geisinger include: appointment services internal audit automotive services legal services business office mail services care support services marketing courier services medical library customer access medical records customer service call center patient experience diversity, equity and inclusion (dei) patient placement services elevator operations plant engineering employee benefit administration power plant facilities planning and management quality and safety financial services reprographics general maintenance risk management grounds supply chain human resources transcription services information systems includes the operation and maintenance of the electronic health records for all patients of the various geisinger providers. Ii. Community health, education, and outreach geisinger system services provides reduced price services and free programs throughout the year to various organizations. The provision of these services and programs is based upon the activities and services that the organizations provide for the community and which geisinger system services believes will serve a bona fide community need. These community services and organizations received cash donations or in-kind services described below. A.health professions education gss provided 10,581 in connection with teaching radiographic science during the year ended december 31, 2023. B.other in-kind services additionally, the following organizations, received cash contributions or in-kind services including, but not limited to, providing information technology services, overhead services and educational support valued at 4,847,000. Ronald mcdonald house - overhead services including maintenance and print shop services real results for pennsylvania - educational support evangelical community hospital - build of electronic medical records system (epic), and annual maintenance support, in accordance with applicable rules and regulations c.community building in 2023, gss provided staff in support of the development and maintenance of the plain community outreach in the amount of 59,026. D.other community benefit gss employees participate in the community health needs assessment team to assist in the identification of the needs of the community geisinger serves. The uncompensated cost of this time and the related tracking tool was 217,936 during the year ended december 31, 2023. Iii. Community service summary community health, education and outreach 5,134,543”

“Form 990, part v, line 1a: enter the number reported in box 3 of form 1096, annual summary and transmittal of u.s. Information returns. Geisinger system services (gss) provides a centralized accounts payable function for all geisinger organizations. As the accounts payable processor, gss prepares and files form 1099 under its ein for all reportable payments of itself and certain affiliates, and certain reportable payments of some of its affiliates. Therefore, the number of form 1099's filed by gss for the reporting period as reported on line 1a includes the number of form 1099s filed on behalf of itself and its affiliates.”

“Cleaning services 690,235 37,221 0 consulting fees 27,327,271 1,473,627 0 collection agency fees 2,288,340 123,399 0 equip maint svc contracts 4,470,224 241,057 0 outside purchased service 73,039,769 3,938,679 0 repair of equipment 352,879 19,029 0 recruit nonprovider 1,694,844 91,395 0 out agency nonclin temp 5,773,188 311,320 0 recruit & ads executive 1,506,428 81,234 0 total 117,143,178 6,316,961 0”

“Transfer from parent, geisinger health 150,044,687”

“Form 990, part xii, line 3a: as a result of a federal award, was the organization required to undergo an audit or audits as set forth in the uniform guidance, 2 c.f.r. Part 200, subpart f? Federal awards are audited as a part of the geisinger's consolidated report on federal awards in accordance with uniform guidance, 2 c.f.r. Part 200, subpart f. Footnote: throughout this document, the terms "geisinger- or "geisinger health" shall refer to the entire health care system comprised of geisinger health foundation (the "foundation") as parent and all subsidiary corporate entities comprising the health care system. In addition, throughout this document, the term "system" shall refer to the entire health care system as previously defined plus its affiliates.”