Reading Health System

“The form 990 is prepared by hospital staff,reviewed by an external tax advisor and posted on a website for board members prior to filing. Members are alerted to information and notices. A copy of the 990 is mailed to any board member unable to view this site.”

“It shall be the policy of the hospital to require each board member, officer and key employee to submit in writing to the chief executive officer a list of business or other organizations of which the member or member's spouse is an officer, director, member employee or owner (35% or greater share) with which the company might reasonably enter into a relationship or a transaction in which the board member, officer and key employee would have conflicting interests. Each year a copy of the written statement will be sent to the board member for updating and resubmission and by which the board member, officer and key employee shall confirm his or her awareness of this policy.”

“Tower health's board of directors has duly appointed an executive compensation committee (the "committee"), which is responsible for the review and approval of all compensation and benefits provided to the hospital's executive management. The committee has adopted a written executive compensation philosophy statement and an executive compensation committee charter governing the work and review process of the committee. The committee follows the procedures described in the philosophy statement and the charter when it reviews and approves the compensation and employee benefits provided to the hospital's senior management, including the chief executive officer and the chief financial officer. The committee's review analyzes every element of compensation, including current and deferred compensation, and benefits, including qualified and non-qualified benefits. The committee conducts its review and approval process at least annually, and approves compensation and benefits only to the extent that the committee has concluded that the compensation and benefits constitute no more than reasonable compensation for each executive. The committee consists entirely of disinterested members of the board, and the committee works with an independent compensation consultant to prepare and review in advance comprehensive data showing the compensation provided by similarly situated organizations for functionally similar positions. The committee also prepares a timely and thorough written record of its deliberations and conclusions. As a result, the committee's review process is designed to satisfy the procedural criteria necessary to qualify for the rebuttable presumption of reasonableness under the federal income tax law intermediate sanctions rules.”

“Same response as line 15a.”

“The organization does not make its governing documents, conflicts of interest policy and financial statements available to the public.”

“The mission of tower health is to provide compassionate, accessible, high quality, cost effective healthcare to the community; to promote health; to educate healthcare professionals; and to participate in appropriate clinical research. Tower health is a non-profit healthcare system consisting of directly and indirectly controlled entities (see form 990, schedule r for a listing of affilites), including but not limited to brandywine hospital, chestnut hill hospital, jennersville hospital, phoenixville hospital, and pottstown hospital. Tower health provides charitable community-based healthcare services and programs to improve the health and well-being of the people and communities it serves.”

“Emergency care: brandywine hospital emergency department provides emergency, urgent and primary care services to the community "24/7/365", regardless of ability to pay. Brandwine hospital also provides immediate access through its emergency department to all specialty services. Emergency room visits for fy19 were 27,110. Chestnut hill hospital emergency department provides emergency, urgent and primary care services to the community "24/7/365", regardless of ability to pay. Chh provides immediate access through its emergency department to all specialty areas. Chh remains committed to their goal of seeing patients in 30 minutes or less. Emergency room visits for fy19 were 39,798. Jennersville hospital emergency department provides emergency, urgent and primary care services to the community "24/7/365", regardless of ability to pay. Jennersville hospital also provides immediate access through its emergency department to all specialty services. Emergency room visits for fy19 were 14,951. Phoenixville hospital emergency department provides emergency, urgent and primary care services to the community "24/7/365" regardless of ability to pay. Phoenixvile hospital also provides immediated access through its emergency department to all specialty services, from surgeons to all areas of specialty care. Phoenixville hospital has "24/7/365" on-call consultants for pediatric emergecy cases through nemours. Local ems providers rely on phoenixville hospital for on-going medical education. Emergency room visits for fy19 were 22,398. Pottstown hospital emergency department provides emergency, urgent and primary care services to the community. The emergency department is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and serves patients from berks, montgomery and chester counties. The pottstown hospital emergency department is the second busiest emergency department in montgomery county. There is a full complement of specialty services provided at the local and/or tertiary level with our system hospital in reading. Emergency room visits for fy19 were 40,102.”

“Operating room: chestnut hill hospital surgical department provides surgical services to the community in both an inpatient and outpatient setting. These services include bariatrics, ent, gastroenterology, gynecology, orthopedics, pain management, plastics, podiatry, pulmonology, thoracic, urology, vascular and general surgery. Total surgeries for fy19 were 5,711. Jennersville hospital provides surgical services to the community in both an inpatient and outpatient setting. Surgical procedures include but are not limited to the following specialties: ent, general surgery, gastroenterologic, gynecological, ophthalmology, urologic and vascular surgical procedures. Total surgeries for fy19 were 1,957. Pottstown hospital surgical services department provides emergency, urgent and elective surgeries to the community on an inpatient and outpatient basis. Emergency cases can be done 24 hours a day, 365 days a year - patients needing a higher level of care can be transferred to tertiary centers in the area. Pottstown hospital offers general, orthopedic, vascular, spine, ent, maxillofacial, plastic, ob/gyn, ophthalmologic, urologic and podiatric surgery. Total surgeries for fy19 were 8,293.”

“Radiology/oncology: chestnut hill hospital radiology department provides imaging services to the community in both an inpatient and outpatient setting. These services include but are not limited to pet scans, ultrasounds, cat scans, mris, nuclear medicine, interventional radiology, and mammograms. Chestnut hill hospital provides free screenings throughout the coummunity and offers financial assistance for mammograms via funds received at local charitable events hosted/sponsored by chh. Total imaging procedures/scans for fy19 were 99,213. Phoenixville hospital oncology services department provides medical oncology and radiation therapy services to the community. Phoenixville hospital provides charity services to their service area who meet their charity policy guidelines. Targeted therapies in their recently renovated infusion suite selectively affect only the cells related to a particular cancer, causing less damage and fewer side effects to surrounding non- cancerous cells and body systems than traditional chemotherapy drugs. Phoenixville hospital actively participates in a number of preventive and treatment clinical trials through the cancer trials support unit (ctsu). Total patients seen for fy19 were 2,304. Pottstown hospital cancer center provides inpatient, outpatient and infusion services to oncology patients in the community. The pottstown hospital cancer center offers a robust service line inclusive of medical and radiation oncology with rapid arc technology with their linear accelerator and cyberknife capabilities. The pottstown hospital cancer center is a five time recipient of the american college of surgeons council on cancer outstanding achievement award. There are only 4 cancer centers in the country who have achieved this distinction. Total oncology infusion cases for fy19 were 2,474.”

“Other accomplishments include but are not limited to: brandywine hospital inpatient behavioral health provides 24-hour supervision, treatment, stabilization and placement for adults and older adults coping with a variety of issues, focusing on returning the individual to the highest level of functioning possible. The inpatient eating disorders program provides an individualized treatment plan, group and individual therapy and psychiatric care for individuals ages 13 and older. Total patient visits for fy19 were 17,574. Phoenixville hospital ob/gyn women's health services department provides ob/gyn care and maternity services to the community "24/7/365". Phoenixville hospital provides charity services to the service area through their healthy baby program to families who meet their charity policy guidelines. Six board-certified ob/gyns deliver over 800 babies each year and are backed by a level ii nicu and nemours board-certified neonatologists providing "24/7/365" coverage. Private rooms with room- service are provided. Lactation services, family prep classes and post- partum support is also provided. Total new born for fy19 were 735. Tower health partners (thp) was formed to develop a physician network to work in conjunction with tower health to implement a clinical integration program. Clinical integration is the implementation of an active and ongoing program to evaluate and modify practice patterns by the network's physician participants and create a high degree of interdependence and cooperation among the physicians to control costs and improve the quality and efficiency of health care for the network's physician participants and the entire health care community served.”

“Outside serv/other prog. Fees 36,611,679 0 0 outside serv/other fees m&g 0 56,831,839 0 prog 1 other fees/services 7,106,668 0 0 prog 2 other fees/services 4,406,091 0 0 prog 3 other fees/services 5,092,108 0 0 total 53,216,546 56,831,839 0”

“Assets released from restriction & other 22,104,422 intercompany asset transfer -201,982,185 income tax expense -521,483 total -180,399,246”