Lancaster General Health

“Changes to governing documents lancaster general health joined the university of pennsylvania health system effective august 1, 2015. ------------------------------”

“Detail of members or stockholders the business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by a board of not less than seven (7) nor more than twenty-two (22) trustees, who shall be natural persons of full age. The number of trustees shall be such number as shall have been last specified by resolution of the board of trustees. The number of trustees shall include ex officio trustees. Trustees need not be residents of pennsylvania. ------------------------------”

“Form 990 review process information related to this organizations form 990 filing is gathered and the return is prepared by finance staff. The vice president-controller and the director of accounting reviewed the form 990 and it was then provided to pricewaterhousecoopers llp for their review. In addition, the members of the governing body were given the opportunity to view the 990 online via the board portal system prior to the filing. ------------------------------”

“Conflict of interest policy in order to ascertain and evaluate actual or potential conflicts, certain interested person are required to fill out a conflict of interest disclosure statement upon entering employment or becoming a trustee of lancaster general hospital or an affiliate, and others are also required to fill out such a statement on an annual basis. In addition to this requirement, all officers and trustees, regardless of whether or not they have filled out or have been asked to fill out a conflict of interest disclosure statement, have an ongoing affirmative duty to bring to the attention of lancaster general hospital, situations which may give rise to an actual or potential conflict of interest as described in the policy. ------------------------------”

“Document retention and destruction policy the organization has the policies and procedures in place as mentioned in form 990, part vi, section b line 14 and 16b. However, they are not currently approved by the governing board. ------------------------------”

“Compensation process lancaster general health's executive compensation process includes the following review and action by the executive committee of the board of trustees which is comprised of independent trustees. An evaluation of performance against goals is conducted at the close of a fiscal year to determine the level of organizational and individual performance of the ceo and senior executives so as to determine merit and incentive pay actions. Market data for base salary, total cash compensation and total compensation is provided by an independent third party to the committee and reflects a market basket of similarly sized organizations with comparable executive positions. Upon review and discussion of the related data and information the committee takes action which is recorded in the meeting minutes which are then filed for future reference. ------------------------------”

“Joint venture policy the organization has the policies and procedures in place as mentioned in form 990, part vi, section b line 14 and 16b. However, they are not currently approved by the governing board. ------------------------------”

“Documents availability to the public lancaster general health does not make the governing documents, conflict of interest policy, or financial statements available to the public. ------------------------------”

“The hours noted in column (b) relate to the hours dedicated to the filing organization and/or to other organizations within the lancaster general health system. The hours disclosed relate to time served on a board and/or for services provided resulting in compensation paid. Members of the board are not compensated for their position on the board. Compensation disclosed relates to other services performed. ------------------------------”

“Independent contractors all payments to vendors for services provided to lancaster general health are paid by lancaster general hospital (23-1365353) a related organization. Lancaster general hospital is the organization that issues the 1099 forms to the vendors. ------------------------------”

“The lancaster general health board terms runs september thru september while the organizations fiscal year runs july thru june. The following individuals listed on form 990, part vii, section a either started or termed during the june 30, 2016 fiscal year: f. Nicholas grasberger (term 9/1/15) bruce r. Limpert (term 9/1/15) charles h. Rodenberger, md (term 9/1/15) michael w. Van belle (term 9/1/15) jan l. Bergen (start 9/1/15) frederick c. Beyer, iii, md (start 9/1/15) ralph w. Muller (start 9/1/15) f. Joseph byorick, iii (start 6/20/16) jennifer l. Groff (start 9/1/15) mary b. Miskey (term 9/1/15) karen flaherty-oxler (term 9/1/15) joseph a. Puskar (term 9/1/15) christine m. Stabler, md (term 9/1/15) stephen c. Lee (start 2/8/16) thomas e. Beeman (term 12/31/15) dennis r. Roemer (term 6/15/16)”

“Financial account in a foreign country lancaster general health does not maintain an office outside the united states. However, lancaster general health is the sole stockholder of lancaster general insurance company (ein# 98-0176655), located in the cayman islands. ------------------------------”

“Other changes in net assets or fund balances unrealized loss on perpetual trust $ (35,216) related party transfers 59,402,611 change in pension liability (118,837,589) ------------- total $ (59,470,194) ------------------------------”

“Audited financial statements lancaster general health and its affiliates joined the university of pennsylvania health system effective august 1, 2015. Therefore, its financial information was included in the university of pennsylvanias combined financial statements and audited on a consolidated basis. ------------------------------”

“Description:consulting expense total fees:161099”