St Luke'S Physician Group Inc

“St. Luke's physician group is an affiliate within the st. Luke's university health network; a tax-exempt integrated healthcare delivery network. St. Luke's health network, inc. Is the parent of the network. This organization is a supporting organization of st. Luke's hospital of bethlehem, p.a.; a related internal revenue code section 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. Although this federal form 990 shows no independent board of directors under the new internal revenue service definitions, this organization acts in a charitable tax-exempt manner for purposes of internal revenue code section 501(c)(3) and is controlled by st. Luke's health network, inc. And st. Luke's hospital of bethlehem, p.a.; both of which are governed by a board whose majority is comprised of independent voting members.”

“St. Luke's health network, inc. Is the sole member of this organization. St. Luke's health network, inc. Has the right to elect the members of this organization's board of trustees and has certain reserved powers as defined in this organization's bylaws.”

“THE ORGANIZATION IS AN AFFILIATE IN THE ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK ("NETWORK"); A TAX-EXEMPT INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE DELIVERY NETWORK. ST. LUKE'S HEALTH NETWORK, INC. IS THE PARENT ENTITY OF THE NETWORK. THE SYSTEM'S VICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE SUMMARIZED THE FORM 990 AND APPLICABLE FILING REQUIREMENTS TO THE VOTING MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY. IN ADDITION, THE ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK FINANCE COMMITTEE WAS UPDATED AS TO THIS ORGANIZATION'S CURRENT YEAR Form 990 PRIOR TO FILING. ST. LUKE'S HEALTH NETWORK, INC. BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS DELEGATED TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO OVERSEE AND COORDINATE THE FEDERAL FORM 990 PREPARATION AND FILING PROCESS FOR THE TAX-EXEMPT AFFILIATES OF THE NETWORK. AS PART OF THE ORGANIZATION'S FEDERAL FORM 990 TAX RETURN PREPARATION PROCESS THE ORGANIZATION HIRED A PROFESSIONAL CPA FIRM WITH EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE IN BOTH HEALTHCARE AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT TAX RETURN PREPARATION TO PREPARE THE FEDERAL FORM 990. THE CPA FIRM'S TAX PROFESSIONALS WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE ORGANIZATION'S VICE PRESIDENT FINANCE AND SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FINANCE AND VARIOUS OTHER INDIVIDUALS OF THE NETWORK TO OBTAIN THE INFORMATION NEEDED IN ORDER TO PREPARE A COMPLETE AND ACCURATE TAX RETURN. THE CPA FIRM PREPARED A DRAFT FEDERAL FORM 990 AND FURNISHED IT TO THE ORGANIZATION'S INTERNAL WORKING GROUP, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THOSE INDIVIDUALS OUTLINED ABOVE, FOR THEIR REVIEW. THE ORGANIZATION'S INTERNAL WORKING GROUP AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS REVIEWED THE DRAFT FEDERAL FORM 990 AND DISCUSSED QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS WITH THE CPA FIRM. REVISIONS WERE MADE TO THE DRAFT FEDERAL FORM 990 WHERE NECESSARY AND A FINAL DRAFT WAS FURNISHED BY THE CPA FIRM TO THE ORGANIZATION'S INTERNAL WORKING GROUP AND VARIOUS OTHER INDIVIDUALS FOR FINAL REVIEW AND APPROVAL PRIOR TO FILING WITH THE IRS.”

“The organization has a written conflict of interest policy and regularly monitors and enforces compliance with that policy. The policy requires that a conflict of interest disclosure form consistent with best governance practices and internal revenue service guidelines be circulated to officers, directors, and key employees annually. The network's corporate compliance officer and senior vice president/general counsel assume responsibility for the completion of the conflict of interest questionnaires and enforcement with the policy. If a director discloses an interest that could give rise to a conflict, the director's potential conflict may be disclosed to the board of directors, which evaluates the conflict and its potential impact on the director's participation on the board. After consultation and discussion, the board of directors may take action, if appropriate and necessary, to address any such conflict in a manner consistent with the organization's conflict of interest policy.”

“Compensation Review Executive compensation for the health network consists of fixed salary, at-risk compensation and other deferred compensation arrangements. Total compensation for network executives is approved annually by the network's Board of directors. The recommended compensation is established through a multi-faceted approach including use of an independent consultant engaged on an ongoing basis by the Board of DIRECTORS and who works directly with the Executive Compensation Committee of the board. Also included is the review of forms 990 and compensation surveys of other comparable healthcare organizations. Please refer to the schedule j, part III, response to Schedule J, Part I, Question 3 for a more detailed description.”

“The organization's filed certificate of incorporation and any amendments can be obtained and reviewed through the commonwealth of pennsylvania secretary of state.”

“Part vii and schedule j reflect certain board members and officers receiving compensation and benefits from this organization or a related organization. Please note this remuneration was for services rendered as full-time employees of this organization and related organizations and not for services rendered as a voting member or officer of this organization's board of directors.”

“The organization is an affiliate in the st. Luke's university health network ("network"); a tax-exempt integrated healthcare delivery network. The network includes both for-profit and not for-profit organizations. Certain board of director members, officers and/or directors listed on core form, part vii and schedule j of this form 990 may hold similar positions with both this organization and other affiliates within the network. The hours shown on this form 990 for board members who receive no compensation for services rendered in a non-board capacity, represents the estimated hours devoted per week for this organization. To the extent these individuals serve as a member of the board of directors of other related organizations in the network, their respective hours per week per organization are approximately the same as reflected on part vii of this form 990. The hours reflected on part vii of this form 990, for board members who receive compensation for services rendered in a non-board capacity and paid officers, reflect total hours worked per week on behalf of the network; not solely this organization.”

“This organization is an affiliate within the st. Luke's university health network ("network"); a tax-exempt integrated healthcare delivery network. This organization's form 990 reflects no top five independent contractors for services and that no forms 1099 were filed with the internal revenue service. A tax-exempt affiliate within the network, st. Luke's hospital of bethlehem, pennsylvania, pays all outstanding accounts payable invoices on behalf of this organization. In conjunction with this service, st. Luke's hospital of bethlehem, pennsylvania also prepares and issues forms 1099 to these vendors receiving payments where applicable and also files these forms 1099 with the internal revenue service. St. Luke's hospital of bethlehem, pennsylvania allocates these payments to this organization via an intercompany account.”

“The organization is an affiliate within the st. Luke's university health network ("network"), a tax-exempt integrated healthcare delivery network. The network's parent entity is st. Luke's health network, inc. An independent cpa firm audited the consolidated financial statements of the taxpayer and all affiliates for the years ended june 30, 2015 and june 30, 2014; respectively and issued a consolidated financial statement with consolidating schedules by entity. An unqualified opinion was issued each year by the independent cpa firm. The network's finance committee assumes responsibility for oversight of the audit of the network's consolidated financial statements and the selection of an independent auditor.”

“This organization is an affiliate in the st. Luke's university health network ("network"). The network's finance committee engaged an independent accounting firm to prepare and issue a network wide consolidated a-133 audit. This organization was included in the network wide a-133 audit.”