Magee Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation

“The magee rehabilitation hospital foundation (the "foundation") bylaws provide that two members of the magee rehabilitation hospital (the "hospital") board of trustees will serve as ex-officio members of the foundation board of trustees. In addition, the hospital board, in its capacity as the "oversight group" under the foundation bylaws, has certain consent rights with respect to bylaw amendments and fundamental changes in the foundation and the hospital board does not control the assets of the foundation. The hospital will not exercise any of its rights through the oversight group, including approving any amendment to the foundation bylaws, without the prior written approval of thomas jefferson university ("tju"), a sole member of the hospital.”

“See response to part vi line 7a above.”

“The form 990 is prepared in conjunction with baker tilly us, llp and reviewed internally by management. Magee rehabilitation hospital foundation mails a copy of the completed form 990, with all schedules, to each board member. Each member is requested to review the form 990 and pose any questions or make comments. The full board of trustees approves the form 990 before it is filed with the irs.”

“Annually, the hospital/foundation compliance officer distributes conflict of interest statements to all trustees and officers of the foundation. These documents are signed and returned to the compliance officer. The body of the conflict of interest document contains language that requires the individual to disclose to the organization any interest that could give rise to conflicts of interest. The magee corporate compliance program and the code of ethics are posted on the website, www.mageerehab.org.”

“The foundation does not have employees, but subsidizes the costs of personnel, services, facilities, and expenses of its related organization, magee rehabilitation hospital (the "hospital"). The hospital periodically utilizes the services of an outside consulting firm that specializes in executive level compensation. When reviewing and setting compensation for senior level executives, the goal for the senior executive compensation program is to pay an executive who is fully seasoned in the healthcare arena at the 50th percentile for that position. All compensation for officers and key employees of the hospital is approved by the board of trustees.”

“The foundation's governing documents are available to the general public upon request. The conflict of interest policy is available to the general public via the website, www.mageerehab.org. Financial statement information is available upon request, on the website, www.mageerehab.org, and through the hospital foundation publication entitled "cando".”

“The following are summaries of some of the many hospital based community programs supported by the magee rehabilitation hospital foundation: think first program: think first is a nationally organized program recognized as an effective method of injury prevention education. The objectives of think first are to prevent head and spinal cord injuries in young people through education, serve as a resource to educational institutions and community organizations for injury prevention, and to increase student awareness about their own risk-taking behavior and present strategies to adopt that will prevent injuries to themselves and others. The program is presented to schools, community centers, youth centers, churches, etc. In assembly format the program consists of a brief explanation of the brain & spinal cord, video and personal presentations by individual(s) with disabilities (most often wheelchair user). During fy24, there were over 5 school and youth group presentations reaching over 200 young people. Adaptive (wheelchair) sports: adaptive sports provide opportunities for disabled individuals to play sports, remain physically active, and maintain good health while developing skills to participate in competitive sports in the region and nationally. Research suggests that adaptive sports improves the health and wellness of those who participate, improves socialization, mobility skills, and more. The magee sports program consists of wheelchair rugby, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair tennis, and wheelchair racing. Approximately 65 athletes participated in fy24. Equipment clinic: the magee equipment clinic provides support for expert clinicians to perform assessments necessary per regulation for inpatients and outpatients to receive complex wheelchairs, bathroom equipment, and assistive technology devices. The provision of this equipment substantially impacts the quality of life of our patients by preventing costly complications, hospital readmissions, and maximizing functional outcomes. The services also include: pressure mapping, complex seating systems, patient education, environmental control unit consultation and more. Occupational and physical therapists provide evaluation and equipment recommendations to match an individual's needs. Equipment clinic gives patients access to healthcare which they otherwise would not have to keep them safe within the home and community. The magee outpatient physicin practice and lifetime follow up clinic (formerly gaspar center): this clinic center provides comprehensive medical and case management services to individuals with disabilities. Care is not restricted to former magee patients, but open to the entire disabled community who are seeking rehabilitative care. The center provides a comprehensive interdisciplinary rehabilitation team for patients with complex medical problems and assists in maintaining optimum participation in the community while minimizing complications. Magee rehabilitation hospital, the outpatient physician practice, and lifetime follow up clinic treats many patients with spinal cord injuries, brain injuries, strokes, spasticity, amputations, neurologic, and medically complex diagnoses with a deep knowledge of disability awareness, etiquette and concern. In addition to supporting the physicial medicine and rehabilitation physicians, the nurses and clinical team triage all phone calls from the patients and families to answer medically related questions, provide support and education, and keep patients safe. We assist with providing care, procedures, management and appropriate referrals throughout jefferson enterprise and jefferson moss magee rehabilitation. It provided approx 5,000 visits during fy24. The clinical medical, nursing, and social work team also screens and processes insurance authorizations for admissions from the outpatient home environment for potential acute inpatient rehabiitation admission. Horticultural therapy: this is non-reimbursable service that is”

“Recreational therapist: these therapists provide non-reimbursable services through patient specific goal-directed treatment to improve physical and mental well-being and to reduce the impact of disability on an individual's ability to function at home and in the community. Therapeutic recreation is an option for providing required education for overall wellness at home and re-engagement in the community as well as leisure activity training. Recreational therapists provide therapy sessions in individual and group formats, as well as cotreatment sessions with other disciplines. Recreation therapy sessions can have specialty focus on community activity, travel, and teaching patients how assistive technology can help in their everyday lives. Peer mentor program: the magee peer mentor program provides support to newly injured individuals and their families. Peers are active in the spinal cord injury, amputation, brain and stroke programs. Patients with addiction issues have the opportunity to be supported through the addictions mentor program. These programs strive to match a peer mentor with an individual who has a similar injury level, age, gender, social role and interests. The peer provides hope through encouragement and advice to patients who are newly injured. Peer mentors participate in inpatient and outpatient groups to provide modelling and demonstration, feedback and answer patient questions. Well over 100 peers have been trained. Guest relations and concierge services: this service provides non-clinical assistance and patient advocacy for our patients and their families to ensure an exceptional patient experience. The concierge and guest relations representatives will do "whatever it takes" to make the patient's stay as pleasant as possible. From a warm welcome to each patient at admission to family assistance with travel, hotels and parking throughout the stay and heartfelt congratualtions at discharge, the guest relations team provide patient and family support throughout each patient's recovery at magee.”

“The salary expense reported on form 990, part ix are the foundation's allocated payroll costs based on time spent. All individuals working at the foundation are employees of magee rehabilitation hospital and are reported on the hospital's form w-3 under ein: 23-1476328.”