Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center

“Business relationships: scott wilson, tina stovall, jim littleford, and john lauer have business relationships with each other as a result of all serving as board members of sarah bush lincoln health management services, a for-profit affiliate of the organization. All members of the health center board have dual membership with the health system board. Janet grove and timothy gover have a business relationship.”

“Members: the sole corporate member of the organization is sarah bush lincoln health system.”

“Election of governing body: board members will aid in the selection for the nomination of new board members when vacancies occur or when terms will expire, but the final approval of the candidates is made by the sole member of the corporation, sarah bush lincoln health system.”

“Form 990 review: the senior accounting staff reviews all elements of the 990 based on prior knowledge and interviews with other individuals in the organization. In addition, board members submit detailed questionnaires with regards to their relationships with the organization. The final form 990 is made available to them online via a web portal and at their board meeting for review and questions.”

“Conflict of interest policy: members of the board of directors annually complete a certification statement which identifies possible conflicts of interest related to their professional and personal lives. During deliberations and decisions on which there appears to be a conflict of interest, the board member is excused from the discussion and deliberation, shall not vote on, nor use his personal influence on or be counted in determining the existence of a quorum in respect to the transaction or contract.”

“Process for determining compensation: compensation is determined for the president and ceo, vp medical affairs, vp finance and operations, vp practice management, vp patient care services, vp information services, vp human resources, and the vp development and foundation by the compensation committee of the board of directors. The committee is comprised of members of the sbl board. An independent consultant, hay group, inc., reviewed current compensation for each position and compared it to similar positions in like organizations. The committee approved compensation consistent with the board-approved executive compensation philosophy. This process is done annually, between june and august, for all the listed positions.”

“SEE NOTE FOR LINE 15A.”

“Public disclosure: currently, sarah bush lincoln health center posts their community benefits statement on our public web-site. No other governing documents are routinely made available.”

“Decisions of the governing body: the sarah bush lincoln health system board, the sole member of the health center board, retains certain reserved powers including; amending articles of incorporation or bylaws, approving the annual operating budget and long range strategic plan, approval of any transactions requiring a certificate of need, approval of the borrowing of funds and incurring debt, approval of mergers, consolidations, sale, of all or substantially all assets, selecting auditors, creating or acquiring subsidiary or affiliate corporations, dissolving the corporation, appointing, evaluating and removal of president/ceo, and electing board members.”

“Fund balance transfers 7,194,089”

“A federal award was granted and an a-133 audit required. The a-133 audit was performed in conjunction with the hospital's routine audit.”