Renal Physicians Association

“The board of directors shall designate an executive committee. The executive committee shall exercise the authority of the board of directors in (a) managing the day to day affairs of the corporation, and (b) carrying out all policy decisions made by the board of directors.”

“The association has no employees of its own, the compensation listed represents the cost of staff expense paid to human resources international.”

“Rpa's members can consist of any person licensed to practice medicine in the united states who is engaged in the treatment of patients with renal disease or in research activities involving renal disease. Associate members are any person or group designated by resolution of the board of directors.”

“A nominating committee shall be selected by the board of directors on or before july 1 of each year. The nominating committee shall have at least three members. The nominating committee shall be composed of representatives of the board of directors and the membership-at-large and one member of the nominating committee shall at all times be a counselor. Election of directors shall take place via a mail ballot. The secretary/treasurer shall mail out the ballot with the approved list of nominees 60 days prior to the date of the annual meeting. Members may cast their votes for or against the nominees listed on the ballot. Further, members may elect to write in other candidates' names.”

“Each member in good standing shall be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote of the members.”

“Renal physicians association will provide a copy of the form 990 to all members of the executive committee by request before it is filed. The form 990 will be reviewed by the executive director, president, treasurer and the director of finance before it is filed.”

“Renal physicians association maintains a written conflict of interest policy. All members of the board of directors are required to review this policy and provide the necessary disclosures on an annual basis, by responding to the official policy documents.”

“The executive committee of the organization reviews benchmark data collected by the american society of association executives (asae) and the american association of medical society executives (aamse) annually in preparation for the performance review and salary determination for the rpa executive director. Comparable salaries for ceo's of similar size (budget); type of association (individual physician membership); and geographic location of association headquarters (washington, dc metro area) are reviewed by the executive committee to ensure appropriate alignment with like organizations. For other key employees, the executive director annually reviews benchmark data for similar positions that is also collected and published by asae and aamse to determine appropriate salary ranges for those staff members.”

“Renal physicians association makes all governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements available to the public upon request.”

“The rpa kidney quality improvement registry is designed for nephrology practitioners to foster performance improvement and improve outcomes in the care of patients with kidney disease. A cms-approved qualified clinical data registry (qcdr), the rpa registry collects data for the purpose of patient and disease tracking to foster improvement in the quality of care provided to patients. As the only nephrology-specific approved qcdr, the rpa registry will have the data with which to develop and test measures, and thus enable rpa the capacity to set the standards for quality renal care in the us.”

“The audit oversight process has not changed from the prior year.”