Hospice of Crawford County Inc

“The compensation committee of the board of directors of meadville medical center (mmc), which is comprised of independent board members determined to be free of any conflict of interest, is charged with determining executive compensation and establishing performance criteria according to an approved compensation philosophy. The committee works with an independent executive compensation consulting and advisory firm, mercer, that provides market survey data concerning compensation and benefit levels for functionally comparable healthcare executives in similar hospitals across the region and the nation based on several factors including size, geography, hospital type and complexity. The committee reviews and approves the compensation of the senior executives and ensures that all forms of executive compensation are reasonable, appropriate and consistent with its compensation philosophy. The committee contemporaneously documents its decisions in meeting minutes and reports its decisions to the full board of directors. The most recent compensation review was completed in 2024.”

“Meadville medical center (mmc) also has a physician compensation committee that reviews physician's compensation when the contract comes due. The committee reviews the compensation in comparison with mgma data.”

“RENATO SUNTAY - Business relationship, TAMI FARRELL - Business relationship”

“The organization's parent organization, meadville medical center (mmc), provides management duties. The organization pays a management fee as part of a contract with mmc, as shown in form 990, part ix, line 11a. This management fee is paid to chs and chs then transfers to mmc as part of their total management fee.”

“The organization's parent organizations, meadville medical center (mmc) and community health services (chs) are the organization's members. Mmc shall have the power to nominate and elect all officers and directors, remove at any time, with or without cause, any and/or all such officers and directors of the organization, and approve or disapprove any change in the number of directors. The president of mmc shall have the exclusive authority to appoint, supervise, and, with the concurrence of mmc board or executive committee, remove the chief executive officer of the organization. Chs shall have the power to take the following actions from time to time with respect to hospice of crawford county: (i) approve or disapprove all operating and capital budgets and amendments thereto; (ii) approve or disapprove all affiliations, mergers, and other transactions not in the ordinary course of business and all expenditures in excess of thresholds determined by resolution of the board of directors of chs; (iii) approve or disapprove all amendments to articles of incorporation and/or bylaws; (iv) direct the corporation to make changes in its articles of incorporation and/or bylaws and in the absence of such action by the corporation, amend the corporation's articles of incorporation and/or bylaws on its own motion; (v) approve or disapprove all long range plans; (vi) approve or disapprove all indebtedness (i) which individually exceeds an amount established by chs or (ii) if such individual indebtedness is less than said amount, such indebtedness which, when added to the aggregate unpaid balance of all of the corporation's outstanding indebtedness (exclusive of mortgaged real estate), causes the corporation's aggregate indebtedness to exceed an amount established by chs from time to time; and exercise whatever other powers or perform such other tasks as are reserved to or required of chs by virtue of any other provisions of the bylaws or chs's or by board resolutions enacted by hospice of crawford county or chs from time to time.”

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“The form 990 is prepared by an independent accounting firm based on the audited financial statements and information provided by the accounting department of the organization. The 990 is initially internally reviewed in-depth by the cfo and controller of meadville medical center. After this review, it is presented by the cfo and controller to the board of directors at the monthly board meeting, providing opportunities for questions, comments, or changes before the final form 990 is filed.”

“The organization has an annual conflict of interest disclosure statement. Any actual or potential conflicts are evaluated and deemed to either make the interested person disqualified or ineligible to serve. Throughout the year, each affected person is also obligated to file a supplementary disclosure statement if there is a change in circumstances which could create conflict. Determination of actual conflict will be conducted by the board of directors. Any director, officer or disqualified person who is deemed by the board to be disqualified because of an actual or apparent conflict of interest on any matter (i) shall not vote or use his or her personal influence on the matter, (ii) shall abstain from voting (although upon invitation of the chairman, he or she may participate in board discussions) and (iii) shall not be counted in determining the quorum for the meeting, even when permitted by law. The minutes of the meeting shall reflect that a disclosure was made, the abstention from voting, and the effect on the quorum. An individual who has a relationship with an entity that in the board's view makes it difficult or impossible for that individual or any of the remaining directors to discharge his or her responsibilities may be declared ineligible to serve and shall either resign or may be removed by a majority vote of all remaining directors in office.”

“Upon request, photocopies of governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available for pickup by such requesting person.”

“Board member compensation: no board members receive compensation for their duties as board members. Renato suntay receives compensation for his role as cfo of meadville medical center. Ceo compensation: tami farrell is the ceo of hospice of crawford county. Her compensation is reported on part vii, section a, columns (d) and (f) as being from the organization. No compensation has been listed on part ix, line 5 for her as her compensation is recorded on part ix of the form 990 for related organization meadville medical center.”

“Meadville medical center (ein: 25-1512436), a related organization, files all informational returns on behalf of hospice of crawford county and related organizations within the health system. The number of 1099s filed for hospice has been reported as zero on part v, line 1a as hospice shares vendors with other related entities and no separate vendors were used solely for hospice. These shared vendor 1099s are reported on the related organizations' form 990s and are all included on the form 1096 filed by meadville medical center.”

“Meadville medical center also files all employment tax returns on behalf of hospice and other related organizations. The number of w-2's filed for hospice has been reported on line 2a. These amounts are included in the form w-3 filed by mmc.”

“The amount of salaries, pensions, payroll taxes, and employee benefits reported on part ix, lines 5-10 have been allocated to hospice based on the employees that work directly for the organization.”

“Transfer from Affiliates - 5851;”