Community Health Services 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 health care 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, CORY JACKSON, PHILIP PANDOLPH, JESSICA WHALEN, AND ASHLEY CRUM ARE COMPENSATED BY RELATED ORGANIZATION MEADVILLE MEDICAL CENTER. - Business relationship, TAMI FARRELL IS COMPENSATED BY RELATED ORGANIZATION HOSPICE OF CRAWFORD COUNTY. - Business relationship, DONALD RHOTEN IS COMPENSATED BY RELATED ORGANIZATION MEADVILLE MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION. - Business relationship, GABRIELLE PIERCE IS COMPENSATED BY RELATED ORGANIZATIONS FRENCH CREEK INTERNAL MEDICINE AND MEADVILLE PHYSICIANS SERVICES. - 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.”

“The organization's parent organization, meadville medical center (mmc) is the organization's sole member. Mmc shall have the power to take the following actions with respect to chs: (a) nominate and elect all of the officers and directors and remove at any time, with or without cause, any and/or all such officers and directors; (b) approve or disapprove any change in the number of directors; (c) approve or disapprove all operating and capital budgets and amendments thereto; (d) approve or disapprove all affiliations, mergers, and other transactions not in the ordinary course of business; (e) approve or disapprove all amendments to articles of incorporation and bylaws; (f) direct the corporation to make changes in its bylaws and/or articles of incorporation and in the absence of such action by the corporation, amend the corporation's articles of incorporation and/or bylaws on its own motion; (g) approve or disapprove all long range plans; (h) approve or disapprove all indebtedness (i) which individually exceeds an amount established by mmc 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 mmc from time to time; and (i) exercise whatever other powers or perform such other tasks as are reserved to or required of mmc by virtue of any other provisions of the bylaws or mmc's bylaws or by resolutions enacted by this corporation or mmc 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 member receives compensation for their duties as directors. Cory jackson (vice chair), jessica whalen (director), ashley crum (president), and philip pandolph (director) are compensated by meadville medical center, a related organization, for their roles as controller, accounting manager, manager of financial analysis, and mmc ceo, respectively. Gabrielle pierce (secretary/treasurer) is compensated for her role as ceo by related organizations french creek internal medicine and meadville physicians services. Tami farrell (director) is compensated for her role as ceo by related organization hospice of crawford county. Ceo compensation: donald rhoten is the ceo of community health services and meadville medical center foundation and serves as board chair for chs. He also performs duties for meadville medical center as the vp of community engagement. His compensation is split between these three entities and reported on part vii, section a, columns (d) -(f) as being from the organization and from related organizations. All compensation is attributable to his duties as ceo and vp of community engagement. He receives no compensation for his role as chs board chair.”

“Meadville medical center (ein: 25-1512436), a related organization, files all informational returns on behalf of community health services (chs). The number of 1099's filed for chs has been reported on line 1a. This amount is included in the form 1096 filed by mmc.”

“Meadville medical center also files all employment tax returns on behalf of chs and other related organizations. Chs does not have any employees that work exclusively for them. Employees of other related organizations spend part of their time performing duties for chs. The number of w-2's filed on behalf of chs on part v, line 2a has been reported as zero. The number of w-2's related to these shared employees has been reported on the form 990s of the related organizations that directly employee these individuals. Meadville medical center includes all of these employees on their form w-3 filing.”

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

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