Conneaut Valley Health Center Inc

“Management duties: the organization's parent organization, meadville medical center (mmc), and community health services (chs), provide 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.”

“Members: 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 cvhc: (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 the 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 the chs by virtue of any other provisions of the bylaws or chs's or by board resolutions enacted by cvhc or chs from time to time.”

“Form 990 review process: 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.”

“Monitoring compliance with conflict of interest policy: 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.”

“Compensation determination: 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, yaffe & company, 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.”

“Governing document availability: upon request, photocopies of governing documents, the conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available for pickup by the requesting person.”

“Program service accomplishments, activity #1: conneaut valley health center, inc., operates four rural health centers, and a primary care office, including: conneaut valley health center in conneautville, meadville community health center, cambridge springs community health center, conneaut lake health center, and saegertown family health center. The rural health centers provide family medicine, including infant, child, and adult care, monitoring of chronic illnesses such as high blood pressure or diabetes, vaccinations and immunizations, hospital care, minor office surgery, including warts, cysts, and other skin problems, treatment of illness and minor injuries, laboratory tests and blood drawing, routine physical examinations for employment, sports, schools, and preventive health care, pap smears and pelvic exams, birth control, newborn care, hearing and vision screening, ekg, routine foot care, dietary counseling, epsdt-early periodic screening, diagnosis and treatment services, and osteopathic manipulative treatment. Although each care provider has their own patients, they are a team and one of them is available at all times. Routine medical services are provided by licensed physicians and physician extenders. The centers are open five days a week, participate with most insurances including medicare, medicaid, and highmark, and offer a sliding fee scale for self pay patients.”

“Program service accomplishments, activity #2: behavioral health services is part of the meadville community health center, located at 747 terrace street, meadville, pa. It is part of the rural health clinic and is one of four rural health centers that are part of conneaut valley health center, inc., a subsidiary of meadville medical center. The other centers are: conneaut valley health center in conneautville, conneaut lake health center, and cambridge springs health center. All of these rural health centers fall under the corporate umbrella of community health services, inc., a subsidiary of meadville medical center. The behavioral health services program provides mental and emotional care for patients and their families in a supportive environment. The care provided includes individualized treatment plans for adults, adolescents and children and encourage family involvement. Behavioral health services offered include the following: - individual therapy - family therapy - group psychotherapy - medication management - psychosocial assessments - referrals to community agencies as needed also help can be offered for patients with the following diagnoses: - mood disorders - anxiety disorders - psychotic disorders - personality disorders - dementias - attention deficit hyperactivity disorder - oppositional and defiant disorder - conduct disorder - marital problems - anger issues - sexual abuse”

“Program service accomplishments, activity #3: cvhc's family planning services' main purpose is to provide reproductive health care to its patients. All family planning patients will receive exams which include pap smears, instruction on breast self examination, std screening, and laboratory tests, as well as information on all methods of contraception. Our staff is committed to helping individuals plan children when they want them, are best able to afford them, and can love them most. The services are available to anyone regardless of age, sex, race, marital status, income, legal residence, or national origins. Patients are charged for the services at the time of their visit with a sliding fee scale being used. Patients may be eligible for reduced fees or free care, depending upon age, family income, and family size. Contraceptive methods can be provided on-site after a physical examination and lab tests are done to help the medical practitioner determine the safest method for a patient. Our staff is available to explain permanent methods of birth control for both males and females. Pregnancy testing is also available, with results available the same day. Information, examinations, and treatments are also available regarding sexually transmitted diseases. The healthy woman project can offer pelvic exams, pap smears, clinical breast exams, and mammograms at no cost for women 40 and over who cannot afford them. There are also funding sources available if additional testing or procedures are needed. Qualified staff members can provide educational programming to increase community awareness on a variety of topics: women's health care, contraception, and services of family planning. Factual information for parents who need help in teaching their children about sexuality is also available. This service is supported in part by the u.s. Department of health and human services, the commonwealth of pennsylvania, and adagio health.”

“Other changes in net assets: $ 1,173,598 transfers from affiliates”