Laurel Management Services

“Section a: governing body and management question 6: laurel management services has one sole member, the exempt entity upmc susquehanna.”

“Section b: policies question 11 b - the board of directors members of the filing entity have been provided a copy of the form 990 prior to filing.”

“Section c: disclosure question 19 form 990 is available to the public upon request. Other governing documents, conflicts of interest policy and financial statements may be made available to the public upon request.”

“Laurel management services ("lms") is a subsidiary of the tax exempt organization of upmc susquehanna.”

“Laurel management services is a subsidiary of the tax exempt organization of upmc susquehanna. It is an inactive entity whose mission was to support tax exempt community health service provider. Laurel management services ceased all operations in july 2017. There was no activity during the fy20 tax year, july 1, 2019 through june 30, 2020.”

“Upmc requires key employed and non-employed personnel to comply with its conflict of interest policies when they engage in upmc related business. Persons covered by the policies included upmc board members, board committee members, corporate officers, key employees, upmc physicians and non physicians employees who hold a position of influence, non employed members of the upmc medical staff who hold a position of influence or trust, individuals conducting clinical research at upmc whether or not they are employed by upmc. These people are required to complete a questionnaire at least annually, which along with other data is used to identify possible individual and institutional conflicts of interest. If a potential conflict is identified regarding a specific upmc activity, the corporate compliance department, with the assistance of the legal department, either develops a written plan designed to prevent the conflict from influencing decisions related to that activity, or requires that the conflicting relationship be divested, as appropriate. For employed personnel and non board members, non employed personnel, the conflict of interest identification and management process is ultimately overseen by an ethics and compliance committee of the upmc board of directors on behalf of upmc and all of its subsidiaries. Potential conflict of interest transactions involving upmc board members and entities with which they are affiliated are monitored and subject to pre-approval by the governance and nominating committee of the upmc board of directors. In addition to the general corporate and board policies described above, upmc has also developed and implemented a separate tax questionnaire distributed to officers, directors, trustees and key employees annually that specifically addresses disclosure requirements of form 990. Form 990.”