Pinnacle Health Hospitals

“The sole member of the corporation is upmc pinnacle, a federally tax exempt, state nonprofit entity (ein 25-1778658). In september 2017 upmc pinnacle affiliated with upmc, a world-renowned integrated healthcare delivery and financing system, that is an international leader in providing clinical care, ground breaking research and treatments with locations in western and central pennsylvania, maryland, new york and around the world.”

“As sole member of the organization, upmc pinnacle shall elect the board of directors.”

“Certain governance decisions of the organization require the approval of both the upmc pinnacle board and the upmc board, as the sole member of upmc pinnacle.”

“The authority and responsibility for review of the form 990 for upmc pinnacle and subsidiaries is delegated to the finance committee of the upmc pinnacle board. In order to accomplish this, all members of the finance committee are provided with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment to executive leadership on the irs forms 990 of upmc pinnacle and its subsidiaries. In addition, each member of each respective board of directors will be given access to view their individual form 990 via a shared, password-protected website before the returns are filed with the internal revenue service.”

“In the performance of their duties to upmc pinnacle, covered persons shall seek to act in the best interests of upmc pinnacle, and shall exercise good faith, loyalty, diligence and honesty. A covered person is any individual who serves in a fiduciary capacity to, or who has legal authority to represent or obligate, upmc pinnacle or any of its affiliated organizations including, but not limited to, directors, officers, employees, and agents. Covered persons also include a) immediate families (spouses, children, siblings, parents, or spouse's parents), b) any organization in which they or their immediate families directly or indirectly i) have a material financial or beneficial interest, or ii) serve as a director, officer, employee, agent, attorney or similar capacity. A covered person shall disclose any business or personal interests or relationships which may be in conflict with the interests of upmc pinnacle, including, but not limited to (a) engaging in or seeking to be engaged in (i) the delivery of health care services or (ii) the delivery of goods or services to upmc pinnacle, or (b) any transaction or arrangement with upmc pinnacle which would result in benefit to covered persons. If a potential conflict is identified regarding a specific upmc activity, the upmc 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. Covered persons with a documented conflict of interest shall not vote on the matter, and the upmc pinnacle board or committee must approve, authorize, or ratify the transaction or arrangement by a majority vote of the non-interested directors or committee members present at a meeting that has a quorum. Violations of this statement of policy may subject covered persons to appropriate sanctions, including removal from their positions with upmc pinnacle.”

“The compensation committee of the upmc pinnacle board has the authority to develop and maintain executive compensation to be approved by the upmc pinnacle board of directors. The compensation committee will follow a diligent process that meets regulatory requirements for a rebuttable presumption of reasonableness and promotes effective governance of executive compensation, consistent with the upmc pinnacle compensation philosophy. 1. Follow a process that establishes and maintains a rebuttable presumption of reasonableness for all executives potentially subject to intermediate sanctions. 2. Prepare minutes for each meeting to record the terms of the committee's decisions and the process followed in reaching those decisions. These minutes must include indications that the committee is following good practices in dealing with conflicts of interest and in obtaining and relying on appropriate comparability data on total compensation. 3. Select and directly engage and supervise any consultant hired by upmc pinnacle to advise the committee on executive compensation. 4. Periodically evaluate the appropriateness of this charter and the effectiveness of the process the committee uses in governing executive compensation and report this evaluation to the upmc pinnacle board. 5. Monitor changes in laws and regulations pertaining to executive compensation and benefits to see that upmc pinnacle complies with them. 6. Seek outside review of committee operations to ensure compliance with the irs rebuttable presumption of reasonableness. 7. Review actual executive compensation and benefits provided to confirm consistency with compensation and benefits approved by the committee.”

“The organization makes its governing documents and conflict of interest policy available for public inspection. The organization includes a copy of its financial statements with the state registration filed with the pennsylvania department of state, bureau of charitable organizations. These documents are a matter of public record and can be viewed at the bureau office.”

“- continuing education for nurses and physician office staff and for local community professionals such as school nurses. - bailey house is a home away from home. It provides free overnight lodging and a comfortable, supportive, and nurturing environment for families from outside the harrisburg area. Wellness and screening programs are provided including: - cholesterol screenings - prostate screenings - infant development screenings - speech and hearing screenings - depression and anxiety screenings - bone density screenings - nutrition therapy education programs - lead poisoning screenings”

“Upmc (ein 25-1423657), ultimate parent of upmc pinnacle and the parent entity of a group of tax-exempt organizations, is the common reporting agent for the group and files all 1099 forms for upmc pinnacle hospitals.”

“Physician fees: program service expenses 1,516,491. Management and general expenses 246,871. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 1,763,362. Cleaning services: program service expenses 3,875,802. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 3,875,802. Lab fees: program service expenses 8,337,205. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 8,337,205. Other professional fees: program service expenses 154,494,550. Management and general expenses 7,620,429. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 162,114,979. Consulting fees: program service expenses 12,829,632. Management and general expenses 2,088,545. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 14,918,177. Administrative fees: program service expenses 0. Management and general expenses -92,659. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses -92,659.”

“Transfers to exempt affiliates -11,007,719. Changes in temporary and permanently restricted net assets -1,478,879. Financing framework transfers -458,563,476. Joint venture equity earnings -1,107,128. Change in pension liability -803,555.”

“Upmc has an audit committee that is established to assist the board of directors in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities by monitoring upmc consolidated financial reports and other financial information provided by upmc to governmental bodies, the public or other external entities. The upmc's system of internal controls regarding finance, accounting, legal compliance and ethics that management and the board have established and upmc's internal auditing, accounting and financial reporting processes also provided oversight.”

“The organization's financial statements are part of a consolidated financial statement audit performed by ey for upmc and all subsidiaries. The entire system's financial statements, of which this organization is part of, are posted on the upmc website (www.upmc.com). The financial statement audit during the 990 filing period is for the calendar year ended december 31,2020.”