Partnership for Quality Care Inc

“Members the tax-exempt organization has four categories of members. 1. Union members. 2. Industry members. 3. Any other hospital, medical center, medical service provider, integrated health care delivery system or hospital/medical trade association that has been admitted as a member by the board of directors and has commenced fulfillment of its admission commitment. 4. Any other union that represents employees of industry members that has been admitted as a member by the board of directors and has commenced fulfillment of its admission commitment.”

“Election THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ARE APPOINTED BY THE UNION MEMBERS AND INDUSTRY MEMBERS.”

“Review of the Form 990 THE FORM 990 WAS PREPARED BY THE ORGANIZATION AND AN INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTING FIRM. A COPY OF THE FORM 990 IS PROVIDED TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS FOR REVIEW PRIOR TO THE FILING. A FINAL COPY OF THE FORM 990 IS ALSO PROVIDED TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS PRIOR TO FILING WITH THE IRS.”

“Written Conflict of Interest Policy Enforcement PQC HAS AN ANNUAL PROCESS OF SENDING THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST QUESTIONNAIRE TO BOARD MEMBERS AND ASKS THAT THEY REVIEW, COMPLETE AND SEND THE COMPLETED QUESTIONNAIRE TO THE CORPORATE COMPLIANCE OFFICER. THE CORPORATE COMPLIANCE OFFICER REVIEWS THE COMPLETED QUESTIONNAIRES AND SUMMARIZES ANY IDENTIFIED CONFLICTS WHICH ARE THEN REPORTED TO THE GOVERNING BOARD. IF A CONFLICT ARISES RELATED TO A BOARD MEMBER, THAT BOARD MEMBER WOULD BE REQUIRED TO ABSTAIN FROM DISCUSSION AND VOTING ON THE MATTER.”

“Document disclosure all governing documents, conflict of interest policy, record of retention and destruction policy and financial statements are stored in pqc's main office. Upon request, pqc will provide copies in a timely manner.”

“Average hours per week individuals who are members of the board of directors have obligations outside the organization as well as fulfilling their board assignment, including all non-compensated officers. The average hours per week reported for the organization was estimated by the listed individual and is not taken from a time keeping system.”

“Summary of program services and mission to support public policies that will promote the mutual interests of its members on such issues as health care funding, quality, access, and other public policy issues of importance to its members. Form 990, part iii, line 1 organization's mission the partnership for quality care is a unique coalition of health care providers and health care workers dedicated to guaranteed, affordable, high quality health care for every man, woman, and child in america. The partnership for quality care supports public policies on such issues as health care funding, quality, access, affordability and other public policy issues of importance to its members. The partnership for quality care's purpose is also to contribute and promote greater cooperation between labor and management, and to assist its members in solving problems of mutual concern that are not amenable to resolution through collective bargaining.”

“PROGRAM SERVICE THE PARTNERSHIP FOR QUALITY CARE (PQC) MEMBERS HAVE IMPLEMENTED INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES THAT WILL SIGNIFICANTLY ADVANCE THE QUALITY OF HEALTH IN AMERICA. THE INITIATIVES THAT HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED BY PQC MEMBERS ARE GROUNDBREAKING AND CAN BE EXPANDED AND REPLICATED ACROSS THE NATION THROUGH THE PQC. AS A GROUP, PQC MEMBERS EMPLOY OR REPRESENT ALMOST TWO MILLION HEALTH CARE WORKERS. OUR NATION MUST CHANGE THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT HEALTH CARE BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE CLINICAL SETTING. IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO CHANGE ONLY WHAT GOES ON INSIDE THE FOUR WALLS OF A HOSPITAL. TOO MANY DISEASES ARE NOW THE RESULT OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AND LIFESTYLE. THIS MUST BE ADDRESSED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY BEFORE INDIVIDUALS ARE SICK ENOUGH TO REQUIRE HOSPITAL CARE. IT IS ALSO NOT ENOUGH TO EXPECT PATIENTS TO DO EVERYTHING. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT AS MANY AS SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND AMERICANS DIE EVERY YEAR FROM PREVENTABLE MEDICAL ERRORS AND MILLIONS MORE ARE REQUIRED TO RETURN TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER AN INITIAL ADMISSION BECAUSE THEIR DISCHARGE PLAN WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE MEMBERS OF PQC ARE DETERMINED TO IMPROVE OUR NATION'S HEALTH FROM BOTH A CLINICAL AND A COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVE. FROM A CLINICAL PERSPECTIVE, PQC HAS FOCUSED ON ACHIEVING EFFECTIVE RESULTS BY TARGETING CLINICAL GOALS WITH QUALITY IMPROVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES. IN 2017, PQC INTENSELY FOCUSED ON: * REDUCING HOSPITAL-ACQUIRED INFECTION (HAI) RATES: A DEDICATED NATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO IMMUNIZE HEALTH CARE WORKERS AGAINST INFLUENZA SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED IMMUNIZATION RATES. THE INITIATIVE GARNERED COLLABORATIVE PUBLIC ATTENTION OF LABOR AND MANAGEMENT ENDORSING THE IMPORTANCE OF IMMUNIZATION OF HEALTH CARE WORKERS AGAINST INFLUENZA. PRE- AND POST-SEASON SURVEY RESULTS OVER THE YEARS HAVE DEMONSTRATED DRAMATICALLY INCREASED IMMUNIZATION RATES AT MEMBER INSTITUTIONS. THIS FOCUSED ACTIVITY AT MEMBER INSITUTIONS IN THE PAST YEAR DEMONSTRATED A 20% DROP IN IMMUNIZATION. THE GROUP IDENTIFIED THE NURSES UNIONS IN EACH STATE AS THE PRIMARY CHALLENGE TO ACHIEVING BETTER IMMUNIZATION RATES. PQC CONTINUES TO SEEK EACH YEAR NEW MEDIA EFFORTS TO INCREASE THE OVERALL RATE OF IMMUNIZED HEALTH CARE WORKERS SINCE PQC BEGAN THIS INITIATIVE IN 2012. FOR 2018, PQC WILL ANALYZE STATE AND LOCAL REQUIREMENTS FOR IMMUNIZATION OF HEALTH CARE WORKERS. * IN ORDER TO COUNTER MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT GETTING CHILDREN VACCINATED AND TO AMPLIFY THE VOICES OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, PQC CONTINUED SOCIAL MEDIA EFFORTS TO TARGET COMMUNITIES WITH DECREASING RATES OF CHILDHOOD IMMUNIZATION AND SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE TO PARENTS THAT IT IS SAFE TO VACCINATE CHILDREN AND UNSAFE NOT TO. AN AD CREATED IN 2016 THAT VISUALIZED PREVENTABLE DISEASES TO PARENTS CONTINUED TO RUN IN 2017. MOST STRIKINGLY, 70% OF THE INDIVIDUALS TO WHOM THE AD WAS TARGETED ACTUALLY CLICKED ON AND VIEWED IT. THE COST FOR EACH VIEWING WAS $0.0075 PER USER VIEW. * ANTIBIOTIC STEWARDSHIP: ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE IS INCREASINGLY RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE MOST SERIOUS THREATS TO PUBLIC HEALTH. THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL (CDC) ESTIMATES ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE CAUSES A MINIMUM OF TWO MILLION ILLNESSES AND 23,000 DEATHS EACH YEAR. BEGINNING IN 2016, PQC PARTNERED WITH THE CDC AND LAUNCHED AN ANTIBIOTIC STEWARDSHIP INITIATIVE. PQC HOSTED ITS FIRST WEBINAR IN AUGUST 2016 WITH 1,423 REGISTRANTS WITH VIEWERS FROM MORE THAN 50 COUNTRIES. THE SECOND WEBINAR IN SEPTEMBER 2016 ADDRESSED SUCCESSFUL ACTIONS; THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF ANTIBIOTIC TIME OUT FOR WHICH THERE WERE 2,474 REGISTRANTS. THE PQC WEBSITE CONTINUES TO BE VISITED TO VIEW THESE WEBINARS. PQC HAS DIVIDED ITS WORK INTO THREE AREAS: o ANTIBIOTIC USE IN THE IN-PATIENT CARE SETTING, o ANTIBIOTIC USE IN THE COMMUNITY SETTING, AND o ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANING TO REMOVE RESISTANT ORGANISMS IN THE HEALTH CARE SETTING. INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING OF ANTIBIOTICS CONTRIBUTES TO ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE AND IS A THREAT TO PATIENT SAFETY. IN AN EFFORT TO ADDRESS INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING OF ANTIBIOTICS IN THE INP”

“ESTABLISH A WORKGROUP MADE UP OF GOVERNMENT RELATIONS AND POLICY STAFF OF EMPLOYERS AND UNION LOCALS TO SHARE THE MOST RECENT INFORMATION ABOUT THREATS TO MEDICAID. THE 16 PQC MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS MET AT LEAST MONTHLY TO MAXIMIZE INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO EACH OF ITS MEMBERS AND COLLECTIVELY RESPOND WHENEVER POSSIBLE. THE GROUP USED PQCS "FACTS FIRST" SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT TO DRAW NATIONAL ATTENTION TO ISSUES THE COMMITTEE AGREED WARRANTED VISIBILITY: THE CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM (CHIP), THE GOP TAX BILL, MEDICARE, MEDICAID, BIPARTISANSHIP, AND COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS. THE BIPARTISANSHIP AND CHIP CONTENT WAS TARGETED TO SELECT STATES RECOMMENDED BY THE WORKGROUP BASED ON RELEVANCE AND SENATE CONNECTIONS: ARIZONA, KENTUCKY, MAINE, NEVADA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, AND PENNSYLVANIA. MORE RECENTLY, THE FOCUS WAS THE IMPACT OF SHORTFALLS TO CDC FUNDING, SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM CUTS, BIPARTISAN EFFORTS HIGHLIGHTING CONTINUING RESOLUTION, THE ADMINISTRATION BUDGET AS WELL AS MEDICAID. PQC REACHED 329,000 FACEBOOK USERS, ACHIEVED 16,900 REACTIONS AND ACHIEVED 503,000 TWITTER IMPRESSIONS. THE AVERAGE COST PER ENGAGEMENT HOVERED AROUND $0.01, DRIVEN BY A HIGH AMOUNT OF VIEWING, WHICH RESULTED IN FREE IMPRESSIONS THAT WERE POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF PQCS HIGH QUALITY CONTENT AND ABILITY TO REACH THE RIGHT AUDIENCE. * FROM A COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVE, MEMBERS OF PQC LEVERAGE THEIR POSITIONS AS EMPLOYERS AND PROVIDERS TO ENCOURAGE AND ASSIST THE HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE TO JOIN TOGETHER TO BECOME A MODEL OF PERSONAL HEALTH FOR THE NATION. PQC CONTINUES TO SEEK SUCCESSFUL WORKFORCE PROGRAMS THAT IMPROVE HEALTH AND MAKE OUR INSTITUTIONS EXAMPLES OF SUCCESS FOR THE PATIENTS WE SERVE, AS WELL AS MODELS OF PERSONAL SUCCESS FOR THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH WE LIVE. ACA ENROLLMENT: IN OCTOBER 2017, 1199SEIU PROPOSED AND THE BOARD AGREED THAT PQC SHOULD RESPOND TO THE ADMINISTRATIONS ATTACKS ON ACA ENROLLMENT. PQC RECRUITED AT LEAST ONE REPRESENTATIVE FROM 14 PQC MEMBERS AND CONVENED THE GROUP WEEKLY TO COLLECTIVELY SUPPORT ENROLLMENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. LABOR/MANAGEMENT OUTREACH EFFORTS IN CRITICAL REGIONS WERE FACILITATED (E.G. MIAMI, FL, SUPPORTED BY JACKSON HEALTH SYSTEM AND 1199SEIU LOCAL 1991). GET AMERICA COVERED, THE ORGANIZATION THAT STEPPED IN TO FILL GAPS IN CONSUMER OUTREACH CREATED BY THE ADMINISTRATION, JOINED WEEKLY PQC CALLS TO PROVIDE THE MOST CURRENT ENROLLMENT UPDATES. THROUGH PQCS FUNDRAISING, PQC MEMBERS SUPPORTED GET AMERICA COVERED BY CONTRIBUTING $515,000 DIRECTLY TO THE ENROLLMENT CAMPAIGN (APPROXIMATELY HALF OF THE TOTAL MONEY RAISED BY GET AMERICA COVERED). Form 990, Part VI, Line 2 BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS HAVE A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH EACH OTHER INSOFAR AS THE PERSONS LISTED ARE OFFICERS AND/OR DIRECTORS OF THE PARTNERSHIP FOR QUALITY CARE AND ALSO OF GNYHA MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, AN ENTITY TAXED AS A CORPORATION: STEVEN SAFYER; KENNETH GIBBS; KENNETH RASKE.”

“Other fees for services federal and state health care policy consulting $370,165 antimicrobial stewardship and infection control consulting 143,070 media campaign 61,369 --------- total $574,604”