Life at Lourdes Inc

“The sole member of life at lourdes is trinity health pace. See line 7 for additional information.”

“Trinity health pace is the sole member of life at lourdes. Trinity health pace has the right to appoint all persons to the board of directors of life at lourdes.”

“As sole member, trinity health pace must approve certain decisions of the governing body, including the strategic plan, annual capital plan, and annual operating budget. Trinity health pace must also approve significant changes such as a merger, dissolution, sale of assets in excess of certain limits, and modifications to governing documents. As the parent of the national trinity health system, certain powers are reserved to trinity health corporation. These include the authority to adopt or modify the organization's governing documemts, to approve major changes such as a merger or dissolution, and to approve significant finance matters in excess of certain limits established by trinity health corporation.”

“Line 8b is answered "no" because life at lourdes had no committees with authority to act on behalf of the governing body.”

“Prior to filing, the form 990 for life at lourdes is reviewed by management. Each member of the board receives a copy of the return in its final form before it is filed with the internal revenue service.”

“Life at lourdes has adopted trinity health's governance policy no. 1, which sets forth the organization's conflict of interest policy and processes. It applies to all "interested persons" of life at lourdes, which includes directors, principal officers, and key employees. Interested persons are expected to discharge their duties in a manner the person reasonably believes to be in the best interests of life at lourdes and to avoid situations involving a conflict of interest. On an annual basis, interested persons are required to complete a conflict of interest disclosure statement and to affirm their receipt of the conflict of interest policy, compliance with its requirements, and agree to notify the organization of changes impacting their annual disclosure in accordance with the policy. The annual disclosures are provided to the integrity and compliance officer, who collaborates with internal legal counsel to assess the conflict and identify a conflict management plan when necessary. Additionally, the integrity and compliance officer along with legal counsel prepares a report for the board chair and ceo. A summary of potential conflicts is reviewed with the board of directors of life at lourdes on a yearly basis. Interested persons are required to make full disclosure to life at lourdes of any financial or business interests that might result in or have the appearance of a conflict of interest. The board of directors of life at lourdes is responsible for the review of transactions to determine whether an actual conflict of interest exists. In the event of an actual conflict, the board will either avoid the conflict or appropriately scrutinize the transaction to ensure it is in the best interests of life at lourdes. Interested persons are required to recuse themselves from discussion and voting on matters involving a conflict of interest. The policy further addresses the proper documentation of the proceedings and potential disciplinary and corrective action for violations of the policy. The policy is available to the public upon request.”

“Questions 15a and 15b are answered "no" because the compensation for certain officers and key management officials of life at lourdes is established by trinity health, a related organization. In establishing ceo, cfo, and vice president finance compensation, trinity health follows a process and policy that is intended to mirror the irc section 4958 guidelines for obtaining a "rebuttable presumption of reasonableness" with regard to compensation and benefits. As part of that process, the compensation and benefits of the ceo, cfo, and vice president finance of life at lourdes are reviewed at least annually by the trinity health board or the trinity health human resources and compensation committee (hrcc) of the board, authorized to act on behalf of the board with respect to certain compensation matters. As part of its review process, the hrcc retains an independent firm experienced in compensation and benefit matters for not-for-profit health care organizations to advise it in the determinations it makes on the reasonableness of proposed compensation and benefits arrangements.”

“Life at lourdes is a subsidiary organization in the trinity health system. Trinity health makes certain of its key documents available to the public on its website, www.trinity-health.org, in the "about us" section. In this section, the consolidated audited financial statements are publicly available. Life at lourdes' governing documents and conflict of interest policy are available upon request.”

“Sister marge sullivan is a member of the order of saint francis. Having taken a vow of poverty, sister marge did not receive compensation for the services she provided to life at lourdes except for insurance benefits of $10,369. Instead, a total of $202,164 was paid by trinity health pace, a related organization, directly to the order of saint francis for sister marge's services.”

“Individuals who work at life at lourdes are on the payroll of a related organization. These individuals' salaries and benefits are allocated to life at lourdes and are reported on part ix, lines 7 through 9.”

“Medical services: program service expenses 9,092,448. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 9,092,448. Miscellaneous purchased services: program service expenses 19,565. Management and general expenses 2,981. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 22,546. Medical specialist fees: program service expenses 557,777. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 557,777. Contract labor: program service expenses 725,372. Management and general expenses 110,531. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 835,903. Recruiting services: program service expenses 15,644. Management and general expenses 2,384. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 18,028. Consulting services: program service expenses 8,808. Management and general expenses 1,342. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 10,150. Laundry and linen services: program service expenses 11,005. Management and general expenses 1,677. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 12,682.”

“Life at lourdes' financial statements were included in the fy24 consolidated financial statements of trinity health, which were audited by an independent public accounting firm.”

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