Life St. Mary

“St. Mary medical center foundation, inc. Has contracted with tatum for the provision of interim cfo services. In fiscal year 2015, st. Mary medical center foundation, inc. Paid $114,452 to tatum for mike zenn's services as interim cfo of st. Mary medical center foundation, inc. No compensation was paid in calendar year 2014.”

“The sole member of life st. Mary is st. Mary medical center, inc. See line 7 for additional information.”

“St. Mary medical center, inc. Is the sole member of life st. Mary. St. Mary medical center, inc. Has the right to appoint all persons to the board of directors of life st. Mary.”

“As sole member, st. Mary medical center, inc. Must approve certain decisions of the governing body, including the strategic plan, annual capital plan, and annual operating budget. St. Mary medical center, inc. Must also approve significant changes such as a merger, dissolution, sale of assets in excess of certain limits, a material change in mission, and modifications to governing documents.”

“Life st. Mary's form 990 was reviewed by the integrity, compliance and risk committee of the board. The review took place before the form 990 was filed with the internal revenue service. The board receives a copy of the return in its final form before it is filed with the internal revenue service.”

“Life st. Mary 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 st. Mary, which includes directors, principal officers, key employees, and members of committees with board-delegated powers. Interested persons are expected to discharge their duties in a manner the person reasonably believes to be in the best interests of life st. Mary 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 internal legal counsel and the integrity and compliance officer, from which 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 st. Mary (or a delegated committee of the board) on a yearly basis. Interested persons are required to make full disclosure to life st. Mary 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 st. Mary (or a delegated committee of the board) 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 (or a delegated committee of the board) will either avoid the conflict or appropriately scrutinize the transaction to ensure it is in the best interests of life st. Mary. 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.”

“Question 15a is answered "no" because the compensation for life st. Mary's ceo is established and paid by trinity health, a related organization. In establishing ceo 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 of life st. Mary 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 healthcare organizations to advise it in the determinations it makes on the reasonableness of proposed compensation and benefits arrangements. For the compensation of the executive directors and other executives, life st. Mary has a process for determining compensation which includes the following: the board has an independent committee review and approve all elements of remuneration for all disqualified parties, as well as other key management. The board/committee has an established compensation philosophy which details the objectives of market positioning and pay elements. The committee engages with external consultants to provide market data comparing the organization's roles to similarly sized organizations utilizing both title and job content comparisons. The committee reviews the market analysis, approves any salary adjustments for the executive population, considers both reasonableness and effectiveness of all remunerative programs and establishes the detailed performance expectations which are incorporated into the incentive plan. All of these discussions and decisions are documented through the provision of meeting minutes.”

“Life st. Mary 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 st. Mary's governing documents and conflict of interest policy are available upon request.”

“Medical specialist fees: program service expenses 751,730. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 751,730. Therapeutic services: program service expenses 693. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 693. Consulting fees: program service expenses 94,510. Management and general expenses 23,627. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 118,137. Collection services: program service expenses 173,488. Management and general expenses 43,372. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 216,860. Misc. Purchased services: program service expenses 4,953,335. Management and general expenses 1,238,334. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 6,191,669.”

“Life st. Mary's financial statements were included in the fy15 consolidated financial statements of trinity health, which were audited by an independent public accounting firm.”