Kane Community Hospital Foundation

“Kane community hospital foundation has a cpa firm prepare its form 990. The return is completed in draft f0rm and reviewed by management of the organization. The return is then finalized and board is provided a copy of the form 990 to review before it is filed.”

“Upmc requires all of its key employees and non-employed personnel to comply with its conflict of interest policies when they engage in upmc- related business. People covered by the policies include: - upmc enitiy board members, board committee members, and corporate officers - upmc physicians and non- physician employees who hold a position of influence- non- employed members of the upmc medical staff who hold a position of influence of 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. An electronic form has been developed to capture the data from the questionnaire and to monitor completion. The information, along with other data, is used to capture individuals and institutional relationships so that potential conflicts of interest can be identified, if a potential conflict is identified regarding a specific upmc activity the corporate compliance department, with the assistance of the legal department, evaluate the activity in relation to the potential conflict. If a perceived or actual conflict is determined to exist and a decision is made to proceed with the activity, a written plan designed to prevent the conflict from influencing decisions related to the activity is developed. The process is ultimately overseen by a conflict of interest committee of the upmc board of directors on behalf of all upmc subsidiaries, including kane community hospital foundation.”

“The kane community hospital foundation has established a rigorous compensation review process for its top executives which includes review by its executive compensation committee in a process intended to satisfy the "rebuttable presumption of reasonableness" set forth in the regulations to sections 4958 of the interal revenue code. Upmc gives authority to those executives to establish the compensation of executives of other subsidiaries and business units.”

“The organization makes its form 990 available to the public upon request.”

“At this time, the organization does not make its governing documents, conflicts of interest policy and financial statements available to the general public.”