Humc Cardiovascular Partners PC

“Humc cardiovascular partners, p.c. ("humccp") is a shareholder owned corporation organized under the new jersey professional service corporation act. There is one shareholder of humccp. Humccp's board of directors consists of eleven directors, which includes the shareholder. The remaining board members are physicians employed by humccp.”

“The organization is an affiliate within hackensack university health network, inc. ("network"); a tax-exempt integrated healthcare delivery system ("system"), which includes hackensack university medical center ("hackensackumc"). As part of the tax return preparation process the organization hired a professional cpa firm with experience and expertise in both healthcare and not-for-profit tax return preparation to prepare the federal form 990. The cpa firm's tax professionals worked closely with the organization's finance personnel and various other individuals of the organization and the system to obtain the information needed in order to prepare a complete and accurate tax return. The cpa firm prepared a draft federal form 990 and furnished it to the organization's finance personnel and other individuals for their review. The organization's finance personnel and other individuals reviewed the draft federal form 990 and discussed questions and comments with the cpa firm. Revisions were made to the draft federal form 990 where necessary and a final draft was furnished by the cpa firm to the organization's finance personnel and various other individuals for final review and approval prior to filing with the irs.”

“The organization is in the process of adopting a conflict of interest policy to which all officers and directors are required to adhere. Currently, any conflicts of interest that arise are reviewed and approved by the Board of Directors where appropriate and necessary mitigating behavior is taken to ensure that any applicable transactions are performed at fair market value rates pursuant to arm's length negotiations.”

“The organization is an affiliate within hackensack university health network, inc. ("network"); a tax-exempt integrated healthcare delivery system ("system"), which includes hackensack university medical center ("hackensackumc"). Hackensack university health network ("huhn") is the tax-exempt parent of the system. Huhn's board of trustees has an executive compensation committee ("committee"). The committee has adopted a written executive compensation philosophy which it follows when it reviews and approves of the compensation and benefits of the system's senior management, including, the directors and officers of this organization and any employee who is likely to be treated as a "disqualified person" under the intermediate sanctions rules of federal tax law. The committee reviews the "total compensation" of the individuals which is intended to include both current and deferred compensation and all employee benefits, both qualified and non-qualified. The committee conducts its review and approval process at least annually over several meetings, and approves only "total compensation" that the committee has concluded does not exceed what the committee considers to be reasonable compensation. The committee structures and conducts its review and approval process so as to qualify for the rebuttable presumption of reasonableness under the intermediate sanctions rules of federal income tax law. This review and approval process applies to all forms of compensation and benefits provided to all members of the senior management team. The three factors which must be satisfied in order to receive the rebuttable presumption of reasonableness are the following: 1. The compensation arrangement is approved in advance by an "authorized body" of the applicable tax-exempt organization which is composed entirely of individuals who do not have a "conflict of interest" with respect to the compensation arrangement; 2. The authorized body obtained and relied upon "appropriate data as to comparability" prior to making its determination; and 3. The authorized body "adequately documented the basis for its determination" concurrently with making that determination. The committee is comprised of members of the board of trustees, each of whom is "disinterested" as defined by the irs in its regulations describing this standard. The committee relied upon appropriate comparable data; specifically the committee obtained a written compensation study from an independent firm which specializes in the review of hospital and healthcare system executive and physician compensation and benefits throughout the united states. This detailed study uses comparable geographic and demographic market data for tax-exempt hospitals and healthcare systems of a similar level of net annual operating revenue in the same geographic region. No data from any for-profit entities is used. The committee adequately documented its basis for its determination through the timely preparation of written minutes of the compensation committee meetings during which the executive/physician compensation and benefits was reviewed and subsequently approved. The review and approval process used by the committee, including all actions designed to qualify for the rebuttable presumption of reasonableness, is applied to all members of the senior management team of the system, whether or not they would be considered 'disqualified persons' under the intermediate sanctions rules. In addition to relying on market data, the committee applies a wide range of business judgment factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, individual experience, recruitment and retention factors, and the unique demands of particular positions.”

“The organization's filed certificate of incorporation and any amendments can be obtained and reviewed through the state of new jersey department of the treasury.”

“Part vii and schedule j reflect officers and board members receiving compensation and benefits from this organization or a related organization. Please note this remuneration was for services rendered as full-time employees of this organization or the related organization and not for services rendered as an officer or voting member of this organization's board of directors.”

“The organization is an affiliate within hackensack university health network, inc. ("network"); a tax-exempt integrated healthcare delivery system ("system"), which includes hackensack university medical center ("hackensackumc"). An independent big four cpa firm audited the consolidated financial statements for the network and its subsidiaries and controlled entities, for the years ended december 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The independent cpa firm issued an unqualified opinion with respect to the audited consolidated financial statements each year. The network's audit and compliance committee has assumed responsibility for the oversight of the audit of the hackensack university health network audited consolidated financial statements and the selection of an independent auditor.”