Hudson Vista Physician Services PC

“The organization is an affiliate within montefiore health system, inc., a tax-exempt integrated healthcare delivery system which includes st. Luke's cornwall hospital. The officers of the organization are employed by the hospital and their compensation is determined by the hospital. The st. Luke's board of trustees has charged the compensation committee of the board (which is comprised of independent board members with no conflicts of interest in regard to executive compensation) with making all decisions related to compensation for its top management staff. All decisions made by the compensation committee are appropriately and timely documented in meeting minutes. The compensation committee's review process follows the intermediate sanctions guidelines for qualifying for the rebuttable presumption of reasonableness. The committee retains an independent compensation consultant to assist it with this process. Compensation levels are established considering data for comparable organizations, an assessment of management performance (including the services provided to the community), and other business judgment factors, consistent with st. Luke's executive compensation philosophy. The committee's decisions are made in the best interest of st. Luke's, and are intended to ensure the recruitment and retention of key executive talent, consistent with the market practices of other not-for-profit healthcare organizations of comparable scope, mission and complexity. On an annual basis, the committee provides the full board of trustees with a description of the committee's review and approval process and its decisions. All decisions made by the compensation committee are appropriately and timely documented in meeting minutes.”

“The organization has a sole shareholder appointed by st. Luke's cornwall hospital who has the authority to elect and remove any director from the organization's board.”

“The organization has a sole shareholder appointed by st. Luke's cornwall hospital who has the authority to elect and remove any director from the organization's board.”

“The sole shareholder is required to obtain the express written approval of the hospital before taking any material action relating to the ownership, existence and operation of the organization.”

“The form 990 was prepared by the montefiore's tax department working closely with st. Luke's finance team and assisted by various departments throughout the health system. The form 990 was reviewed and approved by the montefiore st luke's cornwall hospital senior leadership including the chief financial officer. In addition, an independent accounting firm was engaged to review the form 990. Upon completion of the various reviews, the form 990 was presented to the hudson vista physician services, p.c. Board of trustees for review and approval prior to filing.”

“The organization has adopted the conflict of interest policy maintained by st. Luke's cornwall hospital, the parent organization. All monitoring and enforcement of the conflict of interest policy is performed by the hospital. All officers, directors and key employees of the st. Luke's organization are required to complete an annual conflict of interest questionnaire, in their capacity as an employee of the organization or as a board member. Completed questionnaires are returned and reviewed by secretary of the hospital's board of trustees and concerns presented by the responses are disclosed to the system's compliance officer. Any potential conflicts are disclosed and reported to the system's president/ceo and the organization's finance committee for discussion and alleviation of the conflict. Documentation of the existence and resolution of the conflict, including any meeting minutes, is maintained by the secretary of the board.”

“The conflict of interest policy and governing documents are made available upon request.”

“Hudson vista physician services, p.c. Does not have any employees. Physician services are contracted from an outside vendor. The physician contractual service expense on line 11g represents organizational cost for locum tenens physician services by a third party vendor.”

“CONTRACTED PHYSICIAN SERV - Total Expense: 7209006, Program Service Expense: 7209006, Management and General Expenses: , Fundraising Expenses: ;”