Great Lakes Health Connect

“A copy of the form 990 is provided to the board of directors prior to filing. The review process for this form 990 is as follows: 1. Information for the return is gathered by the orginization's staff. 2. The return is prepared and reviewed by an external cpa firm with expertise in tax exempt return preparation. 3. The organization's executive director and board treasurer review the return, along with comments or questions received by members of the board of directors, if any, to address or to incorporate, as appropriate, into the return prior to filing.”

“Board of directors 1. Conflicts of interest must be disclosed, both via an annual electronic disclosure process as well as verbally at a board meeting prior to discussion of any agenda item with regard to which a board member has a conflict. 2. A person having a financial interest in a proposed transaction or arrangement may make a presentation at a meeting of the board of directors or committee considering that transaction or arrangement, but after that presentation he or she shall leave the meeting during discussion and voting on that proposed transaction or arrangement. The person having the financial interest shall not be counted in determining whether a quorum is present. 3. The chairperson of the board of directors or committee shall, if appropriate, appoint a disinterested person or committee (including outside advisors) to investigate alternatives to the proposed transaction or arrangement, and to advise whether the proposed transaction or arrangement is in great lakes health connect's best interest. 4. The board of directors or committee shall exercise due diligence to determine whether great lakes health connect can, with reasonable efforts, obtain a more advantageous transaction or arrangement that would not give rise to a conflict of interest. 5. If a more advantageous transaction or arrangement is not reasonably attainable under circumstances that would not give rise to a conflict of interest, the board of directors or committee shall determine by a majority vote of the disinterested directors and members whether the proposed transaction or arrangement is in great lakes health connect's best interest and for its own benefit and whether the transaction is fair and reasonable to great lakes health connect, and shall make its decision as to whether to enter into the transaction or arrangement in conformity with such determination. 6. The minutes of the meetings of the board of directors and all committees shall set forth: a) the names of the persons who disclosed a financial interest in a proposed transaction or arrangement involving great lakes health connect or any of its subsidiaries and the nature of the financial interest; and b) the names of the persons who were present for discussions and votes relating to such transaction or arrangement, including any discussion of alternatives to the proposed transaction or arrangement, and a record of any votes taken in connection with that matter. The votes of individual members need not be recorded unless otherwise directed by the board of directors or committee. Management 1. Upon acceptance of an employment offer, each member of management will complete a conflict of interest disclosure questionnaire. A copy of the member of management's disclosure questionnaire is sent to the organization's legal department and is also maintained by human resources in that person's personnel file. 2. Annually, each member of management will complete an annual conflict of interest disclosure questionnaire electronically. The disclosure questionnaire is reviewed by the legal and organizational integrity departments. 3. There is an ongoing requirement that members of management complete another disclosure questionnaire at any point during his/her employment when a new potential conflict of interest arises. If a member of management completes a disclosure questionnaire as a result of a new potential conflict of interest, that disclosure questionnaire is submitted to the legal and organizational integrity departments for review. 4. The legal and organizational integrity departments, in consultation with executive management, determine how any reported conflicts should be managed. Management of a conflict may take a variety of different forms from implementation of a management plan to requiring that the member of management cease the activity creating the conflict or, in extreme cases, leave organization's employment. Management is determined on an individual basis based upon the facts and”

“Compensation for the executive director is determined through internal board discussions. Comparability data is reviewed for all management positions.”

“The organization did not have a process for determining compensation of other officers or key employees as the organization did not employ any other officers or key employees other than the organization's executive director.”

“The organization's articles of incorporation have been provided to the state of michigan and are available to the public on the state's website. The organization's bylaws and internal policies are generally not made available to the public. At the time of this filing, the financial statements have not been available to the public but are represented in parts viii, ix and x of this form 990.”

“Section a - compensation compensation and benefits are reported using the most recent calendar year compensation data. The compensation figures reported in these sections are for the year ended december 31, 2018.”

“All lines left blank are not applicable to the organization.”

“Implementation and rapid growth of state-wide health information network among regional tax-exempt hospitals and/or health systems, independent community-based providers, health plans, community mental health, local public health, home health/dme, long-term care and other healthcare stakeholders across michigan. Glhc currently has 129 member hospitals, representing over 80% of the hospitals in the state, over 4,000 physician offices and other provider locations connected to the network representing over 20,000 providers, and 52 additional member organizations. In addition to expansion of core hie solutions including results delivery, laboratory ordering, radiology ordering, physician-to-physician referral management, and the community health record, glhc also offers immunization delivery, syndromic surveillance and reportable labs delivery with the state, a behavioral health referral network, admission and discharge notifications, and direct hisp services. Glhc's business model continues to be focused on making services and solutions available to independent community providers and clinics who care for the poor/uninsured/underinsured at no cost to make sure there are no disparities of hie capability based on an ability to pay. These no cost services and solutions include referrals, direct clinical messaging, results delivery to emr or inbox, lab and radiology ordering, event notifications, community health record query access, and state registry submissions (immunizations, reportable labs, syndromic surveillance). Glhc's community health record solution now includes over 7 million patients in the database and is adding over 2 million clinical messages to the repository each month. Glhc covers all counties in the lower peninsula of michigan based on the service area of those facilities and has expanded the number of providers/organizations connected through its solutions.”

“Fees for service 3,636,162 74,318 0”

“Transfer from mcm -411,540 on august 31, 2017, glhc entered into an agreement with making choices michigan (mcm) where mcm became a fully-owned subsidiary of glhc. As of june 30, 2019, the activities of mcm were fully merged within glhc and the separate 501(c)(3) was dissolved, with glhc as the surviving corporation.”