Good Samaritan Hospital Free Clinic

“The sole member of the good samaritan hospital free clinic shall be trihealth, inc.”

“Pursuant to article ii, section 2.2 of the code of regulations of the good samaritan hospital free clinic ("clinic"), the sole member of the corporation shall elect the trustees of the clinic.”

“Trihealth, inc., the sole member of the good samaritan free clinic ("clinic"), has the ability to approve the decisions of the clinic's governing body that are reserved to it by ohio law.”

“Members of the board are provided an electronic copy of this form 990 prior to filing. However, for the protection of donor privacy, schedule b - schedule of contributors was removed from the copy provided to the board. Subsequent to presentation to the board, the organization files the return making any non-substantive changes necessary to effect e-filing. Any such non-substantive changes are not submitted to the board.”

“All board members are required to annually disclose certain financial interests and fiduciary relationships. The executive committee and corporate counsel review responses, conduct further investigation, if necessary, and determine when a conflict exists with respect to a certain transaction. If a conflict exists, the transaction is not to be entered into unless alternatives are fully investigated and, in their absence, the board, without participation of the interested member(s), determines that the transaction is in the best interest of the organization. Plans to manage the conflict during the relationship are implemented. All discussions are appropriately documented. All directors and managers, which include officers and key employees, are required to annually disclose any circumstances, including family and business relationships, that may cause a conflict of interest for the organization. These responses are reviewed and acted upon by a conflict of interest committee.”

“The good samaritan hospital free clinic's governing documents, conflicts of interest policy and financial statements are available upon request.”

“The officers and directors for the good samaritan hospital free clinic provide services to trihealth, inc. (a related organization who paid the individuals) and its subsidiaries/affiliates ("trihealth") as an entire system. Hours worked, including their duties as officers and directors of the filing organization, are not tracked on an entity by entity basis, thus the average hours per week disclosed are estimates to show that the time spent by these individuals relate mostly to them fulfilling their duties as full-time, 60 hours-per-week employees of trihealth versus their duties as officers and directors of the filing organization. In addition, the compensation reported on form 990, part vii was paid to these individuals in fulfillment of their duties as employees of trihealth.”

“The good samaritan hospital free clinic is dedicated to providing excellent primary health care at no charge to those who are unable to afford adequate health insurance coverage and do not have medicaid coverage, or who are otherwise in need, regardless of race, gender or religion.”

“In the early 2000s, it was identified that more than 12,000 uninsured people that lived in price hill, a suburb of cincinnati, ohio, and its surrounding area had difficulty accessing regular health care. These individuals often waited three to six months for an appointment at a health clinic or went to a hospital emergency department to receive episodic care. This diverse community included a large number of working poor who earn too much to qualify for public assistance programs such as medicaid, but too little to afford health insurance. To address this need, trihealth, inc., an organization recognized by the internal revenue service ("irs") as exempt from federal income tax under internal revenue code section ("irc sec.") 501(a) as an organization described in irc sec. 501(c)(3), opened the good samaritan hospital free clinic in january, 2011 and operates under the name good samaritan free health center ("center"). The center exemplifies the trihealth inc. Mission to improve the health status of the people it serves by providing a full range of health-related services including prevention, wellness and education. Since its opening, the center has helped thousands of uninsured, non medicaid/medicare eligible adults find a medical home where they are able to receive regular primary health care. The center provides adult non-emergency primary medical care (no obstetrics) as well as various specialties for people who have been pre-qualified and fall within poverty guidelines. Services include: * dental care * gastroenterological care * gynecological care * mammograms * physical therapy * rheumatology services * sick visits * chronic disease care the center has office hours six days a week and visits are by appointment only, with most patients referred by the nearby santa maria community services, also an organization recognized by the irs as exempt from federal income tax under irc sec. 501(a) as an organization described in irc sec. 501(c)(3). The afore-mentioned pre-screening of patients is performed by the center as well as community health workers of the santa maria community services and trihealth outreach ministries. This allows for the engagement of social workers and health care workers who are already directly involved with the underserved community. The center is solely funded through philanthropic dollars and as such does not receive any reimbursement for its services from the patients, third party payors including any governmental payors or any other person or entity. The clinic provides these health care services through the service of volunteer physicians and other licensed practitioners. On average, over 14,000 appointments are scheduled annually with, on average, 9,200 kept resulting in approximately $1,940,000 in free healthcare to the community for the 2023 tax year. The services were provided through, on average, 170 volunteers donating, on average, 7,000 hours annually. Please note that for those appointments that are not kept, center personnel spend a significant amount of time following up with those individuals to determine the reason.”

“Change in endowment funds held by outside organization -292,995.”

“During the tax year, the good samaritan hospital free clinic benefited from, on average, 7,000 volunteer hours which were provided, on average, by 170 volunteers.”

“The financial statements of the good samaritan hospital free clinic are audited as part of trihealth, inc. And its subsidiaries and affiliates ("trihealth"). Trihealth has a committee that assumes the responsibility for oversight of the audit of both its and its subsidiaries and affiliates financial statements as well as the selection of the independent auditor. During the tax year, there was not a change in the process of audit oversight and/or selection of an independent auditor by trihealth.”