Michael Malotz Skilled Nursing Pavilion

“Riverside health care system, inc. Is the sole member of the pavilion.”

“The sole member of the pavilion has the power to elect and remove the board of trustees.”

“Reserved powers of member the following powers are reserved exclusively to the member, and no attempted exercise of any such powers by anyone other than the member shall be valid or of any force or effect whatsoever: (a) power to elect and remove the board of trustees (b) power to amend the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the corporation (c) power to acquire, alienate, convey or mortgage the real property, endowment funds or other permanent assets of the corporation (d) power to dispose of all or substantially all of the physical assets of the corporation provided that the board of trustees shall have the right to approve certificate of need applications filed by or on behalf of the corporation and the related use of assets. (e) power to authorize the establishment of subsidiary and sponsored corporations and to approve the initial certificate of incorporation and bylaws of such organizations.”

“The irs form 990 is prepared by the controller of michael malotz skilled nursing pavilion and reviewed by the chief financial officer of riverside health care system, inc. The outside accounting firm then reviews the draft form 990 before a copy is provided to the board. The draft was provided by email to all board trustees before its board meeting. The irs form 990 was reviewed and discussed in detail at the meeting prior to filing the form with the irs.”

“The conflict of interest statements are sent by st. John's riverside hospital's director of performance improvement (compliance officer) to all department heads, key employees and board trustees annually at the end of the fiscal year, with the expectation that they be returned to the compliance officer in january of the following year. When returned, the statements are reviewed by the compliance officer. All information is kept confidential and statements are maintained in the compliance office. The compliance officer will consult with outside counsel as necessary concerning any potential problems or possible conflicts of interest. The compliance officer will report any conflicts of interest or possible conflicts of interest to the the board of trustees for review. The individual with the conflict will be excused from voting on the matter in which a decision is made on how to proceed with the potential conflict. Any decision made by the board is documented in the minutes to that meeting.”

“The board of trustees reviews and approves salary recommendations of top management employees, key employees and officers. Salary recommendations are provided by riverside health care system's human resources department which includes studies from independent outside firms and sampling of local areas salary structures.”

“The pavillion makes its form 1023 and form 990 available to the public upon request. The pavilion's form 990 is also available on guidestar's website, and other similar types of websites.”

“The michael malotz skilled nursing pavilion (pavilion) makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements available to the general public upon request. The pavilion also files an annual cost report with the new york state department of health which contains financial statements and related note disclosures, which is available to the public upon request.”

“The board of trustees assumes the responsibility for oversight of the audit and selection of the independent accounting firm. This process has not changed from the prior year.”