University Health System Inc

“The tax return is prepared by an unrelated, independent accounting firm and then submitted to the uhs controller and senior vp/cfo for internal review. A draft is then provided to the uhs finance committee and then the entire uhs board of directors who reviews the form 990 prior to filing. The senior vp/cfo attends the meetings to answer any questions and address any significant disclosures within the form 990.”

“Conflict of interest disclosures are now performed electronically. Status reports with details can be run at any time to determine completion. This is run many times annually as they are completed. The organization further investigates any disclosures that require a closer look and works toward resolution of any potential compliance discrepancies.”

“The compensation of the ceo, officers and other key employees is determined by the human resources committee of the board of directors in accordance with a policy adopted by the board. Once approved by the committee, the proposed compensation is approved by the executive committee of the board and the full board of directors. Data compiled by integrated healthcare strategies (ihs), a third-party compensation consultant, is used for comparability.”

“The governing documents of the organization are held as public records of the state of tennessee secretary of state office. As such, these documents are open to the public. The conflict of interest policies of uhs for both employees and board members are available upon request. Quarterly financial statements and the annual audited financial statements are posted on dacbond.com and emma.msrb.org, the official public disclosure website.”

“Purchased services: program service expenses 124,665,482. Management and general expenses 6,561,341. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 131,226,823. Communication services: program service expenses 32,468,818. Management and general expenses 1,708,885. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 34,177,703. Clincal services: program service expenses 34,195,039. Management and general expenses 1,799,739. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 35,994,778. Environmental services: program service expenses 6,621,211. Management and general expenses 348,485. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 6,969,696. Other services: program service expenses 2,191,693. Management and general expenses 115,352. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 2,307,045.”

“Other change in net assets 9,749,884.”

“The finance committee assumes responsibility for oversight of the audit and selection of independent accountants. The oversight process is unchanged from the prior year.”

“Statement of community benefit university health system january 1, 2022 - december 31, 2022 utmc conducts ongoing inventories regarding the hospital's assets to meet the community's ongoing needs. In collaboration with community partners, utmc engages others to identify assets and gaps by utilizing local, state, and national data repositories and reporting agencies. We also survey our community to identify the assets and the gaps in health and human services. Major initiatives focused on increasing access to health services for the underserved through partnerships; preventing injuries and treating traumatic brain injuries; improving health access for women's health; cancer screening services; early detection of disease processes and management; and community-building activities. Through thebreast health outreach program (bhop),utmc provides free education, prevention, diagnostics, and treatment for uninsured women. The mobile mammography unit (mmu) provides free and low-cost screenings to women in our 21 county area. Opioid/substance abuse:utmc has partnered with the metro drug coalition and other state agencies to identify innovative processes to address the opioid epidemic. To assist with compliance of withdrawal from opioids, several physicians have led research efforts to assist individuals in withdrawing safely from chemical dependency. From perinatal withdrawal to implementing pathways for individuals who are admitted with medical issues associated with opioid misuse, utmc is pioneering research efforts in this field to assist in combating chemical dependency from opioids. Emergency and trauma services prevention and education-"stop the bleed"- a statewide initiative focused on decreasing mortality rates associated with hemorrhage. Education for allied health professionals for advanced trauma life support (atls), advanced trauma certified nurse (atcn), trauma nurse core curriculum (tncc), fundamentals of critical care (fccs), and certified emergency nurse (cen) preparation course women's and infant's outreach efforts for prenatal care, high risk obstetrics, and care of the pre-term newborn. Kapa project access-ut medical center partners with kapa to provide free or discounted medical services and treatment to individuals who are not insured or medically underserved. Volunteer mission service activities blood drives:utmc partners with medic regional blood center to provide an opportunity for employees to give back to their community. Utmc is the region's largest consumer of blood products due to the complexity of the services we provide to the community, including serving as the only level i trauma center in our region. In 2022, the hospital donated over 256 units of blood. Empty stocking fund: utmc provides opportunities to volunteer within the community. As an organization, utmc partners with the knoxville new sentinel to provide food and toys to disadvantaged east tennesseans during the holidays. Community collaborations: to reduce health disparities and to provide medical care at free medical center americanow the kim health center for its at-risk patient population, ut medical center, graduate school of medicine, and university physicians' association have committed grant funding, trainee participation, and management services. The kim health center partners with knoxville area project access, knoxville outpatient diagnostic center, and labcorp, and with community agencies trained to address social and environmental factors impacting our community's health. Additionally, on-site preventive and restorative dental services started to be offered in 2022. Additional accomplishments ut medical center hired its inaugural community health equity director in january 2022; created the community health equity advisory council, and hired its first community health equity data analyst. Utmc intensified its collaboration with the knoxville area urban league (kaul) to increase access to health care in east knoxville. It also partn”