Ohio Hospital Association

“The organization is organized as an association with members. Organizational memberships consist of the following: type i: hospitals that are general or special that provide inpatient care for those requiring a short term stay; type ii: all other hospitals that provide inpatient care; type iii: health care systems; type iv: other healthcare organizations that are owned or controlled by a hospital (i.e. Home care, hospices); type v: same as iv, except they are not controlled by hospital; and type vi: hospital auxiliaries and other service groups. All of the above have voting privileges. Personal memberships: persons associated with organizational members.”

“1.16. Nominations: in accordance with article vii (board of trustees) of the constitution, nominations for election to the board of trustees shall be presented by the nominating committee after completion of the process described in this section as follows: 1.16.1. Notification to membership: the nominating committee chair shall be responsible for notifying the president and the association office of the names of the persons to be recommended by the nominating committee for election to the positions of chair-elect, secretary/treasurer and trustees-at-large thirty (30) days before election. Upon receipt of the slate of nominees recommended by the nominating committee for election the association office shall forward such names to the chief executive officers of those organizational members entitled to the right to vote. 1.16.2. Additional nominations: additional nominations for the offices of chair-elect, secretary/treasurer and trustees-at-large may be brought before the membership in the following manner: 1.16.2.1. Any eligible member may be nominated by written petition of no fewer than thirty (30) chief executive officers of type i, ii or iii organizational members. 1.16.2.2. Nominations by petition must be received in the office of the association at least fifteen (15) days prior to election. 1.16.2.3. All voting members of the association shall receive written notification from the association office of all valid nominations, including those nominations by petition.”

“The form 990 was reviewed by management with the paid tax preparer. A copy of the organization's final form 990 (including required schedules), as ultimately filed with the irs, was provided to each voting member of the organization's governing body, officers, and management on prior to its filing with the irs.”

“Each trustee, director, principal officer and member of a committee with board designated powers shall annually sign a statement which affirms that such person has received a copy of the duality of interest and conflict of interest policy, has read and understands the policy, has agreed to comply with the policy, and understands the organization is tax-exempt and in order to maintain its federal tax exemption, it must engage primarily in activities which accomplish one or more of its tax-exempt purposes. After a disclosure, and after any discussions with the interested person, the interested person may be asked by the chairperson to leave the board or committee meeting while the determination of a conflict of interest is discussed and voted upon. The remaining board or committee members shall decide if a conflict of interest exists. If a conflict of interest exists, the interested person may make a presentation to the board or committee and may be asked to leave the meeting during the discussion of, and the vote on, the arrangement that results in the conflict. After exercising due diligence, the board or committee shall determine whether the company can obtain a more advantageous arrangement with reasonable efforts from a person that would not give rise to a conflict of interest. If that is not reasonably attainable, the board or committee shall determine by a majority vote of the disinterested directors whether the arrangement is in the company's best interest.”

“An independent compensation committee delegated by the board of trustees is responsible for the yearly compensation review of the chief executive officer (ceo). Outside consultants, salary surveys, and data from comparable organizations are used in the process of determining the ceo's compensation. This process was performed in 2013 and is documented within the compensation committee minutes.”

“The organization currently uses an outside consultant to periodically provide a benchmark of comparable salary ranges for all officers and key employees. This process was last performed in 2013. Ohio hospital association's compensation is based on the use of this data for similarly qualified individuals in comparable positions at similar sized associations.”

“The governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available upon request from the organization.”

“Ohio hospital association (oha) ein 31-4270340 is the common paying agent for the following related organizations. Therefore, all applicable irs tax filings are reported by oha. Ohio hospital capital, inc. Ein 31-1193166 ohio hospitals group rated workers compensation program, inc. Ein 31-1314404 foundation for healthy communities ein 31-1368843 the research & educational foundation of the ohio hospital association ein 31-6060347 the total number of employees reported on form w-3 and filed by the common paying agent, oha, for the year ended december 31, 2013 was 77. For purposes of reporting the number of employees on the form 990, part v, line 2a, there were the following for each respective organization: ohio hospital association - 67 employees ohio hospital capital, inc. - 0 employees ohio hospitals group rated workers compensation program, inc. - 0 employees foundation for healthy communities - 1 employee the research & educational foundation of the ohio hospital association - 9 employees”

“Loss on equity investment in oha holdings, inc. - -438038;”