Southwest General Health Center

“Southwest Community Health System non profit tax exempt is a voting member. University Hospitals Health System shares in 50 of the net income or loss excluding tax levy receipts of the Health Center under a Partnering Agreement.”

“Under the partnering agreement referenced in the narrative for Part VI line 6, University Hospitals non profit tax exempt has a 50 representation on the Health Centers board.”

“Budget is subject to approval by Southwest Community Health System.”

“The 990 is reviewed internally by the CEO and CFO. It is presented and reviewed at the Audit Committee of the Board of Trustees Governing Board at their October meeting. The Audit Committee of the Board of Trustees is a joint committee of the Boards of Southwest Community Health System and Southwest General Health Center. The return is distributed electronically to the entire board before filing. Also prior to filing, the entire Board is presented with a review of the highlights and key points of the 990 at their October meeting.”

“Southwest Community Health System has a written conflict of interest policy that requires our officers, directors, and key employees to annually disclose potential conflicts of themselves and their family members on a questionnaire distributed by the Compliance Officer. If a designated person discloses in writing a circumstance that falls within the terms and conditions of the Southwest Community Health System policy, such disclosure shall be reviewed by the Compliance Officer and, as applicable, Southwest Community Health Systems Legal Counsel, senior leadership, and the Governance and Ethics Committee to determine the appropriate course of action. Southwest Community Health System requires all new physicians to disclose in writing any potential conflicts as part of the onboarding process. Southwest Community Health System also requires requests for proposals from vendors, suppliers, or contractors to disclose whether the bidder or any of the bidding companys officers or key personnel or their family members have a conflict with Southwest Community Health System. The Compliance Officer monitors potential conflicts disclosed from year to year and addresses changes in disclosures appropriately such as evaluating whether a disclosed conflicted interest still exists when a designated persons disclosure is inconsistent from their previous conflicts reported on the annual questionnaire. Southwest Community Health System enforces the conflict of interest policy in various ways on a case by case basis such as requiring a person to abstain from voting, advocating, or participating in decisions involving the conflicted interest or by requiring severing the relationship. The Compliance Officer is responsible for administering the conflict of interest program and documenting all actions required by the policy.”

“Southwest has a CEO Oversight Board Committee that annually reviews the CEOs salary. The committee uses an outside consultant to perform a salary survey using data about similarly situated executives in other organizations. Documentation for these decisions are currently kept by Southwest General Health Centers Human Resources department. In 2022 the review was done in December.”

“Executive salary actions are reviewed with the CEO Oversight Board Committee. Documentation for these decisions are currently kept by Southwest General Health Centers Human Resources department.”

“Board of Trustee lists, Mission and Vision statement, and a consolidated financial summary are available on our website at www.swgeneral.com. The 990 is available upon request. Quarterly and annual financial statement disclosure is available to the public at www.dacbond.com and https//emma.msrb.org/. Conflict of interest policy available upon request.”

“William A Young Jr, President and CEO of Southwest General Health Center is also on the Board of Southwest Community Health System and Southwest Community Health Foundation, both related organizations.”

“The compensation information for the following individual will also be found on related tax exempt organizations 990 returns. The compensation amounts on those other 990 returns is not additive to the amounts on this 990 return for tax ID 34-0753531. Ferdinand Plecha 34-1652755.”

“Kelly Linson SVP/Chief Financial Offer also provides time to Southwest Community Health System and Southwest Community Health Foundation, both related organizations.”

“The compensation information for the following individual will also be found on related tax exempt organizations 990 returns. The compensation amounts on those other 990 returns is not additive to the amounts on this 990 return for tax ID 34-0753531. William A. Young Jr 34-1455141 34-1455135 34-1652755.”

“The compensation information for the following individual will also be found on related tax exempt organizations 990 returns. The compensation amounts on those other 990 returns is not additive to the amounts on this 990 return for tax ID 34-0753531. Kelly Linson 34-1455141 34-1652755.”

“Program Services Consulting 2,540,549 General admin purchased services 6,859,303 Healthcare purchased services 25,668,689 Repair Service agreements 6,661,990. Management and General Services Consulting 1,406,931 General admin purchased services 8,589,302 Healthcare purchased services 131,545 Repair Service agreements 68,383.”

“Changes in the following fund balance accounts Contribution to Foundation 820,706 Drawable credited earning due from UHHS 25,071,466 and implementation of ASU 2016-01 change in equity investment reporting 10,552,908”

“In the course of preparing their audit report, the independent auditors reviewed the organizations financial statements.”

“The decrease between prior and current year is primarily due to higher costs associated with purchased services, combined with a reduction in investment income and COVID-19 relief funding.”