Care Enterprises Inc

“Keith burmeister, john stout, kerry burmeister, scott rupley, and daniel l. Wakeman are compensated employees of st. Luke's hospital, a related organization, and as such, are considered non-independent board members. Form 990, part vi, section a, line 2 keith burmeister and kerry burmeister have a family relationship. Form 990, part vi, section a, line 6 st. Luke's holding co., inc. Is the sole member of care enterprises, inc. Form 990, part vi, section a, line 7a st. Luke's holding company, inc. (slhc) is the parent corporation and sole member of care enterprises, inc. As the member, slhc has the right to (a) nominate and elect a minority of the members and remove the members of the board of trustees of care enterprises, inc., and (b) approve the nominees to fill any vacancies on the board of trustees, a majority of whom are nominated by care enterprises, inc. Form 990, part vi, section a, line 7b while the board of trustees of each corporation is granted certain powers with respect to their operations, as the sole member, st. Luke's holding company, inc. (slhc) retains approval rights with respect to certain corporate actions such as (1) adoption of the corporation's strategic plans and financial plans, (2) expenditures for non-budgeted items in excess of certain dollar limits set from time to time by slhc, (3) expenditures for items which are included in the corporation's annual budgets but which exceed the budgeted amount by an amount in excess of certain dollar limits set from time to time by slhc, (4) incurrence, assumption or guarantee of any indebtedness, (5) sale, lease or other disposition of real property or assets with a value in excess of certain dollar limits set from time to time by slhc and (6) any merger, consolidation, reorganization, dissolution or liquidation.”

“Under the guidance of st. Luke's holding company, inc. (slhc) tax consultants, form 990's are prepared by the respective accounting department of each slhc subsidiary and reviewed by the respective subsidiary's finance leadership along with an independent accounting firm. After subsidiary's finance leadership approval, copies of the form 990 for slhc and their subsidiaries are provided to the respective company's board of trustees and reviewed and signed by the respective company's president prior to filing with the internal revenue service.”

“St luke's holding company, inc. And subsidiaries (slhc) have standards of ethical business practice that apply to all slhc board members and employees. Board members and employees are expected to certify their compliance with the applicable standards prior to election/appointment or prior to beginning employment. Board members annually (or immediately if new potential conflicts of interest arise), all board members are required to complete and return the board member certification statement within 30 days of dissemination. Board member certification statements are compiled and reviewed by the st. Luke's administration office. Summarized information is forwarded for review to the chief financial officer, legal counsel, st. Luke's president and the vice president of medical affairs. The purpose of this review is to both inform management of the disclosed conflicts and to bring any potential undisclosed conflicts to the attention of the st. Luke's administration office. The st. Luke's administration office then conducts an audit of all board member certification statements (along with any relationships noted through the above review) to identify any positional conflicts of interest and to test material transactions with board members/their affiliates for fair market value. Significant potential conflicts of interest are reviewed with general counsel for recommendations to the compliance committee for corrective action. The st. Luke's administration office forwards the compliance officer a report of board members who have signed and returned the annual board member certification statement, significant potential conflicts disclosed and the resolution of such conflicts. The compliance officer issues a report to the compliance committee of these findings. Failure to file the certification statement, or the filing of a false or incomplete certification statement, or failure to disclose immediately any new conflicts of interest that may arise, or failure to cooperate without condition, honestly and completely with any investigation or review of the board member's certification statement or his/her actions or circumstances shall be grounds for sanction by the board of trustees up to and including removal from the board/committee/council. Employees, excluding employed physicians all new employees, excluding employed physicians, are provided a paper copy of the employee standards of ethical business and the employee certification statement which the new employee is required to complete prior to beginning employment. Annually (or immediately if new potential conflicts of interest arise), all salaried employees and specifically identified hourly employees, excluding employed physicians, are required to complete and submit an electronic employee certification statement by an established deadline that is communicated to the employee. The human resources department ensures that all statements, which are stored electronically, are completed and provides notification to the compliance officer of the number of annual employee certification statements sent and completed and copies of any statements containing disclosures that warrant further review. The human resource adminisrative director reports identified conflicts to the compliance committee. If the conflict is considered a significant exposure risk for slhc, a recommendation will be prepared by the compliance committee for final approval by the st. Luke's president. Failure to complete the certification statement, or the completion of a false or incomplete certification statement, or failure to disclose immediately any new conflicts of interest that may arise, or failure to cooperate without condition, honestly and completely with any investigation or review of the employee's certification statement or his/her actions or circumstances shall be grounds for sanction up to and including termination of employment. Employed physicians all new employed physicians are provided either an electronic”

“Care enterprises, inc. Top management official and other officers are compensated by st. Luke's hospital (slh), a related tax exempt organization. Compensation determinations of care enterprises, inc.'s top management official and other officers are made by an executive committee of the board of slh. Each year independent consultants conduct an annual survey and recommend executive payroll base salary ranges based upon the market. The data is reviewed and approved by the slh executive committee of the board every november. Salary adjustments are determined at the november meeting of the executive committee of the board. The executive committee of the board approves other forms of compensation based upon the prior year performance at the february meeting year.”

“Joint venture operating agreements involving st. Luke's holding company, inc. (slhc) or its subsidiaries include provisions to protect slhc's tax exempt status. Each agreement contains specific language related to the provision of health care services with focus on community health benefit and must follow a formal review process prior to contract execution. Slhc continually ensures that its tax-exempt status is protected by actively participating in the governance of all slhc joint ventures.”

“St. Luke's holding company and subsidiaries provide any document open to public inspection upon request.”