Southwest General Medical Group Inc

“Southwest General Health Center is a member of Southwest General Medical Group.”

“The members shall elect the Directors annually and shall determine the number of members of record. The Board of Directors shall elect a President, Secretary, Treasurer, Chairman of the Board, one or more Vice Presidents, and such officers and assistant officers as the Board may deem necessary.”

“The business, power and authority of Southwest General Medical Group shall be exercised, conducted and controlled by the Board of Directors, except where the law, Articles of Incorporation, or the Code of Regulations require action to be authorized or taken by Southwest General Health Center, including but not limited to the adoption of the Corporations fee schedule which shall be based upon the usual, customary and reasonable changes for medical services in the community.”

“The 990 is reviewed by the CFO. It is presented and reviewed at the Audit Committee of the Board of Trustees Governing Board meeting in October. 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 review of the highlights and key points of the 990 at their October meeting.”

“Southwest Community Health System SCHS 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 SCHS policy, such disclosure shall be reviewed by the Compliance Officer and, as applicable, SCHSs Legal Counsel, senior leadership, and the Governance and Ethics Committee to determine the appropriate course of action. SCHS requires all new physicians to disclose in writing any potential conflicts as part of the onboarding process. SCHS 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 SCHS. 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. SCHS 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 General Health Center 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. Southwest General Medical Group utilizes an outside company to help determine salary. The outside company looks at benchmark surveys from Sullivan Cotter and MGMA and narrows it down by region, payor mix, and demographics to determine a salary range that is within the fair market value for a specialty. Southwest General Medical Group then looks at internal equity within the group, and determines the pay based on the practice/specialty and practice needs that the volume can support for a provider.”

“Southwest General Medical Groups organizing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are made available to the public upon request.”

“William A Young, Jr. Kelly Linson, devote 59 hours per week to related organizations. The related organization - Southwest General Health Center is where the majority of their time is spent.”

“The compensation information for each of the following individuals will also be found on related tax-exempt organizations 990 returns. The compensation amounts of those other 990 returns are not additive to the amounts on this 990 return for tax ID 34-1652755. Kelly Linson 34-1455141 34-0753531, and William A Young, Jr 34-0753531 34-1455141 34-1455135.”

“Management General Consulting, 976,028. Healthcare purchased services 8,373,571.”

“21,104,995 represents the change in paid in capital from the beginning of the year. 215,193,898BOY - 236,981,865EOY.”

“In the course of preparing the audit report, the independent auditors reviewed the organizations financial statements. There were no changes in the audit procedures from the prior year.”

“The Southwest General Medical Group employs physicians that work primarily with Southwest General Health Center. It is a subsidiary of Southwest General Health Center and is supported by Southwest General Health Center.”