St Luke'S Hospital

“Lalaine e. Mattison, md., timothy j. Mattison, md., adam rettig, md., and daniel wakeman are compensated by the organization or a related entity and therefore are non-independent trustees. Form 990, part vi, section a, line 2 lalaine e. Mattison, md and timothy j. Mattison, md have a family relationship. Keith burmeister and kerry burmeister have a family relationship. Form 990, part vi, section a, line 6 st. Luke's holding company is the sole member of st. Luke's hospital.”

“St. Luke's holding company, inc. (slhc) is the parent corporation and sole member of st. Luke's hospital. 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 st. Luke's hospital and (b) approve the nominees to fill any vacancies on the board of trustees, a majority of whom are nominated by st. Luke's hospital.”

“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.'s (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 or authorized signer prior to filing with the internal revenue service. Form 990, part vi, section b, line 12c st lukes 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. Lukes administration office. Summarized information is forwarded for review to the chief financial officer, legal counsel, st. Lukes 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. Lukes administration office. The st. Lukes 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. Lukes 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 members 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 c”

“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 st. Luke's hospital 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 each year.”

“Joint venture operating agreements involving st. Lukes holding company, inc. (slhc) or its subsidiaries include provisions to protect slhcs 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, inc. And subsidiaries provide any document open to public inspection upon request.”

“St. Lukes hospital (st. Lukes), a mission-based, locally owned, nonprofit healthcare organization highly focused on achieving core values. Headquartered in maumee, ohio, st. Lukes serves the southwest portion of lucas county and portions of wood and fulton counties. Our stewardship of resources has enabled us to wisely invest in patient-centered care, advanced technology, innovative programs, and family-oriented facilities that help to ensure patients and area residents have equal access to high-quality, safe care in the most appropriate setting, regardless of patients ability to pay. A 300 bed facility in maumee, ohio, st lukes provides extensive healthcare services such as emergency medicine; surgical services; outpatient physical, occupational, pulmonary and cardiac rehabilitation; critical care; cardiology; respiratory; labor and delivery; and a full range of laboratory and radiology services. St. Lukes campus is home to the promedica maumee cancer center for outpatient cancer care, as well as a sleep disorders clinic, a pain clinic, a family birthing center, a diabetes care center, and tobacco treatment center. In 2019, st. Lukes also had chest pain accreditation from the society of cardiovascular patient care, primary stroke center certification, and the laboratory was certified by the college of american pathologists. St. Lukes served 9,493 inpatients and 188,008 outpatients in 2019. Further, 31,831 individuals sought emergency care at st. Lukes. The hospital contributed $18,976,072 in community benefit through community benefit expenditures, financial assistance and government sponsored, means-tested healthcare. Through community health improvement services, health professionals education, subsidized health services, cash and in-kind contributions, and other community benefit operations, st. Lukes contributed $4,714,483 to the community during 2019. Included in this figure are programs and events such as: - participation in american medicine chest challenges, a medication drop off event, where community members drop off expired and unused medications to safely dispose of drugs that potentially may be abused. - diabetes education programs offered weekly, as well as monthly support groups for individuals recently diagnosed with diabetes. - sponsorship of the american heart associations go red for women event in support of womens heart health, as well as strong participation in the heart walk in support of overall heart health. - screening events for skin, cancer and introduction of low-dose ct scan for lung cancer detection. - tobacco cessation programs and support groups for community members. - a courtesy van provided to patients needing transportation to and from the hospital for appointments and testing. - senior service education programs covering topics such as exercise for seniors, healthy choices for eating out, and breast health. St. Lukes provided a significant amount of financial assistance to the community during 2019 of which $656,800 represented uncompensated amounts for treatment to those patients who did not have the financial resources to pay for hospital services. Financial assistance represents the cost to provide service and does not include the costs for accounts written off to bad debt for patients who did not pay their bills. St. Lukes cost of bad debt for 2019 was $1,714,415. This amount is not included in the $18,976,072 noted above. Further, st. Lukes provided $11,478,409 of community benefit through costs not reimbursed by the government for treating medicaid and other means tested patients. Also, in 2019, the total costs not reimbursed by the government for treating medicare patients was $6,946,593 and is not included in the community benefit amount of $18,976,072 noted above. During 2019, st lukes expended $47,669,087 in net payroll, providing 1,425 jobs in northwest ohio. A total of $3,026,726 was withheld from hospital employees in state and local taxes. In summary, st. Lukes demonstrates i”

“General $ 3,543,147 contr nphys 771,335 contr phys 9,317,745 billing services 3,332,584 consultants 1,307,324 lithotriptor 178,768 service contracts 5,174,663 laundry 531,088 food svc mgt 531,150 temp agency 1,540,888 referred testing 2,805,904 other 142,212”

“Pension/post-retirement expense adjustment $(4,608,879) beneficial interest in foundation 3,149,511 total (1,459,368)”