Community Cancer Research Foundation Inc

“The powers health board has adopted executive and board of directors compensation philosophy and reasonableness standards. This is to ascertain that these standards are adhered to. Their process for collecting and assembling market data is consistent with the rebuttable presumption checklist and guidelines along with fair market value used by the irs in conducting executive compensation reviews as well as contemporary compensation practices. All market data is assembled from reputable commercially available sources and updated annually. The most recent update occurred in may 2024.”

“Frankie fesko is a family member of donald p. Fesko.”

“Munster medical research foundation, inc. (mmrf) dba community hospital is the sole member or stockholder.”

“Community hospital is the parent company of powers health cancer research foundation and has control to elect members to their governing body.”

“Community hospital is the parent company of powers health cancer research foundation and has rights to approve decisions made by powers health cancer research foundation notice of an annual or regular meeting shall include a description of any matter or matters to be considered at the meeting that must be approved by the member under the following provisions of indiana statute: 1. Contracts and transactions in which a director has a financial interest; 2. Imdemnification of officers, employees and agents; 3. Amendment of the articles of incorporation if required to be approved by the member; 4. Approval of a plan of merger of the corporation with another corporation; 5. Disposal of property other than in the usual or regular course of business or the abandonment of transactions; and 6. General dissolution proposals of the board of directors.”

“The 990 is submitted to the treasurer/secretary and system cfo for review, once this review is complete the returns are then presented to senior leadership for review. The 990 is also reviewed by an independent accounting firm before it is posted to a secure website to allow the board of directors to review prior to filing.”

“As part of the organization's annual monitoring & enforcement procedure relating to its conflict of interest policy, all conflict of interest questionnaires are reviewed by the vp of corporate compliance and those officers, directors, or key employees who do not return or fully complete the questionnaire are contacted to reconcile the omission. Restrictions on members with a conflict - members with a conflict are required to recuse themselves from any deliberation and must abstain from the vote.”

“Powers health cancer research foundation does not make its governing documents or conflict of interest policy available to the public. In accordance with bond covenants, community cancer research foundation, inc. Through powers health makes its financial statements and disclosures available to the public through the emma database.”

“The cancer research foundation relies on public contributions to help offset the costs of conducting clinical trials and offering support services. Through financial and resource donations of many individuals and organizations, these services have been possible. In addition, powers health, formerly community healthcare system hospitals provide financial, in-kind and personnel support for many of the activities of the foundation. Cancer research foundation accomplishments foundation: the foundation continuously seeks opportunities to educate the public and professionals about the latest in cancer care from prevention and screening through survivorship. It also supports clinical trials in the community so individuals diagnosed with cancer do not have to travel to distant hospitals to receive this type of treatment. - physician symposium on lung cancer was hosted at briar ridge country club for continuing medical education in october 2023 - perennial ball at the hilton chicago was held on april 6, 2024 oncology service line: - referral pathways - multidisciplinary team approach to breast cancer referral pathways - infusion center integration under the st. Catherine hospital umbrella: east chicago, hobart and munster - improved patient experience - systemized policies - standardized quality of care - centralized access team for prior authorizations and scheduling - genetic counseling - worked with medical oncologists and other stakeholders to help develop a better workflow and patient access - developed oncology service line with stakeholders to form oncology executive committee - defined and distributed dashboards for oncology service line with data collection - presented oncology service line business plan navigation: navigation services continue to expand and restructure to better meet the needs of our patients and health system - strategic focus remains on breast, lung and gi. In fye 24 head & neck cancer navigation was added - oncology social worker received lcsw licensure in march 2024. While she continues to support patients with case management/social deterrents, barriers to care and psychosocial support we will be looking to hire an additional lcw with the intention of moving our lcsw into a more clinical therapy role - received second american cancer society transportation grant to assist patients with a cancer diagnosis in securing rides to cancer-related appointments - initiated navigation led caring together networking group at powers health rehabilitation center cancer resource center/outreach: the cancer resource center continues to offer free services to cancer patients and their loved ones 2023 - 2024 events - unite & fight 5k walk and run - munster high school - lights of life - community hospital - national cancer survivors day - community stroke & rehabilitation center - american english concert - theatre at the center 2023 - 2024 programs cancer resource center new - stretching rejuvenation - guided imagery - isometric exercise - trial class - caring together networking group changes - chi gong moved to bi-weekly from weekly - discontinued chair massage at crc & smmc - discontinued lung cancer networking group st. Catherine hospital new - patient & family cancer networking group cancer research: the cancer resource team continues to expand clinical trial offerings for a variety of diagnoses cancer research studies annual accrual fiscal year end june 30, 2024 - all patients enrolled - 288 - cooperative group payment accrual - 121 - sponsored trial accrual - 36 - current open protocols - 28 - clinical trials closed to accruals july 1, 2023 to june 30, 2024 - 7 - clinical trials closed to accruals july 1, 2023 to june 30, 2024 (remaining active with patients in follow-up) - 18 - sponsored clinical trials opened - 2 cancer registry: cancer registry is responsible for the timely sumission of patient chart abstraction and coordinator of tumor conferences - custom reporting with data analytics and oncology - integrat”

“Temp restricted fund transfer - -13123; equity transfers (to) / from related organizations - 257623;”