American Osteopathic Association

“The house of delegates elects the board of trustees.”

“The house of delegates has the power to elect members of the board of trustees and concur with the budget and amend the constitution and bylaws of the organization.”

“Prior to filing, the ceo, cfo/controller and general counsel review form 990 and then provide form 990 to the board for review and comment prior to filing.”

“Before vendors and capital requests are approved, the requesting officer, director, trustee or key employee must disclose any potential conflict of interest. The current policy enforcement is based on regular collection of conflict information from key staff, trustees, and officers. Trustees, officers, key staff are all educated as to what aoa's policy is regarding a conflict of interest and are expected to disclose conflict of interest and not participate in decisions regarding any entity with which they have a conflict, including decisions on doing business with an organization or individual where there is a conflict. There is a whistle-blower policy that protects employees who disclose a violation of conflict of interest policy from good-faith reporting of a suspected breach of conflict policy. Failure to comply with policy is enforced by disciplinary measures, including removal from office and/or termination of employment.”

“The compensation (salaries, bonuses, benefits) for the chief executive officer and key employees are set based upon information provided by an external compensation service, who furnishes information drawn from surveys (including forms 990) from comparable healthcare associations and other employers in the relevant geographic markets. A committee of the board of trustees - the committee on administrative personnel (coap) - is provided with the information for the chief executive officer's compensation and makes recommendations for final approval by the entire board of trustees. Compensation is reviewed each year by vote of the disinterested members of the committee on administrative personnel. Compensation for the president was initially set by the committee on administrative personnel after evaluating data received from the compensation for board president (and president-elect) of similar national professional organizations where the president fulfills similar responsibilities in representing the organization. It has been adjusted each year by a cost of living adjustment set based on the consumer price index.”

“The aoa's governing documents (constitution and bylaws and code of ethics) are published on-line and available at the aoa's website. The association's conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available to the public upon request for the same period of disclosure as set forth in irc section 6104(d).”