University of Chicago Medical Ctr

“The sole member of ucmc is the university of chicago, a not-for-profit entity. Ucmc provides healthcare, research, and education primarily on the university campus, and the bulk of its medical staff members are university of chicago faculty. Ucmc is the sole member of ucmc community physicians. Ucmc is also the sole member of university of chicago care network, llc, which in turn is the sole member of both ucm care network medical group, inc. And ucm care network affiliated physicians, llc.”

“PURSUANT TO UCMC BYLAWS, EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS OF THE UCMC BOARD OF TRUSTEES ARE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY, THE CHAIR OF THE UNIVERSITY'S BOARD, THE PROVOST OF THE UNIVERSITY, THE DEAN OF THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES DIVISION AND PRITZKER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, WHO IS ALSO THE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT FOR MEDICAL AFFAIRS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO APPOINTS ALL TRuSTEES, APPOINTS ONE MEMBER OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, APPROVES THE UCMC BUDGET AND PROPOSALS FOR LARGE EXPENDITURES, AND APPROVES THE UCMC LONG-TERM STRATEGIC PLAN. THE DEAN APPOINTS THE PRESIDENT, SUBJECT TO THE CONSENT OF THE BOARD'S EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, AND, AFTER CONSULTATION WITH THE UCMC PRESIDENT, APPOINTS THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INCLUDES THE DEAN, A TRUSTEE APPOINTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE UCMC BOARD, WHO IS ALSO A UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO TRUSTEE. THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAY AMEND OR REPEAL THE UCMC BYLAWS, AND MUST APPROVE UCMC BOARD ACTION. THE BOARD CHAIR IS ELECTED BY THE UNIVERSITY FROM AMONG THE TRUSTEES THAT ARE ALSO UNIVERSITY TRUSTEES. THE UNIVERSITY SELECTS THE TRUSTEES TO REPLACE THOSE TRUSTEES WHOSE TERMS ARE EXPIRING. THE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITY BOARD CHAIR, AND UNIVERSITY PROVOST ARE EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS OF THE UCMC BOARD. THE DEAN OF THE UNIVERSITY'S BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES DIVISION IS THE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF MEDICAL AFFAIRS FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO.”

“At its regularly scheduled meeting, the compensation committee of the board of trustees was provided a draft copy of portions of the form 990. At its regularly scheduled meeting, the audit committee was provided a draft copy of the entire form. In addition, ucmc provided a copy of the form 990 to all ucmc board members before the form 990 was filed through a secure website, to which all board members have access.”

“UCMC HAS HAD A ROBUST CONFLICTS OF INTEREST POLICY FOR EMPLOYEES, OFFICERS, AND TRUSTEES FOR MANY YEARS. THE POLICY CONTAINS CERTAIN PROHIBITIONS AS WELL AS DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS, AND ENCOURAGES QUESTIONS DIRECTED TO THE COMPLIANCE OFFICE AND LEGAL AFFAIRS. DURING THIS TAX YEAR, UCMC CONTINUED ITS PRACTICE OF SURVEYING TRUSTEES, OFFICERS, MANAGERIAL EMPLOYEES, AND INFLUENTIAL MEDICAL STAFF MEMBERS, SEEKING DISCLOSURES OF VARIOUS RELATIONSHIPS, INCLUDING RELATIONSHIPS DISCLOSED IN THIS FOrM 990. IN ADDITION, CERTAIN CHAIRS OF COMMITTEES, SUCH AS THE PHARMACY AND THERAPEUTICS COMMITTEE OF THE MEDICAL STAFF, AT MONTHLY MEETINGS ASK FOR ORAL DISCLOSURES OF POTENTIAL CONFLICTS. UPON REQUEST, THE COMPLIANCE OFFICER AND THE OFFICE OF LEGAL AFFAIRS PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS. UCMC NOTES THAT RESEARCHER CONFLICTS ARE MANAGED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO.”

“The ucmc compensation committee of the board of trustees (the committee) is responsible for the oversight of ucmc's executive compensation decision-making process. Its review process is designed to satisfy the procedural criteria necessary to qualify for the rebuttable presumption of reasonableness (under intermediate sanctions regulations) with respect to the total compensation and benefits provided. The committee is comprised of independent members of the board of trustees who are "disinterested" within the meaning of intermediate sanctions regulations. It reviews and approves compensation and employee benefits provided to ucmc's president and vice presidents by following its written executive compensation philosophy statement and written compensation review process, which includes seeking counsel from outside professional advisors and relying in advance on appropriate comparability data (for functionally similar positions at similarly situated healthcare organizations) provided by an independent third-party consultant. The committee reviews and approves all new compensation ranges, as well as current packages for newly hired executives, as needed, but no less frequently than annually. It prepares a timely and thorough written record of its deliberations and conclusions. The compensation of the dean and executive vice president for medical affairs, who is an employee of the university of chicago, is reviewed and approved by the university of chicago board of trustees' compensation committee.”

“Ucmc's bylaws, conflict of interest policies, and financial statements are available to the public upon request. In addition, audited financials are available to the public through the electronic municipal market access website, and the following documents were, as of the time of completion of this question, on ucmc's website: -university of chicago medicine unaudited financial information -utilization statistics -2018 audited financial statements -2017 audited financial statements -2016 audited financial statements -2015 audited financial statements -2014 audited financial statements -2013 audited financial statements -2012 audited financial statements”

“The amount listed for four of the top five independent contractors include a combination of payment for services (a significant portion of payment) as well as payment for goods, capital items and other non-service components provided by the contractor.”

“Our mission is to provide superior health care in a compassionate manner, ever mindful of each patient's dignity and individuality. To accomplish our mission, we call upon the skills and expertise of all who work together to advance medical innovation, serve the health needs of the community and further the knowledge of those dedicated to caring. Our purposes are to assist and aid the sick, injured and convalescent, to prevent and cure disease and suffering; to provide health care, advice and services; to train and educate, and assist in any manner in the education or training of, persons in or associated with the medical profession or associated with any aspect of health care; to engage in medical and basic biological research; to build, maintain and conduct, and to assist in any manner in building, maintaining and conducting, hospitals, clinics, dispensaries, sanatoria and research and educational institutions; and to provide a setting appropriate for education, training and research activities in medicine and the health sciences.”

“The university of chicago medical center ("ucmc") is a nationally recognized leader in patient care, research and medical education. Renowned for treating some of the most complex medical cases, ucmc brings the very latest medical treatments to patients in chicago's south side community, and throughout the world. In this way, ucmc furthers its commitment to patient care, clinical practice and community health. Ucmc partners with the university of chicago physicians and the pritzker school of medicine to educate the next generation of physicians and other health care professionals. The medical center is a leading provider of complex care in the state of illinois and ucmc is the largest provider of medicaid services (by admissions and patient days) on the south side of chicago and one of the largest in the state of illinois. Ucmc provides a substantial amount of care for which it does not receive payment. For fiscal year 2018, ucmc provided $ 18,192,000 in charity care and incurred losses on government programs of $190,112,000, and incurred uncompensated charges-or bad debt-of $27,243,000. Ucmc also incurred $70,287,000 in unreimbursed education expenses during fy 2018, provided research support of $48,000,000 and $5,452,000 for other programs. Adult patient care in the center for care and discovery ("ccd") and bernard a. Mitchell hospital in february 2013, ucmc opened the center for care and discovery, a new 10-story hospital that serves as the new core of the ucmc campus. The new hospital is 1.2 million square feet and contains 240 single-occupancy inpatient rooms, including 52 intensive care beds, 21 operating rooms with leading-edge technology, and 7 advanced imaging suites for interventional procedures. The ccd provides a home for complex specialty care with a focus on cancer, gastrointestinal disease, neuroscience, advanced surgery, and high-technology medical imaging. The facility is designed for family-centered care and improved communication among all members of the patients' care teams. Bernard a. Mitchell hospital ("mitchell"), which was built in 1983, continues to operate 228 inpatient beds and includes the emergency department and arthur rubloff intensive care tower. Mitchell also houses the university of chicago medical center burn and electrical trauma units and intensive care units for transplantation, neurology and neurosurgery, cardiothoracic care, general surgery, and general medicine patients. Ucmc houses one of only two burn units in chicago, at which ucmc provides care to critically-injured adult and pediatric patients, many of whom spend months in this intensive care facility. In addition, during fy 2018, ucmc began providing level 1 adult trauma care to the south side of chicago, extending trauma care to a community from which approximately 50% of trauma cases in the city originate. In its new state of the art trauma center, ucmc provides trauma surgery, acute care surgery and critical care surgery to treat injuries including burns; blunt trauma, and penetrating trauma typically seen with gunshots and stab wounds. The medical center offers world-class transplantation programs in several areas, including transplantation of the liver, kidney, pancreas, lung, heart, bone marrow and other tissues, multiple-organ transplantation, and research in transplant immunology. Ucmc performed 156 organ transplants in fy 2018 and 166 bone marrow or stem cell transplant procedures for the treatment of various cancers for both adult and pediatric patients. In addition, ucmc is one of a select group of medical centers in the united states who led clinical trials into car t-cell therapies for specific types of blood cancers and ucmc was the first site in the country to be fda-approved for car t-cell therapies for both adult and pediatric patients. In fy 2018, ucmc performed 20 car t-cell therapies. Ucmc admitted or observed almost just under 35,000 adult patients in fiscal year 2018 with over 410,000 adult and pediatric visi”

“As a major tertiary referral center, the university of chicago comer children's hospital sees children with medical problems that range from some of the most common to some of the most complex in its 155 bed, seven-story facility, which opened in february 2005. Families of these pediatric patients can stay at the 30,000 square-foot ronald mcdonald house on campus, which ucmc built and opened in december 2007. Over 6,500 children were admitted or observed as patients to comer children's hospital in fiscal year 2018 from the chicago area, the midwest, and around the world. In fy 2018, ucmc's outpatient clinics accommodated over 39,000 specialty pediatric visits in its ambulatory care facility and over 33,000 visits were made to the comer pediatric emergency room. Additionally, in an effort to ensure patients and their families who are receiving care at comer children's hospital do not suffer from hunger or the inability to purchase food, the comer food pantry alleviates food insecurity for patient families at the comer children's hospital. Comer children's hospital is staffed by approximately 140 physicians from the department of pediatrics at the university, as well as specialty nurses and caring support staff. The teams of healthcare professionals-including medical students, residents and fellows-work together to provide general and specialty medical care for newborns to young adults. At comer children's hospital and through its outpatient clinics, children and teens receive advanced therapies in all clinical areas. Comer children's hospital is a pediatric level-i trauma center that treats children with severe injuries for emergency trauma care. Ucmc also cares for critically ill and injured children in its technologically advanced pediatric intensive care unit ("picu"). The 30-bed picu is fully equipped to treat children with multiple traumas, complex medical problems, and conditions requiring major surgery, including cardiac, transplant, and neurosurgery. In addition, 47 designated tertiary care (level iii) beds in the neonatal intensive care unit and 24 convalescent (level ii) beds in the transitional care unit provide premature and critically ill infants with the most advanced medical care and life support systems. At the comer children's hospital, infants who spend time in the nicu receive specialized follow-up care after they are discharged at its center for healthy families ("center"). The center uses a multidisciplinary care approach that includes general pediatricians, neonatologists, nurse educators, pediatric social workers, registered dietitians, occupational therapists, physical therapists, speech therapists and home health nurses. The center also draws on the expertise of other pediatric specialists as needed. The team addresses a host of concerns, including medical and physical needs, development, motor skills, speech, growth, nutrition, and the home environment. Team members are available by pager 24 hours a day and also teach parents how to give medications, monitor symptoms, and take other steps to meet their child's special needs. Sometimes, team members even visit the child's home to help parents and caregivers adapt to the physical and emotional environment to support the child's needs. Comer children's hospital serves as the center of a regional perinatal network that is responsible for the administration and implementation of the illinois department of public health's ("idph") regionalized perinatal health care program. In this role, ucmc provides twelve area hospitals with consultation as well as transport services for babies born in network hospitals, more than one-third of them considered high-risk. The network is committed to reducing fetal and infant mortality throughout the surrounding urban, suburban, and rural communities. Ucmc also provides leadership in the design and implementation of idph's continuous quality improvement program and participates in continuing education for other health profes”

“NET EQUITY TRANSFER TO UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: ($71,750,000) CHANGE IN ACCRUED PENSION BENEFITS OTHER THAN NET PERIODIC BENEFIT COSTS: ($7,852,749) HEDGE EFFECTIVENESS: $24,573,378 INCLUSION OF OF UCM CARE NETWORK AFFILIATED PHYSICIANS: $46,417 ------------------- Total: ($54,982,954)”

“DESCRIPTION:Program support services TOTAL FEES:XXX-XX-XXXX”

“DESCRIPTION:Physician services TOTAL FEES:71118034”

“DESCRIPTION:Fee for services TOTAL FEES:20865909”

“DESCRIPTION:Collection fees TOTAL FEES:6395778”

“DESCRIPTION:Outside Lab Tests TOTAL FEES:5099314”

“DESCRIPTION:Claims Expense TOTAL FEES:1409851”

“DESCRIPTION:Security services TOTAL FEES:3807011”

“DESCRIPTION:Laundry services TOTAL FEES:2912890”

“DESCRIPTION:Bank fees TOTAL FEES:1241508”

“DESCRIPTION:Billing services TOTAL FEES:1185362”