Cranbrook Hospice Care

“The sole member of cranbrook hospice care is trinity home health services, inc. See line 7 for additional information.”

“Trinity home health services, inc. Is the sole member of cranbrook hospice care. Trinity home health services, inc. Has the right to appoint all persons to the board of trustees of cranbrook hospice care.”

“As sole member, trinity home health services, inc. Must approve certain decisions of the governing body, including the strategic plan, annual capital plan, and annual operating budget. Trinity home health services, inc. Must also approve significant changes such as a merger, dissolution, sale of assets in excess of certain limits, a material change in mission, and modifications to governing documents.”

“Prior to filing, the form 990 for cranbrook hospice care is reviewed by senior management. In addition, certain key sections of the form are reviewed by the board of trustees. The board receives a copy of the return in its final form before it is filed with the internal revenue service.”

“Cranbrook hospice care has adopted a conflict of interest policy which contains the elements in the model conflict of interest policy issued by the irs. It applies to all "interested persons" of cranbrook hospice care, which includes trustees, principal officers and executives, and members of committees with board designated powers. Interested persons are required to act at all times in a manner consistent with cranbrook hospice care's charitable purpose and service to the community and to avoid conflicts of interest. Interested persons are required to make full disclosure to cranbrook hospice care of any financial or business interests that might result in or have the appearance of a conflict of interest. Interested persons are required to recuse themselves from discussion and voting on matters involving a conflict of interest. The board of trustees of cranbrook hospice care is responsible for the review and approval of transactions with interested persons, including determining that such transactions are fair and reasonable to cranbrook hospice care. On an annual basis, interested persons are required to complete a conflict of interest disclosure statement and to affirm their receipt of the conflict of interest policy, compliance with its requirements, and agree to notify the organization of changes impacting their annual disclosure in accordance with the policy. The annual disclosures are reviewed with the board of trustees of cranbrook hospice care on a yearly basis.”

“Questions 15a and 15b are answered "no" because the compensation for cranbrook hospice care's ceo, officers, and key management officials is established and paid by trinity health, a related organization. Trinity health follows a process and policy that is intended to mirror the irc section 4958 guidelines for obtaining a "rebuttable presumption of reasonableness" with regard to compensation and benefits. As part of that process, the compensation and benefits of certain officers and key management officials of cranbrook hospice care are reviewed at least annually by the trinity health board or the trinity health human resources and compensation committee (hrcc) of the board, authorized to act on behalf of the board with respect to certain compensation matters. As part of its review process, the hrcc retains an independent firm experienced in compensation and benefit matters for not-for-profit healthcare organizations to advise it in the determinations it makes on the reasonableness of proposed compensation and benefits arrangements.”

“Cranbrook hospice care is a subsidiary organization in the trinity health system. Trinity health makes certain of its key documents available to the public on its website, www.trinity-health.org, in the "about us" section. In this section, the consolidated audited financial statements are publicly available. Cranbrook hospice care's governing documents and conflict of interest policy are available upon request.”

“Medical specialist fees: program service expenses 54,837. Management and general expenses 5,423. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 60,260. Other purchased services: program service expenses 10,149. Management and general expenses 1,004. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 11,153. Medical services: program service expenses 1,055,297. Management and general expenses 104,370. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 1,159,667. Recruitment expense: program service expenses 223. Management and general expenses 22. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 245.”

“Cranbrook hospice care's financial statements were included in the fy14 consolidated financial statements of trinity health, which were audited by an independent public accounting firm.”

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