Aspirus Vna Home Health Inc

“The parent organization, aspirus, inc., is the sole corporate member of the organization.”

“There shall be a minimum of 9 voting directors and two classes of directors. No fewer than 7 community class directors consisting of 1 director each from the communities served by aspirus medford hospital (1), aspirus keweenaw (1), aspirus langlade (1), and aspirus riverview (1) and three from the community served by aspirus wausau hospital (3) - these positions are nominated and elected by the aspirus governance committee. There are then 2 aspirus class directors who shall be aspirus executives - nominated and elected by aspirus.”

“The following actions must be approved by the members of the organization 1) change or amend the articles of incorporation or bylaws; 2) change the mission, purpose, or scope of the corporation; 3) ratification or removal of directors or officer; 4) change the formula or methodology for determining physician compensation; 5) approval of annual operating and capital expenditure budgets, strategic and long-range plans.”

“The accounting department accumulates all 990 and 990-t information, including the ubi calculations. These documents are reviewed by the cfo. The 990 and the 990-t are reviewed by other senior management prior to submission to the internal revenue service and are made available to the board of directors through director's desk or other means of electronic retrieval.”

“Board members and key employees are required to sign annual conflict of interest statements and all managers are required to sign biannual conflict of interest statements. The organization's ceo and board chair review the statements and highlight potential conflicts. The board determines on a case by case basis any actions required. Individuals are not permitted to vote on any transaction where a conflict has been determined to exist. All conflicts and proceedings are documented in the meeting minutes.”

“For the purposes of determining compensation, the filing organization, aspirus vna home health, inc. Relied on related organizations to establish compensation of the ceo, other officers, and key employees. The related organizations used the following practices for establishing compensation for such individuals; compensation committee, independent compensation consultant, written employment contract, compensation survey or study, and approval by the board or compensation committee.”

“The organization does not make its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, nor its financial statements available to the public.”

“Some officers and directors also provided service to other related organizations other than aspirus vna home health, inc. These hours are reflected in line 2 of column b.”

“Other fees: program service expenses 985,784. Management and general expenses 379,379. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 1,365,163. Contract nursing and other labor: program service expenses 876,189. Management and general expenses 337,201. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 1,213,390.”

“Intercompany transfers 1,835,547.”