Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation Inc

“All personnel services for gundersen lutheran medical foundation, inc. Are performed by employees of gundersen lutheran administrative services, inc. The compensation of the ceo is determined annually by a committee made up of the community members of the board of trustees. Their determination is made after a review of market data obtained from several organizations and ceo performance. Meeting minutes are taken and kept at the meetings where such discussions take place. Recommendations for compensation for the organizations' key management employees are developed annually by the ceo, after a review of performance and comparable market data. The proposed salaries are independently reviewed by an outside auditing firm. The compensation recommendations, audit reports, along with the market data, are presented to a committee made up of the community members of the board of trustees. The compensation amounts are not effective until the board committee approves them. Meeting minutes are taken and kept at the meetings where the board reviews them and approves the compensation of the key employees.”

“All management and personnel services for gundersen lutheran medical foundation, inc are performed by employees of gundersen lutheran adiminstrative service, inc.”

“Gundersen lutheran health system, inc. Is the sole corporate member of this organization.”

“The corporate member, gundersen lutheran health system, inc. May elect the governing body.”

“Gundersen lutheran health system, inc. Shall have the right to approve the election of all directors of the corporation, changes made by the corporation or to the mission of the corporation, to veto or approve any disaffiliation with gundersen lutheran health system, inc.; to vote upon any plan of liquidation or dissolution adopted by the board of directors of the corporation and to approve any mortgage or pledge of the corporation's assets, or any lease, sale or other disposition of substantially all of the assets of the corporation.”

“The form 990 will be available for all board members before filing and upon further review by the cfo, vice-president of finance or director of finance, the 990s are approved and filed.”

“Each member of the gundersen lutheran medical foundation, inc. Governing board signs a conflict-of-interest statement on an annual basis. Members are asked to disclose conflicts as appropriate and abstain from voting when applicable.”

“Requests for forms 990 and certain other tax information is available for public inspection and copying through the gundersen lutheran legal department. A copy of the gundersen lutheran medical foundation, inc. Form 990 can also be found electronically on guidestar.org.”

“Gundersen lutheran administrative services, inc. Provides leased employees and management services to gundersen lutheran medical foundation. Therefore, the amounts reported on part vii represent reimbursements to gundersen lutheran administrative services, inc.”

“The following individual is no longer considered a key employee for purposes of form 990 reporting: p. Michael jacobs, md”

“Gundersen lutheran medical foundation, inc. Sponsors a premier community-based academic health center which is dedicated to exceptional education in a collaborative culture that fosters life-long learning, and the development of compassionate healthcare professionals devoted to the communities they serve. There are 6 fully accredited residency programs (family medicine, internal medicine, general surgery, oral and maxillofacial surgery, podiatric medicine and surgery and transitional year) and 3 fully accredited fellowships (advanced gi minimally invasive/bariatric surgery, hematology and medical oncology, and hopsice and pallative medicine). The clinical experience provided at gundersen inolves a balance of primary, tertiary, inpatient and outpatient medicine in serving a largely rural population in a tri-state area. Gundersen lutheran medical foundation serves as the western academic campus for the university of wisconsin school of medicine and public health (uw-smph) and as one of three sites for the wisconsin academcy for rural medicine (warm). We offer clinical experiences for more than 70 medical students per year and is primarily responsible for the majority of clinical rotations for 20 warm medical students per year. Gundersen lutheran medical foundation, inc. Is accredited by the wisconsin medical society for continuing medical education. In 2024, 113 live cme courses, 64 enduring material, 48 regular scheduled sessions, 12 performance/quality improvement activities, and 4 learning from teaching sessions were accomplished. Continuing medical education reflects our commitment to learning throughout the professional career of healthcare employees. The total participation for all cme program activities offered was 13,585 participants.”

“THE GUNDERSEN LUTHERAN MEDICAL FOUNDATION, INC. RESEARCH PROGRAM INCLUDES RESEARCH NAVIGATION, INCLUDING NURSING RESEARCH, CLINICAL TRIALS, AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH THAT SEEK EVIDENCE-BASED, REPRODUCIBLE ANSWERS TO IMPORTANT QUESTIONS THAT PERTAIN TO THE HEALTH OF THE CITIZENS IN THE TRI-STATE REGION. RESEARCH HELPS DIRECT MEDICAL STAFF TO PROVIDE PATIENTS WITH THE MOST UP-TO-DATE ADVANCEMENTS IN MEDICAL CARE. THE DEPARTMENT SUPPORTS RESEARCH THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION INCLUDING EFFORTS THAT HAVE LED TO BEING NAMED A NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE COMMUNITY ONCOLOGY RESEARCH PROGRAM (NCORP)- ONE OF THIRTY-TWO SUCH SITES IN THE NATION. OUR FOUNDATION IN CONSECUTIVE YEARS, 2014 THROUGH 2025, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MARSHFIELD CLINIC RESEARCH FOUNDATION AND THEDA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM (THESE THREE ORGANIZATIONS COLLECTIVELY REFERRED TO AS WiNCORP) SHARED IN A $16.6 MILLION NATIONAL INSTITUTE GRANT. OF WHICH, IN 2024 WE RECEIVED $550,000 TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH CANCER RESEARCH. ADDITIONALLY, IN FISCAL YEAR 2024 THE CLINICAL RESEARCH TEAM ENROLLED 236 PATIENTS IN CLINICAL TRIALS ACROSS CANCER, CARDIOLOGY, OPHTHALMOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY, AND OTHER SPECIALTIES. THE ALL OF US GRANT NOW IN YEAR 7 AT OUR INSTITUTION, CONTINUES ITS WORK TOWARD THE NATIONAL GOAL OF GATHERING HEALTH DATA FROM 1 MILLION PARTICIPANTS FOR THE PURPOSES OF, "EXCELERATING HEALTH RESEARCH AND MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGHS, AND ENABLING INDIVIDUALIZED PREVENTION, TREATMENT, AND CARE." FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 OUR ORGANIZATION ENROLLED 1,060 PATIENTS IN THIS NATIONAL PROJECT. IN FISCAL YEAR 2024, THE RESEARCH DEPARTMENT HAD 50 PUBLICATIONS IN PEER-REVIEWED, PubMed-INDEXED PUBLICATIONS.”

“The community health programs sponsored by gundersen lutheran medical foundation, inc. Promote community health, emphasize disease prevention, wellness, improve access to care and quality of care, and other patient education programs. A total of $3.8 million was distributed in support of our mission: 25% for pediatric needs, 20% for medical research, 16% for medical education, 14% for oncology needs, 10% for patient services and community health programs, 6% for staff education, 4% for behavioral health programs, 2% for cardiology and emergency services, 2% for employee health and wellness, and 1% for physical and occupational therapy programs. Support for programs that benefit the community, such as a cancer prevention screening health event for hmong women over 50 years old, outfitting new ambulance trucks with automated cpr devices, customizing cancer treatments to the unique dna of patients, and building a clinic staffed by medical residents in a local elementary school are a few examples among many efforts made possible with philanthropic distributions of gundersen lutheran medical foundation, inc.”

“Bereavement program gundersen lutheran medical foundation, inc. Sponsors educational programs in bereavement care standards and has developed courses and resources to support healthcare professional bereavement care and education. We continue to develop and enhance our approach to education through online learning and live, virtual training. Resolve through sharing (rts), a department of gundersen lutheran medical foundation, inc. Is an internationally recognized proprietary bereavement training program. Rts is known as the gold standard in perinatal bereavement education, training, and patient support materials.”

“(Expenses $ 877,592 including grants of $ 109,041)(Revenue $ 663,858) SEE SCHEDULE O.”

“All personnel services for gundersen lutheran medical foundation, inc. Are performed by employees of gundersen lutheran administrative services, inc. Hence line 2 indicates zero (0) filings.”

“The information in the schedule is presented in accordance with the requirements of title 2 u.s. Code of federal regulations part 200, uniform administrative requirements, cost principles, and audit requirements for federal awards.”