Aspirus Vna Extended Care Inc

“The parent organization, aspirus vna home health, inc., is the sole 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.”

“Only the sole member, aspirus vna home health, inc., may amend the organization's bylaws and articles of incorporation.”

“The accounting department accumulates all 990 information. The 990 is reviewed by the cfo. The 990 is also reviewed by other senior management prior to submission to the internal revenue service and is 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, aspirus vna extended care, 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 extended care, inc. These hours are reflected in line 2 of column b.”