Lakeview Memorial Hospital Association Inc

“The sole member is lakeview health.”

“The sole member ratifies the persons elected to lakeview hospital board, at least 75% of whom must be community leaders. The president of the sole member serves as an ex officio non-voting hospital board member. Additionally, healthpartners as the sole member of lakeveiw health appoints one person to the lakeview hospital board.the persons who serve as the board of directors of lakeview health also serve as board of directors of lakeview hospital, including 9 community members.”

“The sole member has customary powers including approval of highly significant actions of lakeview hospital's board of directors. These include amendment of the governing documents; approval of strategic plans and annual budgets; merger, consolidation or substantial affiliation with another entity; appointment of the president of lakeview hospital; and incurrence of debt.”

“Lakeview hospital's 990 return has a comprehensive review process that is followed before it is presented to the governing body. The review process includes a layered review by the tax department of group health, inc. (ghi), the management team of the hospital, ghi's internal legal department and lakeview hospital's outside independent accountants. Each one of those areas has an opportunity to review, ask questions and make comments back to the tax department of ghi before the form 990 is completed and presented to the governing body of lakeview hospital. Lakeview hospital makes available to the governing body (board of directors) a copy of the 990 for review and comment prior to the filing of the 990 return.”

“The lakeview hospital board monitors potential conflicts of interest on the part of its board members, principal officers, members of committees with board delegated powers, and key employees ("covered persons") by maintaining a conflict of interest policy. Under the policy, covered persons annually are provided with a copy of the policy and asked to complete a questionnaire identifying any potential conflicts of interests. The general counsel of healthpartners reviews the questionnaire responses and develops a report detailing any potentially material conflicts for the president and chair of the board. A verbal summary is also given to the full board or appropriate committee ending with a reminder to covered persons of the policy's mandate that each person is obligated to disclose any new potential conflicts as they may arise throughout the year. Board agendas and executive decisions are monitored in relation to this policy. If a disclosed conflict of interest impacts an agenda item or decision, the covered person would be excluded from voting and may be excluded from receiving information and/or participating in deliberations, depending on the circumstances.”

“Lakeview memorial hospital association (lakeview hospital) president and its officers are employed by group health, inc. (ghi), stillwater medical group (smg), both of which are related organizations or by lakeview hospital. Ghi, smg and lakeview hospital have an annual process to review the market comparability of the total compensation of lakeview hospital's president and other officers. Every three years, the independent compensation committee of the ghi board of directors (the "committee"), retains an external compensation expert to conduct an extensive market comparability review for all officers of the organization. The review includes all components of total compensation: base salary, annual incentives, benefits and perquisites. The market survey results are presented to, reviewed by and approved by the appropriate committee. Based on this data, either the executive committee of lakeview hospital or the compensation committee of ghi (the "committees") determine minimum and maximum total compensation ranges are determined for each employed officer. In interim years, ghi's human resources staff, under the committees' direction, updates changes in the salary structure based on the same independent studies performed by the compensation consultant for the committee. For certain positions full independent reviews are performed to set salary ranges based on the competitive market data specific to those positions. The committees review and approve each year's compensation results. In all cases, the committees' members complete an annual conflict of interest survey to assure the committees members' independence and this is updated at any meeting at which decisions are being made. Staff (other than the secretary to the board) is not in the room during deliberations or vote including executive sessions, and contemporaneous minutes are kept. With lakeview hospital's board of directors input, the president of regions hospital conducts the annual performance review and, with the compensation committee's approval, determines the compensation of the lakeview hospital president. The board has delegated to the president the accountability to conduct annual performance reviews and determine the compensation of all hospital-employed officers within the compensation ranges determined by the committee. Any exceptions to compensation in excess of the approved ranges are approved by the compensation committee of the lakeview hospital. Total compensation is appropriately documented on the form 990 and on the employee's w-2.”

“Lakeview hospital's financial statements and 990 returns are made available to any person who requests the information from the hospital or healthpartners. Lakeview hospital's articles of incorporation are available to any person who requests the information through the minnesota secretary of state's office.”

“Average weekly hours: the compensated board members and officers of lakeview hospital are employed and compensated by lakeview hospital, ghi or smg. The compensated board members and officers devote their time to multiple related organizations. Reported average hours worked are based on their total compensation from all related organizations.”

“Corporate structure, purpose, governance: lakeview memorial hospital association, inc. (lakeview hospital), is a minnesota nonprofit corporation recognized as exempt from federal income tax under internal revenue code ("irc") section 501(c)(3) and is part of the family of healthpartners organizations (healthpartners). Founded in 1957, healthpartners is an integrated health care organization, providing health care services and health plan financing and administration. Healthpartners' mission is to improve health and well-being in partnership with our members, patients, and community. Healthpartners seeks to transform health care through a relentless focus on the triple aim - providing exceptional experience for the individual, improving the health of the population, and maintaining affordability. Healthpartners, inc. (hpi) is a minnesota nonprofit corporation and licensed health maintenance organization (hmo) recognized as exempt from federal income tax under internal revenue code (irc) section 501(c)(4) and is the parent entity of healthpartners. Healthpartners includes an array of tax-exempt and taxable organizations. A complete listing of all organizations within healthpartners, and the relationship between them, can be found on schedule r within this 990 return. Detailed information about the community benefit activities and accomplishments of each tax-exempt organization can be found in the individual form 990 return for that organization. Hpi is the parent entity of group health, inc. (ghi), which is a minnesota nonprofit corporation recognized as exempt from federal income tax under irc section 501(c)(3) and the sole corporate member of lakeview health. Lakeview health is a minnesota nonprofit corporation recognized as exempt from federal income tax under irc section 501(c)(3) and the sole corporate member of lakeview hospital. Healthpartners and lakeview hospital partner with other plans, care providers and nonprofit organizations in the region and throughout the nation to increase access, create and disseminate quality measures and initiatives, participate in development of public policy and collaborate on system improvements. Lakeview hospital continues to be an integral part of the stillwater minnesota community and surrounding area as a vital and necessary community resource since 1880, the fifth oldest hospital and second oldest continually operating hospital in minnesota. Lakeview hospital convenes and supports multiple community collaboratives to improve the overall health of the community. Lakeview hospital is designated a level 3 trauma hospital and has medical staff in a variety of specialties, including family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, ob/gyn with a level ii nursery, general surgery, orthopedics, otolaryngology, occupational health, emergency medicine, hospital medicine, neurology, oncology, urology, cardiology, sports medicine, gastroenterology, radiology, pathology and anesthesiology. Courtesy and consulting staff provide additional services, including pain management, infectious disease, pulmonary/sleep medicine, and oral surgery. Charity care: charity care is defined as the cost of care delivered to patients who are willing, but unable to pay for the services they receive. This includes patients whose charges are forgiven or reduced because of inability to pay; patients who are unable to pay the balance left by any payer; and patients for whom unusual circumstances, or special financial hardship, warrant special consideration. Lakeview hospital provided $5,946,438 in free or discounted care to low income and uninsured patients in 2024. Government-sponsored means-tested health care: lakeview hospital provided inpatient and outpatient care, including emergency department services to medicaid patients. Payments received for these services were below the cost of care provided. The expense to cover unreimbursed medicaid costs for patients totaled $1,536,985. The cost incurred for other means-tes”

“Learn more at healthpartners.com/about/community/teen-leadership-council. Highlights of the teen leadership council in 2024: 25 members from 22 different communities in the twin cities metro and western wisconsin reached 200,000 teens through their consultation to the healthpartners institute user experience team about teen privacy and access to medical records. Reached 500,000+ teens through consultation with ramsey county public health and bereal, focused on school nutrition and body image curriculum. Reached 500,000+ teens through consultation with the minnesota department of health, focused on adverse childhood experiences (aces) education. Reached 11,400 students through their consultation with every meal, taste-testing food products to include in weekend meal kits. Prepared and served 400 meals for unhoused individuals at the st. Paul opportunity center packed 1,417 opioid prevention kits for steve rummler hope network, preventing 5,668 overdoses organized a food drive at 10 different high schools, collecting 25 grocery bags of food for the hallie q brown community center. Advocated for legislators to address digital literacy at youth day at the capitol. Advocated for legislators to prevent the sale of flavored tobacco products at tobacco day at the capitol. More than 100 people registered to attend the tlc's annual meeting: cultivating a healthy approach to success for youth. The department chair for park nicollet pediatrics was the event keynote speaker and teen panelists answered questions from the audience about their experience in the tlc and topics important to teens. In 2024, little moments count (lmc) continued to grow as a statewide initiative dedicated to raising awareness about the power of brain development in the first 1,000 days of life. Through a broad and inclusive movement, lmc united more than 115 organizational partners across sectors working together to inspire simple, everyday interactions that help children thrive. Learn more at littlemomentscount.org. This year, lmc expanded its reach through new and existing partnerships in healthcare, early childhood, media, and community spaces. The birth center program provided new parent resources to over 8,000 families. Lmc's growing health care collaborative now includes 12 health systems and multiple public health departments, collectively serving more than 175,000 families. Media campaigns on mpr and social platforms helped us reach millions with messages that promote talking, reading, singing, playing, and storytelling from the start. Engagement efforts also expanded with more than 100 episodes of the lmc radio podcast and major milestones for early risers, including 100,000 downloads and national recognition. A new regional expansion in the st. Croix valley brought together local partners and communities for collaborative, rural-focused engagement. Highlights of little moments count in 2024: 115+ cross-sector partners engaged statewide 8,000+ families reached through birth center and new parent resources 175,000+ families supported through healthcare partners 14m+ impressions through mpr and digital campaigns 100+ lmc radio podcast episodes produced 100,000 downloads of the early risers podcast expansion launched in the st. Croix valley the st. Croix valley faith community nursing program is a health care ministry providing physical, emotional, and spiritual care for individuals, families, and communities through partnerships with local congregations and lakeview health. In 2024, the program continued serving seven congregations in the stillwater area and expanded its reach in hudson, new richmond, and amery, wisconsin. This included participation in local ministerium groups, community foot care clinics, and growing engagement in grief support through the st. Croix valley grief coalition. Highlights of faith community nursing in 2024: served 4,888 individuals directly (1,941 individual and 2,947 group contacts) across seven congregations representing ove”

“5. Community benefit operations: staff time is allocated to the training, management and reporting of community benefits to best capture lakeview hospital's commitment to community health improvement. In 2024, lakeview hospital also allocated funding to support planning efforts for the 2024 community health needs assessment (chna). This included fees paid to healthpartners institute's center for evaluation and survey research (cesr), who provides technical support, data collection and facilitation for chna-related activities. 6. Organization awards and achievements lakeview hospital is proud that our hospital continued its national award-winning traditions of exceptional care and performance in all areas. Here are a few of the highlights from 2024: ranked high-performing in hip and knee replacements by u.s. News and world report in its 2024 to 2025 hospital rankings; top 25 environmental excellence award, greening the operating room recognition award and circle of excellence award in sustainable procurement from practice greenhealth; five-star patient survey rating, published by the centers for medicare and medicaid services.”

“Net asset transfer to stillwater medical group -1,900,000. Change in pension liability valuation 7,136,423. Capital transfer from lakeview health foundation 948,213.”