Iowa Statewide Poison Control Center

“Professional services agreement (the "agreement") has been made and entered into by iowa statewide poison control center d/b/a iowa poison control center, an iowa nonprofit ("ipcc") and the department of emergency medicine as part of university of iowa health care, which is composed of the university of iowa hospitals & clinics, the university of iowa carver college of medicine, and the university of iowa physicians ("ui"). Ui shall employ a qualified physician who will serve as medical director of the ipcc. Ui and ipcc will jointly decide on one physician from ui to serve as medical director of the ipcc. Ui will be allowed to name all additional physicians providing services to the ipcc under this agreement as associate medical directors. The medical director shall: provide oversight and approval of all ipcc treatment protocols; provide oversight of educational rotations; provide, on average, twenty (20) call days of on-call consultation services; coordinate overall quality assurance initiatives; and assist the ipcc with the performance of such other administrative duties as necessary to operate the ipcc. For the fiscal year ending june 30, 2025, dan mccabe, md, was appointed medical director, and josh trebach, md, was appointed associate medical director. Compensation in the amount of $351,954 (which includes documented, reasonable expenses for mileage, hotel and meal per diem) was paid to ui for these services under this agreement. The parties agree that the compensation represents fair market value for the services provided.”

“Iowa health system and university of iowa hospital and clinics each appoint an equal number of voting board members. As needed, the board may appoint additional ex officio non-voting members to the board.”

“The form 990 is prepared by the iowa health system tax department using information gathered from various functional areas of the organization. Each section of the return is reviewed by the responsible functional area along with the tax department. A draft copy of the return is provided to the director for review. A full copy of the form 990 is provided to the board of directors prior to filing with the irs.”

“A disclosure questionnaire is sent to all officers, directors, and key employees. Persons required to report, who have not returned questionnaires, will be contacted and follow-up will continue on a regular basis in an effort to receive complete and accurate responses from all persons. The information disclosed will be used to identify potential conflicts of interest and to assist in completing irs questionnaires. The duty to identify and disclose potential conflicts of interest is a duty that is ongoing. All officers, directors, and key employees shall immediately disclose such potential conflict or duality of interest as soon as the interest occurs. Disclosure should be made to the covered person's supervisor, director of the organization, or the board chair of the organization, as applicable.”

“The organization's articles of incorporation are available through the secretary of state's office. Other governing documents may be available upon request. The organization will provide copies of its conflict of interest policy and financial statements to the public upon request.”