Mercy Health Springfield Communities

“Classes of members or stockholders the filing organization has a sole corporate member, mercy health. The following corporate powers and responsibilities shall be reserved solely to the corporate member: -to approve and establish the mission and philosophy according to which the corporation and all organizations controlled by the corporation shall operate; -to adopt or amend the articles of incorporation and bylaws of the corporation in accordance with article x of these bylaws; -to appoint or remove, with or without cause, any member of the board of directors of the corporation; -to appoint or remove, with or without cause, the chief executive officer of the corporation or any organization controlled by the corporation; -to approve or amend the overall strategic goals and objectives of the corporation or any organization controlled by the corporation; -to approve or amend the consolidated operating, capital, and construction budgets (including aggregate physician compensation models) for the corporation or any organization controlled by the corporation and changes in budgets in excess of an amount established from time to time by the corporate member; -to authorize and approve the lease or sale of any of the assets of the corporation or any organization controlled by the corporation in excess of any amount established from time to time by mercy; -to encumber any or all of the assets of the corporation or any organization controlled by the corporation; -to authorize and approve the incurrence of debt by the corporation or any organization controlled by the corporation (other than debt incurred for the acquisition of goods that are acquired in the ordinary course of business) and to grant any security interests, place any encumbrances, enter into any covenants, and execute any documents and take any actions necessary or appropriate in connection with the incurrence of such debt; -to merge, dissolve, or abandon the corporation or any organization controlled by the corporation, subject to approval by the board as required pursuant to chapter 355 of the revised statutes of missouri for nonprofit corporations; and, -to approve the creation, ownership or acquisition of, or affiliation with, any other organization controlled by the corporation.”

“Dscr of process used by management &/or governing body to review 990 the form 990 is prepared by an independent accounting firm using information provided by the filing organization. A draft form 990 is reviewed by the filing organization's finance team, including the director of finance and the vice-president of finance. The draft form 990 is also reviewed by mercy health's tax department, to ensure accuracy and consistency with other related organizations' forms 990. After questions arising from the various reviews are addressed and incorporated into the form 990, a revised draft is made available to both the filing organization's leadership team and the board of directors for their review. The form 990 is then signed and filed with the irs.”

“Description of process to monitor transactions for conflicts of interest officers, directors, key employees and other disqualified persons are required to complete a conflict of interest questionnaire annually and did so in the normal course for the year ended june 30, 2021. This process is administered at the mercy health level by mercy's corporate compliance department. The questionnaires are reviewed with leadership at the local level and potential conflicts discussed and resolved. The conflicts and their respective resolutions are shared at the mercy level with a team including mercy's chief financial officer, chief compliance officer and other members of finance, legal and hr. Summary results are reviewed with mercy's stewardship committee of the board of directors.”

“For those classified as officers (and thus disqualified persons), the organization relies upon mercy health, which uses the following to establish the compensation: external market salary surveys, external market salary studies, engagement of an independent compensation consultant, and review/approval of compensation by the compensation committee of the board of mercy health. For those classified as key employees, the organization relies upon mercy health, which uses the following to establish the compensation: external market salary surveys, external market salary studies, and review/approval of executive management. Compensation reviews are completed on an annual basis and a review was completed during the reporting year.”

“Avail of gov docs, conflict of interest policy, & fin stmt to gen public governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are made available upon request but are not published publicly. Form 990, part vii, section a former employee compensation is reported for the calendar year ending within the organization's fiscal year while average hours are based on the fiscal year period from july 1, 2020 through june 30, 2021. Form 990, part vii, section b it is possible that a portion of the amounts reported for towe construction co, inc. May include expense reimbursments, in addition to amounts paid for services. However, the amounts are not distinguishable.”

“Impact of covid-19 pandemic early in 2020, the mercy health system was called to serve as the covid-19 pandemic swept across the world. During fy 21, it continued to be a difficult time for all healthcare providers. All mercy facilities adjusted operations for the impacts of the pandemic which meant making changes to patient care areas and cancelling most of our outpatient procedures for periods of time. In addition, mercy foundations and outreach ministries experienced limitations in fundraising for program and capital support efforts that assist the underserved in our communities. Mercy's total system net patient revenues during the year due to surges in the community we serve. Mercy did receive funding from the coronavirus aid relief and economic security act ("cares act"). Mercy received cares act funding across various entities for the year ended june 30, 2021 and recognized a portion of this funding in other operating revenue. These funds helped to offset revenue losses and additional expenses incurred due to the pandemic; however, these funds fell short of the system losses experienced since the start of the pandemic. The impact of covid-19 was significant to our communities and coworkers as unemployment rates soared and mercy acted quickly to provide continuous care to patients and the community. Mercy continues to monitor the impacts of the pandemic both to the health system and the communities served as we continue to provide assistance and maintain access to care within our communities.”

“Form 1099/1096 filing vendors for the filing organization are paid by mercy health (ein 43-1423050). As such, all required form 1099 and form 1096 reporting is made for the entire mercy health system (with limited exceptions) under the mercy health ein.”

“W-3 filing most employees are paid by a related organization under a common paymaster arrangement. As such, required payroll filing (including w-2 and w-3s) was reported under the related organization, mhm support services, ein 20-2553101.”

“Other change in net assets net transfers to/from affiliates $86,047,031 foundation capital support $ (4,758) ----------- total $86,042,273”

“Audit of financial statements the filing organization's financial statements were included in mercy health and subsidiaries annual financial statement audit. Mercy health and subsidiaries received an unqualified opinion from the external auditors for fiscal 2021 (the tax year currently being reported). However, no separate audit opinion was issued on the financial statements of the filing organization. The ultimate responsibility for oversight of the financial statement audit and selection of the external auditor lies with the stewardship committee of the mercy health board of directors. Audit results are communicated to this committee.”

“Single audit act and 2 cfr 200 audit mercy health undergoes a consolidated 2 cfr 200 audit every year. This audit is underway for the fiscal year ending june 30, 2021 and will be completed by september 30, 2022. Each entity that receives federal funds during the year is included on the schedule of expenditures of federal awards (sefa) and is also included in the population included in the audit. If the filing entity received federal funds during the year ended june 30, 2021, it will be included on the mercy health consolidated sefa, and therefore, also included in the population included in the audit.”