Northeast Pediatric Specialists Inc

“Part i, line 4 & part vi, line 1b number of independent voting members of the governing body the organization sought to confirm the independence of each voting member of its governing body by requesting that each such voting member respond to a questionnaire containing the pertinent instructions and definitions and designed to elicit the information necessary to determine independence. In the event that the organization does not receive a response from any such voting member, the organization reviews other information known to it regarding the voting member and makes a reasonable assessment of independence based on that information.”

“Part vi, line 2 business relationships between officers, directors, trustees, or key employees certain of the organization's current officers and/or trustees may serve as officers and/or directors of tax-exempt and taxable affiliates within the organization's corporate system or joint ventures in which the organization's corporate system has an ownership interest. The individual officers and/or trustees do not have personal financial interests in such affiliates and serve only as a function of their roles with the organization or within the organization's corporate system.”

“The organization has two members: connecticut children's medical center and yale new haven hospital.”

“Of the eight (8) directors of the governing body, connecticut children's medical center elects four (4) directors, and yale new haven hospital elects four (4) directors.”

“Based on the certificate of incorporation, the members have the power to elect the corporation's board of director's, the power to remove any director with or without cause, and to fill vacancies on the board of directors. The members are required to approve fundamental decisions of the board, including creation of a new entity of which the organization is the sole member or controlling member; merger or consolidation of organization; reorganization, liquidation or dissolution of organization or an organization controlled entity; adoption of an operating or capital budget; authorization of certain expenditures; entering into a relationship or agreement related to undergraduate or graduate medical education; appointment of an independent auditor; certain changes to material programs or clinical services; relationships with third party payors; strategic plans; compensation terms for sub-specialist physicians or other employees; creation of committees and appointment of committee members; adoption of safety and quality assurance policies; and entering into any agreement with a member or member affiliate.”

“The governing body has not authorized any committees to act on its behalf at this time.”

“As an affiliate of yale new haven health system, the "system", this form 990 and attached schedules were prepared by employees of the system's tax department. Upon completion, the return is reviewed by kpmg llp and subsequently reviewed by the system's executive director of corporate finance. After all necessary revisions are made, the return is reviewed by the treasurer of the organization and sent back to kpmg llp for final review. In addition, the final return is provided to the board prior to filing.”

“Northeast pediatric specialists, inc. Is covered under the yale new haven health service corporation conflict of interest policy approved and adopted by the system compliance committee, which has been delegated the authority to approve and adopt compliance policies on behalf of the entities in the system. The yale new haven health service corporation conflict of interest policy and individual annual disclosure form applies to a pool of employees, board members and non-board members serving on board committees. These "covered individuals" are required to complete a conflict of interest disclosure statement, upon beginning employment or otherwise becoming a covered individual and annually thereafter. Covered individuals are also required to promptly immediately report material changes to their most recently completed disclosure statement. These disclosure statements and reports are reviewed by the office of privacy and corporate compliance and/or the legal and risk services department to ensure compliance with the conflict of interest policy. If a potential conflict arises, the president and ceo would consult with the board chairperson and the legal and risk services department to develop a plan to mitigate any actual conflict of interest and take any actions that he deems required or appropriate to manage or resolve a potential conflict of interest. For example, a voting board or committee member would be required to recuse himself or herself from voting on matters with which she or he had an actual or related to the potential conflict and the actual or potential conflict would be disclosed to other voting members.”

“Copies of all available documents are accessible to the public upon request.”

“Northeast pediatric specialists, inc. Did not provide any program service in the current fiscal year, as the organization is in the process of winding down, and will file a final tax return in the upcoming fiscal year.”