Hopehealth

“Board of director members keith kelly and barbara cottam are both employed by rbs citizens financial group.”

“The 990 is reviewed by the organization's audit committee prior to submission. Each member of the board is provided a copy of the form 990 prior to submission.”

“At or prior to consideration by the board or a committee of a matter, transaction or arrangement as to which any director, officer, member, employee or volunteer has a potential conflict of interest, the individual having such conflict shall disclose the same to the board/ committee, compliance officer if employee or volunteer as the case may be. If it is determined that an actual conflict of interest exists, the individual with such conflict shall not be present during discussion or voting on such matter as relates to the conflict. Approval of any transaction or arrangement that involves a conflict shall involve a consensus of those remaining that the transaction is in the interests of the organization and for its benefit, is fair and reasonable to the organization, and that the organization could not obtain a more advantageous transaction or arrangement with reasonable effort. The board or committee may, if deemed appropriate, appoint a non-interested committee or individual to investigate alternatives to such transaction or arrangement. The board shall, in the case of violation of this policy by any individual take such disciplinary or other corrective action as is necessary to protect the interests of organization. The minutes of the board and committee meetings shall record disclosures and other proceedings described above, including the names of all persons present and participating therein and all determination, made pursuant to such procedures. Annually all conflict of interest disclosure statements will be reviewed at a minimum, by the president/chief executive office and chairman of the board to ensure that such conflicts are reasonable and consistent with general knowledge and understand.”

“The officers of hopehealth are paid by a related organization, hopehealth hospice & palliative care, which has the following policy to determine compensation: the compensation committee of the board of directors reviews salaries for the ceo and other key members of senior leadership. The process includes periodic procurement of comparability data from external independent sources including the review of form 990 of other organizations. The board of directors review and approve the salary of the ceo and annually approves the budget which includes salaries for the other members of the senior management team. Sullivancotter was retained by the compensation committee (committee) of the board of directors (board) of hopehealth to conduct a competitive assessment of the total compensation program for its top leadership positions. The market data are compiled from reliable and independent surveys. The data were drawn from national published compensation surveys and regional irs form 990 data (if available).”

“The organization makes available its governing documents, conflict of interest policies, and financial statements for public inspection upon request at its administrative offices in providence, rhode island.”

“The audit committee of the board of directors is charged with the responsibility for the selection of the organization's independent auditors, and for the oversight of its financial statements.”