Park Nicollet Group Return

“Park nicollet health services is the sole member of park nicollet methodist hospital, park nicollet clinic, park nicollet institute park nicollet health care products and pnmc holdings. Healthpartners, inc. Is the sole member of park nicollet health services.”

“The board of directors of park nicollet methodist hospital, park nicollet clinic, pnmc holdings and park nicollet health care products are those individuals who are contemporaneously members of the board of directors of park nicollet health services. Park nicollet institute has a separate board of directors who reports to the overall park nicollet health services boards.”

“All decisions, including dissolution of the organization, made by the governing body of park nicollet methodist hospital, park nicollet clinic, park nicollet institute, pnmc holdings and park nicollet health care products are subject to the approval of the board of directors of park nicollet health services.”

“Park nicollet group prepares the form 990 within the finance department with assistance from individuals in human resources, marketing, operations and legal. Upon completion of gathering the necessary information for the return, the form was reviewed by the park nicollet group's accounting firm. Drafts of the form were also reviewed by the assistant controller - accounting operations, vice president of finance, chief financial officer, the legal department and the audit and compliance committee. After all reviews were complete; the form 990 was given to each member of the board of directors prior to filing the return.”

“At park nicollet health services all key employees, directors, and officers are required to fill out a conflict of interest disclosure statement each year; however the obligation to report potential conflicts is ongoing. Park nicollet health services board monitors potential conflicts of interest on the part of board members, officers and key employees pursuant to its conflict of interest policy. Under the policy, all board members and officers annually are provided a copy of the policy and required to complete a questionnaire identifying any potential conflicts of interest. The general council reviews the completed questionnaires and provides a report to the governance committee of the board. The report identifies any significant potential conflicts disclosed in the completed questionnaires. A written report is provided to the chair and chief executive officer (ceo). Board agendas and executive decisions are monitored in relation to this policy.”

“Park nicollet has an annual process to review the market comparability of the total compensation of its president and its other officers. Every three years, under the direction of the board of directors' compensation and leadership development committee (compensation committee), a total compensation market review is completed by an external compensation consultant. The review includes all components of compensation; base salary, annual incentives, benefits and perquisites. The market survey results are presented to, reviewed by and approved by the independent board compensation committee. Based on this market data, the compensation committee determines minimum and maximum total compensation ranges for each officer. In interim years, group health plan, inc. (an affiliate of pnhs) human resources staff, under the direction of the compensation committee, updates changes in the salary structure based on the same independent studies performed by the compensation consultant for the compensation committee. For certain positions full independent reviews are performed to set salary ranges based on the competitive market data specific to those positions. The compensation committee reviews and approves each year's compensation results. In all cases, committee members complete an annual conflict of interest survey to assure the compensation committee 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. The board has delegated to the to the president & ceo (with authority to further delegate to executives with leadership roles of park nicollet officers) the accountability to conduct annual performance reviews and determine the compensation of all park nicollet officers within the compensation ranges determined by the compensation committee. Any exceptions to compensation in excess of the approved ranges are approved by the compensation committee. Total compensation is appropriately documented on the form 990 and w2 statements.”

“Park nicollet group members' governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available to the public upon request. Park nicollet health services, as the parent organization of the park nicollet group, mails its consolidated audited financial statements to financial institutions, governmental institutions, board members, media representatives, vendors, and the minnesota hospital association (mha). Park nicollet health services discloses quarterly financial statements to bondholders and mha. The annual audited and quarterly financial statements are also posted at emma.msrb.org. The forms 990 are available upon request or from the state of minnesota.”

“Corporate structure, purpose, governance the park nicollet group return (group) includes park nicollet methodist hospital (hospital), park nicollet clinic (clinic), park nicollet health care products (products), and pnmc holdings (holdings) all of which are subsidiaries of park nicollet health service (pnhs), a minnesota nonprofit corporation recognized as exempt from federal income tax under internal revenue code ("irc") section 501(c)(3) pnhs is the parent organization to an integrated care system that includes the hospital, the clinic, products, park nicollet foundation (foundation) and tria orthopeadic center (tria). Pnhs is a nonprofit, integrated care delivery system. It is staffed by nationally recognized hospital and clinic doctors, clinical professionals, nurses and other team members who help patients stay healthy and take care of them when they are sick. Pnhs is part of the family of healthpartners organizations "healthpartners." founded in 1957, healthpartners is an integrated system of health care delivery and health care financing organizations, and is one of the largest consumer-governed organizations in the country. 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 includes an array of tax-exempt and taxable organizations with health care activities primarily operating in minnesota and western wisconsin. Healthpartners provides a full range of health care delivery and health plan services, including insurance, patient care, administration and health and well-being programs. Healthpartners health plans serve more than 1.6 million medical and dental members nationwide. Healthpartners medical care system includes more than 1,700 physicians and dentists, six owned hospitals with over 1,000 acute care beds, over 100 owned and leased primary and specialty care medical facilities and 24 dental facilities with practices in minnesota and western wisconsin. Healthpartners also contracts with other primary and specialty medical facilities and dental facilities, physician groups, hospitals and related health care providers located primarily in minnesota and western wisconsin. Healthpartners also provides medical education and training to medical professionals and conducts research and fundraising activities that support the health care delivery system. A complete listing of all organizations within the healthpartners family, 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. Healthpartners is driving change that helps our members and patients live healthier lives. Healthpartners collaborates with other plans, care providers and other community and business organizations in the region and throughout the nation to increase access, create and share quality measures and initiatives, participate in development of public policy, and collaborate in improvements that support the triple aim. Among healthpartners' signature initiatives continuing in 2016 are total cost of care measurements (development of a nationally recognized metric, endorsed by the national quality forum, enabling measurement and incentives based on coordination and evidence-based practices), mental health (reducing stigma, and assuring access to high quality care in the most appropriate settings), children's health (improving child health by promoting early brain development, providing family centered care, and strengthening communities), and sustainability (energy efficiency, waste reduction, and resource management). Community benefit to the community:”

“Community building activities reach out and read - this clinic-based program to promote literacy and early brain development included park nicollet. The program encourages parents to read to their children every day, and is part of the organization's children's health initiative. School readiness days campaign- again in 2016, the park nicollet corporate volunteer council sponsored the school readiness days campaign, collecting school supplies to support local children and provide a positive start to the new school year. Food and veggie prescriptions - in partnership with cub foods, the clinic primary care physicians gave "prescriptions" for healthy food to young patients as a way to start conversations about fruit and vegetable consumption. In addition, clinics held several veggie giveaways, benefitting nearly 17,000 families. Parish/congregational outreach - our parish/congregational nurses visit members from their congregation and local community for health assessments, health education, health counseling, referrals to community resources, and for assistance navigating the complex health care system. Community benefit operations community health needs assessment in 2015, a comprehensive, six step community health needs assessment ("chna") collaboration was conducted for healthpartners and its hospitals (regions hospital, lakeview hospital, hudson hospital & clinic, westfields hospital & clinic, amery hospital & clinic, and the hospital) by community hospital consulting to determine the greatest health needs in the communities they serve. These hospitals serve similar communities and have overlapping study areas. The system's study area is defined as dakota, hennepin, ramsey, scott, and washington counties in minnesota and polk and st. Croix counties in wisconsin. The hospital's specific study area is defined as: hennepin county dakota county scott county data elements regarding all seven counties in the system's study area were included in the report for comparison, and were also provided as an opportunity for the hospitals to work together to meet the needs identified in the overlapping counties. Demographics: chc consulting analyzed the most current demographics of residents in polk county, including: overall population, population by race and ethnicity, median age, median household income, poverty levels, food insecurity, and educational attainment. Health data collection: chc consulting analyzed the most current health data available pertaining to residents in hennepin, dakota, and scott counties including: mortality rates, chronic conditions, health behaviors, mental health, communicable diseases, prevention and natality. Community input: as a part of county-wide assessments, forums and surveys were conducted to gather input from community residents. Final prioritized needs mental and behavioral health access and affordability chronic disease and illness prevention equitable care center for community health (cch) cch is a collaborative with health plans, hospitals and local public health agencies in the seven-county metro area in minnesota. Cch was formed for two purposes: 1) to align the processes of the community health needs assessments (chna) that are required of local public health agencies and hospitals; and 2) to collectively act to impact a shared public health priority. Cch has two work groups to accomplish those objectives. The collective action workgroup was tasked with developing and implementing activities that address a shared public health priority area based on chnas. The collective action workgroup meets once each month at the minnesota council of health plans. Its members include representatives from the hospitals, health plan, and public health sectors. The assessment alignment workgroup was tasked with assessing and developing a framework with common language and processes to guide members in conducting future community health needs assessments and allows for aggregate analysis of community health ne”

“Net assets released from restrictions 31,901. Grants run through the foundation -176,622. Transfer of assets to hp institute -36,912,383.”