Valley Children'S Medical Group

“Lisa smittcamp and bill smittcamp have a family relationship”

“The bylaws of valley children medical group, effective 1/23/14, established valley children's healthcare as the sole member of the corporation. Certain member rights, including the right to approve, fix the number, elect and remove elected directors of the corporation are included in these bylaws.”

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“A draft of the form 990, as well as highlights of key sections of the form 990, are uploaded to a secured board portal prior to the filing date. Board members are asked to review the form 990 and present any questions they may have to management. In addition, a meeting is held to review the form 990 and provide for additional time to answer questions. Changes can then be made if warranted before the 990 is filed.”

“Valley children's medical group maintains a conflict of interest policy within the medical group's corporate bylaws. The policy requires each director to disclose personal financial interests by executing annual statements. The executive committee reviews disclosed interests to assess whether a conflict of interest exists and makes recommendations regarding further action as may be necessary to mitigate or eliminate a conflict. If a conflict were to exists, it would be documented and the board member would be excused and would not participate in the vote for that issue.”

“The officers and support staff of valley children's medical group are employed by the hospital. As such, valley children's medical group does not have employees that it pays directly. As provided by valley children's healthcare bylaws, a compensation committee has been established that consists of a chair and at least three members of the board of trustees. The primary role of this committee is to ensure that compensation is reasonably related to the duties performed for the network and with the competitive employment market. Duties and activities specific to president, officers, and key employees of the organization include: 1) periodic review based on the independent advice of an external qualified compensation consultant 2) review of market data for equivalent positions 3) review and approval of terms and conditions of the president's employment and oversight to assure formal and timely performance assessments are conducted 4) review and approval of executive level compensation to assure that terms and conditions of employment are market competitive”

“A copy of valley children's medical group's articles of incorporation is on file with the california secretary of state. A copy of the corporate bylaws of valley children's medical group is available to the general public upon request. Conflict of interest management is described in article 10 of the bylaws. The annual financial statements are not made available to the public.”

“Professional fees - hospital based specialty practices: program service expenses 912,755. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 912,755. Professional fees - regional specialty care practices: program service expenses 430,295. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 430,295. Professional fees - coverage at other hospitals: program service expenses 3,045,616. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 3,045,616. Professional fees - gme/call/medical director coverage: program service expenses 4,773,533. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 4,773,533. Professional fees - valley children's specialty medical group funding: program service expenses 104,431,850. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 104,431,850. Professional fees - valley children's primary care group funding: program service expenses 17,031,396. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 17,031,396. Professional fees - temporary staff: program service expenses 52,891. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 52,891. Valley childrens hospital support services: program service expenses 5,448,800. Management and general expenses 1,158,564. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 6,607,364.”