Americas Hernia Society Quality Collaborative Foundation

“Explanation of Management Companies: THE ORGANIZATION ENGAGED GODDARD AND ASSOCIATES FOR MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DURING 2018. CAROL GODDARD WAS COMPENSATED $72,879 BY GODDARD AND ASSOCIATES FOR HER SERVICES TO AMERICAN HERNIA SOCIETY QUALITY COLLABORATIVE FOUNDATION AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND $96,689 FOR HER SERVICES TO AMERICAN HERNIA SOCIETY AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. GODDARD AND ASSOCIATES WAS NOT PAID FOR MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES PROVIDED TO AHS EDUCATION FOUNDATION AND GODDARD AND ASSOCIATES PAID NOTHING TO CAROL GODDARD OR ANYONE ELSE SPECIFICALLY FOR ANY SERVICES RENDERED TO AHS EDUCATION FOUNDATION.”

“Explanation of Members: THERE ARE VOTING AND NON-VOTING MEMBERS PERMITTED. THE SOLE VOTING MEMBER PERMITTED IS AHS AND IT IS THE ONLY VOTING MEMBER. THERE ARE NO NONVOTING MEMBERS. AHS, AS THE SOLE VOTING MEMBER, HAS THE POWER AND AUTHORITY (WHICH IT EXERCISES) TO APPOINT ALL MEMBERS OF THE AHSQCF BOARD. AS THE SOLE MEMBER, AHS HAS THE RIGHT TO APPOINT ALL MEMBERS, TO APPROVE MERGERS, AND TO APPROVE A VOLUNTARY DISSOLUTION.”

“Form 990 review process: the form 990 is reviewed by the executive director and provided to the board with time to review prior to its filing.”

“Conflict of interest policy: an annual conflict of interest form is completed by each director and filed with the organization which is required to be updated within 30 days of any change. Also, at the semi-annual in person director meetings, conflicts are announced by each director at the beginning of each meeting. If a conflict of interest is identified, the person with a conflict recuses his or herself from the decision making process and the independent members of the board vote on whether or not the organizations interests are best served by participating in the transaction with a member who has a conflict.”

“Officer Compensation: PETER M. MITERKO (COMPENSATION & BENEFITS SOLUTIONS, LLC) REVIEWED THE COMPENSATION FOR THE PRESIDENT/MEDICAL DIRECTOR AND FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR OF OUTCOMES AND QUALITY. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS NOT PAID DIRECTLY BY AMERICAS HERNIA SOCIETY QUALITY COLLABORATIVE, BUT IS INSTEAD AN EMPLOYEE OF GODDARD AND ASSOCIATES, LLC. ALL TRANSACTIONS WITH GODDARD AND ASSOCIATES TAKE PLACE AT FAIR MARKET VALUE AND ARE APPROVED IN ADVANCE BY THE INDEPENDENT MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.”

“Documents available to the public: the governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are not made available to the public without a valid business purpose. The form 990s are provided upon request.”

“New program services: the organization increased the number of hernia cases collected in its ahsqc patient registry from approximately 27,000 to over 42,000 hernia cases and had a total of 320 surgeons from 40 states contributing data. The number of peer reviewed journal publications using ahsqc data increased from 18 to 26. Six grants were given to surgical residents and fellows to support research using data collected through the organizations patient registry. The organization hosted its inaugural quality improvement summit, a scientific conference for over 50 surgeons who contribute patient data to the organizations ahsqc patient registry to meet for 1 days of highly interactive sessions where attendees shared practical approaches for optimizing surgical techniques and improving patient outcomes and long-term well-being.”

“Description:professional data services total fees:203151”

“Description:data coordination total fees:317585”

“Description:de-identification services total fees:2500”

“Description:patient followup total fees:40985”

“Description:other services total fees:38016”

“Description:mesh materials total fees:5400”

“Description:shipping expense total fees:60”