Rural Health Partners Inc

“The board of directors or president may refer to the proper committee any matter affecting the corporation or any operations needing study, recommendation, or action. The board of directors may delegate to any standing or special committees or any executive officer, the power to take any action, except to the extent that the same is reserved to the board.”

“The organization has an agreement with bryan health, an unrelated entity, to provide management services and oversight for $36,000 annually. This includes the oversight and management services provided by patrick ganyo, executive director.”

“There shall be one class of membership of the corporation, which shall be referred to as the hospital members. A licensed hospital shall be qualified to make application for membership as a hospital member if it as part of its purposes, serves communities located in a rural areas. Members shall be appointed to membership by the board of directors, subject to ratification of the membership at the next regular meeting of voting members.”

“The form 990 is prepared by an independent accounting firm with the assistance of the organization. Once the form 990 is prepared, the organization reviews and approves a draft copy of the form 990. A copy of the draft form 990 is provided to the members. The approved form 990 is then filed with the irs by the established deadline each year.”

“Each year a designated person within the entity shall send disclosure questionnaires and a copy of the conflict of interest policy to all officers, directors, committee members, medical directors and key employees of the entity. Persons receiving questionnaires shall respond with respect to potential conflicts of interest with the entity. Persons required to report who have not returned questionnaires will be contacted and follow-up will continue on a regular basis until all questionnaires have been returned.”

“The organization does not compensate any ceo, executive director, or top management official.”

“The organization makes its governing documents and financial statements available to the public upon request.”

“The amount reported as wages on line 7 on part ix, statement of functional expenses, represents reimbursements to bryan health, bryan medical center, merrick medical center, crete area medical center, and grand island regional medical center for leased employees. Therefore, the organization did not file any w-2s for the year as they do not pay any wages directly to employees.”

“The board of directors assumes responsibility for oversight of the review of its financial statements and selection of the independent accounting firm. This process has not changed from the prior year.”