French Creek Internal Medicine

“The compensation committee of the board of directors of meadville medical center (mmc), which is comprised of independent board members determined to be free of any conflict of interest, is charged with determining executive compensation and establishing performance criteria according to an approved compensation philosophy. The committee works with an independent executive compensation consulting and advisory firm, mercer, that provides market survey data concerning compensation and benefit levels for functionally comparable healthcare executives in similar hospitals across the region and the nation based on several factors including size, geography, hospital type and complexity. The committee reviews and approves the compensation of the senior executives and ensures that all forms of executive compensation are reasonable, appropriate and consistent with its compensation philosophy. The committee contemporaneously documents its decisions in the meeting minutes and reports its decisions to the full board of directors. The most recent compensation review was completed in 2024 meadville medical center (mmc) also has a physician compensation committee that reviews physician's compensation when the contract comes due. The committee reviews the compensation in comparison with mgma data.”

“RENATO SUNTAY, GABRIELLE PIERCE, KEVIN KRAELING, MAX WEISS, SHARON PALOTAS, AND CATHRYN SWEENEY ARE ALL COMPENSATED BY A RELATED PARTY, MEADVILLE MEDICAL CENTER (MMC). - Business relationship, JOHN WILSON AND MARK LEWIS ARE COMPENSATED BY A RELATED PARTY, MEADVILLE PHYSICIANS SERVICES (MPS). - Business relationship”

“A related organization, meadville medical center (mmc), provides management duties to the organization.”

“The organization's parent organization, meadville physicians services (mps) is the sole member of the organization. Meadville physicians services has the power from time to time to take the following actions with respect to fcim: (a) nominate and elect all of the officers and directors and remove at any time, with or without cause, any and/or all such officers and directors; (b) approve or disapprove any change in the number of directors; (c) approve or disapprove all operating and capital budgets and amendments thereto; (d) approve or disapprove all affiliations, mergers, and other transactions not in the ordinary course of business; (e) approve or disapprove projects or expenditures which are not in the budget or which are variances thereto including the authority to establish a dollar threshold below which the corporation will not need to obtain approval from mps; (f) approve or disapprove all amendments to articles of incorporation and/or bylaws; (g) direct the corporation to make changes in its articles of incorporation and/or bylaws and in the absence of such action by the corporation, amend the corporation's articles of incorporation and/or bylaws on its own motion; (h) approve or disapprove all long range plans; (i) approve or disapprove all financing and indebtedness for which the obligation to repay exceeds (i) a term of twelve (12) months or (ii) an aggregate dollar threshold set by mps board from time to time; and (j) exercise whatever other powers or perform such other tasks as are reserved to or required of mps by virtue of any other provisions of the bylaws or mps's bylaws or by board resolutions enacted by this corporation or mps from time to time.”

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“The form 990 is prepared by an independent accounting firm based on the audited financial statements and information provided by the accounting department of the organization. The 990 is initially internally reviewed in-depth by the cfo and controller of meadville medical center. After this review, it is presented by the cfo and controller to the board of directors at the monthly board meeting, providing opportunities for questions, comments, or changes before the final form 990 is filed.”

“The organization has an annual conflict of interest disclosure statement. Any actual or potential conflicts are evaluated and deemed to either make the interested person disqualified or ineligible to serve. Throughout the year, each affected person is also obligated to file a supplementary disclosure statement if there is a change in circumstances which could create conflict. Determination of actual conflict will be conducted by the board of directors. Any director, officer or disqualified person who is deemed by the board to be disqualified because of an actual or apparent conflict of interest on any matter (i) shall not vote or use his or her personal influence on the matter, (ii) shall abstain from voting (although upon invitation of the chairman, he or she may participate in board discussions) and (iii) shall not be counted in determining the quorum for the meeting, even when permitted by law. The minutes of the meeting shall reflect that a disclosure was made, the abstention from voting, and the effect on the quorum. An individual who has a relationship with an entity that in the board's view makes it difficult or impossible for that individual or any of the remaining directors to discharge his or her responsibilities may be declared ineligible to serve and shall either resign or may be removed by a majority vote of all remaining directors in office.”

“Upon request, photocopies of governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available for pickup by such requesting person.”

“Board member compensation: no board members receive compensation for their duties as directors. John wilson and mark lewis are compensated for their roles as physicians at meadville physicians services. Ryan landefeld is compensated for his role as a physician at french creek internal medicine. Kevin kraeling is compensated for his role as a physician at meadville medical center (mmc). Max weiss is compensated for his role as general counsel at mmc. Cathryn sweeney is compensated for her role as a physician assistant at mmc. Sharon palotas is compensated for her role as a nurse practitioner at mmc. Renato suntay is compensated for his role as cfo of mmc. Ceo compensation: gabrielle pierce is the ceo of meadville physicians services, french creek internal medicine, and conneaut valley health center. In addition, she spends a portion of her time working for related organizations meadville medical center and titusville area hospital. Her compensation is split between these entities and reported on part vii, section a, columns (d) - (f) as being from the organization and from related organizations. No compensation has been listed on part ix, line 5 for her as her compensation is recorded on part ix of the form 990 for related organization meadville medical center.”

“Meadville medical center (ein: 25-1512436), a related organization, files all informational returns on behalf of french creek internal medicine (fcim) and related organizations within the health system. The number of 1099s filed for fcim has been reported on part v, line 1a. These 1099s are all included on the form 1096 filed by meadville medical center.”

“Meadville medical center also files all employment tax returns on behalf of fcim and other related organizations. The number of w-2's filed for fcim has been reported on line 2a. These amounts are included in the form w-3 filed by mmc.”

“The amount of salaries, pensions, payroll taxes, and employee benefits reported on part ix, lines 5-10 have been allocated to fcim based on the employees that work directly for the organization.”

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