Saint Lukes Cushing Hospital Inc

“Don sipes and carol meyer have a business relationship because they are directors, officers, and/or employees of the same affiliated tax-exempt organization. Don sipes and julie murphy have a business relationship because they are directors, officers, and/or employees of the same affiliated tax-exempt organization.”

“The sole corporate member is saint luke's health system, a 501(c)(3) organization.”

“The governing body is elected by the sole corporate member.”

“The sole member has specified reserve powers over major decisions such as amendments to articles and bylaws, debt, budgets, capital expenditures and strategic operating decisions. As part of an integrated health system, the sole member also provides various management and support functions to the organizations.”

“The 990 is prepared jointly by accounting staff of the entity and saint luke's health system (system) tax staff. The return is reviewed by the entity's cfo before filing. The 990 draft was also presented to the audit committee of the system board of directors for review prior to filing. The 990 was provided to the organization's board members before filing with the irs.”

“Saint luke's health system and its affiliates, including the filing organization, have comprehensive written conflict of interest policies applicable to all directors, officers, and employees. Any actual, possible or perceived conflict of interest is expected to be handled through full and timely disclosure of any such interest, together with absence of persuasion in any discussion and in any vote wherein the interest is involved. Disclosure is to be made when the interest arises, at any time the interest becomes a matter of governing board action, and then annually through completion of a conflict of interest questionnaire. The system vice president of internal audit or the system vice president of human resources reviews completed questionnaires and further investigates possible conflicts of interest. A report is provided to the audit committee of the system board of directors and any identified conflict of interest is reported to the applicable entity.”

“Annually, the saint luke's health system board of directors' compensation committee reviews, discusses, sets and approves compensation for the organization's top management executive and cfo. Independent, external directors serve on the compensation committee. An independent compensation consulting firm annually provides a written report and reasonableness opinion. The consultant reviews the system's executive compensation philosophy and analyzes market competitiveness (in total and by each compensation and benefit element) for the executives using appropriate comparability data. Compensation committee actions are contemporaneously documented. The process satisfies the rebuttable presumption procedure. Compensation for officers not reviewed by the compensation committee is set/approved annually by saint luke's health system executive management based on market compensation surveys and comparability data.”

“The organization's articles of incorporation and amendments thereto are made available to the public by the filing of those documents with the ks secretary of state. Also, the organization is included within the combined financial statements of saint luke's health system inc that are made available to the public by the posting of those documents through emma and are attached to this return. The organization's other governing documents and conflicts of interest policy are not made available to the public.”

“Don sipes and carol meyer did not receive compensation for duties as a director or officer of the filing organization but received compensation from related organizations for services rendered to the related organizations. Julie murphy received compensation for services rendered to the filing organization and other related organizations.”

“Saint lukes cushing hospital inc is part of saint luke's health system, an integrated health system. The majority of cushing memorial hospital vendors are paid through a centralized payment system with 1099s issued by the centralized service entity.”

“Physician remuneration: program service expenses 2,073,296. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 2,073,296. Other services: program service expenses 175,811. Management and general expenses 353,692. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 529,503. Temporary help: program service expenses 594,797. Management and general expenses 2,357. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 597,154. Purchased services: program service expenses 854,321. Management and general expenses 217,217. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 1,071,538. Maintenance and repairs: program service expenses 950,142. Management and general expenses 87,210. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 1,037,352.”

“Pension liability transfer to slhs -60,754. Net unrealized gains on investments -3,898.”