Midwest Ear Institute Inc

“Kevin thorpe and amy nachtigal - business relationship (they are officers of saint luke's hospital of kansas city, an affiliated tax-exempt organization) charles leutje, m.d. And charles luetje - family relationship ruby meierotto, m.d. And tyler meierotto - family relationship lisa chase (via spouse) and pete enko - business relationship robert cullen, m.d., brad thedinger, m.d., and joseph ursick, m.d. - business relationship”

“The sole corporate member is saint lukes hospital of kansas city.”

“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 organization.”

“The 990 is prepared jointly by accounting staff responsible for the entity and saint luke's health system (system) tax staff. The 990 draft was presented to the audit committee of the system board of directors for review. The 990 is 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.”

“An executive from st luke's hospital of kansas city serves as mei's top management official. Annually, the saint luke's health system board of directors' compensation committee reviews, discusses, sets and approves compensation for this executive. 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.”

“The organization's articles of incorporation and amendments thereto are made available to the public by the filing of those documents with the mo and/or 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. The organization's other governing documents and conflicts of interest policy are not made available to the public.”

“Reportable compensation from related organizations for kevin thorpe and amy nachtigal is compensation for services rendered to the filing and related organizations. Reportable compensation from related organizations for ruby meierotto is compensation for services rendered to the related organizations. These individuals worked 40 hours or more per week for all related organizations.”

“Pension liability transfer to slhs -4,008. Increase in interest in assets of saint luke's foundation 200,227. Rdg 1.”

“Midwest ear institute (mei) is part of saint luke's health system, an integrated health system. The majority of mei's vendors are paid through a centralized payment system with 1099s issued by the centralized service entity.”