Midwest Ear Institute Inc

“Bradley simmons 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 robert cullen, m.d., brad thedinger, m.d., and joseph ursick, m.d. - business relationship”

“The organization dissolved effective december 31, 2016. Any remaining assets were transferred to saint luke's hospital of kansas city, a related 501c3 entity.”

“The sole corporate member is saint lukes hospital of kansas city, a 501c3 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 organization.”

“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 or ceo before filing. A summary of key 990 information was presented to the audit committee of the system board of directors and the 990 draft was made available to the committee for review. The 990 was provided to the governing board of the organization's sole member. The organization did not have a separate governing board due to its dissolution at 12/31/2016.”

“The filing organization has a comprehensive written conflict of interest policy 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. A report is provided to the audit committee of the system board of directors.”

“An executive from saint 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 available to the public through the secretary of state. Also, the organization is included in the consolidated financial statements of saint luke's health system inc that are available to the public 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 bradley simmons and amy nachtigal is compensation for services rendered to the filing and related organizations. These individuals worked 40 hours or more per week for all related organizations. Directors are not compensated for their services as a director or board officer.”

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

“Decrease in interest in assets of saint luke's foundation -611,041. Net asset transfer due to merger 1,465,895. Pension fund settlement 1,367. Rounding -4.”