Unity Health Care Inc

“A meeting is scheduled with the chief financial officer (cfo), chief executive officer (ceo) and the executive committee of the board to review the form 990 before it is filed with the irs. At the meeting, the cfo conducts a detailed review of the form 990 and answers any questions asked. After the meeting, the form 990 is made available to all members of the organization's board of directors for their review and comments. Any comments or questions from board members are incorporated into the form 990 prior to filing.”

“Unity health care inc. Regularly and consistently monitors and enforces compliance with its conflict of interest policy through education, disclosure and investigation in accordance with its corporate compliance program. Unity's conflict of interest policy is encompassed within its standards of conduct. The standards of conduct are part of unity health care's employee handbook. Officers, directors, board members, key employees and new employees of unity health care are trained on the existence of the conflict of interest policy as part of their training on unity health care's standards of conduct. Employees are also trained to refer any concerns regarding a violation of the standards of conduct to unity's corporate compliance program via the corporate compliance hotline or otherwise. At the time of each employee's annual performance evaluation, the employee is required to sign an acknowledgment that he/she is aware that any potential violation should be referred to the corporate compliance program and is again instructed on how to make such a referral. On an annual basis, unity health care requires officers, directors, board members, and key employees to complete a disclosure form concerning board member conflict of interest. In this form, officers, directors, board members, and key employees are required to disclose any potential conflicts of interest that each respective officer, director, board membes, and key employee (or member of such person's immediate family) may have with such person's duties to unity health care. The disclosure form also contains a certification that each officer, director, board member, and key employee must complete. If any conflict of interest concern arises at unity health care regarding any officer, director, board member, or key employee, the concern is immediately referred to unity's corporate compliance officer and investigated. If, upon investigation, it is determined that an employee or board member has engaged inanactivity that represents a conflict of interest that has not be otherwise disclosed and managed by the organization, unity health care will take action against such person up to and including termination from employment or removal from the board of directors, as necessary.”

“Unity contracts with an independent consultant who performs a market survey/study of similar organizations in size, region, and sector as unity. Upon completion of the survey/study, the analysis and recommendation is presented to the board of directors. The board of directors then deliberate and agree on the ceo's compensation and an employment contract is drawn. As a federally qualified health center, all of the board members of the organization, which agree to the ceo's compensation, are independent.”

“Unity contracts with an independent consultant who performs a market survey/study of similar organizations in size, region, and sector as unity. Upon completion of the survey/study, the analysis and recommendation is presented to the board of directors. The board of directors then deliberate and agree on the ceo's compensation and an employment contract is drawn. As a federally qualified health center, all of the board members of the organization, which agree to the ceo's compensation, are independent.”

“The organization's governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available upon request.”