Maryland Medicine Pa

“The entity is a maryland corporation whose stockholders are physicians and members of the governing body.”

“The stockholders elect the president of the entity who is a member of the governing body.”

“There were no decisions that were made in this year that required board approval and the organization did not have any board meetings during the year.”

“The entity receives a copy of the 990 and a representative of the governing body approves it before signing the electronic filing authorization.”

“As part of their employment by maryland medicine, p.a. (mmpa) and the faculty practices of the university of maryland (pas), employees and faculty are required to follow the medical service plan. Msp policy #37 lists the requirements of compliance and good business practices. As part of the msp policy #37, mmpa also maintains a corporate compliance plan, which details expectations around conflict of interest situations and billing responsibilities. Mmpa relies on the good faith of its employees in the exercise of their responsibilities. All business judgment on behalf of mmpa should be made by its employees on the basis of such trust and in mmpa's best interests. Mmpa fully respects the rights of employees to privacy in their personal affairs and financial activities. The purpose of this policy is to provide guidance to employees in avoiding situations in their personal activities which are, or appear to be, in conflict with their responsibilities to mmpa. Although it is impractical to attempt to define every situation which might be considered a conflict of interest, generally speaking, a conflict exists when an employee's personal interests or activities may influence his or her judgment in the performance of his or her duty to mmpa. There may be cases where such conflicts are more theoretical than real, but employees should be concerned about possible conflicts and review and disclose this situation in light of the following guidelines. A major focus of the corporate compliance plan is currently on coding, billing, and documentation compliance and ensuring that regulations are being followed. However, compliance goes beyond avoiding penalties. Our total corporate compliance plan includes a full range of issues, including: - employment contracts - conflicts of interest - patient confidentiality - records retention - contracts and business relationships (including professional service agreements. - waivers of co-payments, coinsurance and deductibles, and more. While the compliance office will make every effort to provide appropriate compliance information to all employees, and to respond to all inquiries, no educational and training program, however comprehensive, can anticipate every situation that may present compliance issues. Responsibility for compliance with the corporate compliance plan, including the duty to seek guidance when in doubt, rests with each employee. The above information is discussed with each new employee and faculty member upon hire. Annual corporate compliance training touches on the above as well.”

“The process of determining salary is the same for all of mmpa's positions, including the executive class or the officers of the organization. Mmpa conducts an annual market review. The market review includes a review of all established positions and their salary levels within relevant markets, consistent with job content, responsibilities, and requirements. The following compensation surveys are used as benchmarks: watson wyatt, mhhra and aamc. Mmpa's benefits and compensation manager reviews the market analysis and completes an internal equity review. For executive class positions, salary recommendations are then presented to mmpa's president (the dean of the medical school) for approval. Mmpa engages an outside consulting firm to confirm the adequacy of salary grades and benchmarks at the individual position level.”

“The organization's governing documents and financial statements are available to the public upon request.”

“The organization engages in the practice of providing employment services to the professional associations (pa) of the university of maryland school of medicine, as a support organization for the school of medicine. Pas contracting for the organization's services do not have to employ the faculty separately (duplicative benefits/hr policies/etc.). The providers who are employed by the organization have a formal clinical faculty appointment with the university of maryland school of medicine within a clinical department. Each clinical department has a "pa" which serves as the clinical vehicles for the provider's practice (billing, practice location, staff, malpractice, etc.). Each pa is a not for profit 501(c)(3) corporation with a mission of providing clinical instruction for medical students and other trainees and delivering healthcare to the general public without regard to the patient's ability to pay for the services on behalf of the school of medicine.”