The National Quality Forum

“- memphis business group on health receives honorarium for lectures at the new jersey health care quality institute whereby cristie travis, nqf board member, is the ceo of memphis business group on health and linda schwimmer, nqf board member, is the ceo of the new jersey health care quality institute. - centers for disease control and prevention (cdc) has the right to appoint an individual to nqf's board. - health resources & services administration (hrsa) has the right to appoint an individual to nqf's board. - agency for healthcare research and quality (ahrq) has the right to appoint an individual to nqf's board.”

“Nqf members are united by the shared goal of improving care for all americans. Approximately 350 organizations are members of nqf, including hospitals, physicians and other clinicians, healthcare systems, patient and consumer groups, insurers, employers, and biopharmaceutical and life sciences companies.”

“Nqf's form 990 undergoes a number of internal and external reviews before it is filed with the irs. The return is prepared by nqf's public accounting firm. A final draft of the return is then provided to each member of nqf's finance and audit committee for review, comment and approval before it is filed with the irs, and subsequently provided to the board of directors after it is filed.”

“On an annual basis, conflict of interest forms are sent to board members and staff to complete. The general counsel reviews conflict of interest forms submitted by board members and board members verbally disclose any relevant information annually in a public board session. Employee conflict of interest forms are screened by the human resources department and any disclosures made by employees are referred to the general counsel for follow-up and resolution.”

“Independent members of the board of directors comprise the executive committee. The executive committee, acts as the compensation committee, which recommends the ceo's employment agreement and compensation package, which are then approved by the entire board. Compensation data provided by an independent consultant is used to determine the ceo's compensation. Contemporaneous substantiation of the deliberation and decision is also maintained. The ceo determines the compensation packages of other officers and key employees based on outside comparability data which are approved by the executive committee in its capacity as the compensation committee. Contemporaneous substantiation of the deliberation and decision is also maintained.”

“Nqf makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request.”

“Other professional fees: program service expenses 1,950,955. Management and general expenses 1,197,122. Fundraising expenses 715. Total expenses 3,148,792.”

“The organization has not changed its oversight process or selection process during the tax year.”