Community General Health Partners Inc

“Form 990, part vi, section a, line 6: classes of members or stockholders the corporation is a nonprofit corporation with members (or a member). Member has sole voting authority in all matters, and reserves certain powers to novant health, inc.”

“Form 990, part vi, section a, line 7a: election of members and their rights novant health, inc. Elects the board members of community general health partners.”

“Form 990, part vi, section a, line 7b: decisions subject to approval of members novant health, inc. Has certain reserved powers, such as approval of amendments to the articles and bylaws of the corporation, and to adopt certain policies which shall be implemented by the corporation board.”

“Form 990, part vi, section b, line 11: organization's process to review form 990 the board has delegated review of the form 990 to novant health's board of trustees' audit and compliance committee ("the committee"), which oversees tax matters for entities in the novant health system. The committee is the review body for all of the form 990s filed for organizations within the novant health system. The committee meets before the form 990s are filed with the irs and after all board members have been provided a paper or electronic copy of the form 990 and a summary of its contents. The vice president of tax and legal counsel for novant health attend the meeting to answer any questions and address any significant disclosures within the form 990.”

“Form 990, part vi, section b, line 12c: monitoring and enforcement of coi the organization's trustee conflict of interest policy applies to all trustees, principal officers or members of a committee with board delegated powers including any applicable disregarded entities. All trustees are sent an annual disclosure questionnaire. The trustee annual disclosure questionnaires are reviewed by the compliance department. With respect to particular transactions that come before the board, the conflict of interest policy would be followed. The potential conflict of interest would be disclosed by the board member before a vote on the transaction and the rest of the board would determine whether a conflict of interest exists. If the rest of the board determined that a conflict of interest existed then the board member with the conflict of interest would not participate in the deliberations and vote.”

“Form 990, part vi, section b, line 15a/15b: the filing organization is an integral part of novant health, an integrated healthcare system collectively referred to as "novant health." novant health, inc. Is the parent organization and independent and disinterested members of the novant health, inc. Board of trustees (who comprise the compensation and leadership committee of the board) review, approve, and oversee all aspects of compensation and benefits for certain leaders and executives ("executives") serving as officers, including the top management official, or key employees for novant health entities. The committee works with an independent compensation consultant and uses third party comparability data for functionally similar positions at similarly situated organizations to ensure that total compensation and benefits for each executive is reasonable for that executive's position. The committee reviews and approves executive compensation and benefits annually, consistent with the written executive compensation philosophy of novant health, and in a manner that qualifies for the rebuttable presumption of reasonableness, thereby assuring that total compensation and benefits provided to each executive is reasonable.”

“Form 990, part vi, section c, line 19: governing documents disclosure the audited consolidated financial statements containing all organizations in the novant health system are posted to the novant health website. The governing documents and conflict of interest policy are not available to the public.”

“The filing entity is part of the not-for-profit integrated healthcare system known as novant health. Novant health, inc., the parent organization, is responsible for certain corporate support functions including accounts payable and issues forms 1099 for certain entities in the system including the filing entity. Information reported in part vii, section b represents the expenses paid on behalf of the filing entity to independent contractors over $100,000.”

“Community general health partners inc., doing business as novant health thomasville medical center ("nhtmc"), is an integral part of the novant health system (collectively known as "novant health"), a not-for-profit integrated group of hospitals, physician clinics, outpatient centers and other healthcare service providers. Novant health consists of more than 1,600 physicians and over 29,000 employees who make healthcare remarkable at nearly 700 locations, including 15 medical centers and hundreds of outpatient facilities and physician clinics. Headquartered in winston salem, nc, novant health is committed to making healthcare remarkable for patients and communities, serving more than five million patients annually. In 2020, novant health was the only healthcare system in north carolina to be included on forbes' best employers for diversity list. In 2020, the novant health system reported $5.7 billion in revenues. General information novant health thomasville medical center is a 146-bed hospital offering a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, birthing rooms and an emergency department. The hospital first opened as city memorial hospital of thomasville in july 1930 with 31 beds. Now, more than 90 years later, it is a state-of-the-art medical center that offers residents of davidson county quality care. In 1997, it became the first hospital of its kind to join novant health. In addition to our quality of services and comprehensive categories of services, we're very proud of our patient financial assistance program. We work with customers to help qualify them for public assistance, establish a reasonable payment plan, discount their bill, or provide free care for those that qualify for financial assistance. Community outreach community outreach is a critical component to the mission of novant health thomasville medical center. Each year, our physicians, nurses and staff hold screenings, teach programs, host seminars and volunteer countless hours to help improve the lives of those in our community. The covid-19 pandemic led to an increase in community outreach: some virtual and some in person. A few examples of this are as follows: classes: - newborn care and cpr - wellness coaching - baby cafe other initiatives include: - check-in calls to connection link senior members - martin luther king jr. Health fair - career day for thomasville primary school - advance directives for community - community masking and education at variety of locations including thomasville city schools food distribution site, dccc community college, crisis ministries, light of the world ministries - outreach to individuals who utilized emergency department in 2019 with medical issues related to diabetes providing tips to help control diabetes - partnership with davidson county transportation to fund the addition of a 25 foot bus with wheelchair lift to county fleet increasing access to free public transportation. Provided masks and education for riders. New technology & services to help address the physician and nursing shortage in acute care settings across the united states, novant health launched a new tele-icu program to expand access to critical care services at community hospitals, including novant health thomasville medical center. The tele-icu program enables 24/7 remote monitoring and treatment of intensive care patients at the hospital. Not only does this new technology improve access to critical care services, but it is also designed to help reduce the transfer rate to tertiary hospitals, so patients can receive care closer to home. To expand access to state-of-the-art surgical capabilities for women in and around davidson county, dr. Meaghan aalto at novant health city lake ob/gyn is now trained to perform gynecological procedures with the da vinci surgical system at novant health thomasville medical center. The robotic-assisted surgical system is designed to enhance the surgeon's skillset by improving precision and steadiness. The da”

“Mission novant health exists to improve the health of communities, one person at a time. Vision we, the novant health team, will deliver the most remarkable patient experience, in every dimension, every time. Values -compassion: we treat our customers and their families, staff and other healthcare providers as family members by showing them kindness, patience, empathy and respect. -diversity and inclusion: we recognize that every person is different, each shaped by unique life experiences. This enables us to better understand each other and our customers. -personal excellence: we strive to grow personally and professionally, and we approach each service opportunity with a positive, flexible attitude. Honesty and personal integrity guide all that we do. -teamwork: the needs and expectations of any one customer are greater than what one person's service efforts can satisfy. We support each other so that together as a team, we can be successful in the eye of the customer as a quality service provider. -courage: we act boldly in making the changes necessary to achieve our mission, vision and promise of delivering remarkable healthcare. Our people at novant health, people are our business. We treat each other with respect and compassion. We embrace the differences in our strengths while fostering an environment of inclusion, empowerment, inspiration and courage. We always remember, our business is the care of all people, starting with our team members. Our promise to patients we are making your healthcare experience remarkable. We will bring you world-class clinicians, care and technology - when and where you need them. We are reinventing the healthcare experience to be simpler, more convenient and more affordable, so that you can focus on getting better and staying healthy.”

“Accreditation novant health thomasville medical center has been fully accredited by the joint commission, an independent organization that evaluates a healthcare organization's performance in areas that most affect patient health and safety. Additional accreditations for novant health thomasville medical center include: - accreditation commission for health care (sleep lab accreditation) - american association of blood banks - american college of radiology: mammography - american nurses credentialing center - nurses residency program - college of american pathology - intersocietal accreditation commission noninvasive vascular laboratories - intersocietal accreditation commission echocardiography laboratories - novant health cancer institute - national accreditation program for breast centers community benefit report https://www.novanthealth.org/home/about-us/community-engagement/our-impa ct.aspx the community benefit report, referred to as a community impact report, prepared by novant health is a system-wide report that includes qualitative and quantitative information. Please note that the numeric data in this report is not based upon the form 990, schedule h criteria, but rather it has been prepared in accordance with the north carolina hospital association reporting guidelines. It should not be relied upon as the organization's form 990, schedule h community benefit report, its community health needs assessment or community benefit implementation strategy. In this report, the novant health system's community benefit was approximately $1,018,000,000, including $179,000,000 in financial assistance for 2020.”

“Learn about how we are serving our communities in the pandemic by visiting https://www.novanthealth.org/portals/92/assets/documents/annual-financia l-information/novant-health-2020-annual-report_rising-up.pdf.”

“Outside services: program service expenses 2,515,888. Management and general expenses 139,188. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 2,655,076. Contracted services: program service expenses 806,369. Management and general expenses 81,228. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 887,597. Collection service: program service expenses 0. Management and general expenses 92,126. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 92,126. Credentialing fees: program service expenses 13,659. Management and general expenses 872. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 14,531. Recruitment: program service expenses 68,295. Management and general expenses 4,359. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 72,654. Referrals: program service expenses 2,881. Management and general expenses 184. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 3,065. Professional physician services: program service expenses 6,570,505. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 6,570,505. Food service: program service expenses 1,469,345. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 1,469,345.”

“The amounts reported here include amounts attributable to disqualified persons (dqp) as defined in the instructions, but now also includes amounts attributable to individuals that may not definitively be considered dqps under the 4958 rules. We have opted to take a more expansive approach as to who may be considered a dqp and report them here as well.”

“Affiliate transfers: -247,484. Equity in earnings: 2,018.”