St Joseph of the Pines Inc

“The sole member of st. Joseph of the pines is trinity continuing care services. See line 7 for additional information.”

“Trinity continuing care services is the sole member of st. Joseph of the pines. Trinity continuing care services has the right to appoint all persons to the board of directors of st. Joseph of the pines.”

“As sole member, trinity continuing care services must approve certain decisions of the governing body, including the strategic plan, annual capital plan, and annual operating budget. Trinity continuing care services must also approve significant changes such as a merger, dissolution, sale of assets in excess of certain limits, and modifications to governing documents.”

“Prior to filing, the form 990 for st. Joseph of the pines is reviewed by senior management. In addition, certain key sections of the form are reviewed by the finance committee as well as the board of directors. Each memeber of the board receives a copy of the return in its final form before it is filed with the internal revenue service.”

“St. Joseph of the pines has adopted trinity health's governance policy no. 1, which sets forth the organization's conflict of interest policy and processes. It applies to all "interested persons" of st. Joseph of the pines, which includes directors, principal officers, key employees, and members of committees with board-delegated powers. Interested persons are expected to discharge their duties in a manner the person reasonably believes to be in the best interests of st. Joseph of the pines and to avoid situations involving a conflict of interest. On an annual basis, interested persons are required to complete a conflict of interest disclosure statement and to affirm their receipt of the conflict of interest policy, compliance with its requirements, and agree to notify the organization of changes impacting their annual disclosure in accordance with the policy. The annual disclosures are provided to internal legal counsel and the integrity and compliance officer, from which legal counsel prepares a report for the board chair and ceo. A summary of potential conflicts is reviewed with the board of directors of st. Joseph of the pines (or a delegated committee of the board) on a yearly basis. Interested persons are required to make full disclosure to st. Joseph of the pines of any financial or business interests that might result in or have the appearance of a conflict of interest. The board of directors of st. Joseph of the pines (or a delegated committee of the board) is responsible for the review of transactions to determine whether an actual conflict of interest exists. In the event of an actual conflict, the board (or a delegated committee of the board) will either avoid the conflict or appropriately scrutinize the transaction to ensure it is in the best interests of st. Joseph of the pines. Interested persons are required to recuse themselves from discussion and voting on matters involving a conflict of interest. The policy further addresses the proper documentation of the proceedings and potential disciplinary and corrective action for violations of the policy. The policy is available to the public upon request.”

“Questions 15a and 15b are answered "no" because the compensation for certain officers and key management officials of st. Joseph of the pines is established by trinity health, a related organization. In establishing ceo compensation, trinity health follows a process and policy that is intended to mirror the irc section 4958 guidelines for obtaining a "rebuttable presumption of reasonableness" with regard to compensation and benefits. As part of that process, the compensation and benefits of the ceo of st. Joseph of the pines are reviewed at least annually by the trinity health board or the trinity health human resources and compensation committee (hrcc) of the board, authorized to act on behalf of the board with respect to certain compensation matters. As part of its review process, the hrcc retains an independent firm experienced in compensation and benefit matters for not-for-profit health care organizations to advise it in the determinations it makes on the reasonableness of proposed compensation and benefits arrangements.”

“St. Joseph of the pines is a subsidiary organization in the trinity health system. Trinity health makes certain of its key documents available to the public on its website, www.trinity-health.org, in the "about us" section. In this section, the consolidated audited financial statements are publicly available. St. Joseph of the pines' governing documents and conflict of interest policy are available upon request.”

“Consulting services: program service expenses 363,206. Management and general expenses 105,870. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 469,076. Misc purchased services: program service expenses 1,414,036. Management and general expenses 412,172. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 1,826,208. Medical specialist fees: program service expenses 196,380. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 196,380. Laundry and linen services: program service expenses 50,076. Management and general expenses 14,597. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 64,673. Medical services: program service expenses 2,541,049. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 2,541,049. Recruiting services: program service expenses 22,915. Management and general expenses 6,679. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 29,594.”

“St. Joseph of the pines' financial statements were included in the fy17 consolidated financial statements of trinity health, which were audited by an independent public accounting firm.”