Lenoir Memorial Hospital Inc

“The chairman of the board, vice chairman, secretary, president, and others as appointed by the chairman shall constitute the executive committee. The chairman of the board of directors shall serve as chairman of the executive committee and the vice chairman of the board of directors shall serve as vice chairman of the executive committee. The executive committee shall have full authority to transact all regular business of the hospital during the interim between the regular meetings of the board of directors, provided that any action which it may take shall not conflict with these bylaws, rules and regulations or articles of incorporation or with the policies and decisions of the board of directors. Should any matters of extreme urgency arise between regular meetings of the board of directors, it shall be the prerogative of the executive committee to request the chairman of the board to call a special meeting, which shall be held at least twice annually upon call by the chairman. A majority of the members of the committee shall constitute a quorum.”

“Through the management services agreement, unc health care system provides oversight and assistance with a broad array of business, administrative, and executive functions of lenoir memorial hospital, inc. (d/b/a unc health lenoir), including but not limited to: financial reporting and budgeting, managed care contracting, purchasing, physician recruitment and retention, marketing, and clinical service quality. The ceo of unc health lenoir was contracted through this management agreement, during the 2023 calendar year the ceo received $467,315 for these services. The board of directors of unc health lenoir remains locally appointed and retains ultimate authority over the governance and operations of the hospital.”

“The organization's management team reviewed the form 990 in detail. The 990 was placed on the organization's board portal for board member review prior to filing the return and formally presented at a later date.”

“Upon their appointment to the board, and before actually participating in meetings, members must read the conflicts of interest policy and disclose any financial interests that could create a conflict of interest. As long as they continue to serve on the board, members then complete these financial relationship disclosure statements on an annual basis. If such interests are not disclosed, the ceo, board chair, or any other board member may bring the financial interest or actual/possible conflict to the attention of the board; thus the entire board is responsible for ongoing monitoring of potential conflicts and their disclosure. Intentional failure to disclose such financial interests will, by policy, result in appropriate corrective action by the board. Should a conflict of interest arise in conducting the business of the hospital, the affected member(s) may not participate in discussion regarding the relevant transaction, and depending upon the specific nature of the matter, the board can take a range of actions, such as appointing a disinterested person to investigate possible alternatives, requiring the interested person to refrain from performing any functions related to the interest creating the conflict, or requiring the interested person to divest himself of the conflict-creating interest in order to remain on the board. Education and compliance forms are updated annually by the hospital's corporate compliance officer.”

“The executive compensation committee of the board of directors meets yearly to review salaries and benefits of senior staff and key employees. Information is presented on market rates and other current compensation issues facing the hospital. All compensation and benefit recommendations are voted on by the executive compensation committee and presented to the full board of directors for final approval.”

“Photocopies of the form 990 are available upon request at the organization's administrative office. Additionally, recent filings of the form 990 are available online at www.guidestar.org.”

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

“In 2021/ 2022, the latest cycle for completing community health needs assessment was initiated in Lenoir County by Lenoir County Health Department and UNC Health Lenoir. Lenoir County works within the Health ENC partnership in unifying regional process and timeline. Community input was obtained through survey process and input of community health leaders using the Lenoir County Alliance for a Healthy Community to collaborate and partner in establishing community priorities for the next three years. Community priorities were established in no particular order as: + Wellness & Lifestyle + Immunizations & Infectious Diseases + Substance Abuse The full 2021/2022 Lenoir County CHNA and UNC Lenoir Health Care Implementation Strategies as well as past assessments and strategies are located at the Healthy Communities tab under the Minges Wellness Center at UNCLENOIR.ORG. HEALTHY COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY PORTAL Using the healthy communities institute, a comprehensive health status database is located at the healthy communities tab under the minges wellness center at unclenoir.org which provides the latest Lenoir County demographics and leading health indicators. It allows the user to search and report on more than 200 health, economic, social, and well-being indicators, demographics, and comparisons with NC and national benchmarks. The database provides promising practices for community health interventions and allows the community to add local reports for a one stop inspection for local community health assessment. Community leaders have been informed of the free resource for general use. COMMUNITY COALITION ACTIVITIES The Lenoir County Alliance for a Healthy Community met monthly for community networking and information sharing. Almost 20 different community organizations participate in the meetings. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT UNC Health Lenoir financially supported, through donation or sponsorships, numerous Lenoir County organizations including Chamber of Commerce, Education Foundation, United Way, Lenoir Community College Foundation, and Partnership for Children. In addition cash donations were made to the Community Council for the Arts, Rotary Club of Kinston, La Grange Arts Council, Neuse Regional Library, Barbeque Festival on the Neuse, Mary's Soup Kitchen, and Relay for Life. COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT ADVOCACY UNC Health Lenoir focused on improving Maternal & Child Health, through these initiatives: - "Baby Friendly" practices such as "rooming in"skin to skin" for mom and baby are Standards of Care. Skin to skin education is given prior to birth and discussed with moms. Skin to skin provides quicker thermoregulation of the newborn, stabilization of blood glucose levels, decreases newborn crying and maternal anxiety, and promotes a positive breastfeeding experience. - Breastfeeding support is provided for those moms who choose to breastfeed. Breastfeeding is initiated within the first hour and encouragement given for breastfeeding on demand. Proper bottle-feeding techniques, hunger ques and feeding patterns are taught to those moms that choose to formula feed. Feeding logs are encouraged for all new parents, to help transition parents into their new roles and responsibilities. New guidelines established to encourage breastfeeding for mothers in substance use disorder programs. - Participating in current collaborative with the Perinatal Quality Collaborative of North Carolina to decrease opioid use disorder impact on mothers and babies. This will focus on screening women with a validated tool prenatally and upon hospital admission for substance abuse disorder and assisting these individuals to receive needed resources which includes a social work consult, appointment at a treatment center (if agreed upon) and a safe plan of care upon discharge. Updated management for identification and treatment for the newborns is implemented via the Eat Sleep and Console method, which uses mom as medicine. - Admitted inpatients receive a depression”

“Leadership Development and training for Community members UNC Health Lenoir participates in the Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC); the Eastern Healthcare Preparedness Coalition and the UNC System EM Group for planning, coordinating, and executing disaster readiness and drills. UNC Health Lenoir participates in the North Carolina Emergency Management Domestic Preparedness Region 2 (DPR2) emergency preparedness committee for 10 counties which serves to develop and expand regional prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery capabilities for all hazards, both man-made and natural. UNC Health Lenoir also participates in the NC Healthcare Association's Emergency Management Council which is comprised of healthcare emergency managers from across the state and provides guidance for the N.C. Healthcare Association and N.C. Emergency Management and Office of Emergency Services. UNC Health Lenoir participates in the International Association of Healthcare Security and Safety and participates in monthly virtual meetings with other Chapter leaders from around the world related to security and emergency management. Community Health Improvement Advocacy Minges Wellness Center - This on-site medically based fitness center for the community has 50 pieces of stationary exercise equipment with an average of 24 beginner's group exercise classes weekly, with a membership of 656 active individual members in FY24. Monthly membership rates of $20 per month assist an underserved community to initiate exercise plans. Our program partners with Silver Sneakers, Silver & Fit, Active & Fit and Renew Active benefits for eligible community members. A number of free physical activity oriented educational sessions and workshops are offered throughout the year to the community by exercise specialists. Cancer Center Volunteer Lay Navigation Once a diagnosis of cancer is received, patients often feel overwhelmed. Volunteer lay navigators, supervised by the social worker and/or oncology nurse navigator at the Cancer Center, help patients identify and remove barriers to care while linking them to available cancer support resources. The Lay Navigator meets with each new patient in consult and makes supportive phone calls to patients recently finished with treatments. UNC Health's Lay Navigator made multiple supportive phone calls in FY 2024. Over 146 hours in person volunteer hours were donated by the Lay Navigator in FY 2024. Cancer Center Program Outreach The Cancer Center provides an on-site free food pantry for patients and their caregivers. Patients that are unable to eat certain foods or go grocery shopping due to fatigue, nausea, and other symptoms related to their oncology treatments or financial issues are welcome to any items in the pantry. Food, nutritional supplements and toiletry items are available in the pantry. Community groups and individuals provide numerous donations of items, as well as monetary donations to be used for needed purchases, throughout the year. The Cancer Center food pantry was included as a recipient of UNC Health Lenoir's 2024 Feastival of Food Drive. The Cancer Center worked with Eagle Scout candidate, Noah Harper (Son of Employees Howard and Jennifer Harper) to achieve his Eagle Scout award during FY 24. Noah and his team constructed a bench and a "Blessing Box" at the front entrance of our local Cancer Center for the community members. Donations to this box can be offered at any hour by all community members. Community education and outreach continued in FY 2024 with a total of 6 meetings of the Ladies Cancer Support Group. This group meets in person at the Cancer Center on the second Thursday of every other month and is looking to expand its offerings in FY 2025. All females in any stage of their cancer journey are invited to attend these group meetings. Topics included nutrition, exercise, fatigue, financial and psychosocial issues. Community educational talks were provided to several groups in the community by ou”

“Community Health Education Programming UNC Health Lenoir provided health and wellness programs to 880 participants. Programming included heart health, stroke prevention, prescription awareness, substance abuse awareness at National Night Out Against Crime, diabetes, COVID-19 education, exercise, nutrition, and other health education offerings. Education was in person. Community Support UNC Health Lenoir employees show good community stewardship by participating in fundraising to support the American Cancer Society Relay for Life, Lenoir Hospital Foundation projects, and Lenoir-Greene United Way. Employees worked together to give time, talent, and cash donations/pledges of $93,416 for 2024 for great causes in the community. Employees collected 6000 pounds of food for families in need at the Feastival of Foods and made donations to the pantries at Mary's Kitchen, UNC Health Lenoir's Patient Pantry and Cancer Center Food Pantry, Backpack Buddies of Lenoir County and La Grange First Missionary Baptist Food Pantry. Employees kept the long tradition of playing Secret Santa to 26 foster children in the community. Gifts this year were provided to foster children through the Guardian Ad Litem program. Hospital Volunteer Program included 98 adult, youth, and chaplains volunteers including youth volunteers and chaplains provided 14,851 volunteer hours in a variety of hospital settings enriching the patient experience and performing the work of 7 unpaid FTEs. The community donations, totaling more than $20,000 for Lights of Love fund a number of hospital oncology programs and projects each year. The gift shop and vendor sales raised an additional $76,254 to support hospital projects, employee and teen scholarships, and items used to enhance the patient experience. Physician Recruitment UNC Health Lenoir has conducted 28 hospital and community site visits and hired 12 new medical providers including physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and a certified midwife to the clinical staff in 2024. The new providers will be practicing in our community and cover the following specialties: obstetrics and gynecology, hospitalist medicine, critical care medicine, pediatrics, physical medicine and rehab, and interventional cardiology.”

“Other non operating revenue: $111,525 lease query investment income: $59,774 -------- total: $171,299”

“The process has not changed from the prior year.”

“Description:contract services total fees:12924868”

“Description:contract labor total fees:7656818”