Peachtree Christian Hospice Inc

“A complete hard copy of the form 990 is provided to every member of the peachtree christian hospice board of directors, as well as to corporate officers, at least five (5) days prior to planned filing date, with stated instructions urging each to review the document and provide comments, in writing, to the vice president of operations no later than two (2) days prior to filing. Any issues that arise are reviewed and addressed by appropriate parties, with guidance from the organization's outside accountant and/or legal counsel, as necessary.”

“Section 11 of peachtree christian hospice's ("pch") bylaws, as revised in october 2001, satisfies the requirements specified in the instructions to the form 990 regarding whether an organization maintains "valid" conflict of interest policy. In addition, pch requires annually that each member of the board of directors formally attest, via a signed statement, that they understand pch's conflict of interest policy. Finally, each member of the board is required to attest, in writing, if they are aware of any conflict of interest which occurred, and if so, to disclose the nature of the conflict of interest. Prior to this filing, for the year 2013, each board of directors member attested that he or she understood pch's policy and no conflicts of interest occurred.”

“The compensation committe reviewed compensation ranges for individuals with other similar non-profit entities. In addition, the committee also ensured that comparison was based upon similarly qualified individuals who performed similar job functions. The information obtained was then reveiwed with pch's outside legal counsel. The committee's recommendation was then submitted to the pch board for approval. The approval for the recommendation was 100%. The compensated individuals were not permitted to witness or participate in the bod's approval of the compensation committee's salary recommendation.”

“The compensation committe reviewed compensation ranges for individuals with other similar non-profit entities. In addition, the committee also ensured that comparison was based upon similarly qualified individuals who performed similar job functions. The information obtained as then reveiwed with pch's outside legal counsel. The committee's recommendation was then submitted to the pch board for approval. The approval for the recommendation was 100%. The compensated individuals were not permitted to witness or participate in the bod's approval of the compensation committee's salary recommendation.”

“Any individual interested in reviewing the governing documents, the conflict of interest policy or the organization financial statements, may do so by visiting the corporate office located at 3430 duluth park lane; duluth, ga, and requesting those items from the director of community relations, who is located at the facility.”