Hospice of Stfrancis

“The directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the full board of directors, shall designate from among its members an executive committee, a governance committee and an ad hoc committee, and each such committee shall serve at the pleasure of the board of directors with the authority contained in florida law. The board of directors, by resolution, may designate one (1) or more directors as alternate members of any such committee, who may act in the place and stead of any absent member or members at any meeting of such committee. The executive committee shall and may exercise all of the authority of the board of directors, except (1) any action reserved to the entire board of directors required by law, the articles of incorporation or bylaws, or (2) fill vacancies on the board of directors or any committee thereof. The executive committee may transact business issues relating to the final budget approval, corporate policy approval, issues involving insurance and corporate liability, and those items that are reserved to the board of directors under the corporation's contracts requirements policy. The executive committee provides supervisory oversight for the president/chief executive officer, including annual evaluation, salary, and benefits. The executive committee shall meet six (6) times per year. The governance committee shall provide oversight and recommendations related to personnel, development, and compliance-related policies and matters. The duties of the governance committee include approval of organizational human resource policy, exploration of program opportunities and business strategies for supporting the corporation's purpose and mission, and oversight and review of compliance program structure and function, including identifying regulatory risks and methods of encouraging enterprise-wide accountability for the achievement of compliance goals and objectives. The ad hoc committee will meet as needed at the direction of the chairperson to focus on the specific needs of the corporation, such as the nomination of new members of the board of directors, discussion of specific ethics or ethics-related issues, and to address the specific organizational performance improvement/quality related manners.”

“The 990 is prepared by an outside accounting firm based on the information submitted by management. The completed 990 is presented to management for internal review. Once approved, the 990 is shared with the board of directors and submitted to the irs electronically.”

“The conflict of interest policy is presented to and signed off by new board members. During the scheduled orientation period for the member when items are discussed. During a board meeting, board members are requested to declare any conflict of interest or relationship to any party associated with the items. If a conflict or relationship exists, then the policy terms are followed by the board. The board members provide an annual disclosure and confirmation that is used for ongoing confirmation of conflicts. This policy is monitored by the president/ceo.”

“The ceo compensation is based on base and bonus system. The ceo's pay range is compared to the regional homecare and hospice annual salary and benefits report, published by hospital & healthcare compensation service. The data in this report includes the relevant data from hospice of st. Francis. The range for the ceo is compared to the regional and state compensation levels. Then the bonus structure is established to provide incremental reimbursement upon attaining objective goals. All of the information is reviewed annually with the board of directors personnel committee, which is made up of eight independent members, and documented in the board minutes. Other key employee compensation also uses the regional homecare and hospice annual salary and benefits report, published by hospital & healthcare compensation service. The data in this report includes the relevant data from hospice of st francis. The range for these staff are compared to the regional and state compensation levels. All of the information is reviewed annually with the board of directors personnel committee, which is made up of eight independent members, and documented in the board minutes.”

“Hospice of st. Francis' form 990 can be found at guidestar.org. All other documents can be obtained upon request.”

“Time devoted to the hospice of st. Francis foundation, inc. D/b/a st. Francis reflections foundation - ein#47-5116106: name title hrs/wk devoted mary coleman member at large 1.00 tony hurt vice chairperson 1.00 steve griffin director 1.00 chris mcalpine past chairperson 1.00 joseph killian chief executive officer 1.00 marsha abeln chief financial officer 1.00”

“The oversight and selection process for the audit occurs during the year. The results of the audit are presented to and reviewed by the board of directors. This process remained the same as prior year.”