Suncoast Health Council Inc

“Board of directors along with executive director review form 990 before it is filed.”

“Board members are required to execute a conflict of interest form upon initial appointment to the board and annually at the first regularly scheduled board meeting of the new fiscal year; i.e., on or before august of each year. Board members are also required to disclose potential conflicts prior to discussion of action items before the board. All staff members are required to seek approval to accept outside employment. The form used to submit the outside employment request asks questions to determine the level/existence of potential conflicts with health council interests.”

“The board meets to review the performance of the executive director and to establish compensation. External data is used to determine compensation such as the compensation for executive directors at other local health councils, the compensation of executive directors in non-profits of similar size, and the compensation of management/executive level positions within local health departments and hospitals.”

“The executive director is the only officer employed by the agency.”

“The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements available to the public upon request in their administrative offices.”

“Council works to identify, address and resolve health care issues in pasco and pinellas counties through planning, education and service delivery. The council collects and analyzes health care data; identifies system deficiencies; and develops strategies and service delivery systems to expand access to timely and appropriate preventive health care services for the area's most vulnerable residents.”

“Local health planning program provides the following services: certificate of need planning- involves the collection, analysis and reporting of health care facility data (occupancy, utilization and procedures) to the agency for health care administration for use in determining the need for new and/or expanded hospital and nursing home facilities and services. Community health planning- includes conducting demographic and health status assessments, needs assessments, gap analyses, and funding stream analyses to describe and prioritize health care issues at the local level. Mednet program- a community based service delivery program that utilizes specially trained patient advocates to secure free prescription medications for low income uninsured or under insured residents with chronic health conditions. Hillsborough health plan satisfaction- assesses client and provider satisfaction with the hillsborough county health care plan and develops recommendations to improve service delivery. Quality management program- assesses the quality and clinical effectiveness of hiv/aids services funded by federal ryan white care act funds to meet the needs of plwa in an 8 county service area. Administrative assessment program- assesses the effectivenss and efficiency with which hillsborough county government announces, procures and administers federal ryan white care act funds in the 8 county service area.”