UT Medical Group Inc.

“According to article ii, section 1 of the bylaws: those physicians who are duly licensed to practice medicine in the state of tennessee and those clinical psychologists who are duly licensed in the state of tennessee, who have been appointed to faculty of the university of tennessee health science center (uthsc),college of medicine, who are full time employees pursuant to written employment agreements with the group and who have obtained and maintain credentialed status as a practitioner of the group in accordance with the policies of the board of directors and the group's provider credentialing and enrollment department, shall be members of the group.”

“According to the bylaws: the members of the group annually shall elect the member directors who will serve on the board of directors at an election held in accordance with section 3.3 of article iii of the bylaws.”

“According to the bylaws: the members shall also have the right to approve or disapprove the decision of the board of directors to merge, liquidate, dissolve or terminate the group, by a vote of two thirds (2/3) of the members present or represented at such meeting. The members shall also have the right to vote upon such matters as may be presented to them from time to time by the board of directors or upon such matters as may be presented by a majority of the members present or represented at any annual or special meeting of the members; provided, however, that any such matters are not vested exclusively, directly or indirectly, with the board of directors.”

“Utmg's board of directors has delegated the 990 review process to the audit and compliance committee, which is a committee of the board. This committee reviews utmg's 990 & 990-t and approves the returns before they are signed by the chief executive officer and submitted to the irs.”

“Annually the officers and directors of ut medical group, inc. (utmg) receive utmg's conflict of interest policy and a form to complete and sign acknowledging that they have read, understand, and agree to comply with the conflict of interest policy. In the event a potential conflict of interest with any officer or director arises, the process for disclosing the actual or possible conflict, determining if one exists, and addressing a conflict is included in the conflict of interest policy and is followed.”

“According to the ut medical group, inc. (utmg) bylaws, the compensation committee of the utmg board of directors is responsible for "approving the compensation of the executive staff and applicable directors of the group. The compensation committee shall at the direction of the board of directors review the system of compensation of the group's members and other professional employees." the compensation committee is composed of three (3) voting members, all of whom are independent, outside directors, and three (3) nonvoting members, including the chairman of the board and two other directors. During the reporting period the compensation committee met as often as needed and, utilizing compensation market survey data, reviewed and approved salaries of the chief executive officer, other executive officers, and key employees. Actions of the committee were documented contemporaneously.”

“Forms 1023, 990, and 990-t are made available upon request. Paper copies of the specific documents are forwarded to the requesting individuals. Forms 990 and 990-t are also available on guidestar.org. The organization makes its governing documents and conflict of interest policy available upon request. Paper copies of the specific documents are forwarded to the requesting individuals. The organization makes its financial statements available to those entities with a business need.”

“No change from prior year”