Mississippi Hospital Association

“The association has institutional members that are comprised of hospitals throughout the state of mississippi.”

“Hospital members are organized into councils based primarily on geographic area within the state of mississippi. Representatives of hospitals in the councils nominate and elect members to the association's board of governors.”

“Information for form 990 is gathered through a team effort at mha. The cfo and senior accounting staff prepare the responses and provide the information requested by the cpa firm. The audit report of the organization is used as well. Other mha staff members are consulted as needed for input related to policies and procedures. The preliminary draft of the 990 prepared by the outside cpa is submitted to the cfo for review, feedback, finalization, and filing. A final copy of the 990 is available upon request.”

“Each board member makes full disclosure annually of any conflict of interest. Employees are required to follow human resources policy in the human resources policies and procedures handbook. A conflict of interest may be considered to exist in those instances where the actions or activities of an individual are involved on behalf of the association.”

“The executive committee comprised of board members conducts an annual appraisal and evaluation of the performance of the president of the association each year with input from an independent compensation consultant. Salaries for other officers and key employees are established based on supervisor recommendations with positional salary ranges based on the written job description and review of industry salary data. Salary ranges for all positions in the organization are reviewed periodically every few years by a compensation consultant.”

“These documents are not made available to the public.”

“Equity in earnings of subsidiaries 184,291. Rounding 2.”

“Mha has a committee that assumes responsibliity for oversight of the audit, review, or compilation of its financial statements and selection of an independent auditor. The process for selection of this committee or oversight and review have not changed from the prior year.”