North Mississippi Emergency Services

“An independent compensation consulting firm, korn ferry, is used to help establish the compensation of the senior executives. The firm presents their independent analysis, which contains comparability data, to the compensation committee of north mississippi health services, inc. (nmhs). The compensation of the individuals are then approved by the compensation committee. The salaries of nmhs' senior executives are then reviewed by the nmhs board of directors. The individual whose compensation is being discussed is not present during the discussion or approval of their compensation. The discussions and decisions regarding the compensation are documented in the minutes of the meetings. Compensation of these individuals is approved annually.”

“North mississippi emergency services is a not-for-profit, nonstock, membership corporation of which north mississippi health services, inc. Is the sole member and has sole voting control.”

“The governance committee of north mississippi health services, inc., which is made up of past chairmen, nominate candidates for the board. These candidates are then approved by the board of north mississippi health services, inc.”

“The board of north mississippi health services, inc. Approves all transactions that exceed $1 million.”

“The form 990 goes through a review process in the accounting department. The accountant for each facility reviews the return for reasonableness and accuracy. All totals are tied to the audit reports, and all amounts are cross-referenced to schedules or other parts of the actual return. Once the accountant reviews the return, the accounting supervisor and the director of accounting review the return. The supervisor does a detailed review by checking the return for the same items that the accountant checked for. The director then does a higher level review, reading the return for reasonableness and comparing prior year amounts to current year amounts. Finally, the vice president of finance reviews the return for reasonableness. The returns are then sent to the executive vice president/treasurer to be reviewed. The treasurer signs the return and it is then sent to the irs.”

“An annual conflict of interest questionnaire is required to be completed by all officers and directors of the organization. The questionnaire is reviewed by north mississippi health services, inc.'s compliance officer and conflict committee. The conflict committee reviews conflict transactions and makes recommendations to the board of directors regarding conflict transactions in accordance with the organization's conflict of interest policy. All members of the conflict committee are prohibited from engaging in transactions with the organization or its affiliates during their tenure on the conflict committee and one year after their service concludes.”

“The governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available to the public upon request. A consolidated statement of operations is available on the organization's website.”