Multi-Faith Retirement Services Live Oak Retirement Center

“The sole member of this corporation is willis-knighton medical center, a non-profit corporation, domiciled in caddo parish, louisiana.”

“Members are appointed and elected by a vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the members of the corporation, and the corporation members shall determine the term of office of each member who is appointed or elected to the board of trustees.”

“The form 990 is prepared by the corporation's cpa firm with the assistance of several members of multi-faith retirement services. The final form 990 is reviewed and discussed by the president and cpa firm with the entire board of trustees, before the form 990 is filed with the internal revenue service.”

“The conflicts of interest policy covers all "interested persons." an "interested person" is defined as any trustee, principal officer, or member of a committee with board designated powers who has a direct or indirect financial interest in an entity with which the corporation has a transaction or arrangement; or a compensation arrangement with the corporation or with any entity or individual with which the corporation has a transaction or arrangement; or a potential ownership or investment interest in, or compensation arrangement with, any entity or individual with which the corporation is negotiating a transaction or arrangement. Interested persons have a duty to disclose any actual or possible conflicts of interest and all material facts related to the proposed transaction or arrangement to the trustees and members of committees with board designated powers. The interested person is allowed to make a presentation at the board or committee meeting, but after such presentation the interested person shall leave the meeting during the discussion of, and the vote on, the transaction or arrangement that results in the conflict of interest. If the board or committee believes a member has violated the conflicts of interest policy, it shall inform the member of the basis for such belief and afford the member an opportunity to explain the alleged failure. If the board or committee determines that the member has, in fact, failed to disclose an actual or possible conflict of interest, it shall take appropriate disciplinary and corrective action. Periodic reviews are conducted which, at a minimum, include the following subjects: 1. Whether compensation arrangements and benefits are reasonable and are the result of arm's-length bargaining. 2. Whether acquisitions of goods or services and other provider services results in inurement or impermissible private benefit. 3. Whether partnership and joint venture arrangements and arrangements with management service organizations and physician hospital organizations conform to written policies, are properly recorded, reflect reasonable payments for goods and services, further the corporation's charitable purposes and do not result in inurement or impermissible private benefit. 4. Whether agreements to provide health care and agreements with other health care providers, employees, and third party payors further the corporation's charitable purposes and do not result in inurement or impermissible private benefit.”

“The compensation committee meets to determine the compensation of the ceo, cfo and other officers. The committee uses data from salary surveys such as the annual survey of manager and executive compensation in hospitals and health systems prepared by sullivan cotter to ensure that comparable compensation for similarly qualified individuals in comparable positions at similarly situated organizations is used. Data is compiled from not-for-profit systems of similar size and complexity and uses these as comparative salaries. The committee also considers other factors such as length of employment and other employment responsibilities in determining the officers' compensation. The executive compensation committee peropically hires independent consultants for analysis of the compensation of the medical center's top executives (ceo and cfo). The committee maintains contemporaneous documentation of its deliberations and decisions regarding the compensation arrangements.”

“The governing documents are available on its website: www.oaksofla.com. The consolidated financial statements (willis-knighton medical center and subsidiaries) are available on the following website: http://www.emma.msrb.org.”

“Multi-faith retirement services rents 90.85 acres of land for $11,000 per month to willis-knighton medical center. Multi-faith retirement service reserves patient rooms that are furnished to assist the special needs and illnesses of chemotherapy patients to willis-knighton medical center for potential patient overflow.”

“The willis-knighton medical center's september 30, 2014 financial statements are audited on a consolidated basis, with its wholly-owned subsidiaries, virginia hall nursing home, south shreveport pharmacy, inc., health plus of louisiana, inc. And multi-faith retirement services.”