Union General Hospital

“Delegation of control over management duties: the hospital has entered into a contract for administrative services with iasis glenwood regional medical center, which automatically renews each year. This contract requires that the management company provide personnel to perform duties as the hospital administrator. Fees paid to iasis were $190,687. Per irs guidance, no compensation paid by iasis is shown on part vii for this individual: evalyn ormond $190,687”

“Process to review the form 990: the form 990 was prepared by an independent accounting firm following the completion of an audit of financial statements. Both the ceo and cfo review the return and provide a copy to the president of the board prior to filing. The return will be made available to the full board of directors at the first board meeting after filing with the irs.”

“Process for monitoring compliance with conflict of interest policy: all board members are required to complete a conflict of interest statement annually. All employees are required to report any conflicts of interest. In the event of a conflict, he or she shall leave the meeting during the discussion of, and the vote on, the transaction or arrangement that results in the conflict of interest.”

“Review of ceo and other officer official compensation: information was obtained from the 2014 la salary survey done by the greater new orleans society for h/r admin and presented to the ugh board for review and discussion. Salaries for these positions were adjusted based upon recommendation and approval by the board of directors during the executive session. Documentation of the review is kept in the executive session's minutes. All other employees (including other officers) receive merit increases based on their annual employee evaluation scores every february. The ceo and cfo set the maximum increases for department managers, and maximum percentage increases for all other employees. Each employee receives a prorata percentage of the maximum percentage, based on their actual evaluation score compared to the maximum score possible on the evaluation. The evaluations are completed by the employee's supervisor.”

“Availability of documents: the organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements available upon request.”

“Contracted ceo position: the position of ceo is contracted through iasis glenwood regional medical center, an unrelated organization. Union general hospital reimburses glenwood for the ceo's salary. This individual is listed on part vii, section a of form 990, along with the amount of bonus and benefits paid directly by union general.”

“Other changes in net assets: net assets released from restriction $(52,595)”

“Description:purchased medical services total fees:2669814”

“Description:physician fees total fees:1091087”

“Description:maintenance agreements total fees:200746”

“Description:physician recruiting total fees:3500”

“Description:contract labor total fees:90”

“Description:outside testing total fees:2144”