Thomason Cares Inc

“Form 990, part iii, line 3 thomason cares inc ceased operations during the current year. The process of transferring physicians to the university medical center of el paso's payroll was started the prior tax year and completed by april of the current tax year. There were no further operations after april 2014.”

“Form 990, part vi, line 6 the university medical center of el paso is the sole member of thomason cares, inc.”

“Form 990, part vi, line 7a the university medical center of el paso governing body has the right to elect all directors of thomason cares, inc.'s governing body. Governing body decisions subject to approval of members form 990, part vi, line 7b the university medical center of el paso, the sole member of thomason cares, inc., has the right to approve certain specific financial transactions, the articles of incorporation, the bylaws, and election to or removal from the board of directors.”

“Form 990, part vi, line 8b there are no committees with authority to act on behalf of the governing body.”

“Form 990, part vi, line 11b the organization engages an independent accounting firm experienced in the preparation of the form 990 to prepare its form 990. The organization's accounting and legal personnel review the 990. The final form 990 with all required schedules is provided to all voting members of the board prior to filing the 990.”

“Form 990, part vi, line 12c the conflict of interest policy is contained in el paso county hospital district ("epchd") policy number cp-42. This policy applies to university medical center of el paso and its affiliates. The policy is designed to address and identify potential, actual, and apparent conflicts of interest. Identification of a conflict of interest is necessary to ensure appropriate steps are taken to properly address, certify, and abstain from the decision making process or any interactions that may exercise influence when approving or negotiating new and continued business relationships. If a conflict of interest does exist between an epchd leader and a business entity, proper documentation to disclose the financial/material interest is required. Upon employment and the annually thereafter, epchd leaders shall sign a conflict of interest certification and acknowledgement of conflict of interest policy certifying that they received, read, understand, and agree to comply with this conflict of interest policy. An epchd leader (includes epchd subsidiary leader) includes board of managers, chief executives, vice-presidents, managers, supervisors, directors, administrators, medical directors, committee members, or others as identified by the ceo that have the ability to approve, or actively participate in the decision making process when negotiating a business relationship that is of financial or material interest to epchd. The ceo, compliance officer, and the chief legal officer shall review conflict of interest certification forms that disclose a potential conflict of interest or outside interest to determine appropriate action. For conflicts disclosed on the certification form, discussion occurs with the leader regarding the process for allowing the conflict to exist. Transparency, disclosure, and abstinence from the decision making, and removal of oversight of the vendor payment is clearly stated in the discussion. The supervisor is made aware and also has authority to disallow potential conflict relationships that may impact workflow processes. If an actual, potential, or apparent conflict of interest exists the epchd leader shall be excluded from the decision making process. If an outside interest exists, a determination shall be made whether the outside interest may continue or should be terminated.”

“Form 990, part vi, line 15a & 15b the management officials are employed by university medical center "umc", a direct controlling entity. Umc has salary ranges for each position. In determining compensation for its employees umc considers its salary ranges, salary surveys, and market analysis. The umc board of directors approves the ceo's compensation and the ceo approves the compensation for the officers. Thomason cares has salary ranges for each position. In determining compensation for its employees thomason cares considers its salary ranges, salary surveys, and market analysis. The president reviews the compensation information and forwards it to the board of directors of university medical center, a direct controlling entity, for approval.”

“Form 990, part vi, line 19 the organization's governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available to the public upon request.”

“Form 990, part xii, line 2c the sole member, the university medical center of el paso, of thomason cares, inc. Has a committee that assumes the responsibility for the oversight of the audit.”