United Regional Health Care System

“Power to elect or appoint members of the governing body: the wichita county-city of wichita falls, texas hospital board (whb) appoints one individual to serve ex officio as a voting director. The individual appointed by the whb does not have to be a member of the whb but must meet the qualifications for directors set forth by the hospital.”

“Decisions of the governing body subject to approval: the joint city-county board has approval regarding bond financing and approval of the budget.”

“Process to review the form 990: the executive committee charter, as approved by the united regional health care system board, delegates the review of 990s to the executive committee and the finance/audit committee. All members of the committee are provided a copy of the form 990 prior to filing with the irs. The 990 is reviewed by management officials of the hospital and the executive committee of the board. Following opportunity to review and upon recommendation of the executive and finance/audit committees, the system's board approves the form 990s.”

“Monitoring compliance with conflict of interest policy: all officers, directors, and certain employees are required to complete a conflict of interest form annually. The forms are reviewed initially by the chief compliance officer and the ceo for potential conflicts. Any actual conflicts are reviewed by the board of directors. A person with a conflict is restricted from voting on related matters.”

“Process used to determine compensation of management and other officers: the executive committee performs an annual review of compensation of the ceo. Additionally, a compensation consultant provides market comparisons on an every other year basis. This was last completed in 2022. All compensation reviews are documented in the executive committee's meeting minutes. An annual compensation review is performed by the ceo for all other officers of the organization within the parameters set by the executive committee. The executive committee reviews all other corporate officers every other year utilizing the market comparisons provided by the compensation consultant. All compensation reviews are documented in the executive committee's meeting minutes.”

“Documents available to the public: an ad is run in the local paper on an annual basis informing the community the financial statements are available to the public upon request. The other documents are not made available to the public.”

“Delegation of authority: the executive committee has authority to transact all business of the board in the governance of the corporation during the period between meetings of the board, subject to the limitations set forth in the bylaws and any limitations otherwise imposed by the board.”

“Compensation of Officers and Directors: Directors reported on part vii, section a are compensated for professional services as physicians and not as directors. Directors receiving 1099 income from united regional is compensation related to administrative and general services rendered to clinical areas of the organization, other professional services and for trauma or other off-hour availability.”

“Business relationships: andre desire, md and vendampattu ganeshram, md have a business relationship.”

“Other changes in net assets: intercompany transfers $(4,407,355)”

“Description:catering expense total fees:80077”

“Description:physician services total fees:12399793”

“Description:professional services total fees:31140729”

“Description:purchased services total fees:1794831”

“Description:service contracts total fees:10794700”

“Description:temporary labor total fees:21065841”

“Description:transport total fees:211132”