Christus Northeast Texas and Northern Louisiana Health System C

“Members or stockholders: the sole member is the congregation of the sisters of the holy family of nazareth, a religious order of the roman catholic church.”

“Members who may elect members of the governing body: the member has the sole right and authority to appoint one of the members of the organization's board of directors.”

“Decisions of the governing body subject to approval by the member: the member has the right to approve or disapprove certain actions that have been previously approved by the board of directors.”

“Process to review the form 990: the organization engages an outside accounting firm to prepare form 990. Once prepared, the form is reviewed by the organization's internal accountants and a copy is provided to the board prior to filing.”

“Process to monitor and enforce conflict of interest policy: the board reviews and resolves, if necessary, any transactions as they arise throughout the year in accordance with policy standards.”

“Review of compensation of ceo, officer, or key employees: the organization uses compensation consultants and national compensation surveys to determine compensation of employees. Compensation is approved by the organization's governing body. The most recent review of officer compensation was conducted in 2015 by laura lockhart, tmfhs director of total rewards, and jared seiger, tmfhs benefit specialist.”

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

“Compensation from related organizations: the governing board of trinity mother frances health system upon advice from nationally recognized compensation consultants, who periodically review all executive compensation, approved a deferred compensation plan that provides a 65% total retirement benefit for senior executives that serve 20 years or more. This program has both retention and non-competition clauses that create a risk of forfeiture. Deferred compensation is subject to a risk of forfeiture based on retention, non-competition and other contractual factors. Accruals of deferred compensation are not includible in w-2 compensation until paid. Other employee benefits include qualified pension plans, health, dental and life insurance plans, disability insurance, etc. Taxable expenses are included in the w-2 paid compensation salary amount.”

“Relationships between officers & directors: the members of the executive team all have business relationships with eachother through their employment with related organizations.”

“1099s reported by organization: the organization's 1099s are issued by a related organization, mother frances hospital regional health care center, who reports all 1099s for the entire system and allocates expenses to the appropriate related organization.”

“Other changes in net assets: change in financial interest - foundation $5,611,000 net assets released from restriction (2,378,616) change in financial interest - temp restricted 1,977,303 equity in earnings of affiliate - foundation (1,849,448) equity in income of consolidated subsidiary (17,077) change in financial interest - perm restricted 500 -------------- total $3,343,662”

“Description:collection fees total fees:4968886”

“Description:consulting total fees:3386093”

“Description:contract labor total fees:455990”

“Description:professional fees total fees:219258”

“Description:purchased services total fees:7464632”

“Description:sponsorships total fees:160000”

“Description:corporate allocation total fees:-2268005”