Tch Pediatric Associates Inc

“Texas children's is the sole corporate member of tch pediatric associates.”

“Texas children's annually appoints the organization's board of directors.”

“PER THE ORGANIZATION'S BYLAWS, THE MEMBER HAS CERTAIN RESERVED POWERS: - Approve, interpret, or change the purpose of the Corporation. - Fix the number, appoint, or remove, with or without cause, any Director of the Corporation. - Fix the number, appoint, or remove, with or without cause, any Officer of the Corporation. - Approve the merger, dissolution, or consolidation, or reorganization of the Corporation. - Approve the acquisition, sale, lease, transfer, or other alienation of property of the Corporation, other than in the usual and regular course of the Corporation's business, when such acquisition, sale, lease, transfer, or other alienation is above specified financial levels set in accordance with policies established from time to time by the Member. - Approve capital and operating budgets of the Corporation. - Adopt or amend salaries or other compensation (including the awarding of any incentive compensation) of the Officers, physician employees of the Corporation, if any, and physicians who are independent contractors to the Corporation, if any. - Approve debt incurred by the Corporation that is in excess of such limits as are established by the Member. - Approve the disposition of assets of the Corporation at the time of its dissolution. - Approve any long-range financial and strategic plans for the Corporation. - Select the Corporation's auditors and legal counsel. - Create or sell any subsidiaries of the Corporation. - Approve any arrangement under which the Corporation shares financial risk, ownership, governance or co-branding with another entity, including, but not limited to, an insurer, health maintenance organization or preferred provider organization, and any agreement with a medical school, hospital, clinic, pharmacy, physician, Hospital affiliate, or other provider of health or related services, including, without limitation, all service terms and compensation arrangements therein. For the sake of clarity, an arrangement in which an entity has permission to list the Corporation as a client or an in-network participant does not constitute co-branding for purposes of these Bylaws. - Establish any training or residency program by the Corporation. - Adopt or amend any indemnification rights as outlined in Article IX hereof. - Approve any external funding to support the Corporation's activities, if the funding requires the Corporation to meet certain performance measures or outcomes, adhere to a budget, identify specific individuals to manage the activities being funded, or commit to any other similar programmatic obligations or restrictions. For the sake of clarity, this provision does not apply to gifts and contributions. - Purchase, adopt, amend, cancel, or replace any insurance coverage for the Corporation or its Directors, Officers and agents, as well as copies of any notices of cancellation received by the Corporation. - Approve the commencement or settlement of litigation or other claims, if such decision is outside management's authority as outlined in the Levels of Authority. - Approve the adoption or amendment of fee schedules relating to patient services. - Designate additional or successor Member(s). - Any other matters with respect to which exclusive authority is granted to the Member by law, the Certificate of Formation, or these Bylaws.”

“No such committees exist.”

“Per a resolution approved by the member's board of trustees, the member board's audit, compliance, & risk committee has delegated authority to review the organization's completed Form 990 prior to filing. Following the audit, compliance, & risk Committee's review and approval, the completed Form 990 is shared with the members of the organization's board of directors and board of trustees prior to filing with the IRS.”

“The organization consistently monitors and enforces the conflict of interest policy through two separate processes, one that applies to the board members, and a second that applies to officers and key employees. 1) board members: per the organization's board-approved conflicts review process, responses to the annual conflicts questionnaire are reviewed by the member's board leadership and presented to the member's audit, compliance, & risk committee. If the committee deems there are any significant issues, the responses are then reviewed by the member board's executive committee and any required action (recusement from board deliberations related to the conflict, etc.) is taken in accordance with the organization's board-approved code of conduct. 2) officers / key employees: per the organization's board-approved conflicts review process, responses to the annual conflicts questionnaire are reviewed by the compliance services department. If the department deems there are any significant issues, required action is taken in accordance with the organization's board-approved code of conduct and the board is notified of such actions.”

“The annual process for determining compensation includes: -review and approval by governing body and compensation committee, provided that persons with a conflict of interest with respect to the compensation arrangement at issue were not involved. -comparable compensation data for similarly qualified persons in functionally comparable positions at similarly situated organizations. -contemporaneous documentation and recordkeeping with respect to deliberations and decisions regarding the compensation agreement. The calendar year 2023 compensation of the organization's officers and key employees was reviewed in october 2022.”

“The governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available to the public upon request.”

“Sapna singh, m.d.'s 39 hours average per week represents her role as a tch pediatric associates board member (1 hour average per week) as well as her role as a compensated physician. Sapna singh, m.d. Receives compensation in her capacity as a physician, not as a board member. Matthew a. Wilber, m.d.'s 39 hours average per week represents his role as a tch pediatric associates board member (1 hour average per week) as well as his role as a compensated physician. Matthew a. Wilber, m.d. Receives compensation in his capacity as a physician, not as a board member.”

“Dr. Shilt, while employed by baylor college of medicine, served as in-chief directing patient care at texas children's hospital. Due to his senior leadership roles, he is eligible for incentive compensation based on his contributions to achieving the organization's strategic goals. All compensation is earned in his capacity as a physician leader.”

“OTHER OPERATING REVENUE - Total Revenue: 2111714, Related or Exempt Function Revenue: 2111714, Unrelated Business Revenue: , Revenue Excluded from Tax Under Sections 512, 513, or 514: ;”

“Compensation for the organization's top management official is paid by texas children's hospital, a related tax exempt organization. Because the organization's top management official is not paid by the filing organization, question 15a has been answered no.”

“Texas children's hospital (74-1100555) is responsible for all form 1096 and form 1099 filings. As such, this information is reported on the texas children's hospital form 990.”