Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Inc

“Powers of the board as per the articles of incorporation, the sole member of the organization is wellstar health system, inc., a georgia nonprofit corporation. As sole member, wellstar health system, inc. Holds certain powers of election and approval in connection with the governing body of the organization. These powers are presented in detail in the governing documents which the company makes available to the public upon request.”

“Board review of form 990 internal staff prepares the organization's form 990. Before filing the return with the internal revenue service an external accounting firm, pricewaterhousecoopers llp, reviews and sign-offs on the completed return of each organization. The current year form 990 is then reviewed by the finance committee along with a question-and-answer session. A motion is then made by the finance committee to approve the returns and present to the full board copies of the forms in an electronic (pdf format) version as well as a hard copy prior to filing. The organization's cfo or designee subsequently signs the return for either manual or electronic filing by the appropriate due date.”

“Conflict of interest policy our conflict-of-interest policy requires all covered persons to annually review the policy and then complete, sign and return the conflicts of interest survey and attestation to the compliance office. The policy requires an on-going disclosure obligation in the event a conflict arises during the year. The following is our process to regularly and consistently monitor and enforce the policy: compliance identifies all covered persons who must complete the survey and attestation. Compliance verifies that the survey and attestation is distributed to these persons. Compliance verifies that these persons return a fully completed and signed survey and attestation. Compliance reviews each completed and signed survey and attestation to identify all conflicts listed in the document. All conflicts, potential conflicts and incidences of non-compliance are referred to the chief compliance officer. The cco takes appropriate action to completely resolve all identified conflicts and incidences of non-compliance.”

“Compensation of officers wellstar health system, inc. Has engaged sullivan cotter to work with the governing board and compensation committee to review and recommend executive compensation. The executive compensation process at wellstar is overseen by a committee of independent trustees, which follows a board-approved executive compensation philosophy. The compensation committee consists of five trustees. The ceo and chief human resources officers participate in an advisory role, and not as voting members. Further in committee discussions about the compensation for the chief executive officer, the ceo recuses him/herself from that process. The executive compensation philosophy empowers the committee to oversee the executive compensation process and administer the executive compensation program on behalf of the full board of trustees of wellstar; provided, however, the full board of trustees evaluates and approves the compensation of the chief executive officer. The philosophy requires annual disclosure of the committee's actions and decisions to the full board, which it has done. The committee is guided by the board-approved philosophy. Overall, the philosophy is intended to reward for organizational and individual performance. Base compensation is targeted at the median base compensation paid to similar positions at similar organizations (the market). Officers of the company also receive variable compensation that is dependent on individual and organization performance. When performance is fully sustained at a satisfactory level, the total compensation, both base and variable, is intended to be at or around the 75th% of compensation paid to similar positions at similar organizations. Wellstar's executive compensation philosophy defines the market as being comprised of comparable not-for-profit health care delivery systems, i.e., not-for-profit organizations similar in complexity and scale to wellstar. To assist the committee in fulfilling its duties, the committee engaged sullivan cotter to provide market compensation data to compare to the wellstar positions whose compensation the committee oversees. The committee uses this data to provide context when making decisions in administering the compensation program. Accurate minutes of the committee's discussion and decisions are recorded during each committee meeting and reviewed and provided to the full board of trustees for review.”

“Documents made available to the public the organization and its affiliates are subject to the open records law in the state of georgia. Therefore, by law, citizens are permitted to inspect and copy its governing documents, policies and financial statements as may be requested from time to time. Additionally, the organization's form 990 is made readily available on the guidestar website. Periodically, the organization publishes a community benefit report once a year for distribution to the public. In accordance with o.c.g.a section 31-7-22 and the georgia department of community health's rules and regulations for hospital transparency chapter 111-8-41 the applicable documents are posted on the wellstar.org website in the wellstar hospital transparent information section. Under its continuing disclosure agreements for public bonds outstanding financial and statistical information is posted and reported on emma.msrb.org on a quarterly and annual basis.”

“Officers hours worked the officers devote their time to all of the organizations within wellstar health system that are listed in schedule r, part ii. As such, the total hours worked by the officers across all organizations exceeds 40 hours a week.”

“Compensation all compensation amounts reported on form 990, part vii; part ix, lines 5-7; and schedule j represent compensation provided to individuals that provide services to the organization. Likewise, the number of employees reported on part v, line 2a represents the number of individuals providing services to the organization. All federal employment tax responsibilities for these individuals (including federal employment tax reporting responsibilities) are handled by wellstar health system, inc. (ein 58-1649541).”

“Vision: deliver world-class healthcare to every person, every time. Mission: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. Values: we serve with compassion. We pursue excellence. We honor every voice. Form 990, part iii, line 4a program service accomplishments wellstar health system is a vertically integrated health care delivery system which provides through affiliated business organizations a full spectrum of health services, including wellness programs, physician office visits, outpatient care, inpatient care, and post-acute services such as home health, hospice and long-term nursing care. The system through its affiliated business organizations operates 11 hospitals (kennestone, cobb, paulding medical center, douglas, windy hill, atlanta medical center - downtown and south, north fulton, spalding, sylvan grove and west georgia), multiple physician offices, primary care centers, outpatient care facilities, a nursing home and other health related services including two inpatient hospice facilities. The system is supported financially by a fundraising organization, wellstar foundation, inc. The service area for the system encompasses parts of the northwestern, central and western sections of the state of georgia - the primary area being in bartow, cherokee, cobb, douglas, paulding, fulton, butts, spalding and troup counties. Approximately more than 90 of inpatient discharges and outpatients served are from the aforementioned counties. The wellstar vision is to deliver world class healthcare. Our mission is to create and deliver high quality hospital, physician and other healthcare related services that improve the health and well-being of the individuals and communities we serve. History in 1993, what was then known as the cobb health system, the kennestone regional health care system, and the douglas general hospital affiliated to form the northwest georgia health system. Paulding memorial medical center affiliated with northwest georgia health system in 1994. In 1994, the northwest georgia health system helped form the promina health system and changed its name to promina northwest health system. In 1998, promina northwest health system changed its name to wellstar health system. Wellstar disassociated from and became totally independent of promina in 1999. In 2016 wellstar acquired atlanta medical center, north fulton hospital, spalding hospital, sylvan grove hospital and west georgia medical center. Wellstar health system is a parent corporation, which provides overall coordination including governing body to its 11 affiliates: - cobb hospital, inc.; - douglas hospital inc.; - kennestone hospital, inc.; - paulding medical center, inc.; - wellstar foundation inc.; - wellstar atlanta medical center, inc. - two campuses; - wellstar north fulton hospital, inc.; - wellstar spalding regional hospital, inc.; - wellstar sylvan grove hospital, inc.; - wellstar west georgia health services, inc.”

“Wellstar health system is able to offer a full range of healthcare services through its affiliates. The services offered include but are not limited to: - most major inpatient clinical services, - outpatient services, - diagnostic and therapeutic services, - ancillary and support services, - urgent care services, - home health services, - skilled nursing services and - hospice services. The 11 hospital locations are acute care facilities with inpatient, outpatient, and emergency services. The system includes a residential facility on the kennestone hospital campus, called atherton place. Atherton place also houses an assisted living unit as an additional level of care. Paulding medical center is home to a full care nursing home, paulding nursing center and west georgia medical center is also home to two full care nursing homes. Vernon woods retirement community is an assisted living facility. Cobb hospital is home to a home health agency and a residential hospice facility called tranquility for those patients in the end stages of life. Kennestone hospital also opened a residential hospice facility not far from its main campus. The system is complimented with approximately 303 322 physician practices and several urgent care centers. The system is thus able to provide a complete continuum of care for the community it serves. The following statements of community benefit and program service accomplishments represent system-wide activity for wellstar health system, inc. (the "system") - ein 58-1649541. All affiliated entities of the system except the physician hospital organization (ein 58-2116179) operate as charitable organizations consistent with the requirements of internal revenue code section 501(c)(3) and the "community benefit standard" of irs revenue ruling 69-545. The following excerpt from the audited financial statements identifies a broad overview of the charitable purpose for the system. The system maintains records to identify and monitor the level of charity care it provides through its affiliates. These records include the amount of charges foregone for services and supplies furnished under its community financial aid policy. In fiscal year 2021 and 2020, wellstar affiliate hospitals made $309.8 million and $329.1 million , respectively, in provider payments (charity care cost) and recognized such payments as a reduction in net patient service revenue in the accompanying combined financial statements. The system also participates in certain governmental insurance programs, including medicare and medicaid. Under these programs, the system provides care to patients at payment rates which are determined by the federal and state governments, regardless of the system's actual charges. In most cases, these programs pay the system at amounts which are less than its cost of providing services. The system offers many wellness and educational services at little or no cost to the community. Health fairs are held throughout the year at convenient locations, providing various health screenings, such as mammograms, bone density, blood pressure and cholesterol checks. A large number of educational programs are offered for all ages. These programs include bicycle safety, car seat safety, defensive driving, cpr and first-aid classes. Flu shots are available to the community during flu season and health screenings, medical supplies, and immunizations are provided to children through local health departments and health fairs. The costs of these services are included in unrestricted revenue, gains and other support in excess of expenses and losses in the financial statements. The physicians of the system make significant contributions to improve the health status of the community, including involvement in many community activities promoting health awareness and improvement, emergency room care, and delivery of care to the indigent population of the system's service area. The system also made significant contributions to the nursing p”

“Services provided system-wide: licensed beds - 2,775 adult discharges - 107,476 newborn discharges - 13,659 emergency room visits - 539,521 surgeries - 62,704 cath lab/pacemakers/ep - 17,516 non-ed o/p radiology procedures - 508,290 med/surg. Short stay cases - 230 gi lab procedures - 10,408 radiology oncology procedures - 40,330 community benefit programs: safe kids: wellstar is a co-lead agency for safe kids cobb county along with cobb and douglas public health, and wellstar spalding hospital is the lead agency for safe kids spalding that launched in january 2019. Safe kids cobb county and safe kids spalding are committed to reducing and preventing accidental injuries to children ages 19 and under by hosting safety education events and programs, distributing safety education materials and equipment to families in need. Safety areas of focus include: child passenger, pedestrian, wheel, home, poison prevention and water. Equipment distribution includes: car and booster seats, bicycle helmets and reflectors, smoke/carbon monoxide alarms, home safety kits and lifejackets. Most of the events are free and open to the public. The important message taught at these events is that safety begins with the parents and caregivers. During the pandemic, programming and outreach was very minimal with safe kids cobb due to covid, however some virtual car seat checks and appointments were completed along with the car seat distribution program at cobb and kennestone hospitals. The good life club: wellstar provides a special program for area residents age 50 and older called the good life club. This program provides healthy aging resources and promotes health, wellness, and an active lifestyle through classes, health screenings and other opportunities. A small one-time fee covers a lifetime membership and includes: - health and wellness education and programs - a quarterly newsletter - discounted parking at hospitals and other retail discounts - travel discounts the good life club currently has more than 3,000 members. Community activities - recognizing the critical need to address the nursing shortage in georgia and increase the number of qualified nurses who can join the workforce, wellstar is committed to proactively addressing the nursing shortage. With quality education and training, wellstar has expanded its clinical affiliation with mercer university's school of nursing to create a new accelerated bachelor of science in nursing ("absn") program with the potential to graduate an additional 300 nurses per year in addition to the traditional bsn program at mercer. This program accepts individuals with a bachelor of science (bs) and graduates them with a bachelor of nursing (bsn) in 12-months. Wellstar also has a long-standing affiliation with kennesaw state university ("ksu"), which is in wellstar's service area. Wellstar is also working in partnership with ksu, to address the significant nursing shortage in georgia. Wellstar has provided endowments and grants in support of educational programs at ksu. Wellstar has also participated in and jointly sponsored teaching and training programs at ksu, including a strong partnership with the school of nursing. This partnership includes an established transformational gift from the wellstar board of directors which established the wellstar school of nursing (wson). It supports the academic preparation of nursing students, through their transition into practice, assuring they have the knowledge, skill, and experience to be "job ready" for success as a professional graduate nurse. Wellstar provides 70 of ksu student clinical experiences, with nearly 50 of the clinical faculty as wellstar nurses. Wellstar has also created an endowment that will fund annual nursing scholarships for need-based students. The grant of $6.2 million will support the hiring additional faculty and new staff positions by 2025 to support the increase in student enrollment. Wellstar health system announced its participation in th”

“Wellstar atlanta medical center was recognized by the lown institute hospitals index in their list of "most racially inclusive hospitals index." the institute assessed how well a hospital's medicare patients matched the hospital's surrounding communities. Hospitals underserving communities of color received lower rankings. Wellstar atlanta medical center ranked 19th in the country overall. Wellstar cobb hospital was recognized by the international association for healthcare security and safety (iahss) with its program of distinction award. Hospitals were judged based on the percentage of trained or highly trained staff members and officers employed at the location, with a percentage greater than 70. Wellstar cobb is the only hospital in georgia with this distinction. Wellstar health system was named in two of fortune magazine's lists, including "100 best companies to work for"2021 best workplaces in healthcare and biopharma." fortune magazine's lists, both national and international, are judged based on employee survey results with special attention paid to "how trustworthy, caring and fair the company is in times of crises; employees' physical, emotional and financial health; and the company's broader community impact." wellstar paulding hospital was awarded the prestigious malcolm baldrige national quality award by the u.s. Department of commerce. One of only five winners, wellstar paulding is one of only three non-profits to win this year. The award is judged based on best practices, organizational results as well as favorable levels and trends. Only 16 awards are handed out annuallly if enough business meet the criteria. Wellstar health system received the "excellence in patient experience - large health system" award by nrc health for 2020. The award is given based on real-time analytics of hospital performance and feedback out of 35 systems. Awardees are noted to integrate their analytics and performance to find actionable solutions and establish enhanced continuums of care from these systems. Working mother named wellstar health system on their "2020 working mother best company for dads" award list. Placement on their list was determined by the availability of "either substantial paid gender-neutral or paternity leave, plus other benefits that help dads be their best at home and at work." of 200 competing companies, only 85 were selected for the list across the entire country. Wellstar north fulton hospital was recognized by the american heart association at multiple levels for care. Their "bronze achievement awards for mission: lifeline - nstemi"gold achievement awards for mission: lifeline - stemi receiving center" were granted for "outstanding performance in high-quality systems care performance meeting or exceeding guidelines." wellstar kennestone hospital was recognized for advanced orthopedics performance by the academy of medical-surgical nurses (amsn) and the medical-surgical nursing certification board (msncb) with the amsn prism award. This award is based on high-quality, continued performance that is peer-reviewed by a board of nurses over a period of 14 weeks. Winners of this award demonstrate quality of care, energy, evidence-based practice, retention of nurses, effective leadership, and a healthy practice environment.”

“Unrelated business income wellstar spalding regional hospital, inc. Generated no unrelated business income ("ubi") for the reporting period. As a result the filed 990-t shows no activity. If subsequent review of the books reveals any unreported ubi we will file an amended return for the tax period ended june 30, 2021. Form 990, part iv, line 12b audited financial statements wellstar health system, inc., and its controlled affiliates are audited on an annual basis by an outside auditing firm, kpmg, and as part of that audit a consolidated financial statement is issued. The independent auditors report includes the accounts of wellstar and its controlled affiliates including cobb hospital, inc., douglas hospital inc., kennestone hospital, inc., paulding medical center, inc., wellstar atlanta medical center, inc., wellstar north fulton hospital, inc., wellstar spalding regional medical center, inc., wellstar sylvan grove hospital, inc., wellstar west georgia medical center, inc., windy hill hospital, wellstar medical group, llc and various other owned entites as listed in schedule r. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in combination.”

“TAX EXEMPT BOND REPORTING FOR PURPOSES OF THE FORM 990 REPORTING, WELLSTAR HEALTH SYSTEM, INC. (EIN 58-1649541) WILL LIST ALL TAX-EXEMPT BONDS ISSUED SINCE JANUARY 1, 2003 ON SCHEDULE K AS IT TYPICALLY ALLOCATES THE PROCEEDS OF THE BONDS TO MEMBERS OF THE OBLIGATED GROUP (INCLUDING THE HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL GROUP). WELLSTAR SPALDING REGIONAL HOSPITAL, INC. REPORTS ITS SPECIFIC SHARE OF THE TAX EXEMPT BOND LIABILITY ON FORM 990, PART X, LINE 25 OTHER LIABILITIES DUE TO WHS, INC. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6 The sole corporate member is WellStar Health System, Inc.”

“Other changes in net assets for the reporting period wellstar spalding regional hospital, inc. Had a change in net assets of $(8,658,767) related to transfers to affiliates as part of the allocation of income statement and balance sheet transactions over the year.”