El Paso Childrens Hospital Foundation

“The university medical center foundation of el paso (umcf) is the sole member of the el paso children's hospital foundation.”

“The directors of the el paso children's hospital foundation shall at all times be elected or appointed by the sole member, university medical center foundation of el paso.”

“University medical center foundation of el paso has the right to appoint and remove directors, approve amendments to bylaws, and approve certain financial transactions.”

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

“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 a new or continued business relationship. 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 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 any individual identified by the ceo or the board of managers that has the ability to approve, or actively participate in the decision making process when epchd is negotiating a business relationship that is of financial or material interest to epchd. This may include without limitation: managers, supervisors, directors, officers, administrators medical directors, buyers, and members of the board of managers, committees and/or medical staff. 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”

“El paso children's hospital foundation (foundation) does not have employees. All individuals performing work for the foundation are employees of the el paso county hospital district d/b/a university medical center of el paso (umc) and subject to its human resource policies and established salary ranges for all positions. Salary ranges, salary surveys, and market analysis are considered when determining compensation for all employees. The umc board of managers approves the compensation for its ceo. The umc ceo approves the compensation for the executive director of the foundation.”

“El paso children's hospital foundation (foundation) does not have employees. All individuals performing work for the foundation are employees of the el paso county hospital district d/b/a university medical center of el paso (umc) and subject to its human resource policies and established salary ranges for all positions. Salary ranges, salary surveys, and market analysis are considered when determining compensation for all employees. The umc board of managers approves the compensation for its ceo. The umc ceo approves the compensation for the executive director of the foundation.”

“The el paso children's hospital foundation's governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available to the public upon request and on its website.”

“The organization receives donated services and use of facilities from the el paso county hospital district d/b/a university medical center of el paso. The total amount of donated services and use of facilities received for the current year was $843,262. The revenue and expense for these donated services and use of facilities has been excluded from the amounts reported on part viii and part ix of the form 990 as required by the irs.”

“Committee that assumes responsibility for oversight of the audit the board of directors of the university medical center foundation of el paso assumes the responsibility for oversight of the audit of the financial statements and selection of the independent accountant.”