Upmc Pinnacle Lancaster

“The sole member of the corporation is upmc pinnacle, a federally tax exempt, state nonprofit entity (ein 25-1778658). In september 2017, upmc pinnacle affiliated with upmc, a world-renowned integrated healthcare delivery and financing system, that is an international leader in providing clinical care, ground breaking research and treatments with locations in western and central pennsylvania, maryland, new york and around the world.”

“As sole member of the organization, upmc pinnacle elects the board of directors.”

“Certain governance decisions of the organization require the approval of both the upmc pinnacle board and the upmc board, as the sole member of upmc pinnacle.”

“The authority and responsibility for review of the form 990 for upmc pinnacle and subsidiaries is delegated to the finance committee of the upmc pinnacle board. Members are provided with a copy of the form 990 prior to filing and provided opportunity to review.”

“In the performance of their duties to upmc pinnacle, covered persons shall seek to act in the best interests of upmc pinnacle, and shall exercise good faith, loyalty, diligence and honesty. A covered person is any individual who serves in a fiduciary capacity to, or who has legal authority to represent or obligate, upmc pinnacle or any of its affiliated organizations including, but not limited to, directors, officers, employees, and agents. Covered persons also include a) immediate families (spouses, children, siblings, parents, or spouse's parents), b) any organization in which they or their immediate families directly or indirectly i) have a material financial or beneficial interest, or ii) serve as a director, officer, employee, agent, attorney or similar capacity. A covered person shall disclose any business or personal interests or relationships which may be in conflict with the interests of upmc pinnacle, including, but not limited to (a) engaging in or seeking to be engaged in (i) the delivery of health care services or (ii) the delivery of goods or services to upmc pinnacle, or (b) any transaction or arrangement with upmc pinnacle which would result in benefit to covered persons. If a potential conflict is identified regarding a specific upmc activity, the upmc corporate compliance department, with the assistance of the legal department, either develops a written plan designed to prevent the conflict from influencing decisions related to that activity, or requires that the conflicting relationship be divested, as appropriate. Covered persons with a documented conflict of interest shall not vote on the matter, and the upmc pinnacle board or committee must approve, authorize, or ratify the transaction or arrangement by a majority vote of the non-interested directors or committee members present at a meeting that has a quorum. Violations of this statement of policy may subject covered persons to appropriate sanctions, including removal from their positions with upmc pinnacle.”

“The organization makes its governing documents and conflict of interest policy available for public inspection. The organization includes a copy of its financial statements with the state registration filed with the pennsylvania department of state, bureau of charitable organizations. These documents are a matter of public record and can be viewed at the bureau office.”

“Upmc (ein 23-1423657), a federally tax exempt entity, the parent of a large integrated delivery and financing system and the parent entity of upmc pinnacle who is the parent of upmc pinnacle lancaster issues and files all form 1099s for upmc pinnacle lancaster.”

“Transfer to exempt affiliate -10,154,446.”

“Upmc has an audit committee that is established to assist the board of directors in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities by monitoring upmc consolidated financial reports and other financial information provided by upmc to governmental bodies, the public or other external entities. The upmc's system of internal controls regarding finance, accounting, legal compliance and ethics that management and the board have established and upmc's internal auditing, accounting and financial reporting processes also provided oversight.”

“The organization's financial statements are part of a consolidated financial statement audit performed by ey for upmc and all subsidiaries. The entire system's financial statements, of which this organization is part, are posted on the upmc website. (www.upmc.com) the financial statement audit during the 990 filing period is for the calendar year ended december 31,2021.”