Connected Care of Southeastern

“Several of the persons listed in part vii have a "business relationship" with one another due to the overlapping board structure of south shore health system and its related entities.”

“South shore health system is the sole member of the corporation.”

“There are two classes of directors. The member appoints five "member directors" with vote and at least one medicare beneficiary/advocate "representative director", with vote. Other aco participants may appoint one "participant director", with vote, for every 4,000 lives attributed through their membership is the aco.”

“The organization's form 990 is prepared internally and reviewed by the tax practice of its independent auditors. The return is then reviewed by the treasurer. Form 990 is uploaded to the governing board's web portal for all bod members to review prior to filing with the irs.”

“Board members are required to sign a conflict of interest form annually. The forms are reviewed for conflicts or potential conflicts. Board members abstain from voting on matters that present a conflict of interest.”

“South shore health system (sshs), sole member of connected care, has a compensation committee that determines the compensation of the president/ceo. The compensation committee meets periodically, is independent and consists solely of members who do not have a conflict of interest with regards to compensation matters. Sshs utilizes an independent outside consultant to determine executive compensation for the president/ceo, as well as all other members of the executive team. The consultant presents relevant data regarding system executives to the committee for review, and approval for the president/ceo. All data presented, as well as compensation deliberations and votes, is documented in the compensation committee minutes. The board's review and approval process takes place annually for implementation at the start of the new fiscal year. Compensation decisions for other member directors are also made annually and are based on a review of comparable industry data, market conditions and research provided by outside consultants.”

“Connected care of southeastern massachusetts makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements available for inspection at the corporation's office. Copies of these documents are available upon request. In addition, certain governing documents are also available through the massachusetts secretary of the commonwealth's corporations division database.”