Delta Dental Plan of Wyoming

“Members are comprised of dentists who have contracts with delta dental of wyoming.”

“State is divided into six regions where dentists elect participating members to the governing body. Seven at large directors (two members and five at large individuals) are also elected by the membership.”

“Amendments to the organization's articles of incorporation and bylaws may be initiated by the board of directors but require approval of the members to be effective.”

“The organization follows a policy that is designed to ensure appropriate oversight and review of the form 990. An internal working group including the organization's ceo, director of accounting, outside tax preparer, legal counsel and others help compile an initial draft of form 990.once a complete draft is developed and reviewed by the working group, the draft (with all attachments) is submitted to the organization's board of directors for review and questions. The board completed its review at the october 2016 board meeting, prior to the filing of form 990.”

“The organization's written conflict of interest policy covers any director or officer. It requires disclosure of all material facts regarding any actual or potential conflicts of interest on an ongoing basis. The board determines, by a majority of its disinterested board members, whether a conflict of interest exists. The board determines, by a majority of its disinterested parties, whether the organization can obtain a more advantageous transaction under the circumstances that would not give rise to a conflict and, if not, whether it is in the organization's best interests to go forward with the transaction. Each person subject to the organization's conflict of interest policy is required to complete an annual conflict of interest disclosure form and has a continuing duty to update such statement. Conflict of interest disclosure forms are reviewed annually.”

“Delta dental of wyoming has adopted a compensation policy pursuant to which it follows the process outlined in treasury regulation section 53.4958-6 to establish the rebuttable presumption of reasonableness as to the compensation of its ceo. This process includes review and approval of the compensation arrangement by a compensation committee composed entirely of persons with no conflict of interest (as defined in regulations section 53-4958-6(c)(1)(iii)), reliance on comparability data compiled by an independent compensation consultant and contemporaneous documentation and recordkeeping with respect to deliberations and decisions regarding the compensation arrangement. This process is undertaken annually with respect to the ceo and all other disqualified persons. It was conducted on april 22, 2016.”

“The organization makes governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements available to the public upon request. Financial statements are provided annually to all participating members.”

“Delta dental has a committee that oversees the audit”