Scl Health - Front Range Inc

“Steven brown, md / lara zarzecki / grace jimenez / terence moloughney / kelly adams / sean fadden - business relationship (employer/employee relationship in sisters of charity health system, inc., a related tax-exempt organization). Christine forkner / stephen frankel - business relationship.”

“The governing documents were updated to reflect a member substitution and a name change, both of which were in connection with an internal reorganization to clarify secular and catholic entities within the intermountain health system. In the member substitution, sisters of charity of leavenworth health system, inc. ("scl health") transferred its membership interest to integrity health. Both scl health and integrity health are subsidiaries within the intermountain health system. Along with the substitution, the corporation, formerly known as scl health - front range, inc., changed its name to intermountain front range, inc.”

“Members or stockholders: integrity health is the sole member of intermountain front range, inc.”

“Power to elect or appoint members: integrity health, the sole member of intermountain front range, inc., has the power to appoint trustees to the intermountain front range, inc. Board of trustees, subject to ratification by intermountain health care, inc.”

“Decisions reserved to members or stockholders: while integrity health is the sole member of intermountain front range, inc., reserved powers are primarily held by intermountain health care, inc. (intermountain), which is the sole member of integrity health. Integrity health has the power to appoint trustees to the board of trustees, which are subject to ratification by intermountain. Reserved powers held by intermountain include: - establish the mission, vision, and values for the corporation; - develop, adopt, and oversee strategy, goals, objectives, policies, standards, and guidelines for the corporation; - adopt, amend, or repeal the governing documents of the corporation; - fix the number of trustees of the board and appoint and remove trustees to and from the board; - appoint and remove the trustees, directors, managers, or board officers of the corporation; - provide for the overall management of the corporation, including appointing, overseeing, and removing the president and chief executive officer of the corporation; - oversee audit and compliance, clinical excellence, compensation, finance, investment, nominating and governance, and any other needed functions for the proper operation of the corporation; - oversee the medical groups of the system in a manner to encourage the delivery of cost-effective professional services to patients served and, in accordance with applicable state law, oversee clinical practice and evidenced-based medicine; - approve the acquisition of assets, incurrence of indebtedness, sale, lease, transfer, assignment, or encumbrance of all or substantially all of the assets of the corporation; - approve any merger, change of control, dissolution, or corporate restructuring of the corporation; - oversee the acquisition or formation of any new subsidiary of the corporation; and - direct finances and investments of the corporation, including controls, operating and capital budgets, intercompany transfers or loans, and selection and removal of external auditors.”

“Process used to review the form 990: the form 990 is prepared by the tax department of intermountain health care, inc. And subsidiaries. The draft form 990 is reviewed by certain members of senior management. A copy of the final form 990 is provided to the board of directors prior to the filing with the internal revenue service.”

“Each officer, director, trustee and key employee is required to complete a conflict of interest questionnaire at least annually. These individuals have been instructed to update their questionnaire information if they become aware of a new potential conflict, or if any of the previously reported information changes. Additionally, board members are asked at the beginning of each board or committee meeting if they are aware of any conflicts. According to policy, the questionnaires are collected and reviewed by intermountain's chief compliance officer. Potential conflicts of interest are reviewed with appropriate personnel, which may include (but is not limited to) the audit and compliance committee chair, senior management and the legal department. If an individual discloses a situation that poses a conflict of interest, a determination is made whether the situation can be managed (such as by recusal in decision-making settings) or must be eliminated (such as through divestiture of the outside interest). Findings are reported to the audit and compliance committee of intermountain health care, inc.”

“Form 990, part vi, section b (policies) lines 15(a) & 15(b): the compensation committee ("compensation committee"), a subset of intermountain health care, inc.'s governing body (a related nonprofit organization), is responsible for the process of annually determining the total compensation packages (including cash and noncash benefits) for the following officers: - president - vice president the compensation committee annually retains an independent, external consulting firm to provide an analysis of comparable market data. The consultants review the various types of direct compensation, including base salary, total cash, and annual and long-term incentives. Information from a selected group of comparable nonprofit organizations is used to supplement published survey data. The consultants also conduct an in-depth analysis of the associated benefits and perquisites. Information provided by the external consultants is reviewed by the compensation committee along with the performance data for each officer listed above. Decisions by the compensation committee are contemporaneously documented. The compensation committee presents the collected information and the associated compensation decisions to the entire board of trustees. The philosophy is to pay compensation at market competitive rates. The determination of executive compensation is also designed to meet the "rebuttable presumption of reasonableness" standard as outlined in the treasury regulations.”

“Availability of governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public: intermountain front range, inc. Does not currently allow public inspection of its governing documents or conflict of interest policy. A copy of the consolidated financial statements that includes the filing organization is attached to this return. The consolidated financial statements are also available to the public on the electronic municipal market access website (https://emma.msrb.org/p21914280-p21463550-p21912552.pdf), a service provided by the municipal securities rulemaking board.”

“Independent contractors: the organization's expenses are paid by a related 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. The related organization files the required form 1096 and related 1099 tax forms for any expenditure that requires a form 1099 to be filed.”

“Description of program service achievements: intermountain front range, inc. (formerly known as scl health - front range, inc.) operates lutheran medical center (lmc) serving primarily western and southern suburban areas of metro denver and good samaritan medical center (gsmc), serving primarily boulder and northwest counties of metro denver, and other affiliated medical operations. Lutheran medical center began in 1905 as the evangelical lutheran sanitarium, a tent colony for tuberculosis patients. In 1961, lutheran hospital, a general medical facility located on a 100-acre campus opened. In 1973, a six-floor tower was addded and in 1985 a critcal care unit was added, bringing the number of licensed beds to 338. In august 2024, the new intermountain lutheran hospital opened, replacing the previous hospital campus with a new state of the art hospital consisting of six stories and 226 licensed beds. It expands access to emergency and critical care for families in jefferson county and west denver suburbs. In january 1998, lutheran medical center joined saint joseph hospital and exempla medical group to form exempla healthcare, a non-profit community based organization, to manage operations of the hospital and medical group. In december 2004, good samaritan medical center, a community-based, acute-care hospital, was constructed by sisters of charity of leavenworth health system, inc. In 2010, exempla healthcare was acquired by sisters of charity of leavenworth health system, inc. In december 2013, the name was changed from exempla healthcare to scl health front range, inc. On april 1, 2022, intermountain health care, inc. And sisters of charity of leavenworth health system, inc. Affiliated, creating a model health system that provides high-quality, accessible, and affordable healthcare to communities in utah, idaho, nevada, colorado, montana, and wyoming. The organization employs more than 68,000 caregivers, operates 33 hospitals (including one virtual hospital), and runs hundreds of clinics, while providing health insurance to over one million people in colorado, idaho, nevada, and utah. As part of intermountain health (integrated health system), intermountain front range, inc. Has direct access to best practices, resources, technology, talent and strategic capital. Good samaritan medical center is recognized as one of the best maternity hospitals in the country by us news and world report. Lutheran medical center is nationally recognized with magnet accreditation for nursing excellence. Intermountain front range, inc. Has a variety of programs and services to serve the community including but not limited to: lutheran medical center: - cancer care (cancer centers of colorado, breast care center) - certified comprehensive stroke center - emergency and trauma services (level ii trauma center) - family medicine - heart and neurovascular center - hospice and palliative care - labor and delivery - orthopedics - radiology, imaging and ancillary services - senior behavioral health - sports medicine - surgery center (including robotic-assisted surgery) - rehababilitation services - women's health good samaritan medical center: - cancer care (cancer centers of colorado) - chest pain center and cardiovascular center of excellence - emergency and trauma services (level ii trauma center) - integrative health and healing center - labor and delivery, level ii neonatal care unit - orthopedics, bone and joint institute - palliative care - radiology, imaging and ancillary services - stroke center - surgery center (including robotic-assisted surgery) - rehabilitation services - women's health during 2024, intermountain front range, inc. Had the following results: admissions - 26,384 outpatient visits - 263,002 emergency room visits - 96,453 births - 2,781 surgeries - 14,022 lab tests - 1,692,297 mission, vision, and values: mission: helping people live the healthiest lives possible. Vision: be a model health system by providing extraordinary care”

“Explanation for number reported in box 3 of form 1096: the organization's expenses are paid by a related 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. The related organization files the required form 1096 and related 1099 tax forms for any expenditure that requires a form 1099 to be filed.”

“Contract labor: program service expenses 42,958,474. Management and general expenses 2,822,117. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 45,780,591. Purchased services: program service expenses 27,671,431. Management and general expenses 1,817,849. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 29,489,280. Professional fees: program service expenses 75,022,674. Management and general expenses 4,928,545. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 79,951,219.”

“Transfer to/from parent 2,643,163.”