John C Lincoln Health Network

“PURSUANT TO THE BYLAWS, THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE HAS THE POWER AND AUTHORITY OF THE BOARD TO TRANSACT ALL REGULAR BUSINESS OF THE ORGANIZATION AND SUCH OTHER MATTERS AS MAY BE DELEGATED TO IT IN THE INTERVALS BETWEEN MEETINGS OF THE BOARD, SUBJECT TO ANY PRIOR LIMITATION IMPOSED BY THE BOARD OR BY STATUTE. ALL ACTIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SHALL BE REPORTED AT THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE IS COMPRISED OF THE SAME INDIVIDUALS SERVING AS MEMBERS OF SCOTTSDALE LINCOLN HEALTH NETWORKS' (SLHN) EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. THE INITIAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE IS COMPRISED OF EQUAL MEMBERS FROM BOTH SCOTTSDALE HEALTHCARE HOSPITALS AND JOHN C. LINCOLN HEALTH NETWORK (JCLHN). DURING THE INITIAL PERIOD, SLHN'S CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR SERVE AS CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, RESPECTIVELY. FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 4 In December 2014, articles of amendment and merger were filed with the State of Arizona, along with an Agreement and Plan of Merger, to effect a merger of John C. Lincoln Health Network (JCLHN), Scottsdale Lincoln Health Network (SLHN) and Scottsdale Healthcare Realty Corp (SHRC) into Scottsdale Healthcare Hospitals (SHH) as the remaining corporation. The merger is effective 1/1/15. All property of the merged entities was transferred to SHH as the remaining corporation. The officer and director positions of the merged corporations terminated as of the merger effective date. The officer and director positions of the remaining corporation, SHH, continue after the effective date until such officer and director successors are elected or appointed.”

“The sole member of john c. Lincoln health network is scottsdale lincoln health network, a related tax-exempt organization.”

“The board of directors of scottsdale lincoln health network has the right to elect and approve the board of directors of john c. Lincoln health network.”

“The board of scottsdale lincoln health network has the authority to approve or disapprove the following: any proposal for the merger, consolidation or dissolution of the corporation; any amendment to the articles of incorporation or bylaws; proposed operating and capital budgets for the corporation; any proposed borrowing with certain exceptions; any purchase, sale, lease, exchange, disposition, etc of any asset in excess of a certain dollar value; the engagement or disengagement of the independent auditor and corporate counsel; any transaction in which a director or officer has a material financial interest; and any transaction of the corporation which scottsdale lincoln health network board determines to represent a major transaction or major policy issue.”

“The tax return information is gathered by the finance team from various sources within the organization including human resources, payroll, development and the legal department. The information is reviewed by the scottsdale lincoln health network (slhn) controller and provided to an accounting firm that prepares the tax returns. An initial draft of the form 990 is submitted to the slhn controller and slhn chief financial officer for review. Comments from those individuals are considered and incorporated into a revised draft that is presented to the board of directors prior to filing. The board of directors reviews the revised draft and submits comments to the slhn controller. Comments from those individuals are considered and incorporated into a final draft prepared for filing. The final draft is then made available to all board members prior to filing.”

“The conflict of interest policy and disclosure form is sent to every board member, corporate officer, executive and key employee on an annual basis. The information from completed disclosure forms is reviewed by the network audit committee for the purposes of determining independence. Additionally, the network's compliance committee reviews all employee disclosures. A summary report of the disclosures and the audit committee's recommendations related to independence are submitted to the network board for approval. The conflict of interest policy requires volunteers and staff to self-report conflicts at the time they arise and complete an updated disclosure form. During the course of committee or board meetings, board members disclose any conflicts related to the agenda item/discussion and abstain from voting. Whenever appropriate, the board member would be excused from the room during discussion and voting. If a board member is interested in conducting business with jclhn, the conflict of interest policy requires him or her to initiate that process through the network ceo and not any other executive or employee.”

“The ceo of jclhn is compensated by scottsdale licoln health network (slhn), a related tax-exempt organization. Certain key employees are compensated by scottsdale healthcare hospital, a related tax-exempt organization. The process described below applies to both shh and slhn. An executive compensation consultant conducts detailed market analysis for executive cash compensation. They utilize available published healthcare survey sources. Executive positions are matched to appropriate survey positions based on job content, duties and scope of responsibility. Survey data is matched from organizations of similar size and scope. Results of the study are shared with the board for approval. The study was last completed in 2014.”

“The organization considers requests for financial statements, governing documents or conflict of interest policy on a case by case basis.”

“The total number of volunteer hours for the john c. Lincoln health network: john c lincoln hospital - deer valley: 67,853 hours john c lincoln hospital - north mountain: 69,778 hours desert mission: 45,615 hours”

“John c. Lincoln health network is a local not-for-profit health and human services organization serving the north valley of phoenix, arizona. In its more than 85 years of growth, the health network has expanded its service territory and has become a well-regarded organization that has been honored by independent experts for excellence in: hospital performance, nursing care, community service, business ethics, and work environment. Such honors have been bestowed on the network by prestigious organizations such as the american hospital association, the american nurses association, the national critical-care nurses association, the u.s. Department of health & human services, the arizona state quality alliance, the better business bureau of central and northern arizona, and the great places to work institute. Organization's mission: our mission is to improve the health and well-being of those we serve.”

“The not-for-profit john c. Lincoln health network is composed of more than 3,800 employees with a medical staff of more than 1,100 physicians. It includes: john c. Lincoln deer valley hospital - john c. Lincoln deer valley hospital is a 204-bed community hospital that was honored for its excellence by the arizona state quality alliance with its prestigious arizona pioneer award for quality. The deer valley hospital was recognized as a quest 2011 top performing hospital and was named a blue distinction center for knee and hip replacement. The hospital serves the rapidly expanding northern phoenix metropolitan area as well as communities to the north along interstate 17, including new river, black canyon city and anthem. The hospital has a medical staff of more than 700 physicians representing all major medical specialties and a clinical staff of more than 1,300 health care professionals offering a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services including: a 24-hour, 35-bed emergency department and level iii trauma center designed to serve up to 60,000 patients per year with an additional expedited care program for trauma patients 60 and older; the virginia g. Piper pediatric center of excellence which includes a 24/7 children's emergency center, mendy's place, and an inpatient pediatric unit, and a complete range of personalized inpatient and outpatient care; a 32-bed critical care unit; a 30-bed progressive cardiac care unit with outpatient cardiac rehabilitation; a 30-bed orthopedic unit for patients undergoing joint replacements, inpatient and outpatient arthroscopic and other orthopedic procedures; and medical/surgical and telemetry units. Cardiac care includes traditional open-heart and "beating heart" surgery; a modern diagnostic and interventional cardiac catheterization lab and electrophysiology studies, with full accreditation as a heart failure center, a cardiac arrest center and as a chest pain center. It's also designated a primary stroke center. Inpatient care units in pavilion 2 were designed with nurses' work stations located outside patient rooms, enabling nurses to stay close to their patients. Inpatient and outpatient care includes general and laparoscopic surgery featuring state-of-the-art equipment and minimally invasive procedures with the da vinci surgical system; digital nuclear, computed tomography and magnetic resonance medical imaging; pharmacy, respiratory, laboratory, endoscopy, social services and nutritional services. The breast health and research center, with advanced diagnostic and therapeutic technology includes 3d and 2d digital mammography, ultrasound, needle biopsies, breast and spine mri, and patient education for detection and treatment of breast cancer. Diagnosis of osteoporosis and body mass analysis also are offered. Breast cancer care is enhanced with guidance, assistance and education from a patient care coordinator and an outreach and patient resource coordinator. The breast health and research center was named by the american college of radiology as a breast imaging center of excellence and is one of seven organizations nationwide to partner with the cdc to bring education and support services to young (<45) cancer survivors and their families to reduce mortality. John c. Lincoln north mountain hospital - john c. Lincoln north mountain hospital is a 262-bed community hospital, providing a comprehensive range of services to meet the needs of patients in north central phoenix in ways few other community hospitals can match. The quality of its patient care enabled north mountain to become the first hospital in the valley designated "magnet" for the third time by the american nurses association. It was the first hospital in arizona and the 30th hospital in the nation whose intensive care unit earned the beacon award from the american critical-care nurses association (accn) twice, and the only one whose cardiovascular intensive care unit also earned the accn's beacon award. The north mou”

“TRANSFER OF NET ASSETS DUE TO MERGER $(348,357,367) CHANGE IN INTEREST IN NET ASSETS OF JCLHF 2,041,034 TRANSFER TO AFFILIATE (411,127) ============== Total $(346,727,460) ==============”