UW Medicine Northwest

“James k. Anderson and edward j. Buchwald have a business relationship. Paul ramsey, md, is the ceo of uw medicine, executive vice president for medical affairs and dean of the school of medicine, university of washington. The following individuals are also employed by the university of washington and report directly or indirectly to dr. Ramsey in that capacity: cindy hecker, johnese spisso, and lori mitchell.”

“The sole member of uw medicine northwest (dba northwest hospital & medical center) is the university of washington.”

“Per the bylaws, the member appoints and removes the trustees on nomination by the board.”

“Per the bylaws, the member has many reserve powers including, but not limited to, approvals of sales or transfers of assets; appointment of auditors; establishment of subsidiary, affiliated or related entities; approval of the annual operating and capital budgets; adoption of merger, consolidation or dissolution plan; approval of acquisition or transfer of real property.”

“The form 990 is reviewed by uw medicine northwest's legal counsel, controller, and senior director of finance, as well as the enterprise finance officer and associate vice president of uw medicine for accuracy and completeness. Once completed, a copy of the form 990 is submitted to the finance committee of uw medicine northwest's board of trustees prior to filing.”

“Nwhmc administers an annual conflict of interest survey to all officers, trustees and key employees. Completed surveys are then reviewed by legal counsel to determine whether any facts exist that create a potential conflict of interest. Any identified conflicts of interest are disclosed in the board minutes and all disclosures are made available to the entire board. When a conflict of interest does arise, those individuals are required by the conflict of interest policy to abstain from voting on matters that pertain to the issue.”

“The nwh compensation committee reviews the compensation of executives and other individuals employed by nwh, including physicians and those executive employees who report directly to the executive director. The compensation committee engages an independent compensation consultant to review the compensation of employed key executives routinely, measuring executive compensation against relevant comparative data. When this occurs the committee assures that the deliberations are conducted by disinterested members and that the process and deliberations are documented. Certain of those employees, and the executive director, are employees of the university of washington, and as such, their compensation is reviewed and established by the university. For the nwh executive director, compensation is reviewed by disinterested individuals within uw medicine, referencing relevant comparative data and aligning compensation to peer executives within uw medicine.”

“Governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available upon request.”

“Northwest hospital volunteers perform many non-technical services in support of patient care and other departments. They act as in-house couriers, help run the gift shop, work the greeter desk and assist staff as needed. The hospital auxiliary raises money to support scholarships and grants. In addition, there are 10 volunteer board members.”

“Temporary help: program service expenses 684,109. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 684,109. Physician fees: program service expenses 10,862,445. Management and general expenses 594,900. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 11,457,345. Billing services: program service expenses 364,766. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 364,766. Transcription services: program service expenses 496,425. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 496,425. Interpreter services: program service expenses 186,284. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 186,284. Other services: program service expenses 23,649,385. Management and general expenses 10,408,534. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 34,057,919.”

“Contributions booked to equity -395,294.”