East Carolina Health Inc

“The 990 is made available to board members by posting to a board member's website. Any board member who does not have the ability to access the return in this manner will receive a copy via electronic or regular mail. The return is also reviewed by the chief financial officer, chief general counsel and the chief audit and compliance officer of ecu health prior to filing.”

“All officers, board members and key employees are required to complete a yearly comprehensive conflict of interest questionnaire. These are reviewed by legal counsel and any potential or actual conflicts are brought to the board for disposition. Board members are instructed to report any potential conflicts arising during the year for review. Board members are required to recuse themselves from voting on issues in which they are deemed to have a conflict.”

“The compensation is determined by the compensation and benefits committee of the ecu health board using comparative data from like organizations and input from consultants. This process is performed every year. Compensation of other officers and key employees is also determined by the compensation and benefits committee of the ecu health board using comparative data from like organizations and input from consultants. This process is performed every year. All compensation discussions and actions are documented and approved in the minutes of the committee.”

“The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and combined financial statements available upon request for the same period of disclosure as set forth in irc section 6104(d).”

“Overview of university health systems of eastern carolina: our mission at ecu health is to improve the health and well-being of eastern north carolina. Our mission, vision and values continue to lead us on a voyage to excellence. Because the people we take care of are our neighbors, friends and family they deserve the best. Ecu health is a north carolina non-profit corporation with headquarters in greenville, north carolina. Ecu health and its affiliates operate an integrated health care delivery system that serves a total market of approximately 1.4 million people in 29 contiguous counties in eastern north carolina. The health system includes hospitals, physician practices, outpatient services, home health, hospice, and wellness services. The health system's owned hospitals are ecu health medical center, which is a tertiary care hospital and an academic medical center, that includes the ecu health beaufort hospital as a department operating as a campus of ecu health medical center and seven other acute care hospitals: ecu health roanoke-chowan hospital, ecu health edgecombe hospital, ecu health chowan hospital, ecu health bertie hospital, ecu health duplin hospital, ecu health north hospital, and the outer banks hospital. Ecu health medical center serves as the teaching hospital for the brody school of medicine, east carolina schools of nursing and allied health, pitt community college and beaufort community college. The system also serves as a regional referral center for eastern north carolina. The system's nine owned hospitals are licensed to operate 1,708 beds. Each hospital is licensed by the division of facility services of the north carolina department of health and human services and approved as a provider by the medicare and medicaid programs. Ecu health and its hospitals and affiliate organizations provide services to patients without regard to their ability to pay. In fiscal year 2024 ecu health's combined patient care statistics were: inpatient admissions, 68,152; inpatient days of care, 385,435; surgeries, 56,012; births, 6,690; and outpatient visits, 450,414. Our system's workforce included 13,090 employees. Each of ecu health's hospitals operates an emergency room, which is open 24 hours a day. Ecu health medical center also offers a full spectrum of trauma services. Emergency and trauma services are provided to patients without regard to their ability to pay. In fiscal year 2024 ecu health provided care to 274,505 emergency room patients. Ecu health's board of directors consists of 11 voting members, six of whom must be current or former pitt county, north carolina appointees of ecu health medical center's board of trustees and five of whom must be current or former board of governors of the university of north carolina appointees of ecu health medical center's board of trustees. Ecu health medical center, in affiliation with the brody school of medicine, which is owned by the state of north carolina, operates 30 resident-training programs with over 400 medical residents. This relationship enables ecu health medical center and the brody school of medicine to combine their resources for the provision of quality patient care, medical education and research for the residents of eastern north carolina. The brody school of medicine has three important goals: educating primary care physicians, making medical care more readily available to the people of eastern north carolina, and providing opportunities to minority and disadvantaged students. As a non-profit organization, ecu health reinvests all excess of revenues over expenses in programs, services, and facilities that provide access to patient care and health services to the citizens of eastern carolina. Overview of ecu health community benefit programs 1. Eastern north carolina is comprised of 1.4 million people living in 14,000 square miles. Boundaries are from i-95 east to the coast, and from the virginia line down to and including onslow county. The area is l”

“Provided below are a few highlights of the community benefit and education activities: community health improvement services: community health improvement services are programs and services that meet an identified need and are offered to the community at little or no charge. Ecu health hospitals sponsor programs that improve access to health care for the underserved and enhance the identification and management of chronic diseases, such as cancer, diabetes and heart disease. Here are a few examples of these programs: - medical assistance programs for uninsured patients - support for community coalitions focused on health - support of local federally qualified health center - support for healthy neighbors faith health partnership - support for school health partnership health professional education: preparing future health care professionals is important to us. Our hospitals provide clinical settings for students of health professions, such as future physicians, nurses and other allied health professionals. We also support students through deferred forgivable loans and internships including resident training, nursing clinic sites, allied health professionals, and financial support of nursing programs. Research: east carolina university (ecu) conducts research to evaluate new treatments and protocols. These studies help health professionals everywhere provide quality care to patients. Ecu health supports this through various means including supporting the institutional review board at ecu and providing study sites. Financial and in-kind contributions: ecu health donates money and in-kind services to community groups and activities that share our mission of improving health. They include meals on wheels, the blood connection blood drives, medical supplies to emergency medical services, free medications to qualifying patients, and local high school and community college allied health programs. Ecu health hospitals are key partners in fundraising for organizations such as the united way, american heart association, and the american cancer society. Community building: community-building activities include programs that are not directly related to health care but address underlying issues that impact the health of communities. Poverty, crime, homelessness, workforce development and economic development all affect the overall health of communities. Ecu health has provided support for our local chambers of commerce, investments in communication infrastructure via information technology connections, support for the teen leadership academy, recruitment of physicians to our rural communities, and programs that encourage students to pursue health careers.”

“Other changes in net assets: net asset transfer $274,698.”

“This process has not changed from the prior year.”

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