Uchicago Medicine Northwest Indiana Inc.

“Pursuant to the organization's governing documents, the sole member of the organization is University of Chicago Medical Center, a related tax-exempt organization.”

“Directors, excluding the Ex Officio Directors, are elected annually by University of Chicago Medical Center. The President of the corporation and the President of the Medical Staff shall be the Ex Officio members of the board and are elected by the University of Chicago Medical Center.”

“The policy-making powers of the corporation shall be vested in the board of directors, which shall have charge, control, and management of the policies, property, affairs, and funds of the corporation and shall determine compliance with the corporation's stated purposes; shall appoint the officers of the corporation, with the exception of the president, and fill vacancies occurring in such offices; shall determine the compensation of the officers for services actually performed for the corporation and shall have the power and authority to do and perform all acts or functions not inconsistent with the reserved powers of the member, applicable law, these bylaws or the corporation's articles of incorporation. The board shall consist of no more than 13 directors. The board shall be appointed by the member and consist of individuals who meet such criteria for appointment to the board as may be established from time to time by the member. A director may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by the member actiing in the best interests of the corporation as determined by the member at its sole discretion. The sole member of the corporation shall be the university of chicago medical center, an illinois not-for-profit corporation. Membership in the corporation is not transferable or assignable. The general powers of the corporation shall be vested in the member (except for such powers as are delegated in these bylaws or by the member to the board of directors of the corporation (the "board")), which shall have complete charge, control and management of the property, affairs, funds and operations of the corporation.”

“The Form 990 is prepared internally by the UCMC tax department using information provided by management and reviewed in detail by an independent accounting firm. At its regularly scheduled meeting, the compensation committee of the UCMC Board of Trustees is provided a draft copy of portions of the Form 990. The final complete version of the Form 990 is then distributed to all voting members of the Board of Trustees prior to its filing.”

“Uchicago medicine northwest indiana has a robust conflicts of interest policy for employees, officers, and trustees. The policy contains certain prohibitions as well as disclosure requirements, and encourages questions directed to the compliance office and legal affairs. During this tax year, uchicago medicine northwest indiana established its practice of surveying directors, officers, managerial employees, and influential medical staff members, seeking disclosures of various relationships, including relationships disclosed in this form 990. In addition, managers at monthly meetings ask for oral disclosures of potential conflicts. The compliance officer and the office of legal affairs provide educational sessions. The university of chicago manages researcher conflicts. The conflict-of interest policy specifically requires disclosure, and abstention or recusal as necessary, whenever a trustee or related party has a potential conflict of interest.”

“University of chicago medical center (ucmc) is responsible for determining and administering compensation for all officers of each respective entity within the university of chicago medical center, corporate structure. Below is the process used to establish compensation for the top management official and senior executives. The ucmc compensation committee of the board of trustees (the committee) is responsible for the oversight of ucm care network medical group's executive compensation decision-making process. Its review process is designed to satisfy the procedural criteria necessary to qualify for the rebuttable presumption of reasonableness (under intermediate sanctions regulations) with respect to the total compensation and benefits provided. The committee is comprised of independent members of the board of trustees who are "disinterested" within the meaning of intermediate sanctions regulations. It reviews and approves compensation and employee benefits provided to ucm care network medical group inc.'s president and key executives by following its written executive compensation philosophy statement and written compensation review process, which includes seeking counsel from outside professional advisors and relying in advance on appropriate comparability data (for functionally similar positions at similarly situated healthcare organizations) provided by an independent third party consultant. The committee reviews and approves all new compensation ranges, as well as current packages for newly hired executives, as needed, but at least annually. It prepares a timely and thorough written record of its deliberations and conclusions.”

“An independent compensation consultant reviews the reasonableness of proposed total direct compensation for each by performing a market comparison for each executive. The market comparison involves collecting survey data for functionally similar positions at similar health care organizations. Performance goals are normally established based on the budget/business plan approved by the board for the fiscal year. The outside consultant opines whether or not performance goals have been reached before a fiscal year end payments are presented to the compensation committee for review and approval.”

“UChicago Medicine Northwest Indiana BYLAWS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICIES, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. IN ADDITION, AUDITED FINANCIALS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE ELECTRONIC MUNICIPAL MARKET ACCESS WEBSITE, AND THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENT WAS, AS OF THE TIME OF COMPLETE OF THIS QUESTION, ON UCMC'S WEBSITE: -UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICINE UNAUDITED FINANCIAL INFORMATION -2024 AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS”

“(Expenses $ 1,990,819 including grants of $)(Revenue $ 0) OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES RELATED TO THE PROVISION OF HEALTHCARE INCLUDE RADIOLOGY, LABORATORY SERVICES, PEDIATRICS, OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY, PHARMACY SERVICES, HEART AND VASCULAR AND NEUROPHYSIOLOGY.”

“Contract Labor - Total Expense: 1591363, Program Service Expense: 1591363, Management and General Expenses: , Fundraising Expenses: ; Billing Fees - Total Expense: 141586, Program Service Expense: 127427, Management and General Expenses: 14159, Fundraising Expenses: ; Physician Services - Total Expense: 106633, Program Service Expense: 106633, Management and General Expenses: , Fundraising Expenses: ; Laundry services - Total Expense: 21120, Program Service Expense: 21120, Management and General Expenses: , Fundraising Expenses: ;”