St Joseph Hospital of Eureka

“Power to elect or appoint members st. Joseph hospital of eureka has a tiered governance in which the corporate members reserve the right to appoint trustees to the st. Joseph hospital of eureka board. All trustee appointments that come from the st. Joseph hospital of eureka board as nominations must be approved by the st. Joseph health system, as the corporate member, and the st. Joseph health ministry, as the organizational sponsor.”

“Decisions reserved to members or stockholders the reserved rights in our tiered governance structure contemplate approval by the st. Joseph health system member of financing, budgets, unbudgeted expenditures of defined amounts, strategic plan, appointment of auditors, creation or investment in a legally recognized entity, joint ventures, purposes, sale or disposition of real property, merger or sale of substantially all assets, appointment and removal of trustees, adoption or amendment of articles or bylaws.”

“Process used to review the form 990 the form 990 was prepared by the finance department based on information received from various departments of the organization and was reviewed by an officer of the organization. A copy of the form 990 was distributed to all voting members of the board at the april 2018 meeting. During the finance committee meeting, management presented and discussed certain disclosures and information included in the form 990. The finance committee chair then provided a summary at the full board meeting.”

“Officers, trustees and key employees are required to disclose the existence and nature of any actual, apparent, or potential conflicts of interest he/she may have that might result in or have the appearance of a conflict in connection with that individual satisfying their fiduciary obligations to the organization. Disclosures shall be made promptly any time an actual, apparent or potential conflict of interest arises and before the consummation of any contract, transaction or arrangement that is the subject of the potential conflict of interest. With guidance from the st. Joseph health system chief compliance officer (cco), the chief executive and/or the governing board chairperson, as appropriate, considers the matter initially. If the matter cannot be resolved at that level, the matter is escalated to the cco. The cco, in consultation with the st. Joseph health system general counsel, reviews the matter and presents recommendations to the governing board and/or board committee, as appropriate, for discussion and vote. The individual whose potential conflict is being reviewed may be requested to be present during any meeting in which the board or board committee conducts its evaluation but shall be excused for any discussion or vote. Once all necessary information has been obtained, the committee conducts its evaluation and forwards its findings and recommendations to the sjhs chief compliance officer. If the committee determines an unresolved conflict of interest exists, the committee will evaluate and recommend conflict mitigation strategies. The sjhs chief compliance officer, in consultation with sjhs general counsel, will review the committee findings, recommendations, and mitigation strategies, and present recommendations to the board for discussion and vote.”

“PROCESS FOR DETERMINING COMPENSATION It is St. Joseph Health System's intention to make financial information accessible and transparent. Although the filing of Form 990 provides insight into how St. Joseph Health System achieves its Mission, delivers its programs and stewards its finances, deciphering the information directly from Form 990 can be challenging. The following paragraphs provide further information about the process we use to determine compensation for top management, officers and key employees. St. Joseph Health System has a single fiduciary Board, with responsibility for financial oversight associated with fulfillment of the St. Joseph Health System Mission, developing system policies, protecting the assets entrusted to the organization and overseeing the strategic and operational affairs of St. Joseph Health System's legal entities. St. Joseph Health System also maintains a network of community ministry boards with responsibility for quality of care oversight, community relations, advocacy and community needs assessments. St. Joseph Health System has a consistent compensation philosophy for all of its officers, including our senior executives. Salaries for senior executives are reviewed by the Providence St. Joseph Health Committee and approved by the full Board of Directors, none of whom is a St. Joseph Health System employee. The Board retains an independent consultant each year to review salaries of those in the most significant leadership roles in the organization. Part of the consultant's role is to review an extensive array of compensation surveys of large, not-for-profit health care systems in the United States. St. Joseph Health System is one of the larger health systems in the country, and as such, the Board benchmarks executive compensation against other large, not-for-profit health systems whose revenue is similar to that of St. Joseph Health System. Additionally, St. Joseph Health Systems labor market continues to spread across health care and into general industry. Because of this, St. Joseph Health System also takes into consideration general industry for-profit market data, where applicable. Base salaries for St. Joseph Health System executives are generally targeted to the median level of the market, as identified by the independent consultant and reviewed with the Executive Compensation Committee. The President/CEO utilizes the market information provided by the consultant along with formal performance evaluations, to determine salary recommendations for other senior executives. This process includes a rigorous analysis of those recommendations with the Executive Compensation Committee as a part of the review and approval process. Performance incentives allow executives to earn additional compensation if they achieve specific organizational goals for furthering St. Joseph Health System operating commitments and strategic objectives. The Board of Directors conducts a thorough process to ensure performance incentives are aligned with appropriate market practices. The Board's process for executive compensation fully complies with IRS standards and mirrors best practices. THIS PROCESS WAS LAST COMPLETED IN SEPTEMBER 2016.”

“Process for making documents available to the public the organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request. The sjhs community benefit reports, financial reports, and philanthropy reports are also available on the sjhs internet site. Audited financial statements are attached to form 990.”

“St. Joseph health system the sisters of st. Joseph of orange trace their roots back to 17th century france and the unique vision of a jesuit priest named jean-pierre medaille. He sought to organize an order of religious women who, rather than remaining safely cloistered in a convent, ventured out into the community to seek out "the dear neighborsminister to their needs. The congregation managed to survive the turbulence of the french revolution and eventually expanded, not only throughout france, but throughout the world. In 1912 a small group of sisters of st. Joseph went to eureka, california, at the invitation of the local bishop, to establish a school. A few years later, the great influenza epidemic of 1918 caused the sisters to temporarily set aside their education efforts to care for the ill. They realized immediately that the small community desperately needed a hospital. Through bold faith, foresight, and flexiblity in 1920, the sisters opened the 28-bed st. Joseph hospital of eureka, the first st. Joseph health system ministry. Providence st. Joseph health on july 1, 2016, providence health services (phs) and st. Joseph health system (sjhs) entered into a business combination agreement, the purpose of which was to better serve both organizations communities, maintain strong traditions of catholic healthcare, and provide greater affordability and access to healthcare services. As part of the business combination, phs and sjhs aligned under a single parent corporation, providence st. Joseph health, with a consolidated board of directors and cosponsorship from the public juridic persons providence ministries and st. Joseph health ministry. Realizing our mission st. Joseph hospital of eureka has been meeting the health and quality of life needs of the local community for over 97 years. Serving the communities of the north coast of ca, st. Joseph hospital is an acute care hospital that provides quality care in the areas of cardiac care, critical care, diagnostic imaging, emergency medicine including a level iii trauma designated hospital, which is the highest level emergency department in the area, cancer program and obstetrics including a level ii neonatal intensive care unit, as well as community-based programs and resource centers focused on prevention, health promotion and community building. With over 1150 employees committed to realizing the mission, st. Joseph hospital eureka is one of the largest employers in the region. As a member of the st. Joseph health system, st. Joseph hospital eureka is committed to extend the healing ministry of jesus in the tradition of the sisters of st. Joseph of orange. This mission has guided our catholic healthcare ministry since the opening of our first hospital in eureka, california nearly 100 years ago. Patient financial assistance program st. Joseph hospital believes that no one should delay seeking needed medical care because they lack health insurance. That is why st. Joseph hospital has a patient financial assistance program (fap) that provides free or discounted services to eligible patients. In fy17, st. Joseph hospital provided $1,454,144 in free and discounted care. Medicaid program st. Joseph hospital provided access to uninsured and underinsured persons by participating in the federal and state sponsored medicaid program. In fy17, st. Joseph hospital provided $771,034 in medicaid shortfall. Program service accomplishments cash donations for the poor and vulnerable throughout fy17, st. Joseph hospital of eureka made several cash donations to benefit non-profit organizations, programs or activities targeted for poor and vulnerable persons living in humboldt and the surrounding counties. A few examples of donations made include: supporting food for people, the areas largest food bank that has 16 pantry sites throughout the county and serves more than 12,000 people per month; supporting the humboldt senior resource center for their home delivered meal program to low-income,”

“Other changes in net assets or fund balance equity transfers ($29,045,935)”

“Description:physician fees total fees:14839989”

“Description:contract services (registry) total fees:15328121”

“Description:other purchased services total fees:9059719”