Barton Healthcare System

“Terrence orr, md, trustee and keith swanson md, trustee have a business relationship at lake tahoe orthopaedic institute, inc.”

“There are two classes of members in the organization: voting members and associate members. Class i voting members are those who have contributed $200 or more prior to july 11, 1986. Each class i voting member has the right to cast 1 vote, but not more than 5 votes for each $200 contribution. Class ii voting members are those indiviuals admitted after july 10, 1986 who have contributed $1,500 or more. Each class ii voting member has the right to cast 1 vote, but not more than 5 votes, for each $1,500 contribution. Associate members do not have voting rights. Members do not have the right to approve significant decisions nor receive distributions upon dissolution.”

“The president/chairman of the organization shall appoint a committee of not more than 5 or less than 3 members to serve as a nominating committee in the election of the board of directors. Members representing the lesser of 2% of the membership or 100 members may also nominate candidates for director. If more people are nominated for the board than can be elected, members are permitted to vote and the candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected.”

“Each member of the governing board of directors and officers are provided with an electronic copy of the form 990 for review prior to filing with the internal revenue service.”

“The governing board members are required to complete an annual conflict of interest questionnaire pursuant to written policy, the board members are precluded from participating in debate and voting on any issue in which the member(s) (or a family member) may have a personal or business interest employees are provided with a copy of the conflict of interest policy within their employee handbook and are monitored by their immediate supervisors.”

“Executive compensation the ceo approves the compensation for the remaining executive team using data obtained from annual surveys performed by the california healthcare association as well as comparisons of specific compensation of executives from similar-sized hospitals in california located in the same geographic area barton healthcare system includes a 63-bed full-service hospital with a 24-hour emergency room, 48-bed skilled nursing facility, state of the art operating rooms and rehabilitation departments, home health and hospice services, 50% ownership in carson valley medical center (a full-service hospital located in the carson valley), barton university (providing clinical and community health education), and barton memorial hospital foundation (501(c)(3) supporting organization). The system further includes over 25 outpatient physician clinics which encompass orthopedic clinics, ob/gyn clinics, pediatrics, internal medicine, rehabilitation, general surgery, urgent care clinics, family care clinics, low-income commumnity clinic, and satelite lab facilities the organization engaged an independent firm to conduct an executive compensation survey the independent firm issued a certification of reasonableness upon comparing executive compensation with similar organizations.”

“Documents requiring public disclosure are available upon request and are posted on the organization's website www.bartonhealth.org. Organization contact mindi befu (530) 543-5601”

“Professional medical services: program service expenses 22,752,400. Management and general expenses 1,596,426. Fundraising expenses 1,337. Total expenses 24,350,163.”

“Audit selection and oversight - this process has not changed from the prior year.”