Parkview Community Hospital Medical Center

“The members get to elect new members.”

“Decisions by the governing body are approved by its members who are one and the same.”

“The 990s are presented by the cfo to the finance committee after they are prepared and passed around to the board members for discussion. At that time there is a formal discussion about the returns and the baord members approve them. The approval is noted in our board minutes.”

“The organization initially adopted a formal conflict of interest policy ("policy") on or about ocotober 2, 1996, and has as amended the policy from time to time. The policy provides for a fair and orderly process for the disclosure and management of conflicts of interest which may exist for persons with positions of trust and responsibility in the gonvernance and management of pchmc and its affiliated entities, and to assure that laws relating to such conflicts are followed. The purpose of the policy is to protect pchmc's interest when it is contemplating entering into a transaction or arrangement that might benefit the private interest of an officer or director or may otherwise not be in pchmc's best intersts. In connection with any actual or possible conflict of interest, each director on pchmc's board must disclose, on an annual basis, the existence of material financial interests and be given the opportunity to disclose all material facts to the directors and members of committees with governing board delegated powers who are considering the proposed transaction or arrangement. Moreover, in order to safeguard independent judgement and action in business decisions, each person entrusted with a key position of responsibility in pchmc has a duty to avoid acting out of any conflict of interst, or appearance of such conflict which may arise from personal financial interest in entities which may adversely affect or conflict with pchmc's best interest. For purposes of the policy, the term" covered individuals" include the board of directors, officers, members of the exectuive committee and certain key management employees of pchmc. All covered individuals are required to prepare and submit the following statements: (1) initial conflict of interest disclosure statement - upon the occurrence of an event rendering a person a covered individual, he or she shall file with the filing officer an initial conflict of interest disclosure statement. (2) annual conflict of interest disclosure statement - all covered individuals under this policy shall prepare and submit to the filing officer on a yearly basis or when leaving such position, an annual conflict of interest disclosure statement. Those determined to have an interest in or be conflicted out by virtue of application of the policy are precluded from participating in board, committee, or management actions. Moreover, the chairperson of the board retains the right, under appropriate circumstances, to form an ad-hoc committee to investigate an alleged policy violation, conduct hearings, and, under all circumstances, take appropriate remedial action, including without limitation, removal of a director or management personnel.”

“The organization reports various financial information to state and federal agencies, such as, amoung others, osphd (ca) and medicare (cms), and would make the information available in responce to any request so long as the information requested is neither confidential nor protected from disclosure by peer review statutes, attorney client or work product priveleges or similar protections.”