Community Health Group

“Norma diaz and joseph a. Garcia have a family relationship (spouses).”

“The organization engaged with joseph a. Garcia, a consultant with j.a.g consulting, llc (single-member llc, where joseph a. Garcia is the sole manager) to fulfill the duties of chief operating officer. Compensation paid to j.a.g consulting, llc in 2024 in relation to these duties was $827,200.”

“Baker tilly advisory group, lp is engaged to prepare and complete the form 990 on behalf of community health group. The form 990 is prepared under the direction, review, and oversight of community health group's finance department, and executive management team. The form 990 is reviewed in detail by the chief financial officer of community health group who approves the final version for filing with baker tilly advisory group, lp. Community health group's board of directors relies on the expertise of internal management and baker tilly advisory group, lp for the accurate and timely filing of form 990.”

“Annually, the community health group board of directors and executive management team receive a refresher training (conducted by outside legal counsel) on the importance of identifying any conflicts of interest; the disclosure of any actual or potential conflicts of interest is an integral part of the culture at community health group. Any actual or potential conflicts of interest are reported to the company's compliance officer for investigation and follow-up. In the event of any conflicts of interest, the board of directors will determine what restrictions, if any, will be imposed on the person(s) with the conflict; and such person(s) will recuse themselves from participating in any deliberations and decisions of the board of directors regarding matters involving the potential conflict of interest, unless otherwise permitted or authorized by the board of directors.”

“A salary analysis is prepared by an unrelated third-party compensation consultant. An evaluation committee, consisting of the chairman of the board of directors and four additional board members reviews this analysis and makes a recommendation to the board of directors regarding the chief executive officer's compensation. The board of directors makes the final decisions regarding compensation of the chief executive officer of the organization. This analysis is performed annually in december. Salary analyses for all positions on the company's executive management team (except for the chief executive officer position, for which the process of determining compensation is previously described herein), and certain other managerial positions are prepared by an unrelated third-party compensation consultant. Results of these analyses are presented to the organization's human resources department, who then makes salary recommendations to the chief executive officer for final approval. The chief executive officer makes the final decisions regarding compensation of the persons filling these positions. The chief executive officer does not participate in nor have decision making authority regarding the compensation arrangement between the organization and j.a.g. Consulting, llc (single-member llc, where joseph a. Garcia is the sole manager), due to the family relationship that exists between the chief executive officer (norma diaz) and joseph a. Garcia, as previously described in schedule o.”

“The organization's consolidated audited financial statements, which include the consolidated results of community health group and chg foundation are available to the general public on the california department of managed health care website (dmhc.ca.gov). The organization's governing documents are on file with the california department of managed health care and can be obtained via request under the california public records act. The organization's conflict of interest policy is not made available to the general public.”

“Health care expenses: program service expenses 148,636,570. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 148,636,570. Pharmacy expenses: program service expenses 8,215,788. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 8,215,788. Consulting and temp services: program service expenses 0. Management and general expenses 749,950. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 749,950.”

“Grants recorded on chg books but reported on chg foundation form 990 -40,544.”

“Community health group and chg foundation share joint costs for employees and independent contractors. As such, the number of employees and independent contractors reported is the same for both organizations.”