Pacific Health Research and Education Institute

“Phrei's board members include statutory members from vapihcs (va pacific islands health care system). Phrei is an affiliate of this organization and does business with vapihcs.”

“Phrei outsources the human resources function to altres, inc.”

“The phrei directors have rights to elect members of the governing body and approve significant decisions of the governing body.”

“The audit & finance committee reviews the draft, which was prepared by the director of finance, executive director, and auditor, and recommends acceptance to the bod. The bod secretary signs the return.”

“The organization requires the directors, officers, and executive staff to sign an annual statement indicating they received, read, and understand the conflict of interest policy and that they have disclosed any actual or possible conflict of interest. The executive director reviews and forwards to the entire board of directors for determination of a conflict of interest. When an actual or possible conflict is identified, the director, officer or executive staff recuses themselves from the discussion and decision making.”

“The compensation committee reviews independent salary surveys, comparable compensation for similarly qualified individuals and contemporaneously documents their decision making in establishing the compensation for the executive director position. The executive director's compensation is reviewed and set by the board of directors upon recommendation from the compensation committee. The compensation process for all staff except the executive director and investigators is determined by following the "guidelines and procedures for annual compensation review".”

“Governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available upon request. The organization's financial statements are available at the federal audit clearinghouse.”