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(iii) Type of organization (described on lines 1- 9 above or IRC section (see instructions)) |
(iv) Is the organization in col. (i) listed in your governing document? |
(v) Did you notify the organization in col. (i) of your support? |
(vi) Is the organization in col. (i) organized in the U.S.? |
(vii) Amount of support? |
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| Calendar year(or fiscal year beginning in) | (a) 2006 | (b) 2007 | (c) 2008 | (d) 2009 | (e) 2010 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") .... | ||||||
| 2 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf....... | ||||||
| 3 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | ||||||
| 4 | Total. Add lines 1 through 3.. | ||||||
| 5 | The portion of total contributions by each person (other than a governmental unit or publicly supported organization) included on line 1 that exceeds 2% of the amount shown on line 11, column (f).. | ||||||
| 6 | Public Support. Subtract line 5 from line 4. | ||||||
| Calendar year(or fiscal year beginning in) | (a) 2006 | (b) 2007 | (c) 2008 | (d) 2009 | (e) 2010 | (f) Total | |
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| 7 | Amounts from line 4.. | ||||||
| 8 | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources.. | ||||||
| 9 | Net income from unrelated business activities, whether or not the business is regularly carried on.. | ||||||
| 10 | Other income. (Explain in Part IV.) Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets.. | ||||||
| 11 | Total support (Add lines 7 through 10). | ||||||






| Calendar year(or fiscal year beginning in) | (a) 2006 | (b) 2007 | (c) 2008 | (d) 2009 | (e) 2010 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") . | ||||||
| 2 | Gross receipts from admissions, merchandise sold or services performed, or facilities furnished in any activity that is related to the organization's tax-exempt purpose...... | ||||||
| 3 | Gross receipts from activities that are not an unrelated trade or business under section 513.. | ||||||
| 4 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf... | ||||||
| 5 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | ||||||
| 6 | Total. Add lines 1 through 5. | ||||||
| 7a | Amounts included on lines 1, 2, and 3 received from disqualified persons... | ||||||
| b | Amounts included on lines 2 and 3 received from other than disqualified persons that exceed the greater of $5,000 or 1% of the amount on line 13 for the year. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 7a and 7b.. | ||||||
| 8 | Public Support (Subtract line 7c from line 6.) | ||||||
| Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) | (a) 2006 | (b) 2007 | (c) 2008 | (d) 2009 | (e) 2010 | (f) Total | |
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| 9 | Amounts from line 6... | ||||||
| 10a | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources.. | ||||||
| b | Unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 taxes) from businesses acquired after June 30, 1975. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 10a and 10b. | ||||||
| 11 | Net income from unrelated business activities not included in line 10b, whether or not the business is regularly carried on. | ||||||
| 12 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part IV.) | ||||||
| 13 | Total support (Add lines 9, 10c, 11 and 12.). | ||||||




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| ORGANIZATION'S MISSION | FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION | FORM 990, PART I, LINE1 AND FORM 990, PART III, LINE 1 HCMC IS A LEVEL ONE TRAUMA CENTER, ACUTE & TERTIARY CARE, PUBLIC TEACHING HOSPITAL. HCMC PROVIDES THE BEST POSSIBLE CARE TO EVERY PATIENT SERVED AND SEARCHES FOR NEW WAYS TO IMPROVE HEALTHCARE FOR TOMORROW. HCMC IS EDUCATING HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS FOR THE FUTURE AND ENSURING ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE FOR ALL. FORM 990, PART I LINE 1, SIGNIFICANT ACTVIVITES FOR 2010 AS A SAFETY NET HOSPITAL, HCMC RECEIVES SUPPLEMENTAL MEDICAID PAYMENTS, ALSO KNOWN AS UPPER PAYMENT LIMIT PAYMENTS (UPL), FOR INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT SERVICES THROUGH INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SPECIFIC STATE STATUES SUBJECT TO FEDERAL REGULATIONS AND APPROVAL. DURING 2009, MINNESOTA STATE LEGISLATION CREATED SEVERAL NEW SUPPLEMENTAL MEDICAID PAYMENT STATUTES. UPON FEDERAL APPROVAL IN 2010, THE MEDICAL CENTER RECEIVED NONRECURRING PAYMENTS OF APPROXIMATELY 17 MILLION UNDER THESE STATUTES RELATED TO THE 2009 FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR. HCMC ALSO RECEIVES AMOUNTS FROM HENNEPIN COUNTY FOR CAPITAL ASSET ADDITIONS. THESE CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS TOTALED APPROXIMATELY 22 MILLION AND 16 MILLION IN 2010 AND 2009, RESPECTIVELY. NET OF THESE AMOUNTS, PART 1, LINE 19 "REVENUE LESS EXPENSES" WOULD BE 28.5 MILLION AND (2.5) MILLION FOR 2010 AND 2009, RESPECTIVELY. |
| EXPLANATION ON VOLUNTEERS AND TYPES OF SERVICES OR BENEFITS | FORM 990, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 6 | HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER HAD 11,756 HOURS LOGGED IN 2010 BY VOLUNTEERS WHO HELP THROUGHOUT THE HOSPITAL, ANSWERING PHONES LINES AND SUPPORTING THE INFORMATION DESK AND ENHANCING THE PATIENT AND VISITOR EXPERIENCE AND PROVIDING COMPANIONSHIP TO PATIENTS. |
| FIRST ACHIEVEMENT DESCRIPTION | FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A | POPULATIONS. ACUTE DIALYSIS (DAVITA) ACUTE DIALYSIS SERVICES' MAIN PURPOSE AND GOAL IS TO PROVIDE QUALITY CARE TO ALL OUR PATIENTS. WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR HEMODIALYSIS TREATMENTS AND OTHER NEPHROLOGY NURSING NEEDS OF THE ACUTE AND CHRONIC PATIENTS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL. WE PROVIDE THE PATIENT WITH THE SERVICES OF AN EXPERIENCED TEAMMATE AND WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HOSPITAL TO ENSURE THAT EACH PATIENT REACHES THE HIGHES LEVEL OF HEALTH, SECURITY, AND INDEPENDENCE 24- HOURS A DAY, 7-DAYS A WEEK. ACUTE PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES (APS) APS IS A PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT OPEN 24 HOURS PER DAY, 7 DAYS PER WEEK, FOR ANYONE EXPERIENCING A MENTAL HEALTH OR EMOTIONAL CRISIS. WE PROVIDE ASSESSMENT, INTERVENTION, AND REFERRAL. AMBULATORY BURN CLINIC THE AMBULATORY BURN AND WOUND CLINIC WHICH SERVES ALL AGES, IS A SPECIALTY CLINIC PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE TREATMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH A VARIETY OF WOUNDS AND/OR PATIENTS NEEDING IV THERAPY. AMBULATORY CARE AMBULATORY CARE SERVICES AT HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER (HCMC) ARE SUPPORTED BY MORE THAN 300 PHYSICIANS AND RELATED PROVIDERS FROM HENNEPIN FACULTY ASSOCIATES (HFA) AND HCMC. AMBULATORY CARE IS PROVIDED THROUGH BOTH MULTISPECIALTY AND PRIMARY CARE CLINICS. ANESTHESIA GENERAL, MONITORED ANESTHESIA CARE AND REGIONAL ANESTHESIA ARE PROVIDED BY ANESTHESIOLOGISTS AND CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETISTS. ANESTHESIA CARE IS PROVIDED FOR ELECTIVE, URGENT AND EMERGENT OPERATING ROOM CASES AND IN ANCILLARY AREAS INCLUDING CARDIAC CATHETER LAB, RADIOLOGY, VASCULAR ACCESS, GASTRO-INTESTIONAL LAB, LABOR AND DELIVERY AND PSYCHIATRY. AUDIOLOGY CLINIC THE AUDIOLOGY CLINIC PROVIDES HIGH QUALITY INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS OF ALL AGES, FROM INFANCY TO GERIATRIC. OUR LICENSED AUDIOLOGISTS HAVE ADVANCED EXPERTISE IN EVALUATING AND TREATING A WIDE RANGE OF HEARING IMPAIRMENTS, AS WELL AS PRESCRIBING AND FITTING SOPHISTICATED HEARING INSTRUMENTS. BIOMEDICAL ETHICS COMMITTEE FOCUS ON ETHICAL ISSUES THAT ARISE IN PATIENT CARE. BONE AND MINERAL CLINIC SPECIALTY CLINIC FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF BONE AND MINERAL METABOLISM SUCH AS OSTEOPOROSIS AND KIDNEY STONE DISEASE. ALSO PERFORM BONE DENSITOMETRY WITH AN IDXA BONE DENSITOMETRY SCANNER, THE NEWEST AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGY FOR DETECTING BONE DENSITY. BURN CENTER THE BURN CENTER IS A 17 BED UNIT THAT HAS RECEIVED VERIFICATION AS A BURN CENTER FROM THE AMERICAN BURN ASSOCIATION. A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM APPROACH IS USED BY THE BURN CENTER TO PROVIDE INTENSIVE, ACUTE, AND REHABILITATIVE CARE TO ALL AGE GROUPS THAT PRESENT WITH THERMAL INJURIES, COMPLEX WOUNDS, PLASTIC SURGERY, AND SKIN DISORDERS OF VARYING SEVERITY. CARDIAC SERVICES (HENNEPIN HEART CENTER) CARDIAC SERVICES INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING SERVICE AREAS: CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION LABORATORY; CARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY LABORATORY; CARDIAC MEDICAL INTERMEDIATE CARE (CMIC); CARDIAC REHABILITATION; CARDIAC-RENAL; UNIT (CARE); CARDIAC RESEARCH CARDIOLOGY ADMINISTRATION; CARDIOLOGY CLINIC CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM (EKG); ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY LABORATORY AND R5 OBSERVATION UNIT. CENTRAL STERILE SUPPLY REPROCESSING OF REUSABLE MEDICAL / SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND SUPPLIES IN A MANNER THAT IS SAFE, EFFECTIVE, AND FOLLOWS RECOMMENDATIONS SET FORTH BY GOVERNING AGENCIES. CENTRAL STERILE SUPPLY SERVES ALL HCMC CLINICS, NURSING STATIONS, OPERATING ROOMS AND OTHER AFFILIATES. CHAPLAINCY (SPIRITUAL CARE) THE MISSION OF HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER'S SPIRITUAL CARE DEPARTMENT IS TO PROVIDE SENSITIVE SUPPORT TO PATIENTS AND FAMILY MEMBERS AFFECTED BY CRISIS, ILLNESS OR LOSS-WHILE RESPECTING THEIR CULTURE, RELIGION, VALUE SYSTEMS, TRADITIONS AND FAITH COMMUNITIES. THE DEPARTMENT HAS A NUMBER OF ITEMS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST TO SUPPORT THE DIVERSE NEEDS OF MANY FAITHS. CHILD/ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY CLINIC THE CHILD/ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY CLINIC OFFERS A VARIETY OF OUTPATIENT SERVICES TO HELP CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WHO ARE HAVING BEHAVIORAL AND EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS. SERVICES INCLUDE PSYCHIATRIC AND PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATIONS, THERAPY, PARENTING SKILLS COUNSELING AND MEDICATION MANAGEMENT. COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER THE COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING THE FINEST IN CANCER-RELATED SERVICES THROUGH AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES. THE CONTINUUM OF CARE EXTENDS FROM PREVENTION, DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT, SYMPTOM CONTROL, AND CURE, THROUGH ALL RELATED ASPECTS OF ADJUSTMENT TO RELAPSE, SURVIVORSHIP, AND BEREAVEMENT COUNSELING. CONTACT CENTER THE CONTACT CENTER IS A MAIN POINT OF PATIENT ENTRY INTO HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER'S HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CLINICS. WE PROVIDE PATIENTS WITH ONE-STOP ACCESS TO THE SERVICES PROVIDED BOTH ON AND OFF CAMPUS. PATIENTS ARE ABLE TO REGISTER, SCHEDULE, RESCHEDULE, OR CANCEL APPOINTMENTS, SIGN UP FOR MY CHART ACTIVATION, AND LEARN MORE ABOUT TOPICS DISCUSSED ON WCCO'S HEALTHY MATTER'S RADIO SHOW. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT CENTER'S TRIAGE NURSES OFFER TRIAGE SUPPORT, SYMPTOM SUPPORT, LAB RESULTS, APPOINTMENT SCHEDULING, REFILL MANAGEMENT AND REQUESTS, AND WILL CONTACT PROVIDERS AS NEEDED. CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION THE PURPOSE OF MEDICAL CENTER'S CME PROGRAM IS TO PROVIDE ORGANIZED, PLANNED EDUCATION ACTIVITIES TO HELP PHYSICIANS IMPROVE THEIR MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE, DELIVERY OF-HEALTHCARE, AND PROFESSIONAL NETWORKING. HCMC IS ACCREDITED BY THE MINNESOTA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION TO SPONSOR AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT(S) FOR PHYSICIANS. COORDINATED CARE SYSTEM THE HENNEPIN COORDINATED CARE SYSTEM (HCCCS) PROVIDES CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH COMPLEX MEDICAL NEEDS AND "EXPRESS ACCESS" TO CLINICS POST DISCHARGE. EACH MONTH AN AVERAGE OF 1400 PATIENTS ARE SEEN. SERVICE IS PROVIDED TO OUTPATIENTS AND INPATIENTS. THE AGES OF THE PATIENT POPULATION RANGE FROM PEDIATRICS THROUGH GERIATRICS. THEY REPRESENT A LARGE VARIETY OF RACES AND ETHNIC GROUPS AND VARIOUS FINANCIAL BACKGROUNDS. THEY MAY BE INSURED, UNDERINSURED, OR UNINSURED. APPROXIMATELY THIRTY PERCENT OF PATIENTS ARE UNDER AGE 12, AND ABOUT TEN PERCENT ARE OVER AGE 65. DISABILITY EVALUATION CENTER (DEC) THE DISABILITY EVALUATION CENTER ASSISTS HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER PATIENTS WITH APPLICATIONS TO THE STATE MEDICAL REVIEW TEAM (SMRT) FOR DISABILITY AS WELL AS SOCIAL SECURITY APPLICATIONS. WE WILL ASSIST THE PATIENT IN COMPLETING FORMS, SCHEDULING EXAMS THAT ARE REQUIRED BY THE STATE OR THE DEC AS WELL AS PROVIDE A RESOURCE FOR ALL HCMC USERS. ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM LAB (EEG) THE EEG LAB OFFERS DIAGNOSTIC TESTING FOR ALL PATIENTS FROM NEWBORNS TO ADULTS UPON A RECOMMENDATION FROM A PHYSICIAN. ROUTINE EEG TESTING (RECORDING OF ELECTRICAL IMPULSES FROM THE BRAIN) IS PERFORMED IN BOTH AN INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT SETTING. EEG TESTING IN THE OPERATING ROOM IS USED TO MONITOR NEUROLOGICAL FUNCTION DURING SURGERY. EMERGENCY MEDICINE (EMS) EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING SERVICE AREAS: - EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND EXPRESS CARE - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, COMPRISED OF EMS FIELD OPERATIONS, EMS EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION CENTER, EMS EDUCATION ELECTROMYOGRAPHY LABORATORY DEPARTMENT (EMG) THE EMG LABORATORY PROVIDES NERVE CONDUCTION STUDIES (NCS), NEEDLE ELECTROMYOGRAPHY, AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM TESTING, BOTULINIUM TOXIN AND PHENOL INJECTIONS ON ADULT AND PEDIATRIC INPATIENTS (AMBULATORY OR PORTABLE) AND OUTPATIENTS FROM ALL ETHNIC AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC GROUPS. EAR, NOSE AND THROAT CLINIC (ENT) THE ENT CLINIC IS A SPECIALTY CLINIC THAT PROVIDES A WIDE RANGE OF SURGICAL, DIAGNOSTIC AND POSTOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH EAR, NOSE AND THROAT CONDITIONS. EXTENDED CARE DEPARTMENT EXTENDED CARE PROVIDES PRIMARY CARE TO HCMC PATIENTS LIVING IN NURSING FACILITIES. FAMILY MEDICINE DEPARTMENT THE VISION OF DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY MEDICINE IS TO USE HIGH QUALITY MEDICAL EDUCATION AND PATIENT CARE TO CREATE EXCELLENT FAMILY PHYSICIANS WHO ARE SKILLED IN CARING FOR PEOPLE OF DIVERSE CULTURES, COMMITTED TO SERVING THEIR COMMUNITY, AND COMPETENT TO PRACTICE IN MULTIPLE SETTINGS. GASTROINTESTINAL LAB (GI) THE GI LAB IS PART OF THE SURGICAL SERVICES AREA PROVIDING PRE-PROCEDURE, PROCEDURAL AND NURSING VISITS TO A DIVERSE POPULATION OF BOTH INPATIENTS AND OUTPATIENTS SERVING PRIMARILY ADULTS. G3 MEDICAL /SURGICAL / ORTHOPAEDICS G3 IS A 37-BED, ALL PRIVATE-ROOM UNIT THAT SERVES MEDICAL AND SURGICAL PATIENTS, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON ORTHOPAEDICS AND HOSPITALIST SERVICES. HENNEPIN BARIATRIC CENTER THE HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER HAS ESTABLISHED A WORLD-CLASS TEAM OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS TO HELP PATIENTS ACHIEVE WEIGHT LOSS GOALS. THE CENTERS OFFERS A COMPREHENSIVE WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM. HENNEPIN CENTER FOR DIABETES AND ENDOCRINOLOGY THE HENNEPIN CENTER FOR DIABETES AND ENDOCRINOLOGY (HCDE) PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES TO PEOPLE WITH HORMONAL DISORDERS SUCH AS DIABETES. TREATMENT INCLUDES CLINICAL CARE, EDUCATION, NUTRITION AND WEIGHT MANAGEMENT. PATIENT CARE FOCUSES ON PREVENTING COMPLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH DIABETES. HOME EQUIPMENT SERVICES HOME EQUIPMENT SERVICES (HES) PARTNERS WITH HCMC |
| REASON FORM 720 WAS NOT FILED | FORM 990, PART V, LINE 14B | HHS, INC DOES NOT PROVIDE ANY TANNING SERVICES. |
| CLASSES OF MEMBERS OR STOCKHOLDERS | FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 6 | AS PER THE CORPORATE BYLAWS, THE ORGANIZATION SHALL HAVE ONE CLASS OF MEMBERS: A GOVERNING MEMBER. THE GOVERNING MEMBER OF THE ORGANIZATION IS THE COUNTY OF HENNEPIN MINNESOTA AND IS REPRESENTED BY THE HENNEPIN COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS. |
| ELECTION OF MEMBERS AND THEIR RIGHTS | FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 7A | HENNEPIN COUNTY, MN HAS RETAINED ALL THE RIGHTS , DUTIES AND PRIVILEGES AS TO ALL MATTERS SPECIFIED UNDER THE BYLAWS OF HHS, INC. HHS, INC. BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS EMPOWERED TO CARRY OUT RIGHTS, DUTIES AND PRIVILEGES OF THE ORGANIZATION TO THE EXTENT AS SPECIFIED IN HHS, INC. BYLAWS. HENNEPIN COUNTY, MN RETAINS ITS AUTHORITY TO APPOINT HHS, INC BOARD MEMBERS, APPROVE HHS, INC ANNUAL BUDGETS, APPROVE ANY ADDITIONAL INDEBTEDNESS, AND APPROVE THE ANNUAL HHS, INC HEALTH SERVICES PLAN WHICH IS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW. |
| DECISIONS SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF MEMBERS | FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 7B | HENNEPIN COUNTY, MN AUTHORITY IS SET IN THE BYLAWS OF THE ORGANIZATION. THIS INCLUDES APPOINT HHS, INC BOARD MEMBERS, APPROVE HHS, INC ANNUAL BUDGETS, APPROVE ANY ADDITIONAL INDEBTEDNESS, APPROVAL OF THE FINANCE COMMITEE RECONMENDATIONS AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND APPROVE THE ANNUAL HHS, INC HEALTH SERVICES PLAN WHICH IS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW. |
| ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS USED TO REVIEW FORM 990 | FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B | THE 990 IS COMPLETED AND REVIEWED INTERNALLY FOR FINALIZATION AND IS THEN MAILED TO THE HHS, INC BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR REVIEW. ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD HAS IS ANSWERED BY THE NEXT MEETING BEFORE APPROVAL. AT THE OCTOBER MONTHLY BOARD MEETING IT IS FORMALLY APPROVED VIA A LINE ITEM MOTION. IT IS THEN SIGNED AND MAILED BY THE DUE DATE. |
| ENFORCEMENT OF CONFLICTS POLICY | FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C | HHS, INC HAS A POLICY ON CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND CONFIDENTIALITY WHICH REQUIRES AN INTERESTED PERSON WHO IS A DIRECTOR, OFFICER OR MEMBER OF A COMMITTEE WITH BOARD-DELEGATED POWERS MUST DISLOSE IN WRITING WHEN POSSIBLE, OR ORALLY WHEN TIME DOES NOT ALLOW FOR WRITTEN DISCLOSURE. THE EXISTENCE AND NATURE OF HIS/HER RELATIONSHIP OR MATERIAL FINANCIAL INTEREST TO THE DIRECTORS AND MEMBERS OF COMMITTEES WITH BOARD-DELEGATED POWERS CONSIDERING THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION OR ARRANGEMENT AT OR PRIOR TO THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OR COMMITTEE CONSIDERING THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION OR ARRANGEMENT. AN INTEREST PERSON SHALL NOT ATTEMPT TO EXERT HIS OR HER PERSONAL INFLUENCE WITH RESPECT TO THE MATTER EITHER AT OR OUTSIDE THE MEETING. COPIES OF DISCLOSURES ARE MAINTAINED BY CORPORATE LEGAL COUNSEL WHO ALSO DOES MONITORING. EVERY YEAR THE ORGANIZATION IS AUDITED SEPARATELY FROM HENNEPIN COUNTY, MN AND A SEPARATE AUDIT REPORT IS PREPARED AND PRESENTED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND TO THE HENNEPIN COUNTY, MN BOARD OF DIRECTORS. |
| COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR TOP OFFICIAL | FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A | HHS, INC BOARD OF DIRECTORS ENGAGES AN INDEPENDENT CONSULTING FIRM EXPERT, RSM MCGLADREY TO EVALUATE THE BASE AND TOTAL CASH COMPENSATION FOR THE CEO AND OTHER QUALIFIED EXECUTIVES. MCGLADREY GATHERED COMPARABILITY DATA ACCORDING TO THE ASSUMPTIONS OUTLINED IN HHS' COMPENSATION PHILOSOPHY, INCLUDING DATA RELEVANT TO OTHER ACADEMIC AND PUBLIC HOSPITALS. THE DATA TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION THE SCOPE OF THE COMPARISON GROUP, INCLUDING FACTORS SUCH AS REVENUE, EMPLOYEE SIZE AND GEOGRAPHIC REGION. MCGLADREY COMPILED THIS DATA FIRST FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE COMPENSATION SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE BOARD WHO THEN DISCUSSES AND SUBMITS FOR APPROVAL BY THE HHS, INC BOARD OF DIRECTORS. ARTHUR A. GONZALEZ, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER HAS AN EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT WITH THE HOSPITAL WHICH IS APPROVED BY THE HHS, INC BOARD. |
| COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR OFFICERS | FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15B | SEE ABOVE EXPLANATION IN LINE 15A. |
| GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATION | FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 | INFORMATION FROM THE ORGANIZATION ANNUAL FORM 990 TAX RETURN IS AVAILABLE ON THE OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL WEBSITE AT WWW.AG.STATE.MN.US/CHARITIES. AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND FORM 1023, FORM 990 & FORM 990-T TAX RETURN ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS. ITEMS DESCRIBED WITHIN ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS. HENNEPIN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IS A COMPONENT UNIT OF HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA AND AS SUCH TNE ABOVE LISTED DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC INSPECTION. THE TAX RETURN IS AVAILALBE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION AT WWW.GUIDESTAR.ORG WEBSITE. |
| REASON FOR NOT UNDERGOING REQUIRED AUDIT | FORM 990, PAGE 12, PART XII, LINE 3B | HHS,INC DID UNDERGO THE REQUIRED AUDITS. |
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