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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.") .... | 459,228,847 | 540,506,665 | 594,470,364 | 610,046,508 | 657,811,974 | 2,862,064,358 |
| 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.. | 459,228,847 | 540,506,665 | 594,470,364 | 610,046,508 | 657,811,974 | 2,862,064,358 |
| 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. | 2,862,064,358 | |||||
| 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.. | 459,228,847 | 540,506,665 | 594,470,364 | 610,046,508 | 657,811,974 | 2,862,064,358 |
| 8 | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources.. | 7,197,803 | 10,079,239 | 8,309,885 | 5,470,009 | 4,880,630 | 35,937,566 |
| 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). | 2,898,001,924 | |||||






| 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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| 990, Part I, #1 - Significant Activities | The following awards highlight a few of the many sponsored projects that Health Research, Inc has received funding for during the reporting period: Sanitary Surveys and Website for Beach Water Quality Information US Environmental Protection Agency This project supports the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, pursuant to Public Law 111-88. Specifically, 28 bathing beach sanitary surveys will be conducted on the St. Lawrence River, Lake Ontario, and Lake Erie. Results will be used to direct remediation efforts to improve water quality, reduce bather exposure to pollutions, and to prevent potential illness. A publicly accessible web-based system with real-time water quality information for all Great Lakes beaches will also be developed. Expanding New York State's Health Information Infrastructure New York eHealth Collaborative (Department of Health and Human Services) This project will contribute to coordinating multiple State Government health and human services agency providers and payers to develop a vision and plan for the 21st Century comprehensive Public Health Network that is integrated into the Statewide Health Information Network for New York State. This project will focus on use cases that highlight value to the broad public health, provider, and payment communities. Relevant use cases will be prioritized to specifically address improvements through health information technology. New York State Medical Liability Reform and Patient Safety Project New York State Unified Court System (Department of Health and Human Services) This NYS Medical Liability Reform and Patient Safety Project is comprised of three main components: a culture of safety, early disclosure and settlement, and judge-directed negotiation. The goal of this project is to build on several evidence based interventions and recent medical liability court reforms to forge a self-informing cycle to promote medical liability reform and patient safety. Federal Healthcare Reform Insurance Exchange Planning Grant New York State Department of Insurance (US Department of Health and Human Services) This project will assist States with the initial planning activities related to the implementation of the Insurance Exchanges. Individuals and small businesses will be able to use the Insurance Exchanges to purchase affordable health insurance from a selection of products offered by qualified healthcare plans. | |
| 990, Part III, #4a | Federally Funded HIV AIDS Prevention and Care Programs The HIV Uninsured Care Programs provide medications and medical care to uninsured and underinsured New York State residents living with HIV/AIDS. The programs are managed by the New York State Department of Health, AIDS Institute. Health Research, Inc. (HRI) serves as the fiscal administrator for the programs. The AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) began in 1987 as part of a national program to provide free HIV/AIDS drugs to low-income individuals not covered by Medicaid or adequate third-party insurance. New York State expanded the program to include ambulatory care and home care services, as well as insurance continuation. The programs are funded through partnerships between the State and federal governments and between the State and the New York City, Long Island, Lower Hudson, and Dutchess County Ryan White Part A regions. Both federal and state statute/regulation governs the programs. The federal Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization Act includes statutory authority for AIDS Drug Assistance Programs throughout the nation, and associated appropriations provide federal funding to support the programs. In addition, State regulation in NYCRR, Title 10, Sub-part 43-2 governs the application and eligibility determination process and establishes the rights and responsibilities of applicants, participants, and providers. New York State's HIV Uninsured Care Programs are the most comprehensive in the nation, offering a full scope of services to persons with HIV/AIDS. More than 104,900 individuals with HIV/AIDS have received services since program inception, and more than 24,000 persons will be served in 2011-12. | |
| 990, Part III, #4b | Cancer Research HRI's Cancer Research grant portfolio supports a nationally recognized research enterprise at Roswell Park. The superior grants administration expertise of the HRI Roswell Park Division has contributed to the continued upward trajectory of the institution. Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) has again been ranked among the top cancer hospitals in the nation in U.S. News & World Report's 2011-12 Best Hospitals, published online at http://www.usnews.com/besthospitals. RPCI jumped six spots from its 2010 ranking to 27, on the publication's annual roster of Top-Ranked Hospitals for Cancer - the only New York State institution outside Manhattan in the top 50 cancer centers. In addition to its national ranking, RPCI captured the top spot as the best hospital in the Buffalo metro region, and was recognized as "high-performing" in the medical specialties of Gynecology, Urology and Ear, Nose and Throat Diseases. The rankings will be featured in the U.S. News Best Hospitals guidebook, which will go on sale August 30, 2011. The mission of Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) is to understand, prevent and cure cancer. RPCI, founded in 1898, was one of the first cancer centers in the country to be named a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center and remains the only facility with this designation in Upstate New York. The Institute is a member of the prestigious National Comprehensive Cancer Network, an alliance of the nation's leading cancer centers; maintains affiliate sites; and is a partner in national and international collaborative programs. | |
| 990, Part III, #4c | Public Health and Health Care Emergency Preparedness Health Research, Inc. grant funds support the efforts of the New York State Department of Health Office of Health Emergency Preparedness (OHEP). OHEP provides leadership and has the overall responsibility and authority to manage NYSDOH preparations, planning and response to disasters and other health emergencies. OHEP strategically uses grant funds that supports a matrix-based organization that leverages existing expertise and experience across NYSDOH programs, other state agencies, all 58 Local Health Departments in the state including New York City, state and local emergency managers, acute care hospitals, nursing homes, adult care facilities, the state Office of Emergency Management, and the private sector, to ensure a coordinated, integrated and comprehensive approach to all-hazards planning, response and recovery. OHEP is charged with developing and carrying out plans and procedures to ensure a rapid, comprehensive and effective response when disaster strikes. OHEP objectives are prioritized in alignment with the Federal program authorizing legislation, the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA) of 2006. Objectives include: - Managing and maintaining of the Department's Medical Emergency Response Cache (MERC) - a critical asset for the Department. The MERC contains medicines, medical supplies and equipment including beds, ventilators, IV equipment, masks, respirators, gloves, etc. that are not available from the federal Strategic National Stockpile (SNS). MERC assets will be used for first responders, medical surge, and to bridge the gap from the time an emergency starts until receipt of SNS supplies. - Managing the Department's Medical Volunteer Management System. This statewide, coordinated medical volunteer program will make sure that there are enough medical personnel to staff hospitals, alternate care facilities and help to dispense medications during an emergency. - Coordinating the Health Emergency Response Data System (HERDS). HERDS is an electronic, real-time tool that collects data for determining the needs and status of healthcare facilities during an emergency. It is used to collect data on bed availability, staffing and other resources, and to facilitate evacuation planning for healthcare facilities in hurricane flood zones across the state. - Developing exercise scenarios for use by local health departments, hospitals and emergency managers to test emergency preparedness and response plans. - Partnering extensively with hospitals, local health departments and other state agencies to train staff in essential preparedness and response functions and to test competencies. Program Accomplishments: - A comprehensive, flexible and scalable emergency "all hazards" plan was completed that is integrated across all levels of government (federal, state and local) along with the public and private sectors that include specific response activities. The All Hazards Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan is used to guide every type of emergency the state faces. Additional annexes are used as supplements to the plan to address specific topic issues such as snow storms, power outages and influenza pandemics. - Contracted with 57 Local Health Departments (LHDs), exclusive of New York City, to ensure that all LHDs have All Hazards Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan with their healthcare and emergency management communities. - Designed and implemented rapid internet epidemiologic reporting systems to detect suspect illness and provide complete, real time understanding as an emergency unfolds. Databases include: Emergency Department Disease Surveillance; Medicaid prescription data surveillance; over-the-counter drug sales; Electronic Clinical Laboratory Reporting System (ECLRS); and Communicable Disease Electronic Surveillance Systems (CDESS). - Established the NYSDOH public health laboratory as a Level 1 national surge asset for laboratory testing. The State public health laboratory provides real-time laboratory PCR instrumentation, automated extraction systems, and time resolved fluorimetry system. Two regional LRN laboratories located in NYS provide regional surge testing capacity. - Developed surge plans for health care facility evacuation planning, resiliency and sustainability. NYSDOH partnered with hospital associations to developed guidelines that describe the 'trigger' levels that should be used to determine when the facility should scale up to meet either emergency department surge, inpatient surge or both. Hospitals reported 4,980 traditional surge beds across the state outside of New York City, and these beds include ambulatory surgery beds and pre- and post-operative beds. In addition, 3,510 non-traditional surge beds were reported and include spaces not traditionally used to treat patients. - Conducted an Evacuation/Transportation Survey to collect data on hospital, nursing home and adult care facilities located in SLOSH (Sea, Lake and Overland Surge from Hurricanes) or flood zones to evaluate their transportation assets and evacuation destinations. The survey identified over 200 health care facilities at risk for evacuation including hospitals, nursing homes and adult care facilities. These facilities are developing individual plans to safely evacuate and transport patients to a safe location to receive appropriate medical management and sheltering if a major weather event requires a full or partial facility evacuation. - Managed "Shelter in Place" (SIP) pilot project conducted to examine the feasibility of evaluating health care facilities for physical and operational issues that might impact their ability to SIP since not all scenarios require a full or partial facility evacuation. - Medical Emergency Response Cache (MERC) stockpiles are maintained to include approximately 5,476,911 N-95 disposable respirators and 6,653,476 surgical masks. All acute care hospitals maintain decontamination equipment and fully trained teams. To date, local health departments have conducted and participated in over 500 preparedness exercises. Real Life Events and Accomplishments During the grant period, preparedness and response efforts were devoted to responding to the H1N1 Influenza Pandemic, assessing our H1N1 response through an After Action Report and Improvement Plan, and implementing improvement opportunities. Response to the H1N1 pandemic involved the participation of multiple state agencies; 58 local health departments and emergency managers; 145 hospitals outside of New York City; 1,152 long term care facilities, adult care and hospice facilities; 23 Federally Qualified Health centers and Community Health Centers; 946 pharmacies, including 894 chain pharmacies, 46 independent pharmacies and 5 in-house pharmacies located with FHQCs; Medical Reserve Corps; physicians and 16 healthcare, long-term and adult care associations. An H1N1 After Action Report and Improvement Plan (AAR/IP) was developed based on a comprehensive qualitative and quantitative review of the prevention and response activities. Twenty-two face-to-face debriefings and one full day laboratory/epidemiology conference were conducted as the basis for the report. Major strengths identified through this event include: - The 57 LHDs across NYS completed 1,030 public PODs/vaccination clinics and 987 Closed PODs/vaccination clinics. - As of February 22, 2010 over 6.27 million doses of H1N1 vaccine was shipped and over 1.7 million H1N1 vaccinations were administered. Approximately a half million (608, 623) of these vaccinations were to people in an identified priority group. - In April, 2009, a statewide, toll-free call center number was activated 24/7 to respond to H1N1 questions for the general public and health care providers, and remained active until March, 2010. Antiviral medications were provided to under- and uninsured members of the public to heal mitigate the effects of 2009 H1N1 influenza. Over 946 pharmacies in 56 out of 57 counties outside of New York City, including 895 chain pharmacies, 5 FQHCs (in-house pharmacies) and 46 independent pharmacies, participated. 550 individual treatment courses were dispensed to the public across urban and rural areas. OHEP made arrangements for local health departments to return unused vaccine to a CDC chosen vendor for destruction. (continued below) | |
| 990, Part III, #4c (continued) | As a follow-up to the H1N1 response, the following activities are being conducted: 1. Developing and implementing the Medical Emergency Response Inventory Tracking System (MERITS). MERITS is an electronic inventory management system that supports the Strategic National Stockpile Medical Equipment Response Cache (SNS/MERC) warehouse operations including processing orders, receiving, shipping, reporting, and keeping a master inventory of all assets. In future iterations of MERITS, the system will allow additional components, such as bar coding, reverse distribution, supplementary security, additional reporting mechanisms and tracking equipment. MERITS will be made available to counties throughout NYS for use. 2. Continue to plan with New York City for the distribution of medical countermeasures through commercial pharmacies. 3. Used the H1N1 AAR/IP results to design the End Game Exercise. During Spring 2011, the End Game exercise was conducted that included an Executive-level tabletop, a full-scale component, and four regional healthcare tabletops. The purpose of the exercise was to evaluate player actions against current response plans and capabilities for a bioterrorist response. The End Game exercise was conducted over a two-week timeframe and gave officials, observers, media personnel, and players from participating organizations information needed to observe or participate in a full-scale exercise that focused on participants' emergency response plans, policies, and procedures, related to a bioterrorist incident. The Regional Healthcare Tabletop Exercise provided the opportunity for key hospital, local health departments and emergency managers to discuss plans and procedures for management of a mass casualty incident due to a biological agent. The exercise focused on the request process for State and Federal assets, the management of large numbers of fatalities, issues related to medical surge, and discussion of alternate care sites. | |
| 990, Part III, #4d | Other Program Services Biomedical Research Center for Health Workforce Studies Division of Administration and Information System Technology Transfer, Internally Sponsored Research and Public Health Programs Office of Public Health Programs and Research Center for Environmental Health and Research Other HIV/AIDS Health and Supportive Services, Including International Office of Health System Management Office of Science Office of Health Insurance Programs Office of Health Information Technology Office of Long Term Care Agriculture & Markets | |
| 990, Part VI, Section B, #11B | The Annual Form 990 is initiated by the Corporate Controller and developed in conjunction with the Assistant Controller and the Executive Director. The final draft is reviewed by the three key personnel listed above. A comparative analysis to the prior year's filing is conducted and then the final draft is presented to Health Research, Inc's independent audit firm for validation. Once finalized by the independent audit firm, the Executive Director presents and reviews the Form 990 filing with the Corporation's Secretary/Treasurer and if requested, the Corporation's Vice President. A copy of the 990 is provided to all Directors of the HRI Board prior to filing. | |
| 990, Part VI, Section B, #12C | Per best practices guidance, the HRI Conflict of Interest Policy is reviewed periodically and, if appropriate, revised by the Corporation's House Counsel and the Executive Director. The last revision to the HRI Conflict of Interest Policy occurred in 2005. At that time, the revised Conflict of Interest Policy was distributed to the HRI Board of Directors along with a request for return of an endorsed certification acknowledging the policy was read and understood. All new HRI Directors and employees are provided with a copy of the policy at their orientation and are provided an opportunity to review the policy and ask questions. Annually, members of the Board of Directors are provided a copy of the current conflict of interest policy and must certify that they have read and understand the policy, as well as disclose conflicts of interest, if any, at that time. Employees are required to certify the policy was received. Any updates to the policy are provided to employees electronically and the policy is available on the HRI website. Compliance with the provisions of the policy are monitored and ensured through the presence of complimentary controls, such as the HRI Outside Employment Policy and Honoraria/Travel Expense Reimbursement Policy. All Directors and employees are covered by the policy. All requests are reviewed by multiple levels of authority including the Executive Director. Restrictions imposed are conditioned and determined by circumstances and range from denial of the request for an employee to recusal for a Director of the Corporation. | |
| 990, Part VI, Section B, #15 | Salaries of the Executive Director and all key employees are set in the annual budget. This is reviewed and approved by the Board annually. | |
| 990, Part VI, Section C, #19 | Health Research, Inc.'s governing documents: Conflict of Interest Policy, Ethics Policy, Whistleblower Policy and Financial Statements are available to the public upon request. | |
| 990, Part XI, #5 | Net Unrealized Gain on Investments $2,592,391 Postretirement obligations other than net periodic postretirement benefit cost ($6,439,874) Other changes in net assets ($3,847,483) |
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