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| (i) Name of supported organization | (ii) EIN | (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 monetary support | |||
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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. | ||||||
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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. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part IV.).. | ||||||
| 11 | Total support (Add lines 7 through 10). | ||||||






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(a) 2009 | (b) 2010 | (c) 2011 | (d) 2012 | (e) 2013 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") . | 225 | 23,143,374 | 23,143,599 | |||
| 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...... | 27,224,776 | 28,484,153 | 30,522,297 | 30,341,850 | 34,195,325 | 150,768,401 |
| 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. | 27,225,001 | 28,484,153 | 30,522,297 | 30,341,850 | 57,338,699 | 173,912,000 |
| 7a | Amounts included on lines 1, 2, and 3 received from disqualified persons... | 0 | |||||
| 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. | 12,423,914 | 10,921,113 | 11,867,040 | 9,744,392 | 6,481,514 | 51,437,973 |
| c | Add lines 7a and 7b.. | 12,423,914 | 10,921,113 | 11,867,040 | 9,744,392 | 6,481,514 | 51,437,973 |
| 8 | Public support (Subtract line 7c from line 6.) | 122,474,027 | |||||
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(a) 2009 | (b) 2010 | (c) 2011 | (d) 2012 | (e) 2013 | (f) Total | |
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| 9 | Amounts from line 6... | 27,225,001 | 28,484,153 | 30,522,297 | 30,341,850 | 57,338,699 | 173,912,000 |
| 10a | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources.. | 21,223 | 23,531 | 51,801 | 54,221 | 120,539 | 271,315 |
| b | Unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 taxes) from businesses acquired after June 30, 1975. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 10a and 10b. | 21,223 | 23,531 | 51,801 | 54,221 | 120,539 | 271,315 |
| 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.) .. | 858 | 623 | 1,009 | 2,994 | 5,484 | |
| 13 | Total support. (Add lines 9, 10c, 11, and 12.).. | 27,246,224 | 28,508,542 | 30,574,721 | 30,397,080 | 57,462,232 | 174,188,799 |




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| Form 990, Part I, Line 1 | The greatest untapped resource in health care is the consumer. Healthwise is helping to tap it over 200 million times a year. We are systematically expanding the role of the patient in health care to do more for themselves and to share with their doctors in developing care plans and making medical decisions. Founded in 1975 with the simple mission "to help people make better health decisions," Healthwise has become the world's most widely used source of unbiased, evidence-based consumer health information. The premise for Healthwise's mission is even more applicable today than it was in 1975. Healthwise has stood true to its objectives and purposes stated in its formation documents, including: To plan, develop, evaluate and promote practical health education programs that can play an important role in helping the individual: 1. To understand his/her health and how to preserve it. 2. To understand the nature of various diseases. 3. To make intelligent use of available health services. 4. To improve his/her behavior regarding health-affecting practices and activities. To further advance the Healthwise mission, Healthwise merged with the Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making, Inc. (the Foundation), a nonprofit with the world's greatest depth of knowledge about shared decision making, on April 1, 2014. The Foundation, which now operates as a division of Healthwise, continues to focus on research and advocacy in the area of shared medical decision making and promotes patient engagement in health care through regulatory, policy and quality initiatives - supporting and spreading the mission of helping people make better health decisions. In FY 2014 people turned to Healthwise information and tools over 200 million times. Through the use of its books and other print materials, point-of-care patient education, online Healthwise knowledgebase, interactive multimedia virtual-coaching conversations, ongoing behavior change programs, shared decision making tools and products, and other materials, Healthwise helps people take a more active role in their health and health care. Healthwise information and tools help people self-manage chronic disease, provide self-care for minor and acute problems, and participate in shared decision-making with their health care providers for critical treatment options. Healthwise works with a broad network of organizations throughout the U.S., Canada and the world. Hospitals, health plans, consumer health portals, disease management companies, clinics, electronic medical records companies, and government agencies provide Healthwise information to their patients, members and the general public. Historically, Healthwise's funding has come from government contracts, foundation grants, donations, and largely, license fees charged to its distribution network of hospitals, clinics, health plans and health websites. All funds are reapplied to the pursuit of the Healthwise health education-focused mission. Nearly all people who access Healthwise information are provided the materials free of charge by the sponsoring organization. Healthwise is a not-for-profit organization based in Boise, ID with an office in Boston, MA. Healthwise has been nationally recognized not only for the quality of its content, but also for the quality of its workplace culture. Those interested in learning more about Healthwise are invited to visit its web site at www.healthwise.org and www.informedmedicaldecisions.org. |
| Form 990, Part III, Line 1 | The Healthwise mission is to help people make better health decisions. Healthwise provides high quality consumer health information, educational solutions and tools to individuals, and educational and support services needed by hospitals, clinics, disease management organizations, government agencies, health portals and book sellers to support better health decisions. Healthwise also advocates for policies and practices that encourage and support the active role of individuals in managing their health and promoting their own health. As a result of the merger with the Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making, Inc. on April 1, 2014, Healthwise sponsors research on shared medical decision making and advocates for the use of shared medical decision making and patient engagement in health care. |
| Form 990, Part III, Line 4a | Everything Healthwise does is in support of our mission to help people make better health decisions. Our focus is on getting the right information and tools to the right person at the right time to help them do three things critical to the improvement of health care in America: 1. To help them provide as much care for themselves as they can do. This includes medical self care and wellness activities along with navigating the health care system. 2. To help them ask for the care they need. We give the patient plain-language guidelines for when medications, treatments and tests are recommended for specific medical conditions. 3. To help them say "no" to care that is not right for them. It is often up to the patient to determine when the risks of a treatment outweigh the benefits. As a result of the merger with the Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making, Inc. on April 1, 2014, the Organization's program services have been enhanced to include the development of shared medical decision making programs as well as research into and advocacy of shared medical decision making in a variety of health care settings. In the past year Healthwise information and tools were used over 200 million times by people hoping to take an informed role in their own health care and wellness. Our purpose is achieved every time an individual uses our information and tools to make better health and health care decisions. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 2 | Donald Kemper, CEO, is married to Molly Mettler, Senior Vice President. Dr. Michael Barry, Chief Science Officer, is the Medical Director to the John D. Stoeckle Center for Primary Care Innovation (Stoeckle Center) at Massachusetts General Hospital and is also employed part time by Massachusetts General Hospital, a member of the Partners Healthcare System; Susan Edgman-Levitan, a Healthwise Director, is the Executive Director of the Stoeckle Center at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Steven Schneider, a Healthwise Director until March 31, 2014, has business relationships with Dr. Martin Gabica, CMO, and Dr. Ted Epperly, a Healthwise Director. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 4 | On March 27, 2014, in connection with and subject to the closing of the merger of the Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making, Inc. with Healthwise, the Board of Directors and the Members approved and adopted Amended and Restated Bylaws which became effective on April 1, 2014. The Amended and Restated Bylaws contain the following significant changes: increases the number of Members and Directors to 13 for a 2-year period with reductions in size to 11 and 9 in 2016 and 2018, respectively; provides an initial 2-year term for all 13 Members and Directors and a three (3) class staggered Board thereafter; identifies actions reserved to the Board; changes the quorum requirements for meetings until 2018 to a majority plus one for Member meetings and to a majority plus one for Director meetings for specified actions reserved to the Board; changes the voting requirements at Member and Director meetings until 2019 to 2/3rds of those present and voting; permits Directors to receive reasonable compensation for attendance in person at any regular or special meeting of the Board; and defines the responsibilities of the Chief Executive Officer. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11 | Prior to filing the Form 990, each member of the Board of Directors is provided a copy of the Form 990 to review. The directors are encouraged to ask any questions regarding the filing and are given the opportunity to contact the CEO, CFO and/or General Counsel. If a regular board meeting is not scheduled prior to the filing, then at the discretion of the board, if they deem it advisable, a special meeting may be called to discuss the Form 990. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c | All board members, officers and key employees are required to comply with the Healthwise conflict of interest policy during their employment or service. Annually, they are required to review the policy and sign a disclosure form identifying any actual or possible conflicts of interest (as defined in the policy). The General Counsel reviews the completed disclosures and presents any actual or possible conflicts of interest that have been disclosed to the Board for review and a determination of whether a conflict exists. In addition, the General Counsel annually reviews with the Board potential, pending and actual transactions between Healthwise and organizations which have an affiliation with a Board member, officer or key employee (based on their disclosures) for a determination of whether a conflict exists and to seek approval or ratification of the transaction and its related agreements, as necessary or required. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 | The following procedures are in place for setting and reviewing CEO, officers and key employees' compensation: 1. Compensation is reviewed and approved by the Board-established Audit, Finance and Compensation Committee (AFC Committee) consisting of disinterested persons. Persons with conflicts of interest are not involved in this review or approval for any position that may involve such conflict. 2. Compensation is reviewed and approved using comparable compensation data for similarly qualified persons in functionally comparable positions at similarly situated organizations. The source data used is based on multiple compensation surveys. 3. There is contemporaneous documentation and record keeping with respect to the deliberations and decisions regarding the compensation arrangements. The documentation includes terms of compensation, members of the committee/board present for the decision and discussion, comparable data used and the basis for the decision made. 4. The Board of Directors has access to all AFC Committee decisions regarding the results of this process and, in addition, the Board directly handles the setting of the compensation for the CEO, Donald Kemper, and his spouse, Molly Mettler, who currently holds the position of Senior Vice President. 5. Additionally, the AFC Committee, under the direction of the Board of Directors, periodically engages independent compensation consultants to review and analyze total compensation for specific officer positions, and the terms and compensation relating to retention and incentive compensation agreements and severance plans, against survey and/or peer group data and/or industry and comparable benchmark data. In connection with these engagements, the AFC Committee generally seeks an opinion from the independent compensation consultant on the reasonableness of the compensation package and/or terms relating to the retention and/or incentive agreement or severance plan. In 2014, in connection with the merger of the Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making, Inc. (Foundation), the AFC Committee engaged an independent compensation consultant to review and analyze the total compensation for key Foundation officers, the terms and compensation relating to executive incentive retention agreements with the key Foundation officers, and a Foundation severance plan which was transferred to Healthwise upon consummation of the merger (collectively Merger Compensation Matters). The review, deliberation, approval and documentation process specified in items 1-4 above, along with the analysis and opinion of the independent compensation consultant, was used by the AFC Committee and/or Board with regard to the Merger Compensation Matters. 6. Also, in 2014, the AFC Committee engaged an independent compensation consultant to review and analyze director compensation amounts to be paid to directors for attendance in person at any regular or special meeting against comparable survey and industry data. The Board reviewed and approved the director compensation after taking into account the independent compensation consultant's analysis using comparability data. The Board's deliberations and decisions were contemporaneously documented and placed within the company records. The documentation includes terms of compensation, members of the Board present for the decision and discussion, comparable data used, and the basis for the decision made. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 | A copy of any of these documents, such as but not limited to, the Form 990, Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available upon request from the CEO, General Counsel or the CFO's office. |
| Form 990, Part VIII, Line 1f | On April 1, 2014, Healthwise merged with the Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making, Inc. (the Foundation) in a transaction treated as an acquisition for accounting purposes. As a result of the acquisition, the Foundation ceased to exist as a legal entity. The Foundation was a not-for-profit private foundation whose mission to "inform and amplify the patient's voice in health care decisions" was closely aligned with the Healthwise mission to "help people make better health decisions". The Foundation's programs and services included the development of shared medical decision making programs and products, research into shared decision making, and advocacy of shared medical decision making in a variety of settings. The acquisition allows both organizations to work together to continue research into and promotion of shared decision making and to create new shared decision making products to help consumers make medical decisions with their health professional. As a result of the merger, the Foundation's research and advocacy functions now operate as a division of Healthwise. Healthwise did not transfer any consideration as part of the acquisition and recognized an inherent contribution received of $23,143,374. The following table summarizes the April 1, 2014 acquisition-date fair values of the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed. Cash and cash equivalents 4,346,598 Accounts receivable 154,293 Prepaid expenses 149,063 Investments 18,886,127 Furniture and equipment 16,678 Grants commitments payable (162,739) Accounts payable (81,300) Other accrued expenses (165,346) Net assets contributed (Unrestricted) 23,143,374 |
| Form 990, Part IX, line 24e | Equipment Rental: Program service expenses 0. Management and general expenses 6,401. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 6,401. Donations: Program service expenses 0. Management and general expenses 3,689. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 3,689. Staff Procurement: Program service expenses 0. Management and general expenses 3,418. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 3,418. Foreign Exchange Gains/Losses: Program service expenses 0. Management and general expenses -3,882. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses -3,882. |
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