Attach to Form 990 or Form 990-EZ.
Information about Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ) and its instructions is at www.irs.gov/form990.
| (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 listed in your governing document? | (v) Amount of monetary support (see instructions) | (vi) Amount of other support (see instructions) | |
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(a) 2010 | (b) 2011 | (c) 2012 | (d) 2013 | (e) 2014 | (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. | ||||||
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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 VI.).. | ||||||
| 11 | Total support Add lines 7 through 10. | ||||||
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(a) 2010 | (b) 2011 | (c) 2012 | (d) 2013 | (e) 2014 | (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.) | ||||||
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(a) 2010 | (b) 2011 | (c) 2012 | (d) 2013 | (e) 2014 | (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 VI.) .. | ||||||
| 13 | Total support. (Add lines 9, 10c, 11, and 12.).. | ||||||
| Section A - Adjusted Net Income | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Net short-term capital gain | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Other gross income (see instructions) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Add lines 1 through 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Depreciation and depletion | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Portion of operating expenses paid or incurred for production or collection of gross income or for management, conservation, or maintenance of property held for production of income (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Other expenses (see instructions) | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Adjusted Net Income (subtract lines 5, 6 and 7 from line 4) | 8 | ||||
| Section B - Minimum Asset Amount | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Aggregate fair market value of all non-exempt-use assets (see instructions for short tax year or assets held for part of year): | 1 | ||||
| a | Average monthly value of securities | 1a | ||||
| b | Average monthly cash balances | 1b | ||||
| c | Fair market value of other non-exempt-use assets | 1c | ||||
| d | Total (add lines 1a, 1b, and 1c) | 1d | ||||
| e | Discount claimed for blockage or other factors (explain in detail in Part VI): | |||||
| 2 | Acquisition indebtedness applicable to non-exempt use assets | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Subtract line 2 from line 1d | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Cash deemed held for exempt use. Enter 1-1/2% of line 3 (for greater amount, see instructions). | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Net value of non-exempt-use assets (subtract line 4 from line 3) | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Multiply line 5 by .035 | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Minimum Asset Amount (add line 7 to line 6) | 8 | ||||
| Section C - Distributable Amount | Current Year | |||||
| 1 | Adjusted net income for prior year (from Section A, line 8, Column A) | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Enter 85% of line 1 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Minimum asset amount for prior year (from Section B, line 8, Column A) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Enter greater of line 2 or line 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Income tax imposed in prior year | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Distributable Amount. Subtract line 5 from line 4, unless subject to emergency temporary reduction (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Check here if the current year is the organization's first as a non-functionally-integrated Type III supporting organization (see instructions) | |||||
| Section D - Distributions | Current Year | |
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| 1 Amounts paid to supported organizations to accomplish exempt purposes | ||
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Amounts paid to perform activity that directly furthers exempt purposes of supported organizations, in excess of income from activity |
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| 3 Administrative expenses paid to accomplish exempt purposes of supported organizations | ||
| 4 Amounts paid to acquire exempt-use assets | ||
| 5 Qualified set-aside amounts (prior IRS approval required) | ||
| 6 Other distributions (describe in Part VI). See instructions | ||
| 7Total annual distributions. Add lines 1 through 6. | ||
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Distributions to attentive supported organizations to which the organization is responsive (provide details in Part VI). See instructions |
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| 9 Distributable amount for 2014 from Section C, line 6 | ||
| 10 Line 8 amount divided by Line 9 amount | ||
| Section E - Distribution Allocations (see instructions) |
(i) Excess Distributions |
(ii) Underdistributions Pre-2014 |
(iii) Distributable Amount for 2014 |
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Distributable amount for 2014 from Section C, line 6 |
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Underdistributions, if any, for years prior to 2014 (reasonable cause required--see instructions) |
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| 3 Excess distributions carryover, if any, to 2014: | ||||
| a From 2009.......X | ||||
| b From 2010.......X | ||||
| c From 2011.......X | ||||
| d From 2012.......X | ||||
| e From 2013....... | ||||
| fTotal of lines 3a through e | ||||
| g Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| h Applied to 2014 distributable amount | ||||
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Carryover from 2009 not applied (see instructions) |
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| j Remainder. Subtract lines 3g, 3h, and 3i from 3f. | ||||
| 4Distributions for 2014 from Section D, line 7: | ||||
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| a Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| b Applied to 2014 distributable amount | ||||
| c Remainder. Subtract lines 4a and 4b from 4. | ||||
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Remaining underdistributions for years prior to 2014, if any. Subtract lines 3g and 4a from line 2 (if amount greater than zero, see instructions) |
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Remaining underdistributions for 2014. Subtract lines 3h and 4b from line 1 (if amount greater than zero, see instructions) |
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7 Excess distributions carryover to 2015. Add lines 3j and 4c. |
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| 8 Breakdown of line 7: | ||||
| a From 2010.......X | ||||
| b From 2011.......X | ||||
| c From 2012.......X | ||||
| d From 2013....... | ||||
| e From 2014....... | ||||
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| SCHEDULE R PART II - RELATED TAX EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS | Entity Tax ID# Primary Activity Legal Domicile Exempt Code Status Public Charity Status Direct controlling Entity Vassar Brothers Medical Center 14-1338586 Hospital NY 501c3 Box 3 HQ The Foundation for Vassar Brothers Medical Center 14-1736429 Fundraising NY 501c3 Box 9 HQ Riverside Diversified Services, Inc (Parent) 14-1675545 Education NY 501c3 Box 9 HQ Alamo Ambulance Service, Inc 14-1745417 Transport NY 501c3 Box 9 HQ Health Quest Home Care, Inc (Certified) 14-1788412 Home Health NY 501c3 Box 9 HQ Health Quest Home Care, Inc (Licensed) 14-1788410 Home Health NY 501c3 Box 9 HQ Northern Duchess Hospital 14-1338467 Hospital NY 501c3 Box 3 HQ Northern Dutchess Residential Health Care Facility 22-3129608 Nursing Home NY 501c3 Box 9 HQ NDH Foundation 14-1776208 Fundraising NY 501c3 Box 9 HQ Putnam Hospital Center 14-6019179 Hospital NY 501c3 Box 3 HQ Putnam Hospital Center Foundation 06-1399319 Fundraising NY 501c3 Box 9 HQ Health Quest Medical Practice, PC 56-2669185 Medical Care NY 501c3 Box 3 HQ Health Quest Urgent Medical Practice, PC 80-0152047 Medical Care NY 501c3 Box 3 HQ Health Serve Information Technologies, LLC 14-1797086 IT Support NY 501c3 Box 3 HQ Health Quest Laboratory Support Services, LLC 45-4370644 Medical Laboratory NY 501c3 Box 3 HQ One Columbia Street, LLC 46-1626016 Real Estate Mgmt NY 501c3 Box 3 HQ Hudson Valley Cardiovasular Practice, PC 46-3756713 Medical Care NY 501c3 Box 3 HQ |
| FORM 990 PART VI SECTION A LINE 6, 7A AND 7B - GOVERNING | LINE 6 - THE SOLE MEMBER OF NDH IS HEALTH QUEST SYSTEMS, INC. LINE 7A - APPOINTMENT/ELECTION OF GOVERNING BODY 6.01 Officers. The Officers of NDH shall be a Chair, First Vice-Chair, Second Vice-Chair, Secretary/Treasurer, and President/Chief Operating Officer. From time to time, the Board of Trustees may appoint such other Officers with powers and duties not inconsistent with these Bylaws. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of Chair, President/Chief Operating Officer and Secretary/Treasurer. 6.02 Election. The Chair of the Board, First Vice-Chair, Second Vice-Chair and the President/Chief Operating Officer shall be elected by Health Quest. The Secretary/Treasurer and other Officers shall be elected by a vote of the majority of the entire Board of Trustees at a meeting of the Board of Trustees. All Officers shall serve for a term of two (2) years until successors are elected and qualified, such term commencing at the close of the meeting at which they are elected. Officers may be elected for no more than one (1) term. 6.03 Vacancies. A vacancy occurring in any office during the year may be filled by a vote of a majority of the entire Board of Trustees for the remainder of the term thereof at the next Annual Meeting or any regular meeting of the Board or at a special meeting called for such purpose, provided that a vacancy in the office of Chair of the Board, First Vice-Chair, Second Vice-Chair or President/Chief Operating Officer may be filled only by Health Quest. 6.04 Removal. Any Officer may be removed from office, with or without cause, by an affirmative vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the entire Board of Trustees at any meeting of the Board, except the Chair of the Board, First Vice-Chair, Second Vice-Chair and the President/Chief Operating Officer may be removed only by Health Quest. 6.05 Duties and Responsibilities. (a) Chair. The Chair shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Trustees. In accordance with Articles VII and VIII, the Chair also shall (i) appoint the Committee Chairs and members of all Committees of the Board (except the Executive Committee) and ad hoc committees, (ii) serve as an ex-officio member, with vote, on each Committee, and (iii) serve as the Chair of the Executive Committee. The Chair shall perform such other duties as may be provided for by law, these Bylaws, or resolution of the Board of Trustees. (b) First Vice-Chair. In the absence of the Chair, the First Vice-Chair shall preside at meetings of the Board of Trustees. When so acting as Chair, the First Vice-Chair shall have all the powers and authority of the Chair. The First Vice-Chair shall perform such other duties as may be provided for by the Board of Trustees. (c) Second Vice-Chair. In the absence of the Chair and First Vice-Chair, the Second Vice-Chair shall preside at meetings of the Board of Trustees. When so acting as Chair, the Second Vice-Chair shall have all the powers and authority of the Chair. The Second Vice-Chair shall perform such other duties as may be provided for by the Board of Trustees. (d) Secretary/Treasurer. (i) The Secretary/Treasurer shall be responsible for such books, documents, and papers as the Board may determine. The Secretary/Treasurer shall cause minutes to be kept for all meetings of the Board of Trustees, may sign any contracts or agreements with the Chair, the President/Chief Operating Officer, the First Vice-Chair or Second Vice-Chair in the name of NDH if so authorized or ordered by the Board, and may affix the seal of NDH to written instruments when so authorized or ordered by the Board. The Secretary/Treasurer shall perform such other duties as shall be assigned by the Board of Trustees and as are incidental to the office of secretary of a not-for-profit corporation. (ii) The Secretary/Treasurer shall either personally perform, or ensure that appropriate employees of NDH perform, the following functions: receive and care for all monies and properties belonging to NDH and dispose of the same under the direction of the Board of Trustees, receive and give receipts for all amounts due to NDH, endorse checks in its name and on its behalf, receive full discharge for the same in accordance with these Bylaws, and perform such other duties as assigned by the Board of Trustees and as are incidental to the office of treasurer of a not-for-profit corporation. (e) President/Chief Operating Officer. The President/Chief Operating Officer shall serve as the chief executive officer of NDH and shall have the authority and responsibility to manage and operate NDH in all its activities, subject to these Bylaws, the Certificate of Incorporation, and such policies as may be adopted from time to time by the Board of Trustees or Health Quest. The President/Chief Operating Officer's responsibilities shall include, but are not limited to, the following: (i) Acting under the direction of and being accountable to the Board of Trustees of NDH and Health Quest; (ii) Providing effective liaison between the Board of Trustees and management; (iii) Appointing (either personally or through delegation to responsible subordinates), and NDH shall employ, such personnel as may be required to conduct the affairs of NDH; (iv) Ensuring that all activities are properly organized, directed and accounted for as established by the Board of Trustees; (v) Providing reports to the Board of Trustees to keep the Board fully informed of the affairs of NDH; (vi) Performing all duties required by law; and (vii) Unless otherwise provided for herein, performing (either personally or through delegation to responsible subordinates) all acts and executing all documents necessary to carry out the duties of the position of President/Chief Executive Officer. LINE 7B - 4.01 Powers of the Board of Trustees. The business and property of NDH shall be managed by NDH's Board of Trustees and Health Quest, as the co-established operator of NDH. Although Health Quest may elect from time to time to delegate to and/or act jointly with the NDH Board of Trustees, Health Quest has the authority to exercise independently its established powers and rights in its capacity as the co-established operator. Any such delegated authority shall at all times remain subject to the oversight, modification or repeal of Health Quest as the co-established operator of NDH. Without limiting the foregoing powers, Health Quest will consult with the Chair of the NDH Board of Trustees before modifying or repealing any joint operating authority delegated under Section 4.02. 4.02 Joint Operating Authority Delegated to NDH. Subject to Sections 2.02 and 4.01, the Board of Trustees of NDH shall have the following operating authority as delegated by Health Quest: (a) Quality Assurance. Apply and execute the quality assurance standards and any quality assurance policies and plans adopted by Health Quest. (b) Medical Staff Credentialing and Bylaws. Apply and execute the Medical Staff credentialing standards and any policies adopted by Health Quest, which includes being responsible for: (i) Appointing the members of the Medical Staff; (ii) Approving any Medical Staff appointments such as Medical Staff officers or department chairs requiring Board approval; (iii) Pursuant to the procedures set forth in the Bylaws of the Medical Staff, dismissing any member of the Medical Staff, and approving, rejecting or modifying any corrective action taken or recommended by the Medical Staff for any member of the Medical Staff; and (iv) Approving the Medical Staff Bylaws, Rules and Regulations. (c) Strategic Planning. Provide input to the system-wide strategic planning process and NDH-specific strategic plan, as requested and approved by Health Quest, and monitor the implementation of such plan. (d) Statements of Deficiency and Legal Compliance. Respond to any statements of deficiency issued by any regulatory or accrediting authority and take all appropriate and necessary action to monitor and restore compliance with deficiencies in NDH's compliance with statutory, regulatory or accreditation requirements, including but not limited to monitoring the submission and implementation of all plans of correction. (e) Conflicts of Interest. Implement and comply with the written Conflict of Interest Policy as approved by Health Quest and as interpreted and directed by the Compliance and Audit Committee of Health Quest. (f) Community Health Needs. Implement the statement of mission approved by Health Quest by developing a Community Service Plan tailored specifically to the work of NDH in the community it serves and monitoring performance thereof. (g) Budgets and Financial Performance. Assist in developing and monitoring the budgets for NDH, as requested by Health Quest and, as approved, monitor the financial performance of NDH. (h) Physician Arrangements. Review and approve physician financial arrangements in accordance with and as permitted by a system-wide policy adopted by Health Quest. (i |
| PART VI SECTION B LINE 11B, 12C, 15A AND 15B - POLICIES | LINE 11B - PRIOR TO FILING, A DRAFT OF THE COMPLETED FORM 990 WAS REVIEWED BY INTERNAL MANAGEMENT. AFTER THAT REVIEW WAS COMPLETE, THE FORM 990 WAS PROVIDED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF HQ (PARENT OF THE FILING ORGANIZATION) FOR ADITIONAL REVIEW AND COMMENT. CONTACT INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED SHOULD QUESTIONS ARISE. A 3RD PARTY WAS HIRED TO PREPARE SCHEDULE K. PRICEWATERHOUSE COOPERS WAS CONSULTED IN THE PREPARATION OF SCHEDULE H. LINE 12C - ON AN ANNUAL BASIS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, TRUSTEES AND KEY EMPLOYEES ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST FILING WHICH IS REVIEWED BY THE HQ VP OF COMPLIANCE AND INTERNAL AUDIT. ALL POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ARE REVIEWED BY THE HQ BUSINESS ETHICS COMMITTEE ON BEHALF OF NDH. LINE 15 A/B - COMPENSATION OF THE CEO, TOP MANAGEMENT AND OTHER KEY EMPLOYEES IS ESTABLISHED BY THE HQ EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE BASED ON INFORMATION AND SUPPORT OF AN INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY. |
| FORM 990 PART VI SECTION C LINE 19 - DISCLOSURE | LINE 19 - POLICIES AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. THE DOCUMENTS ARE PROVIDED EITHER ELECTRONICALLY OR PAPER COPIES. IN ADDITION, CERTAIN FINANCIAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON VARIOUS WEBSITES DUE TO REGULATORY FILINGS SUCH AS THE 990 AND BOND HOLDER REQUIREMENTS. |
| SCHEDULE K PART I LINE A COLUMN E | TOTAL ISSUE PRICE PER IRS FORM 8038 - $61,974,071.30, ALLOCATED AS FOLLOWS NORTHERN DUTCHESS HOSPITAL - $15,718,407.82 PUTNAM HOSPITAL CENTER - $28,161,750.86 VASSAR BROTHERS MEDICAL CENTER - $18,093,912.82 |
| SCHEDULE R PART V LINE 2 (1) - ALLOCATION METHODOLOGY FOR HQ | Health Quest Systems, Inc Allocation of Support Services/Shared Expenses/Cash Funding General: The following services are considered shared services for Health Quest affiliates and the cost to provide these services are allocated to each entity which benefits from the service based on a pre defined allocation methodology: 1. Specialty Staffing a. VBMC Surgical b. Radiology c. Oncology d. VBMC Sleep Lab e. PT/OT/ST f. Cardiac Rehab 2. Clinical Management a. Emergency Room b. Pharmacy c. Cardiac d. Oncology 3. Revenue Cycle including health information management, budgets and reimbursement, revenue cycle, system business office, patient access oversight, financial clearance center, managed care and decision support 4. Facilities including courier service, construction, property management, facility operations, food service management and security 5. Business Development including strategic planning, marketing and public relations, answering service and community education 6. Corporate Finance including accounts payable, payroll, general accounting, purchasing, supply chain and mailroom, practice management billing and management engineering 7. Internal Audit and Compliance 8. Practice management operations including physician recruitment, physician management and centralized scheduling 9. Human Resources and learning and development 10. Administrative including Executive office, Hospital Support and risk management 11. Legal Counsel 12. Information Technology and Medical Technology Services (MTS) Description of Services: 1. Specialty staffing a. Provides non union staffing services for various specialties to the hospitals, offsite ancillary locations and the Fishkill Medical Mall 2. Clinical management includes management oversight to system consolidated clinical services 3. Revenue Cycle - a. Health Information Management functions includes coding and transcription of medical records for all 3 hospitals b. Budget functions include preparation of annual budgets, variance reporting and maintenance of the budget module Reimbursement functions include preparation of annual cost reports, analysis of third party rate accounts and third party audits c. Revenue cycle functions include charge master analysis and development of revenue producing charges, compliance with CPT coding and establishment of appropriate charges d. System business office services includes producing claims for third party payers and private pay patients, payment processing, periodic reporting, accounts receivable analysis, charity care application process, denial management, collection and follow up for the hospitals. Patient access and financial clearance center includes oversight of all centralized registration areas at the hospitals and pre-authorization for numerous hospital services to insure compliance with third party regulations e. Managed Care functions include contract negotiations and analysis of contract terms f. Decision Support functions include cost accounting reporting, maintenance of HBI (Horizon Business Insight) reporting and the contract management system 4. Facilities - a. Courier service provides delivery services internally throughout the HQ system and bank deposit drop offs b. Construction and property management functions include contracting services for Health Quest projects and property management of all HQ facilities c. Facility operations include management oversight of the engineering departments for the hospitals d. Food Service management includes management oversight of food and nutrition departments for the hospitals e. Security functions include management oversight of all facilities to ensure the safest environment 5. Business Development - a. Strategic Planning functions include CON submissions, market data analysis and assistance with business plans b. Marketing includes advertising services, coordination of joint Health Quest advertisements and reduction of expenses associated with larger campaigns c. Public relations functions include coordination of Health Quest communication to external customers, patients and media d. Oversight of the outsourced answering services for physicians affiliated with the hospitals and HQMP e. Community education functions include training classes specific to life saving techniques 6. Finance - a. Accounts payable functions include scheduling vendor payments, insuring flow of goods and services, maintaining days cash on hand goals and maintaining days in accounts payable b. Payroll functions include biweekly employee payments and tax filings in accordance with Human Resources and Payroll policies c. General Accounting functions include preparation of financial statements, account analysis, contract reconciliation, tax filings, investment coordination, insurance coordination and coordination of internal and external audit functions d. Purchasing, supply chain and mailroom functions include procurement services, contract negotiations, price negotiations, capital purchase negotiations, management/distribution of hospital inventory, and central mailroom management e. Practice management billing functions include producing all claims for third party payers and private pay patients, payment processing, periodic reporting, accounts receivable analysis, charity care application process, denial management, collection and follow up services for all employed HQ physicians f. Management Engineering functions include evaluating each area within HQ to ensure compliance with various productivity benchmarks optimizing staffing ratios 7. Internal Audit and Compliance includes oversight of the corporate compliance program, internal audit, HIPAA compliance, contract review and compliance 8. Human Resource and learning and development functions include recruitment, compensation, benefit administration and employee training 9. Physician management operations functions include oversight of all HQ physician practices, physician recruitment functions, and the centralized scheduling office 10. Administrative functions include oversight of the Health Quest system, hospital management and risk management 11. Legal Counsel functions include internal legal services for HQ and coordination of all outsourced legal initiatives 12. Information Technology and MTS - a. IT provides information technology support for all applications and telephony support within HQ. In addition provides project management services for all new and upgrades to current IT applications. b. MTS/Biomed includes technical services provided to each hospital for equipment repair and maintenance Shared Expenses: In addition to services provided by support departments, certain insurance policies are consolidated for all Health Quest entities. These include property insurance, travel, crime, environmental, cyber risk and Directors and Officers insurance. Affiliate Cash Shortfalls: Affiliate cash shortfalls are funded by the entity(s) benefiting from the affiliate services. Examples include Health Quest Medical Practice and the Thompson House. The cash shortfall funding is based on the percentage of benefit received (percentage of revenue by division for HQMP and hospital census for the Thompson House from the hospitals) Allocation Methodology: Net Revenue - lab management, budgets, revenue cycle, managed care, decision support, all facilities (excluding construction), business development, general accounting, management engineering, internal audit and compliance, executive office, legal, information technology and MTS # of visits/procedures - staffing specialties Historical trends - health information management, clinical management and hospital support Cash collections - patient accounting and the financial clearance center # of FTE's - payroll and human resources Non payroll expenses - accounts payable and purchasing Project based - construction # of FTE's allocated to physician sites - Practice management billing, operations and physician practice management System Benefits: 1. Financial planning 2. Revenue enhancement 3. Improved cash collections 4. Enhanced managed care contract rates 5. Optimized medical records coding 6. Savings for supplies, contracts, insurance and capital purchases 7. Staffing reduction through shared services 8. Enhanced employee benefit programs Health Quest Laboratory Support Services, LLC provides clinical diagnostic services to affiliate hospitals. NDH covers lab services performed for both their inpatient and outpatient services. |
| FORM 990 PART XI LINE 9 - RECONCILIATION OF NET ASSETS | TRANSFER OF EQUITY - ($3,991,341); INTEREST IN FOUNDATION - $4,263,724; NET ASSETS FROM RESTRICTIONS USED FOR OPERATIONS - ($336,480); PERM RESTRICTED MISC $15 |
| FORM 990 PART XII LINE 3A - OMB CIRCULAR A-133 AUDIT | NORTHERN DUTCHESS HOSPITAL DID NOT RECEIVE MORE THAN $500,000 IN FEDERAL AWARDS IN 2014, AND DID NOT QUALIFY FOR AN A-133 AUDIT. |
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