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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). | ||||||






Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(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.") . | ||||||
| 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...... | 6,215,397 | 8,707,440 | 10,076,790 | 11,415,991 | 12,092,493 | 48,508,111 |
| 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. | 6,215,397 | 8,707,440 | 10,076,790 | 11,415,991 | 12,092,493 | 48,508,111 |
| 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. | 4,492,347 | 4,908,783 | 9,401,130 | |||
| c | Add lines 7a and 7b.. | 4,492,347 | 4,908,783 | 9,401,130 | |||
| 8 | Public support (Subtract line 7c from line 6.) | 39,106,981 | |||||
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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... | 6,215,397 | 8,707,440 | 10,076,790 | 11,415,991 | 12,092,493 | 48,508,111 |
| 10a | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources.. | 106,151 | 174,362 | 133,128 | 226,326 | 176,565 | 816,532 |
| b | Unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 taxes) from businesses acquired after June 30, 1975. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 10a and 10b. | 106,151 | 174,362 | 133,128 | 226,326 | 176,565 | 816,532 |
| 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.).. | 6,321,548 | 8,881,802 | 10,209,918 | 11,642,317 | 12,269,058 | 49,324,643 |




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| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A PROGRAM NARRATIVE CONTINUATION | THE FOLLOWING SUMMARIZES OUR WORK DURING THE FISCAL YEAR AUGUST 1, 2013, THROUGH JULY 31, 2014. STRATIS HEALTH'S LARGEST BODIES OF WORK INCLUDED: -SERVING AS THE MEDICARE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ORGANIZATION (QIO) FOR MINNESOTA ON BEHALF OF THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES (CMS). -LEADING THE FEDERAL REGIONAL EXTENSION CENTER FOR HIT FOR MINNESOTA AND NORTH DAKOTA ON BEHALF OF THE OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (HIT). OTHER STRATIS HEALTH WORK FACILITATED HEALTH CARE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AND SAFETY FOR PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES IN MINNESOTA AND ACROSS THE NATION. THIS WORK WAS PRIMARILY IN HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TO ADVANCE E-HEALTH, RURAL HEALTH QUALITY IMPROVEMENT TO BUILD AND STRENGTHEN INFRASTRUCTURE, LONG-TERM CARE PROMOTING QUALITY ASSURANCE PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT (QAPI), CULTURAL COMPETENCE, AND PATIENT SAFETY. MEDICARE QIO FOR MINNESOTA SERVING AS THE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ORGANIZATION (QIO) FOR MINNESOTA, ON BEHALF OF THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES (CMS), STRATIS HEALTH CONVENED PROVIDERS, PRACTIONERS AND PATIENTS TO BUILD AND SHARE KNOWLEDGE, SPREAD BEST PRACTICES, AND ACHIEVE RAPID, WIDE-SCALE IMPROVEMENTS IN PATIENT CARE, IMPROVE POPULATION HEALTH, AND DECREASE HEALTH CARE COST. STRATIS HEALTH BROUGHT TOGETHER COMMUNITIES IN STATEWIDE LEARNING AND ACTION NETWORKS TO ACHIEVE NATIONAL QUALITY GOALS. WE SUPPORTED PROVIDERS AND PRACTIONERS WITH EVIDENCE-BASED CLINICAL INTERVENTIONS AND OBJECTIVE EXPERTISE. WE PROTECTED MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES AND IMPROVED THE VALUE OF HEALTH CARE BY ADDRESSING QUALITY COMPLAINTS AND DISCHARGE APPEALS. MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES TO BOLSTER THE MINNESOTA HEALTH CARE COMMUNITYS EFFORTS TO REDUCE MEDICAL ERRORS, STRATIS HEALTH FIELDED OVER 1,700 HELP-LINE CALLS AND PERFORMED 1,169 REVIEWS, WHICH INCLUDED 1,054 APPEALS ABOUT DISCONTINUATION OF NURSING HOME SKILLED SERVICE, HOME HEALTH SKILLED SERVICE, AND HOSPICE SERVICES OR HOSPITAL DISCHARGES. STRATIS HEALTH HELPS CONSUMERS ENGAGE WITH THE HEALTH SYSTEM, USING DATA TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS, AND SERVING AS AN AVENUE FOR PATIENTS TO ADDRESS QUALITY OF CARE CONCERNS. ACROSS THE CARE CONTINUUM STRATIS HEALTH USED A COMMUNITY-BASED APPROACH TO SUPPORT THE BRAINERD, DULUTH, AND TWIN CITIES NORTH METRO AREAS TO IMPROVE TRANSITIONS BETWEEN CARE FACILITIES AND REDUCE HOSPITAL READMISSIONS AMONG THE 71,000 BENEFICIARIES COLLECTIVELY SERVED. WHAT BEGAN AS SIX HOSPITALS, 18 NURSING HOMES, AND EIGHT HOME HEALTH AGENCIES TALKING ABOUT OBSTACLES BECAME IMPLEMENTATION OF CHANGES THAT CONTRIBUTED TO 3,811 FEWER HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS AND 933 FEWER READMISSIONS. ADULT PRIMARY CARE CLINICS ALL OF THE 23 PROVIDERS WHO WORKED WITH STRATIS HEALTH TO FACILITATE REPORTING OF CLINICAL MEASURES THROUGH THE PHYSICIAN QUALITY REPORTING SYSTEM (PQRS) AND TO TRACK IMPROVEMENT RECEIVED THE INCENTIVE PAYMENTS FOR USING THEIR ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD (EHR) SYSTEMS TO REPORT PQRS MEASURES. FOR THE 31 MEDICAL CLINICS THAT STRATIS HEALTH WORKED WITH TO TRACK QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS IN CARDIAC CARE, 7,260 OF THEIR PATIENT VISITS MET CLINICAL CARE GOALS FOR USE OF ASPIRIN, BLOOD PRESSURE CONTROL, CHOLESTEROL MANAGEMENT, AND SMOKING CESSATION. STRATIS HEALTH COLLABORATED WITH THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (MDH) TO IMPROVE BLOOD PRESSURE CONTROL IN FOUR NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA COMMUNITIES AS PART OF THE MILLION HEARTS INITIATIVE. PARTNERING WITH THE REGIONAL EXTENSION ASSISTANCE CENTER FOR HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, WHICH SERVES MINNESOTA AND NORTH DAKOTA, STRATIS HEALTH PROMOTED THE USE OF HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE POPULATION HEALTH. IN ADDITION TO IMPROVEMENTS IN CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH, THIS WORK ASSISTS PRIMARY CARE CLINICS IN OPTIMIZING EHR AS A TOOL TO INCREASE PREVENTIVE SERVICES LIKE MAMMOGRAPHY SCREENINGS, COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENINGS, AND FLU AND PNEUMOCOCCAL IMMUNIZATIONS. HOSPITALS STRATIS HEALTH ASSISTED HOSPITALS WITH QUALITY REPORTING AND IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVES BY CREATING A BRIDGE BETWEEN STATE AND NATIONAL EFFORTS, INCLUDING UNDERSTANDING VALUE-BASED PURCHASING, A REWARDS SYSTEM WITH INCENTIVE PAYMENTS FOR QUALITY OF CARE. TO ENHANCE PATIENT SAFETY, STRATIS HEALTH PROVIDED DIRECT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO 12 HOSPITALS WORKING TO REDUCE HOSPITAL-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS. WITHIN THEIR 22 PATIENT CARE UNITS, STRATIS HEALTH DOCUMENTED A 32 PERCENT RELATIVE IMPROVEMENT RATE FOR CATHETER-ASSOCIATED URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS, A DECREASE FROM 175 TO 119 INFECTIONS BETWEEN 2012 AND 2014. STATEWIDE, STRATIS HEALTH CO-LEADS INFECTION REDUCTION EFFORTS AS PART OF THE COLLABORATIVE HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION NETWORK (CHAIN) WITH THE ASSOCIATION FOR PROFESSIONALS IN INFECTION CONTROL AND EPIDEMIOLOGY (MINNESOTA CHAPTER), MDH, AND THE MINNESOTA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (MHA). THROUGH THE RARE CAMPAIGN, LED BY STRATIS HEALTH, MHA, AND THE INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL SYSTEMS IMPROVEMENT, 86 HOSPITALS HAVE PREVENTED 7,975 AVOIDABLE HOSPITAL READMISSIONS SINCE 2011-EQUATING TO 31,900 MORE NIGHTS SLEEP FOR PATIENTS IN THEIR OWN BEDS. FROM 2010 THROUGH THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 2013, MINNESOTA HOSPITALS REACHED A COLLECTIVE REDUCTION IN READMISSIONS OF 19 PERCENT, USING EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGIES LIKE COMPREHENSIVE DISCHARGE PLANNING, MEDICATION MANAGEMENT, AND TRANSITIONS SUPPORT. STRATIS HEALTH WORKED WITH SIX HOSPITALS TO ADVANCE THE USE OF MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT TO REDUCE ADVERSE DRUG EVENTS. NURSING HOMES STRATIS HEALTH'S STATEWIDE WORK WITH 171 NURSING HOMES INCLUDED ENHANCING SYSTEMS OF CARE THAT LEAD TO BETTER OUTCOMES, ADDRESSING SYSTEMIC ISSUES, AND IMPROVING OVERALL CARE. RESIDENT CARE IMPROVED AS 439 FEWER BENEFICIARIES WERE ON ANTIPSYCHOTIC MEDICATIONS. SPECIAL INNOVATION PROJECTS STRATIS HEALTH LED FOUR CMS FUNDED QIO PROGRAM SPECIAL INNOVATION PROJECTS. IN THE ENJOY A HEALTHY LIFE! PROJECT, MORE THAN 75 INDIVIDUALS IN 12 DIVERSE GROUPS, FROM AREAS ACROSS MINNESOTA IDENTIFIED AS BEING AT RISK FOR POOR CARDIAC HEALTH, PARTICIPATED IN SELF-DIRECTED CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HEART HEALTH. HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR POST-ACUTE CARE PROVIDERS. TO IMPROVE TRANSITIONS OF CARE AND MEDICATION MANAGEMENT THROUGH THE USE OF THE ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD WORKING TOWARDS HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE, STRATIS HEALTH FACILITATED HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE AND MEDICATION RECONCILIATION BETWEEN 10 SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES, THREE HOSPITALS, AND TWO PHARMACIES ACROSS URBAN AND RURAL COMMUNITIES. THE PROJECT FACILITATED 56 TEST EXCHANGES BETWEEN CARE SETTINGS. TWO LIVE EXCHANGES OF ACTUAL PATIENT DATA AS OCCURRED. HOSPICE UTILIZATION PROJECT. STRATIS HEALTH LED A ONE-YEAR, COMMUNITY-BASED PROJECT TO HELP ELIGIBLE PATIENTS RECEIVE HOSPICE CARE SOONER, AND TO INCREASE APPROPRIATE REFERRALS TO AND UTILIZATION OF HOSPICE CARE. FOR THE THREE COMMUNITIES, RESULTS SHOWED AN INCREASE IN THE USE OF HOSPICE BY 8.7% AND A LONGER TIME IN HOSPICE FOR PATIENTS. RURAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT TRANSFER COMMUNICATION (EDTC). NEARLY 100 CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITALS (CAHS) ACROSS EIGHT STATES WORKED ON USING MEASURES TO EVALUATE COMMUNICATION FOR TRANSITIONS OF CARE DURING EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT (ED) TRANSFERS. STRATIS HEALTH LED THE WORK WITH QIOS IN THE EIGHT STATES, WHICH SUPPORTED PARTICIPATING CAHS TO INCREASE THEIR PERCENTAGE OF MEDICAL RECORDS MEETING ALL OF THE EDTC DATA ELEMENTS OVER THE COURSE OF THE PROJECT FROM 28.26 TO 44.13 PERCENT-FOR A RELATIVE IMPROVEMENT RATE OF 56 PERCENT. TO SUPPORT ITS QIO PROGRAM EFFORT, STRATIS HEALTHS WORK INCLUDED: -IN MINNESOTA, REACHING ALL 134 HOSPITALS, NEARLY 800 PRIMARY CARE CLINICS, 367 NURSING HOMES, 211 HOME HEALTH AGENCIES, AND 69 HOSPICE PROGRAMS WITH QUALITY IMPROVEMENT RESOURCES, TOOLS, AND INFORMATION. WE ACTIVELY SUPPORT THE DISSEMINATION OF QUALITY IMPROVEMENT TOOLS AND RESOURCES ON OUR WEB SITE (WWW.STRATISHEALTH.ORG), WHERE AN EXTENSIVE CATALOG OF MORE THAN 2,732 ITEMS IS CONTINUALLY UPDATED AND ADDED TO. -DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, BOTH IN-PERSON WORKSHOPS AND TRAINING SESSIONS, AND THROUGH EXTENSIVE USE OF CONFERENCE CALLS AND WEBINARS. FROM AUGUST 1, 2013, THROUGH JULY 31, 2014, STRATIS HEALTH OFFERED OVER 93 EDUCATIONAL EVENTS (I.E., IN-PERSON WORKSHOPS AND WEBINARS) FOR PHYSICIANS AND ALLIED HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS IN RURAL AND URBAN AREAS OF MINNESOTA, WITH A TOTAL OF MORE THAN 3,000 PARTICIPANTS. -RESPONDING TO 1,397 CALLS FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ON HOSPITAL QUALITY MEASURE DATA COLLECTION AND REPORTING, IN SUPPORT OF A TRANSPARENT HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. MORE THAN 470 ATTENDEES PARTICIPATED IN TRAININGS ON HOSPITAL DATA ABSTRACTION. |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A PROGRAM NARRATIVE CONTINUATION | HIT REC FOR MINNESOTA AND NORTH AS A PARTNER IN KEY HEALTH ALLIANCE, STRATIS HEALTH CO-LEADS THE REGIONAL EXTENSION ASSISTANCE CENTER FOR HIT (REACH)ONE OF 62 NONPROFIT FEDERALLY DESIGNATED HIT REGIONAL EXTENSION CENTERS DEDICATED TO HELPING PROVIDERS IN MINNESOTA AND NORTH DAKOTA IMPROVE CARE BY IMPLEMENTING AND USING EHR SYSTEMS. REACH SERVED 5,601 INDIVIDUAL PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS AT APPROXIMATELY 630 CLINICS AND 119 CRITICAL ACCESS AND RURAL HOSPITALS TO ADOPT AND OPTIMIZE USE OF ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS (EHRS). PROVIDERS AND HOSPITALS HAVE SUCCESSFULLY ATTESTED TO FEDERAL MEDICARE MEANINGFUL USE REQUIREMENTS AND STATE MEDICAID MEANINGFUL USE REQUIREMENTS, AND RECEIVED ACCESS TO INCENTIVE DOLLARS OR AVOIDED PENALTIES. FOR CLINICIANS, 4,864 ARE USING CERTIFIED EHRS FOR E-PRESCRIBING AND QUALITY REPORTING; AND 3,108 ACHIEVED STAGE 1 MEANINGFUL USE. FOR CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITALS/RURAL HOSPITALS, 108 ARE USING CERTIFIED EHRS FOR COMPUTERIZED PHYSICIAN ORDER ENTRY (CPOE), AND QUALITY REPORTING; AND 83 ACHIEVED STAGE 1 MEANINGFUL USE. DIRECT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IS PROVIDED TO CLIENTS. AUGUST 1, 2013, THROUGH JULY 31, 2014, REACH OFFERED EIGHT EDUCATIONAL WEBINARS THAT DREW 322 ATTENDEES AND THREE IN-PERSON TRAININGS WITH 111 PARTICIPANTS FROM THE TWO STATES. MEANINGFUL USE ATTAINMENT FOR MINNESOTA AND NORTH DAKOTA REACH CLIENTS WAS 14 PERCENT HIGHER THAN FOR REGIONAL EXTENSION CENTER PARTICIPANTS NATIONALLY. REACH RANKED FOURTH IN THE NATION AMONG EXTENSION CENTERS FOR THE NUMBER OF CLIENTS ACHIEVING MEANINGFUL USE-WITH 100 PERCENT OF THEM REPORTING BEING SATISFIED TO HIGHLY SATISFIED WITH REACH SERVICES. GRANTS TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS DURING THE FISCAL YEAR AUGUST 1, 2013, THROUGH JULY 31, 2014, STRATIS HEALTH PROVIDED FINANCIAL GRANTS TOTALING $90,150 TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT FOSTER EXCELLENCE IN HEALTH CARE OR PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL MESSAGES AND RESOURCES WITH THE GOAL OF IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF MINNESOTANS. AS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION GUIDED BY AN INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY-BASED BOARD OF DIRECTORS, STRATIS HEALTH IS COMMITTED TO BEING A RESPONSIBLE AND ENGAGED COMMUNITY MEMBER. THE BUILDING HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES GRANTS SUPPORT INITIATIVES THAT CAN HELP GROW AN APPRECIATION FOR THE CULTURE OF HEALTH CARE QUALITY IN MINNESOTA. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 1 | THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SHALL CONSIST OF THE CHAIR, THE VICE CHAIR, THE IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR, THE SECRETARY AND AT LEAST ONE OTHER DIRECTOR DESIGNATED BY THE BOARD. THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD SHALL BE CHAIR OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SHALL AT ALL TIMES BE SUBJECT TO THE CONTROL AND DIRECTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. DURING SUCH INTERVALS AND SUBJECT TO SUCH CONTROL AND DIRECTION, THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SHALL HAVE AND MAY EXERCISE ALL OF THE AUTHORITY AND POWERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE BUSINESS OF THE CORPORATION, SUBJECT TO SUCH LIMITATIONS AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MAY IMPOSE FROM TIME TO TIME. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11 | THE FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE CFO AND CONTROLLER, AND COPIES OF THE RETURN ARE PROVIDED ELECTRONICALLY TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C | STRATIS HEALTH HAS AN ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY WHICH IS INCORPORATED INTO ITS COMPLIANCE PLAN INITIALLY UPON ELECTION TO THE STRATIS HEALTH BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND HIRE TO THE ORGANIZATION AND ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, ALL STRATIS HEALTH BOARD MEMBERS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND OTHER KEY STRATIS HEALTH PERSONNEL ARE REQUIRED TO REVIEW THE POLICY AND COMPLETE THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST QUESTIONNAIRE SO THAT STRATIS HEALTH IS AWARE AND ABLE TO DEVELOP MITIGATION PLANS TO MANAGE ANY POTENTIAL, PERCEIVED OR REAL CONFLICTS. THE PROCESS IS MANAGED BY STRATIS HEALTH'S SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT ADMINISTRATION/COMPLIANCE OFFICER. EACH RESPONSIBLE PERSON SHALL BE REQUIRED TO REVIEW A COPY OF THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND TO ACKNOWLEDGE IN WRITING THAT HE OR SHE HAS DONE SO. THIS SHALL BE DONE ANNUALLY BY EACH RESPONSIBLE PERSON. A DIRECTOR, OFFICER OR KEY PERSONNEL WHO HAS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST SHALL REPORT ALL FACTS MATERIAL TO THE CONFLICT TO THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD. THE CHAIR SHALL REPORT THE DISCLOSURE TO STRATIS HEALTH'S COMPLIANCE OFFICER AND AT THE MEETING, THE DISCLOSURE SHALL BE REFLECTED IN THE MEETING MINUTES. A PERSON WHO HAS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST SHALL NOT PARTICIPATE IN OR BE PERMITTED TO HEAR THE BOARD OR COMMITTEE DISCUSSION OF THE MATTER EXCEPT TO DISCLOSE MATERIAL FACTS AND TO RESPOND TO QUESTIONS. THE PERSON HAVING THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST MAY NOT VOTE ON THE CONTRACT OR TRANSACTION AND SHALL NOT BE PRESENT IN THE MEETING ROOM WHEN THE VOTE IS TAKEN, UNLESS THE VOTE IS DONE BY SECRET BALLOT. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 | IN ACCORDANCE WITH INTERNAL REVENUE CODE (IRC SECTION 4958) STRATIS HEALTH IMPLEMENTED AN EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION INTERMEDIATE SANCTIONS COMPLIANCE PLAN (ISCP) IN 2005. THE COMPENSATION SETTING COMMITTEE IS COMPRISED OF MEMBERS OF STRATIS HEALTH'S EXECUTIVE/FINANCE BOARD COMMITTEE. THE COMMITTEE SERVES AS THE DECISION-MAKING BODY IN DETERMINING REASONABLE LEVELS OF COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS FOR THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER POSITIONS. THE COMMITTEE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR GATHERING SALARY AND BENEFIT COMPARABILITY DATA, WHICH IS DONE ON A BI-ANNUAL BASIS BASED ON REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE DATA. THE COMMITTEE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR APPROVING AND FINALIZING THE SALARY RANGE FOR EACH OF THE REVIEWED POSITIONS. THE COMMITTEE ALSO HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY TO APPROVE THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER'S SALARY INCREASE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. THE COMMITTEE ENGAGES A CONSULTANT TO CONDUCT AN INDEPENDENT SURVEY AND REVIEW OF THE SALARY DATA COLLECTED. THIS PROCESS WAS LAST CONDUCTED IN 2014 FOR OFFICERS OF STRATIS HEALTH. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 | THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING UPON REQUEST: AN ANNUAL REPORT THAT INCLUDES A DESCRIPTION OF THE ORGANIZATION'S PURPOSE, A DESCRIPTION OF ITS PROGRAM ACTIVITIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERVED, A SUMMARY OF THE TOTAL COST OF EACH MAJOR PROGRAM (TO THE EXTENT REQUIRED IN THE IRS FORM 990) AND A LIST OF THE ORGANIZATION'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THE ORGANIZATION DOES NOT MAKE ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY OR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. |
| FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G | OTHER HEALTH CONTRACTING SERVICES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 2,496,682. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 190,570. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 2,687,252. |
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