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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(a) 2010 | (b) 2011 | (c) 2012 | (d) 2013 | (e) 2014 | (f) Total | |
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| 7 | Amounts from line 4.. | ||||||
| 8 | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources... | ||||||
| 9 | Net income from unrelated business activities, whether or not the business is regularly carried on.. | ||||||
| 10 | Other income. 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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5
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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6
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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| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11 | The 990 is made available to Board Members by posting to a Board Member's website. Any Board Member who does not have the ability to access the return in this manner will receive a copy via electronic or regular mail. The return is also reviewed by the Chief Financial Officer, Chief General Counsel and the Chief Audit and Compliance Officer of University Health Systems prior to filing. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12 | All Officers, Board Members and Key Employees are required to complete a yearly comprehensive conflict of interest questionnaire. These are reviewed by legal counsel and any potential or actual conflicts are brought to the Board for disposition. Board Members are instructed to report any potential conflicts arising during the year for review. Board Members are required to recuse themselves from voting on issues in which they are deemed to have a conflict. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 | The Top Management Official is the President who is an employee of East Carolina Health, Inc. The compensation is determined by the Compensation and Benefits Committee of the Vidant Health Board using comparative data from like organizations and input from consultants. This process is performed every two years, the last year being 2015. It will be performed again in fiscal year 2017. Compensation of other officers and key employees is also determined by the Compensation and Benefits Committee of the VH Board using comparative data from like organizations and input from consultants. This process is performed every two years, the last year being 2015. It will be performed again in fiscal year 2017. All compensation discussions and actions are documented and approved in the minutes of the Committee. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 | The Organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and combined financial statements available upon request for the same period of disclosure as set forth in IRC Section 6104(d). |
| Form 990, Part XI, line 9: | Capital Contributions and Transfers with Affiliates 41,428,522. |
| Form 990, Part III, Line 4a | Overview of University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina: Our mission at VH to enhance the quality of life for the people and communities we serve, touch and support drives us far beyond caring for patients within the confines of our hospital walls. It calls us to help make eastern North Carolina a better, healthier place to live. VH is a North Carolina non-profit corporation with headquarters in Greenville, North Carolina. VH and its affiliates operate an integrated health care delivery system that serves a total market of approximately 1.4 million people in 29 contiguous counties in eastern North Carolina. The Health System includes hospitals, physician practices, outpatient services, long-term care, home health, hospice, and wellness services. The Health System's owned hospitals are Vidant Medical Center ("VMC"), which is a tertiary care hospital and an academic medical center, and seven other acute care hospitals: Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Vidant Edgecombe Hospital, Vidant Chowan Hospital, Vidant Bertie Hospital, Vidant Duplin Hospital, Vidant Beaufort Hospital, and The Outer Banks Hospital. VMC serves as the teaching hospital for the Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina Schools of Nursing and Allied Health and Pitt Community College. The system also serves as a regional referral center for eastern North Carolina. The System's seven owned acute care hospitals are licensed to operate 1,439 beds. Each hospital is licensed by the Division of Facility Services of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and approved as a provider by the Medicare and Medicaid programs. VH and its hospitals and affiliate organizations provide services to patients without regard to their ability to pay. In fiscal year 2015 VH's combined patient care statistics were: inpatient admissions, 64,388; inpatient days of care, 335,772; surgeries, 46,544; births, 6,019; and outpatient visits, 330,836. Our System's workforce included 11,889 employees. Each of VH's hospitals operates an emergency room, which is open 24 hours a day. VMC also offers a full spectrum of trauma services. Emergency and trauma services are provided to patients without regard to their ability to pay. In fiscal year 2015 VH provided care to 273,688 emergency room patients. VH's Board of Directors consists of 11 voting members, six of whom must be current or former Pitt County, North Carolina appointees of VMC's Board of Trustees and five of whom must be current of former Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina appointees of VMC's Board of Trustees. VMC, in affiliation with the Brody School of Medicine, which is owned by the State of North Carolina, operates 30 resident-training programs with over 400 medical residents. This relationship enables VMC and the Brody School of Medicine to combine their resources for the provision of quality patient care, medical education and research for the residents of eastern North Carolina. The Brody School of Medicine has three important goals: educating primary care physicians, making medical care more readily available to the people of eastern North Carolina, and providing opportunities to minority and disadvantaged students. As a non-profit organization, VH reinvests all excess of revenues over expenses in programs, services, and facilities that provide access to patient care and health services to the citizens of Eastern Carolina. Overview of Vidant Health Community Benefit Programs 1. Eastern North Carolina is comprised of 1.4 million people living in 14,000 square miles. Boundaries are from I-95 East to the coast, and from the Virginia line up to and including Onslow County. The area is largely rural and largely poor, with higher than state or national average rates for poverty and uninsured. Health status indicators show increased incidence of disease in the region, especially cancer, heart disease and stroke. VH determines priorities for target populations by working in concert with medical and community agency partners in ongoing assessment of the most pressing health care needs. Many efforts over the past decade have focused on diabetes, pediatric asthma, school health, injury prevention, access to care, nutrition enhancement, physical activities and chronic disease screenings. Also, special programs to manage the care of Medicaid enrollees, address access to both medical care and medications for the uninsured, and coordination of services for children with obesity have been undertaken. The populations that are served by addressing these issues are largely the poor, the underserved, and minorities. Determination of specific populations to address occurs when partners such as the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, local health departments, county Healthy Carolinian task forces, and physicians identify a quantifiable need, and community partners are engaged to work together with the health system. 2. Funding for community health programs is obtained from both the operating funds of VH entities and external grant-awarding organizations. The VH Board annually provides financial support for the Community Benefit Initiatives program of its foundation. These funds are then awarded to community agencies that successfully demonstrate both need and a well-designed plan to address one of the Foundation's priority categories. In addition, each VH hospital financially supports community health resources within its operating budget. Programs vary according to the hospital's financial ability and community need, but all include collaborative efforts with local health departments, including health screenings and education to targeted populations. VH also has a successful track record of obtaining community health program support from external agencies that award grant funding to approve projects. The VH Grants Office was established in 2008 and serves as the central point for grant mining, acquisition and management of grants awarded to VH hospitals for community-based programs. Grant funds are utilized to demonstrate the effectiveness of a proposed community program, measure the outcomes achieved, and garner long-term sustainability from either the health system, other community agencies or as a collaborative program. Many community health programs are collaborative in nature with local service agencies, and often a portion of the grant funds are used to support resources or services in these agencies. 3. Community health priorities are determined in several ways. In partnership with the local health departments, the results of state-mandated community health assessments are studied by each local Healthy Carolinians task force. Those task force groups then compile a list of the most pressing issues in their communities based on data from community input. Both established resources within various agencies and potential opportunities to garner new support are reviewed. 4. Community priorities are also established in response to a compelling need identified by health practitioners or community groups. Examples include the pediatric asthma program that has been in place for over 10 years in Pitt County, and expanded to other communities in the region. This major community-based program was established following a plea for assistance by pediatricians and pediatric clinical nurse specialists caring for children with asthma in the acute care setting. The Pitt County School System and local parents identified a lack of health care support in the schools, resulting in an award-winning school nurse program that has been replicated in several counties. Most recently, the focused attention on pediatric obesity and associated diseases has resulted in multiple community-based programs directed at improving nutrition, physical activity, and case management for that population. VH is fortunate to have a strong collaborative partnership with East Carolina University, and works closely with the schools within the Health Sciences Division, especially the Brody School of Medicine. BSOM is an active participant in almost every community health initiative, supporting the research and evaluation of these programs, and contributes to programs for the under and uninsured in multiple ways. ECU and other educational institutions whose students matriculate through VH facilities also provide opportunities for collaboration and participation in various community health initiatives. 5. Provided below are a few highlights of the community benefit and education activities: |
| Form 990, Schedule H, Part VI, Line 5: | 5a. Community Health Improvement Services: Community health improvement services are programs and services that meet an identified need and are offered to the community at little or no charge. VH hospitals sponsor programs that improve access to health care for the underserved and enhance the identification and management of chronic diseases, such as cancer, diabetes and heart disease. Here are a few examples of these programs: - Medical assistance programs for uninsured patients - The Pediatric Healthy Weight Program - Support for Health Carolinians collaboratives, including Pitt Partners for Health, the Hertford Partnership for Health and Three Rivers Healthy Carolinians. - School nurse programs - Support for the Community Care Plan of Eastern Carolina for Medicaid recipients and HealthAssist for the uninsured - Support of local Federally Qualified Health Center 5b. Health Professional Education: Preparing future health care professionals is important to us. Our hospitals provide clinical settings for students of health professions, such as future physicians, nurses and other allied health professionals. We also support students through deferred forgivable loans and internships including resident training, nursing clinic sites, allied health professionals, and financial support of nursing programs. 5c. Research: East Carolina University (ECU) conducts research to evaluate new treatments and protocols. These studies help health professionals everywhere provide quality care to patients. VH supports this through various means including supporting the Institutional Review Board at ECU and providing study sites. 5d. Financial and In-Kind Contributions: VH donates money and in-kind services to community groups and activities that share our mission of improving health. They include Meals on Wheels, American Red Cross blood drives, medical supplies to emergency medical services, and free medications to qualifying patients. VH hospitals are key partners in fundraising for organizations such as the United Way, American Heart Association, Juvenile Diabetes Association and the American Cancer Society. VH contributed $1.0 million to the Community Benefits Grants Program which awards grants to local non-profits for health related programs. 5e. Community Building: Community-building activities include programs that are not directly related to health care but address underlying issues that impact the health of communities. Poverty, crime, homelessness, workforce development and economic development all affect the overall health of communities. VH has provided support for our local Chambers of Commerce, financial support for road improvements, investments in communication infrastructure via information technology connections, support for the Teen Leadership Academy, recruitment of physicians to our rural communities, and programs that encourage students to pursue health careers. |
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