Attach to Form 990 or 990-EZ.
Information about Schedule O (Form 990 or 990-EZ) and its instructions is at| Return Reference | Explanation |
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| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 2 | The following officers, board members, and key employees are employees of Sanford or its related organizations. Many of these employees also serve on other related Sanford boards, or have business relationships with each other that span the organization as a whole: Maria Bell, Mark Lundeen, Mark Paulson, Michael LeBeau, Richard Hardie, Kelby Krabbenhoft, JoAnn Kunkel, Ruth Krystopolski and Cecily Tucker. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 6 | Sanford Health Plan is the sole member of the organization. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7a | Board members are members of the Board of Directors of Sanford Health Plan. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7b | Sanford Health Plan, as sole member, reviews the actions of Sanford Heart of America Health Plan. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11 | The Form 990 is prepared internally by Finance and reviewed by executive management. An external accounting firm reviews the return and prepares return highlights and key disclosures for the Board of Trustees meeting prior to the return filing date. Before the return is filed, a complete copy is provided to the current Board of Trustees. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c | The annual Conflict of Interest disclosure process is managed by the Chief Compliance Officer (CCO). The CCO is responsible for assuring that all completed forms are returned in a timely and complete manner. Conflict of Interest questionnaires are sent to System Trustees, members of the governing boards of subsidiary entities, officers and key employees for all the entities subject to the IRS Form 990 filings. The disclosures are summarized for review by the executive committee of the Board of Trustees, pursuant to policy. This review allows: 1) The Board to acquire an awareness of financial relationships of board members and key management employees and can invoke the recusal process on a case-by-case basis if potential conflicts are implicated in Board decisions and deliberations, and, 2) Gives the Board the opportunity to seek additional information and clarification about disclosures to determine potential conflicts of interest and how to manage them. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 | A related party, Sanford Health, does have a process for determining compensation of the persons listed on Part VII Section A, including a review and approval by independent persons, review of comparability data and contemporaneous substantiation of the deliberation and decision for such compensation. The Executive Compensation Committee of the Sanford Board of Trustees directly engages a nationally recognized independent compensation consulting firm annually to review the total compensation arrangements of the officers and executives of the organization, including the CEO, and to report the findings to them for deliberation and action. The deliberations and actions are recorded in the minutes of the Sanford Board of Trustees. The most recent study was completed in 2016. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 | Although the organization does not maintain a website where the public can access these documents, it would respond individually to any requests or inquiries from the public for these documents. |
| Form 990, Part VII | The Sanford Board of Trustees has ultimate governance responsibilities for each major operating entity within Sanford. In addition, a Board of Directors is established for each major operating entity. This Board has specific responsibilities delegated from the Board of Trustees. Generally these responsibilities are related to the oversight of the day to day operations of that entity. |
| Form 990, Part XI, line 9: | Transfer from related org (capital contribution) 1,000,000. |
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