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OMB No. 1545-0047
2018
Open to Public
Inspection
Inspection
Name of the organization
TRAUMA CENTER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC
Employer identification number
61-1470079
61-1470079
| Return Reference | Explanation |
|---|---|
| Other | PART I, LINE 1, Description of Organization Mission: |
| Other | Trauma Care |
| Other | PART 3, LINE 4A, Program Service Accomplishments: |
| Other | Regional Basis. |
| Other | -Educate the general public and policymakers on the |
| Other | definition of trauma care and the services trauma centers |
| Other | provide. |
| Other | -Enhance the role that trauma centers play at times of mass |
| Other | casualties due to terrorism and non-human caused disasters. |
| Other | - Connect trauma centers with congressional and regulatory representatives |
| Other | to build a national trauma care support network. |
| Other | PART III, LINE 4B, Program Service Accomplishments: |
| Other | TCAA provides a comprehensive trauma conference annually for all trauma centers, both members and nonmembers. To assure trauma centers are successful in clinical and operational matters, the TCAA provides the following courses at their Annual Conference: an Annual Meeting (with general sessions, poster presentations which address key national trauma issues and an annual business meeting); two Trauma Medical Director Courses(Basic and Advanced)to educate physicians about business, clinical care and leadership skills in their challenging administrative roles; a Trauma Center Finance & Business Course to instruct trauma center leaders on financial and operational topics;a Trauma Center Dynamic Leadership Course to create a strategic plan to improve the trauma program, overcome barriers, and explore human resource principles, and a Post Traumatic Mental Health Workshop to focus on the mental health problems and hidden wounds facing trauma patients and their families. |
| Other | PART III, LINE 4D, Other Program Services: |
| Other | Hawaii trauma site surveys: |
| Other | During 2018, TCAA provided truama site surveys with the |
| Other | objective to provide trauma medical directors, trauma |
| Other | nurse coordinators and hospital administrators with |
| Other | information to assist in the development of their |
| Other | respective facilities as trauma centers. |
| Other | The Hawaii site surveys included the following components: |
| Other | Provide a site survey team consisting of a trauma surgeon |
| Other | and a trauma nurse. The team focused on the key commitment |
| Other | and performance requirements established by Hawaii Dept. of |
| Other | Health, Emergency Medical Services and Injury Prevention Branch. |
| Other | The site survey team evaluates the operations of the trauma center by reviewing a written application from each hospital to be surveyed; |
| Other | conducts pre-scheduled, physician-led site visits |
| Other | in each of the applicant hospitals; provides a written |
| Other | report for each applicant trauma center; works in collaboration |
| Other | with Emergency Medical Services and Injury Prevention Branch |
| Other | of Hawaii Dept. of Health to make a determination |
| Other | of each applicant trauma's status and recommends actions needed to assure the hospital |
| Other | meets or takes action to meet the expectation of a |
| Other | hospital functioning at a level consistant with its |
| Other | application; and verifies whether the applicant hositals meet the state's criteria to be designated level III trauma centers. |
| Other | Marketing & Public Relations: |
| Other | As a public health service, the organization engages in marketing and |
| Other | public relations to better inform the public of the essential |
| Other | nature of care of the injured. The organization engages in public advocacy to increase public funding |
| Other | for trauma centers. In addition, the organization supports |
| Other | the efforts of other organizations to build a system |
| Other | of universal access to trauma center care throughout the United States. |
| Other | Additionally, TCAA provides a trauma fellowship program with the |
| Other | objective of increasing the number of trauma program leaders who are |
| Other | knowledgeable about trauma center finance and operational |
| Other | issues using tools and techincal materials available through TCAA. |
| Other | The selected fellow participants assist TCAA staff to |
| Other | respond to member queries for information and data, TCAA |
| Other | committee conference calls, and confer with TCAA's president |
| Other | on TCAA member advisory conference calls. |
| Other | Membership: |
| Other | TCAA serves as a resource to trauma centers to foster |
| Other | stable, high quality, cost effective trauma care |
| Other | throughout the United States, and to encourage innovation |
| Other | and excellence. TCAA provides comprehensive information |
| Other | for all trauma center operational and financial needs and |
| Other | connects its member hospitals to other trauma centers |
| Other | and systems. Membership includes over 380+ trauma center |
| Other | hospitals in 44 states and at least 9 state/regional trauma |
| Other | agencies responsible for trauma system development and oversight. |
| Other | TCAA is the premier source for trauma center information. |
| Other | Members receive individualized advice from the nation's |
| Other | most experienced consultants in trauma center operations |
| Other | finance, and trauma systems. The TCAA houses an extensive |
| Other | information warehouse about trauma center finances and |
| Other | operations so that members never need to invent something |
| Other | that has already been developed. |
| Other | TCAA trauma centers have the most up-to-date advice on |
| Other | coding and billing compliance, optimizing revenue and |
| Other | collections, know how to reduce costs and workload, and |
| Other | keep abreast of state and federal initiatives to help fund their |
| Other | operations. Members also have every document and CMS |
| Other | advisory about the trauma UB-04 response team charges |
| Other | because the TCAA wrote the application for them. |
| Other | Member services include: |
| Other | * Monitoring UB-04 code |
| Other | * Financial Reports for Benchmarking |
| Other | * Job Descriptions |
| Other | * Physician relations and compensation strategies |
| Other | * Payer strategies and managed care contracts |
| Other | * Trauma FTE and salary comparisons |
| Other | * Model Policies and procecures |
| Other | * Practical guidelines and protocols |
| Other | * Best Practices |
| Other | * Management Tactics |
| Other | * Best performer networking |
| Other | * Rapid answers to technical problems |
| Other | * Educational offerings via courses, webinars and an online learning system |
| Other | * Advocacy |
| Other | * Consulting services by phone |
| Pt VI, Line 6 | Voting Members-- The voting members of the organization |
| Pt VI, Line 6 | shall consist of the following categories: |
| Pt VI, Line 6 | Principal Members-- principal members are defined as |
| Pt VI, Line 6 | an individual hospital, or a regional or statewide trauma system (regulatory agency) in the business of trauma care. |
| Pt VI, Line 6 | Each principal member shall designate one person as its representative to the corporation who shall have the right and obligation to vote, consent |
| Pt VI, Line 6 | and otherwise exercise all membership rights and |
| Pt VI, Line 6 | obligations on behalf of the member, whose member is |
| Pt VI, Line 6 | bound by such acts. |
| Pt VI, Line 6 | Non-Voting Members-- rights and privileges of a non-voting member shall be |
| Pt VI, Line 6 | the same as a voting member's except they shall not be able |
| Pt VI, Line 6 | to vote on a TCAA business, run for office, have access to member documents, or hold a seat on the board |
| Pt VI, Line 6 | of directors. |
| Pt VI, Line 6 | Corporate Partner Members-- One category of non-voting members shall be Corporate Parner Members. |
| Pt VI, Line 6 | Corporate Partner Members shall include one designated |
| Pt VI, Line 6 | person from a supplier of products and services who is |
| Pt VI, Line 6 | otherwise determined to be an active and ethical participant in the trauma care industry, as determined in the sole discretion of the Board. |
| Pt VI, Line 7a | Voting members elect the board of directors on an annual basis, either in person, by fax, or electronically. |
| Pt VI, Line 7b | Voting members approve or disapprove decisions of the board of directors with their right to vote on the election of the board of directors. |
| Pt VI, Line 11b | After the Form 990 is prepared, a draft is submitted to the finance committee for approval. |
| Pt VI, Line 11b | After any revisions are made and finance committee approval is made, |
| Pt VI, Line 11b | the finance committee chairman submits the Form 990 to |
| Pt VI, Line 11b | the board of directors at the next regular meeting, at that time, |
| Pt VI, Line 11b | the board of directors reviews and approval is granted, |
| Pt VI, Line 11b | or revisions are proposed. If such revisions are approved |
| Pt VI, Line 11b | by the board of directors, the Form 990 is revised and |
| Pt VI, Line 11b | re-submitted to the finance committee, and then subsequently to the board of directors for final approval, |
| Pt VI, Line 11b | either by conference call, electronically, or at the next regular meeting. |
| Pt VI, Line 12c | In order to qualify as board directors, officers, and/or |
| Pt VI, Line 12c | employment, individuals are required annually to review |
| Pt VI, Line 12c | the organizations' conflict of interest policy and affirm |
| Pt VI, Line 12c | or reaffirm, their individual compliance in writing. |
| Pt VI, Line 15a | The President is the only officer who receives a salary. |
| Pt VI, Line 15a | Certain other officers receive $3,000 or less in |
| Pt VI, Line 15a | compensation for services they provide in excess of those |
| Pt VI, Line 15a | customarily associated with the position held. Each year |
| Pt VI, Line 15a | the President's compensation is reviewed and adjusted by the board of |
| Pt VI, Line 15a | directors, taking into account reasonableness, comparability |
| Pt VI, Line 15a | with others in the profession, and evaluation of the |
| Pt VI, Line 15a | officer's accomplishments relating to the organization's |
| Pt VI, Line 15a | goals and objectives. |
| Pt VI, Line 15a | The President is hired by the board of directors and |
| Pt VI, Line 15a | receives a performance evaluation annually. |
| Pt VI, Line 19 | The organization's Form 1024, including the IRS approval letter, and Forms 990 are made available for public |
| Pt VI, Line 19 | inspection at the organization's offices upon request. |
| Pt VI, Line 19 | The organization's governing documents, articles of |
| Pt VI, Line 19 | incorporation, bylaws, and conflict of interest policy |
| Pt VI, Line 19 | are, likewise, made available for public inspection at the organization's offices upon request. |
| Other | Form 990, Part VII Contact Addresses for Officers, Directors, Etc: |
| Other | Samir M. Fakhry, MD, FACS- 111 Acklen Park Dr. #348, Nashville, TN 37203 |
| Other | Christoph Kaufmann, MD, MPH, FACS 415 Lafayette Rd. Myrtle Beach, SC 29752 |
| Other | Ashley (Britt) Christmas, MD, FACS-10814 Lederer Ave., Charlotte, NC 28277 |
| Other | Eileen Whalen, MHA, RN- Double Bar R Ranch, 250 Duquesne Rd., Nogales, AZ 85621 |
| Other | J. Kevin Croston, MD, FACS-4254 Manor Court Rd., Minnetonka, MN 55345 |
| Other | Annette Bertelson, BSN, RN, CPHQ- 1333 Jamaica Road, Marco Island, FL 34145 |
| Other | Heidi Gartland, BA, MHA- 11100 Euclid Avenue, MS MTV6003, Cleveland, OH 44106 |
| Other | Charles Mains, MD, FACS-3210 Pierce St. Wheat Ridge, CO, 80033 |
| Other | James Eubanks, III, MD, FACS-1076 river Green Cove North, Memphis, TN 38120 |
| Other | Tim Smith, MPH, BA-11403 Mustang Ridge Drive, San Diego, CA 92130 |
| Other | Kevin Hicks, MHA/MBA- 10115 Howe Drive, Leawood, KS 66206-2462 |
| Other | Gregory Jurkovich, MD, FACS- 2221 Stockton Blvd. Cypress #311, Sacramento, CA 95817 |
| Other | Martin Schreiber, MD, FACS- 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd., MSC L611, Portland, OR 97239 |
| Other | Russ Molly, Esqu,-158 N. Main Street, Manasquan, NJ 08736 |
| Other | Mary Ellen Zimmerman, RN, BSN- 56-45 Main Street, Flushing, NY 11355 |
| Pt XII, Line 2c | The organization's Board of Directors Finance Committee |
| Pt XII, Line 2c | is responsible for the oversight of the audit of its |
| Pt XII, Line 2c | financial statements and selection of the independent public accountant. |
| Pt VI, Line 15b | Compensation of other key employees are reviewed and approved by the Finance Committee and Board of Directors. |
| Other | Part III-line 4d-Advocacy and Lobbying: TCAA has the ability to engage in political advocacy on behalf of trauma centers and systems. The advocacy committee is comprised of government relations professionals from our nation's leading trauma centers along with trauma center leaders. The organization has put up a national agenda and is working with a nationally recognized lobbying firm. Current inititiatives supported by the TCAA advocacy committee are:-Monitor trauma and disaster revenue codes.-Support improved reimbursement for trauma care. |
| Form 990, Part III, Line 4d | 155093. 0. 22457. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 9 | SEE SCHEDULE O SCHEDULE O NC 28117 |
| Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e | Course and workshop 70918. 70918. 0. 0. |
| Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e | Other program 7778. 7778. 0. 0. |
| Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e | Contract work 4958. 4958. 0. 0. |
| Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e | Telephone and internet 6626. 0. 6626. 0. |
| Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e | Repairs and maintenance 1100. 0. 1100. 0. |
| Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e | Board development 13116. 0. 13116. 0. |
| Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e | Employee education 13730. 9611. 4119. 0. |
| Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e | Subscriptions 4515. 3612. 903. 0. |
| Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e | Bank charges and fees 17451. 6980. 10471. 0. |
| Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e | Bad debts 26000. 26000. 0. 0. |
| Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e | Miscellaneous 750. 375. 375. 0. |
| Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e | Investment expenses 10571. 0. 10571. 0. |
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