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| (i) Name of supported organization | (ii) EIN | (iii) Type of organization (described on lines 1- 10 above (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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Calendar year
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(a) 2019 | (b) 2020 | (c) 2021 | (d) 2022 | (e) 2023 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grant.") .. | ||||||
| 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. | ||||||
Calendar year
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(a) 2019 | (b) 2020 | (c) 2021 | (d) 2022 | (e) 2023 | (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) 2019 | (b) 2020 | (c) 2021 | (d) 2022 | (e) 2023 | (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.) | ||||||
Calendar year
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(a) 2019 | (b) 2020 | (c) 2021 | (d) 2022 | (e) 2023 | (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 on 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): |
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| 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 0.015 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 0.035 | 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 | ||||
| Section D - Distributions | Current Year | |
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| 1 Amounts paid to supported organizations to accomplish exempt purposes | 1 | |
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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 | 3 | |
| 4 Amounts paid to acquire exempt-use assets | 4 | |
| 5 Qualified set-aside amounts (prior IRS approval required - provide details in Part VI) | 5 | |
| 6 Other distributions (describe in Part VI). See instructions | 6 | |
| 7Total annual distributions. Add lines 1 through 6. | 7 | |
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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 2023 from Section C, line 6 | 9 | |
| 10 Line 8 amount divided by Line 9 amount | 10 | |
| Section E - Distribution Allocations (see instructions) |
(i) Excess Distributions |
(ii) Underdistributions Pre-2023 |
(iii) Distributable Amount for 2023 |
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| 1 Distributable amount for 2023 from Section C, line 6 | ||||
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Underdistributions, if any, for years prior to 2023 (reasonable cause required-- explain in Part VI).
See instructions. |
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| 3 Excess distributions carryover, if any, to 2023: | ||||
| a From 2018....... | ||||
| b From 2019....... | ||||
| c From 2020....... | ||||
| d From 2021....... | ||||
| e From 2022....... | ||||
| fTotal of lines 3a through e | ||||
| g Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| h Applied to 2023 distributable amount | ||||
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Carryover from 2018 not applied (see instructions) |
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| j Remainder. Subtract lines 3g, 3h, and 3i from line 3f. | ||||
| 4Distributions for 2023 from Section D, line 7: | ||||
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| a Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| b Applied to 2023 distributable amount | ||||
| c Remainder. Subtract lines 4a and 4b from line 4. | ||||
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5
Remaining underdistributions for years prior to 2023, if any. Subtract lines 3g and 4a from line 2. If the amount is greater than zero, explain in Part VI. See instructions. |
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Remaining underdistributions for 2023. Subtract lines 3h and 4b from line 1. If the amount is greater than zero, explain in Part VI. See instructions. |
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7 Excess distributions carryover to 2024. Add lines 3j and 4c. |
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| 8 Breakdown of line 7: | ||||
| a Excess from 2019..... | ||||
| b Excess from 2020..... | ||||
| c Excess from 2021..... | ||||
| d Excess from 2022..... | ||||
| e Excess from 2023..... | ||||
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| Form 990, Part III, Line 4a: | Willits Hospital Inc., DBA Adventist Health Howard Memorial (AHHM), provides quality medical healthcare regardless of race, creed, sex, national origin, handicap, age, or ability to pay. Although, reimbursement for services rendered is critical to the operation and stability of AHHM, the organization recognizes that not all individuals possess the ability to pay for essential medical services. Adventist Health's vision is to enhance the health of the communities where we live and serve by engaging our communities and our patients in a new definition of and partnership for personal community health. In keeping with this commitment to serve all members of the community, the following coverage will be considered when individuals who need health care cannot afford to pay: - Free care and/or subsidized care - Care to persons covered by governmental programs at/or below cost - Health/wellness activities and community education programs Not only does AHHM provide low-cost care to individuals covered by government programs, and those unable to afford healthcare, it also helps patients find and access private and governmental resources for healthcare benefits. AHHM recognizes below-cost reimbursement as charity and uncompensated care in meeting its mission to the entire community. The unreimbursed cost of providing care to these patients in 2023 was $7,764,569. The following Inpatient services were provided to all our patients: - 589 surgeries performed - 6,101 patient days The following Outpatient services were provided to all our patients: - 14,574 emergency department visits - 958 outpatient surgeries performed - 33,677 outpatient visits - 20,277 clinic visits AHHM recognizes it has an obligation to provide human services above and beyond its role as a healing facility. Schedule H provides more details on the tangible ways in which the organization is fulfilling its mission. The total unreimbursed cost of these community benefits in 2023 was $3,660,165. Adventist Health's mission statement of living God's love by inspiring health, wholeness and hope is coupled with a vision to transform the health experience of our communities through collaborative programs, community investments and community outreach. We are inspired by the healing ministry, as represented by the life of Jesus Christ, and believe we are called to live out our mission intentionally in the communities we serve. In the small towns, suburbs, and inner cities we serve, we continue our journey to provide quality healthcare until every person made in God's image has experienced the best health today, hope for tomorrow, and God's love that endures forever. Websites for our community benefit information: https://www.adventisthealth.org/about-us/community-benefit/ A conversation with Judson Howe By Karen Rifkin for The Ukiah Daily Journal reported May 5, 2023: According to the Soil Test Report, commissioned by Adventist Health last December, to determine the viability of the community to recruit and sustain primary care doctors, "...Ukiah is home to 19,000 residents... known for its beautiful views, great climate, recreational activities, and wineries. Despite these attributes, AHUV struggles with provider recruitment and retention national report revealed that nearly one in five health care workers have left their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic, citing environmental strains related to the pandemic, poor pay, and burnout as primary reasons." Judson Howe is the President of Adventist Health's North Coast Network that includes six facilities operating in burnout and loss of purpose which is causing us to question why we make the sacrifices we make every day; and it's especially challenging under these circumstances to find and recruit physicians. With the needs being greater than what physicians can provide, creating human suffering that cannot be solved or cured, he is seeking solutions for breaking out of this cycle, a situation not unique to Mendocino County but of national import. According to an article from the Press Democrat dated March 6, 2021, Lake County had the highest rate of fatal overdoses statewide in 2019 with more than 60 deaths per 100,000 people, more than triple the statewide average rate of 19.6. Mendocino County came second on the list with an overdose death rate of just over 40 fatalities per 100,000, followed by San Francisco County. Howe adds to these statistics: the county is burdened with severe impairments in the social determinants of health; adverse childhood experiences four times the national norm; alcohol use two times the national norm; and severe mental illness that is worsening. He estimates there are 50 primary care providers in the county with a need for 25 more and he is looking for a way for the hospital and community to come together to break out of this impasse and develop a viable method of recruiting and retaining physicians, to support, appreciate and acknowledge what they do and to build capacity for them to preserve themselves for tomorrow. The Soil Test Report identifies that some of the biggest challenges are stability of physician workforce, call/practice coverage, mental health, spousal satisfaction and specialist availability. Corporate medicine is identified as a problem. "We're seeing a loss of empathy and kindness in the medical space; at AHUV we often fail to put a human face to our business," he says. The report points out the importance of doctors having access to specialists, allowing them to practice full spectrum medicine - the way doctors practiced in an earlier era, with a broader spectrum of practice as opposed to hyper-specialization. "The idea that health care is a relationship between the patient and the provider and to build that continuity within the same visit are what full spectrum residencies are going for. We're a full spectrum program, cradle to the grave." But that is not their present reality. "It can take weeks or months to see a doctor and there are not enough. Our current health inequities are massive to the point where senior citizens cannot get in to see a provider." Howe is currently working with Benjamin Anderson, formerly the CEO of Kearney County Hospital in rural, western Kansas, who developed a successful model for medical provider recruitment. Anderson says they developed a culture that allowed them to recruit medical staff - everything from a sustainable on-call structure to building a sense of trust between medical providers and administration. He says by way of providing support, he and his wife babysat a physician's two-year-old daughter; and that most important is communicating that they care about their team members and their families. Howe says, "Everyone needs to stop competing and create access for health care together - not just Adventist Health but Mendocino Community Health Clinic and other stakeholders and providers, as well. We need to be willing to be accessible and humble, to create a safe vulnerable space so we can have a conversation about the collective health needs of the community. "Recruiting on wine, Redwoods and the coast is not sufficient; we have to recruit differently to missional providers, those who realize there's a problem and want to be a part of the solution; we need to initiate a community-led approach to health care with community resources augmenting the physician. That's what we're doing with the Incubate Program." The Incubate Program is a county-wide, collaborative task force sponsored by Mendocino County Health Clinic; Adventist Health; Ukiah Valley Residency Program; North Coast Opportunities; and the Mendocino County Public Health Department to cultivate a supportive training environment for full-scope family medicine in Ukiah, connecting provider and community well-being. Its volunteer members meet twice a quarter with the intention of uniting diverse stakeholders and constructing a supportive environment for physician residents and their families. Their goals include summarizing the current state of workforce challenges, implementing collaborative solutions and developing multi-year strategies. "We need to have housing - viable, sticky neighborhoods where physicians can stay, help connect them to our community, appreciate them and...we need to support local medicine. Every time a patient leaves the community, it takes away a local job. "I want to gather people who want to be part of the conversation, who want to be part of the solution." |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 4 | The Hospital's Articles of Incorporation were amended for the following: 1. Article III was updated to allow for the Board of Directors of the Hospital to have sole authority to amend or repeal the Articles of Incorporation, subject to the additional approval of the Board of Directors of Adventist Health System/West. The Hospital has no members within the meaning of Section 5056 of the California Corporations Code. The Hospital's Bylaws were amended for the following: 1. Article 2 was removed and the Hospital has no members. All sections relating to the membership were removed. 2. Article 5 was revised to indicate that only directors may serve as the chair of the Board and that the vice chair of the Board is designated by the Chief Executive Officer of Adventist Health System/West. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7a | The Hospital Bylaws define its Board of Directors to be the same individuals who are members of the Adventist Health System/West Board of Directors. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7b | The Board of Directors of the Hospital shall have sole authority to amend or repeal the Articles of Incorporation, subject to the additional approval of the Board of Directors of Adventist Health System/West. The Hospital does not have any Members. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b | This Form 990 including all supporting schedules was prepared by a public accounting firm, reviewed by the Corporate Finance Officer and Market Financial Officer, and shared by electronic communication with the Corporation's Board of Directors prior to filing. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c | During the first quarter of each year, the annual conflict of interest questionnaire is sent to board members, hospital corporate officers, key employees and department directors for completion and signature. The questionnaire is accompanied by a letter of explanation to illustrate examples of a conflict and to remind the recipient that if any perceived conflict should arise before the next annual questionnaire, he/she is to notify the market president or the System General Counsel immediately. The System General Counsel distributes, collects, and reviews for signatures the COIs for all applicable Corporate employees, stakeholders and the board. In addition, the hospital's administration is responsible for keeping record to ensure all hospital-based individuals with director and above positions have submitted their COIs. The System General Counsel reviews all the disclosures on the board and Corporate employees' COIs. System General Counsel retains the COIs for all individuals. Further inquiries on any potential significant conflicts are made as needed. Conflicts are documented and reviewed with the Board. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 | The Hospital's Board of Directors has established a Human Resources Committee to oversee the executive compensation program. This committee is composed of independent directors with no conflicts of interest. The committee performs the following functions: recommends a total compensation philosophy to the board; assures compliance with the board-approved philosophy; meets at least annually to review comparability data from outside consultants; recommends any adjustments to current executive compensation, including salary ranges for hospital presidents and finance officers that would be indicated by the data evaluates executive performance against annual goals; recommends appropriate incentive awards to the board for approval; follows a diligent process that meets regulatory requirements for a rebuttable presumption of reasonableness; records committee deliberations and decisions in timely minutes; selects, engages and supervises any consultant hired to advise and provide comparability data. The board-approved executive compensation philosophy specifies that salary ranges will be established for hospital executives, with midpoints aligned with the 60th percentile of comparable system hospital data, and having a 50 percent spread from minimum to maximum. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 | The Hospital does not make its governing documents publicly available, beyond required filings of Articles of Incorporation with the Secretary of State. The Hospital does not make its Conflict of Interest Policy available upon request, but does file monthly/quarterly summary financial reports with the state health-planning agency. |
| Form 990, Part VII: | Board compensation is for Adventist Health System/West Board of Directors only - not hospital Board of Directors. |
| Form 990, Part IX, line 11g | Physician professional fees: Program service expenses 8,479,629. Management and general expenses 61,652. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 8,541,281. All other purchased services: Program service expenses 3,311,873. Management and general expenses 250,365. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 3,562,238. Contract labor: Program service expenses 3,149,061. Management and general expenses 27,759. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 3,176,820. Other medical professional fees: Program service expenses 584,970. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 584,970. Purchased medical services: Program service expenses 403,723. Management and general expenses 1,794. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 405,517. Consulting and other management fees: Program service expenses 134,727. Management and general expenses 255,880. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 390,607. Repairs and maintenance: Program service expenses 1,244,737. Management and general expenses 5,416. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 1,250,153. Other professional fees non-medical: Program service expenses 5,014. Management and general expenses 49,468. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 54,482. |
| Form 990, Part XI, Line 8: | Prior period adjustments were a result of cash balance correction and clean up books due to prior period activities including debt service, capital expenditures, and other items. |
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