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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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| 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. | ||||||
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(a) 2020 | (b) 2021 | (c) 2022 | (d) 2023 | (e) 2024 | (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) 2020 | (b) 2021 | (c) 2022 | (d) 2023 | (e) 2024 | (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) 2020 | (b) 2021 | (c) 2022 | (d) 2023 | (e) 2024 | (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 | ||||
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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 2024 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-2024 |
(iii) Distributable Amount for 2024 |
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| 1 Distributable amount for 2024 from Section C, line 6 | ||||
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Underdistributions, if any, for years prior to 2024 (reasonable cause required-- explain in Part VI).
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| 3 Excess distributions carryover, if any, to 2024: | ||||
| a From 2019....... | ||||
| b From 2020....... | ||||
| c From 2021....... | ||||
| d From 2022....... | ||||
| e From 2023....... | ||||
| fTotal of lines 3a through e | ||||
| g Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| h Applied to 2024 distributable amount | ||||
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Carryover from 2019 not applied (see instructions) |
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| j Remainder. Subtract lines 3g, 3h, and 3i from line 3f. | ||||
| 4Distributions for 2024 from Section D, line 7: | ||||
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| a Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| b Applied to 2024 distributable amount | ||||
| c Remainder. Subtract lines 4a and 4b from line 4. | ||||
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Remaining underdistributions for years prior to 2024, 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 2024. 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 2025. Add lines 3j and 4c. |
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| 8 Breakdown of line 7: | ||||
| a Excess from 2020..... | ||||
| b Excess from 2021..... | ||||
| c Excess from 2022..... | ||||
| d Excess from 2023..... | ||||
| e Excess from 2024..... | ||||
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| FORM 990, PART I, LINE 1, DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION MISSION: | THE MISSION OF NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST MEDICAL ASSOCIATES (NEBMA) IS TO PROVIDE MEDICAL CARE TO THE PATIENTS OF ITS SOLE MEMBER, NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL (NEBH OR HOSPITAL) AND ITS AFFILIATES IN THE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH (BILH) NETWORK, AND TO WORK WITH THE HOSPITAL TO ACHIEVE THE EXEMPT PURPOSES OF NEBMA, NEBH AND BILH. NEBMA STRIVES TO PROVIDE THE HIGHEST QUALITY MEDICAL AND SURGICAL CARE AS WELL AS ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT AND LEADERSHIP FOR NEBH. BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH (BILH) IS AN INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM COMMITTED TO EXPANDING ACCESS TO EXTRAORDINARY PATIENT CARE ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE ADVANCING THE SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF MEDICINE THROUGH GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH AND EDUCATION. THE BILH SYSTEM IS COMPRISED OF ACADEMIC AND TEACHING HOSPITALS, A PREMIER ORTHOPEDICS HOSPITAL, PRIMARY CARE AND SPECIALTY CARE PROVIDERS, AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTERS, URGENT CARE CENTERS, COMMUNITY HOSPITALS, HOMECARE SERVICES, OUTPATIENT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTERS, ADDICTION TREATMENT PROGRAMS. BILH'S COMMUNITY OF CLINICIANS, CAREGIVERS AND STAFF INCLUDES APPROXIMATELY 4,900 PHYSICIANS AND 39,000 EMPLOYEES. DURING THE FISCAL PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING, BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH (BILH) SERVED AS THE SOLE MEMBER OF BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, INC. (BIDMC), MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL (MAH), NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL (NEBH), BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - MILTON, INC. (BID-MILTON), BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - NEEDHAM, INC. (BID-NEEDHAM), BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - PLYMOUTH, INC. (BID-PLYMOUTH), LAHEY HEALTH SHARED SERVICES (LHSS), LAHEY CLINIC FOUNDATION (LCF), WINCHESTER HOSPITAL (WINCHESTER), NORTHEAST HOSPITAL CORPORATION (NHC) WHICH INCLUDES BEVERLY, ADDISON GILBERT AND BAYRIDGE HOSPITALS, NORTHEAST BEHAVIORAL CORPORATION (NBHC) D/B/A BILH BEHAVIORAL SERVICES, ANNA JAQUES HOSPITAL (AJH), THE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH PERFORMANCE NETWORK (BILHPN), JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER (JDC), EXETER HEALTH RESOURCES, INC (EHRI) AND BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH PHARMACY. THE LAHEY CLINIC FOUNDATION IN TURN SERVED AS THE SOLE MEMBER OF LAHEY CLINIC INC, AND LAHEY CLINIC HOSPITAL D/B/A LAHEY CLINIC, LAHEY CLINIC PEABODY AND LAHEY CLINIC OUTPATIENT REHABILITATION SERVICES AT DANVERS, EHRI IN TURN SERVED AS THE SOLE MEMBER OF EXETER HOSPITAL AND LHSS IN TURN SERVED AS THE SOLE MEMBER OF THE ENTITIES WHICH COMPRISE, AMONG OTHER OPERATIONS, BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH CONTINUING CARE AND BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP. SEE FORM 990 SCHEDULE R FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 1, DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION MISSION: | THE MISSION OF NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST MEDICAL ASSOCIATES (NEBMA) IS TO PROVIDE MEDICAL CARE TO THE PATIENTS OF ITS SOLE MEMBER, NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL (NEBH OR HOSPITAL) AND ITS AFFILIATES IN THE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH (BILH) NETWORK, AND TO WORK WITH THE HOSPITAL TO ACHIEVE THE EXEMPT PURPOSES OF NEBMA, NEBH AND BILH. NEBMA STRIVES TO PROVIDE THE HIGHEST QUALITY MEDICAL AND SURGICAL CARE AS WELL AS ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT AND LEADERSHIP FOR NEBH. BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH (BILH) IS AN INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM COMMITTED TO EXPANDING ACCESS TO EXTRAORDINARY PATIENT CARE ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE ADVANCING THE SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF MEDICINE THROUGH GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH AND EDUCATION. THE BILH SYSTEM IS COMPRISED OF ACADEMIC AND TEACHING HOSPITALS, A PREMIER ORTHOPEDICS HOSPITAL, PRIMARY CARE AND SPECIALTY CARE PROVIDERS, AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTERS, URGENT CARE CENTERS, COMMUNITY HOSPITALS, HOMECARE SERVICES, OUTPATIENT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTERS, ADDICTION TREATMENT PROGRAMS. BILH'S COMMUNITY OF CLINICIANS, CAREGIVERS AND STAFF INCLUDES APPROXIMATELY 4,900 PHYSICIANS AND 39,000 EMPLOYEES. DURING THE FISCAL PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING, BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH (BILH) SERVED AS THE SOLE MEMBER OF BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, INC. (BIDMC), MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL (MAH), NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL (NEBH), BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - MILTON, INC. (BID-MILTON), BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - NEEDHAM, INC. (BID-NEEDHAM), BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - PLYMOUTH, INC. (BID-PLYMOUTH), LAHEY HEALTH SHARED SERVICES (LHSS), LAHEY CLINIC FOUNDATION (LCF), WINCHESTER HOSPITAL (WINCHESTER), NORTHEAST HOSPITAL CORPORATION (NHC) WHICH INCLUDES BEVERLY, ADDISON GILBERT AND BAYRIDGE HOSPITALS, NORTHEAST BEHAVIORAL CORPORATION (NBHC) D/B/A BILH BEHAVIORAL SERVICES, ANNA JAQUES HOSPITAL (AJH), THE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH PERFORMANCE NETWORK (BILHPN), JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER (JDC), EXETER HEALTH RESOURCES, INC (EHRI) AND BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH PHARMACY. THE LAHEY CLINIC FOUNDATION IN TURN SERVED AS THE SOLE MEMBER OF LAHEY CLINIC INC, AND LAHEY CLINIC HOSPITAL D/B/A LAHEY CLINIC, LAHEY CLINIC PEABODY AND LAHEY CLINIC OUTPATIENT REHABILITATION SERVICES AT DANVERS, EHRI IN TURN SERVED AS THE SOLE MEMBER OF EXETER HOSPITAL AND LHSS IN TURN SERVED AS THE SOLE MEMBER OF THE ENTITIES WHICH COMPRISE, AMONG OTHER OPERATIONS, BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH CONTINUING CARE AND BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP. SEE FORM 990 SCHEDULE R FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A, DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM SERVICE: | AS NOTED THROUGHOUT THIS FORM 990, NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST MEDICAL ASSOCIATES (NEBMA), IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT PHYSICIAN GROUP AND MEMBER OF THE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH NETWORK OF AFFILIATES. NEBMA IS A NETWORK OF PHYSICIANS AFFILIATED WITH BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH AND PROVIDING CARE IN CONJUNCTION WITH NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL (NEBH OR HOSPITAL), A SPECIALTY CARE ORTHOPEDICS HOSPITAL. THESE PRACTICES ARE COMMITTED TO IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITIES SERVED BY NEBH AND NEBMA BY PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY, PERSONALIZED HEALTH CARE WITH COMPASSION, DIGNITY AND RESPECT FOR PATIENT RIGHTS IN A COST EFFECTIVE AND SAFE ENVIRONMENT. NEBMA IS DEDICATED TO PROVIDING CARE TO MEDICARE, MEDICAID AND ALL OTHER PATIENTS. DURING THE PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING, NEBMA PROVIDED ORTHOPEDICS, GENERAL SURGERY, INFECTIOUS DISEASE, PULMONARY AND CRITICAL CARE, CARDIOLOGY, PHYSIATRY, PATHOLOGY, AND HOSPITAL MEDICINE TO ITS PATIENTS. IN ADDITION, WHEN ADVANCED CARE IS NEEDED, NEBMA PROVIDES LEADING EDGE TREATMENT AT ITS AFFILIATE, NEBH AND LEADING-EDGE TREATMENT FROM BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER (BIDMC) AS WELL AS AND OTHER BILH AFFILIATES. SPECIALTY CARE NEBMA HAS 24 SPECIALTY CARE PROVIDERS WHO PROVIDE CARE IN A RANGE OF SPECIALTY CARE AREAS INCLUDING ORTHOPEDICS, GENERAL SURGERY, INFECTIOUS DISEASE, PULMONARY AND CRITICAL CARE, CARDIOLOGY, PHYSIATRY, PATHOLOGY, AND HOSPITAL MEDICINE IN BOSTON, DEDHAM, AND BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS COMMUNITIES. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR COVERED BY THIS FILING, NEBMA HAD A TOTAL OF 22,435 SPECIALTY CARE VISITS ACROSS THESE DISCIPLINES. IN ADDITION TO THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS NOTED ABOVE FOR NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST MEDICAL ASSOCIATES (NEBMA), AND AS NOTED THROUGHOUT THIS FORM 990, NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST MEDICAL ASSOCIATES (NEBMA) IS A MEMBER OF THE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH (BILH) NETWORK OF AFFILIATES. THE BILH NETWORK IS DELIVERING ON THE PROMISE TO BILH PATIENTS AND COMMUNITIES TO EXPAND ACCESS AND PROVIDE EXTRAORDINARY CARE, WHILE ALSO ADVANCING MEDICINE THROUGH DISCOVERY AND EDUCATION. THE BILH PURPOSE STATEMENT ARTICULATES THE IMPACT THAT EACH BILH AFFILIATE STRIVES TO MAKE IN THE COMMUNITIES SERVED. THESE SHARED VALUES GUIDE EACH ENTITY'S DAILY EFFORTS AND KEEP EACH AFFILIATE ALIGNED IN THE PURSUIT OF THE BILH PURPOSE, SHOWING HOW "WE CARE" FOR PATIENTS, EACH OTHER AND THE COMMUNITIES SERVED. PURPOSE STATEMENT: BILH CREATES HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES ONE PERSON AT A TIME THROUGH SEAMLESS CARE AND GROUND-BREAKING SCIENCE, DRIVEN BY EXCELLENCE, INNOVATION AND EQUITY. BILH WE CARE VALUES: WELLBEING. WE PROVIDE A HEALTH-FOCUSED WORKPLACE AND SUPPORT A HEALTHY WORK-LIFE BALANCE. EMPATHY. WE DO OUR BEST TO UNDERSTAND OTHERS' FEELINGS, NEEDS AND PERSPECTIVES. COLLABORATION. WE WORK TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE EXTRAORDINARY RESULTS. ACCOUNTABILITY. WE HOLD OURSELVES AND EACH OTHER TO BEHAVIORS NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE OUR COLLECTIVE GOALS. RESPECT. WE VALUE DIVERSITY AND TREAT ALL MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WITH DIGNITY AND INCLUSIVENESS. EQUITY. EVERYONE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTAIN THEIR FULL POTENTIAL IN OUR WORKPLACE AND THROUGH THE CARE WE PROVIDE. BILH IS ACCOMPLISHING THIS MISSION BY PROVIDING SUPPORT TO ITS AFFILIATES WHICH INCLUDE: 1. A PHYSICIAN ENTERPRISE THAT ENCOMPASSES THE SYSTEM'S NETWORK OF EMPLOYED PRIMARY CARE AND SPECIALTY PHYSICIANS LOCATED THROUGHOUT OUR REGION; 2. A HOSPITAL AND AMBULATORY SERVICES GROUP THAT INCLUDES WORLD-CLASS ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS AND TEACHING HOSPITALS WITH AFFILIATIONS WITH HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL, THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS CHAN MEDICAL SCHOOL AND TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE; LEADING COMMUNITY HOSPITALS; A RENOWNED ORTHOPEDICS HOSPITAL; AND COMPREHENSIVE AMBULATORY CENTERS; 3. A POPULATION HEALTH ENTERPRISE THAT EMBRACES A MODEL OF CARE TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF ALL THOSE SERVED BY BILH; THE POPULATION HEALTH DOMAIN INCLUDES THE SYSTEM'S CLINICALLY INTEGRATED NETWORK OF AFFILIATED PROVIDERS AND VITAL SERVICES, INCLUDING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND HOME CARE SERVICES; 4. A ROBUST NETWORK OF ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATIONAL SERVICES TO ADVANCE STRATEGIC GOALS, BOTH LOCALLY AND AT THE SYSTEM LEVEL, THAT OFFERS EXPERTISE AND STANDARDIZED RESOURCES BASED ON BEST PRACTICES. DURING THE FISCAL PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING, BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH (BILH) SERVED AS THE SOLE MEMBER OF BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, INC. (BIDMC), MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL (MAH), NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL (NEBH), BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - MILTON, INC. (BID-MILTON), BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - NEEDHAM, INC. (BID-NEEDHAM), BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - PLYMOUTH, INC. (BID-PLYMOUTH), LAHEY HEALTH SHARED SERVICES (LHSS), LAHEY CLINIC FOUNDATION (LCF), WINCHESTER HOSPITAL (WINCHESTER), NORTHEAST HOSPITAL CORPORATION (NHC) WHICH INCLUDES BEVERLY, ADDISON GILBERT AND BAYRIDGE HOSPITALS, NORTHEAST BEHAVIORAL CORPORATION (NBHC) D/B/A BILH BEHAVIORAL SERVICES, ANNA JAQUES HOSPITAL (AJH), THE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH PERFORMANCE NETWORK (BILHPN), JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER (JDC), EXETER HEALTH RESOURCES, INC (EHRI) AND BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH PHARMACY. THE LAHEY CLINIC FOUNDATION IN TURN SERVED AS THE SOLE MEMBER OF LAHEY CLINIC INC, AND LAHEY CLINIC HOSPITAL D/B/A LAHEY CLINIC, LAHEY CLINIC PEABODY AND LAHEY CLINIC OUTPATIENT REHABILITATION SERVICES AT DANVERS, EHRI IN TURN SERVED AS THE SOLE MEMBER OF EXETER HOSPITAL AND LHSS IN TURN SERVED AS THE SOLE MEMBER OF THE ENTITIES WHICH COMPRISE, AMONG OTHER OPERATIONS, BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH CONTINUING CARE AND BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP. TO ACCOMPLISH ITS MISSION, BILH PROVIDES CENTRALIZED SUPPORT TO ITS NETWORK OF SUPPORTED ORGANIZATIONS. BILH SUPPORT INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING SERVICES: EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONAL LEADERSHIP, STRATEGIC PLANNING, HUMAN RESOURCES AND BENEFIT PLAN STRUCTURING, DEVELOPMENT AND FUNDRAISING, COMPLIANCE, GOVERNANCE AND LEGAL, PAYOR CONTRACTING, REVENUE CYCLE MANAGEMENT, FINANCIAL PLANNING & ANALYSIS, CAPITAL PLANNING, FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING INCLUDING PROCESSING PAYROLL AND ACCOUNTS PAYABLE, INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL AUDIT, INSURANCE, DEBT STRUCTURING SUPPORT AND FINANCING OF CAPITAL PROJECTS THROUGH ITS OBLIGATED GROUP DEBT, TAX SERVICES, INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES, SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT AND PURCHASING AND NETWORK-WIDE CASH MANAGEMENT. FOR THE FISCAL PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING BILH, INC. PROVIDED SERVICES AND SUPPORT TO ITS AFFILIATES, IN THE AMOUNT OF $ 9,814,478,826. SEE FORM 990 SCHEDULE R FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. ADDITIONAL DETAIL ABOUT ACCOMPLISHMENTS ACROSS BILH ARE BELOW. BILH NETWORK ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ACTIVITIES FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2025 BILH'S SUPPORT OF ITS AFFILIATES ENABLES THE NETWORK AS A WHOLE TO ACCOMPLISH ITS PRIMARY MISSION OF IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF PATIENTS, THEIR FAMILIES AND THE COMMUNITIES SERVED. AS NOTED PREVIOUSLY IN THIS FILING, BILH STRIVES TO ACCOMPLISH THIS MISSION BY DELIVERING THE HIGH-QUALITY HEALTH CARE THAT EVERY PATIENT DESERVES. BILH BELIEVES THAT EFFECTIVE CARE IS EASILY ACCESSIBLE AND SIMPLE TO USE SO IT IS BILH'S FOCUS TO PROVIDE PATIENTS WITH CARE THAT IS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY AND CONVENIENT REGARDLESS OF WHERE PATIENTS LIVE, THEIR HEALTH HISTORY OR STAGE OF LIFE AND BILH IS ACCOMPLISHING THIS GOAL BY PROVIDING SUPPORT TO EACH OF ITS AFFILIATES, PROVIDING AN ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND OPERATING MODEL WHICH IS DRIVEN BY FOUR DEEPLY INTERCONNECTED DOMAINS DESIGNED TO ADVANCE MEANINGFUL PARTNERSHIPS ACROSS ORGANIZATIONS, CARE SETTINGS, SPECIALTIES, AND GEOGRAPHIES TO ENSURE BILH PATIENTS RECEIVE THE CARE THEY NEED IN THE COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY LIVE AND WORK. PATIENT CARE DELIVERY ACROSS THE BILH NETWORK - FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2025 HOSPITAL CARE: DURING THE PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING, THE BILH HOSPITALS PROVIDED CARE TO PATIENTS IN A FULL SPECTRUM OF SPECIALTIES AND UTILIZING A WIDE RANGE OF MODALITIES. BELOW IS A SAMPLE OF THE HOSPITAL CARE PROVIDED TO BILH PATIENTS ACROSS THE NETWORK. |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A, DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM SERVICE CONTINUED: | DURING THE FISCAL YEAR COVERED BY THIS FILING, BILH HOSPITALS HAD APPROXIMATELY 4.9 MILLION OUTPATIENT ENCOUNTERS. MORE THAN 83,000 OUTPATIENT/AMBULATORY SURGERIES AND OVER 114,000 ENDOSCOPIES WERE PERFORMED. IN ADDITION, ACROSS BILH HOSPITALS PATIENTS HAD APPROXIMATELY 125,000 OUTPATIENT ONCOLOGY VISITS OR ONCOLOGY INFUSIONS, 110,000 EKGS, OVER 13,000 OUTPATIENT ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES, MORE THAN 417,000 OUTPATIENT RADIOLOGY EXAMS, OVER 333,000 CT EXAMS, MORE THAN 137,000 ULTRASOUND PROCEDURES, OVER 150,000 MRIS, OVER 160,000 OUTPATIENT BREAST IMAGING EXAMS, APPROXIMATELY 366,000 OUTPATIENT REHABILITATION AND PHYSICAL THERAPY VISITS AND MORE THAN 11.9 MILLION OUTPATIENT LAB TESTS AND APPROXIMATELY 560,000 OTHER PROCEDURES AND TESTS WERE PERFORMED. THE BILH HOSPITALS ALSO HAD MORE THAN 436,000 EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISITS, MORE THAN 36,000 OBSERVATION CASES AND MORE THAN 131,000 INPATIENT DISCHARGES WITH APPROXIMATELY 715,000 INPATIENT DAYS, INCLUDING MORE THAN 50,000 INPATIENT ADULT AND PEDIATRIC PSYCHIATRIC DAYS. DURING THIS PERIOD MORE THAN 28,000 INPATIENT SURGERIES WERE PERFORMED AND APPROXIMATELY 13,000 NEWBORNS WERE DELIVERED. THERE WERE ALSO APPROXIMATELY 63,000 PAIN CLINIC VISITS AND BILH HOSPITALS ALSO HAD MORE THAN 73,000 URGENT CARE VISITS DURING THIS PERIOD. ACCESS TO AND FUNDING OF PRIMARY AND SPECIALTY CARE: DURING THE PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING, PHYSICIANS ACROSS BILH ENTITIES AFFILIATES PROVIDED CARE TO PATIENTS OUTSIDE OF THE HOSPITALS AND IN PHYSICIAN OFFICE OR OTHER CLINICAL SETTINGS. BELOW ARE A SAMPLE OF THE OTHER PHYSICIAN SERVICES PROVIDED TO BILH PATIENTS. DURING THE PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING AND ACROSS BILH ENTITIES, APPROXIMATELY 490 PRIMARY CARE AND FAMILY PRACTICE PROVIDERS HAD MORE THAN 1.2 MILLION PATIENT VISITS AND PROVIDERS ACROSS THE FULL SPECTRUM OF SPECIALTIES HAD MORE THAN 813,000 PATIENT VISITS. IN ADDITION, JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER HAD APPROXIMATELY 27,000 PATIENT VISITS RELATED TO DIABETES CARE AND THERE WERE MORE THAN 90,000 URGENT CARE VISITS TO NON-HOSPITAL URGENT CARE LOCATIONS. THE COST TO PROVIDE THIS CARE EXCEEDED REVENUE BY MORE THAN $282 MILLION. COMMUNITY BENEFITS, UNCOMPENSATED CARE, COSTS TO PROVIDE CARE TO MEDICAID AND MEDICARE PATIENTS FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2025 DURING THE FISCAL YEAR COVERED BY THIS FILING BILH HOSPITALS PROVIDED MORE THAN $62 MILLION IN NET COST OF UNREIMBURSED CHARITY CARE, INCLUDING CARE FOR EMERGENT SERVICES PROVIDED TO NON-PAYING PATIENTS AND INCLUDING PAYMENTS TO THE MASSACHUSETTS HEALTH SAFETY NET TRUST (HSN). IN ADDITION TO THE CHARITY CARE REPORTED ABOVE, EACH OF THE BILH HOSPITALS ALSO PROVIDES CARE TO PATIENTS WHO PARTICIPATE IN OTHER PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT LOW-INCOME FAMILIES, INCLUDING PARTICULARLY THE MEDICAID PROGRAM, WHICH IS JOINTLY FUNDED BY FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS. PAYMENTS FROM MEDICAID FOR LOW-INCOME POPULATIONS DO NOT COVER THE COST OF SERVICES PROVIDED. DURING THE FISCAL PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING, ACROSS THE BILH HOSPITALS THE COST OF PROVIDING CARE TO MEDICAID PATIENTS EXCEEDED PAYMENTS RECEIVED FOR PROVIDING THAT CARE RESULTING IN A COMBINED SHORTFALL OF APPROXIMATELY $104 MILLION RELATED TO TREATING MEDICAID PATIENTS. MEDICARE IS THE FEDERALLY SPONSORED HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM FOR ELDERLY OR DISABLED PATIENTS. PAYMENTS FROM MEDICARE DO NOT COVER THE COST OF SERVICES PROVIDED. ALL BILH HOSPITALS PROVIDE CARE TO PATIENTS WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE MEDICARE PROGRAM. DURING THE FISCAL PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING, THE COST OF PROVIDING CARE TO MEDICARE PATIENTS ACROSS BILH EXCEEDED PAYMENTS RECEIVED FOR PROVIDING THAT CARE, RESULTING IN A COMBINED SHORTFALL EXCEEDING $251 MILLION RELATED TO TREATING MEDICARE PATIENTS. IN ADDITION TO THE COSTS NOTED ABOVE, DURING THE FISCAL YEAR COVERED BY THIS FILING BILH, INC. AND BILH HOSPITALS PROVIDED COMBINED COMMUNITY BENEFITS, COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT SERVICES, CASH AND IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS TO COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS AND OTHER GROUPS AS WELL AS COSTS INCURRED RELATED TO SUBSIDIES FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE AT A COST OF OVER $64 MILLION. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THESE ACTIVITIES AS WELL AS EACH HOSPITAL'S MOST RECENT COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY, PLEASE SEE FORM 990 SCHEDULE H FOR EACH OF THE BILH HOSPITALS LISTED BELOW: 1. ANNA JAQUES HOSPITAL, INC. EIN: 04-2104338 2. BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL MILTON EIN: 04-2103604 3. BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - NEEDHAM, INC. EIN: XXX-XX-XXXX 4. BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - PLYMOUTH, INC. EIN: 22-2667354 5. BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, INC. EIN: 04-2103881 6. EXETER HOSPITAL, INC. EIN: 22-2674014 7. LAHEY CLINIC HOSPITAL, INC. D/B/A LAHEY CLINIC, LAHEY CLINIC PEABODY AND LAHEY CLINIC OUTPATIENT REHABILITATION SERVICES AT DANVERS EIN: 04-2704686 8. MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL EIN: 04-2103606 9. NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL EIN: 04-2103612 10. NORTHEAST HOSPITAL CORPORATION EIN: 04-2121317 11. WINCHESTER HOSPITAL EIN: 04-2104434 EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2025 RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ACROSS BILH SERVE AND FURTHER PATIENT CARE BOTH AT BILH AND BEYOND AS PART OF THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, INC. (BIDMC OR MEDICAL CENTER) IS A TERTIARY CARE ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER PROVIDING LEADING EDGE PATIENT CARE, IS A WORLD CLASS RESEARCH INSTITUTION AND IS DEVOTED TO TEACHING AND TRAINING THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS OF TOMORROW, EMBRACING TECHNOLOGICAL AND CLINICAL PRACTICE INNOVATION AND TO THAT END, PART OF THE MEDICAL CENTER'S MISSION IS TO BE A WORLD-CLASS RESEARCH INSTITUTION WHERE OUTSTANDING SCIENTISTS WORK TO DEVELOP NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE HEALTH OF OUR LOCAL AND EXTENDED COMMUNITIES. BIDMC HAS THE LARGEST RESEARCH OPERATIONS ACROSS BILH AND DURING THE FISCAL YEAR COVERED BY THIS FILING, THE MEDICAL CENTER INCURRED OVER $398 MILLION IN RESEARCH EXPENSES, APPROXIMATELY $94 MILLION OF WHICH WERE INTERNALLY FUNDED. ACROSS BILH HOSPITALS, COSTS FOR TRAINING MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS EXCEEDED $216 MILLION. REIMBURSEMENT FROM MEDICARE FOR THESE ACTIVITIES WAS APPROXIMATELY $70 MILLION WHICH LEFT A COMBINED SHORTFALL RELATED TO THESE ACTIVITIES ACROSS BILH OF OVER $145 MILLION. THESE COSTS FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH ARE AN INVESTMENT IN THE FUTURE OF HEALTH CARE ACROSS BILH AND BEYOND. ADDITIONAL BILH NETWORK ACTIVITIES - EXPANDING ACCESS AND SERVICES; CONTINUING TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY CARE AT A LOWER COST; COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2025 THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING, BILH REMAINED COMMITTED TO DELIVERING HIGH-QUALITY CARE AT A LOWER COST BY LEVERAGING COMMUNITY SETTINGS AND MAINTAINING CARE WITHIN THE BILH PERFORMANCE NETWORK (BILHPN), WHEN APPROPRIATE. THE FOLLOWING HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF THESE ONGOING EFFORTS. IN ADDITIONAL TO THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS NOTED ABOVE, BILH CONTINUED THIS COMMITMENT WITH THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES: CONTINUED GROWTH FOR BILHPN BILHPN ADVANCED SYSTEM-WIDE EFFORTS BY CONSOLIDATING FOUR LEGACY SHARED SAVINGS PROGRAM ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATIONS (ACOS) INTO TWO ACOS. ALIGNING MEDICARE ACO CONTRACTS UNDER BILHPN FOSTERS A COORDINATED STRATEGY THAT IMPROVES OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY AND ENHANCES CARE QUALITY FOR MEDICARE PATIENTS THROUGH CENTRALIZED PROGRAMMING AND RESOURCES. A RENEWED FOCUS ON DATA INTEGRITY AND ALIGNMENT INCLUDED REDESIGNING THE POPULATION HEALTH REGISTRY, IMPROVING STRUCTURED DATA CAPTURE, AND CONSOLIDATING MULTIPLE DATA SOURCES INTO ONE REGISTRY. THESE EFFORTS SUPPORTED INITIATIVES THAT DROVE YEAR-OVER-YEAR IMPROVEMENT ACROSS KEY MEASURES, INCLUDING: - EXPANSION OF THE CENTRAL HOME BLOOD PRESSURE (BP) CUFF DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM, OFFERING FREE HOME BP CUFFS TO PATIENTS IN NEED; - TARGETED PATIENT OUTREACH TO ADDRESS ACUTELY HIGH IN-OFFICE BP READINGS WITH CONSISTENT MONITORING THAT POSITIVELY CORRELATED TO LOWERED BP READINGS; - THE LAUNCH OF A REFRESHED INTEGRATED CARE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, ENABLING CARE MANAGEMENT NURSES TO INTERVENE CLINICALLY WITH PATIENTS WHO HAVE CHRONIC AND COMPLEX CARE NEEDS; AND - CENTRALIZED REFERRAL MANAGEMENT RESULTING IN IMPROVED CARE COORDINATION, STRENGTHENED CARE CONTINUITY, AND LOWERED TOTAL MEDICAL EXPENSE. BILHPN ALSO STRENGTHENED ITS COMMITMENT TO CLINICAL DOCUMENTATION IMPROVEMENT, TRANSITIONING TO PROACTIVE EDUCATION SCHEDULING, EXPANDING PHYSICIAN-LED TRAINING, AND INCREASING PROVIDER PARTICIPATION. THROUGH ENHANCED DOCUMENTATION AND CODING SUPPORT, BILHPN HELPED REDUCE ADMINISTRATIVE DEMANDS ON CLINICIANS, ALLOWING FOR GREATER FOCUS ON DIRECT PATIENT CARE AND ENSURING ACCURATE REPRESENTATION OF THE CLINICAL COMPLEXITY OF THE POPULATIONS SERVED. |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A, DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM SERVICE CONTINUED: | EXPANDING PHARMACY ACCESS DURING THE PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING, BILH PHARMACY ACHIEVED SIGNIFICANT MILESTONES THAT REFLECT ITS COMMITMENT TO EXPANDING ACCESS TO CARE, REDUCING ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN, AND SUPPORTING OUR PRIMARY CARE AND SPECIALTY PROVIDERS WHILE IMPROVING CLINICAL OUTCOMES AND MEDICAL ADHERENCE. ITS ACHIEVEMENTS INCLUDE: - EXPANDED PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION AFFORDABILITY AND ASSISTANCE SERVICES, PROVIDING OVER $2.4 MILLION IN COPAY SUPPORT TO PATIENTS; - FACILITATED FREE ACCESS TO POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS MEDICATIONS FOR ALL SEXUAL ASSAULT PATIENTS PRESENTING TO BILH HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; - STRENGTHENED THE QUALITY OF CARE FOR PATIENTS USING WEIGHTLOSS MEDICATIONS BY EXPANDING SERVICES WITHIN A PHARMACISTLED WEIGHTMANAGEMENT CLINIC; AND - ACHIEVED CONTINUED SUCCESS AND GROWTH OF THE CARDIOMETABOLIC PROGRAM AND CENTRAL ANTICOAGULATION PROGRAM, SUPPORTING IMPROVED PATIENT OUTCOMES. INCREASED ACCESS TO COMMUNITY CARE AS PART OF ITS 2030 GOAL TO PROVIDE 70% OF CARE IN THE COMMUNITY, BILH OPENED URGENT CARE CENTERS IN HAVERHILL AND WATERTOWN, EXPANDING SAME-DAY ACCESS FOR LOWER-ACUITY NEEDS. ADDITIONALLY, BILH OPENED NINE NEW LABORATORY DRAW STATIONS ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS, INCREASING COMMUNITY ACCESS TO LAB SERVICES AND IMPROVING SATISFACTION AMONG PATIENTS AND PROVIDERS. THESE SYSTEM INITIATIVES STRENGTHENED THE QUALITY OF PHLEBOTOMY SERVICES AND ENHANCED THE PATIENT EXPERIENCE. BILH ALSO CONTINUED TO ADVANCE ITS POSTACUTE AND ALTERNATIVE CARE MODELS BY EXPANDING SKILLED NURSING FACILITY TRANSITION SUPPORT AND FURTHER DEVELOPING HOSPITAL AT HOME PROGRAMMING. TOGETHER, THESE MODELS PROVIDE SAFE, HIGHQUALITY CARE IN LOWERCOST SETTINGS, REDUCE PREVENTABLE READMISSIONS, AND ENHANCE PATIENT SATISFACTION. ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS (ONEBILH EPIC) A CORE BILH STRATEGIC INITIATIVE IS THE TRANSITION TO A UNIFORM, SINGLE ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD (EHR) FOR ALL BILH ENTITIES ACROSS THE SYSTEM. A CONSOLIDATED EHR ENHANCES CARE QUALITY BY GIVING CLINICIANS SEAMLESS ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE AND COMPLETE PATIENT RECORDS, MINIMIZING DUPLICATIVE TESTING, AND ACCELERATING CARE DELIVERY THROUGH MORE EFFICIENT INFORMATION ACCESS. |
| FORM 990, PART IV, LINE 12A AND 12B: | THE BOSTON, MA OFFICE OF KPMG ISSUED AN UNQUALIFIED OPINION ON THE CONSOLIDATED AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH, INC. AND AFFILIATES FOR FISCAL PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2025. THESE STATEMENTS WERE PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES (GAAP) AND INCLUDED THE ACCOUNTS OF THE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH, INC. (BILH), AND THE ENTITIES FOR WHICH BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH, INC. (BILH) SERVED AS SOLE MEMBER DURING THE FISCAL PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING, (ANNA JAQUES HOSPITAL (AJH), BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, INC. (BIDMC), MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL (MAH), NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL (NEBH), BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - MILTON, INC. (MILTON), BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - NEEDHAM, INC. (NEEDHAM), BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - PLYMOUTH, INC. (PLYMOUTH), LAHEY HEALTH SHARED SERVICES (LHSS), LAHEY CLINIC FOUNDATION (LCF), WINCHESTER HOSPITAL (WINCHESTER), NORTHEAST HOSPITAL CORPORATION (NHC) WHICH INCLUDES BEVERLY, ADDISON GILBERT AND BAYRIDGE HOSPITALS, NORTHEAST BEHAVIORAL CORPORATION (NBHC), THE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH PERFORMANCE NETWORK (BILHPN), THE JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER, EXETER HEALTH RESOURCES, INC. (EHRI) AND THE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH PHARMACY. THE LAHEY CLINIC FOUNDATION IN TURN SERVED AS THE SOLE MEMBER OF LAHEY CLINIC INC, AND LAHEY CLINIC HOSPITAL D/B/A LAHEY CLINIC, AND LAHEY CLINIC PEABODY AND LAHEY CLINIC OUTPATIENT REHABILITATION SERVICES AT DANVERS. EHRI IN TURN SERVED AS THE SOLE MEMBER OF EXETER HOSPITAL AND OTHER AFFILIATES OF EHRI. EACH OF THESE BILH AFFILIATES MAY IN TURN SERVE AS MEMBER OF ADDITIONAL ENTITIES WITHIN THE NETWORK OF AFFILIATES, AND WHOSE ACCOUNTS ARE INCLUDED IN THE BILH AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. IN ADDITION, THE BILH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ALSO INCLUDE THE ACCOUNTS OF HARVARD MEDICAL FACULTY PHYSICIANS AT BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, INC. (HMFP), THE DEDICATED PHYSICIAN PRACTICE OF BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER AND AN ENTITY INTEGRALLY RELATED TO HELPING BIDMC AND OTHER AFFILIATES IN THE BILH NETWORK ACCOMPLISH THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSES. THE ACCOUNTS OF THE ENTITIES FOR WHICH HMFP SERVES AS MEMBER ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE HMFP AND BILH AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THE AUDIT AND COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE OF BILH'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY FOR OVERSIGHT OF THE CONSOLIDATED AUDIT FOR THE NETWORK AS A WHOLE. |
| FORM 990, PART V, LINE 1A: | AS NOTED THROUGHOUT THIS FILING, BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH (BILH) SERVED AS A SUPPORT ORGANIZATION AND THE DIRECT OR INDIRECT SOLE MEMBER OF NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, INC. AS PART OF THAT RELATIONSHIP, BILH PROVIDED CENTRALIZED SUPPORT TO ITS NETWORK OF SUPPORTED ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING AMONG OTHER THINGS, OPERATIONAL SUPPORT SUCH AS PROCESSING PAYROLL AND ACCOUNTS PAYABLE. IN THIS CAPACITY BILH ISSUED ALL FORMS 1099 TO NOT ONLY ITS OWN VENDORS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS, BUT ALSO TO THOSE WHO PROVIDED SERVICES TO NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, INC. FORMS 1099 WERE ALL ISSUED IN THE BILH NAME AND UNDER THE BILH EIN. HOWEVER, IN ACCORDANCE WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO THIS FORM 990, NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, INC. IS REPORTING THE NUMBER OF FORMS 1099 RELATED TO SERVICES PERFORMED FOR AND PAYMENTS RELATED TO, ITS SERVICE PROVIDERS AS IF THEY WERE PROCESSED DIRECTLY BY NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, INC. EACH OTHER AFFILIATE IS SIMILARLY REPORTING THE NUMBER OF FORMS 1099 WHICH ARE ATTRIBUTABLE TO THEIR OWN SERVICE PROVIDERS. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2 | FOR THE PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING, BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH, INC. (BILH) SERVED AS DIRECT OR INDIRECT SOLE MEMBER OF: BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, INC. (BIDMC), MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL (MAH), NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL (NEBH), BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL MILTON, INC. (MILTON), BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL NEEDHAM, INC. (NEEDHAM), BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL PLYMOUTH, INC. (PLYMOUTH), LAHEY HEALTH SHARED SERVICES (LHSS), LAHEY CLINIC FOUNDATION (LCF) , LAHEY CLINIC (LCI), LAHEY CLINIC HOSPITAL D/B/A LAHEY CLINIC, LAHEY CLINIC PEABODY AND LAHEY CLINIC OUTPATIENT REHABILITATION SERVICES AT DANVERS (LCH), WINCHESTER HOSPITAL (WINCHESTER), NORTHEAST HOSPITAL CORPORATION WHICH INCLUDES BEVERLY, ADDISON GILBERT AND BAYRIDGE HOSPITALS (NHC), NORTHEAST BEHAVIORAL CORPORATION (NBHC) D/B/A BILH BEHAVIORAL SERVICES, ANNA JAQUES HOSPITAL (AJH), BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH PHARMACY, JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER, EXETER HEALTH RESOURCES, INC. (EHRI) AND EXETER HOSPITAL. EACH OF THESE AFFILIATES MAY HAVE, IN TURN, SERVED AS MEMBER OF ADDITIONAL ENTITIES WITHIN THE BILH NETWORK OF AFFILIATES. IN ADDITION, HARVARD MEDICAL FACULTY PHYSICIANS AT BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, INC. (HMFP) IS THE DEDICATED PHYSICIAN PRACTICE OF BIDMC AND AN ENTITY INTEGRALLY RELATED TO HELPING BIDMC AND OTHER AFFILIATES IN THE BILH NETWORK ACCOMPLISH THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSES. FOR THIS SAME PERIOD HMFP SERVED AS THE SOLE MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PHYSICIANS OF HARVARD MEDICAL FACULTY PHYSICIANS AT BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER D/B/A LONGWOOD SPECIALTY PHYSICIANS (LSP) AS WELL AS THE DIRECT OR INDIRECT MEMBER OF SEVERAL ADDITIONAL ENTITIES. TWO OR MORE OF THE PERSONS LISTED IN THIS FORM 990 PART VII HAVE A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH EACH OTHER BY VIRTUE OF SITTING ON ONE OR MORE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS/TRUSTEES OR BY SERVING IN AN EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP WITH ONE OR MORE ENTITIES WITHIN THE NETWORK OF THE AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS NOTED ABOVE. ADDITIONAL DETAIL IS PROVIDED IN THE EXPLANATORY NOTES TO THIS FORM 990 SCHEDULE J. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 4 | THE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS OF NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, INC. (NEBMA) WERE AMENDED AND RESTATED AS PART OF OPERATIONAL ALIGNING OF PRIMARY AND SPECIALTY COMMUNITY PHYSICIAN CARE OPERATIONS AND GOVERNANCE ACROSS BILH AS FURTHER DESCRIBED BELOW. THE AMENDMENTS DID NOT IMPACT (NEBMA'S PRIMARY MISSION, FUNCTION OR PURPOSES. NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, INC. ("NEBMA") MADE THE FOLLOWING MATERIAL AMENDMENTS NOTED BELOW TO ITS BY-LAWS EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 12, 2025. THE SOLE MEMBER OF THE NEMBA, NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL ("NEBH") (THE "MEMBER"), REMAINS UNCHANGED. THE SOLE MEMBER OF THE MEMBER, BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH, INC. ("BILH"), (THE "SYSTEM MEMBER") ALSO REMAINS UNCHANGED. BOTH NEBH AND BILH ARE PUBLIC CHARITIES EXEMPT FROM INCOME TAX UNDER INTERNAL REVENUE CODE (IRC) 501(C)(3) OF 1986, AS AMENDED. BY-LAW AMENDMENTS 1. BOARD POWERS AND LIMITATIONS - THE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE BOARD INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: (A) PROVIDING FEEDBACK TO SENIOR MANAGEMENT REGARDING (I) THE MAINTENANCE OF PATIENT CARE QUALITY ASSESSMENT AND IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS AND RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS RELATING TO PATIENT CARE AND SAFETY AND (II) THE PROVISION OF CLINICAL SERVICES IN A MANNER RESPONSIVE TO LOCAL COMMUNITY NEEDS; (B) ENSURING COMPLIANCE WITH ALL LICENSURE AND CREDENTIALING REQUIREMENTS; (C) PARTICIPATING IN AN ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE CORPORATION'S STRATEGIC AND FINANCIAL PLAN AND GOALS; AND (D) REVIEWING AND RECOMMENDING TO THE SYSTEM MEMBER APPROVAL OF OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGETS AS WELL AS MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE SYSTEM MEMBER WITH RESPECT TO CAPITAL EXPENDITURES. - EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THE BYLAWS, THE BOARD SHALL ACT IN AN ADVISORY CAPACITY AND CONSISTENT THEREWITH SHALL HAVE ONLY THE FOLLOWING POWERS: (A) POWERS EXPRESSLY GRANTED BY THE MEMBER (IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS BYLAWS) OR THE SYSTEM MEMBER FROM TIME TO TIME; (B) POWER TO EXERCISE ITS AUTHORITY AS A MEMBER OF OTHER LEGAL ENTITIES; AND (C) POWER TO ENFORCE ANY RIGHTS VESTED IN THE CORPORATION UNDER THE BYLAWS OF THE MEMBER OR SYSTEM MEMBER OR UNDER THESE BYLAWS WITH RESPECT TO THE MEMBER OR SYSTEM MEMBER. THE POWERS OF THE BOARD IN CLAUSES (A) AND (B) NOTED IN THE PRECEDING SENTENCE ARE SUBJECT TO THE RESERVED POWERS OF THE MEMBER AS DESCRIBED BELOW AND THE RESERVED POWERS OF THE SYSTEM MEMBER AS DESCRIBED BELOW. THE POWERS OF THE BOARD IN CLAUSE (C) OF THE FIRST SENTENCE OF THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE INDEPENDENT OF THE MEMBER AND SYSTEM MEMBER AND NOT SUBJECT TO THE RESERVED POWERS OF THE MEMBER SET FORTH IN SECTION 2.2 OF THE NEBMA BY-LAWS OR THE RESERVED POWERS OF THE SYSTEM MEMBER SET FORTH IN THE MEMBER'S BYLAWS. - NOTWITHSTANDING CLAUSE (B) ABOVE, THE POWER OF THE CORPORATION TO EXERCISE ITS AUTHORITY AS A MEMBER OF ANOTHER LEGAL ENTITY SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING LIMITATIONS: (X) ALL STATUTORY POWERS THAT RESIDE IN THE CORPORATION AS A MEMBER OF ANOTHER LEGAL ENTITY UNDER MASSACHUSETTS LAW MAY BE EXERCISED BY THE CORPORATION ONLY AT THE EXPRESS AND EXPLICIT DIRECTION OF, AND WITH THE APPROVAL OF, THE SYSTEM MEMBER; (Y) ALL STATUTORY POWERS THAT RESIDE IN THE CORPORATION AS A MEMBER OF ANOTHER LEGAL ENTITY UNDER MASSACHUSETTS LAW MAY BE EXERCISED DIRECTLY BY THE SYSTEM MEMBER AFTER CONSULTATION WITH THE CHAIR BUT OTHERWISE WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OR PARTICIPATION OF THE CORPORATION; AND (Z) OTHER THAN STATUTORY POWERS, THE CORPORATION SHALL HAVE ONLY THOSE POWERS AND AUTHORITIES OVER AND WITH RESPECT TO THE LEGAL ENTITIES OF WHICH IT IS A MEMBER AS ARE EXPRESSLY AND EXPLICITLY DELEGATED OR DIRECTED TO THE CORPORATION BY ACTION OF THE SYSTEM MEMBER'S BOARD. 2. POWERS RESERVED TO THE MEMBER (NEBH): SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION AND THE BYLAWS, THE MEMBER SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO EXERCISE ALL POWERS, BOTH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, CONFERRED BY MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL LAWS ("M.G.L.") CHAPTER 180, AS AMENDED, ON MEMBERS OF CORPORATIONS ORGANIZED UNDER M.G.L. CHAPTER 180. IN ADDITION, EXCEPT AS ARE EXPRESSLY GRANTED TO THE NEMBA BOARD OF TRUSTEES ("BOARD") IN THE BYLAWS, THE MEMBER SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO EXERCISE ALL POWERS, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, CONFERRED BY M.G.L. CHAPTER 180 ON BOARDS OF CORPORATIONS ORGANIZED UNDER M.G.L. CHAPTER 180. 3. POWERS RESERVED TO THE SYSTEM MEMBER (BILH): - PER THE NEBH BYLAWS, BILH AS MEMBER OF NEBH AND AS SYSTEM MEMBER HAS THE RIGHT TO EXERCISE ALL POWERS, BOTH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, CONFERRED BY MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL LAWS ("M.G.L.") CHAPTER 180, AS AMENDED, ON MEMBERS OF CORPORATIONS ORGANIZED UNDER M.G.L. CHAPTER 180. IN ADDITION, EXCEPT AS ARE EXPRESSLY GRANTED TO THE NEBH BOARD OF TRUSTEES ("BOARD") IN THE NEBH BYLAWS, THE SYSTEM MEMBER SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO EXERCISE ALL POWERS, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, CONFERRED BY M.G.L. CHAPTER 180 ON BOARDS OF CORPORATIONS ORGANIZED UNDER M.G.L. CHAPTER 180. - NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, BILH AS MEMBER OF NEBH / SYSTEM MEMBER OF NEBMA MAY NOT TAKE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE NEBH BOARD: (A) APPROVE OR REQUIRE ANY CHANGE IN, OR CONSOLIDATION OF PHILANTHROPIC GIFTS, ASSETS, AND PROGRAMS OF THE CORPORATION, WHICH SHALL REMAIN UNDER THE CORPORATION'S CONTROL AND BE USED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CORPORATION AND NOT FOR OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE MEMBER'S SYSTEM, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH CHANGES INVOLVE BACK-OFFICE CONSOLIDATION WITH OTHER DIRECT OR INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES OF THE MEMBER; (B) APPROVE OR REQUIRE ANY CHANGE IN THE NAME, BRAND, OR TRADEMARK OF THE CORPORATION OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES, EXCEPT SUCH COMPLEMENTARY CHANGES AS THE MEMBER MAY DETERMINE ARE REASONABLY APPROPRIATE IN ESTABLISHING A SYSTEM-WIDE IDENTITY FOR THE AFFILIATED ENTITIES; OR (C) AMEND OR RESTATE THE NEBH AND/OR NEBMA BYLAWS TO CHANGE OR ELIMINATE EITHER OF THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS ON ITS POWERS. 4. ACTION BY THE MEMBER OR SYSTEM MEMBER: ANY ACTION TO BE TAKEN BY THE MEMBER OR THE SYSTEM MEMBER SHALL BE DEEMED DULY AUTHORIZED WHEN TAKEN, WITH RESPECT TO THE MEMBER, BY THE MEMBER'S BOARD OR ITS DULY AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE AND, WITH RESPECT TO THE SYSTEM MEMBER, BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE SYSTEM MEMBER (THE "SYSTEM MEMBER'S BOARD") OR ITS DULY AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE. ANY SUCH ACTIONS MAY BE TAKEN WITHOUT A MEETING IF CONFIRMED THROUGH A DULY AUTHORIZED WRITTEN COMMUNICATION BY THE RESPECTIVE BOARD OR ITS REPRESENTATIVE FILED WITH THE CLERK OF THE CORPORATION. 5. BOARD COMPOSITION: THE TRUSTEES OF THE CORPORATION SHALL CONSIST OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS SERVING FROM TIME TO TIME AS PRESIDENT OF THE MEMBER, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER (OR COMPARABLE POSITION) OF THE MEMBER, AND PRESIDENT OF THE CORPORATION OR THEIR RESPECTIVE DESIGNEES. AN INDIVIDUAL SHALL AUTOMATICALLY BE DEEMED TO RESIGN FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CORPORATION IF SUCH INDIVIDUAL CEASES TO RETAIN THE POSITION UPON WHICH EX OFFICIO STATUS IS CONFERRED 6. OFFICERS OF THE CORPORATION: - THE OFFICERS OF THE CORPORATION SHALL BE A CHAIR, A PRESIDENT, A TREASURER, A CLERK, AN ASSISTANT TREASURER, AND AN ASSISTANT CLERK (COLLECTIVELY, "OFFICERS"). - UNLESS OTHERWISE SET FORTH IN THE BYLAWS, AN OFFICER (A) MAY, BUT NEED NOT BE, A TRUSTEE AND (B) SHALL RETAIN HER OR HIS AUTHORITY AT THE PLEASURE OF THE TRUSTEES. IF REQUIRED BY THE BOARD, ANY OFFICER SHALL GIVE THE CORPORATION, AT THE EXPENSE OF THE CORPORATION, A BOND FOR THE FAITHFUL PERFORMANCE OF HER OR HIS DUTIES IN SUCH AMOUNT AND WITH SUCH SURETY OR SURETIES AS SHALL BE SATISFACTORY TO THE BOARD. - THE PRESIDENT OF THE CORPORATION SHALL SERVE, EX OFFICIO, AS THE CHAIR. TREASURER, CLERK, ASSISTANT TREASURER, AND ASSISTANT CLERK - THE TREASURER AND CLERK SHALL BE THE TREASURER AND CLERK OF THE SYSTEM MEMBER - THE ASSISTANT TREASURER SHALL BE THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER (OR COMPARABLE POSITION) OF THE MEMBER - THE ASSISTANT CLERK SHALL BE THE ATTORNEY IN THE BILH OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL SUPPORTING THE CORPORATION - ALL OFFICERS SERVE EX OFFICIO AND RETAIN THEIR RESPECTIVE POSITIONS AS OFFICERS SO LONG AS THEY RETAIN THE POSITIONS WITH THE MEMBER OR THE SYSTEM MEMBER 7. REMOVAL AND RESIGNATION: - ANY TRUSTEE OR OFFICER WHO DOES NOT SERVE EX OFFICIO MAY RESIGN AT ANY TIME BY DELIVERING HER OR HIS RESIGNATION IN WRITING TO THE CHAIR, THE CLERK/ASSISTANT CLERK OR TO THE CORPORATION AT ITS PRINCIPAL OFFICE. SUCH RESIGNATION SHALL BE EFFECTIVE UPON RECEIPT UNLESS SPECIFIED TO BE EFFECTIVE AT SOME OTHER TIME. - REMOVAL OR RESIGNATION OF AN OFFICER FROM THE POSITION WITH THE MEMBER OR THE CORPORATION UPON WHICH EX OFFICIO STATUS IS CONFERRED SHALL CONSTITUTE REMOVAL OR RESIGNATION FROM OFFICE AS AN OFFICER OF THE CORPORATION. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 4 | 8. COMMITTEES - THE BOARD MAY ESTABLISH AT ANY TIME, BY VOTE OF A MAJORITY OF THE TRUSTEES THEN IN OFFICE, ANY OPTIONAL STANDING COMMITTEES ("STANDING COMMITTEES"), SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR APPROVAL OF THE SYSTEM MEMBER, AND MAY DETERMINE THE CHARGE AND MEMBERSHIP OF ANY SUCH STANDING COMMITTEE. - THE BOARD, BY VOTE OF MAJORITY OF THE TRUSTEES THEN IN OFFICE, THE BOARD CHAIR, OR A COMMITTEE CHAIR IN CONSULTATION WITH THE BOARD CHAIR, MAY ALSO ESTABLISH AT ANY TIME AD HOC COMMITTEES OR SUBCOMMITTEES OF THE BOARD TO PERFORM A SPECIFIC TASK ON A SHORT-TERM BASIS ("AD HOC COMMITTEES,") - THE BOARD MAY ABOLISH ANY STANDING COMMITTEE AT ANY TIME AND THE GOVERNING BODY THAT ESTABLISHED A GIVEN AD HOC COMMITTEE (I.E., THE BOARD, BOARD CHAIR, OR COMMITTEE CHAIR AFTER CONSULTATION WITH THE BOARD CHAIR, AS APPLICABLE) MAY ABOLISH SUCH AD HOC COMMITTEE AT ANY TIME. - AD HOC COMMITTEES SHALL AUTOMATICALLY DISBAND UPON THE EARLIER OF (1) THE COMPLETION OF THE TASK DELEGATED TO THE AD HOC COMMITTEE BY THE BOARD AND DELIVERY OF THE COMMITTEE'S FINAL REPORT TO THE BOARD OR (2) THE NEXT ANNUAL MEETING FOLLOWING THE COMMITTEE'S ESTABLISHMENT. - UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED BY THE BOARD. COMMITTEES SHALL OPERATE SOLELY IN AN ADVISORY CAPACITY TO THE BOARD; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE TRUSTEES MAY DELEGATE TO A COMMITTEE COMPRISED SOLELY OF TRUSTEES THE AUTHORITY TO ACT ON ANY SPECIFIC ISSUE EXPRESSLY DELEGATED TO IT. - ANY COMMITTEE MAY HAVE MEMBERS WHO ARE NOT TRUSTEES, WHO MAY SERVE AS VOTING MEMBERS OF ANY SUCH COMMITTEE AND COUNT FOR PURPOSES OF A QUORUM OF ANY SUCH COMMITTEE ON ANY MATTERS BEFORE SUCH COMMITTEE THAT DO NOT INVOLVE THE EXERCISE OF A BOARD DELEGATED POWER. UNLESS THE TRUSTEES OTHERWISE DESIGNATE, TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, COMMITTEES SHALL CONDUCT THEIR AFFAIRS IN THE SAME MANNER AS PROVIDED FOR IN THESE BYLAWS FOR THE BOARD. - THE BOARD MAY REQUIRE ANY PERSON WHO IS NOT A TRUSTEE WHO SERVES ON OR PROVIDES CONSULTATION TO A COMMITTEE TO SIGN A CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT AND A CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURE FORM. - EACH COMMITTEE SHALL KEEP A RECORD OF ITS PROCEEDINGS AND SUBMIT ANY REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD. THE BOARD SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO REMOVE ANY COMMITTEE MEMBER WITH OR WITHOUT CAUSE AND RESCIND ANY ACTION OF ANY COMMITTEE, BUT NO SUCH RESCISSION SHALL HAVE RETROACTIVE EFFECT. 9. COMPENSATION - TRUSTEES SHALL NOT BE ENTITLED TO COMPENSATION FOR THEIR SERVICES AS TRUSTEES BUT MAY RECEIVE COMPENSATION FOR OTHER SERVICES PERFORMED FOR THE CORPORATION SUBJECT TO SUCH TRUSTEE'S COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST PROCEDURES SET FORTH IN THE BY-LAWS. - COMPENSATION FOR SENIOR EXECUTIVES OF THE CORPORATION SHALL BE SET IN ACCORDANCE WITH POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED BY THE SYSTEM MEMBER. 10. CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND CONFIDENTIALITY - OFFICERS, TRUSTEES AND NON-TRUSTEE COMMITTEE MEMBERS SHALL COMPLY IN ALL RESPECTS WITH THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND THE STATEMENT OF CONFIDENTIALITY OBLIGATIONS ADOPTED BY THE SYSTEM MEMBER FOR APPLICABILITY TO ALL SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES OF THE SYSTEM MEMBER. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6 | DURING THE FISCAL PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING, BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH, INC. (BILH) SERVED AS THE SOLE DIRECT MEMBER OF BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, INC. (BIDMC), MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL (MAH), NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL (NEBH), BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - MILTON, INC. (BID-MILTON), BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - NEEDHAM, INC. (BID-NEEDHAM), BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - PLYMOUTH, INC. (BID-PLYMOUTH), LAHEY HEALTH SHARED SERVICES (LHSS), LAHEY CLINIC FOUNDATION (LCF), WINCHESTER HOSPITAL (WINCHESTER), NORTHEAST HOSPITAL CORPORATION (NHC) WHICH INCLUDES BEVERLY, ADDISON GILBERT AND BAYRIDGE HOSPITALS, NORTHEAST BEHAVIORAL CORPORATION (NBHC) D/B/A BILH BEHAVIORAL SERVICES, ANNA JAQUES HOSPITAL (AJH), THE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH PERFORMANCE NETWORK (BILHPN), JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER (JDC), EXETER HEALTH RESOURCES, INC (EHRI) AND BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH PHARMACY. EACH OF THESE ENTITIES MAY HAVE, IN TURN, SERVED AS THE DIRECT OR INDIRECT MEMBER OF THE FILING ENTITY, WITH RESERVED POWERS TO BILH. SEE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN FORM 990 PART VI QUESTIONS 7A AND 7B. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A | SEE FORM 990, PART VI SECTION A LINE 7B BELOW |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7B | NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, INC.'S SOLE MEMBER IS NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL (NEBH). NEBH'S SOLE MEMBER IS BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH, INC. (BILH). NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, INC.'S MEMBER AS WELL AS BILH, WHICH MAY BE REFERRED TO AS SYSTEM MEMBER IN THE DISCLOSURES BELOW, HAVE THE RIGHTS AND POWERS DELINEATED BELOW, AS DESIGNATED IN NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, INC.'S BY-LAWS. NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, INC. MAY BE REFERRED TO AS "THE CORPORATION" IN THE PARAGRAPHS BELOW. RESERVED POWERS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION AND NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, INC.'S BYLAWS, THE MEMBER SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO EXERCISE ALL POWERS, BOTH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, CONFERRED BY MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL LAWS ("M.G.L.") CHAPTER 180, AS AMENDED, ON MEMBERS OF CORPORATIONS ORGANIZED UNDER M.G.L. CHAPTER 180. IN ADDITION, EXCEPT AS ARE EXPRESSLY GRANTED TO NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, INC.'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES ("BOARD") IN THE BYLAWS, THE MEMBER SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO EXERCISE ALL POWERS, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, CONFERRED BY M.G.L. CHAPTER 180 ON BOARDS OF CORPORATIONS ORGANIZED UNDER M.G.L. CHAPTER 180. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE MEMBER MAY NOT TAKE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, INC.'S BOARD: APPOINTMENT, REAPPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL OF BOARD MEMBERS NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, INC.'S TRUSTEES SHALL CONSIST OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS SERVING FROM TIME TO TIME AS PRESIDENT OF THE MEMBER, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER (OR COMPARABLE POSITION) OF THE MEMBER, AND PRESIDENT OF THE CORPORATION OR THEIR RESPECTIVE DESIGNEES. AN INDIVIDUAL SHALL AUTOMATICALLY BE DEEMED TO RESIGN FROM THE BOARD IF SUCH INDIVIDUAL CEASES TO RETAIN THE POSITION UPON WHICH EX OFFICIO STATUS IS CONFERRED. BOARD POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES THE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE BOARD INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: (A) PROVIDING FEEDBACK TO SENIOR MANAGEMENT REGARDING (I) THE MAINTENANCE OF PATIENT CARE QUALITY ASSESSMENT AND IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS AND RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS RELATING TO PATIENT CARE AND SAFETY AND (II) THE PROVISION OF CLINICAL SERVICES IN A MANNER RESPONSIVE TO LOCAL COMMUNITY NEEDS; (B) ENSURING COMPLIANCE WITH ALL LICENSURE AND CREDENTIALING REQUIREMENTS; (C) PARTICIPATING IN AN ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE CORPORATION'S STRATEGIC AND FINANCIAL PLAN AND GOALS; AND (D) REVIEWING AND RECOMMENDING TO THE SYSTEM MEMBER APPROVAL OF OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGETS AS WELL AS MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE SYSTEM MEMBER WITH RESPECT TO CAPITAL EXPENDITURES. LIMITATIONS ON BOARD POWERS EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, INC.'S BYLAWS, THE BOARD SHALL ACT IN AN ADVISORY CAPACITY AND CONSISTENT THEREWITH SHALL HAVE ONLY THE FOLLOWING POWERS: (A) POWERS EXPRESSLY GRANTED BY THE MEMBER FROM TIME TO TIME (IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS BYLAWS) OR THE SYSTEM MEMBER FROM TIME TO TIME; (B) POWER TO EXERCISE ITS AUTHORITY AS A MEMBER OF OTHER LEGAL ENTITIES; AND (C) POWER TO ENFORCE ANY RIGHTS VESTED IN THE CORPORATION UNDER THE BYLAWS OF THE MEMBER OR SYSTEM MEMBER (AS DEFINED UNDER THE BYLAWS OF THE MEMBER OR SYSTEM MEMBER) OR UNDER THE NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, INC.'S BYLAWS WITH RESPECT TO THE MEMBER OR SYSTEM MEMBER. THE POWERS OF THE BOARD IN CLAUSES (A) AND (B) IMMEDIATELY ABOVE SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE RESERVED POWERS OF THE MEMBER AS NOTED ABOVE. NOTWITHSTANDING CLAUSE (B) ABOVE, THE POWER OF THE CORPORATION TO EXERCISE ITS AUTHORITY AS A MEMBER OF ANOTHER LEGAL ENTITY SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING LIMITATIONS: (X) ALL STATUTORY POWERS THAT RESIDE IN THE CORPORATION AS A MEMBER OF ANOTHER LEGAL ENTITY UNDER MASSACHUSETTS LAW MAY BE EXERCISED BY THE CORPORATION ONLY AT THE EXPRESS AND EXPLICIT DIRECTION OF, AND WITH THE APPROVAL OF, NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, INC.'S SYSTEM MEMBER; (Y) ALL STATUTORY POWERS THAT RESIDE IN THE CORPORATION AS A MEMBER OF ANOTHER LEGAL ENTITY UNDER MASSACHUSETTS LAW MAY BE EXERCISED DIRECTLY BY NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, INC.'S SYSTEM MEMBER AFTER CONSULTATION WITH THE CHAIR BUT OTHERWISE WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OR PARTICIPATION OF THE CORPORATION; AND (Z) OTHER THAN STATUTORY POWERS, THE CORPORATION SHALL HAVE ONLY THOSE POWERS AND AUTHORITIES OVER AND WITH RESPECT TO THE LEGAL ENTITIES OF WHICH IT IS A MEMBER AS ARE EXPRESSLY AND EXPLICITLY DELEGATED OR DIRECTED TO THE CORPORATION BY ACTION OF NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, INC.'S SYSTEM MEMBER'S BOARD. OFFICERS APPOINTED BY PERSONS OTHER THAN THE GOVERNING BODY: - THE PRESIDENT OF THE CORPORATION SHALL BE APPOINTED, AND MAY BE REMOVED, BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE MEMBER; THE PRESIDENT OF THE CORPORATION IS ALSO THE CHAIR; - THE TREASURER SHALL BE THE TREASURER OF THE SYSTEM MEMBER WHO IS ALSO THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF THE SYSTEM MEMBER; - THE CLERK SHALL BE THE CLERK OF THE SYSTEM MEMBER AND WHO ALSO SERVES AS GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE SYSTEM MEMBER; - THE ASSISTANT TREASURER SHALL BE THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER (OR COMPARABLE POSITION) OF THE MEMBER - THE ASSISTANT CLERK SHALL BE THE ATTORNEY IN THE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL SUPPORTING THE CORPORATION THE OFFICERS ABOVE WHO SERVE EX-OFFICIO, DO NOT HAVE TERMS AND RETAIN THEIR RESPECTIVE POSITIONS AS OFFICERS SO LONG AS THEY RETAIN THE POSITIONS WITH THE MEMBER OR SYSTEM MEMBER UPON WHICH EX-OFFICIO STATUS IS CONFERRED. COMPENSATION: COMPENSATION PAID TO OFFICERS OR TRUSTEES SHALL BE SET IN ACCORDANCE WITH POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED BY THE SYSTEM MEMBER FOR THEIR PRIMARY ROLES AT THE MEMBER OR SYSTEM MEMBER. NO TRUSTEE IS PAID FOR SERVICES PROVIDED IN THE CAPACITY OF TRUSTEE. SEE FORM 990 PART VI SECTION B QUESTIONS 15A AND 15B AS WELL AS FORM 990 SCHEDULE J PART I FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND CONFIDENTIALITY OFFICERS, TRUSTEES AND NON-TRUSTEE COMMITTEE MEMBERS SHALL COMPLY IN ALL RESPECTS WITH THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND THE STATEMENT OF CONFIDENTIALITY OBLIGATIONS ADOPTED BY THE MEMBER AND/OR SYSTEM MEMBER FOR APPLICABILITY TO ALL SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES OF THE MEMBER AND/OR SYSTEM MEMBER. SEE FORM 990 PART VI SECTION B QUESTIONS 12A, 12B AND 12C FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B | AS NOTED IN VARIOUS DISCLOSURES THROUGHOUT THIS FILING, BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH, INC. (BILH) IS THE DIRECT OR INDIRECT SOLE MEMBER OF NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, INC.. THIS FORM 990 IS PREPARED BY THE BILH TAX DEPARTMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH DELOITTE TAX, LLP (DELOITTE). AS PART OF THIS PROCESS, THE BILH TAX DEPARTMENT WORKS WITH OTHER DISCIPLINES AND FUNCTIONS WITHIN BILH AND NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, INC. TO ENSURE THAT ALL FINANCIAL AND NON-FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES ARE COMPLETE AND ACCURATE. EXAMPLES OF SUCH DEPARTMENTS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING, HUMAN RESOURCES AND PAYROLL, TREASURY, COMPLIANCE, LEGAL, COMMUNITY BENEFITS, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND REIMBURSEMENT, GOVERNANCE, DEVELOPMENT, GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, RESEARCH AND/OR RESEARCH FINANCE. NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, INC.'S FORM 990 IS REVIEWED INTERNALLY BY THE BILH ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT, TAXATION AND EXTERNALLY BY DELOITTE. NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, INC.'S FORM 990, ALONG WITH THE FORMS 990 OF ALL ENTITIES IN THE BILH NETWORK, ARE DISCUSSED WITH THE BILH AUDIT AND COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE. DELOITTE SIGNS THE FINAL RETURNS. A COPY OF THE COMPLETE RETURN IS THEN PROVIDED TO EACH MEMBER OF NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, INC.'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES PRIOR TO SUBMISSION TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C | AS NOTED THROUGHOUT THIS FILING, NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, INC. IS A MEMBER OF THE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH (BILH) SYSTEM OF AFFILIATES. ALL ENTITIES IN THE BILH NETWORK ADHERE TO THE BILH CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND MAINTAIN A WRITTEN, COMPREHENSIVE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY WHICH HAS BEEN ADOPTED AT THE ENTITY LEVEL. PURSUANT TO THESE POLICIES, BILH ENTITIES' OFFICERS, TRUSTEES AND KEY EMPLOYEES AS WELL AS CERTAIN OTHER INDIVIDUALS ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE ANNUAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND TAX QUESTIONNAIRE (COI-TQ). THE COI-TQ IS DESIGNED TO REQUIRE DISCLOSURE OF ANY BUSINESS AND FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS MAINTAINED BY OFFICERS, TRUSTEES, OR KEY EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS AND WHICH MAY RESULT IN A REAL OR PERCEIVED CONFLICT OF INTEREST. THE BILH OFFICE OF INTEGRITY AND COMPLIANCE, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BILH TAX DEPARTMENT, ADMINISTERS THE COI-TQ PROCESS ANNUALLY. BILH INTEGRITY AND COMPLIANCE COLLECTS AND REVIEWS ALL DISCLOSURES. A SUMMARY OF POSITIVE RESPONSES FOR EACH BILH AFFILIATE IS PROVIDED TO THE COMPLIANCE OFFICER FOR THAT ENTITY FOR REVIEW FINAL DETERMINATION OF ANY POTENTIAL OR ACTUAL CONFLICT. ANY ACTIVITY THAT REQUIRES ACTION UNDER THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICIES IS SUBJECT TO ONGOING REVIEW BY NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, INC. AS WELL AS THE BILH INTEGRITY AND COMPLIANCE OFFICE. PURSUANT TO THE BILH CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, CERTAIN ACTIVITIES WHICH COULD CREATE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ARE PROHIBITED WHILE OTHER TYPES OF RELATIONSHIPS ARE PERMITTED, SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE WITH A MANAGEMENT PLAN INCLUDING DISCLOSURE AND RECUSAL WHICH REQUIRES APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTATION IN THE MINUTES. IN ADDITION, AS NOTED ABOVE, THE ANNUAL COI-TQ PROCESS OUTLINED ABOVE IS JOINTLY ISSUED BY THE BILH TAX DEPARTMENT, TO ENSURE THAT THE QUESTIONNAIRE IS DISTRIBUTED TO ALL CURRENT AND FORMER MEMBERS OF THE NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, INC. BOARD OF TRUSTEES AS WELL AS CURRENT AND FORMER OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES. THE COI-TQ PROCESS IS DESIGNED TO GATHER THE INFORMATION NECESSARY FOR NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, INC. TO COMPLETELY AND ACCURATELY COMPLETE FORM 990 SCHEDULE L, TRANSACTIONS WITH INTERESTED PERSONS AND FORM 990, PART VI, QUESTION 2, FAMILY AND BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN OFFICERS, DIRECTORS/TRUSTEES AND KEY EMPLOYEES. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 | AS NOTED THROUGHOUT THIS FILING, NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, INC. IS A MEMBER OF THE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH (BILH) NETWORK OF AFFILIATES WITH BILH SERVING AS NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, INC.'S SOLE MEMBER, OR IF NOT AS DIRECT SOLE MEMBER, INDIRECTLY AS THE MEMBER IN ITS CAPACITY AS PARENT OF THE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH NETWORK. IN THIS ROLE BILH MAINTAINS THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR SETTING COMPENSATION FOR EXECUTIVES, SENIOR MANAGEMENT, OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES OF THE ENTITIES WHICH COMPRISED THE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH NETWORK. THE BILH COMPENSATION COMMITTEE IS THEREFORE RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSURING THAT THE TOTAL COMPENSATION PROVIDED TO THESE INDIVIDUALS IS FAIR AND REASONABLE USING CURRENT AND CREDIBLE MARKET PRACTICE INFORMATION AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LEGAL AND REGULATORY GUIDELINES, THE BILH COMPENSATION COMMITTEE IS COMPOSED OF INDEPENDENT MEMBERS OF ITS BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE NOTED BELOW OR IN FORM 990 SCHEDULE J, THE COMPENSATION REPORTED IN THIS FORM 990 FOR NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, INC.'S OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES WAS SET BY THE BILH COMPENSATION COMMITTEE. THE BILH COMPENSATION COMMITTEE PROCESS FOR SETTING COMPENSATION IS BELOW. THE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH (BILH) COMPENSATION COMMITTEE ESTABLISHES THE POLICIES AND THE COMPENSATION STRUCTURE, INCLUDING BENEFITS, FOR THE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH NETWORK OF AFFILIATES INCLUDING THE BILH CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AS WELL AS OTHER MEMBERS OF SENIOR MANAGEMENT AT BILH AND ITS AFFILIATES. THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSURING THAT THE TOTAL COMPENSATION PROVIDED TO THESE INDIVIDUALS IS FAIR AND REASONABLE USING CURRENT AND CREDIBLE MARKET PRACTICE INFORMATION AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LEGAL AND REGULATORY GUIDELINES. THE BILH COMPENSATION COMMITTEE IS COMPOSED OF INDEPENDENT MEMBERS OF ITS BOARD OF TRUSTEES IN SETTING COMPENSATION, THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE RELIES UPON PUBLISHED COMPENSATION SURVEYS AND STUDIES PRODUCED BY INDEPENDENT COMPENSATION CONSULTING FIRMS THAT REGULARLY ASSESS EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS OF SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS. THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE MEETS TO REVIEW THE COMPENSATION STRUCTURE OF THE INDIVIDUALS DESCRIBED ABOVE AND AT THAT TIME REVIEWS THE COMPENSATION SURVEY DETAILS PREPARED BY THE INDEPENDENT COMPENSATION CONSULTING FIRM. FOR SOME CATEGORIES OF POSITIONS, THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE WILL REVIEW THE COMPENSATION STRUCTURE AND TARGETS AS A GROUP, RATHER THAN BY INDIVIDUAL. COMPENSATION FOR THE BILH CEO AND OTHER MEMBERS OF EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT IS REVIEWED ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS. THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE THEN VOTES TO APPROVE THE COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENTS OF ALL INDIVIDUALS DESCRIBED ABOVE EXCEPT FOR THE BILH CEO. THE COMPENSATION PACKAGE FOR THE BILH CEO AS VOTED BY THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE IS SUBMITTED TO THE FULL BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR APPROVAL. ALL DELIBERATIONS FOR BOTH THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ARE CONTEMPORANEOUSLY DOCUMENTED IN MINUTES. THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES AS DESCRIBED ABOVE ARE DESIGNED TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF TREASURY REGULATION SECTION 53.4958-6(C), REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION THAT A TRANSACTION IS NOT AN EXCESS BENEFIT TRANSACTION. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 | AS NOTED THROUGHOUT THIS FILING, NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, INC. IS A MEMBER OF THE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH (BILH) NETWORK OF AFFILIATES WITH BILH SERVING AS NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, INC.'S SOLE MEMBER, OR IF NOT AS DIRECT SOLE MEMBER, INDIRECTLY AS THE MEMBER IN ITS CAPACITY AS PARENT OF THE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH NETWORK. NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, INC.'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC UPON REQUEST AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATION: BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH TAX DEPARTMENT SCHRAFFT'S CITY CENTER, 4TH FLOOR, 529 MAIN STREET CHARLESTOWN, MA 02129 |
| PART XII, LINE 2C: | AS NOTED THROUGHOUT THIS FORM 990, NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, INC. IS A MEMBER OF THE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH NETWORK OF AFFILIATES. BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH (BILH) SERVES AS THE DIRECT OR INDIRECT MEMBER OF NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, INC. AND NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, INC. IS INCLUDED IN THE CONSOLIDATED AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH. THE AUDIT AND COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE OF BILH'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY FOR OVERSIGHT OF THE CONSOLIDATED AUDIT FOR THE NETWORK AS A WHOLE. |
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