| Accountable Care Organization | refers to Iowa Health Accountable Care, L.C. (also doing business as UnityPoint Accountable Care, L.C.) which is a Medicare Next Generation accountable care organization. |
| ACO | refers to Iowa Health Accountable Care, L.C. (also doing business as UnityPoint Accountable Care, L.C.) which is a Medicare Next Generation accountable care organization. |
| Business Relationship | includes employment, contractual relationships, leadership overlap (e.g., in leadership positions at same organization) ownership overlap, or an unusual business/personal transaction. Again, the relationship may be direct or indirect via your or the other person’s Family Members and/or an entity you identified yourself as being affiliated with in Section II). |
| Compensation | includes direct and indirect remuneration, in cash or in kind (including royalties, consulting fees, speaking fees and research grants); provided, however, that Compensation does not include gifts, meals, and business courtesies that are permitted under UnityPoint Health’s Policy 1.CE.14, Gifts and Business Courtesies. |
| Covered Persons | All Officers, Directors, and Key Employees of UPH. |
| Director | All Board of Directors members of any UPH entity, Board of Trustees, and Board of Managers of ACO, including members of the medical staff serving as Directors. |
| Family Member | The family members of an individual, including spouse; ancestors (parent, grandparent, etc.); brothers and sisters (whole or half) and their spouses; children (natural or adopted) and their spouses; grandchildren, great-grandchildren and their spouses; and persons with whom the individual maintains a personal relationship approximating a family relationship. |
| Family Member(s) | The family members of an individual, including spouse; ancestors (parent, grandparent, etc.); brothers and sisters (whole or half) and their spouses; children (natural or adopted) and their spouses; grandchildren, great-grandchildren and their spouses; and persons with whom the individual maintains a personal relationship approximating a family relationship. |
| Key Employee | Any person having responsibilities, powers, or influence over the organization as a whole that is similar to those of Officers and Directors; or any person that manages a significant segment or activity of the organization as measured by assets, income, or expenses; or any person that controls or determines a significant amount of the organizations capital expenditures, operating budget or compensation. UPH will periodically determine who is a Key Employee. |
| Material Ownership Interest | An interest involving either the direct ownership or holding of indebtedness or the ownership of capital stock, obligations, or a combination of both having an aggregate value in excess of five percent (5%) of the total assets of the Company in which the interest is held. |
| Member of Board | All members of the Board of Directors or Board of Trustees, including members of medical staff serving as Directors or Trustees. |
| Member(s) of Board | means all members of the Board of Directors or Board of Trustees, including members of medical staff serving as Directors or Trustees. |
| Officer | For purposes of this Policy and the annual Disclosure Questionnaires, officers of the Boards and officers of the company shall be those individuals defined in the organization’s Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws or other organizing documents and such other officers and assistant officers as the Board deems necessary. |
| Outside Activities | Includes service as a Director, trustee, Officer, owner, committee member, employee, independent contractor, consultant, advisor, agent, or similar position with another organization (regardless of whether the organization is charitable or for-profit in nature). |
| Position/Affiliation | means the responsibilities to UnityPoint Health affiliated entity under the following: if multiple positions held simultaneously, then report the highest level position. For example, a Reporting Physician whom is also be a Member of Board, would report Member of Board. |
| Referral Source | means any person or entity that is a source or potential source of patient referrals to UnityPoint Health, such as physicians who refer patients to UnityPoint Health for services. |
| UnityPoint Health | The entities(s) comprising UnityPoint Health, including the ACO, that an Officer, Director, or Key Employee is affiliated with Entities include a subsidiary or affiliated entity in which UPH, directly or indirectly, holds more than a fifty percent (50%) voting or control interest. |
| UPH | The entities(s) comprising UnityPoint Health, including the ACO, that an Officer, Director, or Key Employee is affiliated with Entities include a subsidiary or affiliated entity in which UPH, directly or indirectly, holds more than a fifty percent (50%) voting or control interest. |
| Vendor/Referral Recipient | Any person or entity that sells to or obtains health care business or referrals from UPH, or potentially could sell to or obtain health care business of referrals from UPH, including pharmaceutical companies, medical device companies, hospitals, nursing homes, ambulatory surgical centers, imaging facilities, health care supplies, non-medical suppliers and their employees or agents. |
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