2012-08-09T13:30:08-05:00 2011-12-31 010523282 Berry Dunn McNeil & Parker LLC PO Box 1100 Portland ME 041041100 990 2011-01-01 223195337 New England Life Care Inc NEWE 8002906558 600 Southborough Drive South Portland ME 04106 Thomas R Sahrmann 8002906558 2012-08-09 1 Barbara J McGuan CPA P00219457 2077752387 2012-08-09 2011 2016-02-24 21:20:13Z Michael Souza 600 Southborough Drive South Portland ME 04106 24946915 0 X www.nelifecare.org X 1992 ME Delivery of home health care services. 9 9 225 0 0 0 0 0 23412210 24945415 27584 1500 0 0 23439794 24946915 0 0 0 0 11224296 11814764 0 0 0 12437943 12878807 23662239 24693571 -222445 253344 9178191 8605260 3869641 3043266 5308550 5561994 Delivery of home health care services to patients discharged from member hospitals as well as homebound and ambulatory patients living in areas served by the cooperative member hospitals. 0 0 20801332 24945415 New England Life Care (NELC) provided home health services and products to ambulatory and homebound patients in Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont, and New Hampshire. NELC has provided 5,518,587 patient days of service since inception to date and 496,687 patient days of service in 2011 for an average length of treatment of 124 days in 2011. NELC participates in a national benchmarking project where NELC is benchmarked against 200 other home-infusion companies to measure levels of patient satisfaction as well as patient outcomes. 98% of patients rated extremely or mostly satisfied. NELC received the certificate from the Joint Commission, dated March 17, 2011, that provides accreditation for the next three years. 20801332 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 28 0 1 225 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 9 9 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 ME MA NH X Thomas R Sahrmann 8002906558 600 Southborough Drive South Portland ME 04106 Peter Chalke 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Jeffery P Doran 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Mary Deveau 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Bruce P King 1.00 X 0 0 0 Greg Walker 1.00 X 0 0 0 David Cawley 1.00 X 0 0 0 Jeff Sanders 1.00 X 0 0 0 Lisa Harvey-McPherson 1.00 X 0 0 0 Norm Deschene 1.00 X 0 0 0 Vincent McDermott 1.00 X 0 0 0 Charles R Gigante 40.00 X 0 0 0 Thomas R Sahrmann 40.00 X 148710 0 32675 Kathryn Hayes-Hallowell 40.00 X 148098 0 8760 Andrew Heindl 40.00 X 125505 0 18938 Linda Imber 40.00 X 140517 0 11741 Sharon Milinazzo 40.00 X 135714 0 16925 Mark Kislowski 40.00 X 124237 0 31170 822781 0 120209 13 0 1 0 VHA of New England 100 Commercial Street Suite 406 Portland ME 04101 Management Services 350137 Ropes & Gray 800 Boylston Street Boston MA 021993600 Legal Services 121679 2 Patient Service Rev. 621610 25734148 25734148 Miscellaneous Revenue 900099 8825 8825 Bad Debt Provision 621610 -797558 -797558 24945415 1500 0 1500 1500 1500 24946915 24945415 0 1500 181385 181385 9698492 8243476 1455016 266428 229679 36749 1668459 1193181 475278 122508 11220 111288 68013 68013 60622 60622 134228 23796 110432 9503 1964 7539 2202685 1717900 484785 100298 100298 1018603 696023 322580 337126 286064 51062 50361 27559 22802 10046 7936 2110 490232 349295 140937 234512 234512 Medical Supplies 7971076 7971076 Miscellaneous 68994 42163 26831 24693571 20801332 3892239 0 26066 34878 1694974 1404884 4248831 3997239 745802 862406 308649 275087 1666543 1032897 825108 633646 1328761 1397120 9178191 8605260 2995834 2954272 873807 88994 3869641 3043266 X 5308550 5561994 5308550 5561994 9178191 8605260 X 253344 100 X X 0 1 1 X 0 X 290147 174231 115916 1376396 858666 517730 633646 Due From VHA 16929 Split Dollar Life Insurance 1380191 1397120 24946915 24693571 253344 253344 24946915 0 24946915 0 24946915 24693571 0 24693571 0 24693571 X X X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Thomas R Sahrmann 147710 0 0 0 1000 0 7934 0 24741 0 181385 0 0 0 Kathryn Hayes-Hallowell 132348 0 10000 0 5750 0 6952 0 1808 0 156858 0 0 0 Linda Imber 140517 0 0 0 0 0 6739 0 5002 0 152258 0 0 0 Sharon Milinazzo 135714 0 0 0 0 0 6252 0 10673 0 152639 0 0 0 Mark Kislowski 124237 0 0 0 0 0 2730 0 28440 0 155407 0 0 0 Provision for Bad Debts Form 990, Part I, Lines 9 and 17 During the tax year, the Organization adopted Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 954 which reclassified the provision for bad debts from an operating expense to a deduction from patient service revenue. The prior year numbers on page 1 have been adjusted to reflect this change in presentation. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 3 Charles Gigante, president and CEO, is employed by VHA of New England, an unrelated management company. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 6 Each hospital that the Organization provides services for owns an equity share in New England Life Care, Inc. There is a single class of membership in the Corporation. Any nonprofit hospital located in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, or Vermont for which a cooperative hospital service organization is authorized to provide services under Internal Revenue Code section 501(e) is qualified for membership and may be elected to membership at any annual or special meeting of the members by a two-thirds majority vote of the entire membership of the Corporation. No member may hold more than one membership in the Corporation. The Corporation shall have no capital stock; however, membership certificates of the Corporation shall be required. No later than the 15th day of the ninth month after the end of each fiscal year, the Corporation shall allocate or pay all of its net earnings to its members on the basis of patronage of the Corporation's services performed for each member. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7a The general NELC membership hospitals each determine if they would want or need representation on the NELC board. Each member organization is allowed one director on the NELC board. Once a slate is selected the full membership votes on the board appointments. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7b All board members are comprised of directors from member organizations. All board decisions require a majority vote of the existing board members. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 8b The Organization has no formal board sub-committee to handle this function. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11 The Organization's CEO and CFO formally review the annual Form 990 with the board chairman and respond to questions from the board chairman and other board members once they have reviewed a copy of the draft document. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c All employees execute a formal disclosure document on an annual basis. Any apparent conflict is reported to the compliance officer, to legal counsel, and, if appropriate, to the full board. In March 2011 and 2010 the full NELC board executed formal conflict of interest disclosure forms for 2011 and 2010 respectively. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 CEO compensation is reviewed and approved by the officers of the NELC board and VHA of New England. All other NELC officers, and key employee compensation matters are administered internally with board oversight within the budget process and via board review of the employee compensation disclosed on the annual Form 990. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 The Organization's governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are made available to the public upon request. Changes in Net Assets or Fund Balances: Form 990, Part XI, line 5: Member Equity Contributions 100. Total to Form 990, Part XI, Line 5: 100. Oversight of Audit Process Form 990, Part XI, Line 2c: The audit process has not changed from the prior year. Explanation of Public Charity Status Schedule A, Part 1, Line 3: New England Life Care is a cooperative hospital service organization described in IRC section 170(b)(1)(A)(iii), and is comprised of a number of member hospitals. However, the Organization is not licensed in the State of Maine as a hospital. Accordingly, Schedule H is not being attached, as the Organization does not meet the definition of a hospital for purposes of Schedule H. Net Patient Service Revenue Explanation Form 990, Part VIII, Line 2a: Inception to date, NELC has provided $11,954,246 of uncompensated free care (Charity Care) to patients. Charity care services provided in 2011 amounted to $990,164.