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TO PROVIDE COMMON MANAGEMENT OF THE EXISTING AND FUTURE HEALTHCARE DELIVERY OPERATIONS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AND THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION. |
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THE UAB HEALTH SYSTEM (UABHS) IS AN ALABAMA NONPROFIT CORPORATION THAT OVERSEES THE ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER ACTIVITIES OF ITS TWO MEMBERS, THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION, WHICH COLLABORATIVELY PROVIDE QUALITY HEALTH CARE TO THE CITIZENS OF ALABAMA AND INDIVIDUALS FROM ACROSS THE NATION AND THE WORLD. UABHS MISSION IS TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF SOCIETY, PARTICULARLY THE CITIZENS OF ALABAMA, BY PROVIDING INNOVATIVE HEALTH SERVICES OF EXCEPTIONAL VALUE, QUALITY, AND SAFETY; A SUPERIOR ENVIRONMENT FOR THE EDUCATION OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS; AND SUPPORT FOR RESEARCH TO ADVANCE MEDICAL SCIENCE. UABHS SUPPORTS THE ACTIVITIES OF THE UAB SCHOOL OF MEDICINE BY OVERSEEING HOSPITAL AND CLINIC OPERATIONS, FOSTERING RESIDENCY AND FELLOWSHIP TRAINING PROGRAMS, SUPPORTING THE RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING OF FACULTY, AND CREATING HIGHLY INNOVATIVE, WELL-COORDINATED INTERDISCIPLINARY CLINICAL PROGRAMS AND RELATIONSHIPS THAT SERVE AS MODELS FOR HEALTH CARE EDUCATION AND DELIVERY. UABHS IS INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FOR ITS TRIPARTITE MISSION OF PROVIDING THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF PATIENT CARE, OUTSTANDING EDUCATION OF MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE IN MEDICINE THROUGH GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH IN AREAS SUCH AS ONCOLOGY, NEUROSCIENCES, TRANSPLANTATION, CARDIOLOGY, TRAUMA AND BURN TREATMENT, REHABILITATION, IMMUNOBIOLOGY, VIROLOGY, GENE THERAPY, AND GENOMICS. UABHS ENCOMPASSES THE LARGEST MULTISPECIALTY GROUP OF HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS IN ALABAMA, WITH APPROXIMATELY 1,500 PHYSICIANS SERVING PATIENTS FROM EVERY STATE IN THE NATION AND MANY COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD. IT IS A MAJOR REGIONAL TERTIARY REFERRAL CENTER THAT TREATS SOME OF THE MOST CRITICAL PATIENTS IN THE SOUTHEAST. IN FY2020, UABHS ENTITIES DISCHARGED 83,699 PATIENTS AND SAW 125,012 EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISITS. DESPITE THE FINANCIAL STRAIN IT PLACES ON THE ORGANIZATION, UABHS CARES FOR THE SICKEST, MOST VULNERABLE PATIENTS, SERVING AS A SAFETY NET FOR THOSE WHO ARE TURNED AWAY FROM OTHER CARE PROVIDERS. UABHS PROVIDES SIGNIFICANT CHARITY CARE TO INDIGENT PATIENTS NOT COVERED BY INSURANCE. UABHS ESTIMATED COST INCURRED FOR CHARITY CARE PROVIDED TO INDIGENT INDIVIDUALS IN FY2020 WAS $71,546,000. UABHS ALSO PROVIDES CARE TO A LARGE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAMS THAT MAY REIMBURSE BELOW COST. IN FY2020, UABHS UNREIMBURSED COST FOR TREATING MEDICAID PATIENTS WAS $38,283,000. IN ADDITION, UABHS ENTITIES PROVIDE HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO MANY INDIVIDUALS WHO CANNOT PAY FOR ALL OR ANY OF THEIR MEDICAL CARE. IN FY2020, THE COST FOR THIS BAD DEBT WAS $96,422,000. UNCOMPENSATED CARE COSTS DO NOT INCLUDE OTHER UNFUNDED COSTS OF CARE, SUCH AS UNDERPAYMENT FROM MEDICAID AND MEDICARE. THIS YEAR, UABHS SERVED AS A KEY PARTNER IN FIGHTING THE COVID-19 VIRUS IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA. IN ADDITION TO CARING FOR A SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE OF ALABAMAS COVID-19 PATIENTS, UABHS OPENED AND OPERATED A COMMUNITY COVID-19 TESTING SITE, WHERE IT TESTED MORE THAN 400,000 PATIENTS, EMPLOYEES, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. UABHS LEADERS SERVED ON DECISION-MAKING COMMITTEES FOR THE STATE AND WORKED WITH OTHER HOSPITALS IN OUR AREA TO COORDINATE MESSAGING AND POLICIES TO HELP FACILITATE UNIFIED MESSAGING ON VISITATION, MASKING, AND SCREENING POLICIES. SECTION 2: UABHS ENTITIES UABHS FLAGSHIP FACILITY IS THE 1,157-BED UAB HOSPITAL, ONE OF THE NATIONS LARGEST PUBLIC HOSPITALS. IT INCLUDES THE UAB WOMEN & INFANTS CENTER, SPAIN REHABILITATION CENTER, THE CENTER FOR PSYCHIATRIC MEDICINE, AND THE FREESTANDING UAB HOSPITAL-HIGHLANDS. AS ALABAMAS ONLY LEVEL 1 TRAUMA CENTER (AS DESIGNATED BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS), UAB HOSPITAL PROVIDES CARE FOR MANY OF THE MOST SERIOUS INJURIES THAT OCCUR ANYWHERE IN THE STATE THROUGH ITS EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, OPERATING ROOMS, TRAUMA/BURN UNIT, AND SPAIN REHABILITATION CENTER, WHICH IS ONE OF THE SOUTHEASTS FOREMOST PROVIDERS OF COMPREHENSIVE REHABILITATION CARE. THE WOMEN & INFANTS CENTER OFFERS ADVANCED SERVICES AND THE LATEST MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY TO CARE FOR HEALTHY AND HIGH-RISK PREGNANT WOMEN, HEALTHY AND HIGH-RISK NEWBORNS, AND WOMEN RECEIVING CARE FOR A VARIETY OF GYNECOLOGICAL PROBLEMS, INCLUDING GYNECOLOGICAL CANCERS. IT INCLUDES UABS REGIONAL NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (RNICU), THE STATES LARGEST. TOGETHER WITH CHILDREN'S OF ALABAMA, UAB OFFERS THE ONLY LEVEL IV NICU IN ALABAMA DESIGNATED BY THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS AS THE HIGHEST AND MOST COMPREHENSIVE LEVEL OF CARE AVAILABLE. UAB HOSPITAL-HIGHLANDS IS A GENERAL ACUTE CARE COMPONENT ADJACENT TO CAMPUS THAT PROVIDES AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT FOR NON-TRAUMATIC AND NON-CATASTROPHIC CASES, COMPREHENSIVE SURGICAL AND NONSURGICAL TREATMENT FOR BONE AND JOINT DISORDERS, SURGICAL UROLOGY, A SPECIALIZED UNIT FOR FRAGILITY FRACTURES, THE UAB SLEEP-WAKE DISORDERS CENTER, THE UAB GAMMA KNIFE CENTER, AND THE UAB PAIN TREATMENT CLINIC, WHICH SERVES PATIENTS WITH ACUTE AND CHRONIC CONDITIONS INCLUDING INTRACTABLE CANCER PAIN. IT ALSO HOUSES THE ACUTE CARE FOR ELDERS (ACE) UNIT, THE REGIONS FIRST MODEL INPATIENT UNIT FOR COORDINATED GERIATRIC CARE. THE ACE UNIT FOCUSES ON MAINTAINING PATIENT FUNCTION BY UTILIZING AN INTERDISCIPLINARY CARE TEAM TRAINED IN GERIATRICS TO AGGRESSIVELY MANAGE GERIATRIC SYNDROMES, WHILE A HOSPITALIST PHYSICIAN MANAGES EACH PATIENTS ACUTE MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS. UABHS ALSO INCLUDES CALLAHAN EYE HOSPITAL, THE KIRKLIN CLINIC OF UAB HOSPITAL, WHITAKER CLINIC OF UAB HOSPITAL, VIVA HEALTH, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION (UAHSF). UAHSF SUPPORTS AMBULATORY SERVICES THROUGH 39 SPECIALTIES AND 179 SUB-SPECIALTIES IN MORE THAN 200 CLINICS ACROSS THE BIRMINGHAM COMMUNITY. IN 2020, OVER 1,500 PHYSICIANS AND ADVANCED PRACTICE PROVIDERS DELIVERED EXCEPTIONAL SPECIALTY CARE SERVICES TO 1.48 MILLION PATIENTS FROM ACROSS THE WORLD. UABHS SUPPORTS MORE THAN 100 SPECIALIZED CENTERS FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH, CLINICAL CARE, AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH, THE LARGEST BEING THE ONEAL COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER AT UAB, WHICH HAS HELD THE HIGHEST NCI DESIGNATION FOR MORE THAN 40 CONSECUTIVE YEARS. CALLAHAN EYE HOSPITAL (CEH) IS THE ONLY SPECIALTY EYE HOSPITAL IN ALABAMA AND ONE OF ONLY A FEW FACILITIES IN THE WORLD ENTIRELY DEDICATED TO ADVANCEMENTS IN OPHTHALMOLOGY. AS SUCH, CEH IS A KEY SERVICE OF UAB HEALTH SYSTEM AND OPERATES THE TEACHING PROGRAM FOR THE UAB SCHOOL OF MEDICINE DEPARTMENT OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AND VISUAL SCIENCES. THE HOSPITAL AND ITS COMMUNITY CLINICS TREAT MORE THAN 130,000 OPHTHALMIC PATIENTS EACH YEAR AND OFFER THE ONLY 24/7 EYE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND LEVEL I OCULAR TRAUMA CENTER IN THE STATE. PERFORMING MORE THAN 13,000 SURGERIES EACH YEAR, CEH DELIVERS EXCELLENCE IN SURGERY FOR EYE TRAUMA; RETINAL, VITREOUS, AND CORNEAL ISSUES; CORNEA TRANSPLANT; GLAUCOMA; CATARACTS (INCLUDING LASER CATARACT PROCEDURES); OCULOPLASTICS; ORBITAL RECONSTRUCTION; AND PEDIATRIC EYE ISSUES. CEH SPONSORS OR PARTNERS WITH ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE EYESIGHT FOUNDATION OF ALABAMA, SIGHT SAVERS OF AMERICA, AND THE ALABAMA LIONS SIGHT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION TO PROVIDE OCULAR SCREENING SERVICES TO UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS IN ALABAMA. OTHER UABHS OPERATIONS INCLUDE: - UAB MEDICINE PRIMARY & SPECIALTY CARE OF GARDENDALE IS A STATE-OF-THE-ART MEDICAL COMPLEX THAT OFFERS PRIMARY AND SPECIALTY CARE SERVICES, AN ADJACENT FREESTANDING EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, AND A UAB CALLAHAN EYE HOSPITAL CLINIC WITH FULL-SERVICE OPTICAL STORE. - UAB MEDICINE PRIMARY AND SPECIALTY CARE OF HOOVER. - THE KIRKLIN CLINIC AT ACTON ROAD, WHICH OFFERS COMPREHENSIVE CANCER, CARDIOLOGY, AND OTHER EXCEPTIONAL CLINICAL SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF BIRMINGHAM. - UAB MEDICINE LEEDS, A PRIMARY CARE CLINIC COMBINED WITH A FULL AMBULATORY IMAGING FACILITY. - UAB MEDICINE URGENT CARE, THE FIRST URGENT CARE SITE FOR UAB MEDICINE, DESIGNED TO SERVE PATIENTS WITH ACUTE ISSUES, MINOR LACERATIONS, ORTHOPEDIC INJURIES, ETC. - SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CENTERS DEDICATED TO SERVING PATIENTS THROUGHOUT THE METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA, AS WELL AS HEALTH CENTERS IN OTHER LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE STATE INCLUDING HUNTSVILLE, MONTGOMERY, AND SELMA. - VIVA HEALTH, AN ALABAMA-BASED HEALTH PLAN COVERING MORE THAN 270,000 ENROLLEES ACROSS COMMERCIAL, MEDICARE ADVANTAGE, AND MEDICAID HEALTH HOMES, WHICH OFFERS QUALITY HEALTH CARE COVERAGE AT AN AFFORDABLE PRICE. - THE VALLEY FOUNDATION IN HUNTSVILLE, A GROUP MEDICAL PRACTICE FOR PHYSICIANS ORGANIZED EXCLUSIVELY FOR EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND CHARITABLE PURPOSES TO ASSIST AND AID UABHS. - OPHTHALMOLOGY SERVICES FOUNDATION, THE CLINICAL PRACTICE COMPONENT OF THE UAB DEPARTMENT OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AND VISUAL SCIENCES. |
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BREMSS HAS PROVIDED A REGIONAL TRAUMA SYSTEM SINCE 1996, A STROKE SYSTEM SINCE 2000, AND A STEMI SYSTEM SINCE 2010. THESE ACUTE CARE SYSTEMS PROVIDE FOR CENTRALIZED ROUTING OF ALL ACUTE-EVENT PATIENTS, INCLUSIVE OF PATIENT OUTCOMES AND EMT EDUCATION. THE TRAUMA SYSTEM HAS LOWERED TRAUMA MORTALITY BY GREATER THAN 12%, AND THE STROKE SYSTEM HAS LOWERED STROKE MORTALITY BY GREATER THAN 7.6%. BREMSS FUNCTIONS AS AN AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION TRAINING CENTER, AND, IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE UAB TRAUMA PROGRAM, IT ALSO PROVIDES ADVANCED TRAUMA LIFE SUPPORT TO MORE THAN 200 DOCTORS AND ADVANCED BURN SUPPORT TO MORE THAN 100 HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS EACH YEAR. UNDER A GRANT FROM THE ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, BREMSS OPERATES THE ALABAMA TRAUMA COMMUNICATIONS CENTER (ATCC), WHICH ANNUALLY ROUTES MORE THAN 10,000 SERIOUSLY INJURED TRAUMA PATIENTS TO RECOGNIZED TRAUMA AND STROKE HOSPITALS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. THE ATCC ALSO ACTS AS THE HUB FOR PATIENT ROUTING OF SERIOUSLY INJURED PATIENTS IN MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS STATEWIDE. UAB MEDICINE PHYSICIANS PERFORMED ALABAMAS FIRST ORGAN TRANSPLANT IN 1968; SINCE THAT TIME, THE TRANSPLANT PROGRAM HAS PERFORMED MORE THAN 15,000 SOLID ORGAN TRANSPLANTS. UABS TRANSPLANT PROGRAM IS THE LARGEST COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM IN THE SOUTH AND LEADS THE NATION IN LIVING DONOR TRANSPLANTATION, WITH ALMOST 4,000 TRANSPLANTS TO DATE. UAB PERFORMS KIDNEY, LIVER, HEART, LUNG, AND PANCREAS SOLID ORGAN TRANSPLANTS, AND IT CURRENTLY HAS THE NATIONS LONGEST ONGOING KIDNEY TRANSPLANT CHAIN, ENCOMPASSING MORE THAN 120 TRANSPLANTS. UAB IS KNOWN AS AN INNOVATOR IN PROVIDING ACCESS TO TRANSPLANTATION FOR PATIENTS IN NEED. IT SEEKS TO INCREASE THE AVAILABILITY OF ORGANS FOR TRANSPLANTATION BY OFFERING TRANSPLANTATION FROM HEPATITIS C-POSITIVE DONORS, TREATMENT FOR HIGHLY SENSITIZED PATIENTS, ABO-INCOMPATIBLE TRANSPLANTATION, SPLIT-LIVER TRANSPLANTS, AND THROUGH EFFORTS TO OPTIMIZE THE RECOVERY AND PRESERVATION OF ORGANS. UAB IS ONE OF A SELECT NUMBER OF TRANSPLANT CENTERS PERFORMING TRANSPLANTS UNDER THE HIV ORGAN POLICY EQUITY ACT (ALSO KNOWN AS THE HOPE ACT), WHICH PROVIDES TRANSPLANT OPPORTUNITIES FOR CANDIDATES WITH HIV WHO ARE WILLING TO ACCEPT ORGAN OFFERS FROM HIV-POSITIVE DONORS. THE UAB SPINAL CORD INJURY MODEL SYSTEM (SCIMS) IS ONE OF 14 SUCH SYSTEMS AND THE LONGEST CONTINUALLY RECOGNIZED MODEL SYSTEM SINCE FUNDING BEGAN IN THE EARLY 1970S. FUNDED BY THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DISABILITY, INDEPENDENT LIVING, AND REHABILITATION RESEARCH (NIDILRR), A PART OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS), IT HELPS RECOGNIZE NATIONAL LEADERS IN MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PATIENT CARE AND PROVIDE THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF COMPREHENSIVE SPECIALTY SERVICES, FROM THE POINT OF INJURY THROUGH REHABILITATION AND RE-ENTRY INTO FULL COMMUNITY LIFE. IT ALSO INCLUDES LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP, RESEARCH, AND THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION. SIMILARLY, THE UAB TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY MODEL SYSTEM HAS ALSO RECEIVED HHS FUNDING SINCE 1998, AND IT IS CURRENTLY ONE OF 16 NATIONAL TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY MODEL SYSTEMS. THESE GRANTS ARE AWARDED TO NATIONAL LEADERS IN MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PATIENT CARE TO PROVIDE THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF COMPREHENSIVE SPECIALTY SERVICES FROM THE POINT OF INJURY THROUGH EVENTUAL RE-ENTRY INTO FULL COMMUNITY LIFE. UAB IS ONE OF ONLY SEVEN CENTERS IN THE NATION TO BECOME A MEMBER OF TWO FEDERAL NETWORKS FOR RESEARCH AND CARE OF PREGNANT WOMEN AND THEIR BABIES, THOSE BEING THE MATERNAL-FETAL MEDICINE UNITS NETWORK AND THE NEONATAL RESEARCH NETWORK OF THE NIH. THESE PARTNERSHIPS HAVE PRODUCED GROUNDBREAKING ACHIEVEMENTS IN OBSTETRICS AND NEONATOLOGY RESEARCH TO IDENTIFY INTERVENTIONS TO HELP REDUCE MATERNAL AND NEONATAL MORTALITY AND SERIOUS MORBIDITIES WHILE ELIMINATING THOSE INTERVENTIONS THAT ARE NOT USEFUL. THE OBSTETRIC UNIT CARES FOR THE MOST COMPLEX (HIGH-RISK) PREGNANCIES (MOTHER AND/OR BABY) IN ALABAMA. MORE THAN 600 LOW-BIRTH-WEIGHT BABIES AND NEARLY 1,000 PRETERM BABIES (FEWER THAN 37 WEEKS OF GESTATION) ARE BORN AT UAB HOSPITAL EACH YEAR, REPRESENTING THE MAJORITY OF THE HIGHEST RISK BABIES IN THE STATE. IN ADDITION, MANY CRITICALLY ILL NEONATES ARE TRANSPORTED TO UAB HOSPITAL FROM OTHER HOSPITALS FOR CARE IN THE STATES ONLY LEVEL IV REGIONAL NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (RNICU). THESE COMBINED SERVICES ACT AS AN OBSTETRICAL AND NEONATAL "SAFETY NET". UAB IS THE ONLY FACILITY IN ALABAMA AND THE NEIGHBORING REGION WITH NEONATOLOGISTS AND MATERNAL-FETAL MEDICINE SPECIALISTS IN-HOUSE 24 HOURS A DAY, 7 DAYS A WEEK. UAB SCHOOL OF MEDICINE FACULTY DIRECT THE CIVITAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER (CIRC) WHICH HAS AS ITS MISSION IMPROVING THE WELL-BEING AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AFFECTED BY INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS WITH RARE DISORDERS THAT OFTEN HAVE DIFFICULTY FINDING A MEDICAL HOME THAT OFFERS STATE-OF-THE-ART TREATMENT FROM QUALIFIED SPECIALISTS. CIRC FACULTY SEEK TO EXPAND KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES THROUGH CONDUCTING BASIC AND APPLIED RESEARCH AND USING THIS KNOWLEDGE TO DEVELOP AND PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY, EXEMPLARY SERVICES AND PROGRAMS, INTERDISCIPLINARY CLINICAL AND RESEARCH TRAINING IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, AND A TIMELY EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION WITH CONSUMERS, PRACTITIONERS, SCIENTISTS, AND SOCIETY. THE UAB DEPARTMENT OF GENETICS, A COMPONENT OF THE UAB SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, DELIVERS OUTSTANDING CARE FOR PATIENTS AND FAMILIES WITH OR AT RISK FOR GENETIC CONDITIONS. THE DEPARTMENT PROVIDES COMMUNITY EDUCATION; COMPREHENSIVE PRENATAL, PEDIATRIC, AND ADULT INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT GENETIC SERVICES, INCLUDING DIAGNOSIS, MEDICAL MANAGEMENT, GENETIC COUNSELING, AND CLINICAL TRIALS OF NEW TREATMENTS; STATE-OF-THE-ART LABORATORY SERVICES, INCLUDING CYTOGENETICS, MOLECULAR GENETICS, AND BIOCHEMICAL GENETICS; AND EXCEPTIONAL CLINICS THAT OFFER UNCOMMON SERVICES, SUCH AS THE MARFAN SYNDROME CLINIC. FOR SOME CONDITIONS, SUCH AS NEUROFIBROMATOSIS, TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS COMPLEX, AND LYSOSOMAL STORAGE DISORDERS, THE DEPARTMENT IS A NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL REFERRAL SOURCE. THE DEPARTMENT ALSO IS HOME TO THE UAB UNDIAGNOSED DISEASES PROGRAM, WHICH OFFERS COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH COMPLEX MULTI-SYSTEM DISORDERS THAT HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT TO DIAGNOSE. THE PROGRAM IS ABLE TO OFFER WHOLE- GENOME SEQUENCING TO HELP IDENTIFY RARE GENETIC CAUSES FOR COMPLEX DISORDERS. IN 2017, THE DEPARTMENT LAUNCHED A NEW STATEWIDE PROGRAM, THE ALABAMA GENOMIC HEALTH INITIATIVE, WHICH WILL PROVIDE GENOMIC ANALYSIS OF 10,000 INDIVIDUALS IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA, RESULTING IN A RESEARCH DATABASE AND BIOBANK. IN 2018, THE DEPARTMENT LAUNCHED THE ALL OF US RESEARCH PROGRAM, A NATIONWIDE RESEARCH EFFORT FUNDED BY THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH TO ADVANCE INDIVIDUALIZED PREVENTION, TREATMENT, AND CARE FOR PEOPLE OF ALL BACKGROUNDS. IT AIMS TO RECRUIT 93,000 PARTICIPANTS FROM ALABAMA, LOUISIANA, AND MISSISSIPPI OVER FIVE YEARS. SECTION 5: PROVISION OF ESSENTIAL HEALTH SERVICES UAB HOSPITAL HAS BEEN RANKED ON U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT'S "BEST HOSPITALS" LIST FOR 26 CONSECUTIVE YEARS, AND IT IS RANKED NO. 1 IN ALABAMA. THE CLINICAL ENTERPRISE OFFERS CUTTING-EDGE PATIENT CARE, TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED FACILITIES, DOCTORS AT THE TOP OF THEIR FIELDS OF EXPERTISE, AND NURSES AND MEDICAL STAFF WHO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR THEIR PATIENTS EVERY DAY. TO MAINTAIN AND EXTEND ITS EXCELLENCE, UABHS HAS UNDERTAKEN MAJOR PROCESSES TO KEEP PATIENT SATISFACTION, QUALITY, SAFETY, AND OTHER FACTORS AT A HIGH LEVEL. UABHS IS A MAJOR REFERRAL CENTER OFFERING A COMPREHENSIVE RANGE OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES AS WELL AS SPECIALTY AND SUBSPECIALTY CARE, INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF CARDIOVASCULAR CARE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE CARDIAC, UROLOGICAL, AND GYNECOLOGICAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ROBOTIC SURGERY; NEUROSURGERY; COMPREHENSIVE CANCER SERVICES; COMPREHENSIVE TREATMENT OF HIV/AIDS; GERIATRICS; EMERGENCY HYPERBARIC WOUND CARE; RHEUMATOLOGY; DERMATOLOGY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN; TRANSPLANTATION; AND MANY OTHERS. MORE THAN 48,000 SURGERIES WERE PERFORMED IN FY2020. ALABAMAS DIABETES AND OBESITY RATES ARE AMONG THE HIGHEST IN THE NATION, AND UABHS FACILITIES INCLUDE A COMPREHENSIVE DIABETES CENTER WHOSE FACULTY ARE ENGAGED IN PROVIDING THE HIGHEST QUALITY INNOVATIVE CARE TO PATIENTS WITH DIABETES; CONDUCTING CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES AND MECHANISMS OF DIABETES; AND TRAINING FUTURE GENERATIONS OF DIABETES CLINICIANS AND RESEARCHERS. UAB HOSPITALS INPATIENT DIABETES AND GLYCEMIC CONTROL PROGRAM NOW IDENTIFIES AND TREATS ALL PATIENTS ENTERING THE HOSPITAL AND REFERS NEW OR PROBLEMATIC PATIENTS TO NEWLY FORMED FOLLOW-UP CLINICS. |
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UAB MEDICINE PHYSICIANS PERFORMED THEIR FIRST KIDNEY TRANSPLANT IN 1968; SINCE THAT TIME, THE TRANSPLANT PROGRAM HAS PERFORMED MORE THAN 14,000 SOLID ORGAN TRANSPLANTS. UABS TRANSPLANT PROGRAM IS THE LARGEST COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM IN THE SOUTH AND LEADS THE NATION IN LIVING DONOR TRANSPLANTATION, WITH ALMOST 4,000 TRANSPLANTS TO DATE. UAB PERFORMS KIDNEY, LIVER, HEART, LUNG, AND PANCREAS SOLID ORGAN TRANSPLANTS, AND IT CURRENTLY HAS THE NATIONS LONGEST ONGOING KIDNEY TRANSPLANT CHAIN, ENCOMPASSING MORE THAN 115 TRANSPLANTS. UAB IS ALSO KNOWN AS AN INNOVATOR IN PROVIDING ACCESS TO TRANSPLANTATION FOR PATIENTS IN NEED. IT SEEKS TO INCREASE THE AVAILABILITY OF ORGANS FOR TRANSPLANTATION, OFFERING TRANSPLANTATION FROM HEPATITIS C-POSITIVE DONORS, TREATMENT FOR HIGHLY SENSITIZED PATIENTS, ABO-INCOMPATIBLE TRANSPLANTATION, AND SPLIT-LIVER TRANSPLANT, AS WELL AS EFFORTS TO OPTIMIZE THE RECOVERY AND PRESERVATION OF ORGANS. UAB IS ALSO ONE OF A SELECT NUMBER OF TRANSPLANT CENTERS PERFORMING TRANSPLANTS UNDER THE HIV ORGAN POLICY EQUITY ACT (ALSO KNOWN AS THE HOPE ACT), WHICH PROVIDES TRANSPLANT OPPORTUNITIES FOR CANDIDATES WITH HIV WHO ARE WILLING TO ACCEPT ORGAN OFFERS FROM HIV-POSITIVE DONORS. THE UAB SPINAL CORD INJURY MODEL SYSTEM (SCIMS) IS ONE OF 14 SUCH SYSTEMS AND THE LONGEST CONTINUALLY RECOGNIZED MODEL SYSTEM SINCE FUNDING BEGAN IN THE EARLY 1970S. FUNDED BY THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DISABILITY, INDEPENDENT LIVING, AND REHABILITATION RESEARCH (NIDILRR), A PART OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS), IT HELPS RECOGNIZE NATIONAL LEADERS IN MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PATIENT CARE AND PROVIDE THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF COMPREHENSIVE SPECIALTY SERVICES, FROM THE POINT OF INJURY THROUGH REHABILITATION AND RE-ENTRY INTO FULL COMMUNITY LIFE. IT ALSO INCLUDES LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP, RESEARCH, AND THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION. SIMILARLY, THE UAB TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY MODEL SYSTEM HAS ALSO RECEIVED HHS FUNDING SINCE 1998, AND IT IS CURRENTLY ONE OF 16 NATIONAL TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY MODEL SYSTEMS. THESE GRANTS ARE AWARDED TO NATIONAL LEADERS IN MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PATIENT CARE TO PROVIDE THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF COMPREHENSIVE SPECIALTY SERVICES FROM THE POINT OF INJURY THROUGH EVENTUAL RE-ENTRY INTO FULL COMMUNITY LIFE. UAB IS ONE OF ONLY SEVEN CENTERS IN THE NATION TO BECOME A MEMBER OF TWO FEDERAL NETWORKS FOR RESEARCH AND CARE OF PREGNANT WOMEN AND THEIR BABIES, THOSE BEING THE MATERNAL-FETAL MEDICINE UNITS NETWORK AND THE NEONATAL RESEARCH NETWORK OF THE NIH. THESE PARTNERSHIPS HAVE PRODUCED GROUNDBREAKING ACHIEVEMENTS IN OBSTETRICS AND NEONATOLOGY RESEARCH TO IDENTIFY INTERVENTIONS TO HELP REDUCE MATERNAL AND NEONATAL MORTALITY AND SERIOUS MORBIDITIES WHILE ELIMINATING THOSE INTERVENTIONS THAT ARE NOT USEFUL. THE OBSTETRIC UNIT CARES FOR THE MOST COMPLEX (HIGH-RISK) PREGNANCIES (MOTHER AND/OR BABY) IN ALABAMA. MORE THAN 600 LOW-BIRTH-WEIGHT BABIES AND NEARLY 1,000 PRETERM BABIES (FEWER THAN 37 WEEKS OF GESTATION) ARE BORN AT UAB HOSPITAL EACH YEAR, REPRESENTING THE MAJORITY OF THE HIGHEST RISK BABIES IN THE STATE. IN ADDITION, MANY CRITICALLY ILL NEONATES ARE TRANSPORTED TO UAB HOSPITAL FROM OTHER HOSPITALS FOR CARE IN THE STATES ONLY LEVEL IV REGIONAL NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (RNICU). THESE COMBINED SERVICES ACT AS AN OBSTETRICAL AND NEONATAL "SAFETEY NET". UAB IS THE ONLY FACILITY IN ALABAMA AND THE NEIGHBORING REGION WITH NEONATOLOGISTS AND MATERNAL-FETAL MEDICINE SPECILISTS IN-HOUSE 24 HOURS A DAY, 7 DAYS A WEEK. UAB SCHOOL OF MEDICINE FACULTY DIRECT THE CIVITAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER (CIRC) WHICH HAS AS ITS MISSION IMPROVING THE WELL-BEING AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AFFECTED BY INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS WITH RARE DISORDERS THAT OFTEN HAVE DIFFICULTY FINDING A MEDICAL HOME THAT OFFERS STATE-OF-THE-ART TREATMENT FROM QUALIFIED SPECIALISTS. CIRC FACULTY SEEK TO EXPAND KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES THROUGH CONDUCTING BASIC AND APPLIED RESEARCH AND USING THIS KNOWLEDGE TO DEVELOP AND PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY, EXEMPLARY SERVICES AND PROGRAMS, INTERDISCIPLINARY CLINICAL AND RESEARCH TRAINING IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, AND A TIMELY EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION WITH CONSUMERS, PRACTITIONERS, SCIENTISTS, AND SOCIETY. THE UAB DEPARTMENT OF GENETICS, A COMPONENT OF THE UAB SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, DELIVERS OUTSTANDING CARE FOR PATIENTS AND FAMILIES WITH OR AT RISK FOR GENETIC CONDITIONS. THE DEPARTMENT PROVIDES COMMUNITY EDUCATION; COMPREHENSIVE PRENATAL, PEDIATRIC, AND ADULT INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT GENETIC SERVICES, INCLUDING DIAGNOSIS, MEDICAL MANAGEMENT, GENETIC COUNSELING, AND CLINICAL TRIALS OF NEW TREATMENTS; STATE-OF-THE-ART LABORATORY SERVICES, INCLUDING CYTOGENETICS, MOLECULAR GENETICS, AND BIOCHEMICAL GENETICS; AND EXCEPTIONAL CLINICS THAT OFFER UNCOMMON SERVICES, SUCH AS THE MARFAN SYNDROME CLINIC. FOR SOME CONDITIONS,SUCH AS NEUROFIBROMATOSIS, TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS COMPLEX, AND LYSOSOMAL STORAGE DISORDERS, THE DEPARTMENT IS A NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL REFERRAL SOURCE. THE DEPARTMENT ALSO IS HOME TO THE UAB UNDIAGNOSED DISEASES PROGRAM, WHICH OFFERS COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH COMPLEX MULTI-SYSTEM DISORDERS THAT HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT TO DIAGNOSE. THE PROGRAM IS ABLE TO OFFER WHOLE-GENOME SEQUENCING TO HELP IDENTIFY RARE GENETIC CAUSES FOR COMPLEX DISORDERS. IN 2017, THE DEPARTMENT LAUNCHED A NEW STATEWIDE PROGRAM, THE ALABAMA GENOMIC HEALTH INITIATIVE, WHICH WILL PROVIDE GENOMIC ANALYSIS OF 10,000 INDIVIDUALS IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA, RESULTING IN A RESEARCH DATABASE AND BIOBANK. IN 2018, THE DEPARTMENT LAUNCED THE ALL OF US RESEARCH PROGRAM - A NATIONWIDE RESEARCH EFFORT FUNDED BY THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH TO ADVANCE INDIVIDUALIZED PREVENTION, TREATMENT, AND CARE FOR PEOPLE OF ALL BACKGROUNDS. IT AIMS TO RECRUIT 93,000 PARTICIPANTS FROM ALABAMA, LOUISIANA, AND MISSISSIPPI OVER FIVE YEARS. |
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THE MISSION OF THE UAB CENTER FOR AIDS RESEARCH (CFAR) IS TO SUPPORT CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH IN BASIC SCIENCE, THERAPEUTICS, PREVENTION, COMMUNITY ENGAGED RESEARCH, AND CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS AND PATHOGENESIS OF HIV AND RELATED DISORDERS. FIVE CORE FACILITIES PROVIDE VITAL SUPPORT FOR THE CENTERS PRINCIPAL THEMATIC AREAS OF ITS SCIENTIFIC AGENDA. THE CENTER INCLUDES 185 MEMBERS FROM OVER 30 DIVISIONS AND DEPARTMENTS WITHIN UAB. THE GOALS OF THE CENTER ARE TO (1) ENHANCE THE PRODUCTIVITY OF ONGOING RESEARCH PROGRAMS BY ENABLING INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH THROUGH THE PROVISION OF CRITICAL SHARED RESOURCE FACILITIES AND ADMINISTRATIVE AND FISCAL MANAGEMENT SUPPORT TO CENTER INVESTIGATORS (2) USE ROBUST STRATEGIC PLANNING METHODS TO IDENTIFY NEW RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES AND PRIORITIES THAT ALIGN WITH EXISTING CFAR PROGRAMS AND FOSTER NEW RESEARCH PROGRAMS WHERE NONE ARE IN EXISTENCE, BUT WHERE FACULTY INTEREST IS EVIDENT; (3) STIMULATE THE ENTRY OF EARLY-STAGE AND ESTABLISHED FACULTY INTO HIV/AIDS RESEARCH PROGRAMS THROUGH MENTORING PROGRAMS FOR YOUNG INVESTIGATORS AND THROUGH A ROBUST, PEER-REVIEWED DEVELOPMENTAL GRANTS PROGRAM; (4) PROVIDE A CENTRAL FOCUS FOR HIV/AIDS RESEARCH ACTIVITIES AT UAB THAT EMPHASIZE EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION AMONG CFAR MEMBERS WITH THE WIDER HIV/AIDS RESEARCH COMMUNITY; AND (5) PROMOTE FACULTY RECRUITMENT AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT IN AREAS THAT REFLECT THE ONGOING EVOLUTION OF HIV/AIDS RESEARCH IN ALABAMA, THE UNITED STATES, AND AROUND THE WORLD. THE UAB CFAR WILL FOSTER HIV/AIDS RESEARCH THAT HAS HIGH LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL IMPACT AND IN SO DOING WILL PROMOTE THE NIH PRIORITIES OF INNOVATION AND EFFECTIVENESS IN HIV/AIDS TREATMENT AND PREVENTION. THE ALABAMA COALITION FOR TESTING, INTERVENTIONS, AND ENGAGEMENT IN HCV CARE (ACTIVE-C) RECEIVED A $1.5 MILLION GRANT FROM THE GILEAD FOUNDATION TO LEAD A DYNAMIC AND INNOVATIVE COLLABORATION AMONG ACADEMIC, FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS, OTHER COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, AND LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS TO FIGHT HEPATITIS C IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA. THE UAB CFAR AND THE UAB LIVER CENTER ARE THE ADMINISTRATIVE HUBS FOR THIS NETWORK, LEVERAGING EXPERTISE IN FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION, HEALTH INFORMATICS, DATA SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT, MANAGEMENT OF LARGE NETWORKS, AND MEDICAL EDUCATION. SECTION 6: ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE UABHS SUPPORTS WIDE-RANGING, CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH. SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS OF RESEARCH EXCELLENCE (SPORES) INCLUDE CANCER, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THIS YEAR LUNG AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES, PARTICULARLY COVID-19. THESE ARE COMPETITIVE PROGRAMS FUNDED BY A BROAD RANGE OF NIH INSTITUTES THAT PROMOTE INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH, WITH A GOAL OF MOVING BASIC RESEARCH FINDINGS RAPIDLY FROM THE LABORATORY TO CLINICAL SETTINGS. UABHS CLINICIAN-SCIENTISTS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN PIONEERING RESEARCH IN A NUMBER OF DISCIPLINES. UAB SCIENTISTS WERE AMONG THE FIRST TO ENGAGE IN CLINICAL TRIALS FOR COVID-19 TREATMENTS AND ARE AT THE FOREFRONT OF DEVELOPING TREATMENTS FOR CYSTIC FIBROSIS, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, AND NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE. OUR RESEARCHERS ARE ALSO DEVELOPING NEW PROGRAMS TO UNDERSTAND HEALTH DISPARITIES IN THE STATE, INCLUDING RECENT FUNDING TO UNDERSTAND HOW ENVIRONMENTAL TOXINS HAVE IMPACTED THE PREVIOUSLY HIGHLY INDUSTRIALIZED REGIONS OF THE STATE. WITH THE APPOINTMENT OF A NEW DIRECTOR OF THE ONEAL COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER AT UAB, PROGRAMS ARE NOW IN PLACE TO TEST NEW THERAPIES FOR THE TREATMENT OF A BROAD RANGE OF CANCERS. SECTION 7: PUBLIC EDUCATION UABHS HOSTS A NUMBER OF WELLNESS AND SCREENING PROGRAMS FOR THE PUBLIC IN AREAS SUCH AS UROLOGY, DERMATOLOGY, VASCULAR HEALTH, HEART HEALTH, GENERAL HEALTH, AND OTHER FIELDS. UABHS FACULTY ROUTINELY PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL TALKS AND PROGRAMS FOR THE PUBLIC ON TOPICS SUCH AS PSORIASIS, HEART HEALTH, SELF-CARE FOR DIABETES, AND OTHER SUBJECTS. UAB MEDICAL STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENTS, PERFORMING BLOOD PRESSURE, BLOOD GLUCOSE, AND WEIGHT EVALUATIONS AT HOMELESS SHELTERS AND BUSINESSES IN THE BIRMINGHAM AREA. INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATING IN THESE COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENTS ALSO RECEIVE COUNSELING ON DIET AND SMOKING CESSATION. DUE TO COVID-19 THESE TYPICAL IN-PERSON EFFORTS WERE GREATLY DECREASED THIS YEAR. HOWEVER, WE FOUND NEW WAYS TO DELIVER IMPORTANT HEALTH INFORMATION TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH INCREASED ENGAGEMENT OF PUBLIC MEDIA AND TOPICAL WEBINARS. SECTION 8: PROVISION OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS UABHS SUPPORTS CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH THE BENEVOLENT FUND, UABS OWN SYSTEM OF SUPPORTING NONPROFIT HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES BY PROVIDING A MECHANISM FOR UAB EMPLOYEES TO HELP THOSE IN NEED IN THE BIRMINGHAM AREA. IN 2020, THE FUND CONTRIBUTED $1.59 MILLION TO LOCAL HEALTH CHARITIES, UNITED WAY AGENCIES, AND THE UAB EMPLOYEE EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. |
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UAB HEALTH SYSTEM MANAGES AND COORDINATES THE HEALTH CARE DELIVERY OPERATIONS, INCLUDING REVENUE CYCLE FUNCTIONS, DELEGATED TO IT BY ITS MEMBERS, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AND THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION, P.C. AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2016, NAVIGANT CYMETRIX CORPORATION, A DELAWARE CORPORATION ("NAVIGANT CYMETRIX") BEGAN MANAGING AND PERFORMING CERTAIN REVENUE CYCLE MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR UAB HEALTH SYSTEM PURSUANT TO A SERVICES AGREEMENT ("AGREEMENT") WITH AN INITIAL SEVEN (7) YEAR TERM. UAB HEALTH SYSTEM HAS NOT DELEGATED FULL CONTROL OVER THESE MANAGEMENT DUTIES TO NAVIGANT CYMETRIX, AS THE AGREEMENT SETS FORTH A SHARED GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE WHEREBY MANAGEMENT AND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEES WITH EQUAL REPRESENTATION FROM UAB HEALTH SYSTEM AND NAVIGANT CYMETRIX PARTICIPATE IN AND ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEWING OPERATIONS, SETTING AND REVIEWING STRATEGY, REVIEWING ANY FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES IN GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE, AND ADDRESSING ONGOING OPERATIONAL ISSUES AND ANY MATTERS THE PARTIES AGREE SHOULD BE ADDRESSED THROUGH THE COMMITTEES. IN ADDITION TO SHARED GOVERNANCE AND A RELATIVELY SHORT TERM, UAB HEALTH SYSTEM HAS THE ABILITY TO TERMINATE THE AGREEMENT WITHOUT CAUSE AFTER OCTOBER 1, 2018 WITH TWELVE MONTHS NOTICE. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE MANY FOR CAUSE TERMINATION PROVISIONS IN THE AGREEMENT. |
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UAB HEALTH SYSTEM ("UABHS"THE ORGANIZATION") HAS TWO MEMBERS, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AND THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION, P.C. EACH MEMBER APPOINTS 9 OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE UABHS BOARD. |
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MEMBER APPROVAL IS REQUIRED FOR: 1) SALE, LEASE OR OTHER DISPOSITION, OTHER THAN IN THE ORDINARY COURSE OF BUSINESS, OF ANY UABHS MATERIAL OPERATING ASSETS; 2) UABHS ASSIGNMENT OF ITS RIGHTS TO A THIRD PARTY; 3) ADDITION OF NEW MEMBERS TO UABHS; 4) ISSUANCE OR INCURRENCE OF DEBT BY UABHS; AND 5) ANY CAPITAL EXPENDITURE BY UABHS WITH ITS OWN FUNDS OVER $5,000,000. |
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THE FORM 990 IS PREPARED BY PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS, LLP. THE COMPLETED FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE ORGANIZATION'S FINANCE STAFF, THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, AND IS ALSO MADE AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW TO THE UAB HEALTH SYSTEM BOARD MEMBERS. |
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ANNUAL DISCLOSURES ARE REQUIRED AND ARE REVIEWED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM HEALTH SYSTEMS BOARD. |
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A COMPENSATION CONSULTANT IS ENGAGED TO ADVISE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON THE CEO'S COMPENSATION AND THE COMPENSATION OF OTHER KEY MEMBERS OF MANAGEMENT. THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD ANNUALLY REVIEWS THE CEO'S TOTAL COMPENSATION AND SUBMITS ITS RECOMMENDATION OF THE CEO'S COMPENSATION FOR THE COMING YEAR TO THE BOARD FOR ITS APPROVAL. |
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THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. |
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DESCRIPTION:CONTRACTED SERVICES TOTAL FEES:3583511 |
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DESCRIPTION:OTHER PROFESSIONAL FEES TOTAL FEES:2624323 |
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DESCRIPTION:CONSULTING TOTAL FEES:632259 |
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DESCRIPTION:OUTSIDE PAYROLL PROCESSING FEE TOTAL FEES:36102 |
Attach to Form 990 or 990-EZ.