2025-07-21T12:22:59+00:00 2024-12-31 440160260 Forvis Mazars LLP 111 South Tejon Suite 800 Colorado Springs CO 809039848 990 2024-01-01 844009654 Abdominal Core Health Quality Collaborative ABDO 7204329992 6025 S Quebec Street STE 365 Centennial CO 801114596 Nicole Goddard Executive Director 7204329992 2025-07-21 false false Adam R Smith P00958966 7194714290 2025-07-21 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z ACHQC Foundation Michael Rosen MD 32460 Wintergreen Drive Solon OH 441391356 1661208 false X WWW.ACHQC.org X 2019 CO ACHQC'S MISSION IS TO IMPROVE QUALITY AND VALUE IN THE SURGICAL TREATMENT OF HERNIA, ABDOMINAL CORE, AND ABDOMINAL WALL DISEASE THROUGH COLLABORATION USING DATA. 12 10 3 400 0 1048300 921900 112000 278100 43 1008 244000 460200 1404343 1661208 32500 32500 0 302173 279422 0 23700 970437 1161327 1305110 1473249 99233 187959 397984 578443 0 0 397984 578443 X ABDOMINAL CORE HEALTH QUALITY COLLABORATIVE IMPROVES THE QUALITY AND VALUE IN THE SURGICAL TREATMENT OF HERNIA, ABDOMINAL CORE, AND ABDOMINAL WALL DISEASE THROUGH COLLABORATION. SEE SCHEDULE O FOR CONTINUATION. false false 1088241 32500 701300 MANAGED AND GREW OUR ACHQC DATABASE OF REAL-WORLD DATA KNOWN AS THE ACHQC REGISTRY. BY THE END OF 2024, THE ACHQC REGISTRY INCLUDED DATA COLLECTED ON OVER 137,000 OPERATIONS PERFORMED BY 479 SURGEONS IN 42 STATES ACROSS THE USA. IN 2024, THE ACHQC REGISTRY BEGAN COLLECTING PATIENT DATA IN BRAZIL WHICH RESULTED IN 6 BRAZILIAN SURGEONS ADDING DATA FROM 375 OPERATIONS TO THE ACHQC REGISTRY IN 2024. OVER 12,800 SURGICAL CASES WERE ADDED TO THE ACHQC REGISTRYIN 2024. THE DATA SUPPORTED NUMEROUS ANALYSES OF THE REGISTRY'S REAL-WORLD DATA WHICH WERE MADE AVAILABLE TO OUR VOLUNTEER SURGEON COLLABORATORS WHO INPUT DATA FROM THEIR SURGERIES INTO THE ACHQC REGISTRY AND INDUSTRY COLLABORATORS FOR THEIR USE IN COLLABORATIVELY SHARING SUCH DATA AND TO OTHERWISE USE SUCH ANALYZED DATA TO IMPROVE QUALITY AND VALUE IN THE SURGICAL TREATMENT AND INTERVENTION IN HERNIA, ABDOMINAL CORE, AND ABDOMINAL WALL DISEASE. 83712 0 22000 PROVIDED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS TO BOTH ACHQC VOLUNTEER SURGEONS WHO CONTRIBUTE DATA ON THEIR SURGERIES TO THE ACHQC REGISTRY AND TO ALL OTHER SURGEONS TO SHARE LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE DATA COLLECTED IN ORDER TO IMPROVE SURGICAL PRACTICE AND STANDARDS. INCLUDING: (1) THE 2024 ANNUAL QUALITY IMPROVEMENT SUMMIT WAS HELD IN PERSON IN DENVER AND HOSTED OVER 106 STAKEHOLDERS IN PATIENT CARE (26 MORE THEN IN 2023)WHO IN A COLLABORATIVE INTERACTIVE LEARNING WEEKEND ANALYZED DATA, IDENTIFIED TIPS FROM HIGH PERFORMERS AND SHARED PRACTICES FOR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN PATIENT CARE, AND (2) PERIODIC TRAINING AND INFORMATIONAL VIDEOS WHICH ARE POSTED ON THE ACHQC.ORG WEBSITE & ACHQC'S YOUTUBE CHANNEL (REF: https://www.youtube.com/@ACHQC/videos). VIDEOS INCLUDED TRAINING ON THE REGISTRY'S OBERD PLATFORM, HERNIA LIVE REPLAY VIDEOS, A POSTING OF THE ACHQC SESSION AT THE AMERICAS HERNIA SOCIETY'S ANNUAL 2024 SCIENTIFIC MEETING, SEVERAL PATIENT TESTIMONIALS, AND RESIDENT TRAINING VIDEOS (QC UNCUT). 15327 0 0 IN 2024, ACHQC CONTINUED TO SUPPORT ITS PATIENT ENGAGEMENT AND ADVOCACY COMMITTEE AS A CRITICAL PART OF ACHQC'S MISSION BY SEEKING TO UNDERSTAND AND IMPROVE PATIENT EXPERIENCES BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER SURGERY. THE COMMITTEE MET REGULARLY WITH A GROUP OF 6 PATIENTS AND 3 SURGEONS TO CONTINUE TO IDENTIFY PATIENT NEEDS AND DEVELOP EDUCATIONAL TOOLS AND PROGRAM THAT REFLECT THE PATIENT PERSPECTIVE. THE COMMITTEE PRESENTED A FEATURED PROGRAM ON PATIENT INSIGHTS AS PART OF ACHQC'S IN-PERSON ANNUAL QUALITY IMPROVEMENT SUMMIT IN DENVER, COLORADO. 1187280 true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false true 9 0 true 3 true false false false false false true true false false false false false false X 12 10 false true false false true true false true true false false false true true true true false false true true false false CO X X Goddard Associates 7204329992 6025 S Quebec Street 365 Centennial CO 80111 Benjamin Poulose MD Director and Vice President 25.0 0.0 X X 18229 0 0 Jeremy Warren MD Director and Treasurer 2.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 Michael Rosen MD Director, President, And CMO 25.0 0.0 X X 124992 0 0 Anthony Iacco MD Director 1.3 0.0 X 0 0 0 Arielle Perez MD Director 1.3 0.0 X 0 0 0 Clayton Petro MD Director 1.3 0.0 X 0 0 0 Flavio Malcher MD Director 1.3 0.0 X 0 0 0 Ivy Haskins MD Director 1.3 0.0 X 0 0 0 Michael Reinhorn MD Director 1.3 0.0 X 0 0 0 Rana Higgins MD Director 1.3 0.0 X 0 0 0 Robert Yates MD Director 1.3 0.0 X 0 0 0 William Hope MD Secretary 1.3 0.0 X 0 0 0 Nicole Goddard Executive Director 20.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 143221 0 0 1 false false false Goddard Associated 6025 S Quebec sr STE 365 Centennial CO 80111 Management Services 278996 Weill Cornell Medicine PO Box 22371 New York NY 10087 Data Analysis 184532 Universal Research Solutions 414 E Broadway 102 Columbia MD 65201 Database vendor 175000 Vanderbilt University Medical Center PO Box 121236 Dallas TX 75312 Data Analyst 142295 Harriet Schwartzman 33672-A Chula Vista Way Dana Point CA 92629 Business Development 125375 8 22000 899900 921900 Data Processing/Analysis 518210 278100 278100 0 0 0 0 278100 1008 1008 452700 452700 0 0 0 0 0 Brazil Reimbursement 900099 7500 7500 0 0 0 0 7500 1661208 730800 0 8508 X 30000 30000 2500 2500 143221 143221 0 0 124737 124737 11464 11464 278996 83699 195297 102537 94461 8076 5814 5814 633261 609561 0 23700 2330 2330 81189 74339 6850 2027 2027 7941 7941 45221 45221 MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES 1011 1011 PATIENT ADVOCACY 1000 1000 0 0 0 0 1473249 1187280 262269 23700 274833 454284 123151 124159 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 397984 578443 0 0 0 0 0 0 397984 578443 397984 578443 397984 578443 187959 0 0 0 0 0 X false false false X 1154751 523165 717667 1048300 921900 4365783 0 0 1154751 523165 717667 1048300 921900 4365783 2573046 1792737 18 37 13 43 1008 1119 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4366902 2096452 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED true AMERICAN HERNIA SOCIETY 2508 W 71ST ST PRAIRIE VILLAGE KS 66208 650720354 501(C)(6) 30000 GENERAL SUPPORT 0 1 Schedule I, Part I, Line 2 Procedures for monitoring use of grant funds. Each grant to AHS requires that AHS first submit a written report to ACHQC on its expenditure of the grant and then that it submit that report before ACHQC will provide any further grants to AHS. If a grant is not be expended prior to the next annual grant, ACHQC would require that AHS submit an interim report on any expenditures under the grant and the intended use of and future expenditures under the grant. Goddard Associates See Part V 278996 Mgmt. & Administrative Services false Schedule L, Part IV Explanation of Transaction ABDOMINAL CORE HEALTH QUALITY COLLABORATIVE ENGAGED GODDARD AND ASSOCIATES FOR MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DURING 2024. CAROL GODDARD, FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AND NICOLE GODDARD, CURRENT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ABDOMINAL CORE HEALTH QUALITY COLLABORATIVE ARE THE OWNERS OF GODDARD AND ASSOCIATES. THIS TRANSACTION TOOK PLACE AT FAIR MARKET VALUE AND WAS APPROVED BY THE INDEPENDENT MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. Form 990, Part III, Line 1 ORGANIZATION'S MISSION COLLABORATION INCLUDES (I) WITH SURGEONS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS IN THE PROVISION OF CARE THROUGH THE ABDOMINAL CORE HEALTH QUALITY COLLABORATIVE WHICH GATHERS, ANALYZES, COLLABORATIVELY SHARES, AND PUBLISHES DATA RELATING TO THE SURGICAL INTERVENTION AND TREATMENT OF HERNIA, ABDOMINAL CORE, AND ABDOMINAL WALL DISEASE IN HUMAN PATIENTS WITHIN THE UNITED STATES, UTILIZING A WEB-BASED DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM, CURRENTLY FOUND AT ACHQC.ORG AND (II) WITH PATIENTS THROUGH THE ACHQC PATIENT ENGAGEMENT & ADVOCACY COMMITTEE. Form 990, Part III, Line 4d Description of other program services (Expenses $ including grants of $) Form 990, Part VI, Line 1a Material differences in voting rights THERE ARE TWO CLASSES OF VOTING DIRECTORS ON THE ABDOMINAL CORE HEALTH QUALITY COLLABORATIVES (ACHQC) BOARD: 1) THE FIRST CLASS COMPRISES TWO THIRDS OF THE BOARD AND THESE DIRECTORS APPOINT THEIR REPLACEMENTS AND CAN REMOVE THE DIRECTORS IN THIS CLASS. 2) THE SECOND CLASS OF DIRECTORS COMPRISE THE OTHER ONE THIRD OF THE BOARD AND ARE APPOINTED AND REMOVED BY AMERICAS HERNIA SOCIETY, AND THESE DIRECTORS CANNOT VOTE TO APPOINT OR REMOVE THE DIRECTORS IN THE FIRST CLASS OF DIRECTORS. Form 990, Part VI, Line 3 Delegation of management duties THE ORGANIZATION ENGAGED GODDARD ASSOCIATES FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DURING THE PERIOD 01/01/2024 TO 12/31/2024. DURING THAT ENTIRE PERIOD, NICOLE GODDARD WAS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ABDOMINAL CORE HEALTH QUALITY COLLABORATIVE AND WAS COMPENSATED $151,941 FOR HER WORK AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ACHQC. Form 990, Part VI, Line 6 Classes of members or stockholders THERE ARE TWO CLASSES OF VOTING DIRECTORS ON THE ABDOMINAL CORE HEALTH QUALITY COLLABORATIVE'S (ACHQC) BOARD: 1) THE FIRST CLASS COMPRISES TWO THIRDS OF THE BOARD AND THESE DIRECTORS APPOINT THEIR REPLACEMENTS AND CAN REMOVE THE DIRECTORS IN THIS CLASS. 2) THE SECOND CLASS OF DIRECTORS COMPRISE THE OTHER ONE THIRD OF THE BOARD AND ARE APPOINTED AND REMOVED BY AMERICAS HERNIA SOCIETY, AND THESE DIRECTORS CANNOT VOTE TO APPOINT OR REMOVE THE DIRECTORS IN THE FIRST CLASS OF DIRECTORS. BASED UPON THIS SECOND CLASS OF BOARD APPOINTMENT AUTHORITY, AMERICAS HERNIA SOCIETY IS CONSIDERED A MEMBER OF ACHQC FOR FORM 990 REPORTING PURPOSES. Form 990, Part VI, Line 7a Members or stockholders electing members of governing body THERE ARE TWO CLASSES OF VOTING DIRECTORS ON THE ABDOMINAL CORE HEALTH QUALITY COLLABORATIVE'S (ACHQC) BOARD: 1) THE FIRST CLASS COMPRISES TWO THIRDS OF THE BOARD AND THESE DIRECTORS APPOINT THEIR REPLACEMENTS AND CAN REMOVE THE DIRECTORS IN THIS CLASS. 2) THE SECOND CLASS OF DIRECTORS COMPRISE THE OTHER ONE THIRD OF THE BOARD AND ARE APPOINTED AND REMOVED BY AMERICAS HERNIA SOCIETY, AND THESE DIRECTORS CANNOT VOTE TO APPOINT OR REMOVE THE DIRECTORS IN THE FIRST CLASS OF DIRECTORS. BASED UPON THIS SECOND CLASS OF BOARD APPOINTMENT AUTHORITY, AMERICAS HERNIA SOCIETY IS CONSIDERED A MEMBER OF ACHQC FOR FORM 990 REPORTING PURPOSES. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b Review of form 990 by governing body THE FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND PROVIDED TO THE BOARD WITH TIME TO REVIEW PRIOR TO ITS FILING WITH THE IRS. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c Conflict of interest policy CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY: AN ANNUAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST FORM IS COMPLETED BY EACH DIRECTOR AND FILED WITH THE ORGANIZATION WHICH IS REQUIRED TO BE UPDATED WITHIN 30 DAYS OF ANY CHANGE. ALSO, AT THE SEMI ANNUAL IN PERSON DIRECTOR MEETINGS, CONFLICTS ARE ANNOUNCED BY EACH DIRECTOR AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH MEETING. IF A CONFLICT OF INTEREST IS IDENTIFIED, THE PERSON WITH A CONFLICT RECUSES HIM OR HERSELF FROM THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS AND THE INDEPENDENT MEMBERS OF THE BOARD VOTE ON WHETHER OR NOT THE ORGANIZATIONS INTERESTS ARE BEST SERVED BY PARTICIPATING IN THE TRANSACTION WITH A MEMBER WHO HAS A CONFLICT. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a Process to establish compensation of top management official The compensation of the President/CMO and VP/Director of Outcomes and Quality was determined by a formal compensation study through a retained, independent expert. The Executive Director is not compensated by ACHQC, but rather is compensated through Goddard Associates which is retained by ACHQC to manage its day-to-day operations under a negotiated management agreement. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b Process to establish compensation of other employees THE SALARIES OF THE PRESIDENT/MEDICAL DIRECTOR AND THE VICE PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR OF QUALITY AND OUTCOMES ARE THE SAME AS THEIR COMPENSATION PREVIOUSLY PAID BY AN AFFILIATED ORGANIZATION THAT HAS SINCE STATUTORILY MERGED INTO ABDOMINAL CORE HEALTH QUALITY COLLABORATIVE (ACHQC). COMPENSATION AT THAT AFFILIATED ORGANIZATION WAS SET IN 2016 BY PETER MITERKO OF COMPENSATION AND BENEFIT SOLUTIONS, LLC WHO ISSUED A SECTION 4958 OPINION ON COMPENSATION, AND THE OFFICER COMPENSATION HAS NOT CHANGED SINCE THEN. NO OTHER EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION IS SO REVIEWED, BUT NO OTHER EMPLOYEE IS COMPENSATED AT A RATE EXCEEDING $20/HOUR AND NONE WORK MORE THAN 20 HOURS PER MONTH. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19 Required documents available to the public In 2024, THE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE NOT MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC WITHOUT A VALID BUSINESS PURPOSE. THE FORM 990 IS PROVIDED UPON REQUEST. Since April 1, 2024, a public version of ACHQC's Form 990 is posted on its website. Form 990, Part VII, Section A Description of Compensation: OFFICER MIKE ROSEN, PRESIDENT, ALSO SERVES AS CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER. OFFICER BEN POULOSE, VICE PRESIDENT, ALSO SERVES AS DIRECTOR OF QUALITY AND OUTCOMES. BOTH ARE COMPENSATED PRIMARILY FOR THEIR EMPLOYEE ROLES VS THOSE OF THEIR OFFICER ROLES AS PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT, RESPECTIVELY. Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g Other Fees DATA COORDINATION - Total Expense: 326828, Program Service Expense: 326828, Management and General Expenses: , Fundraising Expenses: ; DATABASE MANAGEMENT - Total Expense: 176200, Program Service Expense: 176200, Management and General Expenses: , Fundraising Expenses: ; EXECUTIVE CONTRACT - Total Expense: 125375, Program Service Expense: 101675, Management and General Expenses: , Fundraising Expenses: 23700; PAYROLL SERVICES - Total Expense: 4113, Program Service Expense: 4113, Management and General Expenses: , Fundraising Expenses: ; HIPPA SECURITY RISK ASSESSMENT - Total Expense: 495, Program Service Expense: 495, Management and General Expenses: , Fundraising Expenses: ; IOS CONSULT - Total Expense: 250, Program Service Expense: 250, Management and General Expenses: , Fundraising Expenses: ;