North Star Health Alliance Inc

THE CORPORATION IS ORGANIZED AND SHALL BE OPERATED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF ITS MEMBERS, WHICH COMPRISE: CLAXTON-HEPBURN MEDICAL CENTER, CLAXTON-HEPBURN MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION, AND CARTHAGE AREA HOSPITAL. THE CORPORATION MONITORS MISSION OBJECTIVES, ACTIVITIES, AND RESOURCES OF ITS MEMBERS, AND ADVISES IN RESPECT TO THE MONITORED MATTERS TO FURTHER THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE, AND ECONOMICAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES IN RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN NEW YORK.

NORTH STAR HEALTH ALLIANCE (NORTH STAR) IS A PARENT COMPANY FOR HEALTHCARE ENTITIES AND THEIR RELATED FOUNDATIONS. MEMBERS OF NORTH STAR WILL HAVE THEIR CERTIFICATES OF INCORPORATION AND BYLAWS INDICATE THAT NORTH STAR IS THEIR SOLE MEMBER ALLOWING NORTH STAR TO BE EMPOWERED UNDER THE NEW YORK NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION LAW TO APPOINT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF EACH MEMBER, TO AMEND CERTIFICATES OF INCORPORATION AND BYLAWS AND APPROVE DISSOLUTIONS, MERGERS, AND ACQUISITIONS. AS THE PARENT COMPANY, NORTH STAR WILL ACT TO PROMOTE HIGH QUALITY HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE, AND ECONOMICAL SYSTEMS. THE INCREASINGLY REGULATED, COMPETITIVE, AND COST-CONSCIOUS ENVIRONMENT HAS LED MEMBERS TO DECREASED RESOURCES AND AN INCREASED NEED FOR COLLABORATIVE APPROACHES TO THESE CHALLENGES. IN THE ROLE OF A PARENT COMPANY, IT IS NOT ANTICIPATED THAT NORTH STAR WILL ITSELF BECOME A PROVIDER OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES OR OTHER SERVICES DIRECTED TO THE PUBLIC BUT RATHER WILL CONTINUE TO COORDINATE EFFORTS IN A COLLABORATIVE MANNER TO ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES FACED BY ITS MEMBERS SPECIFICALLY BY REDUCING FUNCTIONAL OVERLAPS AND MAXIMIZING THE UTILIZATION OF AVAILABLE RESOURCES.