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        <ExplanationTxt>During 2022, WVUIC had employees reporting under two different entities. Those reporting under WVUIC followed the WVUIC COI process which is as follows. West Virginia University Innovation Corporation UIC maintains a conflict of interest policy which is provided to UIC employees as part of the UIC employee handbook. The policy requires all research investigators to submit a conflict of interest in research disclosure on, at minimum, an annual basis. All investigators are required to update their disclosure information within thirty days of the development of a new significant financial interest in research. Additionally UIC employees within the office of tech transfer must annually disclose significant financial interests for institutional conflicts of interest to the conflict of interest office by July 31 of each year. Finally, all UIC employees are required to disclose all outside consulting arrangements to the employees department leader by August 31 of each year. Directors employed by WVUHS were compliant with the WVUHS CIO policies and procedures.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <ExplanationTxt>West Virginia University Innovation Corporation UIC directors and officers are employed and compensated by West Virginia University WVU. Compensation for every WVU and for every UIC employee is determined by several factors including job analysis and evaluation, the essential duties and responsibilities of the position, and salary survey data on pay practices. WVU periodically reviews the salary administration programs and restructures it as necessary. Market and/or competency based adjustments may be warranted based on ones employment functions, as determined by a classification review. In addition, employees may be awarded merit-based pay adjustments in conjunction with superior performance.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <ExplanationTxt>WVUHS engages an independent group to perform an executive compensation review and compensation survey annually. This information is provided to the compensation committee which is made up of independent board members who are then responsible for setting the compensation packages offered to each executive, ensuring that the compensation package does not exceed fair market value based on the data from the consultant group. The minutes of the compensation committee are contemporaneously documented and retained. Full compensation surveys were completed for 2019, 2020, and 2021 compensation amounts, with data provided by the independent consultant to the compensation committee.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>Pursuant to Chapter 31, Article I, Section 28 of the Official Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, a Certificate of Incorporation was issued by the West Virginia Secretary of State on July 6, 2015 to the West Virginia University Innovation Corporation. This certificate is affixed to the Articles of Incorporation of the West Virginia University Innovation Corporation. That certificate along with the WVUICs IRS determindation letter, financial statements, form 990 and form 990-T are open and available for inspection at the WVUIC upon request. The WVUICs IRS determination letter is also available at the West Virginia University tax services website. Copies of the Form 990 are available upon request.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <ExplanationTxt>For the short year reporting period, July 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022, WVUIC financial information was prepared and maintained by WVUHS Corporate Accounting. Financial activity for the short year was included in the consolidated annual financial statements of West Virginia United Health System.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>Total Other Expenses consists of the following Consulting and Professional Fees of 33,707 of which all is considered management and general expense and Contracted Labor of 670,025 of which 497.901 is considered program service expense and 172,124 is considered management and general expense.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <ExplanationTxt>Other changes in net assets consists of changes in net assets related to change in ownership and operation at April 1, 2022 of 394,390.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <ExplanationTxt>Effective April 1, 2022, the following loans were forgiven - Loans or loan guarantees by related orgs beginning with fiscal year 2016, the West Virginia University Innovation Corporation UIC and the West Virginia University Research Corporation RC have entered into five seperate agreements in which the RC has extended a line of credit to the UIC. The first agreement was for 1 million, does not bear interest, and payment is due in full on August 16, 2025. The second agreement was for 1.5 million, does not bear interest, with payment of 1 million due on August 16, 2025 and the remaining 500,000 due on May 16, 2026. The third agreement was for 1 million, does not bear interest, with payments due as follows 500,000 is due on November 1, 2025, 100,000 is due on March 13, 2025, 100,000 is due on March 28, 2025, 250,000 is due on April 10, 2025, and 50,000 is due on April 28, 2025. The fourth agreement was for 800,000, and has a fixed interest rate of 3. Payment is due in full on December 31, 2022. Accrued interest payable on this loan was 62,419.21 at June 30, 2021. The fifth agreement was for 300,000, does not bear interest, and payment is due in full on January 1, 2025. All agreements and loan terms were approved by the board of directors for both organizations.</ExplanationTxt>
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