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Kiowa County Hospital District meeting minutes – June 5, 2024

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RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

BOARD MEETING

June 5, 2024

The Kiowa County Hospital District Board met in regular session on June 5, 2024, at 6:40 p.m. at through Zoom.

District Board members present were Pam Cole, Doug Uhland, Mary Eikner, Karl Eikenberg, and Matt Prince.

Others present: Beth Bell, Shannon Dixon, Jodi Stolzenberger, and Mike Rowe.

CALL TO ORDER

The meeting was called to order by Matt Prince, Chairman of the Board at 6:40 pm.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

A motion was made by Pam Cole to approve May 2024 minutes as presented. Motion seconded by Dough Uhland. All aye.

APPROVAL OF AGENDA

A motion was made by Pam Cole to approve the agenda as presented. The motion was seconded by Doug Uhland. All aye.

PUBLIC COMMENT

There was no public comment.

AUDIT PRESENTATION

Mike Rowe, our auditor, presented the 2023 audit report. We have a strong net position and kept our expenses down. We had a net profit for 2023 of $249,744. A motion was made by Pam Cole to accept and approve the 2023 Audit as presented and Mary Eikner seconded the motion. All aye.

CREDENTIALING

Dr. Viral Patel and Dr. Travis Downes were approved for telemedicine privileges. Motion to approve as presented by Mary Eikner. Seconded by Doug Uhland. All aye.

POLICIES & PROCEDURES

No policies to present.

STANDING REPORTS

MONTHLY FINANCE REPORT

The Board received a written report from the CFO.

The April financials were reviewed and showed a profit for the month with a year-to-date loss. In April, days cash on hand was 209 and days in AR was 104.

The cost report has been completed and we should receive $347,462 from Medicare.

MONTHLY OPERATIONS REPORT

Cynthia Newman, Brandi Thompson and Ken Flory were honored at the last RETAC meeting for their high performance on a patient. We would like to congratulate them on their hard work and great care.

The EMT class is done. The instructor said this class was one of best he has taught. We have five students that will be taking the EMT test. We have requested Hall Render to draft a resolution for the County to sign stating that Kit Carson EMS cannot transport patients from our facility. This will allow us to include the Ambulance on our cost report. Beginning in July, all ambulance services will be surveyed by the State instead of the County. Renay, Russ and Beth Bell have been reviewing the new regulations and rules.

They have closed the Clinic survey. We passed and they gave a shout out to Allison, Dawn and Shaelynn for their hard work. Allison passed her Medical Assistant certification.

There are several employees in Denver for some Roots training. This is a substance abuse program that we are working on with other facilities.

Hospital Week was a success. Thanks to dietary and activities for their hard work. We raised around $5,000 on the silent auction and the baskets were around $4,000 in donations.

Beth attended the Public Health needs assessment meeting. They are focusing on health education and substance abuse. This will follow along with a few of our initiatives.

Renay and Beth Bell are working on revamping the QA program. They would like to focus on creating a survey readiness program.

The Medical Staff is doing well. Dr. Ritch attended ER training last month and has completed his orientation. He is very appreciative of Avel and our nursing staff. Dr. Thorndike and Dr. Ritch visited the senior centers.

Staffing is going well. We have our travel MLT in Lab and we have a travel RN and C.N.A. in nursing. Thank you, Jodi and Nikki, for covering shifts when needed.

We were not selected for the grant with Colorado Health Foundation. They are still looking at ways to help us, but not sure if they can. We will be applying for the Gates Family grant.

Beth will be attending the CHA CEO conference next week. Michelle Rathman will be onsite June 24 and 25. She would like to meet with each board member to get to know them and ask some questions. We have been finding information regarding the mill levy question.

WOLD has been working on alternative sites for the MOB project. We have sent information out to a few contractors for estimates. We have changed our approach from a construction manager to a design-bid-build process. This follows USDA’s suggestion. We will be looking at the master plan again and create some more ideas around different locations. An updated schedule was reviewed. We have a five year spend window.

We have had a grievance filed. This has been sent to COPIC for review.