The board approved a recommendation that the Cook County Board exercise an option to purchase a currently-leased property at 2424 S. Pulaski which houseds CCHHS' Dr. Jorge Prieto Health Center.
Chairman Carvalho reported the the CEO search is moving ahead: candidates are to be reviewed in May, with interviews to begin in June.
Interim CEO Dr. Jay Shannon reported:
- the Stroger cafeteria has been updated;
- the 2015 budget is in development with some planned capital equipment additions;
- there are now more than 95,000 CountyCare patients;
- CCHHS has received an extension to October 2015 to comply with the ICD (International Classification of Diseases) 10 disease coding, a complex coding system increasing the ICD9 codes from 14,000 to iDC 10, 70,000 codes, providing greater specificity for improvemeng diagnoses and for assessing the true cost of care, particularly in anesthesia and orthopedics.
Submitted by Linda Christianson
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