Health & Hospitals Systems Board Meeting April 25, 2014

Commmittee Reports:  Board member Lewis Collens reported that TB patients formerly treated by the city are now cared for at CCHHS clinics, with a chargeback from CCHHS to the city to pay for their care. He also reported that though immunization of CCHHS employees is mandatory, only 61% of Stroger employees, 58% of Provident employees, and 84% of Cermak clinic employees were immunized.  Chairman David Carvalho commented, "That employees can expose their patients to preventable, communicable diseases in appalling."

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.

The meeting adjourned to closed session at 9:45.

Submitted by Linda Christianson