Cook County Health and Hospitals System Board of Directors met Nov. 19.
Here is the agenda provided by the board:
I. Attendance/Call to Order
II. Employee Recognition
III. Electronically Submitted Public Speaker Testimony
Please be advised that those wishing to provide public testimony will be required to submit it electronically in advance of the meeting; there will not be testimony provided orally by members of the public at this meeting. Written public comment on any of the items listed on the Agenda will be accepted electronically at https://cookcountyhealth.org/about/board-of-directors/ or submitted by email message to the CCH Secretary to the Board at dsantana@cookcountyhhs.org. Written comments provided prior to 5:00 P.M. on November 18, 2021 will be read aloud by staff at the meeting. Three (3) minutes per comment will be allowed, though every effort will be made to read statements in their entirety.
IV. Board and Committee Reports
A. Minutes of the Board of Directors Meeting, October 29, 2021
B. Human Resources Committee
i. Metrics Review and Valarie Amos (Human Resources Committee did not meet in November)
C. Managed Care Committee Meeting, November 5, 2021
i. Minutes, which include the Medicare-Medicaid Capitated Financial
Alignment Initiative (MMAI) Overview
D. Audit and Compliance Committee Meeting, November 5, 2021
i. Minutes, which contain the following action item:
• Action Item – Approved Audit and Compliance Committee Charter
E. Quality and Patient Safety Committee Meeting, November 10, 2021
i. Meeting Minutes, which include the following action items:
• Stroger Hospital and Provident Hospital Medical Staff Appointments / Reappointments / Changes
IV. Board and Committee Reports (continued)
F. Finance Committee Meeting, November 10, 2021
i. Meeting Minutes, which include the following action items:
• Contracts and Procurement Items
V. Action Items
A. Contracts and Procurement Items
B. Proposed Resolution in recognition of Cathy Bodnar’s service as Chief Corporate Compliance and Privacy Officer for Cook County Health, sponsored by Director Mike Koetting
C. Approval of WePlan 2025, the Cook County Department of Public Health’s five (5) year Community Health Assessment and Community and Dr. Kiran Joshi Health Improvement Plan for Suburban Cook County, Illinois
D. Any items listed under Sections IV, V and VIII
VI. Report from Chair of the Board
VII. Report from Chief Executive Officer
VIII. Closed Meeting Items
A. Claims and Litigation
B. Discussion of Personnel Matters
Closed Meeting
Motion to recess the open meeting and convene into a closed meeting, pursuant to the following exceptions to the Open Meetings Act:
5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1), regarding “the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the public body or legal counsel for the public body, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee of the public body or against legal counsel for the public body to determine its validity,”
5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2), regarding “collective negotiating matters between the public body and its employees or their representatives, or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees,”
5 ILCS 120/2(c)(11), regarding “litigation, when an action against, affecting or on behalf of the particular body has been filed and is pending before a court or administrative tribunal, or when the public body finds that an action is probable or imminent, in which case the basis for the finding shall be recorded and entered into the minutes of the closed meeting,”
5 ILCS 120/2(c)(12), regarding “the establishment of reserves or settlement of claims as provided in the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act, if otherwise the disposition of a claim or potential claim might be prejudiced, or the review or discussion of claims, loss or risk management information, records, data, advice or communications from or with respect to any insurer of the public body or any intergovernmental risk management association or self insurance pool of which the public body is a member,”
VIII. Closed Meeting Items (continued)
5 ILCS 120/2(c)(17), regarding “the recruitment, credentialing, discipline or formal peer review of physicians or other health care professionals, or for the discussion of matters protected under the federal Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005, and the regulations promulgated thereunder, including 42 C.F.R. Part 3 (73 FR 70732), or the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, and the regulations promulgated thereunder, including 45 C.F.R. Parts 160, 162, and 164, by a hospital, or other institution providing medical care, that is operated by the public body,” and
5 ILCS 120/2(c)(29), regarding “meetings between internal or external auditors and governmental audit committees, finance committees, and their equivalents, when the discussion involves internal control weaknesses, identification of potential fraud risk areas, known or suspected frauds, and fraud interviews conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards of the United States of America.”
IX. Adjourn
The next regular meeting of the Board of Directors is scheduled for Friday, December 17, 2021 at 9:00 A.M.
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