Cook County Board of Directors of the Cook County Health and Hospitals System met July 28.
Here is the agenda provided by the board:
I. Attendance/Call to Order
II. Employee Recognition
III. Public Speaker Testimony
Members of the public can submit written testimony to be included in the official meeting record, or can register to present in-person or virtual oral testimony at the meeting. The deadline to submit written testimony or to register to testify is July 27, 2023 at 3:00 P.M. Testimony is limited to three (3) minutes per person. Further information on how to submit written testimony or register to provide virtual oral testimony is included in the Meeting Notice and on the CCH website at https://cookcountyhealth.org/about/board-of-directors/
IV. Annual Meeting Business
A. Election of Chair of CCH Board of Directors
B. Election of Vice Chair of CCH Board of Directors
V. Board and Committee Reports
A. Board of Directors Meeting Minutes, June 30, 2023
B. Human Resources Committee
i. Metrics Review (Committee did not meet in July)
C. Managed Care Committee Meeting, July 21, 2023
i. Meeting Minutes
D. Audit and Compliance Committee Meeting, July 21, 2023
i. Meeting Minutes
E. Quality and Patient Safety Committee Meeting, July 13, 2023
i. Meeting Minutes, which include the following action items:
•Stroger Hospital and Provident Hospital Medical Staff Appointments/ Reappointments / Changes
F. Finance Committee Meeting, July 13, 2023 10:05-10:10/Director Reiter
i. Meeting Minutes, which include the following action items:
• Contracts and Procurement Items
• Receive and file Grant Award-Related Items
VI. Action Items
A. Contracts and Procurement Items
B. Proposed Resolution regarding the Pilot Provider Quality Incentive Pay Program
C. Any items listed under Sections IV, V, VI and X
VII. Recommendations, Discussion/Information Item
A. Quarterly Report from the Cook County Department of Public Health
VIII. Report from Chair of the Board
IX. Report from Chief Executive Officer
X. Closed Meeting Items
A. Claims and Litigation
B. Discussion of Personnel Matters
C. Update on Labor Negotiations
D. July 21, 2023 Audit and Compliance Committee Meeting Minutes
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,”
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.”
XI. Adjourn
The next regular meeting of the CCH Board of Directors is scheduled for Friday, August 25, 2023 at 9:00 A.M.
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