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Cook County Health and Hospitals System Board of Directors met Jan. 18.

Here is the agenda provided by the board:

I. Attendance/Call to Order 9:00/Chair Taylor 

II. Employee Recognition 9:00-9:15/Erik Mikaitis, MD 

III. Public Speaker Testimony 9:15-9:30 

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 January 17, 2024 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 in-person or virtual oral testimony is included in the Meeting Notice and on the CCH website at https://cookcountyhealth.org/about/board-of-directors/ 

IV. Board and Committee Reports 

A. Board of Directors Meeting Minutes, October 27, 2023 9:30-9:30/Chair Taylor 

B. Board of Directors Special Meeting Minutes, October 31, 2023 9:30-9:30/Chair Taylor 

C. Human Resources Committee Meeting, November 17, 2023 9:30-9:35/Director Garza  

i. Meeting Minutes, which include the following action item: 

•Proposed Resolution in recognition of Israel Rocha, Jr., Chief   Executive Officer 

D. Quality and Patient Safety Committee Meeting, November 9, 2023 9:35-9:40/Director Bhatt 

i. Meeting Minutes, which include the following action items: 

•One (1) Stroger Hospital Division Chair Reappointment 

•Stroger Hospital and Provident Hospital Medical Staff Appointments  / Reappointments / Changes 

E. Quality and Patient Safety Committee Meeting, December 21, 2023 9:40-9:45/Director Bhatt 

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 9, 2023 9:45-9:50/Director Reiter 

i. Meeting Minutes, which include the following action items: 

• Contracts and Procurement Items  

• Receive and file Grant Award-Related Items 

• Proposed Real Estate Matter – enter into a lease assignment with Howard Brown Health for medical office space located at 467 E. 31st Street in Chicago, Illinois 

• Proposed Real Estate Matter - enter into a purchase agreement to acquire an approximately 20,250 square foot industrial property located at 5325 South 9th Avenue, in Countryside, Illinois, situated on a 1.55-acre site 

• Two (2) proposed Resolutions authorizing the closure of bank accounts held by CCDPH with Bank of America and Fifth Third Bank 

V. Action Items 

A. Contracts and Procurement Items 9:50-10:40/Charles Jones and Staff 

B. Proposed Resolution authorizing CCH to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding to create a corporation called West Side United NFP and approval of CCH becoming an initial member of said corporation 10:40-10:45/Shannon Andrews

C. Proposed appointments and reappointments of Stroger Hospital Department Chair(s) and Division Chair(s) 10:45-10:50/Claudia Fegan, MD

D. Proposed Stroger Hospital and Provident Hospital Medical Staff Appointments/Reappointments/Changes 10:50-10:55/Abayome Akintorin, MD and Paul Allegretti, MD 

E. Receive and file CCH grant award-related items 10:55-11:00/Pamela Cassara 

F. Any items listed under Sections IV, V and IX 

VI. Report from Chair of the Board 11:00-11:05/Chair Taylor 

A. 2024 Calendar of Meetings of the Board and its Committees (publicly released on December 15, 2023) 

VII. Report from Interim Chief Executive Officer 

This report was received and reviewed on December 15, 2023, and is included in the meeting record.

VIII. Informational Reports 11:05-11:40 

A. Managed Care Committee Metrics (previously distributed on 12/15/23) 

B. Human Resources Committee Metrics – January 2024 

C. Quality and Patient Safety Committee – January 2024 High Reliability Organization Dashboard 

D. Finance Committee – YTD Financial Update: November 30, 2023 Year End Preliminary 

IX. Closed Meeting Items 

A. Claims and Litigation  

B. Discussion of Personnel Matters 

C. Update on Labor Negotiations 

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,” and 

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.” 

X. Adjourn

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