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Cook County Board of Directors Health and Hospitals System met May 31

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 May 30, 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, April 26, 2024 9:30-9:30/Chair Taylor 

B. Human Resources Committee Meeting, May 20, 2024 9:30-9:35/Director Garza

i. Meeting Minutes 

C. Quality and Patient Safety Committee Meeting, May 20, 2024 9:35-9:40/Director Bhatt

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

•One (1) Stroger Hospital Department Chair Initial Appointment 

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

D. Finance Committee Meeting, May 20, 2024 9:40-9:45/Director Reiter

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

• Proposed Real Estate-Related Item – request to enter into a lease agreement for use of approximately 15,850 square feet of warehouse space in a building located at 2101-2171 West 22nd Street (Cermak Road), Broadview, Illinois  

• Contracts and Procurement Items  

• Receive and file Grant Award-Related Items 

• Receive and file Transfer of Funds 

V. Action Items 

A. Contracts and Procurement Items 9:45-9:45/Charles Jones B. Any items listed under Sections IV, V and IX

VI. Report from Chair of the Board 9:45-9:50/Chair Taylor 

VII. Report from Interim Chief Executive Officer 9:50-10:30/Erik Mikaitis, MD 

A. Nurses Week Update 

B. CCH Value Based Care 

C. Update on Strategic Initiatives

VIII. Informational Report 

A. Managed Care Committee Metrics – Aaron Galeener 10:30-10:45 

IX. Closed Meeting Items 10:45-11:05 

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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