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Cook County Board of Directors Health and Hospitals System met Oct. 25

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 October 24, 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. Resolution honoring the service of Director Robert Currie

V. Board and Committee Reports

A. Board of Directors Meeting Minutes, September 27, 2024

B. Audit and Compliance Committee Meeting, October 18, 2024

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

• Approval of Audit and Compliance Committee Charter

C. Managed Care Committee Meeting, October 18, 2024

i. Meeting Minutes

D. Finance Committee Meeting, October 17, 2024

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

• Approval of Contracts and Procurement Items

• Receive and file Grant Award-Related Items

• Receive and file Transfer of Funds

VI. Action Items

A. Contracts and Procurement Items

VI. Action Items (continued)

B. Proposed Stroger Hospital Department/Division Chair Initial Appointments/Reappointments

• One (1) Department Chair Initial Appointment

• One (1) Department Chair Reappointment

• Two (2) Division Chair Reappointments

C. Proposed Stroger Hospital and Provident Hospital medical staff appointments/reappointment/changes and Paul Allegretti, DO

D. Any items listed under Sections IV, V, VI and X

VII. Report from Chair of the Board

VIII. Report from Interim Chief Executive Officer

A. Update on Press Ganey Employment Engagement Survey

B. Update on Agency Usage Plan

IX. Informational Reports 10:45-11:10

A. Quarterly Report from Cook County Department of Public Health – LaMar Hasbrouck, MD

B. Human Resources Committee Metrics – Carrie Pramuk-Volk

X. Closed Meeting Items

A. Claims and Litigation

B. Discussion of Personnel Matters

C. Update on Labor Negotiations

D. October 18, 2024 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,”

X. Closed Meeting Items (continued)

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

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