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Cook County Board of Directors Health and Hospitals System met Nov. 22

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 November 21, 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. 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, October 25, 2024

B. Human Resources Committee Meeting, November 14, 2024

i. Meeting Minutes

C. Quality and Patient Safety Committee Meeting, November 14, 2024

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

• Approval of proposed Stroger Hospital Department/Division Chair

Initial Appointments and Reappointments

• Approval of proposed Stroger Hospital and Provident Hospital Medical

Staff Appointments/Reappointments/Changes

V. Board and Committee Reports (continued)

D. Finance Committee Meeting, November 14, 2024 9:45-10:00/Acting Chair Reiter

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

• Approval of Contracts and Procurement Items

• Approval, as amended, of Proposed Resolution Regarding Agency

Usage and the Strategies that will be Implemented to Reduce Such Use (referred to the Finance Committee at the October 25, 2024 Board of Directors Meeting)

• Receive and file Grant Award-Related Items

ii. Review of informational reports that were not reviewed at committee meeting

• Report on Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprise (M/WBE)

Participation - Charles Jones

• Report of Emergency Purchases - Charles Jones

• Report – September 2024 Financials - Pamela Cassara

VI. Action Items

A. Contracts and Procurement Items 10:00-10:00/Charles Jones

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

VII. Report from Chair of the Board 10:00-10:05/Acting Chair Reiter

A. Calendar of 2025 CCH Board of Directors Meetings

VIII. Report from Chief Executive Officer 10:05-11:15/Erik Mikaitis, MD

A. Presentation on High Reliability – Steven Kreiser and Raji Thomas

B. Update on Life Sciences Department – Mark Spranca, PhD

IX. Informational Report 11:15-11:25

A. Managed Care Committee Metrics – Aaron Galeener

X. 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,”

X. Closed Meeting Items (continued)

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.”

XI. Adjourn

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