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Cook County Health and Hospitals System Board of Directors met Feb. 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 February 27, 2025 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, January 24, 2025

B. Audit and Compliance Committee Meeting, January 31, 2025

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

• Receive and file the CountyCare Compliance Program FY2024 Annual Report and Cook County Health (Provider) Compliance Program FY2024 Annual Report

C. Managed Care Committee Meeting, January 31, 2025

i. Meeting Minutes

D. Quality and Patient Safety Committee Meeting, February 21, 2025

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

E. Finance Committee Meeting, February 7, 2025

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

• Approval of Contracts and Procurement Items

• Approval of three (3) proposed Resolutions authorizing signatory changes CCH bank accounts held at Chase Bank for the Oak Forest Health Center Depository Account; John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County checking and/or savings accounts; and Provident Hospital of Cook County checking and/or savings accounts

• Receive and file Grant Award-Related Items

V. Action Items

A. Contracts and Procurement Items 9:50-9:55/Charles Jones

B. Proposed Real Estate-Related Matter: Request to amend the lease agreement between Westside Health Authority and the County of Cook, to add 1,170 rentable square feet to the existing 13,790 rentable square feet in the building located at 4800 W. Chicago Avenue, in Chicago, Illinois, commonly known as the Austin Wellness Center.

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

VI. Report from Chair of the Board 10:00-10:05/Chair Taylor

VII. Report from Chief Executive Officer Erik Mikaitis, MD

A. High Reliability Organization (HRO) Report – Raji Thomas and Steven Kreiser

B. Update on Strategic Planning

• Introduction – Andrea Gibson

• Managed Care Scan – Aaron Galeener

• Behavioral Health Strategy – Thomas Nutter, MD

• Service Line Update

- Cardiology – Rami Doukky, MD

- Maternal Child – Fidel Abrego, MD and Mopelola Akintorin, MD

VIII. Informational Report

A. Quarterly Report from the Cook County Department of Public Health – Kiran Joshi, MD

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,”

IX. 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,” 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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