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Cook County Health Board of Directors met May 30

Here is the agenda provided board:

The regular meeting of the Cook County Health (CCH) Board of Directors will be held on Friday, May 30, 2025 at the hour  of 9:00 A.M. The meeting will be held at 1950 West Polk Street, Room 5301, in Chicago, Illinois. The live proceedings of  the meeting can be accessed at this link at the start time of the meeting. At the meeting, the Board will consider the following: 

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 May 29, 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, April 4, 2025

B. Audit and Compliance Committee Meeting, April 11, 2025

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

• Approval of CountyCare Compliance Plan and Fraud, Waste and Abuse Plan 

• Approval of Internal Audit Strategic Plan 

• Approval of Internal Audit Charter 

C. Managed Care Committee Meeting, April 11, 2025

i. Meeting Minutes 

D. Human Resources Committee Meeting, May 16, 2025

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

• Approval of the proposed FY2025 Executive Incentive Plan for the CCH Chief Executive Officer 

E. Quality and Patient Safety Committee Meeting, April 14, 2025

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

• Approval of Stroger Hospital Division Chair Initial Appointments and Reappointments 

• Approval of proposed Stroger Hospital and Provident Hospital Medical Staff Appointments/Reappointments/Changes

IV. Board and Committee Reports (continued) 

F. Quality and Patient Safety Committee Meeting, May 16, 2025

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

• Approval of proposed Stroger Hospital and Provident Hospital Medical Staff Appointments/Reappointments/Changes 

G. Finance Committee Meeting, April 3, 2025

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 

H. Finance Committee Meeting, May 8, 2025

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

• Approval of Contracts and Procurement Items  

• Receive and file Grant Award-Related Items

V. Action Items 

A. Contracts and Procurement Items

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

VI. Report from Chair of the Board

VII. Report from Chief Executive Officer

A. Update on ARPA Obligations – Andrea Gibson 

B. Strategic Plan 2026-2028 

• Draft Objectives and Key Results – Andrea Gibson 

VIII. Informational Reports

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

B. Metrics: Managed Care Committee – Aaron Galeener

IX. Closed Meeting Items

A. Claims and Litigation  

B. Discussion of Personnel Matters 

C. Update on Labor Negotiations 

D. April 11, 2025 Audit and Compliance Committee Meeting Minutes 

E. May 16, 2025 Human Resources Committee Meeting Minutes 

• Approval of the proposed FY2025 Executive Incentive Plan for the CCH Chief Executive Officer

IX. Closed Meeting Items (continued) 

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,” 

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.”

X. Adjourn

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