LAWRENCE MEMORIAL
HOSPITAL
BOARD OF TRUSTEE
MEETING MINUTES
May 20, 2009
Present: Joe Flannery Gene Meyer Kathy
Clausing Willis
Judy Keller Simon Scholtz Janice Early-Weas
Chuck Heath Dana Hale Mike Thompson, MD
Verdell Taylor Karen Shumate Andy Ramirez
Donna Osness Deborah Thompson
Mark Praeger, MD Sheryle D’Amico
Sheryl Jacobs Jeff Novorr
Allen Belot Sherri Vaughn, MD
Dan Lambert Jane Maskus
Others
present: Karri Britt, Journal World
Reporter, Richard Wendt, MD, Neil Lintecum, MD, and Joan Shearer along with
several Lawrence Surgery staff, Allyson Leland, Director of Volunteer Services
and Reaumur Donnally, Auxiliary President
Call to Order
The
meeting was called to order by Joe Flannery, Chairperson.
Approval of Agenda
The
Agenda was presented for review.
MOTION: made by Mark Praeger,
seconded by
Sheryl Jacobs to approve the Agenda
as presented.
Motion carried.
Consent Agenda
a) Approval of April 15, 2009 Board
of Trustee meeting minutes
May 4, 2009 Governance
Institute Conference meeting minutes
b) Finance Committee Report – April,
2009 Financials
c) Planning Committee Report
MOTION:
made by Chuck Heath, seconded by
Allen
Belot to approve the Consent Agenda.
Motion
carried.
Special Presentation – Orthopedic
Service Line
Dr.
Douglass Stull presented Orthopedic Surgery in Lawrence – Looking to the Future
with graphs showing the growth of orthopedic procedures. The vision is to be an
Orthopedic Specialty Center of Kansas with the integration & collaboration
of Lawrence Memorial Hospital, OrthoKansas and Lawrence Surgery Center to
become a regional destination for patients and their referring physicians
seeking superior musculoskeletal care -- to gain a Midwest region &
national reputation for orthopedic excellence.
Board of
Trustee Meeting Minutes
May 20,
2009
Page two
LMH Auxiliary Report
Reaumur
Donnally presented the annual auxiliary report.
It was a good year with 54,000 hours of service. The value of those
hours equals $935,000 an equivalent of 26 FTEs.
New services include a Registered Nurse Volunteer Program and Emergency
Department Waiting Room Service. Mr.
Donnally had a small knitted cap that every newborn leaving LMH wears so there
are a lot of hours spent by volunteers knitting baby caps.
Joe
Flannery expressed appreciation for the volunteer programs and to the
volunteers as a very dedicated and passionate group to Lawrence Memorial
Hospital.
Medical Executive Committee
Report
MEDICAL STAFF – New Appointments:
Tiffany Simpson, M.D. (Courtesy Staff;
Pediatrics) Appointment effective on May 20, 2009
through June 30, 2010
with privileges as requested. There is to be a Provisional period of his
new appointment with assignment to the Department of Pediatrics.
ALLIED HEALTH STAFF (and LMH Employee) – New
Appointments/Members:
STATUS, PRIVILEGE or other CHANGES:
Sherri Brown, RN (sponsor:
Cardiovascular Consultants) – withdrawal
of sponsorship effective 4/16/09.
Elizabeth Frank, PA, (sponsor:
Lawrence Orthopaedics) – withdrawal
of sponsorship effective 3/6/09.
David Thomas, ARNP, (sponsor:
MOTION: made by Allen Belot,
seconded by
Donna Osness to approve the
Medical Staff
recommendations at
presented. Motion carried.
CEO Comments
Gene Meyer
reported on the following:
·
Dr. Vaughn is working on final stage of the
Physician Manpower Plan which shows the need for one and possibly two
physicians for orthopedic surgery.
·
Health
care reform issues and the battle there.
·
Annual
Skilled Nursing Facility inspection (unannounced) was conducted with no
deficiencies noted.
Board of Trustee
Meeting Minutes
May 20, 2009
Page three
Old Business
a) Physician Recruiting – Dr. Vaughn reported that there are two
Family Practice physicians coming in the next one to two years. Dr. Evans has started her practice at Mt.
Oread and saw 18 patients yesterday.
b) Strategic Plan Dashboard - Jeff Novorr included the new dashboard
which will be monthly. Progress
continues on the strategic plan.
New Business
a) Community Benefit Report – Janice Early-Weas presented a Community
Benefit Report showing a three-month period ending March 31. The net community benefits provided for the
first quarter is $1.5 million. The state of Kansas does not mandate this
tracking but Kansas Hospital Association encourages hospitals to do so. The community benefits are clinical and
nonclinical programs or other activities providing treatment or promoting
health & healing that have been identified as community needs.
b) Kansas Resident Survey on Health Care in
Kansas - Janice Early-Weas
reviewed a KHA Public Opinion Survey.
This survey was administered by phone during December 2008 with random
sampling of 601 residents. Summary follows:
·
Issues
residents were most likely to rate as a problem were:
o
The high
number of uninsured people in Kansas
o
State
budget cuts for health care
o
The cost
of health care services
o
60%
surveyed did not have health insurance or relationship with someone who did not
have health insurance.
o
Nearly
half surveyed indicated they were either very concerned or somewhat concerned
about the possibility of losing their health care coverage in the near future.
o
75%
surveyed would support raising the State tax on a package of cigarettes by 75
cents to help fund public health care services in Kansas.
o
74%
surveyed would support a publicly funded program that provides health care
coverage to all Kansas children.
Announcements
a) June
17 Board meeting and Strategic Planning Retreat
Executive Session
MOTION made by Chuck Heath, seconded
by
Mark Praeger that the Board of Trustees recess to
Executive
Session for consultation with hospital
attorney
which would be deemed privileged in the
attorney-client
relationship, to include the CEO, CFO,
VP/Clinical
Services, and Chief of Staff. The open
meeting
to resume in this room at 11:00 a.m. Motion carried.
Board of
Trustees Meeting Minutes
May 20,
2009
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Four
MOTION:
made by Chuck Heath, seconded by
Mark Praeger that the Board of Trustees recess to
Executive
Session for discussion relating to personnel
matter
to include the Board of Trustees and Legal
Counsel
with open meeting to resume in this room at
12:00
p.m. Motion carried.
MOTION:
made by Chuck Heath, seconded by
Dan
Lambert that the Board of Trustees extend the
Executive
Session to 12:10 p.m. Motion carried.
MOTION:
made by Chuck Heath, seconded by
Dan
Lambert to leave Executive Session.
Motion
carried.
The open
meeting convened at 12:10 p.m.
MOTION: made by Chuck Heath,
seconded by
Joe Flannery to direct the hospital
attorney to
amend the CEO’s employment agreement
consistent with the Trustees
instructions, to
include a 3% increase in the base
compensation
effective
May 21, 2009, and authorized the Chair
and
hospital’s attorney to communicate the trustee’s
evaluation
of the CEO’s performance and new contract
to
the CEO. The motion carried 8-1.
Adjourn
There
being no further business, the meeting adjourned.
Respectfully
submitted,
Verdell
Taylor
Secretary