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

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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: Lawrence Hospitalist Physicians) – request for addition of lumbar puncture was recommended for approval with the first 10 procedures to be directly observed by a sponsoring physician.  The proctor(s) are to attest to competency following those ten procedures or recommend continued observation.

 

     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

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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

Page 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