Cook County Health Finance Committee Meeting

Cook County Health Finance Committee Meeting
August 15, 2024

​Attendance: Joseph Harrington, Sam Robinson, and Chair:  Robert Reiter. 

Proposed CCH FY2025 Preliminary Budget

• Proposed CCH FY25 Preliminary Budget: Pamela Cassara presented slides reviewing the preliminary FY25 Budget. The Finance Committee had no questions for the presenter. The vote was unanimous for approval by the Finance Committee of proposed preliminary FY25 Budget. The FY25 preliminary budget will now go to the full Health System Board. 

Contracts and Procurement Items 

• All 15 contracts were approved. 
• There was discussion regarding the amended and extended contract to 12/31/24 for agency staffing in radiology for both front line technicians and supervisory staffing for mammography PET and CT services. Response regarding actions by the Health System to reduce the amount of agency radiology staff focused on not being able to recruit staff due to shortages of qualified personnel. 
• Background: 
  • This contract for temporary staff agency in radiology has been in place for 2 years 
  • On 09/16/2022, the CCH Board of Directors were notified of an Emergency Purchase for contract in an amount not to exceed $1,550,000.00 for a twelve (12) month period from 09/26/2022 thru 09/25/2023. On 09/29/2023, the CCH Board of Directors approved a request to extend the contract thru 09/25/2024 and increase the contract by $6,976,613. 33

June 2024 Financials

• The report for financials noted in the payor mix a decrease in those covered by Medicaid and a increase in uncompensated care. This is attributed to loss of Medicaid coverage for persons due to the redetermination process.
• Noted also was a slight increase from FY23 in those covered by commercial insurance (7.4 to 7.8 %)

​Observer: Susan Avila