Cook County Health and Hospitals System (CCHHS) Board Meeting - May 25, 2018
What did the Board decide: The CCHHS Board committed to add coders & billing staff, increase training and clinical documentation, and enforce performance standards for all employees who affect the revenue cycle process in order to improve revenue recovery.
Dr. Shannon, CCHHS CEO, spoke at some length about the issue of revenue recovery, explaining, “We recognized this as a challenge years ago, and embedded strategies in the strategic plan to meet the challenge.” Until 2014 billing was simplistic, but now the system has 20 payer contracts. Despite the challenges, patients and local taxpayers have benefited: taxpayer liability has been reduced by 75% since 2009, and the system has been able to redirect $2.5b to other Cook County needs over the last ten years. The system dispensed $300m in charity care in 2017 without additional resources from local taxpayers. Other Data Presented to the Board:
The Health and Hospitals system will allocate about $1m this year, and $2m next year, to staff a continuum of behavioral health services to be provided to detainees at the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center (population 200-250), similar to the services provided at the Cermak Clinic. To Watch For: Will there be a state budget by May 31? If not, the hospitals system is at risk for cash flow problems! Observers - Linda Christianson and Marcia Powers Meeting Length - 3 hours
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Cook County Health and Hospitals System Board Meeting - April 27, 2018
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Observer - Diane Edmundson Cook County Health & Hospital Systems (CCHHS) Board Meeting - March 2, 2018
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Observers - Susan Kern, MD & Michele Niccolai Meeting Length: 3 hours New Gleaming Glass-Sheathed Fantus Clinic and Administration Building - On Budget and On Time1/30/2018 Cook County Health and Hospitals System Board Meeting
January 26, 2018 Meeting Length: 2 ½ hours What did the Board Discuss?
What did the Board Decide? Stroger Hospital downgraded from two to one-star rating computed by the Centers for Medicare/Medicaid Services from years 2016 to 2017. Downgrade related to:
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Observer - Susan Kern, MD Cook County Health and Hospitals System (CCHHS) Board Meeting - December 15, 2017
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Observers - Diane Edmundson and Beverly Bradshaw Marek, MPH Meeting Length: 3 hours Cook County Health and Hospitals System (CCHHS) Board Meeting - October 27, 2017
Budget Cut Discussion Highlights: Cook County has requested that CCHHS cut their budget to help fill the $200M hole left by the repeal of the sweetened beverage tax. While the 10% budget cut request indicated was $27m, CCHHS CEO Shannon cautioned that higher numbers were being floated by Cook County leadership: 10% ($190 million) of the Hospital’s $1.9 billion total revenues ; $80 million (10%) of the budget exclusive of the $1.2 billion Medicaid which Shannon said “can’t be touched as it was Federal money”. Why not just 10% ($11 million) of the $110 million Cook County subsidy to CCHHS queried Director Reiter? Shannon will argue against draconian cuts at the Cook County budget hearing Nov. 7 that he iterated would result in closing certain operations and cutting staff in the Hospital System. CCHHS cost savings ideas that have been suggested which Shannon opposes:
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