HCC Board of Trustees

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Wednesday, September 8, 2010 - 5:30pm

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PDF icon September 8, 2010 (21 KB)

REASON FOR MEETING: Regular

SUBJECTS FOR DISCUSSION:

  1. Call to order and certify compliance with the open meeting law
  2. Adopt agenda
  3. Adopt minutes of previous meeting
  4. Public comment
  5. Communication
  6. Business Office report and voucher review
  7. Discussion of Collection Agency information
  8. Discussion of Anthem Insurance situation
  9. Discussion and Consideration of the 2011 Budget
  10. Administrator's report
  11. Next meeting date and agenda items
  12. Adjournment

COPIES TO: County Clerk Borleske Bach Carlson Netzinger Langer Higgins M Murray Clary Gochanour Web Liaison Schauf Krueger

DATE NOTICE MAILED: September 2, 2010

PREPARED BY: Administrator's Office

Unapproved
PDF icon September 8, 2010 (22 KB)

Present: Steve Bach, Arthur Carlson, Henry Netzinger, Linda Borleske, Mary Ellen Murray, Terri Langer, William Higgins
Others Present: Kim Gochanour, Penny Clary, Marty Krueger, Diane Gade, Staff

  1. Called to order at 5:30 p.m. by Steve Bach. The open meeting law requirements were met.
  2. Motion by Netzinger, second by Borleske to adopt the agenda. Motion carried.
  3. Motion by Carlson, second by Higgins to approve the minutes of the previous meeting. Motion carried.
  4. Public comment
    • None
  5. Communication
    • None
  6. Business office report and voucher review. Discussion held regarding vouchers, operations statement and aged receivables. Are now receiving payments electronically from Medicare. Expect an increase in Medicaid rates per the Medicaid Auditor who was here last week.
    • Motion by Carlson, second by Langer to approve the vouchers in the amount of $96,443.01. Motion carried.
  7. Collection Agency information was discussed. Corp. Council reviewed the contract and approved it with a few minor changes. We will now move forward with the contract.
  8. Anthem Insurance situation was discussed. More information was faxed and mailed to the company and they can now move forward with the appeal process.
  9. Discussion of 2011 budget. After the Chairman's Advisory Committee meeting, supervisors requested a $0 increase in the tax levy. Asked departments to re-look at proposed budgets and pare down as much as possible. Kim presented her potential areas of cost savings coming up with a $0 increase in levy without compromising our quality of care. Chairman Krueger commended Kim and staff for being proactive in this regard. Discussion followed.
  10. Administrator's report. Kim updated the board on various activities of the HCC over the past month. Met with the Continuum of Care Development Committee and John Keefe presented the results of his study. Recommended working on non-building services but keeping the land for future development. Working on transitioning the Kronos (payroll) system to managers to cut down on Personnel time. We are supporting the Functional Group idea of sharing facilities by offering our small conference room to Home Care staff for paperwork. Our staff have been working very hard to raise money for the Alzheimer's Alliance by having various fundraisers. Staff will be at the Pizza Ranch on the 22nd of September with 10% of the profits and tips going to the cause.
  11. Next meeting will be on October 5, 2010 at 5:30 p.m.
    • Motion by Borleske, second by Murray to adjourn. Motion carried.

Respectfully Submitted: Steve Bach, Chairperson