The Henry County Hospital Board of Directors held their monthly board meeting on Monday, February 1 in the Heller Community Room at Henry County Hospital. Present at the meeting were Dr. Joseph Krueger, Chairman of the Board; Kimberly Bordenkircher, Chief Executive Officer; Marv Barlow, Vice Chairman; John Wilhelm, Secretary; Dr. Laura Elliott, Chief of Staff; Anne Goon, Health Commissioner;, Rick Roell, Rick Fruth, Dr. Robert Limbird and Tom Mack. Also present were: Michelle Rychener, Chief Operating Officer, Mary Clapp, Controller, and Karen Sunseri, Executive Assistant.
The Board of Directors received a report from the Henry County Hospital Foundation, Inc. The 7th Annual Membership/Fund Drive was kicked-off at the Henry County Hospital employee meetings on January 25, 2010. The co-chairs for the Annual Fund drive are Kevin Yarnell and Jason Maassel. The Henry County Hospital Auxiliary and Foundation are teaming up this year to ensure that persons walking to the Emergency Care Services Department are protected from elements like rain and snow. Through the recently-initiated Foundation membership drive and the ongoing fundraising efforts by the Auxiliary, a steel structured canopy will be constructed at the ambulatory entrance to the Emergency Care Services Department. The $35,000 project will be built on the northwest side of the hospital and will provide a 330 square foot protective roof for those entering Emergency Care Services. An article about the fund drive will be included in the February Insight Newsletter that will be released to the community on February 3, 2010. The Foundation also transferred $50,000 from the Capital Campaign fund to the hospital.
Kimberly Bordenkircher, Chief Executive Officer presented the hospital monthly report to the Board of Directors:
•At Henry County Hospital 116 employees (some pictured above) participated in the 3rd annual Health Risk Assessment. A Health Risk Assessment is a questionnaire in addition to blood tests and vital signs to assess health risks and lifestyle choices. Over the past three years, the employees at Henry County Hospital have seen an improvement in cancer risk reduction. In 2009, 69% employees were at risk for developing cancer compared to 78% in 2007. Each employee who participated received confidential written feedback to identify areas of excess health risk and recommend actions. The Henry County Hospital Wellness Committee “Fitness Matters, Wellness Works” has developed wellness workshops to address the top 5 risk areas: improving fitness, better nutrition, coronary risk reduction, cancer risk reduction and weight management. The Wellness Workshops are open to the public, call 419-591-3824 for more information.
•Effective January 1, 2010, the Leadership Team started using Professional Research Consultants to conduct phone surveys as a way to obtain feedback from patients. Phone surveys allow quicker turn-around time. Patients are randomly selected to receive a phone survey. Patients who are discharged beginning January 1st will be sent a letter that outlines key points about the change.
•The Community Health Assessment Adult Surveys were mailed the last week in January. The Youth Surveys will be distributed mid-February. The purpose of the surveys is to question health-related behaviors throughout Henry County. The questions are modeled after the survey instruments used by the Center for Disease Control for their national and state Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System and Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System. The Hospital Council of Northwest Ohio will be tabulating the data and will have a final report in May 2010. The data will be used to develop programs throughout the County.
Brad Shaw and Larry King from Blue and Company presented the Financial Audit to the Board of Directors for Fiscal Year ending October 31, 2009. Brad Shaw reported that even though the hospital experienced a decrease in total assets of $866,859; the financial condition is much better than other hospitals in comparison.
Mary Clapp, Controller, presented the financial statements for December 2009. There were 63 admissions and 13 births thru December. Days in accounts receivable decreased to 50 days. The Board of Directors approved the bid from Rupp/Rosebrock, Inc. to renovate a vacant physician suite. The total project will cost $125,895. The Board of Directors also approved the purchase of a Philips EKG Machine for the cost of $8,609.13.
The Board of Directors approved to write-off $173,236.59 for bad debt. Bad debt is accounts receivable that will likely remain uncollectible.
The next Board Meeting is scheduled for Monday, March 1, 2010 in the Heller Community Room.
