Children’s Leadership meeting
July 15, 2009
Meeting was called to order at 1:40 p.m., by Tom Shufflebarger, in the Bradley Lecture Center.
Susan Forrest – Logo Preview
· Next logo sale August 7, 2009 from 6:30 a.m. till 3:30 p.m.
· New items include: new Ping Shirt, trunk organizers, pajama pants, t-shirts (seven new colors), coffee tumblers, insulated grocery bags and ladies button up shirt
Nancy Jarrett/Carol Massey – Employee Service Awards/Banquet
· Awards banquet is October 15, 2009 at the Cahaba Grand
· Immediately after Leadership Meeting an email will go out to all directors detailing new changes coming
· Anniversary gifts must be ordered by November 30, 2009 or default gift will be sent. Default gifts are watches.
· Beginning 1/20/2010 Employees will be recognized during the month in which their anniversary falls. Banquet will still be the 3rd Thursday in October.
Michael Wiggins – I-Connect
· Update on I-Connect; Phase I, Team Training, Phase II and Chart Max
· Presentation attached with minutes
Roxanne Womack – Chart Maxx
· In August training will begin and materials will be sent out
· Training will be conducted through CBT’s and people can sign up through CHEX
· CBT’s will be available between the 1st and the 15th of August.
· Access will begin scanning phase on August 6th.
· Directors to sign off on level of access on request for access forms.
Mike Warren – Healthcare Reform
· Tom is the point person for the board meetings for updates on the healthcare reform
· Meeting with area hospitals three weeks ago to discuss what will be likely phased in over a number of years and what is likely to affect us immediately. The other hospitals are not much different than us and we all share common concerns.
· CHS needs to choose wisely and work with the lobby process for those things which are important to us.
· CHS will cooperate and collaborate with UAB as much as possible.
· None of the Alabama Congressional Delegation is involved in the committees actually working on the reform plans. Artur Davis has the best chance of being influential. He is a democrat and well known to the Obama Administration.
Vickie Atkins – JCAHO Update
· Series of questions and answers, which are attached, to remind of importance of PI Initiatives for 2009
Tom Shufflebarger –
· May 2009 Board Report emailed to everyone prior to this meeting; June financials not ready yet.
· Andrea will be in the lobby on 7/17 and 7/21 and 7/22 with Keeping Promises T-shirts for sale @ $5 per shirt.
· Recognition of Sherry Gooch and the ED for their patience and diligence while construction taking place in their area. The ED is the longest running single construction in CHS history. Three gift baskets, one for each shift in the ED, presented as a way to say thank you.
Mike Warren –
· Yesterday we closed the financing of the central energy plant. Now we can go forward with the long term loan from BBA Compass.
· We will be customers of the GUSC and Johnson Controls to operate and run the energy plant.
· CHS will utilize 90% of the output and UAB to use 10%. By providing the 10% to UAB it allows us to build a better relationship with them.
· Immediately before Leadership Meeting met with SCAFA, which is a three person organization appointed by the city and is a government entity which facilitates the issuance of bonds for Children’s. Tuesday the issue will come before the City Council to authorize.
· Middle of August the bond cost will be set
· S&P affirmed our “A” rating with a stable outlook. Moody’s to meet tomorrow. Our credit rating will affect overall interest rate we pay when we borrow.
· We are currently on schedule with the construction. We have nine bids currently out. Three have been received back.
· We are close to an agreement on the medical equipment which is a $50 million project.
· It looks like June is going to be a good month for us financially. Our census is strong. We had 220 patients in the hospital this morning.
· Doug Dean asked for public participation to be explained. Mr. Warren advised bonds will be available in $5,000 increments. 2/3 will be available for individuals to purchase and will be tax free from federal or state. Some bonds will have shorter terms; the longer the term the higher the interest rate will be.
· Sandy asked if Moody’s will be aware of S&P’s rating and will it make a difference? Mr. Warren advised that Moody’s will most likely know of S&P’s rating but it won’t make much of a difference.
· Genie asked when the VA will be moving out of our parking deck? Mr. Warren advised we need them to stay until their lease ends in 2014 unless we finish our facility ahead of schedule. We are trying to help them find a place to move to or someone to build them a deck the size of Park Place. VA more focused on vets returning from Iraq and their long term needs. They are not concerned about increasing beds.
· Gloria asked if we were optimistic about outcome of appearance before the Birmingham City Council since recent council meetings haven’t resulted in any positive agreements on the councils’ part. Mr. Warren stated the city is not obligated for payments of bonds and our credit rating does not directly affect them so we expect no problems in getting approval and are taking a very low key approach.
The meeting was adjourned at 2:35 p.m.
Recorded by: Beth McGuire