McLean County Board Health Committee met May 5.
Here are the minutes provided by the committee:
The Health Committee of the McLean County Board met at 5:30 p.m. in Room 400 of the Government Center Building 115 E. Washington Street, Bloomington, IL.
Members Present: Chairman Susan Schafer, Members: Randall Martin, Sharon Chung, and Hannah Beer
Members Absent: Members Lyndsay Bloomfield, Catherine Metsker, Beverly Bell Other Members Present: Chairman John McIntyre
Staff Present: Ms. Cassy Taylor, County Administrator; Ms. Cathy Dreyer, Assistant County Administrator; Mr. Anthony Grant, Assistant
County Administrator; Ms. Julie Morlock Recording Secretary; Ms. Ashley Scarborough, Assistant State’s Attorney Civil Division
Department Heads/Elected Officials Present: Jessica McKnight Health Department; Jason Tabb, Juvenile Detention Center; Suzanne Scott, Adult Jail Medical, Tim Wiley,
Nursing Home Director
Others Present: Cathy Coverston-Anderson, Health Department Chairman Schafer called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. and declared a quorum.
Chairman Schafer presented the March 10, 2022, special meeting and April 7, 2022, regular minutes of the Health Committee for approval.
Motion by Chung/Beer to approve the Health Committee’s March 10, 2022, special meeting and April 7, 2022, regular meeting minutes.
Motion Carried. Chair voted
Ms. Suzanne Scott, Adult Detention presented for action a request to approve an Agreement for Provision of Healthcare to Incarcerated Patients, McLean County – Advanced Correctional Healthcare, Inc.
Motion by Chung/Beer to recommend approval of an Agreement for Provision of Healthcare to Incarcerated Patients, McLean County – Advanced Correctional Healthcare, Inc.
Motion Carried. Chairman Schafer voted
Ms. Scott presented her monthly report. Ms. Chung asked for status of COVID at the jail. Ms. Scott indicated there were no active COVID cases at the jail. Ms. Chung noted staffing shortage and asked about the number of nurses they have on staff. Ms. Scott went over staffing numbers. Ms. Schafer noted this is the same issue with other locations as they work to recruit skilled healthcare professionals. Chairman Schafer asked if there were any questions; hearing none, she thanked her.
Mr. Jason Tabb, Superintendent, Juvenile Detention Center presented his monthly report to the Committee. Chairman Schafer asked if there were any questions; hearing none, she thanked him.
Ms. Jessica McKnight, Health Department Administrator presented for information her request for the Finance Committee to Amend the FTE Resolution. She indicated this would be for a grant funded position. Ms. McKnight then presented her monthly report to the Committee. Ms. Chung asked about hospital trends. Ms. McKnight indicated numbers have been going up recently. Ms. Chung asked if they would be increasing any testing dates. Ms. McKnight indicated they currently have 10-12 individuals come in for testing each day so she did not feel they would be adding more dates. Ms. Chung noted that at the beginning of the pandemic the goal was to keep hospitalizations down and asked how that had changed. Ms. McKnight noted while they still work to keep hospitalizations down, they have more information about how the virus is transmitted and work to get the word out about how the virus is spread. She noted that the virous is here to stay but they have a brighter outlook as we know more things to do to combat the virus. Chairman Schafer asked if there were any further questions or comments; hearing none, she thanked her.
Mr. Tim Wiley, Nursing Home Administrator presented for action a request to approve an Engagement Letter with OSF St. Joseph Medical Center Family Medicine. He noted OSF approached the nursing home for this opportunity. He stated this allows them to work with a local facility and also introduces young physicians to the aging population. He noted it is hard to find physicians willing to make the commitment to rounds at a nursing home facility, so they were very excited about this. Ms. Schafer asked him to provide regular updates. Mr. Wiley noted this would not begin until 2023, which also spoke to the time and effort OSF was putting in to the infrastructure of the plan.
Motion by Beer/Chung to recommend approval of an Engagement Letter OSF St. Joseph Medical Center Family Medicine.
Motion Carried. Mr. Martin abstained; Mr. McIntyre and Chairman Schafer voted
Mr. Wiley presented a Request under Section 108-43 F (2) (b) [3] of the McLean County Code to authorize the Nursing Home Administrator to offer a salary above that identified in Section 108-43 F (2) (b) [2]. Ms. Schafer noted that additional information had been sent to the Committee and asked if any Committee member needed to go into a closed session regarding this request. Members indicated they did not need to go into closed session.
Motion by Chung/Beer to recommend approval of Request under Section 108-43 F (2) (b) [3] of the McLean County Code to authorize the Nursing Home Administrator to offer a salary above that identified in Section 108-43 F (2) (b) [2]. Motion Carried. Chairman Schafer voted.
Mr. Wiley presented his monthly reports. He stated clinical metrics are going in the right direction. He also noted increases in Medicare and Medicaid revenue, staff working to keep expenses down, increase in retention of employees to keep agency staffing down. He also noted steady and increasing census numbers. Chairman Schafer asked if increased census numbers was a delayed response to COVID where families were holding off putting loved ones in nursing homes. Mr. Wiley noted COVID had been a factor, but indicated he felt many of the things they had being doing at the facility were assisting with the increased census as people in the community knew they would receive quality care there.
Ms. Chung asked for more information about the clinical metrics. Mr. Wiley stated that he includes wound care and infection control, fall prevention, weight management and controlling psychotropic use when he mentioned clinical metrics. He stated that they had seen a reduction by 50% since January 1 in falls. Mr. McIntyre asked if increase in wages would result in a reduction in agency use. Mr. Wiley confirmed. He also noted an area in southern Illinois offering free tuition to CNAs and the Illinois Department of Unemployment was promoting to provide skills to the unemployed population and assist with job growth. Chairman Schafer asked if there were any further questions; hearing none, she thanked him.
Ms. Cassy Taylor, County Administrator indicated she had no action items for the Committee. Chairman Schafer asked if there were any questions; hearing none, she thanked her.
Chairman Schafer presented for approval bills for Jail Medical and JDC Medical with a prepaid and fund total of $137,828.05.
Motion by Beer/Chung to approve bills for Jail Medical and JDC Medical as presented.
Motion carried. Chairman Schafer voted.
Chairman Schafer presented the bills for the Developmental Disability Board for approval with a prepaid and fund total of $68,063.16.
Motion by Chung/Beer to approve bills for the Developmental Disability Board as presented.
Motion carried. Chairman Schafer voted
Chairman Schafer presented for approval the Nursing Home bills with a prepaid and fund total of $218,299.86.
Motion by Martin/Chung to approve bills for the Nursing Home as presented. Motion carried. Chairman Schafer voted
Chairman Schafer presented for approval the bills for the Board of Health with a prepaid and fund total of $293,135.15.
Motion by Chung/Beer to approve the bills for the Board of Health as presented. Motion Carried. Chairman Schafer voted
Chairman Schafer asked if there was any additional business to come before the Committee; hearing nothing, she adjourned the meeting at 5:57 p.m.
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