The Board of Managers of the Lamb County Hospital met in regular session on Tuesday, March 21st, during lunch to discuss a 13item agenda.
The meeting was called to order by Board President Carla Synatschk at 12:02 p.m. and the invocation was given by Jeni D. Brunson.
The minutes from the previous meeting were approved with one correction. The motion to approve the minutes was made by Brunson and seconded by Brenda Alcarez. The motion carried.
The Auditor Report was given by Aaron Milligan and CFO Dylan Brown gave the financial report.
Brown reviewed the Financial Report for February 2023 with the following information.
On the Balance Sheet provided, it shows that we had $2,535,093 in the County account at the end of the month, as of this morning we had $2,539,346. On the Income Statement, In-patient revenue was down $91,399, and out-patient revenue was down $774,243, due to reduction in COVID patients and Sleep Tek.
Revenue deductions of $147,852; revenue is lower, so there are not as many write-offs. Nonoperating revenue is up $1,106,283 and non-operating revenue is up $18,418 due to us getting more tax money.
For our expenses, salaries and wages are up $71, 776, due to higher individual salaries. Vacation accruals are up $13,478; state unemployment is down $11,065; audit fees are up $16,735, they’re doing more work for us with helping us report and running analysis. Medical supplies are down $31,284; Lab reagents are down $42,228; Pharmaceuticals were down $316,888 due to less drug use. Maintenance contracts are up $39,830. Purchase services are up $156,800, largely due to nursing. Equipment rental is down $14,780, due to sleep tek. Repair and Maintenance is up $16,901.
The total operating expenses are under budget $30,734 from prior year.
On the Profit and Loss Statement for LHC Family Medicine, revenue before contractuals was $181,068. Total expenses were $189,440 for a loss of $8,371. They had 1,592 total office visits and 3,795 procedures were done.
Revenue with Labs was $276,297.42, Revenue with writeoffs was $238.433 and receipts of $158,364.46.
On the Profit and Loss Statement for Olton RHC, revenue before contractuals was $11,941. Total expenses was $19,184 with a net revenue and expense of ($7,243). They had 134 office visits with 290 procedures.
Revenue with Labs was $21,181.02, Revenue with writeoffs $16,878.56 and Receipts of $10,850.56.
Dr. Rolando Rodriguez, MD, gave the Medical Staff Report.
“We are doing a transition from fax to email, but it is off to a rocky start,” Dr. Rodriguez said. “We’re reviewing the process to try and cut down on things that are being duplicated, we’re trying to work the kinks out with out IT department. I was contacted on the internet from IHC Behavioral Partnerships. They’ve worked with Dimmitt and Knox County. They provide mental health services and addiction counseling via telehealth.”
He added, “They partner with rural clinics and would be able to use our EMR, so we would be able to have access to the records. They recruit providers and work with the charges and from what I understand they’re trying to get mental health services to remote areas. Mental Health is super hard to get into, there are months to years wait times to get into some of these things. We haven’t decided anything, I did call Dimmitt and Knox County, and both of them said that this is fairly new.”
The motion to approve the Initial Appointments for Dr. Adel Abdalla, MD (Garvish Radiology), Dr. Wessam Bou-Assaly, MD (Garvish Radiology), Dr. Dennis Burton, MD (Garvish Radiology), Dr. Surender Kurapati, MD ( Garvish Radiology), Dr. Johnathan Hays, MD (Garvish Radiology), Dr. Abbas Chamsuddin, MD (Garvish Radiology), Dr. Roberto Morales, MD (Garvish Radiology), Dr. Roger McCellan, MD (Garvish Radiology), Dr. Fred Shu, MD (Garvish Radiology), Dr. Amit Sanghi, DO (Garvish Radiology), Dr. Justin Pham, MD (Garvish Radiology), Dr. Amjad Safvi, MD (Garvish Radiology), Dr. Richard Lynch, DO (Garvish Radiology), Dr. Walter Uyesugi, DO (Garvish Radiology), Dr. Elliott Wagner, MD (Garvish Radiology), Dr. Dean Moesch, MD (Garvish Radiology), was made by Brunson and seconded by Johnny Rosemond. The motion carried.
ADON Elizabeth Vargas gave the Committee Report and Cindy Pope, CEO, gave the Administrator’s Report.
The Administrator’s Annual Evaluation was held until the next meeting, because all members were not in attendance.
The Board went into Executive Session at 12:58 p.m. and upon returning from Executive session, the meeting was adjourned.