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Minutes of the
Operating Board of Directors
DeKalb County Rehab & Nursing Center


May 30, 2001


Present: Directors Stromborg, Wilson, Heinisch, Crain

Absent: Directors Kirby, Casella, Richter

 

Also Present: M.A. Scavotto (Administrator DCRNC), Pat Knudson (Director of Nursing/Operations), Ray Bockman (County Administrator)

Mr. Crain called the meeting to order at 7:00 am.

 

Approval of Agenda: The agenda was approved as submitted (Motion Stromborg, second Wilson, unanimous)

 

Approval of Minutes: The minutes were approved as submitted. (Motion Wilson, second Heinisch, unanimous)

 

Old Business:   None

 

New Business:

 

Management Report

 

Operations: Scavotto distributed statistics for May and reviewed some exceptions in accounts receivable (current A/R is not being reduced by amounts collected). Corrections will be made in June and all statistics year-to-date will be corrected. Current trends in census including Medicare were reviewed. The situation with Alliance Rehab appears to be improving although Alliance’s ability to provide consistent coverage remains a concern. DCRNC is experiencing increased wage pressures in certain job classifications with RNs being the immediate concern; a plan to correct compression in the range will cost approximately $40k and will be implemented by management. Environmental Services is another area where DCRNC is falling behind.

 

Scavotto reviewed new regulations with HIPAA; we have two years to comply. The biggest concern is with privacy data, policies, and procedures. The latest Plan of Correction was accepted by IDPH; in-service training has been conducted; expect IDPH in its regular survey to appear at any time. Stromborg pointed out that recent Resident Satisfaction Survey results were very good.

 

Next Meeting Dates:

            Wednesday, July 18, 2001, 7:00 a.m.  No June meeting!

 

Respectfully submitted, 

 

_____________________
Patricia Knudson
Recording Secretary


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