Hospital board votes for contract with Mercy
Published:
Claiborne Progress
Wednesday,
March 4, 2009
by Andrea
Schneider
TAZEWELL—In a
unanimous vote the Claiborne County Hospital Board decided to accept a
management contract with Mercy. Mercy representative Jack Bryant brought the
board a proposal from Mercy which each member reviewed prior to the meeting.
After some discussion and a minor change that both parties agreed to council
member Betsy Shoffner made a motion to accept the agreement. The council
conceded and the motion will now go to the County Commission for final
approval.
In other business, the board discussed the hospitals employee health
insurance policy. According to Director of Human Resources, Susan Hunley,
the employee health insurance contract expires on April 1, 2009. She brought
some proposals from other insurance carriers to the board for review.
After discussing the different plans and asking what plan the employees were
interested in the board made a decision and approved negotiation for a new
contract.
Dr. Richard Clark reported that the medical staff had elected new officers
and made some amendments to their bylaws. He presented the changes to the
board for approval, which was granted.
During the hospital administrator’s report Jessica Justice discussed the
hospitals finances saying, the combined Net Income for the Claiborne County
Hospital and Nursing Home in the month of January was $21,790 compared to a
budgeted $56,907.
Justice added that there had been a drastic increase in the amount of health
insurance claims which caused a substantial increase in insurance expenses
for the month.
After some other brief discussion the meeting was adjourned.
