January 27, 2015 at 12:30 PM - Board of Managers - Regular Meeting

1. CALL TO ORDER

2. ESTABLISHMENT OF QUORUM

3. PUBLIC COMMENT - Persons wishing to comment must sign-in on the "Agenda Item Request to Speak" form provided at the entrance of the Board meeting room at least five (5) minutes prior to commencement of the Board meeting.  Commenters shall limit their comments to three (3) minutes and comments must be appropriate to the agenda item(s).  See the "Public Comment" section of the preceding General Information page for additional Public Comment-related requirements and information.

4. CONSENT AGENDA:

4.A. Board of Managers:

4.A.1. Approve minutes of Board of Managers meetings:

4.A.1.a. Regular Meeting of November 18, 2014; and

4.A.1.b. Special Meeting of December 18, 2014.

4.A.2. Receive complete vendor listing as of January 23, 2015; provision of listing pursuant to Board of Managers Bylaws, §2.1.B and Texas Local Government Code, Chapter 176.

4.B. Finance Committee:

4.B.1. Receive unaudited financial statements for the months and fiscal year-to-date periods ended October 31, 2014 and November 30, 2014.

4.B.2. Receive revenue report relating to Christus Spohn Health System Corporation Membership Agreement for current fiscal year-to-date.

4.B.3. Receive summary payment information for current fiscal year-to-date:

4.B.3.a. Medical services at Nueces County juvenile detention facility;

4.B.3.b. Emergency medical services in unincorporated areas of Nueces County;

4.B.3.c. Supplemental funding for Nueces County Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center (presently known as Behavioral Health Center of Nueces County); and

4.B.3.d. Salaries, benefits, and supplies at Corpus Christi/Nueces County Public Health Department.

4.B.4. Receive summary report of intergovernmental transfers in support of the Medicaid 1115 Waiver-related Texas Healthcare Transformation and Quality Improvement Program sponsored by the Texas Health and Human Commission for fiscal year-to-date.

4.B.5. Receive and ratify investment transactions:

4.B.5.a. Interim Investment Transactions Report for fiscal year period October 1, 2014 - December 31, 2014.

4.B.6. Receive summary information relating to medical and hospital care provided to the Nueces Aid population consistent with the Christus Spohn Health System Corporation Membership Agreement:

4.B.6.a. Imputed Claims Experience for calendar year-to-date ended December 31, 2014.

4.C. Planning Committee:

4.C.1. Ratify Interlocal Cooperation Act Agreement with The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston for supplemental indigent health care services; Agreement for the period September 1, 2014 - August 31, 2015. 

4.C.2. Ratify Administrative Services Agreement with the Texas Health and Human Services Commission for administrative functions applicable to Regional Healthcare Partnership, Region 4 of the Medicaid 1115 Waiver-related Texas Healthcare Transformation and Quality Improvement Program; Agreement for the period October 1, 2012 - September 30, 2016.

5. REGULAR AGENDA:

5.A. Board Chairman:

5.A.1. Appoint new Board Member to Board of Managers Committees; Committee appointments pursuant to Board of Managers Bylaws, §2.2.B.2.(d):

5.A.1.a. Appoint Mr. John Valls to Quality Management (QM) Committee and designate as QM Committee Chairman; and

5.A.1.b. Appoint Mr. John Valls to Planning Committee.

5.B. Finance Committee:

5.B.1. Approve Annual Financial Report from Collier, Johnson, & Woods, P.C., Certified Public Accountants on financial statements for fiscal year ended September 30, 2014.  (ACTION)

5.C. Planning Committee:

5.C.1. Receive update on U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) September 2014 deferral of certain Medicaid 1115 Waiver-related Texas Healthcare Transformation and Quality Improvement Program (THTQIP) payments for hospital uncompensated care expenditures; THTQIP sponsored by Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC):

5.C.1.a. HHSC's December 8, 2014 Transmittal of Inquiry Findings to CMS; and

5.C.1.b. CMS's January 7, 2015 Release of September 2014 Deferral. (INFORMATION)

5.C.2. Adopt Board of Managers Resolution supporting the "Texas Way Program" and other similarly performing Texas-driven initiatives as methods to reduce the number of uninsured. (ACTION)

5.D. Indigent Care Provider's Briefing:

5.D.1. Receive and discuss information from Christus Spohn Health System Corporation (Provider) relating to:

5.D.1.a. Medical aid and hospital care provided to the Nueces Aid Program population consistent with the Christus Spohn Health System Corporation Membership Agreement and related matters; and

5.D.1.b. Programs, projects, and/or activities at Christus Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi-Memorial and other Hospital District-owned facilities and related matters.  (INFORMATION)

5.E. Administrator's Briefing:

5.E.1. Next Scheduled Board and Committee Meetings:

5.E.1.a. March 24, 2015 Meetings; meeting times to be determined:

5.E.1.a.1. Quality Management Committee;

5.E.1.a.2. Planning Committee;

5.E.1.a.3. Finance Committee; and

5.E.1.a.4. Board of Managers.  (INFORMATION)

6. ADJOURN