1989-09-28 Regular MeetingFINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1989
CALL TO ORDER: 12:00 pm.
PRESENT: Wilton White, Ben Ardinger, Betty Springhill, Margaret
French, and Don Wee. Absent: None.
1. CAPITAL EQUIPMENT 1990: $195,000 total capital equipment
requests exclusive of C/T. Dr. Tschersich recommends upgrading
ultrasound to do more business. Mr. Wee recommended using state
revenue funds for capital equipment in 1990. Discussion on non-
financial support from KIS.
2. ER PHYSICIAN BILLING: Mr. Wee explained KIH could do the ER
billing for physicians (pts won't receive separate bill from dr's)
for a service fee, such as a percentage of the charge. Discussion
on hiring an ER physician. Committee members agreed and support
administration for both the billing program and the ER physician.
Members discussed and recommended tracking the ER physician
billing/use the remainder of the year and put into place a plan
based on this year's experience for next year.
3. XRAY BILLING: Margaret explained x-ray cost plus charge for
services. 10/1 tentative starting point. A proposal including a
fee schedule will be written. Members agreed with putting the
program into place as it offers all doctors the same opportunity.
Discussion on Great West insurance /RE/ report from Mike Lockwood.
The report didn't itemize all information desired. Mr. Wee will
follow up. Committee wanted a list of all patients names.
Adjourned: 1:37 pm; recorded by Beth Stohl-Reiland
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ISLAND HOSPITAL
SWING BED
NEWBORN
K. r
DIRECTORS REPORT
EMER. ROOM
1989 STATISTICS
REVIEW
MED/SURG
OB/GYN
/ OF
AVG /
t OF
AVG /
MONTH
-----
DAYS
------
PAT.
------
DAYS
------
PAT.
------
JAN
271
8.74
45
1.45
FEB
214
7.64
62
2.21
MAR
270
8.71
37
1.19
APR
204
6.80
38
1.27
MAY
273
8.81
34
1.10
JUN
224
7.47
42
1.40
JUL
220
7.10
50
1.61
AUG
251
8.10
59
1.90
E
8
0.00
26
0.00
OCT
0.83
0.00
36.80%
0.00
NOV
12
0.00
20
0.00
DEC
1.00
0.00
43.74%
0.00
TOTALS
-----
1,927
-----
7.93
-----
367
-----
1.51
BUDGET
2,200
9.05
454
1.87
% VAR
-12.4%
0.23
-19.2%
2.29
YTD '88
2,059
8.44
376
1.54
% VAR
-6.4%
0.16
-2.4%
2.29
1 Variance
(-
= under budget; +
over)
ICU
SWING BED
NEWBORN
%
EMER. ROOM
OCCUP.
/ OF
AVG t
/ OF
AVG I
A OF
AVG /
AVG / OF
(W/O NEW
/ OF
AVG
DAYS
PAT.
DAYS
PAT.
DAYS
NEWBRN
PATIENTS
BORNS)
VISITS
E/R
16
0.52
68
2.19
35
1.13
12.90
51.61%
314
IC
11
0.39
54
1.93
51
1.82
12.18
48.71%
279
S
13
0.42
30
0.97
32
1.03
11.29
45.16%
254
E
8
0.27
26
0.87
25
0.83
9.20
36.80%
303
S
12
0.39
20
0.65
31
1.00
10.94
43.74%
414
13
15
0.50
40
1.33
31
1.03
10.70
42.80%
422
14
7
0.23
71
2.29
34
1.10
11.23
44.90%
494
1`-
5
0.16
71
2.29
38
1.23
12.45
49.81%
414
13
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00%
0
C
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00%
0
G
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00%
0
G
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00%
0
c
-----
87
-----
0.36
-----
380
-----
1.56
-----
277
-----
1.14
------
11.36
-------
45.45%
-------
2,894
11
100
0.41
187
0.77
348
1.43
12.10
48.41%
2,377
S
-13.0%
103.2%
-20.4%
-6.1%
21.8%
112
0.46
370
1.52
340
1.39
11.95
47.82%
2,476
1(
-22.3%
2.7%
-18.5%
-5.0%
16.9%