The Kiowa District Hospital Board conducted business in open session in approximately 30 minutes on June 20. They met in executive session before the meeting began near 30 minutes and about another one and a half hours at the end of the meeting.

KDH Board of Directors President Pat Myers called the meeting to order with all members present including Jeff Miller, Chantae Simpson, Miranda Walz Allen and Jim Parker.

Nursing Home Administrator John Fonang sat at the board table in the absence of Ronda Thomas who had served as hospital administrator. There was no mention of her absence in open session. A few days following the meeting when asked by the Newsgram, KDH CFO Janell Goodno said Thomas is no longer employed by Cohesive Healthcare, the management and consulting company with whom KDH contracted a year ago in April.

Goodno said she was asked to serve as interim hospital administrator and will continue her duties as CFO of KDH.

When asked if the Cohesive contract was yet signed, Goodno said it's still being negotiated under contract/legal in executive sessions.

Others present at the June meeting were Heidi Courson, DON; Judy Schrock, Foundation president; more members of the KDH staff; members of Cohesive Healthcare and some taxpayers.

Goodno presented financial and statistical information to the board. She told them that May was the busiest month in five years with the return of Dr. Paul Wilhelm. Clinic visits in May totaled 428 compared to 309 in April. The increase over the same month in 2017 is .281 percent.

Total days of acute and swingbed care in May totaled 122. Of those days 87 were swingbed. Goodno said that is the highest volume since 2013. Outpatient visits totaled 576 in May.

The hospital's operating statement showed that after total contractural adjustments net patient revenue was $665,201. Total operating revenue was $685,044.

Total operating expenses were $719,060 for a loss of $34,016. The addition of $78,168 mainly tax revenue gives the hospital a gain of $44,152.

The manor had total operating revenue of $126,017. Total operating expenses were $124,937. They had net from operations of $1,080. The addition of mainly tax revenue made their gain $7,434.

The comparative balance sheet of both the hospital and manor show a loss for YTD of $122,738 at the end of May.

Total cash in all funds was $899,532. Total net patient accounts receivable totaled $$1,733,877. Uncollected taxes totaled $388,736. Total assets are $9,216,835.

KDH is presently in a payable status to Medicare but working to get it in balance as needed since KDH is a Critical Access Hospital.

Other business included med staff appointments: Elisha Yaghmai, MD; Belinda Childs, APRN; and Patrick Desgranges, MD.

The only action taken after the executive sessions was approval of the risk management/quality assurance report.

The next regular board meeting will be at the KDH lobby on Thursday, July 26, at 7 p.m.