HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93009_0416mechanism of the program, Corbett said. He said 19.4% of the
patients treated by Davis were Medicaid and self -pay, compared to
17.68 at Iredell Hospital and 10.4% at Lake Norman Regional Medical
Center. He was citing the 1992 Hospital Association's Data
Corporation's report.
Chairman Haire thanked Mr. Corbett for his presentation.
Chairman Haire also asked if there was a speaker present from
the Lake Norman Regional Hospital who wished to speak on this
subject. No one was present from LHRH.
Andhra McMillan - Nurse - Home Health Service - Mrs. McMillan
expressed appreciation for being allowed to speak and said that she
was expressing the views of herself and her co-workers, but not the
views of the health department administration staff. Her chief
concern was for the indigent patients who might not be served if a
change occurred. She gave some examples of some of those who
required their services because of inability to pay. She said that
Iredell Home Health is the only agency that delivers unlimited
service for indigent care patients. She asked that the board
consider keeping this service and making needed changes. She asked
that the Iredell County Board of Commissioners vote against placing
the service up for bid and asked the board of health to rethink its
position.
Commissioner Doug Madison - County Commissioner appointee to
the Board of Health - Mr. Madison said he would like to give a
report from the majority voters on the motion. He had inquired
about the vote taken at the December meeting and found that there
was not a true understanding of the issue. Two other members did
not "audibly" vote on the issue at the December meeting, Madison
said. He wanted to go on record saying that it was not a unanimous
vote at the December health board meeting. At the January 1994
meeting, there was a very spirited discussion with the result being
a 6-3 vote in favor of putting the service up to bid. There were
two members not present at the January meeting, and Mr. Madison had
asked them how they felt on this issue. One of the members was in
favor of bidding the service; the other one was not.
Don Carney - chairman of board of health - He said the issue
of how to sell the home health service was discussed before the
vote was called. He said there were no descending votes or
negative votes or abstentions. There were it members on the board
and three of the 11 were absent. He said it was his intent to try
to resolve the issue and try to bring a consensus to the county
commissioners.
MOTION from Chairman Haire to bring back a motion that was
tabled at the January 18, 1994 meeting. The motion was made by
Commissioner Stewart and was stated in the 1/18/94 minutes as
follows:
MOTION from Commissioner Stewart stating because she believed
the health board has given this matter a good bit of attention
and has studied this issue thoroughly, she would make a
motion that the board approve the recommendation to transfer
the home health program to Iredell Memorial Hospital with
negotiations for the transfer costs to be worked out by staff.
VOTING ON BRINGING BACK THE MOTION: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
The motion now being on the floor, Chairman Haire inquired if
there was any discussion.
Commissioner Boone said he would like to make a motion to
refer this matter back to the board of health for further
evaluation and consideration, and as a part of the motion ask the
board of health to address the following questions:
FEB 1 1994 399