November 30, 2017 at 5:36 p.m.
Integration process is going well
Officials report progress toward March 1 integration
Integration process is going well
So far, so good.
Jay County Hospital and Indiana University Health officials said at Wednesday’s hospital board meeting that the early stages of the process to integrate the two organizations is going well.
It’s been just nine days since the impending integration became official, but progress is already being made toward the launch of IU Health Jay on March 1. Jay County Hospital CEO Dave Hyatt, who will become president of IU Health Jay, said a lot of IU Health staffers have been at the hospital as the integration process begins.
“I appreciate that,” he said. “Our leadership and our managers have done a great job answering team member questions. And the goal is to make this as smooth an integration as possible.”
The changes are not without challenges, such as what to do with new equipment that comes in prior to the switch. Hospital and IU Health officials said at the meeting that the likely solution will be to make use of an empty room to store the new equipment in the interim and allow staff time to train on it before they go live in about three months.
Dr. Jeff Bird, president of IU Health’seast central region, said he hopes to hold a meeting with Jay County Hospital primary care providers soon.
“From our end, things are going great,” he said. “I feel like the joining of the teams is going as smoothly as you could ever possibly imagine.”
“We hope that things go as smoothly in the future as they have up to this point,” said hospital board chair Dave Littler.
The board made one change to hospital policy, deciding to allow paid time off to be transferred to another organization, in this case, IU Health. Had that change not been made, the hospital would have had to reimburse all accrued paid time off at the date of the closing of the integration and employees would have started fresh with no paid time off as of March 1.
The financial woes that led to the decision to integrate did not change in October, the first month offiscal year 2018. (When the switch is made to IU Health, the hospital’s fiscal year will change to coincide with the calendar year.) Though the hospital saw office visits go up by 22.5 percent over last year and labs continue to perform well, expenses for the month still outpaced revenue by $617,000.
The hospital’s amount of cash on hand has dipped from 107 days worth at the close of October 2016 to 89 days currently.
In other business, the board:
•Learned Dr. Joseph Vormohr has signed a contract with the hospital and is expected to join the staff in September. Also, nurse practitioner Camille Elick-Shawver is expected to sign a contract next week.
•Heard from auxiliary president Bonnie Coffel that 74 volunteers worked a total of 1,401.5 hours in November. The auxiliary also raised $6,000 during its Celebration of Lights and exceeded $4,000 in sales at its gift shop holiday open house. It also raised more than $1,000 at a pair of craft shows and $906 at its holiday bake sale. It will also host a craft sale from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 15.
•Approved the reappointment of nurse anesthetist Andi Anderson.
Jay County Hospital and Indiana University Health officials said at Wednesday’s hospital board meeting that the early stages of the process to integrate the two organizations is going well.
It’s been just nine days since the impending integration became official, but progress is already being made toward the launch of IU Health Jay on March 1. Jay County Hospital CEO Dave Hyatt, who will become president of IU Health Jay, said a lot of IU Health staffers have been at the hospital as the integration process begins.
“I appreciate that,” he said. “Our leadership and our managers have done a great job answering team member questions. And the goal is to make this as smooth an integration as possible.”
The changes are not without challenges, such as what to do with new equipment that comes in prior to the switch. Hospital and IU Health officials said at the meeting that the likely solution will be to make use of an empty room to store the new equipment in the interim and allow staff time to train on it before they go live in about three months.
Dr. Jeff Bird, president of IU Health’s
“From our end, things are going great,” he said. “I feel like the joining of the teams is going as smoothly as you could ever possibly imagine.”
“We hope that things go as smoothly in the future as they have up to this point,” said hospital board chair Dave Littler.
The board made one change to hospital policy, deciding to allow paid time off to be transferred to another organization, in this case, IU Health. Had that change not been made, the hospital would have had to reimburse all accrued paid time off at the date of the closing of the integration and employees would have started fresh with no paid time off as of March 1.
The financial woes that led to the decision to integrate did not change in October, the first month of
The hospital’s amount of cash on hand has dipped from 107 days worth at the close of October 2016 to 89 days currently.
In other business, the board:
•Learned Dr. Joseph Vormohr has signed a contract with the hospital and is expected to join the staff in September. Also, nurse practitioner Camille Elick-Shawver is expected to sign a contract next week.
•Heard from auxiliary president Bonnie Coffel that 74 volunteers worked a total of 1,401.5 hours in November. The auxiliary also raised $6,000 during its Celebration of Lights and exceeded $4,000 in sales at its gift shop holiday open house. It also raised more than $1,000 at a pair of craft shows and $906 at its holiday bake sale. It will also host a craft sale from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 15.
•Approved the reappointment of nurse anesthetist Andi Anderson.
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