• May 21 Alva Hospital Authority meeting
“We got put to the test Saturday night after the Capron storm,” Share Medical Center CEO Kandice Allen said Tuesday. She was speaking to the Alva Hospital Authority trustees during their regular meeting. On April 11, Share Medical Center completed Emergency Mass Casualty training with the Alva Fire Department, Alva EMS, Woods County Emergency Management, Oklahoma Department of Health and Northwest Technology Center LPN students.
Just over a month later, on May 25, an outdoor wedding near Capron was set to be held in a wedding tent. The ceremony was delayed briefly while waiting for a thunderstorm to clear. High winds caused damage to the tent and multiple injuries to guests. The wedding will be rescheduled.
Allen said, “We had multiple people show up here (Share Medical Center), and staff did a great job. Some (staff) came in on their own without being called. They heard about it. So, it went well. We were glad that we had practiced that so recently.”
Dr. Bo Hannaford, chairman, opened the meeting with trustees Dr. Ken Brown, Dr. Halah Simon, Dr. Callie Mosburg, Connor Martin and Greg Bowman present.
Allen said the hospital clinics were busier in April with 140 more visits than in March. The hospital also had no COVID cases in April.
“We do have one medical student, a local girl, who has voiced interest in talking about coming back to Share Medical Center after med school, so we’re excited about that,” she said. “Regina (Wilson) was able to hire two full time RNs recently. It is a struggle to hire nursing staff these days so we’re happy to get a couple of new nurses on staff.”
Allen said she was sounding like a broken record in reporting again that Dr. Joel Tupper continues to be “super busy” in orthopedic appointments. Dr. Addison Roberts’ general surgery continues to have good clinic days and procedure days, she said.
Dr. Gregg is preparing to close out his surgery practice with the hospital, fully retiring in July. “We are not happy to see him go,” said Allen. She explained he is the father-in-law of Mark Almack, and “that’s kind of how we got hooked up with Dr. Gregg.” He had semi-retired to move closer to the grandkids and moved from Hereford, Texas, to Gutherie. Allen said, “He has served us well. We hate to see him go. He has done a great job for us.”
Giving other highlights from her written report, Allen said that Reese Almack in IT provided a report from KnowBe4 on the hospital’s email risk assessment. “Our current risk score is still in the low category. Our organization is also well ahead of most of the medical industry in avoiding and reporting simulated phishing email,” reported Almack.
Allen gave an update on the accreditation survey from a few months ago. “We received notice that our corrective action plan for the few things they had found has been approved, and we received full accreditation by them today.”
Hospital Financials
Kelly Parker went over the Share Medical financial report. The operating cash balance for April was $197,049 representing 7.8 days of operating expenses, excluding depreciation. Hospital accounts receivable balance was $4,223,941, an increase of $271,973 during April.
Accounts payable balance for April was $1,739,194. This represents 137.4 days of operating expenses excluding costs related to salaries, benefits and depreciation.
Hospital gross patient revenue for the month totaled $2,068,790, an increase of $184,525 compared to the previous month. Total patients days for April were 33 compared to 34 in March. Total clinic office visits for April were 1,743 compared to 1,603 in March. The hospital’s net profit for April was $508,175.
For the year to date, the hospital has a net income of $212,720 compared to a net loss of -$684,969 at this time last year.
After approving the written statistics and financial report, the trustees had three votes pertaining to signatures on bank accounts. They first voted to remove Angelica Brady and Jason Gaisford as signatories on 14 bank accounts. Then they voted to add Kelly Parker and Derek Bo Hannaford (Hannaford said Derek is actually his given name in case they didn’t know) as authorized signers on 13 bank accounts. Finally, they added Derek Bo Hannaford to sign on one other account. Parker was not added on that account because it is where the hospital’s share of city sales tax is handled. It was considered a possible conflict of interest as Parker is mayor of Alva.
Medical Staff
Dr. Scott Burk was absent, so Allen presented credentialing committee recommendations. Trustees approved the reappointment to courtesy staff of Jiss Mathew, MD, in internal medicine. They approved the following appointments to courtesy staff: David Allen, MD, for Telemed pulmonology; Muhammad Ishaq, MD, for Telemed pulmonology; Farhan Tariq, MD, for Telemed neurology; and Venkatram Rajarm, MD, for Telemed cardiology.
Share Convalescent Home
Parker reported that Share Convalescent Home saw a slight increase in census from March to April. “The satisfaction of our residents continues to be high,” he said.
The Alva City Council approved the ballot measure language to go to Alva voters on June 18. A favorable vote would allow the city to transfer ownership of Share Convalescent Home to the hospital which would then allow them to sell the land and facility to Beadles.
Parker said they are proceeding with the management agreement with Beadles Nursing Home.
SCH had an operating cash balance of $523,565 at the end of April. This represented 68.9 days of operating expenses, excluding depreciation. Accounts payable balance was $991,938, an increase of $181,222 during the month. Accounts payable balance for April was $45,607, representing 13.4 days of operating expenses excluding the costs related to salaries, benefits and depreciation.
Gross patient revenue for the month totaled $236,653, an increase of $2,543 compared to March. The net income for April was $13,225 compared to a net loss of $13,225 in March.
The Homestead
Parker described the occupancy at The Homestead as “pretty flat.” However, they’ve given lots of tours and believe some are interested.
He briefly went over the financial report which showed a net income of $13,225 for April.
SMC Foundation
“We (SMC Foundation) did award scholarships earlier in May to Carly Argo and Jenna Allen. Both fully meet the criteria,” said Parker.
Allen interjected, “No insiders.”
Parker said, “We didn’t even let her (Kandice Allen) see it. We were able to give two this year. We aren’t always able to give two $2,000 scholarships.”
He told trustees they look for students who have achieved high academic marks in health and science related courses, math and STEM type areas of study. “We’re looking for students with an interest in having a career pursuit that aligns with the needs of Alva, Woods County. And obviously we want to know what their thoughts are on rural medicine and things of that nature,” he added.
The foundation had nine applications and narrowed it down to the top three. He said, “One stood out far above the rest and the other one was not far behind.”
Parker said the foundation also transferred about $150,000 in donations to Share Medical Center. The donations will be used for things like the digital or 3-D mammography and other equipment in addition to the basement floor.
Before closing the meeting, Hannaford said, “I just want to thank Callie (Mosburg) and Connor (Martin) and continue to work with Kandice (Allen) and Kelly (Parker) on getting our budget ready for you all.”
A video of the meeting may be viewed at http://www.AlvaReviewCourier.com by clicking on the Videos tab.
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