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REGULAR BOARD MEETING AGENDA May 19, 2016 5:30 pm Guild Room Call to Order: Public Comments: Call for Executive Session: Per RCW 70.41.200 Each quality improvement committee shall, on at least a semiannual basis, report to the governing board of the hospital in which the committee is located. The report shall review the quality improvement activities conducted by the committee, and any actions taken as a result of those activities. Per RCW 42.30.110 (1)(i) “Potential litigation” means matters protected by RPC 1.6 or RCW 5.60.060(2)(a) concerning: Litigation or legal risks of a proposed action or current practice that the agency has identified when public discussion of the litigation or legal risks is likely to result in adverse legal or financial consequences to the agency. (i) To discuss with legal counsel representing the agency matters relating to agency enforcement actions, or to discuss with legal counsel representing the agency litigation or potential litigation to which the agency, the governing body, or a member acting in an official capacity is, or is likely to become, a party, when public knowledge regarding the discussion is likely to result in an adverse legal or financial consequence to the agency. This subsection (1)(i) does not permit a governing body to hold an executive session solely because an attorney representing the agency is present. For purposes of this subsection (1)(i), "potential litigation" means matters protected by RPC 1.6 or RCW 5.60.060(2)(a) concerning: (i) Litigation that has been specifically threatened to which the agency, the governing body, or a member acting in an official capacity is, or is likely to become, a party; (ii) Litigation that the agency reasonably believes may be commenced by or against the agency, the governing body, or a member acting in an official capacity; or (iii) Litigation or legal risks of a proposed action or current practice that the agency has identified when public discussion of the litigation or legal risks is likely to result in an adverse legal or financial consequence to the agency; Consent Agenda . Excused Members . Approval of Minutes: . April 28, 2016 Board Meeting Minutes . Approval of Accounts Payable and Payroll . Bad Debt (not available) Reports . Financial (Annette)- will bring to meeting . Clinic (Barb) . Medical Staff (Dr. Powell)- no report . Nursing and Clinical Services (Megan) . Administrator (Mo) Other Discussion . MBQIP . CAHN- Strategic Plan and Needs Assessment . “CMS Request for Information Response Letters” . Introduction to Relative Value Units and How Medicare Reimbursement is calculated. . Modern Healthcare Article, “Ready or not, the bundled-payment challenge is about to start.” . Modern Healthcare Articles, Preparing for MACRA . “Physicians face stark choices under new Medicare pay proposal.” . “Medicare’s new quality program targets measurement fatigue.” . July 26th Regional Governance Meeting at Samaritan at 5:15pm. . Concrete Repair

Next Meeting and Agenda: Thursday, June 23, 2016 at 5:30 pm in the Guild Room.

Adjourn Meeting