The Flint Hills Community Health Center is seeing positive financial gains as 2019 continues to unfold.
During the FHCHC monthly board meeting Tuesday, the February 2019 financial report saw an overall $39,282 favorable gain. The Emporia Clinic had a net gain of $43,000, however, the Eureka clinic saw a net loss just over $4,000.
The loss at the Eureka clinic was attributed to the utilization of time off by providers. Overall this attributes to a year-to-date increase of just over $8,000. The positive gain is attributed to continued expense management by FHCHC as a component of their turnaround plan.
In other business board members were presented with findings from FHCHC’s recent needs assessment. The assessment was completed back in February and is a requirement for the health center.
According to the assessment, FHCHC saw an increase in the volume of patients living under the Federal Poverty line. FHCHC Chief Financial Officer Stephanie Ringgold tells KVOE News the overall findings from the assessment are directly in line with the health center’s mission of serving the underserved.
Opportunities for improvement based off of community input were also identified within the assessment. Those findings will be included in the center’s strategic planning process in June.
In other business, the monthly CQI report was delivered and board members received reports from the medical, dental and psychiatry clinics for the month of February. Approval of credentialing and discussions on a new commercial campaign for FHCHC also took place during the meeting.
On top of their monthly meeting, the board of directors also held their annual meeting. During this time board members approved the reappointment of directors and the slate of officers for the coming year. Board members also approved services, sites and hours of operations and ratified business and affairs of the preceding year.
The FHCHC Board of Directors’ next meeting is scheduled for April 23, at noon.
