Tammy Stapp and Laurie Conner were both approved for their positions at Skiff Medical Center by the board of trustees Thursday. Stapp will serve as the administrator of Skiff Hospice and Skiff Home Care as well as Jasper County Public Health. Conner will take the Chief Administrative Officer position on an interim basis, replacing Jeanne Goche.
Although the hospital had 95 percent productivity, it recorded the lowest revenue since February 2013. CEO Brett Altman said that even though February is the shortest month of the year, November tends to bring lower revenues because of the Thanksgiving holiday. He said there was also three weeks where surgeons were absent during the month, which greatly effects the bottom line.
Karri Woody, director of financial, said electronic health records (EHR) money had not been received yet and after it was accounted for, the hospital would be in the black by about $500,000.
“If we would have received our EHR money, we would be at a positive — about $500,000. Even though it doesn’t look like we are doing better, we actually are,” Woody said.
She also pointed out the hospital is significantly under what was budgeted for the year. To date, it has used less than half of what predicted when the budget was set.
Skiff has met all of the deadlines set by Mercy as a part of the affiliation process. Three dates were set for documents to be sent for review over the past two months, with the final date being Monday. Through out the whole process, Altman and Woody thought they had sent thousands, if not tens of thousands, of documents at Mercy’s request.
Although the hospital does not have any additional deadlines currently, more are expected to arise in the coming months as the affiliation process moves forward.
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