University Press

Contact: Geoffrey Cormier and Audry Czwakiel, Graphic designers

OTC 700's are hospital forms and OTC 800's are department ones

Create unit account with selected users

Manager will get an email with order to approve; can track online orders; review forms before ordering

universitypress.musc.edu - Link to website

We need to review prices before ordering things outside of forms as we may get them cheaper somewhere else

Paying BLS Instructors to Teach Classes

This came from Marilyn Schaffner.  I have been made aware that BLS instructors utilized by the training center are paid in inconsistent ways. Some are paid by the area managers; some are paid by the training center.

I would like to clarify the process for paying instructors. In order to accurately track the costs of this training, the Training Center budgets to pay instructors hospital wide.  Hourly staff members who assist with these classes should do so on their own time outside of work hours and will be paid a flat rate by the training center through UMS. For time spent during work hours assisting with BLS training by salaried staff, time keepers should transfer the hours in Kronos to the clinical education cost center 99440. Salaried employees who instruct outside of work hours will be paid the flat rate by the training center through UMS.

Proposed Medicaid rate reductions for pediatric specialists.

Here is some final info that we have gotten:

This has bounced around a bit but here is where we finally ended up with the proposed Medicaid rate reductions for pediatric specialists.  As you know, we took a 3% rate reduction in April.   Medicaid informed us a few weeks ago that they were targeting pediatric specialist rates for an additional 7% reduction effective July 1^st.    We worked closely with Pediatrix, SC AAP, and others to educate SC  DHHS and legislators  about the access to care issues that would be created by such drastic cuts.    As a result of these advocacy efforts, SC DHHS has agreed to the following:

·         Neonatologists are exempted from additional rate cuts effective July 1.   They will be working with SC DHHS on a special cost-savings initiative

·         All other pediatric specialists will take an additional 2% rate reduction effective July 1^st.    This brings the total rate reduction for this group down to 5%.

CH Service LIne Score Cards

John mentioned that starting in June, Dr. Cawley would like to go over our service line scorecards.  We will go over this in our pre meetings. 

Kathy Brower sent out this link.

https://www.musc.edu/cce/ORDFRMS/rQuality/servicelinereports.htm

Using PTO to bring staff up to FTE

When staff go home early, you are not required to make them use PTO to bring them up to their FTE unless they request it.  Let Sonja know if you have any questions about this.

EPSI Reports

Kellie has created these reports in EPSI.  I saved them and then shared them with you in EPSI.  This should be under your reports section of EPSI.  These are the titles of the reports.  I will go over them with you.

Under Reporting

My Reports

Under G & L Reports
-Division Month YTD Expense Variance - CH
-Division Monthly Expense Values - CH

Under Payroll Budgeting Reports
-Division Dollars FTE - CH
-OT FY11

New Additions to Interqual

Please let your staff know that these have been added to the inpatient criteria for Intermediate Care Patients

                          

• Age <31 days and airway suctioning >=6x/day [1 point]
• Age <=2months - Receiving IV anti-infective, and at least one of the following: [0.3 points]
• T>100.4F PR or T>101.4F PO; or
• Pending culture results (1st 2 days); or
• Receiving antibiotics for treatment of (+) culture based on sensitivity results
• Oxygen Therapy, at least one of the following: [0.3 points]
• age <30days and receiving continuous oxygen; or
• age <6 months and receiving <40% FiO2
• Drug withdrawal therapy and Modified Finnegan Score>8 and age <=6months [1 point]

New Monthly Telephone Bill called VeraSMART

Starting in Februargy, you will start to receive a monthly email from VeraSMART with your unit’s telephone bill. REMINDER telephone bills are one month behind. The email will say something like “A new VeraSMART report has been generated for you. Use the link below to view it.  It will only send you your actual unit bill.  http://VERASMART1/CAS/enu/Reports/ShowReport.asp?id=08918D5DE31748AF8888C09804A11976

I have a screen shot of the bill and will make copies of it.

Hiring Justification Process

Each position or increase in FTE must go through approval process.
-Complete information on justificaiton form and send to Sonja
-Every Friday Sonja meets with John and Kellie to review positions
-The following Tuesday, positions are presented at Admin Ops committee
-After approval, John will notify us and position can be created in People Admin