NORTHCARE NETWORK GOVERNING BOARD NORTHCARE NETWORK MISSION STATEMENT PROPOSED NORTHCARE NETWORK GOVERNING BOARD MEETING MINUTES

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1 NORTHCARE NETWORK GOVERNING BOARD William Davie, Rudolph Kemppainen, Colleen Kichak, Michael Koskinen, Daniel LaFoille, David McRae, James Moore, Mari Negro, Karen Raether, Patrick Rozich, Linda Sherbinow, Dr. John Shoberg, James Tervo, Stephen Thomas, Dr. Michael Zevitz, Doug Morton (alternate) NORTHCARE NETWORK MISSION STATEMENT NorthCare Network ensures that every Medicaid and ABW recipient receives quality specialty mental health and substance abuse services and supports through responsible management of regional resources. PROPOSED NORTHCARE NETWORK GOVERNING BOARD MEETING MINUTES Defant Building Room West Spring Street Marquette, MI Video Connection Copper Country, Gogebic, Northpointe March 12, :00 p.m. EST Present George Beninghaus Gogebic (alternate), Bill Davie, Rudy Kemppainen, Colleen Kichak Gogebic, Michael Koskinen Copper Country, Dan LaFoille, Jim Moore, Doug Morton, Mari Negro Northpointe, Karen Raether, Pat Rozich, Dr. John Shoberg, Jim Tervo Copper Country, Steve Thomas Gogebic, Dr. Michael Zevitz Northpointe. Members Not Present David McRae NorthCare Staff/Guests Leslie Luke, Diane Bennett, Judi Brugman, Deb Davis Copper Staff/Guests Vikki Mikkola Gogebic Staff/Guests Julie Hautala Hiawatha Staff/Guests Lisa Hinkson Northpointe Staff/Guests Karen Thekan Pathways Staff/Guests John Basse, Karen LaFave, Deb Upson Chairperson Raether called the meeting to order at 12:00pm. Roll call was taken by Jill Holt, Administrative/Eecutive Assistant, a quorum was present Additions CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL ADOPTION OF AGENDA B. Davie would like to remove the NorthCare Administration Allocation Letter from the Agenda. R. Kemppainen stated that action is needed on Linda Sherbinow s resignation from the Board. Doug Morton will be her replacement. TO ADOPT THE AGENDA AS AMENDED S. Thomas/B. Davie

2 Resignation of Linda Sherbinow s as a representative of Pathways with Doug Morton as a replacement. TO ACCEPT LINDA SHERBINOW S RESIGNATION WITH DOUG MORTON AS HER REPLACEMENT R. Kemppainen/J. Shoberg APPROVAL OF PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES TO APPROVE THE JANUARY 29, 2014 MINUTES AS WRITTEN S. Thomas/B. Davie PUBLIC COMMENT None BOARD CHAIRPERSON REPORT Chairperson Raether participated by telephone for the entrance (February 5) and eit (February 6) interviews with URAC and was pleased with how well NorthCare performed. She stressed that we need to work together as one if one CMH fails, we all fail. CEO REPORT NorthCare CEO William Slavin reviewed his March CEO Report. A number of our consumers were accidentally disenrolled from Medicaid. MDCH stated it was a glitch by someone at DHS and are working on getting it resolved. Net year, the Department would like to roll all of the current contracts into one. We received the first amendment to this year s contract yesterday; most revisions are related to removing ABW. There have been several meetings with the Department and the ICOs regarding dual eligibles. A recommendation for the 5043 Report was made regarding the challenges that geographic factors present; W. Slavin urged the group to keep up that charge. Another concern is the adequacy of the SUD provider network. The CA needs to be integrated into the PIHP by October 1 and a Substance Abuse Advisory Board needs to be formed. A letter was sent out eplaining the Poleski Bill as well as our position. W. Slavin and J. Brugman have been attending county commissions meetings across the region. W. Slavin will be attending the MASACA meeting in Lansing on Friday in hopes to solicit technical assistance from the Department. B. Davie recommended that Board members attend the Recovery Conference scheduled for May 20 th. TO ACCEPT THE MARCH 2014, CEO REPORT J. Shoberg/J. Moore FINANCE REPORT NorthCare CFO Leslie Luke provided a summary of the Finance Committee s activities from their March 6 th meeting. Site reviews will be scheduled with the CMHs the end of June and into July. NorthCare needs to submit an RFP for the Compliance Audit for FY14 as well as a Financial Audit. a. NorthCare Network Finance Report L. Luke reviewed the General Fund Statement of Revenues and Ependitures and reported that the Finance Committee will now be meeting monthly. D. Morton asked that Medicaid Revenue be broken up into Medicaid

3 Revenue Mental Health and Medicaid Revenue Substance Abuse on the report. S. Thomas stated that he is uncomfortable with the way the check register is presented; it shows the dollar amounts, but doesn t show details. L. Luke eplained that the income statement provides more detail. ACTION: L. Luke will separate Medicaid Revenue into Medicaid Revenue Mental Health and Medicaid Revenue Substance Abuse. She will also work with Copper Country to see if there is a more detailed report in Great Plains to use for the check register. L. Luke presented information regarding gasoline credit cards and asked the Board for approval to participate in the WebE Fleet program. TO PARTICIPATE IN THE WEBEX FLEET PROGRAM P. Rozich/J. Moore b. NorthCare Network Check Register c. FY14 CMH Budget S. Thomas epressed his concern that if a CMH has Medicaid savings, they would lose it to help other units balance their budgets. L. Luke reviewed the CMHs reduction plans. TO ACCEPT THE NARRATIVE FINANCIAL REPORT J. Shoberg/D. Morton OTHER BUSINESS a. OMA Telephone Conferencing K. Raether addressed telephone conferencing. There is discussion as to whether the bylaws would need to be amended. J. Shoberg recommended tabling it and waiting to see if we need it. The item is tabled. b. Board Member Compensation/Hatch Act Silver and Van Essen PC Opinion HBH Bonnie Toskey Opinion Both legal opinions reflect that the Hatch Act does not interfere with Board Members being employees. It is clarified that if a Board Member forgoes their per diem they can still collect mileage. c. Policies Board Members Per Diem and Travel Policy TO APPROVE THE BOARD MEMBERS PER DIEM AND TRAVEL POLICY J. Shoberg/R. Kemppainen Coordination of Care Policy

4 TO APPROVE THE COORDINATION OF CARE POLICY J. Shoberg/P. Rozich d. NorthCare Allocation Letter (Tabled at January 29, 2014 Meeting) B. Davie requested to strike this item from the Agenda. e. Board Association Travel Epense Compensation Annually, Mike Vizena from the Board Association submits $5,000 to Pathways for reimbursement of CMH Board Member travel to the Eecutive and Standing Committee Meetings held by the Board Association. K. Raether recommended that each Board receive $1,000. There is discussion about how the money has been used in the past. B. Davie suggested that NorthCare hold the money and reimburse Members as needed. J. Moore suggested making this a line item so that if there is money left over it can be used the following year. TO APPROVE NORTHCARE A/P MAINTAINING THE $5,000 AND HAVING BOARD MEMBERS APPLY FOR REIMBURSEMENT. TO HAVE THE ASSOCIATION TRAVEL ACCOUNT FOR THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND STANDING COMMITTEE MAINTAINED BY NORTHCARE A/P WITH ANY MONEY LEFT OVER TO BE USED FOR FOLLOWING YEARS. B. Davie/J. Moore Roll Call Vote Yes No Abstenti on Bill Davie Rudy Kemppainen Colleen Kichak Dan LaFoille Jim Moore Mari Negro Karen Raether Pat Rozich Dr. John Shoberg Jim Tervo Steve Thomas Dr. Michael Zevitz Doug Morton George Beninghaus Mike Koskinen departed before the vote was taken. f. SA Contract Grid TO APPROVE THE SA CONTRACTS AS PRESENTED

5 R. Kemppainen/B. Davie D. Morton abstains from the vote as he has a relationship with Child and Family Services. g. Informational: URAC Summary h. Informational: URAC Summary Report i. Informational: URAC Press Release j. Informational: NorthCare Network Press Release List of Notified Media k. Informational: Mining Journal URAC Article l. Informational: County Clerks Letter RE: SUD Policy Oversight Committee with NC Intergovernmental Contract Draft m. Informational: Healthy Michigan Letter THAT ITEMS G M HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE. S. Thomas/J. Moore. BOARD MEMBER COMMENT R. Kemppainen commends NorthCare for their URAC accreditation. M. Negro thanks W. Slavin and J. Brugman for coming to Menominee County to present the SUD information. PUBLIC COMMENT J. Basse pointed out that Pathways staff helped with the URAC accreditation. He also epressed that Pathways continues to help the region in many ways. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS a. Evaluating PIHPs b. Board Education c. Policies MEETING SCHEDULE Second Wednesday of Each Month. Net Meeting April 9, 2014 ADJOURNMENT K. Raether declared the meeting adjourned at 2:14pm. Recorded By: Jill Holt, NorthCare Network Administrative/Eecutive Assistant