Annual overview, finance, services, providers covered at hospital forum Hospital board to hold strategic planning meeting on Feb. 7

CHELAN - The Lake Chelan Health Hospital board of directors held a Community Forum on Monday, January 16 in the dining hall at the new hospital.
Topics on the agenda were Annual Overview, Finance, Quality Program, Community Health Needs Assessment, Facilities, and Service Lines and Providers, followed by questions and discussion.
Last week we covered the Facilities presented by Mary Signorelli. This week we’ll cover the Annual Overview, Finance and Service Lines and Providers.
Annual Overview
Sam Nau, Revenue Cycle Director for Lake Chelan Health gave the the annual overview of Emergency Visits, EMS Transports, Rehab Visits, Inpatient Admissions, Newborns, Surgeries Procedures, Clinic Visits, Radiology Procedures and Laboratory Procedures and total revenues for  for those.
Emergency Visits: There were 4,988 in 2021 and 5,839 in 2022.
EMS Transports:  There were 1,352 in 2021 and 1,541 in 2022.
Rehab Visits:  There were 5,540 in 2021 and 5,912 in 2022.
Inpatient Admissions:  There were 268 in 2021 and 269 in 2022.
Newborns:  There were 81 in 2021 and 91 in 2022.
Surgeries Procedures:  There were 475 in 2021 and 491 in 2022.
Clinic Visits
Express Care: There were 4,928 in 2021 and 5,976 in 2022.
Speciality Care: There were 2,052 in 2021 and 892 in 2022.
Primary Care: There were 0 in 2021 and 357 in 2022. Dr. Charles Waszkewitz was added as a Primary Care Provider in 2022.
Radiology Procedures: There were 9,723 in 2021 and 10,605 in 2022.
Laboratory  Procedures: There were 34,843 in 2021 and 35,564 in 2022.
Total Revenue: 2021: $37,305,925 and 2022: $40,650,904.
Finance
Jordana LaPorte, board member, presented the financial numbers for the hospital district, showing a trend over the last several years starting with 2019.
2019
Net Income: A loss of $224,912. Tax Revenue: Debt Service $1,078,172, Operations $1,770,120. Depreciation: $780,924.
2020
Net Income: $1,790,408. Tax Revenue: Debt Service $1,145,972, Operations $1,820,728. Depreciation: $660,344. Additional COVID Support: PPP Loans $3,381,000, Cares Act and Other $4,617,431.
2021
Net Income: $1,667,147. Tax Revenue: Debt Service $1,178,838, Operations $2,437,318. Depreciation: $724,700. Additional COVID Support: PPP Loans $2,000,000, Cares Act and Other $1,614,370.
Note: The PPP Loans and Cares Act and other monies were all grants and do not need to be paid back, and will help the hospital district moving forward into the 2023 budget with these additional funds.
2022 Predicted
Net Income: A loss of $2,200,000. Tax Revenue: Debt Service $1,212,430, Operations $2,492,090. Depreciation: $664,424.
2023 Budget
Net Income: Predicting a loss of $555,000, part of which is the very large depreciation expense of $2,886,930, from the new hospital. Tax Revenue: Debt Service $1,238,345, Operations $2,517,011. Depreciation: $2,886,930.
Service Lines & Providers
Aaron Edwards, CEO talked about added service lines and providers.
2022
Services and Providers added since April of 2022:  Dr. Charles Waszkewitz, primary care/family practice, returned in September; Brian Barstad MD (Express Care), Dana Calek ARNP (Express Care), Kathy Fosnaugh DO (Emergency Dept.), and Todd Denkinger MD (Board Certified Emergency Dept.)
2023 Added Service Lines
Return of Orthopedics, in August - could be sooner if a short term provider can be found; enhanced offering at Pain Management - Mark Bennett CRNA will be coming on board in February; Cataract Surgeries in conjunction with Confluence Health one day a week starting in March. The special beds that are needed have arrived, but not yet unpacked and inspected. To continue the work to offer cataract surgeries the hospital team is in the process of getting providers credentialed for privileges.
2023 Incoming Providers
Nicole Decker DO (Orthopedics) will be coming on board in August; Mathew Hillman DO (Board certified Emergency Dept.) will be coming on board in August and is the husband of Nicole Decker; Brandon Douglass MD (General Surgery) will be coming on board in August and will replace Dr. Tabetha Bradley, who will be leaving to work in Azur, Africa; Greg DiCamillo MD (Board Certified Emergency Dept.) came aboard in January.
Next week we will have information on the Quality Program, Community Health Needs Assessment and the question and answer portion of the forum.
Strategic  Planning meeting
The Lake Chelan Health Hospital Board of Directors will hold a Strategic  Planning meeting on Tuesday, February 7 and is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. via TEAMS and will also be held in person in the new hospital Bragg Board Room. Agenda and login information will be posted/sent this week on the hospitals website, lakechelanhealth.org.

Lake Chelan Health Hospital Board Members
MARY MURPHY, Chair, mmurphy@lcch.net
JORDANA LAPORTE, Vice Chair, jlaporte@lcch.net
MARY SIGNORELLI, Board Member, msignorelli@lcch.net
JEREMY JAECH, Secretary, jjaech@lcch.net
LORI WITHROW, Board Member, lwithrow@lcch.net
AARON EDWARDS, Hospital Chief Executive Officer,
509-682-3300, aedwards@lcch.net