Trustee Resources Health care is the most complex, demanding, fast-paced and rapidly changing industry in America. We commend hospital trustees for their dedication to Kansas hospitals and the health care of Kansans.
A committee of Kansas hospital trustees suggested the Kansas Hospital Association create online resources targeted specifically for Kansas hospital trustees. We hope these resources are helpful to you in your role as a hospital trustee. If you have topics you want us to cover, don't hesitate to let us know by contacting Cindy Samuelson at csamuelson@kha-net.org.
Governance Education On Demand The Kansas Hospital Association in conjunction with The Walker Company Healthcare Consulting, LLC is now offering dozens of affordable and topical governance education programs that may be easily downloaded and used as needed. Programs include:
• The Board's Fiduciary Responsibility • The Board's Role in Strategic Planning • Building Bonds: Pathways to Better Board/CEO Relationships • Ensuring Conflict-Free Governance • Creating a Positive Workplace Culture • And many more ... Just click on the Trustee Foundations.
Online Trustee Education Now Available The Hospital Governance series is a set of online courses offered through careLearning that provide the basic information a governing board trustee needs to fulfill his or her duties to the organization successfully. The courses are appropriate for the new trustee, as it provides a basic foundation and serves as a broad orientation; or for the experienced trustee, as all trustees may gain additional insight to their responsibilities.
The Hospital Governance series includes the following courses:
• Overview and Board Duty Basics • Committees, Leadership, Self-Assessment and More • Conflicts of Interest and Compliance • Trustee Responsibility for Quality and Safety • Financial Basics and Background • Financial - Responsibility, Collections, Balance Sheets, Operating Statements, and Audit Report • Financial - Cash Flow, Financial Dashboard and Board Focus The Hospital Governance series can be purchased by organizations or individuals. For more information about the series, including a full description, go to www.carelearning.com and click on the Course Catalog. Click on "Leadership/Management" and scroll to the desired series. Multi-year purchases, group discounts and a 30-day free trial are available. All KHA members can purchase these courses (use of other careLearning products is not required).
Trustee Accountability and Recognition Program As a response to the need for hospitals to be able to demonstrate their accountability to legislators, attorneys general and their communities, KHA provides a Trustee Accountability and Recognition Program. The program recognizes trustees at the KHA Critical Issues Summit for the standards of excellence they uphold, governance best practices they adhere to, and the education in which they have invested.
Mark your Calendar: Critical Issues Summit for Hospital Boards Aug. 18-19, 2011 in Wichita
Board of Trustees Governance Manual The Kansas Hospital Association’s Board of Trustees Governance Manual has been designed to make it easy for you to develop a governance manual customized to your hospital. The documents below are in Microsoft Word templates that enables you to quickly and easily add and delete content to customize the manual and appendix's to your organization’s unique needs.
Kansas Health Care Terms and Abbreviations - Third Edition We are pleased to provide members with our most recent resource specifically designed for hospital trustees/board members: Kansas Health Care Terms and Abbreviations, Third Edition, April 2011. We will soon have printed booklets available. If you are interested in a revised booklet, please complete an order form.
Your Grassroots Support Is Needed Hospital trustees are an important part of KHA's grassroots advocacy efforts. Please join KHA's Partnership for Action team by completing a "who you know" grassroots contact information form. The information you share will remain confidential for KHA use only.
IRS Form 990 - Q and A The IRS has issued a re-designed annual information return with numerous “new” questions that must be answered by hospitals and other tax-exempt organizations. Form 990 now consists of an 11-page “core form” and 16 related schedules, including Schedule H designed solely for tax-exempt hospitals. Legal counsel from the American Hospital Association has developed this document to address key questions that trustees will want to know about the New IRS Form 990.
IHI Boards on Board How to Guide The Institute for Healthcare Improvement's 5 Million Lives Campaign aims to dramatically improve the quality of American health care by protecting patients from five million incidents of medical harm. The How-to Guides associated with this Campaign are designed to share best practice knowledge on areas of focus for participating organizations. For more information and materials, go to www.ihi.org/IHI/Programs/Campaign.