ICHA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT - August, 2010
RECENT ACTIVITIES
Since the Executive Director's last report in June, ICHA's Nominations Committee met to finalize the nominations for 2011. They determined that, as Chair-Elect, Sr. Patricia Ann Koschalke will assume the Chair, and Br. Tom Keusenkothen as Chair-Elect. Steve Roach, Executive Director of Catholic Charities in Springfield, will serve as the Catholic Charities representative. The Committee's final action was to nominate David Bertauski, CEO of Provena Convenant Medical Center in Urbana, IL, to replace Jim Moore as the CEO representatiave. The ballots will be sent to voting members in early October and approved at the Annual Meeting
During the summer months, in addition to attending Bishop Paprocki's installation in Springfield, the Executive Director of ICHA completed all but one of his meetings with Board members, Bishops, Sponsors, and CEOs. Recent conversations were with Bishop Sartain, Sandy Bruce, Dr. Paul Whelton, Br. Tom Keusenkothen, Kathy McGowan, Lora Ann Slawinski, and Sr. Patricia Ann Koschalke.
Finally, ICHA's Executive Director attended the following meetings: the Catholic Charities Executive Directors on July 12, 2010, in Chicago; a meeting on leadership development with OSF's senior management and the Aquinas Institute on July 20, 2010, in Peoria; and the Gateway Catholic Ethics Network (GCEN) meeting at Our Lady of the Snows, in Belleville, on August 10, 2010.
2010 UPCOMING MEETINGS
Fall meetings scheduled are the Finance Committee on September 15, 2010, and the Board of Directors on September 21, 2010.
ICHA's Executive Director will be attending CHA's Advocacy Meeting and State Executive's meeting on September 27 and 28 in Washington, DC. Immediately following the CHA meeting, he will be meeting with representatives of Life Services Network in Springfield, IL, to meet their new Executive Director and plan for a joint meeting of Senior Living Facilitiy (SLF) executives to share information and coordinate advocacy and educational opportunities.
Finally, the November 4, 2010, ICHA Annual Meeting is fast approaching and ICHA has begun to put toegher the final details. As a follow-up to ICHA's June "Save the Date" notice, an "Update" was emailed to all members on August 4, 2010 which noted the speakers and a brief summary of the agenda. The "draft" agenda and registration information will be sent after Labor Day and will be posted on our website. ICHA continues to encourage all its members to circulate this information throughout their facilities for maximum participation.
ADVOCACY UPDATE
Recently, ICHA and CCI met with Mike O'Dea and David Wilson, representaing Christus Medicus, to discuss conscience clause legislation support at the national level and the possibility of developing a Catholic healthcare insurance product.
MISSION EDUCATION
ICHA and the National Catholic Bioethics Center (NCBC) launched the on-line chaplain education program on July 1, 2010. The response in the first month has been very encouraging and registrants represent a great cross section of individuals, Catholic and non-Catholics, credentialed and non-credentialed, urban and rural. Using Bishop Conway funds, ICHA has agreed to fund the program for the first year with no cost to ICHA members.
ICHA is currently working with our large system Mission Representatives and CEOs to develop and pilot a Catholic Identity Matrix (CIM) in conjunction with the University of St. Thomas.
ICHA FINANCES
ICHA just concluded its annual audit and continues to operate under a balanced budget.
The only unexpected expenditure at the year's end was a legal bill shared with CCI. CCI received a late invoice from Burke, Warren, MacKay and Serritella for work done on the Provena case. This reduced our bottom line by $1000.00.
CONCLUSION
Thank you for all you do on behalf of the ministry. We continue to look for better ways to serve you and are always open to new ideas. If ICHA may assist you in any way, please contact me anytime at pcacchione@il-cha.org.
Patrick Cacchione, Executive Director