HMH Board of Directors approves contributions to Economic Director’s salary

Tuesday night, during the Howard Memorial Hospital Board of Directors regular monthly meeting, the board approved a motion to contribute $2500 from HMH and $2500 from the HMH foundation to go towards the Nashville Economic Director’s Salary which would make a total of $5000 dollars they pay annually. The Board also approved another motion to remove Matthew Stevens from Farmers Bank account as presented by CFO Bill Craig. 

Craig also informed the board that HMH had their first site visit with the legislative audit on January 10th and that it went very well. Craig said they were impressed that HMH uses Third Party Vendors to help with the work that HMH can’t do. Craig also stated that on January 18th they had the three-month check-in with Alvarez and Marsal and he said that they seem encouraged and well pleased with the work HMH were doing to increase volume, swing bed, and how well their surgery volume was going.

Craig said the next step is they’ll send out a template that will report their 6-month state of the union and then report back to Alvarez and Marsal. 
Dr. Carla Pumphrey presented the credentialing for appointments and reappointments that was approved by medical staff which were Jim Taylor Loggins, CRNA, Andre Paixao, MD, and Brian Charles Caldwell MD. The board voted unanimously to approve these credentials.