Hospital gets new board member
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Most notable of the events of the June 27 meeting of the Washakie Medical Center Board of Trustees was the introduction of a new board member who stepped in to fill the vacancy left by Kurt Johnson when he moved away.
Jacquelyn Dennis, assistant curator at the Washakie Museum & Cultural Center, was selected by the Washakie County Commissioners as the newest member of the hospital board. She graduated from the University of Montana in 2021 and relocated to Worland in 2022 with her husband Connor Dennis, who works as a music educator for Washakie County School District No. 1. Jacquelyn Dennis stated that she is eager to serve her community in the capacity of a hospital board member.
FACILITY REPORT
Plant Operations Manager Steve Wiecki reported to the board that, “As a whole everything is going good.”
He confirmed that plans for the hospital to obtain a new MRI machine are moving forward, and CEO Jay Stallings projected that the device would be ready for use at the end of January 2024.
Wiecki added, “It’s a huge deal for this hospital, and one of the boxes on Jay’s list that he can check off. He fought hard for that, so good job boss.”
Despite frequent heavy rain over the past month, Wiecki assured board members that there had been no leaks at the facility from the rain.
FINANCIAL REPORT
The gross revenue for Washakie Medical Center in the month of May was $5.2 million. This figure reflects the amount billed to patients and insurance companies. It is up $1.2 million from the prior month of April.
Adjustments were $2.1 million, up from prior month by $800,000.
Net revenue for the hospital in May was $3 million, up from prior month by $300,000. Total expenses were $2.6 million.
Net income was $253,000; $156,000 ahead of the year-to-date target.
CEO REPORT
Stallings reported on events that hospital staff had been involved in over the past month. This included Safe Community Day on June 3 and National Cancer Survivors Day on June 4.
He also advised that he was aware there have been scam calls where a caller poses as a staff member of Washakie Medical Center and asks for personal information. He said, “There’s not much we can do about it, but I think people are getting more sophisticated in differentiating between what’s real or not. I just wanted to acknowledge it and make sure people were aware that this was going on.”
