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PCMH board accepts Morales resignation
Dr. Felix Morales said it was a tough decision to tender his resignation to Pecos County Memorial Hospital. Fort Stockton is his hometown; his parents still live here.
But the opportunity in Friona was just too good to pass up.
The PCMH Board of Managers approved the resignation and contract settlement with some modifications at its regular board meeting Tuesday night. As part of the contract settlement, the hospital in Friona will pay PCMH $26,000 for the buyout clause in Morales' contract and $30,000 as a physician recruitment fee.
The $56,000 total is due to PCMH by Dec. 31, Morales' last day at the hospital.
"This choice was difficult for me," Morales said. "But this opportunity will secure my family's economic future. I hope everyone can understand and I thank you for the opportunity here in Fort Stockton."
Morales said that though his time in Fort Stockton had been short, he thought he had gone forward in his career. He expressed the possibility hat perhaps in the future he might return to the hospital.
PCMH board president Rev. Dr. Jim Miles thanked Morales for his service and wished him well in his future endeavours.
Among other business, the board:
>> following an executive session, approved a one-year contract extension through 2012 for chief executive officer Russell Tippin, who will receive a 10 percent increase in salary; the increase was budgeted and is the same percentage increase all hospital employees will receive
>> awarded a bid for the lease of a chemistry analyzer to Beckman Colter for $2,626 per month
>> approved the appointments of Dr. Orson Anderson to provisional staff, Dr. Larry Boyd to provisional staff, Michael Ports CRNA to allied health professional and Dr. Michael Waldon of Propath to consulting staff; the reappointments of Dr. Dennis Hines and Dr. Siad Abdo to permanent emergency room physicians; and the request for a leave of absence from Dr. Subdoh Mallik
>> approved a one-time pay adjustment and budget amendment; employees with at least one year of service through Jan. 1 will receive a $1,000 one-time adjustment before deductions; the adjustments will add $137,254 to the payroll
>> approved a Siemens Building Technologies Technical Support Program Proposal for air conditioning handlers; the proposal is for one year at $15,012
>> approved a contract agreement with Dr. Larry Boyd PA and the payment of professional association organizational documents and bylaws
>> approved the quality assurance report for the third quarter
>> approved the Laboratory Quality Management Program
>> approved the minutes from the board's meeting Oct. 7 and the financial reports
>> approved the chief financial officer's report, the transfer of funds and the budget amendments and line item transfers presented by CFO Leticia Fox
>> set the next board meeting for Dec. 2
>> received an update on contract negotiations with Dr. Saung Park, a vascular surgeon in the Dallas area; Tippin said it appeared that a contract of more than $460,000 for the first year might be necessary; Tippin added that, if the services of Park are secured, he hoped that he would have 18 to 24 months to work with medical staff to provide a "seamless transition"
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