TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Health and Human Services Agency
MEETING DATE: June 23, 2020
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Tammy Moss Chandler
PHONE:
707-463-7774
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Bekkie Emery
PHONE:
707-463-7761
ITEM TYPE: Consent Agenda
TIME ALLOCATED FOR ITEM: N/A
AGENDA TITLE:
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Approval of Amendment to Agreement No. 19-155 with Solutions West in the Amount of $450,000 for a New Total Amount of $900,000 to Provide Medi-Cal Case Processing, Effective July 1, 2019 Through a New End Date of June 30, 2021
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
recommendation
Approve Amendment to Agreement No. 19-155 with Solutions West in the amount of $450,000 for a new total amount of $900,000 to provide Medi-Cal case processing, effective July 1, 2019 through a new end date of June 30, 2021; authorize the Health and Human Services Agency Director or designee to sign any amendments that do not increase the annual maximum amount; and authorize Chair to sign same.
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PREVIOUS BOARD/BOARD COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
February 6, 2018, Item 4(q), BOS Agreement No. 18-014; September 11, 2018, Item 4(l), BOS Agreement No. 18-133; June 18, 2019, Item 4(x), BOS Agreement No. 19-155.
SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
As a direct result of the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, Mendocino County experienced a Medi-Cal caseload increase from 8,466 cases in January 2014 to 19,366 in January 2019. During this time, the Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) experienced high vacancy rates for eligibility staff, and was not able to timely process the volume of Medi-Cal applications and redeterminations received each year. Mendocino County contracted with Solutions West in February 2018 to help process backlogged Medi-Cal cases. Since then, Solutions West and County eligibility staff have worked to reduce Mendocino County's pending Medi-Cal backlog by 68%, with Solutions West processing thousands of cases.
HHSA has made significant efforts to increase the number of County eligibil...
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