TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Health and Human Services Agency
MEETING DATE: July 23, 2019
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Tammy Moss Chandler
PHONE:
463-7774
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
PHONE:
ITEM TYPE: Consent Agenda
TIME ALLOCATED FOR ITEM: N/A
AGENDA TITLE:
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Approval of Retroactive Intergovernmental Agreement No. 18-95622, Effective July 1, 2018, through December 31, 2021, with the California Department of Health Care Services Regarding the Transfer of Public Funds for Actual Health Plan Enrollments During the Service Period of July 1, 2018, through June 30, 2019
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
recommendation
Approve retroactive Intergovernmental Agreement No. 18-95622, effective July 1, 2018, through December 31, 2021, with the California Department of Health Care Services regarding the transfer of public funds for actual health plan enrollments during the service period of July 1, 2018, through June 30, 2019; authorize the Health and Human Services Agency Director to sign any future amendments to the Agreement that do not affect the annual maximum amount; and authorize Chair to sign same.
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PREVIOUS BOARD/BOARD COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
July 22, 2014 Item 4(l); June 9, 2015, Item 4(l); June 21, 2016, Item 4(j); May 16, 2017 Item 4(z) ; July 10, 2018, Item 4(m)
SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
The Medi-Cal program through the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) works with local government entities and managed care Medi-Cal Plans to implement a specific type of intergovernmental transfer (or IGT) known as a "Rate Range IGT." These IGTs allow local governments to bring additional federal dollars into the Medi-Cal system to improve health care access and outcomes for Medi-Cal beneficiaries.
Mendocino County's Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) is seeking approval from the Board of Supervisors for the IGT transaction, which will be based on actual health plan enrollment figures for Fiscal Year 2018-19. HHSA will transfer public heal...
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