TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Health and Human Services Agency
MEETING DATE: May 4, 2021
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Mary Alice Willeford
PHONE:
468-7067
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Megan Van Sant
PHONE:
463-7733
ITEM TYPE: Consent Agenda
TIME ALLOCATED FOR ITEM: N/A
AGENDA TITLE:
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Approval of Amendment to BOS Agreement No. 17-042 with the California Department of Health Care Services in the Amount of $2,286,613.08 for a New Total of $12,791,333.08 for the extension of the Whole Person Care Pilot Project, Effective Upon Full Execution Through a New End Date of June 30, 2022 (Original End Date of June 30, 2021)
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
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Approve Amendment to BOS Agreement No. 17-042 with the California Department of Health Care Services in the amount of $2,286,613.08 for a new total of $12,791,333.08 for the extension of the Whole Person Care Pilot Project, effective upon full execution through a new end date of June 30, 2022 (original end date of June 30, 2021); authorize the Health and Human Services Agency Assistant Director/ Public Health Director to sign any amendments to the Agreement that do not increase the maximum amount; and authorize Chair to sign same.
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PREVIOUS BOARD/BOARD COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
June 20, 2017, BOS Resolution 17-078, BOS Agreement No. 17-042, Item No. 4(s).
SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
Whole Person Care (WPC) is a program within California's Section 1115(a) Medicaid Waiver Renewal, entitled Medi-Cal 2020, which was approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on December 30, 2015. WPC Pilots were designed to provide support to integrate care for a particularly vulnerable group of Medi-Cal beneficiaries who have been identified as high users of multiple systems and continue to have poor health outcomes. WPC Pilots focus on the coordination of health, behavioral health, and social services, as applicable, in a patient-centered manner with the goals of improved beneficiary health and...
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