TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Behavioral Health
MEETING DATE: June 7, 2022
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Jenine Miller
PHONE:
707-472-2341
ITEM TYPE: Consent Agenda
TIME ALLOCATED FOR ITEM: N/A
AGENDA TITLE:
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Approval of Agreement (Retroactive Amendment to the Enhanced Care Management Provider Fee For Services Agreement No. MH-21-040) Between Partnership HealthPlan of California and Mendocino County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services, Effective on a New Start Date of January 1, 2022 (original start date of January 27, 2022) Through December 31, 2024
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
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Approve Agreement (retroactive Amendment to the Enhanced Care Management Provider fee for services Agreement No. MH-21-040) between Mendocino County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services (BHRS) and Partnership HealthPlan of California, effective on a new start date of January 1, 2022 (original start date of January 27, 2022) through December 31, 2024; authorize the BHRS Director or designee to sign any future amendments to the Agreement that do not increase the annual maximum amount; and authorize Chair to sign same.
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PREVIOUS BOARD/BOARD COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
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SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) developed the Enhanced Care Management (ECM) program under a 1915(b) waiver to implement broad delivery system and program changes in the Medi-Cal program. Under the ECM program, and in-lieu-of alternative nonmedical services (e.g., housing transition, recuperative care, sobering centers, etc.), whole-person, interdisciplinary care services are provided to address both the clinical and non-clinical needs of high-cost, high utilizing Medi-Cal beneficiaries through a collaborative and interdisciplinary whole-person care approach.
Mendocino County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services (BHRS) entered into Agreement No. MH-21-040 with Partnership HealthPlan of California (PHC) for ECM services effective January 2...
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