Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Colleen Chawla, Chief, San Mateo County Health
Chester J. Kunnappilly, MD, Chief Executive Officer, San Mateo Medical Center
Subject: Agreement with San Mateo Health Commission d/b/a Health Plan of San Mateo to Accept Funds Supporting the Primary Care Network
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing an agreement with San Mateo Health Commission d/b/a Health Plan of San Mateo to accept funds supporting the primary care network, for the term of August 29, 2025 through August 29, 2030, in an amount not to exceed $600,000.
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BACKGROUND:
In April 2025, San Mateo Health Commission d/b/a Health Plan of San Mateo (HPSM) launched a new grant for their primary care provider network. The purpose of the Core Team Stabilization Grant is to offer competitive compensation packages for primary care providers and medical assistants to support primary care network recruitment efforts and to help stabilize care teams.
DISCUSSION:
San Mateo Medical Center (SMMC) was chosen as one of the grantees by HPSM as part of their efforts to recognize and invest in primary care as well as to recognize SMMC's ongoing significant impacts of primary care provider shortages and support staffing challenges. This funding will aid SMMC in the hiring and retention of primary care providers, medical assistants, nurse practitioners, and those who are new to the workforce serving San Mateo County's Medi-Cal patients.
For these funds, key metrics include providing ongoing access to established patient care panels. Metrics of success are the filling of these vacancies and the ability to meet the access needs for patients assigned to these panels for care. The positions currently vacant are in SMMC's geriatric clinic, Ron Robinson Senior Care Clinic, as well as a position that supports the urgent needs at SMMC's main campus and Fair Oaks Health Center. SMMC expects t...
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