Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Louise Rogers, Chief, Health System
Subject: Memorandum of Agreement with Health Plan of San Mateo for Whole Person Care Pilot
RECOMMENDATION:
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Measure K: Adopt a resolution authorizing a Memorandum of Agreement with the San Mateo County Health Commission, doing business as the Health Plan of San Mateo (HPSM), for the term of January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2020, to provide for allocation to the HPSM of:
A) $3,000,000 per calendar year from the Whole Person Care Pilot Program budget; and
B) $1,000,000 for the 2016-2017 fiscal year and $2,000,000 each subsequent fiscal year from Measure K funding during the term of the Memorandum of Agreement.
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BACKGROUND:
On December 13, 2016, the Board of Supervisors approved Resolutions 074936, 074937, and 074938 which, collectively, allocated Whole Person Care ("WPC") Pilot and Measure K funds to be used to establish culturally competent patient engagement, activation, care management, and support strategies to treat patients identified by the Health System as "High Utilizers" (i.e., patients who use a hospital emergency department more than four times per year).
DISCUSSION:
In order for the WPC Pilot to successfully serve the program's target population, the County will partner with HPSM, which will use funding from the WPC Pilot to enhance its Community Care Settings Program (CCSP). The CCSP assists clients within complex care and housing needs.
Pursuant to prior authorization of the Board, the County has entered into an agreement with the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) for the County's participation in the WPC Pilot for the term of January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2020. Under the DHCS agreement, the County expects to expend up to $33,073,542 each year on the WPC Pilot during the term of that agreement. Through the Intergovernmental Transfer (IGT) proces...
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