Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Louise F. Rogers, Chief, Health System
Lisa Mancini, Director, Aging and Adult Services
Subject: Agreement Between the County of San Mateo and the California Department of Aging for Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act Services as part of the Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program Series
RECOMMENDATION:
title
Adopt a resolution authorizing an agreement between the County of San Mateo and the California Department of Aging to provide Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act services for the term of January 1, 2018 through September 29, 2018 in an amount not to exceed $37,603.
body
BACKGROUND:
On April 25, 2017, your Board, acting as the Area Agency on Aging (AAA), approved the updated Area Plan for Services for Older Adults and Adults with Disabilities 2016-2020 (Plan). The Plan, along with the annual budget, fulfilled the California Department of Aging's (CDA) requirements and generated an agreement for CDA funding.
The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA) grant provides additional resources to expand, extend, and enhance outreach and enrollment of low income Medicare beneficiaries.
DISCUSSION:
Through the authority of your Board, Aging and Adult Services (AAS) holds the agreements with OAA community providers in conformance with CDA requirements. These agreements target those in economic and social need, with particular attention to low-income minority individuals, older individuals with limited English proficiency, and older individuals residing in rural areas.
We are requesting that your Board ratify the CDA funding contract for MIPPA for the period January, 1, 2018, through September, 29, 2018. Funds from this MIPPA agreement would be utilized by the community providers of the MIPPA and Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program to further serve these populatio...
Click here for full text