Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Louise F. Rogers, Chief, San Mateo County Health
Stephen Dean, Chief Information Officer, San Mateo County Health
Subject: Agreement with San Mateo Health Commission dba Health Plan of San Mateo to Fund the Electronic Health Record
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing an agreement with San Mateo Health Commission dba Health Plan of San Mateo to fund the Electronic Health Record for the term of November 1, 2023, through October 31, 2025, in an amount not to exceed $3,000,000.
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BACKGROUND:
San Mateo Health Commission dba Health Plan of San Mateo (HPSM) is a public entity licensed by the California Department of Managed Health Care as a health care service plan in the State of California. HPSM is also a Medi-Cal Managed Care Plan (MCP).
In 2022, the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) implemented the Housing and Homelessness Incentive Program (HHIP). HHIP seeks to improve health outcomes and Medi-Cal members' access to services by addressing housing insecurity and instability and improving data sharing and collaboration.
DHCS provides MCPs incentive payments associated with the goals and metrics of targeted interventions that reduce and prevent homelessness. Such incentive payments also ensure MCPs develop capacity and partnerships to connect members to housing services.
DHCS also implemented the Incentive Payment Program (IPP) in hopes of expanding and strengthening Enhanced Care Management (ECM), Community Supports (CS), and other CalAIM initiatives. IPP funds the Health Information Technology (HIT) and Data Exchange Infrastructure required for ECM and CS, providing incentives to MCP to support providers and operations under the California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) initiative.
DISCUSSION:
Both IPP and HHIP fund Health IT operations, data exchange infrastructure, and provider capa...
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