DEPARTMENT: Health
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Dr. Thomas L. Schlenker
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City Wide
SUBJECT:
Authorizing 1115 Waiver Agreement and Contract Amendment
SUMMARY:
This Ordinance authorizes an agreement with the Witte Museum to provide funding for collaboration in assessing childhood health behavior and bio-metric data through the "H-E-B Body Adventure" interactive exhibit at the Witte Museum as part of Metro Health's 1115 Medicaid Waiver Neighborhood Health project for a total amount not to exceed $250,000.00. The term of the proposed agreement begins upon execution and will continue through the life of the Exhibit. This agreement is subject to and contingent upon Medicaid 1115 Waiver funding. In addition, this Ordinance authorizes a contract amendment to increase compensation to an existing agreement with the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio by $4,170.00 for health provider education and outreach bringing the total amount to $382,170.00 over the three year period.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
On January 31, 2013, City Council authorized the submission of six project proposals by Metro Health through our Regional Healthcare Partnership Anchor entity, University Health System (UHS) for consideration and funding in the amount of $43,392,942.00 through the new Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) arm of the "Texas Healthcare Transformation and Quality Improvement Program" or "Transformation Waiver". Metro Health carefully selected projects in the following areas: diabetes prevention, children's oral health services, HIV and Syphilis prevention, breastfeeding promotion, teen pregnancy prevention and neighborhood health promotion. All six project proposals are in alignment with Metro Health's strategic plan and many community goals set forth by SA2020 and have the overall goal of improving health outcomes.
Authorization of the agreement with the Witte Museum will allow Metro Health to collaborate wit...
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