DEPARTMENT: Health
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Dr. Thomas L. Schlenker
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City Wide
SUBJECT:
Authorizing an Amendment to the YMCA of Greater San Antonio Agreement
SUMMARY:
This Ordinance authorizes an amendment to revise the scope of work and budget for year two of the YMCA of Greater San Antonio (YMCA) agreement through which the YMCA administers diabetes prevention programs for the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District's Diabetes Project related to the Medicaid 1115 Waiver Program. The current agreement amount will not change and remain an amount up to $1,248,500.00 for a term ending September 30, 2016 with the option to renew for an additional one-year period, subject to and contingent upon Medicaid 1115 Waiver funding.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
In January 2013, City Council authorized the submission of six project proposals for consideration and funding through the new Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) arm of the "Texas Healthcare Transformation and Quality Improvement Program" or Texas Medicaid 1115 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 projects were approved for funding through two phases of approvals in April and September of 2013.
On June 20, 2013, City Council authorized the current agreement with the YMCA. Through this agreement the YMCA administers diabetes prevention programs as part of Metro Health's diabetes prevention Medicaid 1115 Waiver project. The YMCA Diabetes Prevention Program is a nationally recognized program that has been shown to be effective in preventing or delaying the onset of diabetes among individuals at high risk for diabetes. This program was developed and evaluated by YMCA-USA (Y USA) and the Centers for Disease Control and is currently offered by...
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