City of San Antonio - File #: 18-4485

• File #: 18-4485
• Type: Misc - Professional Services Agreements
• In control: City Council A Session
• On agenda: 8/16/2018
• Posting Language: Ordinance amending two agreements related to the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District’s Healthy Start Program with Jonathan Meyer and the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, d/b/a UT Health, to extend the term and provide additional compensation in a cumulative amount up to $98,498.00 for terms ending March 31, 2019. [Erik Walsh, Deputy City Manager; Colleen M. Bridger, MPH, PhD, Director of Health]

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/16/2018	1	City Council A Session	adopted	Pass

DEPARTMENT: Health


DEPARTMENT HEAD: Colleen M. Bridger MPH, PhD


COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide


SUBJECT:

Authorizing amendments with Jonathan Meyer and UT Health for the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District's Healthy Start Program


SUMMARY:

This Ordinance amends two agreements related to the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District's Healthy Start program with Jonathan Meyer and the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, d/b/a UT Health, to provide additional compensation and extend the term of each agreement for an additional one-year. The amendment with Jonathan Meyer is for the provision of grant evaluation services and will increase the total compensation by $23,501.00 for a total amount up to $48,500.00 for a term ending March 31, 2019. The amendment with UT Health is for the provision of fetal-infant and maternal mortality data abstraction and case review services and will increase the total compensation by $24,999.00 for a total amount up to $49,998.00 for a term ending March 31, 2019.


BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

Metro Health's Healthy Start program is responsible for operating a Fetal Infant Mortality Review (FIMR) and/or a Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review (MMMR). FIMR is a national collaborative effort between the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Maternal Child Health Bureau dating back to 1990. FIMR is based on a community-wide action-oriented process that examines fetal and infant deaths through clinical abstraction and maternal interviews, determines preventability, and engages communities to take action. FIMR had previously existed in San Antonio from 2008-2011and was reinstated in May 2015 by Metro Health's Healthy Start program. Beginning in 2017, Healthy Start also instituted the Bexar County Maternal Morbidity and Mortality Task Force (MMMR). The Bexar County MMMR focuses on maternal death and disease at a more local level, and with a specific focus on the first year postpar...