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Pinellas County Health Program Hospital Provider Agreement with Bayfront HMA Medical Center LLC. d/b/a Bayfront Medical Center.
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Recommended Action:
Recommended Action
Recommend the Board of County Commissioners (Board) approve and execute the Pinellas County Health Program (PCHP) Hospital Provider Agreement with Bayfront HMA Medical Center LLC. d/b/a Bayfront Medical Center.
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Strategic Plan:
Ensure Public Health, Safety, and Welfare
2.1 Provide planning, coordination, prevention, and protective services to ensure a safe and secure community
2.2 Be a facilitator, convener, and purchaser of services for those in need
Deliver First Class Services to the Public and Our Customers
5.1 Maximize partner relationships and public outreach
Summary:
Funding in the amount of $582,000.00 provides partial reimbursement for ambulatory and inpatient hospital care related services for authorized clients who are actively enrolled in the PCHP.
Background Information:
The PCHP provides primary care, behavioral health and specialty care services, including hospital procedures, for uninsured adults ages 18-64 who are in need of healthcare, but meet certain income level criteria and cannot afford care on their own. The goal of the PCHP program is to prevent, diagnose, and/or treat medical and behavioral health concerns before they become an urgent matter. Under this agreement, Bayfront Medical Center will coordinate with PCHP to provide ambulatory surgical center outpatient procedures and services, inpatient procedures and services, and patient rehabilitative services.
The total funding available across hospital agreements is $3,000,000.00. Based on the agreed upon metrics developed with our hospital partners and the previously reported service level data, the Fiscal Year 2018 (FY18) funding allocations are as follows: BayCare Health System at 79.2%, Bayfront Medical Center at 19.4%, and Florida Hospital North Pinellas at 1.4%. A similar methodology was used to analyze the hospital data from FY16 to determine the percentage of funding allocations for the upcoming fiscal year. The funds do not cover the total costs associated with the procedures and services rendered from each hospital.
Human Services continues to partner with participating hospitals to implement effective policies and procedures for clients. In FY17, quarterly hospital coordination meetings have been held with our partners to identify action items and explore opportunities. From these meetings, partners have worked to enhance eligibility screening processes with the hospitals, improve discharge planning information with the Florida Department of Health in Pinellas by receiving monthly data reports, and identifying high use emergency room clients to look for trends and treatment needs. Human Services will continue to facilitate quarterly meetings with our partners in FY18 to further the progress on these efforts.
All agreements are being brought before the Board today for approval, with the Florida Hospital North Pinellas agreement listed under item 15, as it was executed by the County Administrator on July 21, 2017 through delegated authority.
Fiscal Impact:
Funding to support this contract in the amount of $582,000.00 is provided through the Human Services annual appropriation for FY18.
Staff Member Responsible:
Lourdes Benedict, Director, Human Services
Partners:
Florida Department of Health in Pinellas County
Bayfront Medical Center
Attachments:
FY18 Bayfront Hospital Agreement
FY18 Bayfront Electronic HIPAA Business Associate Agreement