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,~ <br />On 12/6/10, Greg Wilder <gwilder@co.orange.nc.us> wrote: <br />Commissioner Gordon: <br />Please see below responses in BOLD. <br />Greg <br />-----Original Message----- <br />From: Alice Gordon [mailto:gordon.alice(a~gmail.com] <br />Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 4:26 PM <br />To: Valerie Foushee; Barry Jacobs; Bernadette Pelissier; Alice Gordon; <br />earl@earlmckee.com; Pam Hemminger (External); Steve Yuhasz; Donna <br />Baker; Frank Clifton; Greg Wilder; Gwen Harvey; Willie Best; <br />cgrier@co.orange.nc.com; mtalbert@co.orange.nc.com <br />Subject: Agenda Questions -Item 7a <br />Agenda Questions -item 7a - Whitted Building Project <br />All, <br />Here are my questions on this agenda item. I may have questions on <br />other items later. <br />(A) Please send the following information as soon as you can assemble <br />it. <br />1. How much money is in the Medicaid Maximization capital project <br />fund, and what are the listed purposes of that fund? Please answer <br />the same question for the Dental Equipment capital project. <br />THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS RECEIVED ADDITIONAL MEDICAID MAXIMIZATION <br />COST SETTLEMENT FUNDS TOTALING $576,068 ABOVE THE AMOUNT CURRENT <br />PROJECT BUDGET OF $1,816,093. THERE IS A BUDGET AMENDMENT SCHEDULED <br />FOR THE 12/14/10 BOCC MEETING TO INCREASE THE MEDICAID MAXIMIZATION <br />BUDGET TO $2,392,161 TO REFLECT THE ADDITIONAL SETTLEMENT FUNDS <br />RECEIVED. <br />FEDERAL AND STATE REGULATIONS REQUIRE THESE FUNDS TO BE BUDGETED AND <br />EXPENDED TO FURTHER THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAM THAT GENERATES THE <br />FUNDS. <br />ALLOWED USES OF THESE FUNDS INCLUDE PUBLIC INFORMATION AND OUTREACH, <br />AUTOMATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE OPERATIONS, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS <br />INCLUDING EQUIPMENT AND FURNISHINGS, AND PROGRAM SUPPORT SERVICES. <br />COST SETTLEMENT TYPICALLY OCCURS ONE YEAR AFTER THE BUDGET YEAR IN <br />WHICH THE FUNDS WERE EARNED THROUGH BILLING MEDICAID AND HAVE BEEN <br />PAID ANNUALLY BY PROGRAM AREA. <br />THE DENTAL CAPITAL EQUIPMENT PROJECT WAS AUTHORIZED AND FUNDED BY <br />COMMISSIONERS IN THE 2010-2011 BUDGET DELIBERATIONS AT $100,000 TO <br />REPLACE BROKEN AND AGING EQUIPMENT. THIS WILL BE DONE IN CONJUNCTION <br />WITH THE RENOVATION TO MAXIMIZE THE USE OF THE FUNDS." <br />2. Given that not long ago the County was going to allow the Orange <br />13 <br />