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I <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. Vffr-E <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: April 19, 1994 <br /> SUBJECT: Agreement Between the University of North Carolina Hospitals and orange <br /> County for its Health Department. <br /> DEPARTMENT: HEALTH PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> HEALTH DIRECTOR'S OFFICE X2411 <br /> Three Page Agreement TELEPHONE NUMBER: <br /> Hillsborough -732-8181 <br /> chapel Hill -968-4501 <br /> Mebane -227-2031 <br /> Durham -688-7331 <br /> PURPOSE: <br /> To approve the renewal of an Agreement between UNC Hospitals and orange County <br /> for the Health Department through which the Hospital agrees to provide shared <br /> office space for a Maternity Care Coordinator from the Health Department. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> The Health Department has received ongoing Medicaid reimbursement to fund a <br /> Maternity Care Coordinator whose caseload focuses on UNC Hospital patients. <br /> This agreement, which involves no exchange of funds, assures that the health <br /> department employee has space and access to UNC Hospital patients requiring her <br /> services. Because there is no cost associated with this agreement, the need to <br /> renew it was overlooked until recently. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends the agreement be approved and <br /> that the Chair be authorized to sign. <br />