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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: September 15, 2015 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 6-b <br /> SUBJECT: Health Department Fee Schedule Changes <br /> DEPARTMENT: Health PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Personal Health Fee Schedule Dr. Colleen Bridger, 919-245-2412 <br /> Environmental Fee Schedule Rebecca Crawford, 919-245-2414 <br /> PURPOSE: To adopt multiple revised Personal Health and Environmental Health fees <br /> approved by the Board of Health at its August 26, 2015 meeting. <br /> BACKGROUND: The Health Department reviews fee schedules on an annual basis through <br /> the budget approval process. However, the State and private vaccine distributors have since <br /> increased rates and medical clinic providers wish to make use of new or more descriptive <br /> procedure codes. In addition, the Department would like to eliminate Environmental Health well <br /> water testing fees for medical referrals. The proposed changes are detailed below and in the <br /> attachments. <br /> Personal Health <br /> Personal Health requests the addition of new fees for multiple procedures codes. These <br /> procedures may have been in use at other times under different procedure codes or are more <br /> descriptive than current procedure codes that are in use. The division also requests to charge <br /> fees for new vaccine types and brands on the market. Finally, Personal Health requests to <br /> increase the fees for multiple vaccines that have increased in cost since the last fee changes, <br /> which in many cases occurred in 2009 and 2012. <br /> Environmental Health <br /> Environmental Health and Personal Health request to eliminate fees for all well water testing <br /> that is requested by a medical professional. This will allow clients in the Newborn/Postpartum <br /> Homevisiting Program that are on well water to have the water tested at no charge. <br /> FINANCIAL IMPACT: <br /> Personal Health <br /> 95% of Personal Health clients will not be affected by these fee changes as only 5% of self-pay <br /> patients pay the full cost for procedures. Per Health Department policy, these services are <br />