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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. D <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: April 5, 1993 <br /> SUBJECT: Contracts between the Orange County Health Department (OCHD) and the <br /> UNC-CH School of Medicine, Departments of Family Medicine and <br /> Pediatrics <br /> DEPARTMENT: HEALTH PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> HEALTH DIRECTOR'S OFFICE X2411 <br /> Two Contracts 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 Professional Services Contracts between the Orange <br /> County Health Department and the UNC-CH School of Medicine, Departments of <br /> Family Medicine and Pediatrics. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> The contract with Family Medicine has been continuing since 1987 in various <br /> forms. The contract provides the services of a facility members who acts as <br /> part-time Medical Director and Clinician. On December 7, 1992, the Board of <br /> Commissioners approved an expansion of the contract with Family Medicine to <br /> provide qualified laboratory personnel in order to meet the requirements of the <br /> new Clinical Laboratory Improvements Amendments (CLIA) of 1988. <br /> After approval by the Board of Commissioners, but before endorsement by UNC-CH, <br /> the Health Department learned that the CLIA requirements could be met through the <br /> State Laboratory and its regional consultants. Therefore, the Family Medicine <br /> Contract was returned to its previous format with a savings of Two-thousand and <br /> thirty seven dollars ($2,037.00) . <br /> The contract with the Department of Pediatrics has been in existence since <br /> 1983 with several modifications. The agreement provides the time of <br /> pediatricians and residents serving patients in the Health Department Adolescent <br /> Clinic. This arrangement has been closely coordinated with the Adolescent in <br /> Need Program serving Orange High School students. <br /> Processing of Pediatrics Contract has been delayed until the Family Medicine <br /> Contract was complete because of the inter-relationship of funding. <br /> Funds for both contracts have been included in the approved 1992-93 budget. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S) : The Managers recommends that both contracts be approved and <br /> that the Chair be authorized to sign. <br />