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MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH AUGUST 27, 1998 Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by Patsy L. Bateman 5 august 27, 1998 Gregory has done an outstanding job in coordinating this. Octoberfest will be on October 3rd in Efland. This will be held at Efland Cheeks Elementary School, 12:00 Noon until 5:00pm. On Sunday, October 4th, the Festifall 5k Walk will be held. This has been a Healthy Carolinians cooperative effort. T-shirts were donated by a business, UNC is donating water bottles, the Kiwanis Club has been involved and has paid some of the initial registration fees. The Human Services Advisory Commission Forum on Managed Care at the Friday Center in Chapel Hill on September 16th. Board members are encouraged to attend. D. HEALTH CHOICE (CHIPS) The official title of the program is Health Choice. Included in the Board of Health packet is an overview of the final legislation. Marti Pryor-Cook and Rosemary Summers have been asked by the State to jointly put together a committee that will develop an outreach plan for the county. The target date for the program to start enrollment is October 1, 1998. Two weeks ago we received a draft application form from the State and they are still in the process of developing other materials. There have been two meetings of the committee. There was good attendance. They divided into three subcommittees, Marketing and Public Awareness, Training and Implementation, and Administration Subcommittee to focus on critical areas of the plan. The estimate from the State is that there are about 400-500 children who would qualify for Health Choice in this County and probably another 400-500 that would qualify for Medicaid that have not been brought into the system. This outreach plan is for both of those populations. E. DENTAL ARTICLE This article was published in the News and Observer the first part of August. Dr. Sandler shared this with us. Orange County was not listed as a major provider, yet the Orange County Health Department generated $116,338.00 of Medicaid revenues in 1997-98. This revenue figure is not far behind the Dental School’s Medicaid revenue. Dr. Southerland commented on the lack of private dentist participation in Medicaid, attributing it to the low level of reimbursement. VI. A motion was made by Janet Southerland and seconded by Rick Marinshaw to adjourn the meeting at 9:45 p.m. The next regular Board of Health meeting will be held on September 24, 1998 at the Government Service Center in Hillsborough, North Carolina. Respectfully submitted, Rosemary L. Summers, MPH, DrPH Health Director RLS:plb