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with our two school systems to do whatever we can to keep our kids in school and appropriately <br />vaccinated. <br />• I gave two presentations at the NC Association of County Commissioners Annual Meeting in <br />Winston Salem this month. One on naloxone and why it is important for health departments to <br />continue to offer it even in light of the statewide standing order passed in the General Assembly <br />in June. The other was on cost reports and why Medicaid billing accuracy is so important to <br />maximize cost settlement payments. You’ll get a report on our total billing accuracy at the <br />meeting, but for Medicaid, we’re doing about as well as any Health Department can do at over <br />96%. <br />• We’ve rolled out the new Zika commercial (which I sent you) and the “Spray Before You Play” <br />kiosks in all the county parks. The kiosks have been a big hit with the public. We’re tracking how <br />often the cans of bug spray disappear, but right now, I’d say this is a successful experiment. <br />We’re also responding collaboratively to standing water complaints. <br />• We had another Gateway meeting this week and continue to make good progress on addressing <br />system issues in the complex. This truly is a great opportunity for the Health Department to <br />bring together a community group to address a social determinant of health, something I hope <br />to see us do more and more. Public Health is all about root causes, and we need to get all the <br />way to the start of these roots if we are to make significant progress in improving the <br />population’s health. <br />• We are working with other county departments and the architect to design a recommended <br />expansion of the Southern Human Services Center space in Chapel Hill. Our first priority is to <br />increase space for our medical clinic which has seen double digit growth in patient’s served over <br />the last 4 years. Our next priority is the build a dental clinic. As I’ve mentioned in the past, we <br />are exploring a collaboration with Piedmont Health Services to determine if the county could <br />build the clinic, and Piedmont could staff/operate it. I’ll keep you posted.