Agenda - 09-20-2018 8-a - Minutes

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4 1 $136,468 Increase in Net County Costs 2 o Finance and Administrative Services Division 3 ■ Increase Credit Card Transaction Fees by $5,800 4 o Dental Health Division 5 ■ FTE Dental Hygienist to Address Patient Appointment Backlog - 6 $70,508 7 ■ Offset by Additional User Fee Revenue - $72,157 8 ■ Contracted Dental Services Increase of$26,683 9 o Health Promotion and Education Services Division 10 ■ Revenue Increase from Donations and State Funds $51,340 11 ■ Family Success Alliance 12 ❖ New Cohort of 45 Families Served by Navigators 13 ❖ 165 Total Families and 700 Total Family Members Served 14 ❖ Total FY2018-19 Expenditure Increase of$37,364 15 No Additional General Fund Contribution 16 ❖ Navigator Contracts with Non-Profits Decreased $33,000 17 Due to Health Insurance Plan Savings for Navigators 18 ❖ Total General Fund Contribution to FSA Program - 19 $581,355 20 67% of Total Expenses 21 o Environmental Health Division — Fee table page 535 22 ■ Revenue Increase of$61,400 due to Volume and Fee Changes 23 ■ Temporary Personnel to Reduce Inspection Wait Times - $18,375 24 o Personal Health Services Division 25 ■ Medicaid Revenue Decrease - $24,960 26 ■ Pharmacy Supplies Decrease Based on Actual Spending - 27 $30,200 28 ■ Duke Energy Endowment Grant to Support Formerly Incarcerated 29 Transition (FIT) Program - $37,500 30 ■ Refugee Health Fund and Family Planning Revenue Decrease - 31 $17,350 32 ❖ Current Service Levels Maintained through Reallocation 33 of County Funds 34 35 Commissioner Price asked if the number of male patients is increasing. 36 Meredith McMonigle said not in primary care, but male patients are still seen in the STD 37 and family planning services within the clinic. 38 Commissioner Price asked if males can come for a check up. 39 Meredith McMonigle said yes, and males are referred to Family Centered Healthcare. 40 She said care will be paid on a sliding scale for if men meet the same income guidelines that 41 exist within the clinic. 42 Commissioner Price asked if anything can be done about the fees for credit card costs. 43 Travis Myren said those are standard costs, and the County picks up these costs. 44 Meredith McMonigle said being able to offer the use of a credit card allows more 45 patients to be able to come into the clinic. 46 Chair Dorosin said the actual credit card fees have not increased, but rather more 47 people are paying via a credit card. 48 Bonnie Hammersley said to Commissioner Price that the male client issue was raised a 49 couple of years ago, and the need was investigated, and proven founded; as such the County 50 now contracts with Family Centered Healthcare to serve male clients.