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Health Director’s Report February 2019 • February 8, 2019 – Health Department Orientation with Commissioner Jamezetta Bedford; during the Orientation session with Commissioner Bedford we discussed health department services, organizational structure, budget and role of the Board of Health. We completed our session with a tour of the Whitted Health Department facility. • February 8, 2019 – Racial Equity Commission (REC) and OCHD Leadership Team participated in a very productive Strategic Planning Work Session. The group worked through 4 of the 7 recommendations formed as a result of the Racial Equity Assessment Report. The group will reconvene for an additional half day session in early March to work on the remaining 3 recommendations. • February 13, 2019 - The Land Management Central Permitting Software (LMCPS) Energov project went live as planned. Go Live was a success with no incidents for EH staff and clients. • February 15, 2019 – Health Department hosted County Human Resources for a tour and orientation to health department programs and services. This was an opportunity for staff to meet some of the fairly new HR staff and share in a little more detail health department work. The intent of this tour and orientation was to give HR some context around staff roles and responsibilities so they better understand the Job Description Questionnaires (JDQ) submitted for reclassification studies and routine job posting activities. Each division did a great job orienting HR Staff to the various activities of their respective areas. Medicaid Transformation Updates (*Orange County is in Region 4*) • NC DHHS announced the Prepaid Health Plan Contracts. Statewide PHP contracts were awarded to the following entities, which will offer Standard Plans in all regions in the State: o AmeriHealth Caritas North Carolina, Inc. o Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina o United Healthcare of North Carolina, Inc. o WellCare of North Carolina, Inc. • Regions 2 and 4 will launch Medicaid Managed Care in November 2019 (Phase I) • Click link for the PHP Award Fact Sheet: https://files.nc.gov/ncdhhs/medicaid/Medicaid-Factsheets-PHP-2.4.19.pdf • OCHD attested as a Tier 3 Advanced Medical Home • February 1, 2019 – met with staff from Community Care Physician Network (CCPN) to explore joining their Clinically Integrated Network (CIN) as we prepare for the November 2019 launch date. • Health Directors in Region 4 are working together as we begin to review PHP Contracts. There are still some unanswered questions around the local public health enhanced payment structure as outlined in the RFP.