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<br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: September 15, 2020 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 11-a <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Appointments to the Cardinal Innovations Community Advisory Council <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager <br /> <br /> <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br /> <br />Applications from Interested Individuals <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> <br />Travis Myren, 919-245-2308 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />PURPOSE: To approve appointees to the Cardinal Innovations Community Advisory Council. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: In late 2019, Cardinal Innovations Healthcare, the designated Managed Care <br />Organization (MCO) for Orange County, began to restructure how regional and community <br />needs and issues are communicated to the Cardinal Innovations Board of Directors. <br /> <br />The restructuring involved broadening the membership of the existing regional Community <br />Boards to create Regional Health Councils. Orange County is part of the Central Regional <br />Health Council along with Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, and Person counties. Regional Health <br />Councils are responsible for developing and approving the Regional Health Assessment and <br />Regional Health Improvement Plan, providing input on Community Reinvestment Initiative <br />projects, and creating a unified approach to advising the Cardinal Innovations Board of Directors <br />on operations and services in the region. The members of the Regional Health Councils are <br />appointed by the Cardinal Innovations Board of Directors. <br /> <br />The restructuring effort also broadened the membership of the existing Community Partners <br />advisory board to create Community Advisory Councils which are unique to each County. The <br />Community Advisory Councils are responsible for serving as a conduit for residents to ask <br />questions and raise concerns about services provided by Cardinal Innovations and to provide a <br />link back to the community to aid in achieving each Regional Health Council’s visions and <br />guiding principles. Community Advisory Council members are appointed by the Board of <br />County Commissioners. <br /> <br />Cardinal Innovations opened and managed an online application process for Community <br />Advisory Council members. Twelve applications were received, and Cardinal Innovations has <br />requested action by the Board of Commissioners to appoint nine individuals. The application <br />materials for each of the applicants is attached. <br /> <br /> <br />1