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h mex,i- 3 ~.swr~ North Carolina Depardment of Health and Human Services Division of Public Health 133Q Sc. Muy's Street • 191b Mail Bernice. Center • Raleigh, North Caruliaa 17699-1916 • Courier 56-13-01 . '~~~" H. Darrid Bruton, MD., Secrtsary • tlna F. Wolfe, M.D., M.P.H., Director MEMORANDUM TO: Local Health Directors R41 FROM: Ami F. Wolfe, MD, MPH DATE: January 12, 2000 RE: Medicaid Cost Settlement 1997-98 1 am pleased that we are now able w electronically transmit m you this week Medicaid cost settlement fiords for fiscal year 1997-98. The attached shows the reimbursement detail for you; health department. These Medicaid reimbursement fiords are required to be budgeted and to further the objectives of the program that generated the receipts. Consistent with this requirement, these Medicaid receipts maybe held in reserve for future needs or expended for a variety of public ht~lth needs and activities, including but not limited to: expanding the provision of preventive and primary care services W uninsured and under-insured populations; expanding the provision of support services such as interpreter services, care coordination, hoixle visiting and transportation; operating. expenses, including medical and laboratory supplies, in pragcuns that generate Medicaid revenue; public information, outreach, and other population based services; capital improvement such as building constcwcti~,renovation andrepair - if the capital acpenditurc would befit public health programs other than programs that gerietated the Medicaid receipts, a simple cost al)4acation plan would need to be developed to assure that the Medicaid receipts are used in tbue program that generated tha receipts -for example, if $0% of a new health department building would house the child health program, Medicaid receipts from the child health program could be used to cover 80Ye of the cost of the new bw7~diug; autornatian of clinical, fiscal and eve operations, if there is a simple cost allocation plan for allocating costs appropriately m the programs that generated the Medicaid receipts; Any oilier reasonable public health cxpendituies, if there is a simple cost allocation plan for allocating costs appropriately to the programs that generated the Medicaid recdpts. Yf you have any questions, please feel free w call Steven Gamer at 919-715.5265 or Dennis Harrington at 919-733-4981. cc: County Finance Officer EreryfVhere. EveryDay, EveryBody .....r...