Explanation
BACKGROUND: Ordinance 0453-2024 provided funding for Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC)’s who provide primary health services not provided at Columbus Public Health. This ordinance amends 0453-2024 to provide an additional $485,000.00 in funding for FQHC’s as follows:
Columbus Neighborhood Health Center, Inc. dba PrimaryOne Health: $235,079.50
Heart of Ohio Family Health Centers: $87,397.00
Lower Lights Christian Health Center, Inc.: $79,249.00
Southeast, Inc.: $58,297.00
The Ohio State University College of Nursing: $16,005.00
Lutheran Social Services of Central Ohio: $8,972.50
Community Health Centers (CHC) are successful, low-cost options for primary care access in a nation that spends $2 trillion a year on health care. Medical costs for CHC patients are 41% lower compared to patients seen elsewhere such as a hospital emergency room. As a result CHC’s save the health care system between $9.9 billion and $17.6 billion a year.
Why the need for additional goods or services could not be foreseen at the time the contract was initially awarded? To continue to serve additional clients and continue primary health services not provided at Columbus Public Health.
Why it would not be in the city’s best interests to have the additional contract requirements awarded through other procurement processes specified in this chapter? All six FQHC’s in Columbus has a currently serve large caseloads of clients and it would be a disservice and lack of continuity of care for the clients being served under this contract.
Emergency action is requested in order to not delay these needed services for the community.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funding is provided in the Health Special Revenue Fund and the Neighborhood Initiatives Fund.
Title
To authorize and direct the Board of Health to amend contracts with the following vendors: Columbus Neighborhood Health Center, Inc. (dba PrimaryOne Health), Heart of Ohio Family Health Centers, Lower Lights Christian Health Cent...
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