Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Board of Health to enter into a contract with Access HealthColumbus, doing business as Healthcare Collaborative of Greater Columbus (HCGC), to support regional healthcare improvement projects coordinated by the HCGC. This contract is for the period September 1, 2016, through August 31, 2017, in an amount not to exceed $25,000. Access HealthColumbus is a broad based, non-profit community partnership whose mission is to improve access to health care in Franklin County, particularly for the most vulnerable persons, by convening public-private partners and coordinating innovative solutions. This contract is designed to address three improvement activities: 1) Accountable care coordination, 2) quality transparency, and 3) public health/access to care.
Access HealthColumbus (Contract Compliance No. 510426050) is a nonprofit organization and therefore exempt from Contract Compliance certification.
Emergency action is requested to avoid delays in the implementation of these services.
FISCAL IMPACT: Monies for this contract were made available in the 2016 budget within the Health Special Revenue Fund, Fund No. 2250.
Title
To authorize the Board of Health to enter into a contract with Access HealthColumbus for the coordination of efforts to improve primary care services in the community, to authorize the expenditure of $25,000.00 from the Health Special Revenue Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($25,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the Board of Health has a need for the coordination of efforts to improve primary care services for Columbus residents in medically underserved areas; and,
WHEREAS, the Access HealthColumbus, doing business as Healthcare Collaborative of Greater Columbus, has the necessary experience and expertise to provide said service; and,
WHEREAS, this contract will provide funding to Access HealthColumbus for an improvement of primary care services in three needed activities; and,
WHEREAS, e...
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