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Budget Amendment - Funding to Build and Support Enhanced Community-Based Health Care Delivery to Improve the Health and Quality of Life for All North Carolinians
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INFORMATION CONTACT:
Traci Colley, Human Services Agency - Department of Public Health, Director, 704-296-4801
ACTION REQUESTED:
1) Recognize, receive, and appropriate $23,316.80 in Bringing Home Value Innovation Funding from Community Care of North Carolina and 2) Approve Budget Amendment #11.
PRIOR BOARD ACTIONS:
None.
BACKGROUND:
Community Care of North Carolina (CCNC) has awarded Bringing Value Home Innovation Funding to Union County Public Health. This is a one-time grant in the amount of $23,316.80. The payment represents approximately $16.70 per member calculated using your March 2025 Medicaid Standard Plan Prepaid Health Plan (PHP) attribution of 1,396 as reported to CCNC in the Beneficiary files from each PHP. As attribution rates vary from month to month, the Innovation Funding grants were calculated using March 2025 attribution data - for consistency and accuracy.
The purpose of this grant is to assist practices in identifying and executing plans that support CCNC's charitable mission to build and support enhanced community-based health care delivery systems to improve the health and quality of life for all North Carolinians. To remain consistent with this mission and CCNC's tax-exempt status, acceptable uses for these funds include, but are not limited to:
? Expanding access to care by offering open access scheduling
? Developing practice-based solutions to reduce unnecessary ED and Inpatient Utilization
? Improving quality performance, particularly for targeted Medicaid PHP Quality Measures
? Employing new ways to engage unengaged patients
? Implementing Practice Innovations that align with CCNC's mission
Grant funds may not be used for lobbying or partisan political activities.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The County is awarded $23,316.80 from Com...
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