Title
Joint resolution accepting the Affordable Care Act Meaningful Use Incentive Funds grant from the Illinois Department of Health and Family Services and authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $63,750.
Staff Summary
• The Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center has received the Affordable Care Act Meaningful Use Incentive Funds grant in the amount of $63,750 to improve technology infrastructure and services in support of operational efficiencies and enhancements.
• The $63,750 in additional funding was not previously appropriated because the funds were secured after the County’s adoption of the fiscal year (FY) 2017 budget.
• Meaningful use funds will be utilized to procure print management software, at a one-time cost of $17,000; an Eligibility Verification Interface through the County’s eMedApps provider to automatically check insurance eligibility, at a one-time cost of $21,750; and a data visualization software for financial and performance metrics, at an annual cost of $25,000.
• The funds will be for the period December 1, 2016 through November 30, 2017.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center has received a funds increase delivered by our Clinical Operations Unit; and
WHEREAS, these dollars will provide a legitimate increase in services to Lake County with no impact on local taxes; and
WHEREAS, this fund amount totaling $63,750 has not been previously appropriated, having been received after adoption of the Fiscal Year 2017 budget; and
WHEREAS, the proposed appropriation will fully offset improved technology infrastructure and services in support of operational efficiencies, thereby not requiring the expenditure of local tax revenue.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that an emergency appropriation in the amount of $63,750 is hereby authorized in the Health Department budget as identified on the listing of expense and revenue budget modifications attached hereto and made part hereof; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the revenue budgets as identified on the attached listing be modified as provided by increased funding from the following:
Affordable Care Act - Meaningful Use Incentive Funds, $63,750.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on November 14, 2017.