Consent 5.
Regular Board of Supervisors Meeting
Health & Social Services
- Meeting Date:
- 05/22/2018
- Title:
- IGA AHCCCS Enrollment Suspense
- Submitted By:
- Ray Falkenberg, Health & Social Services
- Department:
- Health & Social Services
Presentation:
No A/V Presentation
Recommendation:
Approve
Document Signatures:
BOS Signature Required
# of ORIGINALS
Submitted for Signature:
Submitted for Signature:
1
NAME
of PRESENTER:
of PRESENTER:
Ray Falkenberg
TITLE
of PRESENTER:
of PRESENTER:
Deputy Director
Docket Number (If applicable):
Mandated Function?:
Not Mandated
Source of Mandate
or Basis for Support?:
or Basis for Support?:
Information
Agenda Item Text:
Approve Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) #YH16-0028-12 between Cochise County and Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) for the suspension of AHCCCS eligibility for jail inmates, effective May 1, 2018.
Background:
When an AHCCCS member is jailed, that member’s AHCCCS coverage is automatically terminated. Since 2007, Cochise County has had an IGA with AHCCCS that allows the (re)enrollment of AHCCCS-eligible inmates if they are admitted to a hospital as inpatients. Since its inception, that arrangement has saved the county well over $100,000 in medical expenses.
Under the terms of this suspension IGA, inmates’ AHCCCS coverage is not terminated upon booking into the jail, but instead merely suspended. This allows AHCCCS coverage to be reinstated immediately upon the inmate’s release, affording no gap in coverage and prompt access to medical services. This is a clear benefit to both the inmate and the community at large as it eases the post-incarceration transition.
The contract shall remain in effect until terminated by either party with thirty days written notice.
Under the terms of this suspension IGA, inmates’ AHCCCS coverage is not terminated upon booking into the jail, but instead merely suspended. This allows AHCCCS coverage to be reinstated immediately upon the inmate’s release, affording no gap in coverage and prompt access to medical services. This is a clear benefit to both the inmate and the community at large as it eases the post-incarceration transition.
The contract shall remain in effect until terminated by either party with thirty days written notice.
Department's Next Steps (if approved):
Continue current processes.
Impact of NOT Approving/Alternatives:
Not approving this IGA increases the chance of newly released inmates not having prompt access to necessary medical care in the community.
To BOS Staff: Document Disposition/Follow-Up:
Return signed original to department for final processing.