To: Board of Supervisors
From: Dr. Grant Colfax, Health Services Director
Report Title: Agreement #78-099 to Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Agreement #78-099 with Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., a non-profit corporation, to pay County an amount not to exceed $85,000 for the County’s Population Needs Assessment (PNA), Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) and Community Health Assessment (CHA) improvement project for the period July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Agreement will result in an amount payable to the County not to exceed $85,000 from Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. (No County match is required)
BACKGROUND:
This Project is managed by the Health Services Department (HSD)’s Public Health Services Division, in partnership with the Office of the Director (OOD) and the Epidemiology Analytics team, part of the Information Technology (IT) unit. Local Health Jurisdictions are encouraged to continually assess the community health needs of their respective counties and identify improvement work needed and that which may be required for state and federal funding. This funding will assist the County with this improvement process. This project is part of ongoing efforts amongst all the Divisions within the HSD and will cover the cost of the Metopio platform, a data analytics software used to assess Community Health information. The information analyzed through this software will be used to make determinations about future areas of focus for HSD. Metopio is helping to power the Health Atlas platform HSD uses. Metopio supports data infrastructure including web-based data-visualization tools, technology to support data sharing and analysis, and consultants and training to analyze the data. Further expansion of the Health Atlas will include up-to-date information for the CHA.
Approval of new Agreement #78-099 will allow County to receive funds for the PNA, CHIP and CHA improvement project through June 30, 2026. This Agreement includes an indemnification provision requiring County to defend and hold harmless the Contractor from and against any and all claims, liabilities, losses, taxes and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising from, or in connection with services provided under the Agreement. This Agreement is delayed due to County not receiving the notification of award and subsequent Agreement until August 2025 and subsequent extended language negotiations between Contractor, Division and County Counsel.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this Agreement is not approved, the County will not receive funds to support the PNA, CHIP and CHA improvement project.