To: Board of Supervisors
From: Marla Stuart, Employment and Human Services Director
Report Title: Contract Amendment 29-507-1 (AAA) California Department of Aging Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act MI-2324-07 Amendment
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
ADOPT a resolution to approve and authorize the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to execute a contract amendment with the California Department of Aging, to accept additional funds in an amount not to exceed $26,567 for a new payment limit of $95,505 for the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act Program with no change to the period September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2024.
FISCAL IMPACT:
$26,567; 100% Federal with no match required, budgeted in FY 23/24 and FY 24/25.
BACKGROUND:
The Employment and Human Services Department (EHSD), Area Agency on Aging (AAA), provides services through the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA) to assist Contra Costa older adults and persons with disabilities with understanding their Medicare and other health insurance benefits. The MIPPA program provides community education and outreach to lower-income beneficiaries to help reduce their Medicare premiums and deductibles and to increase awareness of Medicare wellness preventative services, prescription drug subsidy programs, and other Medicare savings plans. Contract amendment MI-2324-07, A1 will allow the MIPPA program to increase services to Contra Costa beneficiaries.
On September 12, 2023, the Board approved item (C. 28) authorizing execution of a contract (MI-2324-07) with the California Department of Aging (CDA) to accept funding in the amount of $68,938 for Medicare Improvements for Providers and Patients Act Program for the period of September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2024.
This amendment will increase the amount by $26,567, to a new total of $95,505, all other terms unchanged.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Without MIPPA funding, EHSD would not be able to reach, educate, and help enroll eligible Medicare beneficiaries to lower their premiums and deductibles, which disproportionately impacts lower-income, limited English-proficient, and minority older adults and persons with disabilities.
CHILDREN’s IMPACT STATEMENT:
This contract supports the fourth of Contra Costa County’s community outcomes of the Children’s Report Card, (4) “Families that are Safe, Stable and Nurturing”.
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
and for Special Districts, Agencies and Authorities Governed by the Board
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IN THE MATTER OF California Department of Aging Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act MI-2324-07 Amendment
WHEREAS, the Employment and Human Services Department (EHSD), Area Agency on Aging (AAA), provides services through the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA) to assist Contra Costa older adults and persons with disabilities understand their Medicare and other health insurance benefits, and
WHEREAS, the MIPPA program provides community education and outreach to lower-income beneficiaries to help reduce their Medicare premiums and deductibles and to increase awareness of Medicare wellness preventative services, prescription drug subsidy programs, and other Medicare savings plans, and
WHEREAS, contract amendment MI-2324-07, A1 will allow the MIPPA program to increase services to Contra Costa beneficiaries, and
WHEREAS, on September 12, 2023, the Board approved item (C. 28) authorizing execution of a contract (MI-2324-07) with the California Department of Aging (CDA) to accept funding in the amount of $68,938 for Medicare Improvements for Providers and Patients Act Program for the period of September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2024, and
WHEREAS, this amendment will increase the amount by $26,567.00, to a new total of $95,505, all other terms unchanged.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED the Contra Costa Board of Supervisors approve and authorize the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to execute contract amendment MI-2324-07 A1 with the California Department of Aging, to accept additional funding for the MIPPA program for the period September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2024.
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