To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Payment for Services Provided by Ever Well Health Systems, LLC
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Auditor-Controller, or designee, to pay $14,776 to Ever Well Health Systems, LLC, a limited liability company, for the provision of residential and mental health services to adults diagnosed with Serious Mental Illness (SMI) and Serious Persistent Mental Illness (SPMI) that exceeded the contract payment limit and was provided in good faith for the period June 1, 2023 through June 30, 2023.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This retro payment in the amount of $14,776 is funded 76% by Mental Health Services Act ($11,229) and 24% by Mental Health Realignment funds ($3,547) revenue.
BACKGROUND:
The Behavioral Health Services Department has been contracting with Ever Well Health Systems, LLC since December 2020 to provide residential and mental health services to adults diagnosed with SMI and SPMI. This contract meets the social needs of county's population by providing residential facilities for adults who require support and are being discharged from state hospitals or psychiatric health facilities and require step-down care to transition to community living.
On September 13, 2022, the Board of Supervisors approved Novation Contract #74-627-2 with Ever Well Health Systems, LLC, in the amount of $511,667, for the provision of residential and mental health services to adults diagnosed with SMI and SPMI being stepped down from Institutes for Mental Diseases (IMD) levels of care and to transition back into the community, for the period from July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023, which included a six month automatic extension through December 31, 2023, in the amount not to exceed $255,833.
Due to a much higher anticipated level of residential treatment and mental health services to SMI and SPMI adults, there are insufficient funds to cover the additional services provided by the contractor in the amount...
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