Introduced by the Human Services and Finance Committees of the:
INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
RESOLUTION TO ADJUST THE MATERNAL SUPPORT SERVICES & INFANT
SUPPORT SERVICES FEE SCHEDULES
RESOLUTION #00-012
WHEREAS, the Ingham County Health Department is a certified provider of Maternal Support Services (MSS) and Infant Support Services (ISS); and
WHEREAS, MSS and ISS consist of nursing, social work and nutritional assessment and counseling as support services to high risk pregnant women and infants; and
WHEREAS, these services are funded, in large part, by payments from the Medicaid Program; and
WHEREAS, the Medicaid Program has announced an increase in the payments for MSS/ISS services and the County must adjust its MSS and ISS Fee Schedules in order to capture the available revenue; and
WHEREAS, the Health Officer recommends that the Board of Commissioners authorize the adjustment to the MSS/ISS Fee Schedule by establishing the proposed charges for certain MSS and ISS services.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners adjusts the MSS/ISS Fee Schedule by establishing the following charges for MSS and ISS services provided by the Health Department:
MSS Professional Visit in home $85
MSS Assessment in home $95
ISS Assessment in home $95
ISS Professional Visit in home $85
ISS Professional Visit for Drug Exposed Infant $85
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that these charges shall be effective January 1, 2000.
HUMAN SERVICES: The Human Services Committee will meet on 1/24/00
FINANCE: Yeas: Bernero, Grebner, Czarnecki, McDonald, Schafer, Juall
Nays: None Absent: Minter Approved 1/19/00