ADOPTED - OCTOBER 27, 1998

Agenda Item No. 11

Introduced by the Human Services and Finance Committees of the:

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS


RESOLUTION TO CHANGE THE FEE FOR DENTAL APPOINTMENTS FROM $5 TO
$3

RESOLUTION #98-247

WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners established a $5 appointment fee in the Dental Clinic as a means of raising revenue and reducing the number of broken appointments; and

WHEREAS, the Medical Services Administration (MSA) (Michigan's Medicaid Program) has conducted a review of the practice, following up on a complaint filed by a client; and

WHEREAS, the MSA has ruled that the $5 appointment fee is contrary to the State Medicaid Policy, which limits co-payments for Medicaid eligible persons to $3 per visit; and

WHEREAS, the Health Officer recommends that the Board of Commissioners change the Dental Clinic appointment fee from $5 to $3 in order to comply with the Medicaid Policy.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners authorizes a change in the fee changed for Dental Clinic appointments, with the fee being reduced from $5 to $3 per visit, effective November 1, 1998.

HUMAN SERVICES: Yeas: Czarnecki, Smiley, Stid, Keefe

Nays: None Absent: Juall Approved 10/19/98

FINANCE: Yeas: Goulet, Keefe, McDonald, Grebner, Czarnecki, Schafer

Nays: None Absent: Bernero Approved 10/21/98