HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-76 - Authorizing the City Manager, or Designee, to Execute Agreements with the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) and Caloptima to participate in the FY 2014-2015 Medi-Cal Rate Range Intergovernmental Transfer (IGT) ProgramRESOLUTION NO. 2016-76
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA AUTHORIZING THE
CITY MANAGER, OR DESIGNEE, TO EXECUTE
AGREEMENTS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
CARE SERVICES (DHCS) AND CALOPTIMA TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE FY 2014-2015 MEDI-CAL RATE
RANGE INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFER (IGT)
PROGRAM
WHEREAS, since 2006, the California Department of Health Care Services
(DHCS) has offered local governments that provide health care the opportunity to
secure additional Medi—Cal revenues by participating in a voluntary Intergovernmental
Transfer (IGT) program with their local Medi -Cal managed care plan; and
WHEREAS, CalOptima is a County Organized Health System (CONS) created
by the Orange County Board of Supervisors to serve as the local Medi -Cal managed
care plan for Orange County; and
WHEREAS, CalOptima contracts with the State to administer additional Medi -
Cal revenues to qualified public entities to offset previously unreimbursed costs for
serving Medi -Cal plan members; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach is a public entity that receives payment
from CalOptima for the provision of emergency medical transport services to CalOptima
members on a fee for service basis and has unreimbursed costs associated with
providing these services; and
WHEREAS, participation in the IGT Program with CalOptima represents an
opportunity to recover previously unreimbursed costs in an effort to reach full cost
recovery for Emergency Medical Services in accordance with City of Newport Beach
Municipal Code Chapter 3.36.
NOW THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach hereby
resolves as follows:
Section 1: The recitals provided above are true and correct and are
incorporated into the operative part of this resolution.
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Section 2: The City Council does hereby authorize the City Manager, or
designee, to execute (1) an "Intergovernmental Agreement Regarding Transfer of Public
Funds" with DHCS regarding the City's transfer of the FY2014-2015 IGT amount
($257,087.00); (2) an "Intergovernmental Transfer Assessment Fee Agreement" with
DHCS regarding the City's payment of a twenty percent IGT assessment fee
($51,417.40) for administering the City's participation in the IGT program for FY2014-
2015; and (3) a "Health Plan -Provider Intergovernmental Transfer Rate Range
Program" agreement with CalOptima regarding the terms upon which the City is paid its
previously unreimbursed for providing transport services to Medi -Cal plan members plus
the additional federal funds made available as a result of participation in the IGT
program.
Section 3: The City Council finds the adoption of this resolution is not subject to the
California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the
activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in
the environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section
15378) of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3,
because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly
or indirectly.
Section 4: This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the
City Council, and the City Clerk shall certify the vote adopting the resolution.
ADOPTED this 141h day of June, 2016.
ATTEST:
Leilani I. Brown
City Clerk
Diane B. Dixon
Mayor
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss.
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
I, Leilani I. Brown, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby certify that the
whole number of members of the City Council is seven; that the foregoing resolution, being Resolution
No. 2016-76 was duly and regularly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a
regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the 14th day of June, 2016, and that the same
was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Council Member Duffield, Council Member Selich, Council Member Curry,
Council Member Petros, Mayor Pro Tem Muldoon, Mayor Dixon
NAYS: Council Member Peotter,
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of
said City this 151h day of June, 2016.
Leilani I. Brown, MMC `
City Clerk
Newport Beach, California
(Seal)