Title
Agreement with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) and the Sedgwick County Health Department/Sedgwick County Board of County Commissioners (BoCC) to provide breast and cervical cancer screenings to income-eligible women for the Early Detection Works (EDW) cancer screening program.
Body
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the agreement and authorize the Chair to sign.
Background Info: The Sedgwick County Health Department has been a provider of the EDW Program since 1998. The program provides breast and cervical cancer screening along with diagnostic testing for age and income eligible uninsured women. The target population includes women with a low literacy level, 40 - 64 years of age, less than 250% of poverty with an emphasis on minority populations.
The KDHE has been awarded funding from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC). Through this funding, the EDW program is able to offer breast and cervical cancer screening and referral to income-eligible women. This effort is designed to reduce death and disability from breast and cervical cancer.
Alternatives: To send those entitled to receive these medical services to the local Community Health Clinics.
Financial Considerations: KDHE will reimburse the Health Department for breast and cervical cancer screenings and the referring provider for diagnostic services that are deemed reimbursable based on the program contract through a direct reimbursement system. There is no limit placed on billing and no dollar amount noted in the contract. (Previous 3 year revenue history: 2015: $44,165; 2014: $58,241; and 2013: $30,387).
Budget Authority Adjustment: No additional budget authority is being requested. Revenue will be received in the EDW Trust; fund center 38127-274.
Legal considerations: The duration of this contract is from time signed for one year, and will be automatically renewed yearly unless one of the parties notifies the other in writing that they do not w...
Click here for full text