To: Board of Supervisors
From: DHHS: Mental Health
SUBJECT:
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Business Associate/Qualified Service Organization Agreement with Aegis Treatment Centers, LLC Regarding the Exchange of Protected Health Information
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
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That the Board of Supervisors approve, and authorize the Chair of the Board to execute, the attached business associate/qualified service organization agreement with Aegis Treatment Centers, LLC regarding the exchange of protected health information; and direct the Clerk of the Board to return one (1) fully executed original copy of the attached business associate/qualified service organization agreement with Aegis Treatment Centers, LLC to the Department of Health and Human Services - Contract Unit for further processing.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Alcohol and Other Drugs Fund.
DISCUSSION:
As part of the statewide transition to the Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System, the California Department of Health Care Services has requested that narcotic treatment providers begin billing the county of responsibility for services provided to Medi-Cal beneficiaries. As a result, the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services - Mental Health ("DHHS - Mental Health"), recently received invoices from Aegis Treatment Centers, LLC for Drug Medi-Cal services provided to Humboldt County Medi-Cal beneficiaries during fiscal years 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 at one (1) or more out-of-county narcotic treatment facilities operated thereby. The attached business associate/qualified service organization agreement will enable Aegis Treatment Centers, LLC and DHHS - Mental Health to exchange protected health information needed to verify the validity of the above-referenced invoices.
Accordingly, DHHS - Mental Health recommends that the Board approve, and authorize the Chair of the Board to execute, the attached business associate/qualified service organization agreement with Aegis Treatment Centers, LLC regardin...
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