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HEALTH SERVICES AGENCY - Executive Director Jayme Bottke
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Requested Action(s)
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a) AGREEMENT - Request approval and authorization for the Executive Director to sign the Amendment #1 to the agreement with Netsmart Technologies, Inc. (Misc. Agreement #2023-205) for the provision of electronic health record software licenses, maintenance, and mandatory implementation of new state requirements for CalAIM, thereby adding RevConnect Clearinghouse Services to the master agreement, and increasing the maximum compensation to $849,531.12, effective 7/1/22 and shall terminate 6/30/25
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Financial Impact:
The amendment will increase the maximum compensation from $818,871.12 to $849,531.12. The cost of the agreement is included in the requested annual budgets for budget units 40131, 40171 and 40251. These are funded through the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Capital Facilities and Technology (CFT) Workplan, 1991 Health Realignment, and 2011 Behavioral Health Realignment.
Background Information:
On June 27, 2023, the Board of Supervisors approved Misc. Agreement #2023-205 with Netsmart Technologies, Inc. for the MyAvatar electronic health record licensing, maintenance, & support, as well as the Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) services.
This amendment will add the RevConnect Clearinghouse services to the RCM services that Netsmart already performs within the scope of the current agreement. RevConnect Clearinghouse is a comprehensive claims submissions and remittance management platform that increases first-pass acceptance rates, speeds delivery to payers, and reduces denials of claims being billed to Medicare.