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Home My WebLink AboutDoc 204 - Health Integration ProjectREVIEWED ...LEGAL CQtlN Memorandum of Understanding and Agreement Links 4 Health: Health Integration Project Collaborating Organizations include: Cascade Healthcare Community, Inc., Deschutes County Health Services, Jefferson County, Crook County, Deschutes County, Mosaic Medical, Best Care Treatment Services, National Alliance on Mental Illness of Central Oregon, Accountable Behavioral Health Alliance, Deschutes County Chemical Dependency Organization, Central Oregon Individual Health Solutions, Lutheran Community Services Northwest, HealthMatters of Central Oregon, LaPine Community Clinic, Cascade Peer and Self Help Center, and Volunteers in Medicine January 12, 2010 PURPOSE This Memorandum of Understanding serves as a method to build and strengthen the collaboration between Links 4 Health: Health Integration project (L4H:HIP) participating organizations. The purpose of this agreement is to highlight the roles of the collective agencies to enhance the services provided to individuals living with health disparities and other mental health conditions within Crook, Deschutes and Jefferson counties. This agreement will be effective when signed by all L4H:HIP collaborating organizations. "Links 4 Health" is the Care Coordination Pathway project facilitated by the neutral convener, HealthMatters of Central Oregon. Care Coordination Pathways are tools used to shift the focus of health and human service providers from activities to outcomes and to support the client's treatment team. Pathways are unique in that the outcomes are tracked at the level of the individual. The Pathways (developed by the treatment team) provide a step by step guide for the care managers (nurse, social worker, Community Links Specialist) to work through a specific client problem focusing on achieving a positive result. Each step of the Pathway addresses a clearly defined action towards problem resolution. The Pathways utilized can span any health or social service issue. This MOU refers specifically to the Behavioral Health Integration project, which is part of the overall integrated delivery system named "Links 4 Health." AH L4H collaborating agencies agree to: 1. Coordinate efforts between community partners (Health departments, health systems, providers, safety net clinics, and other health and human service agencies and stakeholders within the tri -county region) to facilitate the L4H program and serve as regional resources for the L4H program; Central Oregon Integration Project Memorandum of Understanding 1.12.10 Page 1 DC 2010 • 204 2. Share information such as: current regional client population data (HIPAA compliant), design, development and implementation concepts, as well as, provide input on program benchmarks and program evaluation data; 3. Work together to develop a Transitional Board (Exhibit A). This Board will be chartered for one year following date of implementation of this agreement and charged with oversight of policy, outcomes, strategic planning and approving the work of the Stakeholder Committee and the Project Development Committee. This Board will also be charged with the conceptual development of a single point of accountability for the region. 4. Work together to develop a Stakeholder Committee (Exhibit B) and a Project Development Committee (PDC) (Exhibit C). The Stakeholder Committee will meet monthly to allow collaborating agencies an opportunity to provide regular input on the design, development, implementation potential, evaluation measurements and program outcomes measures. The PDC will facilitate the work of the Stakeholder Committee and the Transitional Board. The PDC will report to both the Stakeholder Committee and the Transitional Board. a. The Stakeholder Committee will approve L4H Guiding Principles as developed by the PDC (Exhibit D) b. The PDC will be responsible for the final draft of a White Paper (Exhibit E) outlining the project. The Stakeholder Committee will approve final version and send to the Transitional Board for adoption. c. The PDC will ensure L4H maintains a timeline and work production based on the Business Plan (Exhibit F). d. The Stakeholder Committee will determine the feasibility of a demonstration project, with the approval of the Transitional Board. L4H will continue discussions with the State of Oregon regarding a formal Memorandum of Agreement for a regional demonstration project to be signed by the Transitional Board. 5. Provide web related updates to HealthMatters of Central Oregon in order to maintain a neutral L4H working website. 6. State in all L4H marketing, advertising and print material for the L4H program that the L4H members are collaborating stakeholders for this project. The L4H will further acknowledge other lead partners as requested by the Stakeholder Committee and the Transitional Board. HealthMatters of Central Oregon (HMCO) agrees to: Central Oregon Integration Project Memorandum of Understanding 1.12.10 Page 2 1. Continue to be the neutral convening community hub and will work with other mernbers of L4H to secure collaborative partnerships, grants and resources that would stabilize and sustain the regional L4H demonstration project; 2. Provide technical assistance and support for the development of a regional L4H website with collaborative registration capabilities. HMCO will ensure the L4H website is up to date, and functional for the tri -County area and for the benefit of the L4H collaborating agencies working on behavioral health integration. 3. Provide additional staffing support, as needed, for the L4H. 4. Provide a care coordination pathways program for the Stakeholder Committee to review and integrate into the L4H demonstration project. 5. Provide a contract evaluator to help in establishing program evaluation measurements and build a scorecard to make regional efforts, participant reach and outcomes transparent to our community and funders. IT IS MUTUALLY AGREED THAT: Partner agencies will share program information for grant -specific reporting and writing, as well as, ongoing budgetary and ancillary needs so grants can be tailored to regional needs. Partner agencies will collaborate and communicate with each other regarding the marketing methods and promotion of L4H programs and resources. Partner agencies will share data and information regarding the processes and outcomes of conducting L4H demonstration project. Partner agencies will explore and share methods of community outreach for expanding L4H efforts. Partner agencies will establish an effective process of communication and promptly provide one another with information on program activities and outcomes. Any partner agency may terminate its participation in the L4H project at any time upon providing thirty (30) days' advance, written notice of termination to HMCO. Upon the effective date of termination, the terminating partner shall have no further rights or responsibilities under this MOU. However, the termination shall have no affect on the validity of this MOU or the rights or responsibilities conferred by this MOU upon the remaining participants in the L4H project. Nothing in this MOU is intended or shall be interpreted to obligate any participating agency to provide financial support to HMCO or the L4H project. Central Oregon Integration Project Memorandum of Understanding 1.12.10 Page 3 The L4H project and this MOU shall be performed and carried out in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations, including, without limitation, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and other laws and regulations governing the use and disclosure of confidential patient information. Central Oregon Health Integration Project (L4H) Collaborating Agencies Bruce Goldberg, M.D. Date Director -designee, Oregon Health Authority Judge Mike McCabe Board of Commissioners Crook County Tammy Baney, Commissioner Board of Commissioners Deschutes County Mike Ahern, Commissioner Board of Commissioners Jefferson County James A. Diegel, FACHE President and CEO Cascade Healthcare Community, Inc. Alisha Hopper, Chair Board of Directors Mosaic Medical Date Date Date Date Date Mike Bonetto, Chair Date Central Oregon Integration Project Memorandum of Understanding 1.12.10 Page 4 Board of Directors HealthMatters of Central Oregon Chance Steffey Executive Director LaPine Community Health Center Kat Mastrangelo Executive Director Volunteers in Medicine, Clinic of the Cascades Don Lindly, Chair Goveming Council Accountable Behavioral Health Alliance Patricia Gibford President and CEO Clear One Health Plans Ruth Gate, Chair Board of Directors Cascade Peer and Self Help Center John Gross, Chair Central Oregon Chapter National Alliance on Mental Illness Date Date Date Date Date Date Dennis Luke, Chair Date Board of Directors Deschutes County Chemical Dependency Organization Central Oregon Integration Project Memorandum of Understanding 1.12.10 Page 5 Rick Treleaven Executive Director BestCare Treatment Services Roberta Nestaas, Chair CEO Lutheran Community Services Northwest Date Date Central Oregon Integration Project Memorandum of Understanding 1.12.10 Page 6