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Deschutes County Board of Commissioners
1300 NW Wall St., Suite 200, Bend, OR 97701-1960
(541) 388-6570 - Fax (541) 385-3202 - www.deschutes.org
AGENDA REQUEST & STAFF REPORT
For Board Business Meeting of January 28, 2015
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DATE: January 27, 2015.
FROM: Tom Kuhn. Health Services (541) 322-7410
TITLE OF AGENDA ITEM:
Request to Apply for Oregon Health Authority (OHA) Request for Proposal #OHA-3922-14
PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS DATE? No
BACKGROUND AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS:
OHA will sponsor a series of institutes (April through September, 2015) to develop sustainable
relationships for local public health, coordinated care organizations, and chronic disease self-
management programs. PacificSource has agreed to be a full partner in this initiative an other partners
are supportive. Health Services is both local public health the chronic disease self-management
provider. Institutes will help participants to delineate roles and responsibilities; identify staffing and
training needs; outline data sharing and payment agreements; and ultimately create mechanisms to
facilitate better care, better health, and lower cost. Activities funded by the Grant will focus on
diabetes, prediabetes and hypertension.
The location(s) of the Institutes will be determined based on locations of successful applicants. At the
conclusion of the grant, local consortium members will have co-created a plan and agreements that
enhance collaboration, promote community-clinical linkages and advance health system interventions.
The funding period for the grant is February 1, 2015 through August 31, 2015. The application is due
Friday, January 30, 2015.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Funding requested will be minimal to cover meeting expenses and some staff and partner salary during
the funding period. No additional FTE is being requested.
RECOMMENDATION & ACTION REQUESTED:
Request that approval be granted to Health Services to pursue this opportunity.
ATTENDANCE: Tom Kuhn, Community Health Manager
DISTRIBUTION OF DOCUMENTS:
NA.