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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2264 |
| Health Care Registry for Indigent Patients |
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| Requester: |
Kate Callahan |
Organization: |
South Florida Health Information Initiative |
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| Project Title: |
Health Care Registry for Indigent Patients |
Date Submitted |
1/4/2008 10:50:28 AM |
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| Sponsors: |
Rich |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| One-quarter of the population of Miami-Dade lacks health insurance. This number is above the national average. We believe that if an indigent patient registry can be realized and all hospitals in the tri-county area share records and information about these patients then duplication of services will be curtailed thus limiting the expenditure of crucial state Medicaid funds. The registry would serve as a pilot for the state and, if successful, could be replicated . |
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| Recipient: |
Health Foundation of South Florida dba SFHII |
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Contact: |
Kate Callahan |
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2 South Biscayne Blvd, Suite 1720 |
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Contact Phone: |
(305) 860-9226 |
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Miami 33131 |
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Contact email: |
kcalla1067@aol.com |
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| Counties: |
Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe |
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| Gov't Entity: |
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Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
Yes |
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| Project Description: |
| The SFHII, founded two years ago, encompasses all health care entities in the South Florida region, and will provide for the medical information exchange needs of healthcare stakeholders of the area. The organization has been funded with private support as well as grants from AHCA as a Regional Heath Information Organization. This requested funding is for the development of an indigent/uninsured heath care registry. It will identify and track health care utilization amongst this population to determine the services sought and decrease duplication and overutilization. This will lead to decreased health care costs and therefore represent a significant cost savings to the state and other funding entities. The program will be three years in length and serve as a state pilot for possible replication. Reports will be provided to AHCA, the Governor, and the presiding officers of the legislature. |
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| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| Cost savings due to a reduction of overutilization and replication of health care services tot he indigent/uninsured population of South Florida. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$250,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$355,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Operations |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Private |
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Cash Amount |
$50,000 |
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In-kind Amount |
$55,000 |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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No |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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No |
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| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? |
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No |
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| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? |
No |
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| Is there a documented need for this project? |
Yes |
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Documentation: |
"Structures of Government Financing of Indigent Care" by the Rand Corporation |
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| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? |
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Yes |
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Hearing Body: |
House of Representatives Health Quality Committee December 2007 |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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No |
