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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2559 |
| Conservation of Public Medical Assistance Funds for the State�s MS Population |
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| Requester: |
Jeffrey L. Horstmyer, M.D.-Board Chair |
Organization: |
MS Centers of Florida Foundation, Inc. |
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| Project Title: |
Conservation of Public Medical Assistance Funds for the State�s MS Population |
Date Submitted |
1/4/2008 3:13:44 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Margolis, Peaden |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| Long-term conservation of limited public medical assistance; improvement of important medical service delivery |
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| Recipient: |
MS Centers of Florida Foundation, Inc. |
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Contact: |
Dr. Jeffrey Horstmyer |
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Suite 209; 3661 South Miami Ave |
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Contact Phone: |
(305) 856-8942 |
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Miami 33133 |
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Contact email: |
Jeffrey.Horstmyer@fiu.edu |
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| Counties: |
{Statewide} |
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| Gov't Entity: |
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Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
Yes |
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| Project Description: |
| Social and other critical non-medical services intended to complement medical treatment, and help preserve insurance, employment, property, and welfare of MS patients, thus mitigating extraordinarily high per-patient State funding while improving quality of life for patients |
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| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| Min 5% Reduction in per-patient medical costs for the State; specific improvements in MS patient care; assembly of statistics of great importance to the State and to the medical community patient |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$350,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$700,000 |
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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 |
$350,000 |
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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? |
Unknown |
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| Is there a documented need for this project? |
Yes |
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Documentation: |
Professional needs assessment; State statistics; Dept. of Health |
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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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No |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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No |
