Common use of Local Health Departments Clause in Contracts

Local Health Departments. The Department encourages the HMO to contract with local health departments for the provision of care to BadgerCare Plus and/or Medicaid SSI members in order to ensure continuity and culturally appropriate care and services. Local health departments can provide HealthCheck outreach and screening, immunizations, blood lead screening services, and services to targeted populations within the community for the prevention, investigation, and control of communicable diseases (e.g., tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases, hepatitis and others). WIC projects provide nutrition services and supplemental foods, breast feeding promotion and support; and immunization screening. Many projects screen for blood lead poisoning during the WIC appointment. The Department encourages the HMO to work closely with local health departments. Local health departments have a wide variety of resources that could be coordinated with the HMO to produce more efficient and cost-effective care for the HMO members. Examples of such resources are ongoing medical services programs, materials on health education, prevention, and disease states, expertise on outreaching specific sub-populations, communication networks with varieties of medical providers, advocates, community-based health organizations, and social service agencies, and access to ongoing studies of health status and disease trends and patterns.

Local Health Departments. The Department encourages the HMO to contract with local health departments for the provision of care to BadgerCare Plus and/or Medicaid SSI members enrollees in order to ensure continuity and culturally appropriate care and services. Local health departments can provide HealthCheck outreach and screening, immunizations, blood lead screening services, and services to targeted populations within the community for the prevention, investigation, and control of communicable diseases (e.g., tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases, hepatitis and others). WIC projects provide nutrition services and supplemental foods, breast feeding promotion and support; and immunization screening. Many projects screen for blood lead poisoning during the WIC appointment. The Department encourages the HMO to work closely with local health departments. Local health departments have a wide variety of resources that could be coordinated with the HMO to produce more efficient and cost-effective care for the HMO membersenrollees. Examples of such resources are ongoing medical services programs, materials on health education, prevention, and disease states, expertise on outreaching specific sub-populations, communication networks with varieties of medical providers, advocates, community-based health organizations, and social service agencies, and access to ongoing studies of health status and disease trends and patterns.