MEETING DATE: 6/25/2019
DEPARTMENT: BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
DEPT HEAD/DIRECTOR: Alan Yamamoto
AGENDA ITEM PREPARER:
SBC DEPT FILE NUMBER: 810
SUBJECT:
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT - A. YAMAMOTO
Approve contract renewal with Kings View Corp. for Telepsychiatry Service for the period of July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020 for a maximum total of $100,000.00.
SBC FILE NUMBER: 810
AGENDA SECTION:
CONSENT AGENDA
BACKGROUND/SUMMARY:
Telepsychiatry is a process that utilizes teleconferencing equipment to allow Psychiatry services to be delivered by a Psychiatrist, M.D. from an off-site location to the County Behavioral Health Esperanza Drop-In–Center site in Hollister, via two-way live visual and auditory exchange. Kings View provides this service for many other counties in the State. They provide the technical support and Psychiatrist specialists to allow our service to be delivered in a manner that meets the DHCS (Dept. of Health Care Services) regulations for service delivery and eligibility to receive reimbursement for services through the MediCal system. Telepsychiatry as a category of Telemedicine is an accepted method of providing specialist physician services in areas experiencing shortages of such specialists. The Behavioral Health Dept. utilizes this Telepsychiatry provider to serve monolingual Spanish speakers through access to a Spanish speaking Psychiatrist.
BUDGETED:
Yes