The Sequoia Healthcare District’s Board of Directors has awarded two grants to the county totaling about $1.3 million to provide care to the uninsured and medically indigent who live in the southern part of San Mateo County.
The Board of Supervisors approved a memorandum of understanding with Sequoia, a special tax district, to implement the Community Care Transitions program at the San Mateo Medical Center and for the expansion of the Ron Robinson Senior Care Center at the Fair Oaks Health Center in Redwood City.
The grants will support the programs through 2018.
The first grant totaling $429,000 helps cover the cost of expanding the senior center at Fair Oaks, which Sequoia helped fund the building of with a $4.3 million grant. It opened near the end of 2013.
The Ron Robinson Senior Care Center is a primary care clinic and geriatric assessment unit where seniors of all income levels and all levels of independence and health can receive one-stop medical care tailored exclusively to meet their needs, according to the county Health System.
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The second grant totaling $917,750 supports the implementation of the San Mateo Medical Center’s Community Care Transitions program.
The Community Care Transitions program works to improve the quality of patient care by improving the transition from an inpatient hospital setting to other care settings, resulting in improved quality of care, reduced cost and improved patient experience, according to the Health System.
The grant will help the Health System improve the quality of care for older Sequoia Healthcare District residents it is serving, such as ensuring an office visit occurs within seven days of hospital discharge, helping to meet its quality and patient experience goals, and adding additional staff to serve patients being discharged to go home.
It is estimated 18 percent of the San Mateo Medical Center’s patients living within the boundaries of the health care district will be funded by Sequoia, according to a staff report by the Health System’s Chief Louise Rogers and Susan Ehrlich, the chief executive officer at the medical center.
Expenses at the medical center are covered by fees for services or third-party payors whenever possible. The portions of expenses for services provided to the medically indigent or to those covered by programs that do not meet the full costs of care are covered by contributions such as grants from the Sequoia Healthcare District and the county’s general fund contribution to medical center, according to the report.
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