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Director calls for revised needs assessment, warns Medicaid funding shortfall; board approves contracts and millage awards
Summary
Director Michael Brashears criticized the state annual needs-assessment format, previewed a new public dashboard, warned of a Medicaid shortfall, and the board approved several contract amendments, new contracts from recent millage awards and a budget adjustment for an opioid-settlement pass-through.
Director Michael Brashears told the board the annual state-required needs assessment does not capture the full service needs of Ottawa County and said he will send a revised, more useful version next year while sharing a new public dashboard that will show real‑time service and screening figures.
“We send it into cyberspace,” Brashears said of the current state report, adding that the agency will continue to submit the required data but will provide an enhanced attachment to communicate true needs, program capacity and suggested funding priorities to the state and regional partners.
Brashears also warned of a Medicaid funding shortfall. He told the board CMHOC currently projects a Medicaid deficit for the fiscal year and that the agency is preparing a formal report for the Lakeshore Regional Entity documenting its Medicaid funding needs. “The citizens of Ottawa County are not getting…
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