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Finance committee approves a package of health and workforce appropriations, and funds consultant study for Medicare/Medicaid billing
Summary
The committee approved transfers and appropriations for health‑department temporary staff, suicide‑prevention and respiratory surveillance grants, sponsorship funds for workforce services and a $150,000 request from contingency to fund an RFP for a Medicaid/Medicare billing consultant to assist Sunny Hill and the county health department.
The Will County finance committee approved multiple budget actions covering public‑health programming and workforce sponsorships and voted to use contingency funds to seek a consultant to review Medicare and Medicaid billing and reimbursement practices for the county health department and Sunny Hill nursing facility.
Committee members unanimously approved a transfer within the health department budget to cover temporary contracted staff while permanent hires are pursued. Elizabeth Bellata of the Will County Health Department described the temporary contractors as stopgap staff until permanent hires are in place.
The committee also approved appropriations to support suicide‑prevention programming in the health department; staff said funds…
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