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Health department presents 2024 budget snapshot to Board of Health; fees up as COVID-era billing rebounds
Summary
The Summit County Health Department presented a 2024 budget-to-actual snapshot showing higher fee revenue driven by COVID-era clinic billing and lower-than-budgeted grant and property tax receipts; staff warned the board to expect federal funding declines going forward.
The Summit County Health Department presented a 2024 budget snapshot to the Board of Health showing differences between budgeted and actual revenue and expenditures and explaining causes for the variances.
Business manager Jennifer Morrill said revenue from fee-for-service rose substantially in 2024 while federal and state grant revenue and county property-tax contributions were below budget. Morrill explained that fee revenue was boosted by nearly $300,000 in COVID-era clinic claims and by new contracts with insurers such as UnitedHealthcare and Aetna; she also noted…
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