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Sampson County health director outlines services, funding and staffing pressures
Summary
Health Director Wanda Robinson told the Sampson County Board of Commissioners that the county health department provides 21 programs, serves many uninsured residents, and is confronting staffing, billing and funding complexities including Medicaid managed care and opioid-settlement restrictions.
Wanda Robinson, Sampson County health director, gave the county commissioners an overview of the local health department’s programs, finances and operational pressures during a regular meeting.
Robinson said the health department provides a broad range of mandated clinical, environmental and prevention services and currently employs about 44 people, including nurses, nurse practitioners, laboratory technicians, social workers, nutritionists and health educators. “We provide services, prevent adverse outcomes, and promote efforts to improve the quality of life for residents of Sampson County,” she said.
Robinson told commissioners that public-health mandates require a statutorily constituted advisory board of 11 members (which includes specified roles such as a physician and a pharmacist), and that the department files program agreements with the state for each mandated program. She…
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