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SFHSS board approves revision to 2018–19 Health Care Sustainability Fund budget
Summary
The board approved a revised 2018–19 Health Care Sustainability Fund budget that uses a $3.4 million carryforward from FY 2017–18 to fund personnel, communications, analytics and one‑time projects while leaving $1.24 million available for 2019–20 one‑time projects.
The San Francisco Health Service System board voted unanimously to adopt revisions to the 2018–19 Health Care Sustainability Fund budget after a presentation by Pamela Levin, the system's chief financial officer.
Levin said that stronger-than-expected 2016–17 carryforward and lower 2017–18 expenditures produced a $3.4 million carryforward into 2018–19. She explained the revisions: an increase of $260,000 in annual personnel funding to support four positions for benefit design, analysis and communications; $25,000 for communication benchmarking tools; $86,000 for analytics to strengthen the all‑payers claims database; and one‑time increases including $200,000 for open‑enrollment communications and additional funds for website redesign and operations communications. "As a result, $1,240,000 will still be available to carry forward into the 2019–20 budget for one‑time projects," Levin said.
Levin also noted that these figures are derived from unaudited results and that citywide auditing and carryforward approvals managed by the Mayor's office and Controller were still pending. Board members asked clarifying questions — one commissioner asked whether board education funds were in the sustainability budget; Levin replied that board education resides in the general fund budget, not the sustainability fund.
A motion to adopt the revised budget was moved, seconded and approved unanimously.
