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Board approves expanded Aloha Psychiatry agreement after staff report on provider loss
Summary
After pulling item C5 for discussion, the board approved a contract increase related to Aloha Psychiatry to cover locum services and a lost prescriber; Behavioral Health staff said the jump in projected costs reflects the need to avoid service lapses while recruitment continues.
Supervisor Plummer pulled consent item C5 for separate discussion and requested more detail on a significant contract increase for Aloha Psychiatry. Cindy Lane, branch director for Behavioral Health and Social Services, told the board the department initially under‑estimated the contract and then lost a prescribing provider; that required short‑term locum coverage and drove projected expenditures higher.
Lane said the…
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