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Board approves short-term measures to ease Alameda Health System’s near-term budget pressure
Summary
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors voted March 24 to approve short-term contract and repayment-term changes intended to reduce immediate fiscal pressure at Alameda Health System, including lowering contract withholding and raising short-term borrowing limits while staff and an ad hoc committee develop longer-term options.
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors on March 24 approved short-term financial measures intended to help Alameda Health System (AHS) manage a projected $14 million fiscal impact tied to deferred staffing reductions.
County staff recommended two immediate steps: reduce the specialty mental health contract payment withhold for potential audit disallowances from 20% to 10% (affecting John George Psychiatric Hospital contract payments) and amend the permanent repayment agreement with AHS to allow a larger net negative balance and intra-year…
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