Upon approval, this action has an annual cost of approximately $4,671,895 which includes pension costs of $1,014,493. The entire cost is completely offset by Federally Qualified Health Care revenues.

The Health Services Department is requesting to add 36 varied positions allocated to the Pittsburg Health Center to meet the increased volume and patient demand associated with the Affordable Care Act and the resulting growth of membership in the Contra Costa Health Plan. Data shows the majority of members resides in East Contra Costa County and to accommodate this growth, the Department is expanding its ambulatory care patient services in Antioch, Brentwood and Pittsburg Health Centers. The Department is submitting separate requests per heath center in several phases.   
  
The Pittsburg Health Center is being renovated to add 16 examination rooms for Family Practice Medicine in addition to one room dedicated to patient group sessions. The increase in capacity will allow approximately 612 additional weekly hours of ambulatory care visits at full capacity. These expanded services will be implemented in three phases with the initial 36 positions added in Phase I. Subsequent requests for Phase II and Phase III will be submitted at a later time.

If this action is not approved, the Pittsburg Health Center will not have adequate staffing to meet the increased demand and volume of patient care services for our CCHP members and residents of East Contra Costa County.