Kosciusko County Health Board held its quarterly meeting Wednesday night.
Dr. William Remington laid out a potential accreditation process that could be mandated.
Remington said the potential process, which he said could be three or four years out, has put smaller counties like Kosciusko on edge.
Remington said from that could spring things like a community health assessment and strategic health plan. But those things take time and money, neither of which are abundant with dwindling budgets.
“It’s a potential threat on the horizon,” said Remington.
Remington said the county is moving to charge an $8 administration fee to Medicaid for each vaccine shot given.
Remington said the county hasn’t done it before but the trend has increased among other counties in the state.
It’s a way to increase revenue, Remington said.
He said he believed the fee could be administered by current staff.
The health department applied for and was granted $25,000 from United Way for the Well Child Clinic.
The board looked over the health department’s budget for 2013.
County Health Administrator Bob Weaver said the county has handed out 85 permits for individual vendors.
Weaver said they are for such events as First Friday, parades, concerts and the fair.
Two food inspectors check each vendor twice during the summer and more if there are complaints.
Remington gave numbers of how revenue is down at the health clinic. He pointed to the new state mandate, which doesn’t allow public health clinics to give vaccines to people with private insurance.
The board approved a certification of death records policy Wednesday night.
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