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KENA ALASKA
COUNCIL ON AGING
RESOLUTION 2011 -01
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL ON AGING, KENAI, ALASKA, RECOMMENDING
AND SUPPORTING A CITY OF KENAI REQUEST TO THE STATE OF ALASKA
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES TO FULLY FUND MEDICAID
REIMBURSABLE RATES FOR HOME DELIVERED AND CONGREGATE MEALS.
WHEREAS, the mission of the Council on Aging is to advise the Mayor, City Council,
Director, and the City of Kenai, of the needs of the elderly in the area, and support the
programs which enable the continued independence of senior citizens; and,
WHEREAS, through the Medicaid Choice Waiver Program, Kenai Senior Services (City
of Kenai) receives Medicaid funding to provide home and congregate meals; and,
WHEREAS, in 1994 the standard Medicaid reimbursement rate for meals was $8.32
per meal and the current reimbursement rate of $8.78 per meal has not increased
since 2004; and,
WHEREAS, the cost to provide a congregate meal is 59.95 per meal and the cost to
provide a home- delivered meal is 510.36 per meal; and,
WHEREAS, in FY 2010, Kenai Senior Services provided 12,294 home delivered meals
and 1,684 congregate meals; and,
WHEREAS, in FY 2010, the under reimbursement of $1.17 per congregate meal and
S 1.58 per home delivered meal resulted in a total under reimbursement of
$21,394.80; and,
WHEREAS, the Kenai Senior Services ability to continue to provide a quality Medicaid
funded meal program is significantly affected by a reimbursement rate which is below
the cost of providing the service; and,
WHEREAS, an increase in the reimbursement rates of 51.17 per congregate meal and
$1.58 per home delivered meal, would provide full reimbursement for the Kenai Senior
Services Medicaid Choice Waiver Program
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL ON AGING, KENAI,
ALASKA, it recommends and supports the City of Kenai's request to the State of
Alaska Department of Health and Social Services to fully fund Medicaid reimbursable
rates for home delivered and congregate meals.
COUNCIL ON AGING RESOLUTION NO. 2011 -01
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PASSED BY THE COUNCIL ON AGING, KENAI, ALASKA, this 13th day of January
2011.
ATTEST:
Carol L. Freas, City Clerk