QUESTION
What is the current indirect rate for asylum seeker services at NYC Health and Hospitals (H+H)?
1:05:43
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NYC Health and Hospitals (H+H) has reduced the indirect rate for asylum seeker services from 15% to 10% and is reevaluating its needs as the program downsizes.
- The indirect rate was originally 15% but was lowered to 10% upon realizing the full amount was not needed.
- H+H is currently reassessing the necessary indirect rate as the asylum seeker service program is being downscaled.
- There is an emphasis on not diminishing healthcare for low-income individuals while partaking in asylum seeker work.
- The cost segregation for asylum seeker work is intended to facilitate potential federal funding acquisition.
- The workload involved in contracts and legal matters for asylum seeker services is recognized as substantive.
Carlina Rivera
1:05:43
I wanna follow-up on a question asked earlier by the chair regarding indirect rates paid for asylum seekers services.
1:05:51
H and h included a 15% indirect rate.
1:05:55
But you said that it's a 10% indirect rate.
1:05:58
Does the current cost for asylum seeker service include a 15% rate or 10% rate built in for h and h?
John Ulberg
1:06:04
Yeah.
1:06:04
At one point in time, it may have been 15%.
1:06:07
We realized we didn't need 15% and lowered it down to 10%, and we're reevaluating what we need today as we continue to downsize the program.
1:06:16
But again, it's important to us.
1:06:18
We're grateful for the money when we can get it.
1:06:21
If we don't need it, we we return it.
Mitch Katz
1:06:24
And I I would say, 4 hour board, it's important that we we've assured them that our participation in the asylum seeker work was not meant to diminish health care for low income people.
1:06:37
And there is work like each contract is a huge scope of work to lead people, the contract people, the procurement people, and if we don't hire additional staff to do that work, then we would diminish healthcare services to do asylum seeker work.
1:06:54
And part of the the the city arrangement and OMB has been very good about this was the idea that this was not our specific mission, and so we would be health harmless.
1:07:05
We don't we're not trying to make a profit.
1:07:07
If we don't have we don't have to hire the people, we don't hire the people.
1:07:12
But if we do, we think that it's right for the cost of the asylum seeker work to be separate.
1:07:19
And we we also have always hoped that there would be another there'd be an opportunity to get federal dollars for that at work, and that by keeping it separate, the city would be able to say what it was costing.
1:07:34
Because, again, riding the contracts doing the legal work is real work.
1:07:38
And otherwise, the services don't happen.