Canandaigua, N.Y. —
Ontario County is currently seeking a private entity to run its Turnings Substance Abuse Clinic, and plans to later this summer seek proposals from providers to run its Mental Health Clinic.
County Public Health Director Mary Beer said the Mental Health Clinic serves some 800 people annually. Of those, about 150 are clients in Turnings. Proposals to run the outpatient clinic focused on prevention and treatment of substance abuse are due July 8.
As with the county seeking to sell its nursing home, this move is also driven by finances.
“Last year, during the budget process, (the county’s Financial Management Committee) identified areas of the county that are not mandated and not faring well financially,” said county Board of Supervisors Chairman Jack Marren, the Victor supervisor and chairman of the county’s Health and Medical Committee. The goal is to find a provider that can run those programs as, or more, effectively than the county does, he said.
Because services provided by county employees more costly due to civil service benefits, others “are able to provide the same services at a lower cost,” said Beer. If other providers can offer the service, she said, “it allows our residents to receive the same high quality of care without increasing the tax burden.”
Beer said “proposals will be reviewed and if there is a provider willing to perform the services, the clinics will be transferred.”
Beer said “proposals will be reviewed and if there is a provider willing to perform the services, the clinics will be transferred.”
The process is coordinated with the state Mental Health Department or state office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services, she said, and would involve a transition plan. The requests for proposals (RFPs) “encourage proposals to include offering positions to current county staff,” Beer added. “We do not know who would respond to the RFPs until we receive the proposals, however, they are required to currently hold licenses to operate clinics in New York state.”
Meanwhile, county officials are reviewing two bids received for the sale of the county nursing home in Hopewell, the 98-bed Ontario County Health Facility. County Administrator John Garvey said earlier this month the county had interviewed representatives of Centers for Specialty Care Group LLC and Bleier, Peckman and Bain, which submitted bids of $2 million and $2.7 million, respectively,
County representatives also planned to visit facilities operated by the two firms.
County representatives also planned to visit facilities operated by the two firms.
Ontario County’s nursing home went on the market in March after the county hired brokerage firm Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services in December to market the sale. A subcommittee of the county’s Health and Medical Services Committee, comprised of Naples Supervisor John Cowley and Phelps Supervisor Norman Teed, was formed to review the bids for the facility, along with county representatives.
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