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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS t. 1 `'E }" Contra
FROM: William Walker, M.D.,Health Services Director f`�S Costa
By: Jacqueline Pigg, Contracts Administrator
DATE: September 6, 2006 r;���^� County
SUBJECT: Approval of Sharing Agreement#26-346-7 with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee (Jeff Smith, M.D.), to execute on behalf of
the County, Sharing Agreement #V612S-6162 (County #26-346-7), with the U.S. Department of Veterans
Affairs, Northern California Health Care System (VANCHCS), in an amount not to exceed $1,400,000, to
provide Nuclear Medicine Services for the period from October 1, 2006 through September 30, 2007.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Contract is Rinded in the Health Services Department's Enterprise I Budget. Under.the term of the
agreement VANCHCS will continue to be paid a fee for each service in accordance with the attached fee
schedule, which is incorporated in the Contract.
The services provided for the County's patients under this Contract are billable to patients and third party payors.
BACKGROUND/REASON(S) FOR RECOMMENDATION(S):
For many years the County and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has maintained a mutual sharing agreement
which has made available to the County specialized medical services not otherwise available due to lack of
resources, equipment, and personnel. These services included specialized laboratory testing, radiology services,
nuclear medicine studies, CT scans, MRI's, dermatology, gastroenterology, urology, audiology and speech, and
ophthalmology services. The County provided Emergency Room treatment and inpatient care, including certain
ancillary services, for VA-referred patients.
On September 20, 2005, the Board of Supervisors approved Sharing Agreement #26-346-6 with VANCHCS
(under the auspices of the VANCHCS Nuclear Regulatory Commission License) to provide a full range of
Nuclear Medicine Services to County's patients at the VA Outpatient Clinic in Martinez and/or the Contra Costa
Regional Medical Center's Nuclear Medicine Department,through September 30, 2006.
Approval of Sharing Agreement #26-346-7 will allow VANCHCS to continue providing nuclear medicine
services through September 30, 2007.
The Contract documents have always been prepared by the Veterans Administration.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
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L/F2ECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURES
ACTION OF BOARD APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
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ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
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AYES: NOES: �- OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
ABSENT: ABSTAIN:
ATTESTED
JOHN CULLEN, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Contact Person: Jeff Smith,M.D. (370-5113) SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
CC: Health Services Department (Contracts)
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