HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 05182010 - C.65RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute, on behalf
of the County, Amendment Agreement #26-398-13 (V261S-0364) with the U.S.
Department of Veterans Affairs Northern California Health Care System (VANCHCS),
effective March 31, 2010, to amend Agreement #26-398-10 (as amended by Amendment
Agreements #26-398-11 and #26-398-12), to increase the total payment limit by $80,000
from $88,000 to a new total of $168,000, and to extend the term of the agreement from
March 31, 2010 through March 31, 2011.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Amendment is funded in the Health Services Department's Enterprise I Budget and will
provide funding for option period year two April 1, 2010 through March 31, 2011. Under
the term of this agreement, VANCHCS is paid a fee for service in accordance with the 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:
For many years, the County and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs have
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Action of Board On: 05/18/2010 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
Contact: Dianne
Dunn-Bowie 957-5560
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on
the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: May 18, 2010
David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors
By: , Deputy
cc: J Pigg, B Borbon
C.65
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:May 18, 2010
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Amendment Agreement #26-398-13 with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
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.
On November 18, 2008, the Board of Supervisors approved Sharing Agreement #26-398-10
(as amended by Amendment Agreements #26-398-11 through #26-398-12), with
VACNHCS to provide specialized Dermatology services to County's patients referred for
treatment by Contra Costa Regional Medical Center physicians through March 31, 2010.
Approval of Amendment Agreement #26-398-13, will allow Contractor to provide
additional specialized Dermatology services to County's patients referred for treatment by
Contra Costa Regional Medical Center physicians through March 31, 2011.