HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 01112011 - C.80RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute on behalf of the County, Contract
#26-294-24 with Staff Care, Inc., a corporation, in an amount not to exceed $850,000, to provide temporary physician
services for Contra Costa Regional Medical Center and Contra Costa Health Centers, for the period from January 1,
2011 through December 31, 2011.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Funding for this Contract is 100% Enterprise Fund I included in the Health Services Departments Budget. As
appropriate, patients and/or third-party payors will be billed for services. No rate increase.
BACKGROUND:
For many years, the County has contracted with registries to provide temporary qualified personnel to assist the
Department during peak workloads, temporary absences and emergency situations.
On December 15, 2009, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #26-294-22 (as amended by Amendment
Agreement #26-294-23) with Staff Care, Inc., for the period from January 1, 2010
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD
COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 01/11/2011 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYES 4 NOES ____
ABSENT ____ ABSTAIN ____
RECUSE ____
Contact: David Goldstein, MD,
370-5525
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: January 11, 2011
David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc: Tasha Scott, Barbara Borbon
C. 80
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:January 11, 2011
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Contract #26-294-24 with Staff Care, Inc.
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
through December 31, 2010, to provide locum tenens physicians to cover during vacation, sick leave, and extended
leave relief for County-employed physicians at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center and Contra Costa Health
Centers.
Approval of Contract #26-294-24 will allow the Contractor to continue to provide temporary physician services,
through December 31, 2011 including a modification to County’s General Conditional Paragraph 18.
(Indemnification) related to locum tenens physicians not being indemnified by Contractor.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this contract is not approved, Contra Costa Regional Medical Centers would not have appropriate physician
coverage during temporary staff absences, therefore, patients would go untreated.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
Not applicable.