HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 01102012 - C.83RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute, on behalf
of the County, Contract #26-429-18 with Jackson & Coker Locum Tenens, LLC, a limited
liability company, in an amount not to exceed $100,000, for the provision of temporary help
physicians for Contra Costa Regional Medical Center, Contra Costa Health Centers and the
County’s Main Detention Facility, for the period from January 1, 2012 through December
31, 2012.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Contract is funded 100% by the Enterprise Fund I. (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 January 18, 2010, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #26-429-17 with Jackson
& Coker Locum Tenens,
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 01/10/2012 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
ABSENT:Gayle B. Uilkema, District II
Supervisor
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 10, 2012
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc: Tasha Scott, Demetria Gary
C. 83
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:January 10, 2012
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Contract #26-429-18 with Jackson & Coker Locum Tenens, LLC
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
LLC, for the period from January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011, for the provision of
temporary physician services to cover vacation, sick leave, and extended leave relief for
County-employed physicians at the Contra Costa Regional Medical Center and Contra
Costa Health Centers and County’s Main Detention Facility.
Approval of Contract #26-429-18 will allow the Contractor to continue to provide
temporary physician services through December 31, 2012, 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, Contra Costa Health
Centers and the County's Main Detention Facility will have reduced access to appropriate
physician coverage during temporary staff absences creating the potential for patients to
experience delays in treatment.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
Not applicable.