HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 09112012 - C.91RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute, on behalf of County, Contract
#26-713 with Pediatrix Medical Group of California, A Professional Corporation, in an amount not to exceed
$120,000, to provide newborn hearing screening services in the Labor and Delivery Unit at Contra Costa Regional
Medical Center and Contra Costa Health Centers, to revise the term from April 1, 2012 through March 31, 2014, to
August 1, 2012 through July 31, 2014 including modification to the County’s standard indemnification clause.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Contract is funded 100% by Enterprise Fund I.
BACKGROUND:
The State of California mandates Hospitals to provide a hearing screen to all newborns. Since 2008, CCRMC has
been part of the Universal Hearing Screen Program and all post-partum and nursery nurses have been trained to
perform hearing screens. However this program has proven to be very time consuming for the nurses. Services
provided by this Contractor would be more
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 09/11/2012 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: Anna Roth, 370-5101
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: September 11, 2012
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Carrie Del Bonta, Deputy
cc: Tasha Scott, Demetria Gary
C. 91
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services
Date:September 11, 2012
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Correct April 17, 2012 Item #C.57 with Pediatrix Medical Group of California, A Professional Corporation
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
cost effective and allow CCRMC nurses to spend more valuable time with their patients.
On April 17, 2012, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #26-713 with Pediatrix Medical Group of California,
A Professional Corporation, to provide trained and qualified personnel including not less than one (1) Site
Coordinator and one (1) Hearing Screener who will be on-site at CCRMC seven days a week, 365 days a year to
perform newborn hearing screening services, for the period from April 1, 2012 through March 31, 2014.
Subsequently, the parties engaged in lengthy negations and agreed to modify the indemnification provision, to
provide mutual indemnification.
This Board Order supersedes and replaces Board Order for item C.57 approved by the Board on April 17, 2012.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this contract is not approved, nurses will continue to provide mandated hearing screens to all newborns without the
use of this Contractor and may not meet the minimum required screenings.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
Not applicable.