HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 08132013 - C.57RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Purchasing Agent, on behalf of the Health Services Department to execute a blanket
Purchase Order with McKesson Health Solutions LLC in the amount not to exceed $265,000 to provide the Contra
Costa Health Plan (CCHP) and the Contra Costa Regional Medical Center (CCRMC) system software for a twelve
month period beginning on date of issue.
FISCAL IMPACT:
100% Funding is included in the Enterprise Fund I Budget.
BACKGROUND:
McKesson Health Solutions LLC will provide the InterQual Software required to implement electronic submission of
the Treatment Authorization Requests (TARs) to the State of California. Currently the CCHP and CCRMC were
directed to submit paper TARs to the State until an electronic system was in place. The electronic submission will
ultimately save time for CCHP and CCRMC by receiving a faster response from the State of California. The
electronic submitted TARs will go directly to the appropriate Field Office for processing. Within the software, the
required components
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 08/13/2013 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: Patrick Godley,
957-5410
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: August 13, 2013
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Chris Heck, Deputy
cc: T Scott, D Gary, M Harris
C. 57
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D.
Date:August 13, 2013
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Purchase Order with McKesson Health Solutions, LLC
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
and fields will be clearly labeled to reduce processing errors and extended time for review and approval. Online TAR
submission is free to the state and required attachments can be submitted electronically with the TAR instead of
making a copy and sending separately. Ultimately, the McKesson InterQual software can also be used for other
insurance compliance audits, which will reduce time and money in the research and submission of the appropriate
forms. This solution will be implemented through the related McKesson Health Solutions LLC Master Agreement
7757.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this contract is not approved, CCHP and CCRMC would be required to purchase a license for the McKesson
Interqual Books to perform paper submissions of the TARs to the State. This will place a burden on current resources
with the time it will take to manually submit the paper submissions of the TARs to the State and will increase the
approval and reimbursement time.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
Not applicable.