HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 11122013 - C.53RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute, on behalf of the County, Contract
Amendment Agreement #26-701-8 with Medicus Emergency Room Medicine Services West, LLC, a limited liability
company, effective retroactively May 1, 2013, to amend Contract #26-701-4 (as amended by Amendment Agreement
#26-701-6), to increase the payment limit by $75,000, from $275,000 to a new payment limit of $350,000 with no
change in the original term of August 1, 2012 through July 31, 2013.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This amendment is funded 100% by Enterprise Fund I. (No rate Increase)
BACKGROUND:
On August 21, 2012, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #26-701-4 (as amended by Amendment
Agreement #26-701-6) with Medicus Emergency Room Medicine Services West, LLC, for the period from August 1,
2012 through July 31, 2013, for the provision of temporary physicians to cover during vacation, sick leave, and
extended leave relief for County-employed physicians in the Emergency Room at Contra Costa Regional Medical
Center and Contra Costa Health Centers.
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 11/12/2013 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: David Goldstein, M.D.,
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: November 12, 2013
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc: T Scott, C Rucker
C. 53
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:November 12, 2013
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Amendment #26-701-8 with Medicus Emergency Room Medicine Services West, LLC
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
At the time of negotiations, the payment limit was based on target levels of utilization. However, the utilization
during the term of the agreement was higher than originally anticipated.
Approval of Contract Amendment Agreement #26-701-8 will allow the Contractor to provide additional temporary
physician services in the Emergency Room at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center and Contra Costa Health
Centers, through July 31, 2013.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this amendment is not approved, the Health Services Department would not be able to pay for physician services
provided by Contractors at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center’s Emergency Room.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
Not applicable.