HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 04292014 - C.61RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute on behalf of the County, Amendment
Agreement #26-346-16 (V261-13-S-0074) P00002, with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Northern
California Health Care System (VANCHCS), effective January 1, 2013, to amend Sharing Agreement #26-346-14 (as
amended by Amendment #26-346-15), to make technical adjustments to the agreement, with no change in the total
payment limit of $1,736,000, and no change in the original term of January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2014.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Amendment Agreement will result in no change in the total payment limit of $1,737,000 funded in the Health
Services Department's Enterprise I Budget. Under the terms of the agreement, VANCHCS will continue to be paid a
fee for each service in accordance with the revised fee schedule incorporated in the Contract.
The services provided for the County's patients under this Contract are billable to patients and third party payors.
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 04/29/2014 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
(370-5122)
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: April 29, 2014
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Chris Heck, Deputy
cc: J Pigg , C Rucker
C. 61
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:April 29, 2014
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Amendment Agreement #26-346-16 with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
BACKGROUND:
For many years, the County and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs have maintained a mutual sharing agreement,
which has made available to the County specialized medical services not otherwise available due to lack of resources,
equipment, and personnel. These services included specialized laboratory testing, radiology services, nuclear
medicine studies, CT scans, MRI's, dermatology, gastroenterology, urology, audiology and speech, and
ophthalmology services. The County provided Emergency Room treatment and inpatient care, including certain
ancillary services, for VA-referred patients.
On March 19, 2013, the Board of Supervisors approved Sharing Agreement #26-346-14 with VANCHCS (under the
auspices of the VANCHCS Nuclear Regulatory Commission License) to provide a full range of Nuclear Medicine
Services to County's patients at the VA Outpatient Clinic in Martinez and/or the Contra Costa Regional Medical
Center's Nuclear Medicine Department, through December 31, 2014.
Approval of Amendment Agreement #26-346-16 will allow County and VANCHCS to make technical adjustments to
modify language in the agreement to include reference to the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), allowing Contractor
to continue providing nuclear medicine services to Contra Costa Regional Medical Center’s Nuclear Medicine
Department through December 31, 2014.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this amendment is not approved, County's patients will not receive specialized nuclear medicine services
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
Not Applicable.