HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 09092014 - C.122RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute, on behalf of the County, Contract
#26-713-1 with Pediatrix Medical Group of California, A Professional Corporation, in an amount not to exceed
$264,000, to provide newborn hearing screening services in the Labor and Delivery Unit at Contra Costa Regional
Medical Center and Contra Costa Health Centers (CCRMC), for the period from August 1, 2014 through July 31,
2016.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Contract is funded 100% by Enterprise Fund I. (No rate increase)
BACKGROUND:
On September 11, 2012, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #26-713 with Pediatrix Medical Group of
California, 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 State mandated
newborn hearing screening services, for the period from August 1, 2012 through July 31, 2014.
Approval of Contract #26-713-1 will allow Contractor to continue providing newborn
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 09/09/2014 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II
Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
ABSENT:Mary N. Piepho, District III
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: September 9, 2014
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc: T Scott, C Rucker
C.122
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:September 9, 2014
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Contract #26-713-1 with Pediatrix Medical Group of California, A Professional Corporation
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
hearing screening services at CCRMC through July 31, 2016. This contract includes changes to County’s General
Conditions Paragraphs: 4. (Right to Withhold), 5. (Termination and Cancellation), 18. (Indemnification) and 19.
(Insurance).
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this contract is not approved, nurses would continue to provide mandated hearing screens to all newborns which is
more time consuming and less cost effective than using this Contractor.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
Not applicable.