HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 03312015 - C.103RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute, on behalf of the County, Contract
#26-429-23 with Jackson & Coker Locum Tenens, LLC, a limited liability company, in an amount not to exceed
$200,000, for the provision of temporary help physicians at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center and Contra Costa
Health Centers and the County’s Main Detention Facility, for the period from January 1, 2015 through December 31,
2015.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Contract is funded 100% by the Enterprise Fund I. (No rate increase)
BACKGROUND:
For many years the County has contracted with registries to provide temporary physicians to assist the Department
during peak workloads, temporary absences and emergency situations.
On February 4, 2014, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #26-429-22 with Jackson & Coker Locum Tenens,
LLC, for the period from January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014, for the provision of temporary physicians
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 03/31/2015 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:Candace Andersen, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV
Supervisor
ABSENT:John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
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: March 31, 2015
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Chris Heck, Deputy
cc: T Scott, C Rucker
C.103
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:March 31, 2015
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Contract #26-429-23 with Jackson & Coker Locum Tenens, LLC
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
to cover vacation, sick leave, and extended leave relief for County-employed physicians at the Contra Costa Regional
Medical Center and Contra Costa Health Centers and County’s Main Detention Facility.
Approval of Contract #26-429-23 will allow the Contractor to continue to provide temporary physicians through
December 31, 2015. The contract contains modifications to Paragraph 18. (Indemnification) of the General
Conditions.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this contract is not approved, Contra Costa Regional Medical, Contra Costa Health Centers and the County's Main
Detention Facility will have reduced access to appropriate physician coverage during temporary staff absences
creating the potential for patients to experience delays in treatment.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
Not applicable.