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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Mark Finucane, Health Services Director Contra
Costa
DATE: June 9, 1995 County
SUBJECT: Approve' Contract Amendment Agreement #23-024-13 with
Regional Ambulance, Inc. (dba American Medical Response)
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I. RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director to execute on
behalf of the County, Contract Amendment Agreement #23-024-13,
effective June 1, 1995, to amend Ambulance Service Agreement #23-024-
11 (as amended by Contract Amendment #23-024-12) with Regional
Ambulance, Inc. (dba American Medical Response) , for provision of
emergency ambulance services in County' s Emergency Response Areas 1;
2, and 5.
II. FINANCIAL IMPACT:
There is no County General Fund impact. Subsidy payments are funded
under CSA EM-1 (Measure H) and are not being increased under this
Amendment Agreement.
III. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS/BACKGROUND:
On October 11, 1994, the Board of Supervisors authorized the Health
Services Director to execute a one-year extension (effective January
2., 1995 through January 2 , 1996, with an automatic extension through
May 2, 1996) of Ambulance Service Agreement #23-024-11 with Regional
Ambulance, Inc. (dba American Medical Response) , to provide emergency
ambulance services for the County in Emergency Response Areas 1, 2,
and 5.
The Ambulance Service Agreement between the County and the Contractor
sets forth a schedule of maximum patient charges. . This schedule
includes "base rate" charges applicable to all ambulance calls and a
"night charge" which is added to the base rate for ambulance calls
provided between the hours of 7 pm and 7 am. The "night charge" has
been a customary charge approved by third party payors. However,
beginning April 1, 1995, the Federal Health Care Financing
Administration revised the coding system for ground ambulance
services. The new codes do not provide for a "night charge" .
Approval of Contract Amendment Agreement #23-024-13 will establish a
new rate schedule which eliminates the night charge and increases the
base rate charges proportionately.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD CO MITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
Contact: Art Lathrop (646-4690) ��ij p
CC: Health Services (Contracts) ATTESTED to 7 � l
Risk Management Phil Bate elor,Clerk of the Board of
Auditor-Controller Supervisors and County Administrator
Contractor
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