HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 03261996 - C34 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
TO:
FROM: William Walker, M.D. , Health Services Director Contl"a
Costa
DATE: March 11, 1996 County
SUBJECT: Approval of Standard Contract #26-184-6 with
Unilab Corporation
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I. RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee
(Frank Puglisi, Jr. ) , to execute on behalf of the County, Standard
Contract #26-184-6 with Unilab Corporation, for the period from
November 1, 1995 through October 31, 1996, with a payment limit of
$220, 000, for outside clinical laboratory services for Merrithew
Memorial Hospital and Clinics.
II. FINANCIAL IMPACT:
This Contract is included in the Department's Enterprise I Budget.
As appropriate, patients and third-party payors will be billed for
services.
III. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONSJBACRGROUND:
The purpose of Standard Contract #26-184-6 with Unilab Corporation
is to provide for the performance of outside clinical laboratory
tests, tests requiring equipment not available at Merrithew Memorial
Hospital 's laboratory, and rarely requested laboratory tests.
Because of the large number and diversity of laboratory tests used
by the medical community to make diagnoses, most hospitals have to
utilize outside laboratories as it is too cost-prohibitive to
provide all tests on site. Contra Costa County has used the
services of outside laboratories for over twenty-five years.
Contract #26-184-6 will allow the Contractor's services to continue
through October 31, 1996.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON March 26 1996 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT I ) 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: Frank Puglisi, Jr. (370-5100)
CC: Health Services (Contracts) ATTESTED March 26, 1996
Risk Management Phil Batchelor,M4 of the Board of
Auditor-Controller Supervisors and County Administrator
Contractor
M382/7-88 BY pD 1 0 DEPUTY