HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 06181996 - C40 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: William Walker, M.D. , Health Services Director ••f ..
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DATE: June 6, 1996 County
SUBJECT: Approval of Standard Contract #26-251-4 with Interim Physicians,
Inc. dba Western Physicians Registry
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 #26-251-4 with Interim Physicians, Inc. dba Western
Physicians Registry, for the period from May 15, 1996 through May
14 , 1997 , for recruitment of locum tenens physicians for Merrithew
Memorial Hospital and Health Centers.
II. FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Funding for this Contract is included in the Department' s Enterprise
I Budget. The Contractor will be paid a finders fee of 15% of the
amount County pays the locum tenens physicians which Contractor
recruits and places at Merrithew Memorial Hospital. Cost to the
. County depends upon utilization.
III. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONSIBACKGROUND:
On August 8 , 1995, the Board of Supervisors approved Standard
Contract #26-251-3 with Interim Physicians, Inc. dba Western
Physicians Registry, for the period from May 15, 1995 through May
14 , 1996 . This Contractor, which specializes in placement of locum
tenens physicians, recruits physicians for the County, which the
County then hires to work as temporary employees to provide
vacation, sick leave, and extended leave relief for County-employed
physicians. Physicians, placed by the Contractor, are required to
be members of the County' s Medical Staff and to be credentialed
through existing medical staff processes.
Approval of Standard Contract #26-251-4 will allow the Contractor to
continue providing services through May 14 , 1997 .
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: ��
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIG'NATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT 1 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
R _Contact: Frank Puglisi, Jr. (370-5100) OFSUPERVISOe��flfl e��P �jy S ON�8 T§FATE SHOWN.
CC: Health Services (Contracts) ATTESTED
Risk Management Phil Batchelor,Clerk of the Board of
Auditor-Controller Supervisors and County Administrator
Contractor
M382/7-83 BY DEPUTY