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FROM:
William Walker, M.D. , Health Services Director
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Contra
Costa
DATE: June 13, 1996
County
SUBJECT: Approval of 24-Hour EEG Monitoring Studies and Rates for Inclusion in
Exchange of Use Contract #26-023-48 with the Department of Veterans
Affairs
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I . RECOMMENDED ACTION:
A. Approve and authorize the addition of 24-hour ambulatory EEG
Monitoring studies and rates to Exchange of Use Contract V612P-
4484 (County #26-023-48) with the Department of Veterans Affairs .
B. Authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee (Frank
Puglisi, Jr. ) , to execute on behalf of the County,
Amendment/Modification No. 5 (County #26-023-53) .
II . FINANCIAL IMPACT:
This Contract is funded in the Health Services Department ' s
Enterprise I Budget . Under the terms of this Exchange of Use
Contract, the County' s Merrithew Memorial Hospital provides
certain medical services for Veterans Administration Outpatient
Clinic (VAOPC) patients, and VAOPC provides certain medical
services for the County' s patients . Each party is paid a fee for
service in accordance with the fee schedules incorporated in the
Contract . The per unit price for 24-hour EEG monitoring studies
for patients referred by County physicians is $97 . 97 .
Cost of the additional services will depend upon utilization and
the services provided for the County' s patients under this
Contract are billable to patients and third party payors .
III . REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS/BACKGROUND:
On May 13 , 1993 , the Board of Supervisors approved Exchange of Use
Contract #V612P-4484 with the U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs
for provision of certain specialized medical services by each
party through Fiscal Year 1996 (in accordance with the Federal
document) . Subsequently, the Contract was amended to provide
additional specialized services at the rates specified in the .
documents and for extension of the Contract through December 31,
1996 .
The Department is requesting your Board' s approval and
authorization to add outpatient studies for 24-hour Ambulatory EEG
Monitoring to the contract .
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: �Y
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIG'NATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
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
rank Puglisi, Jr. (313-5100) OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
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