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FROM:
William Walker, M.D. , Health Services Director
By: Ginger Marieiro, Contracts Administrator : `; Contra
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DATE: May 8, 2001 �� : ��° COUnt
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SUBJECT: Approval of Contract #26-394-2 with Healthcare Financial Staffing
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION(S) :
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee
(Frank Puglisi, Jr. ) , to execute on behalf of the County, Contract
#26-394-2 with Healthcare Financial Staffing, for the period from
July 1, 2001 through June 30, 2002, in an amount not to exceed
$202 , 000, for temporary certified and experienced billing
professionals to assist the Department with Medicare ' s Ambulatory
Payment Classification system.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Funding for this Contract is included in the Department ' s Enterprise
I budget .
BACKGROUND/REASON(S) FOR RECOMMENDATION(S) :
Effective July 1, 2000, .Medicare began .to reimburse the County under
the Ambulatory Payment Classification (APC) system for all Medicare
clinic and emergency visits and outpatient surgeries . The APC
reimbursement system requires correct, verifiable capture and
Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) coding of all procedures and
International Classification of Diseases (ICD-9) coding of
diagnoses . CPT coding is very complex and, depending upon the type
of billing form required (HCFA 1500 or UB92) , different CPT codes
may need to be applied. In addition, all charges must logically
flow to one of the coded CPT procedures .
On July 18, 2000, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #26-394
(as amended by Amendment Agreement #26-394-1) , with Healthcare
Financial Staffing, for the period from July 1, 2000 through June
30, 2001, to provide qualified professionals to assist the
Department with implementation of the APC system for the County' s
Medicare population.
Approval of Contract #26-394-2 , will allow Healthcare Financial
Staffing to continue to provide services through June 30, 2002 .
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: Y S SIGNATURE
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
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SIGNATURE(S):
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I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
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AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
ATTESTED
JOHN SWEETE ,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
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