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File #: 25-4369    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Consent Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 10/1/2025 In control: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
On agenda: 10/21/2025 Final action:
Title: APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute a contract with Barsam Gharagozlou, MD, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $12,600,000 to provide pediatric primary care physician services for Contra Costa Health Plan members and County recipients for the period August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2028. (100% Contra Costa Health Plan Enterprise Fund II)
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To:                                          Board of Supervisors

From:                                          Dr. Grant Colfax, Health Services Director

Report Title:                     Contract #77-171-3 with Barsam Gharagozlou, MD, Inc.

Recommendation of the County Administrator Recommendation of Board Committee

 

RECOMMENDATIONS:

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute, on behalf of the County Contract #77-171-3 with Barsam Gharagozlou, MD, Inc., a corporation, in an amount not to exceed $12,600,000, to provide pediatric primary care physician (PCP) services for Contra Costa Health Plan (CCHP) members and County recipients, for the period August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2028.

 

FISCAL IMPACT:

Approval of this Contract will result in contractual service expenditures of up to $12,600,000 over a three-year period and will be funded 100% by CCHP Enterprise Fund II revenues.

 

BACKGROUND:

CCHP has an obligation to provide certain PCP specialty services including pediatric primary care services for its members under the terms of their Individual and Group Health Plan membership contracts with the County. This Contractor has been a part of the CCHP Provider Network providing these services and fostering a deep understanding of the CCHP organization’s mission, values, and long-term objectives since September 2018.

 

This Contract is entered into under and subject to the following legal authorities: California Government Code §§ 26227 and 31000; Health and Safety Code § 1451. Health Services Personnel approved this Contract to ensure no conflicts with labor relations. Contractor currently cooperates and participates in CCHP’s Quality Management Program which consists of quality improvement activities to improve the quality of care, services and member experience. Cooperation includes collection and evaluation of performance measurement data and participation in the organization’s clinical and service measure Quality Improvement Programs. Per Administrative Bulletin 600.3, CCHP Physician services are exempt from solicitation requirements.

 

On August 16, 2022, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #77-171-2 with Barsam Gharagozlou, MD, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $3,000,000, for the provision of pediatric PCP services for CCHP members and County recipients for the period September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2025.

 

Approval of Contract #77-171-3 will allow the Contractor to continue providing pediatric PCP services for CCHP members and County recipients through July 31, 2028. Contract delay was due to extended negotiation of Contract terms between Division and Contractor.

 

 

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this Contract is not approved, certain pediatric PCP services for CCHP members under the terms of their Individual and Group Health Plan membership contracts with the County will not be provided and may cause a delay in services to CCHP members.