To: Board of Supervisors
From: Dr. Grant Colfax, Health Services Director
Report Title: Contract #77-590-1 with Expressable Speech – Language Pathology, P.C.
☒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 #77-590-1 with Expressable Speech – Language Pathology, P.C., a corporation, in an amount not to exceed $500,000, to provide telehealth speech therapy services for Contra Costa Health Plan (CCHP) and County recipients, for the period July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2027.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Contract will result in contractual service expenditures of up to $500,000 over a two-year period and will be funded 100% by CCHP Enterprise Fund II revenues.
BACKGROUND:
CCHP has an obligation to provide telehealth speech therapy 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 telehealth speech therapy services and fostering a deep understanding of the CCHP organizations mission, values, and long-term objectives since contract on July 1, 2023.
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 will continue to cooperate with and participates in CCHP’s Quality Management Program which consists of quality improvement activities to improve the quality of care and 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. These contracted services were determined to be exempt from Administrative Bulletin 600.3 solicitation requirements by the Public Works Department’s Purchasing Division.
In July 2023, the County Administrator approved and the Purchasing Services Manager executed Contract #77-590 with Expressable Speech – Language Pathology, P.C., in an amount not to exceed $200,000, for the provision of telehealth speech therapy services for CCHP members and County recipients for the period July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2025.
Approval of Contract #77-590-1 will allow the Contractor to continue to provide telehealth speech therapy services for CCHP members and County recipients through June 30, 2027. This Contract is delayed due to the Division receiving the contract documents from the Contractor late.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this Contract is not approved, certain telehealth speech therapy 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.