To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Contract #77-523-1 with Recover Medical Group 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 #77-523-1 with Recover Medical Group P.C., a corporation, in an amount not to exceed $300,000, to provide telehealth behavioral health therapy services for Contra Costa Health Plan (CCHP) members and County recipients for the period February 1, 2025 through January 31, 2028.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Contract will result in contractual service expenditures of up to $300,000 over a three-year period and will be funded 100% by CCHP Enterprise Fund II revenues.
BACKGROUND:
CCHP has an obligation to provide certain specialized behavioral health services utilizing telehealth delivery for its members under the terms of their Individual and Group Health Plan membership contracts with the County. Services for behavioral telehealth include electronic video and communication technologies to facilitate outpatient therapy services including diagnosis, consultation, treatment, education, and care management services for CCHP members. This Contractor has been a member in the CCHP Provider Network providing telehealth behavioral health services and fostering a deep understanding of the CCHP organizations mission, values, and long-term objective since February 2023.
This Contract is entered into under and subject to the following legal authorities: California Government Code §§ 26227 and 31000; and Health and Safety Code § 1451. Health Services Personnel approved this contract to ensure there is no conflict with labor relations. Contractor cooperates 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 February 2023, the County Administrator approved and the Purchasing Services Manager executed Contract #77-523 with Recover Medical Group P.C., in an amount not to exceed $200,000 for the provision of telehealth behavioral health therapy services for CCHP members and County recipients for the period February 1, 2023 through January 31, 2025.
Approval of Contract #77-523-1 will allow the Contractor to continue to provide telehealth behavioral health therapy services to CCHP members and County recipients through January 31, 2028.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this Contract is not approved, certain specialized telehealth behavioral health treatment services for CCHP members under the terms of their Individual and Group Health Plan membership contracts with the County will not be provided and services may be delayed.