To: Board of Supervisors
From: Dr. Ori Tzvieli, Interim Health Services Director
Report Title: Amendment #26-602-21 with Traditions Psychology Group, P.C. (dba Traditions Behavioral Health)
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Interim Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Contract Amendment Agreement #26-602-21 with Traditions Psychology Group, P.C. (dba Traditions Behavioral Health), a corporation, effective October 28, 2024, to amend Contract #26-602-19, to increase the payment limit by $3,100,000, from $39,500,000 to a new payment limit of $42,600,000 for additional inpatient psychiatric services at County’s Youth Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU) with no change in the term of June 1, 2023 through May 31, 2025.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Amendment will result in additional expenditures up to $3,100,000 and will be funded as budgeted 100% by Hospital Enterprise Fund I. (Additional rates)
BACKGROUND:
This Contractor provides staffing and medical staff leadership of the Inpatient Psychiatric and Crisis and Stabilization Units, George and Cynthia Miller Wellness Center at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center and Contra Costa Health Centers, the Main Detention Facility and Mental Health Clinics including, but not limited to, providing a required number of psychiatrists necessary for clinical coverage of patients twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, a lead psychiatrist to direct administrative and clinical supervision and supervision of all non-clinical areas related to the medical staff of the Department of Psychiatry, since 2007.
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. CCRMC’s Quality Management, Utilization Management and contract monitor staff meet on a regular basis to ensure monitoring and performance measures in the contract are upheld. Per Administrative Bulletin 600.3 CCRMC Physician services are exempt from Solicitation requirements.
On June 27, 2023, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #26-602-19 with Traditions Psychology Group, P.C. (dba Traditions Behavioral Health), in an amount not to exceed $39,500,000 to provide physician management and psychiatric staffing for the Inpatient Psychiatric Crisis Stabilization Unit at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center, the County’s Main Detention Facility and Mental Health Clinics for the period June 1, 2023 through May 31, 2025.
Approval of Amendment Agreement #26-602-21 will allow Contractor to provide additional inpatient youth psychiatric services through May 31, 2025. This Amendment is late due to an unanticipated need for psychiatric services at County’s Youth CSU.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this Amendment is not approved, the Department will not have adequate psychiatric coverage in the County’s Inpatient Youth CSU.
CHILDREN’S IMPACT STATEMENT:
This Contract supports the following Board of Supervisors’ community outcomes: “Families that are Safe, Stable, and Nurturing” and “Communities that are Safe and Provide a High Quality of Life for Children and Families”. Expected program outcomes include increases in social connectedness, communication skills, parenting skills, and knowledge of the human service system in Contra Costa County.