To: Board of Supervisors
From: Dr. Grant Colfax, Health Services Director
Report Title: Contract #74-365-18 with Jee Hyun Guss, M.D.
☒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 #74-365-18 with Jee Hyun Guss, M.D., an individual, in an amount not to exceed $400,000, to provide outpatient psychiatric care services for mentally ill adults in Central Contra Costa County, for the period September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2026.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Contract will result in annual expenditures of up to $400,000 and will be funded as budgeted by the department, 100% by Mental Health Realignment funds.
BACKGROUND:
This Contract meets the social needs of County’s population by providing outpatient psychiatric services including, but not limited to diagnosing, counseling, evaluating, medication management and providing medical and psychiatric therapeutic treatment services to mentally ill adults in Central Contra Costa County. This Contractor has been providing these services and fostering a deep understanding of the County’s organization’s mission, values, and long-term objectives since September 2009.
This Contract is entered into under and subject to the following legal authorities: California Government Code §§ 26227 and 31000; and Welfare and Institutions Code, § 5600 et seq. (The Bronzan – McCorquodale Act). Health Services Personnel approved this Contract to ensure no conflicts with labor relations. Acting as a Mental Health Plan designated by Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), Contra Costa Behavioral Health is required to meet federal and state network adequacy standards to ensure that all Medi-Cal managed care covered services are available and accessible to beneficiaries in accordance with timely access and time and distance standards. Contractor currently cooperates with and participates in BHSD’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 Physician services were determined to be exempt from Administrative Bulletin 600.3 solicitation requirements by the Public Works Department’s Purchasing Division.
On September 10, 2024, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #74-365-17, with Jee Hyun Guss, M.D., in an amount not to exceed $290,000, to provide outpatient psychiatric care services, including diagnosing, counseling, evaluating and providing medical and therapeutic treatment and consulting and training in medical and therapeutic matters to adult patients in Central Contra Costa County, for the period September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2025.
Approval of Contract #74-365-18 will allow the Contractor to continue providing outpatient psychiatric care services through August 31, 2026.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this Contract is not approved, the necessary psychiatric services needed for patient care will not be available or will create increased wait times due to the limited number of specialty providers available within the community.