To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Contract #77-326-4 with Vale Operating Company, LP (dba Vale Healthcare Center)
?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 #77-326-4 with Vale Operating Company, LP (dba Vale Healthcare Center), a limited partnership, in an amount not to exceed $18,000,000, to provide Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) services to Contra Costa Health Plan (CCHP) members and County recipients, for the period May 1, 2024 through April 30, 2027.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this contract will result in contractual service expenditures of up to $18,000,000 over a three-year period and will be funded 100% by CCHP Enterprise Fund II revenues. (Rate increase)
BACKGROUND:
CCHP has an obligation to provide certain SNF services for its members under the terms of their Individual and Group Health Plan membership contracts with the County. Members are released from the hospital to recover at an SNF until they are well enough to be sent home. These services include but are not limited to: twenty-four (24) hour medical care, social service and case management coordination, wound care, respiratory therapy, nasogastric and gastric tube feeding, physical and speech therapy services. This contractor has been a part of the CCHP Provider Network providing these services and fostering a deep understanding of the CCHP organizations mission, values, and long-term objectives since May 1, 2021.
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. This contractor currently cooperates with and participates in CCHP's Quality Management Program which consists of q...
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