To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Contract #26-361-3 with John Muir Health
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute Contract #26-361-3 with John Muir Health, a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $100,000, to provide back-up laboratory testing services during planned or unscheduled downtime affecting patient care at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center (CCRMC) and Contra Costa Health Centers for the period January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2027.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Contract will result in expenditures of up to $100,000 over a three-year period and will be funded by 100% Hospital Enterprise Fund I.
BACKGROUND:
CCRMC has an obligation to provide health care services including laboratory testing services. In the event laboratory testing services are unavailable due to planned or unscheduled downtime affecting patient care, the County Contracts with outside laboratory service Contractors should the need arise to avoid delay in patient care. County has been contracting with John Muir Health for backup laboratory testing service since January 1, 2016.
On April 12, 2022, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #26-361-2 in the amount not to exceed $50,000 for the provision of outside laboratory testing services for scheduled and non-scheduled downtime at CCRMC and Contra Costa Health Centers, for the period January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2024.
Approval of Contract #26-361-3 will allow Contractor to continue providing laboratory testing services through December 31, 2027. This Contract contains a mutual indemnification provision that requires the parties to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the other party for claims arising from negligent or intentional acts of the indemnifying party. The Contract also requires the parties to resolve any dis...
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