To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Rescind Prior Board Action Pertaining to Contract #23-625-3 with 3M Health Information Systems, Inc
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
RESCIND Board action of October 12, 2021 (C.36), which pertained to a contract with 3M Health Information Systems, Inc.; and APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute Contract #23-625-3 containing mutual indemnification with 3M Health Information Systems, Inc., a corporation, in an amount not to exceed $296,277, for a hosted patient classification and claims software system and support services, for Contra Costa Health (CCH) for the period October 5, 2021 through May 1, 2025.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This action will result in no additional contractual expenditures.
BACKGROUND:
This contract meets the needs of the County's patient population by providing a health information system that includes annuity software for performing claims reviews and provider comparisons. 3M's Grouper Plus Content Services (GPCS) system includes GPCS All Patient Refined - Diagnosis Related Groups (APR DRG) Grouper & Reimbursement California (CA) Medicaid a classification system, which will assist the Contra Costa Health Plan (CCHP) to assign patients into meaningful groups necessary for claims reimbursement. 3M APR DRGs classify patients based on clinical similarities and their use of hospital resources. 3M's Grouper Plus Content Services provides access to comprehensive grouping, editing, and reimbursement content, utilizing a modern cloud-based service that leverages web services and cloud technology to provide this content securely. The standardized implementation of this system allows for a solution for an increasingly complex and dynamic regulatory and payment environment. 3M Transaction software has afforded CCHP the ability to calculate accurate claim pricing and CCH the capab...
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