To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Contract Amendment #76-789-2 with Vizient, Inc. .
?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 (1) Amendment to Master Services Agreement with Vizient, Inc., a corporation, effective April 1, 2024, to amend Master Services Agreement Contract #76-789 (amended by Amendment Agreement #76-789-1), to increase the payment limit by $64,040, from $435,000 to a new payment limit of $499,040, and to extend the termination date from December 31, 2026 to September 30, 2027, and (2) a Patient Safety Organization Service Statement of Work (SOW) for patient safety organization services for Contra Costa Health (CCH).
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this amendment will result in additional annual expenditures of up to $64,040 and will be funded 50% by savings realized through the Vizient group purchasing agreement and 50% Hospital Enterprise Fund I revenues.
BACKGROUND:
Vizient, Inc., provides expertise, analytics and advisory services through solutions and services that improve the delivery of high-value care by aligning cost, quality, and performance. This statement of work meets the needs of CCH by providing patient safety organization (PSO) services for Contra Costa Regional Medical Center (CCRMC).
Healthcare delivery systems are required to engage with PSOs per the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005, which authorizes the creation of PSOs to conduct activities to improve the safety and quality of patient care by creating a legally secure environment where clinicians and healthcare organizations voluntarily report, aggregate and analyze data, to reduce the risks and hazards associated with patient care. CCH is a Provider as defined in 42 C.F.R. Part 3, SubPart A, Section 3.20, that desires to collect and voluntarily report inform...
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