To: Board of Directors
From: Dr. Grant Colfax, Health Services Director
Report Title: Contract Amendment #76-675-7 with University of California San Francisco (dba UCSF Medical 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 Amendment #76-675-7 with University of California San Francisco (dba UCSF Medical Center), a government agency, to amend Contract #76-675-6, effective August 1, 2024, to modify the rate schedule to include fiscal year effective dates and reduce technical fees for outside laboratory testing services for Contra Costa Regional Medical Center (CCRMC) and Contra Costa Health Centers with no change in the payment limit of $90,000 or term ending July 31, 2027.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Contract Amendment will not result in additional expenditures and will remain funded 100% by Hospital Enterprise Fund I. (No rate increase)
BACKGROUND:
CCRMC and Contra Costa Health Centers have an obligation to provide laboratory testing services to patients. Therefore, when specialized patient specimen testing is required for patient care and when the required testing equipment is not available at county facilities, the county contracts with outside laboratory testing services. The Contractor has been providing laboratory testing services since 2017.
This Contract is entered into under and subject to the following legal authorities: California Government Code ?? 26227 and 31000; Health and Safety Code ? 1451. Per Administrative Bulletin 600.3, intergovernmental agreements are exempt from solicitation requirements. CCRMC's Quality Management, Utilization Management and Contract Monitor Staff meet on a regular basis to ensure monitoring and performance measures in the Contract are upheld. This Contract was approved by Health Services Personnel to ensure there is no conflict with labor relation...
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