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File #: 24-3507    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Consent Item Status: Passed
File created: 10/4/2024 In control: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
On agenda: 10/22/2024 Final action: 10/22/2024
Title: APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute a contract with Samuel Cho, MD, INC. in an amount not to exceed $2,150,000 to provide cardiology services at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center and Health Center patients for the period September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2027. (100% Hospital Enterprise Fund I)
To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Contract #76-731-3 with Samuel Cho MD, 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 Contract Agreement #76-731-3 with Samuel Cho MD, INC., a corporation, (formerly Samuel H. Cho, M.D.) in amount not to exceed $2,150,000 to provide cardiology services at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center (CCRMC) and Contra Costa Health Centers for the period from September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2027.

FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Contract will result in the contractual service expenditures of up to $2,150,000 over a 3 year period and will be funded 100% by Hospital Enterprise Fund I.

BACKGROUND:
Due to the limited number of specialty providers available within the community, CCRMC and Contra Costa Health Centers rely on contracts to provide necessary specialty health services to their patients. Contractor has been providing cardiology services to County since September 2021.

On April 20, 2021, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #76-731 with Samuel H. Cho, M.D., in an amount not to exceed $1,600,000, to provide cardiology services at CCRMC and Contra Costa Health Centers, for the period September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024.

On July 11, 2023, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #76-731-1 with Samuel H. Cho, M.D., to increase the payment limit by $190,000, from $1,600,000 to a new payment limit of $1,790,000 with no change in the term through August 31, 2024.

On April 22, 2024, Contract #76-731-2 with Samuel H. Cho, M.D., was amended to change the Assignor's Obligations from Samuel H. Cho, M.D. to Samuel Cho MD, INC. and assigned all rights under Contract #76-731 affective June 1, 2024 with no change in the term through August 31, 2024.

This Contract is entered into under and subject to the following legal aut...

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