To: Board of Supervisors
From: Dr. Grant Colfax, Health Services Director
Report Title: Contract Amendment #23-796-1 with The College of American Pathologists
?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 #23-796-1 with The College of American Pathologists, a corporation, effective June 9, 2026, to amend Contract #23-796, to increase the payment limit by $520, from $6,480, to a new payment limit of $7,000, with no change in the original term ending May 31, 2028, and extend the contract term for successive (1) year periods until terminated, for additional access to its cancer treatment protocol database for the Clinical Laboratory at the Contra Costa Regional Medical Center (CCRMC).
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Contract Amendment will result in additional expenditures of up to $520 over a two-year period and will be funded 100% by Hospital Enterprise Fund I revenues. (Rate increase).
BACKGROUND:
This Contract Amendment meets the needs of the County by providing a cancer checklist for patient reporting. CCRMC's Clinical Laboratory will utilize The College of American Pathologists' electronic Cancer Checklists (CAP eCC) for electronic copyrighted work within the Epic Beaker Anatomic Pathology System to provide vital information to the treating oncologist/surgeon and allow the Pathologists to use structured reports in a standardized XML format that enables the collection of cancer data elements essential for patient care including tumor staging data used with permission of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) and selection of treatment protocols. The CAP Cancer Protocols provide guidelines for collecting the essential data elements for complete reporting of malignant tumors and optimal patient care. These protocols incorporate the latest standards to help pathologists and laboratorie...
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