To: Board of Supervisors
From: Dr. Grant Colfax, Health Services Director
Report Title: Contract #77-380-5 with Shattuck Health Care, Inc. (dba Elmwood Nursing and Rehab Center)
Recommendation: Recommendation of the County Administrator
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RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Contract #77-380-5 with Shattuck Health Care, Inc. (dba Elmwood Nursing and Rehab Center), a corporation, in an amount not to exceed $1,400,000, to provide skilled nursing facility (SNF) services for Contra Costa Health Plan (CCHP) members, for the period November 1, 2026 through October 31, 2028.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Contract will result in contractual service expenditures of up to $1,400,000 over a two-year period and will be funded 100% by CCHP Enterprise Fund II revenues.
BACKGROUND:
CCHP has an obligation to provide certain specialized SNF health care services for its members under the terms of their Individual and Group Health Plan membership contracts with the county. Members are released from the hospital to recover at an SNF until they are well enough to be sent home. These services include, but are not limited to, twenty-four (24) hour medical care, social service and case management coordination, wound care, respiratory therapy, nasogastric and gastric tube feeding, physical and speech therapy services. As a part of the CCHP Provider Network, this Contractor has delivered SNF services since July 1, 2021, fostering a deep understanding of the CCHP organization’s mission, values, and long-term objectives.
CCHP is also required to maintain network adequacy in accordance with applicable state and federal standards, ensuring that members have timely access to clinically appropriate behavioral health and neuropsychological services. The Contractor supports CCHP in meeting these network adequacy obligations by supplying specialized services that are limited within the local market, thereby help...
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