To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Contract #72-124-5 with Ride Roundtrip, 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 Amendment Agreement #72-124-5 with Ride Roundtrip, Inc., a corporation, effective October 1, 2024, to increase the payment limit of Contract #72-124-3 (as amended by Contract Amendment #72-124-4), by $4,000,000, from $10,500,000 to a new payment limit of $14,500,000 for a hosted software portal for transportation coordination, scheduling, and dispatch for Medi-Cal patients with no change in the term; successive 1-year period renewals until terminated.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Amendment will result in additional annual expenditures of up to $4,000,000 and will be funded as budgeted by the department in FY 2024-25, by 69% Contra Costa Health Plan Enterprise Fund II, 16% CCRMC/Health Centers Hospital Enterprise Fund I, and 15% Health Care for the Homeless/HRSA.
BACKGROUND:
The Health Services Department's Public Health Division provides social service case management to Medi-Cal patients who are identified as high utilizers who need additional services to improve their health outcomes. The County began contracting with this vendor in 2019 because transportation is a significant need for these patients. These services allow County personnel access to arrange rides for these patients via a web-based transportation booking portal. The Department of Health Care Services provides transportation services as a benefit to Medi-Cal Managed Care members under All Plan Letter (APL) 22-008.
On March 19, 2019, the Board of Supervisors approved contract #72-124 with Ride Roundtrip in the amount of $800,000 for the provision of electronic services to schedule and provide transportation to patients, including interfacing with the county's Elec...
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