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Authorize the Purchasing Manager for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) to execute Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated Agreement (A-09333) with RehabCare Group Management Services Inc. for Management and Rehabilitation Services at NMC, extending the Agreement to June 30, 2014 and adding $3,858,210 for a revised total Agreement amount not to exceed $7,946,735 in the aggregate.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended the Board of Supervisors authorize the Purchasing Manager for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) to execute Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated Agreement (A-09333) with RehabCare Group Management Services Inc. for Management and Rehabilitation Services at NMC, extending the Agreement to June 30, 2014 and adding $3,858,210 for a revised total Agreement amount not to exceed $7,946,735 in the aggregate.
SUMMARY:
The County of Monterey, on behalf of NMC, has an agreement with RehabCare Group Management Services, Inc, a leading national provider of post-acute services, managing rehabilitation programs in partnership with over 1,270 hospitals and skilled nursing facilities in 42 states. Prior to the agreement with RehabCare, NMC operated a Long Term Care facility. The service line was not profitable and therefore NMC pursued the implementation of an Acute Rehabilitation Unit in its place. At that time, Natividad went through a rigorous process of establishing criteria for a Request for Proposals (RFP) based on the County, State and Federal guidelines for providing this level of service. RehabCare was selected as a result of RFP #9678 in February of 2003. For the last nine years, pursuant to the parties’ agreement, RehabCare has operated NMC’s Acute Rehabilitation Unit (“ARU”), a specialized clinical unit that serves patients with a multitude of diagnoses including stroke, orthopedic conditions, arthritis and traumatic brain injuries. The parties’ existing agreement, which had been amended for the fifth time, was amended and restated in 20...
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