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Authorize the Chief Executive Officer for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute amendment No. 5 to the agreement (A-16146) with Locumtenens.com, LLC for recruitment and assignment of physicians services, with no change to the term (August 26, 2022 through August 25, 2025) adding $2,000,000 for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $9,000,000.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended the Board of Supervisors:
Authorize the Chief Executive Officer for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute amendment No. 5 to the agreement (A-16146) with Locumtenens.com, LLC for recruitment and assignment of physicians services, with no change to the term (August 26, 2022 through August 25, 2025) adding $2,000,000 for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $9,000,000.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
In order to find highly qualified temporary physicians and other locum tenens, such as advanced practitioners, who match the position we are trying to cover and are available on sometimes very short notice, it is necessary to contract with multiple locum tenens agencies to provide referral of locum tenens physicians.
Locum tenens are physicians who temporarily take the place of physicians during periods when physicians (employed or contracted) are not available (e.g., vacation; illness; continuing medical education; etc.).
Due to multiple factors, including physician shortages in certain hard to fill specialties, NMC is experiencing a high utilization of locum tenens physicians and wishes to amend the agreements to add funds ensuring temporary physicians are available if needed to provide the patient care services critical to NMC’s operation without interruption.
OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT:
The Office of County Counsel has reviewed and approved this amendment No. 5 as to form, and the Auditor-Controller has reviewed and approved as to payment provisions. The amendment No. 5 has also been reviewed and approved by NMC’s Finance Co...
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