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a. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute the Professional and Call Coverage Services Agreement with Delphine Engel MD to provide general and critical care surgical services for an amount not to exceed $400,000 for the period January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2025; and
b. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer or his designee to sign up to three (3) future amendments to this agreement where the total amendments do not significantly change the scope of work, do not cause an increase of more than ten percent 10% ($40,000) of the original contract amount and do not increase the total contract amount above $440,000.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a.Authorize the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute the Professional and Call Coverage Services Agreement with Delphine Engel MD to provide general and critical care surgical services for an amount not to exceed $400,000 for the period January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2025; and
b.Authorize the Chief Executive Officer or his designee to sign up to three (3) future amendments to this agreement where the total amendments do not significantly change the scope of work, do not cause an increase of more than ten percent 10% ($40,000) of the original contract amount and do not increase the total contract amount above $440,000.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Natividad received its designation as the Level II Trauma Center for Monterey County in January 2015. The American College of Surgeons requires critical care surgeons to be available in-house with a 15 minute response time for Level II Trauma Centers. In order to provide 24/7 care, it is necessary to maintain a core team of quality surgeons made up of employed and independent contract physicians to provide daily call coverage in the Emergency Department and follow-up care to patients in the Intensive Care Unit.
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