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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 Advanced Gastroenterology of Monterey County Medical Corporation to provide gastroenterology services for an amount not to exceed $1,352,000 for the period October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2027; and
b. Authorize the CEO for NMC 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 exceed 10% ($135,200) of the original contract amount and do not increase the total contract amount above $1,487,200.
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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 Advanced Gastroenterology of Monterey County Medical Corporation to provide gastroenterology services for an amount not to exceed $1,352,000 for the period October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2027; and
b. Authorize the CEO for NMC 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 exceed 10% ($135,200) of the original contract amount and do not increase the total contract amount above $1,487,200.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
NMC must arrange for care and treatment of hospitalized patients as well as patients who present to the emergency department and outpatient clinics in need of medical care in the specialty of gastroenterology. NMC wishes to enter into a new agreement with Advanced Gastroenterology of Monterey County Medical Corporation, for which Mumtaz Tabbaa M.D., a board-certified gastroenterologist will provide gastroenterology call coverage in the emergency department along with other panel members to ensure sufficient coverage of the service twenty-four hou...
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