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Authorize the Purchasing Manager for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) to execute Amendment No. 2 to the Amended and Restated Agreement (A-09333/MYA456) with RehabCare Group Management Services Inc. for Rehabilitation Program Management Services at NMC, extending the Agreement to June 30, 2015 and adding $2,199,695 for a revised total Agreement amount not to exceed $10,146,430 in the aggregate. (ADDED VIA ADDENDUM)
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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. 2 to the Amended and Restated Agreement (A-09333/MYA456) with RehabCare Group Management Services Inc. for Rehabilitation Program Management Services at NMC, extending the Agreement to June 30, 2015 and adding $2,199,695 for a revised total Agreement amount not to exceed $10,146,430 in the aggregate.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The County of Monterey, on behalf of NMC, has an agreement with RehabCare Group Management Services, Inc, a premier provider of rehabilitation services and post acute care services at 2,200 locations in 47 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.
RehabCare manages NMC's Acute Rehab Unit under the direction of the NMC Medical Director providing rehabilitation services for NMC patients. For the last eleven years, pursuant to the parties' agreement, RehabCare provides management and therapy services for NMC's Acute Rehabilitation Unit ("ARU"), a specialized clinical unit that serves patients with a multitude of diagnoses inclu...
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