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a. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer for Natividad or his designee to execute an agreement with The Chartis Group, LLC for peer review assessment services at Natividad for an amount not to exceed $205,000 with an agreement term retroactive from June 17, 2024 through June 16, 2027.
b. Approve the Natividad Chief Executive Officer's recommendation to accept non-standard indemnification and limitation of liability provisions within the agreement.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended the Board of Supervisors:
a. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer for Natividad or his designee to execute an agreement with The Chartis Group, LLC for peer review assessment services at Natividad for an amount not to exceed $205,000 with an agreement term retroactive from June 17, 2024 through June 16, 2027.
b. Approve the Natividad Chief Executive Officer's recommendation to accept non-standard indemnification and limitation of liability provisions within the agreement.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Natividad has multiple medical specialties on its medical staff. The Joint Commission requires ongoing monitoring and evaluation of provider performance in order to ensure excellence in physician performance and the highest quality of patient care. It is necessary to obtain the services of an external independent review organization in order to gain objective specialty expertise for some of the smaller specialties and to avoid conflict of interest. The Chartis Group offers comprehensive ongoing external peer review services for continued improvement of patient care and risk reduction at Natividad. Chartis also offers special focused evaluations through its panel of board certified physician specialists, not otherwise available to Natividad.
OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT:
The Office of County Counsel has reviewed and approved this agreement as to form, and the Auditor-Controller has reviewed and approved as to payment provisions. The agreement has also been reviewed and approved ...
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