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a. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer for Natividad or his designee to execute the First Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement with Cy A. Cedar MD to provide hospitalist physician services, adding $650,000 for a revised not to exceed amount of $750,000 in the aggregate, but with no change to the original agreement term of July 14, 2022 to September 30, 2024; and
b. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer for Natividad 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 and do not cause an increase of more than ten percent 10% ($10,000) of the original contract amount.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer for Natividad or his designee to execute the First Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement with Cy A. Cedar MD to provide hospitalist physician services, adding $650,000 for a revised not to exceed amount of $750,000 in the aggregate, but with no change to the original agreement term of July 14, 2022 to September 30, 2024; and
b. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer for Natividad 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 and do not cause an increase of more than ten percent 10% ($10,000) of the original contract amount.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Natividad operates medical surgical units and an acute rehabilitation unit that provide direct patient care to hospitalized patients 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. In order to ensure sufficient staffing of these critical units, it is necessary to develop and sustain a core team of quality internal medicine and family medicine physicians, known as hospitalists, made up of employed and independent contract physicians who are immediately available to provide patient care.
Natividad would like to amend its agreement with D...
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