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Authorize the Chief Executive Officer for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute amendment No. 5 to the agreement (A-13599) with Quest Diagnostics, Inc. for lab reference testing services, extending the agreement an additional one (1) year period (July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026) for a revised full agreement term of July 1, 2017, through June 30, 2026, and adding $1,235,000 for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $8,295,000.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended the Board of Supervisors:
Authorize the Chief Executive Officer for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute amendment No. 5 to the agreement (A-13599) with Quest Diagnostics, Inc. for lab reference testing services, extending the agreement an additional one (1) year period (July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026) for a revised full agreement term of July 1, 2017, through June 30, 2026, and adding $1,235,000 for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $8,295,000.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Quest Diagnostics is the leading provider of diagnostic testing in the nation and serves approximately 140 million patients each year. Quest Diagnostics is Natividad Medical Center Laboratory’s primary reference laboratory, although Natividad Medical Center uses Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital as a reference laboratory on occasion as well. Physicians at Natividad Medical Center and local clinics, which send laboratory work to Natividad Medical Center, may order highly specific types of tests, which the Natividad Medical Center Laboratory cannot perform on-site. As laboratory technology advances, more and more test requests that are not available at the Natividad Medical Center laboratory become available for Physicians and clinics to order; these tests are used for the diagnosis of disease or monitoring of disease processes and are critical for patient care. The Natividad Medical Center laboratory cannot justify bringing in instruments or additional staff for...
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