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a. Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute the Professional and Call Coverage Services Agreement with Advanced Gastroenterology of Monterey County to provide gastroenterology services for an amount not to exceed $650,000 for the period August 1, 2019 to July 31, 2020; and
b. Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent 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 and do not cause an increase of more than ten percent 10% ($65,000) of the original contract amount.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute the Professional and Call Coverage Services Agreement with Advanced Gastroenterology of Monterey County to provide gastroenterology services for an amount not to exceed $650,000 for the period August 1, 2019 to July 31, 2020; and
b. Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent 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 and do not cause an increase of more than ten percent 10% ($65,000) of the original contract amount.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
NMC must arrange for care and treatment of patients who present to the emergency department and hospital clinics in need of medical care in the specialty of gastroenterology. NMC has an agreement with Advanced Gastroenterology of Monterey County, for which Mumtaz Tabbaa M.D., a board certified gastroenterologist, provides gastroenterology call coverage in the emergency department, endoscopy procedures and outpatient services in the specialty clinic.
NMC wishes to enter into this new agreement to modify the billing arrangements where NMC bills and collects for the physician services rendered to patients under this agreement...
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