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Ratify execution by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) of the Fifth Amendment to the Professional and Call Coverage Services Agreement (A-13164) with Central Coast Head & Neck Surgeons to provide otolaryngology and audiology services, extending the term by six months (June 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024) for a full revised term to July 1, 2016 through December 31, 2024, but with no change to the original amount not to exceed of $6,000,000 in the aggregate
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
Ratify execution by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) of the Fifth Amendment to the Professional and Call Coverage Services Agreement (A-13164) with Central Coast Head & Neck Surgeons to provide otolaryngology and audiology services, extending the term by six months (June 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024) for a full revised term to July 1, 2016 through December 31, 2024, but with no change to the original amount not to exceed of $6,000,000 in the aggregate
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
NMC must arrange for the provision of professional consultation and treatment and facial plastic, oral-maxillofacial, head and neck and dental surgery services of patients who present to the Emergency Department (ED) as required for a Level II Trauma Center. Central Coast Head and Neck Surgeons offers four board certified surgeons to provide 24 hours a day, 7 days a week otolaryngology, also known as ear, nose and throat (ENT), call coverage in the emergency department and audiology services to hospital inpatients and outpatients in the specialty clinic.
On December 5, 2023, the Board approved execution by the NMC CEO of a fifth amendment to the parties' agreement with Central Coast Head & Neck Surgeons to permit the group to continue to provide the same services critical to NMC's operation without interruption. NMC obtained an independent opinion of fair market value supporting the payment t...
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