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a. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or a designee to execute a Professional and Call Coverage Services Agreement with Andrew Wang MD Inc. to provide general and critical care surgical services for the period July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2028 with an amount not to exceed $1,200,000 in the aggregate; and
b. Authorize the CEO or a designee to sign up to three future amendments to this agreement where the total amendments do not significantly change the scope of work, do not cause an increase of more than 10% ($120,000) of the original contract amount and do not increase the total contract amount above $1,320,000.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or a designee to execute a Professional and Call Coverage Services Agreement with Andrew Wang MD Inc. to provide general and critical care surgical services for the period July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2028 with an amount not to exceed $1,200,000 in the aggregate; and
b. Authorize the CEO or a designee to sign up to three future amendments to this agreement where the total amendments do not significantly change the scope of work, do not cause an increase of more than 10% ($120,000) of the original contract amount and do not increase the total contract amount above $1,320,000.
SUMMARY:
NMC received its designation as the Level II Trauma Center for Monterey County in January 2015. The American College of Surgeons requires critical care surgeons to be available in-house with a 15-minute response time for Level II Trauma Centers. In order to provide 24/7 care, it is necessary to maintain a core team of quality surgeons made up of employed and independent contract physicians to provide daily call coverage in the Emergency Department and follow-up care to patients in the Intensive Care Unit.
DISCUSSION:
NMC would like to enter into an agreement with Andrew Wan...
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