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Authorize the Chief Executive Officer for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute renewal & amendment No. 3 to the agreement (A-12966) with Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare Systems (SVMHS) for laboratory testing services, extending the agreement for an additional four (4) year period (retroactively from November 1, 2021), for a revised full agreement term of July 1, 2015 through October 31, 2025, and adding $782,000 for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $1,899,000.
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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 renewal & amendment No. 3 to the agreement (A-12966) with Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare Systems (SVMHS) for laboratory testing services, extending the agreement for an additional four (4) year period (retroactively from November 1, 2021), for a revised full agreement term of July 1, 2015 through October 31, 2025, and adding $782,000 for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $1,899,000.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital has provided laboratory services for NMC since 2010. This agreement has been in place for Histology processing services for Anatomic Pathology. Physicians send tissue and cellular material to the NMC Anatomic Pathology Laboratory for disease diagnosis. First, extensive Histology processing requires licensed employees and special equipment to transform the tissue samples into fixed paraffin blocks, then stained representations on microscope slides. SVMH acts as a NMC partner to process the samples daily, with final samples returned to NMC's Pathologists for interpretation and reporting within 24 hours.
An analysis of recent 'block' volume increases reflects a change in Pathology leadership following retirement. Current Pathology physicians have updated their practice to follow industry standards for high quality patient care. This best practice re...
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