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Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute the Second Amendment to the Service Agreement (A-13548) with Specialists on Call, Inc., (SOC), a Delaware corporation and Tele-Physicians, P.C., a California professional corporation doing business as Specialists on Call Physicians and as California Tele-Physicians to provide tele-neurology services, extending the term by twelve months (April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021) for a revised full agreement term of February 1, 2018 to March 31, 2021, and adding $256,700 for a revised total not to exceed amount of $820,000 in the aggregate.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute the Second Amendment to the Service Agreement (A-13548) with Specialists on Call, Inc., (SOC), a Delaware corporation and Tele-Physicians, P.C., a California professional corporation doing business as Specialists on Call Physicians and as California Tele-Physicians to provide tele-neurology services, extending the term by twelve months (April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021) for a revised full agreement term of February 1, 2018 to March 31, 2021, and adding $256,700 for a revised total not to exceed amount of $820,000 in the aggregate.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Natividad has an agreement with Specialists on Call, Inc., (SOC), a Delaware corporation and Tele-Physicians, P.C., a California professional corporation doing business as Specialists on Call Physicians and as California Tele-Physicians to provide 24/7 neurology consultative services for Natividad patients via specialized electronic telemedicine equipment. Services include indirect physical exams, history taking, diagnostic protocols, image analysis and recommendations for therapeutic interventions and/or diagnostic tests for any neurologic emergency. Natividad wishes to amend the agreement to extend the term and ...
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