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Authorize the Chief Executive Office for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute renewal and amendment No. 4 to the agreement with Neurologic, LLC, for Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring Services, to extend the agreement for an additional one (1) year period (retroactive to January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022) for a revised full agreement term of October 1, 2015 through December 2022, and to add $100,000 for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed amount of $406,000.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended the Board of Supervisors:
Authorize the Chief Executive Office for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute renewal and amendment No. 4 to the agreement with Neurologic, LLC, for Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring Services, to extend the agreement for an additional one (1) year period (retroactive to January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022) for a revised full agreement term of October 1, 2015 through December 2022, and to add $100,000 for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed amount of $406,000.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Neurologic LLC provides 24 hours per day, 7 day a week, intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring (IOM) on an as needed basis to patients undergoing Orthopedic, ENT, Vascular, Neurosurgical and spinal procedures. IOM allows technicians to observe in real time a patient's neurophysiology during a surgical procedure. The monitoring provides real time information to the surgeon and staff as to the integrity of the patient's nervous system during surgery. The technicians apply electrodes (surface and subdermal) on the patient to achieve appropriate signals. Once the signals are received, the technician monitors the patient's nervous system via computer during the procedure. This provides the surgeon valuable information regarding the integrity of the nervous system as they proceed through the case.
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