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a. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute an agreement with Kindred Rehab Group of California, LLC dba Kindred Hospital Rehabilitation for rehabilitation program management services at NMC for an amount not to exceed $6,600,000 with a retroactive agreement term of May 1, 2022 through April 30, 2027.
b. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer for NMC or his designee to execute up to three (3) future amendments to the agreement which do not significantly alter the scope of work and do not cause an increase of more than ten percent (10%) ($660,000) of the original cost of the agreement.
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RECOMMENDATION:
a. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute an agreement with Kindred Rehab Group of California, LLC dba Kindred Hospital Rehabilitation for rehabilitation program management services at NMC for an amount not to exceed $6,600,000 with a retroactive agreement term of May 1, 2022 through April 30, 2027.
b. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer for NMC or his designee to execute up to three (3) future amendments to the agreement which do not significantly alter the scope of work and do not cause an increase of more than ten percent (10%) ($660,000) of the original cost of the agreement.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The County of Monterey, on behalf of NMC, has had an agreement with Kindred Group of California, LLC (Kindred) in place for approximately fourteen years. Kindred is a premier provider of rehabilitation services and post- acute care services including a specialty focus on inpatient rehabilitation. The Sam Karas Acute Rehabilitation Center at NMC is the major provider of inpatient rehabilitation in Monterey County.
Kindred manages NMC's Acute Rehabilitation Unit under the direction of the NMC Medical Director providing rehabilitation services for NMC patients. For the last fourteen years, pursuant to the parties' agreement, Kindred has...
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