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a. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute a Program Letter of Agreement with Katherine Healthcare LLC for Resident rotations at no cost with an agreement term retroactively from February 15, 2025 through February 14, 2030.
b. Approve the NMC’s Chief Executive Officer’s recommendation to accept non-standard insurance provisions within the agreement.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended the Board of Supervisors:
a. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute a Program Letter of Agreement with Katherine Healthcare LLC for Resident rotations at no cost with an agreement term retroactively from February 15, 2025 through February 14, 2030.
b. Approve the NMC’s Chief Executive Officer’s recommendation to accept non-standard insurance provisions within the agreement.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
This agreement is to establish an educational partnership between the Natividad Family Medicine Residency and Katherine Healthcare, a long-term care facility located in Salinas.
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) requirements for Family Medicine Residency specify the following requirements pertaining to training in long-term care facilities (e.g. skilled nursing facilities or nursing homes):
· Residents must demonstrate competency to diagnose, manage, and integrate the care of patients of all ages in various inpatient settings, including hospitals, long-term care facilities, and rehabilitation facilities.
· Residents must be primarily responsible for a panel continuity patients, integrating each patient’s care across all settings, including the home, long-term care facilities, the FMP site, specialty care facilities, and inpatient care facilities.
· Long-term care experiences should occur over a minimum of 24 months.
· Programs should have family medicine physician faculty members providing care outside of an FMP, including ...
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