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a. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute the Fifth Amendment to the Professional and Call Coverage Services Agreement (A-14-299) with Cardiopulmonary Associates Medical Group (CPA) to provide pulmonary medicine and critical care services, extending the term by twenty-four months (July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2026) for a revised full agreement term of July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2026, but with no change to the aggregate not to exceed amount of $600,000; and
b. Authorize the CEO for NMC or his designee to sign up to three (3) amendments to the agreement where the total amendments do not exceed 10% ($10,000) of the original contract amount and do not significantly change the scope of work.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute the Fifth Amendment to the Professional and Call Coverage Services Agreement (A-14-299) with Cardiopulmonary Associates Medical Group (CPA) to provide pulmonary medicine and critical care services, extending the term by twenty-four months (July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2026) for a revised full agreement term of July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2026, but with no change to the aggregate not to exceed amount of $600,000; and
b. Authorize the CEO for NMC or his designee to sign up to three (3) amendments to the agreement where the total amendments do not exceed 10% ($10,000) of the original contract amount and do not significantly change the scope of work.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
NMC operates an intensive care unit (ICU) for the care and treatment of hospitalized patients facing life-threatening illness or injury. In order to ensure 24 hour a day coverage of the ICU, it requires a team of critical care physicians, known as intensivists. CPA provides two board certified pulmonary medicine and critical care physicians to cover daily rounding in the ICU a...
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