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a. Authorize and direct the Purchasing Manager for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) to execute the First Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement with Boris H. Borazjani M.D. to provide general and critical care surgery services at NMC, extending the term to June 30, 2015 and adding $300,000 for a revised Agreement amount not to exceed $400,000 in the aggregate (for the period August 1, 2013 to June 30, 2015); and
b. Authorize the Purchasing Manager for NMC to sign up to three (3) amendments to this agreement where the total amendments do not exceed 10% 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 and direct the Purchasing Manager for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) to execute the First Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement with Boris H. Borazjani M.D. to provide general and critical care surgery services at NMC, extending the term to June 30, 2015 and adding $300,000 for a revised Agreement amount not to exceed $400,000 in the aggregate (for the period August 1, 2013 to June 30, 2015); and
b) Authorize the Purchasing Manager for NMC to sign up to three (3) amendments to this agreement where the total amendments do not exceed 10% of the original contract amount, and do not significantly change the scope of work.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Natividad Medical Center (NMC) was recommended for future designation as the Level II Trauma Center for Monterey County. The American College of Surgeons requires acute critical care surgeons to be available in-house with a 15 minute response time for Level II Trauma Centers. In order to provide 24/7 care, it is necessary to develop and sustain a core team of quality surgeons made up of employed and independent contract physicians to provide daily call coverage in the Emergency Department and follow-up care to patients in the Intensive Care Unit.
NMC has an agreement with Bor...
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