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a. Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute the Professional and Call Coverage Services Agreement with Gregory E. LeBleu M.D. to provide physical medicine and rehabilitation services at NMC for an amount not to exceed $800,000 for the period January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2021; and
b. Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for NMC to sign up to three (3) amendments to this agreement where the total amendments do not exceed 10% ($80,000) 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 Deputy Purchasing Agent for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute the Professional and Call Coverage Services Agreement with Gregory E. LeBleu M.D. to provide physical medicine and rehabilitation services at NMC for an amount not to exceed $800,000 for the period January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2021; and
b. Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for NMC to sign up to three (3) amendments to this agreement where the total amendments do not exceed 10% ($80,000) of the original contract amount and do not significantly change the scope of work.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
NMC operates the Sam Karas Acute Rehabilitation Center, a 24-bed acute rehabilitation unit (ARU) that provides comprehensive physical and cognitive therapies to help patients recover and return to daily activities after an illness, injury or surgery. Physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians, also known as physiatrists, treat a variety of medical conditions affecting the brain, spinal cord, nerves, bones, muscles and joints. Natividad would like to enter into an agreement with Dr. Le Bleu, a board certified physical medicine and rehabilitation physician, to participate in the panel of physicians providing daily rounding on patients in the ARU. NMC has obtained an independent opinion of fair market value support...
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