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Authorize the Purchasing Manager for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) to execute Amendment No. 3 to the Agreement (A-17786) with Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, Inc. for Legal Services at NMC, extending the Agreement to June 30, 2013 and adding $475,000 for Fiscal Year (FY) 2012-13 for a revised total Agreement amount not to exceed $1,125,000 in the aggregate.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended the Board of Supervisors authorize the Purchasing Manager for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) to execute Amendment No. 3 to the Agreement (A-17786) with Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, Inc. for Legal Services at NMC, extending the Agreement to June 30, 2013 and adding $475,000 for Fiscal Year (FY) 2012-13 for a revised total Agreement amount not to exceed $1,125,000 in the aggregate.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, Inc. is the largest full service law firm in the country, with offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, and Washington, D.C., dedicated solely to the legal representation of health care providers in Medicare Medicaid payments, health care business transactions, licensing and certification. On July 27, 2010, the Board of Supervisors approved the original Agreement with Hooper, Lundy & Bookman for Legal Services at Natividad Medical Center (“NMC”) in an amount not to exceed $100,000 for the period April 1, 2010 to March 31, 2011 (“Agreement”). Effective January 1, 2011, the Board approved an Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement in an amount not to exceed $350,000 for the period November 1, 2010 to November 30, 2011. Effective July 1, 2011, the Board approved an Amendment No. 2 in an amount not to exceed $650,000 (a $300,000 increase) and extending the Agreement to June 30, 2012. NMC now seeks to enter into an Amendment No. 3 in an amount not to exceed $1,125,000 (a $475,000 increase) and extending the Agreement to June 30, 2013.
During the first several months of the Agreement, at a time when most of the County’s agreements with healthcare...
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