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a. Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute an Agreement with The Data Systems Group for Software Licenses for Electronic Billing and Medicare Eligibility Services at NMC for a term retroactive to July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2018 for a total Agreement amount not to exceed $550,000.
b. Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for NMC to sign up to three (3) future Amendments to this Agreement where the total amendments do not extend the term by more than two (2) additional one (1) year periods, do not exceed 10% ($55,000) of the original Agreement amount and do not significantly change the scope of services.
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RECOMMENDATION:
a. Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute an Agreement with The Data Systems Group for Software Licenses for Electronic Billing and Medicare Eligibility Services at NMC for a term retroactive to July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2018 for a total Agreement amount not to exceed $550,000.
b. Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for NMC to sign up to three (3) future Amendments to this Agreement where the total amendments do not extend the term by more than two (2) additional one (1) year periods, do not exceed 10% ($55,000) of the original Agreement amount and do not significantly change the scope of services.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The Data Systems Group provides NMC with web-based licensed software which is used to submit claims to insurance companies and identify self-pay patients who might qualify for Medi-Cal reimbursement to the hospital. As part of the billing process NMC must submit claims within a certain number of days after the patient visit in order to receive these payments. The Data Systems Group software provides a daily crosscheck of self-pay patients to the Medi-Cal system to check eligibility and improves timeliness of claims avoiding payment denials from Medi-Cal.
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