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a. Authorize the Interim Chief Executive Officer for Natividad or his designee to execute the First Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement with Mario Cole, M.D. to provide pulmonary critical care services, extending the term by twenty-four months (January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023) for a revised full agreement term of January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2023, and adding $100,000 for a revised total not to exceed amount of $200,000 in the aggregate; and
b. Authorize the Interim Chief Executive Officer or his designee to sign up to three (3) future amendments to this 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 Interim Chief Executive Officer for Natividad or his designee to execute the First Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement with Mario Cole, M.D. to provide pulmonary critical care services, extending the term by twenty-four months (January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023) for a revised full agreement term of January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2023, and adding $100,000 for a revised total not to exceed amount of $200,000 in the aggregate; and
b. Authorize the Interim Chief Executive Officer or his designee to sign up to three (3) future amendments to this 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:
Natividad operates a ten (10) bed 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 employee or independent contractor physicians, known as intensivists. Natividad has an agreement with Dr. Cole, a board certified pulmonary medicine and critical care physician, to cover da...
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