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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 (A-14537) with Marta Zulik, 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 November 1, 2019 to December 31, 2023, but not adding funds to the aggregate not to exceed amount; 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% ($40,000) 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 (A-14537) with Marta Zulik, 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 November 1, 2019 to December 31, 2023, but not adding funds to the aggregate not to exceed amount; 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% ($40,000) 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 and independent contractor physicians, known as intensivists. Natividad has an agreement with Dr. Zulik, a board certified pulmonary medicine and critical care physician, to cover daily rounding in the ICU from time t...
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