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a. Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute the Physician Services Agreement with the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics (UCSF) to provide pediatric hospitalist services at NMC for an amount not to exceed $334,050, for the period February 1, 2016 to January 31, 2018; and
b. Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for NMC or his designee to sign up to three (3) amendments to this Agreement where the total amendments do not extend the term by more than twelve (12) months, do not exceed 10% of the original contract amount ($33,405) 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 Physician Services Agreement with the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics (UCSF) to provide pediatric hospitalist services at NMC for an amount not to exceed $334,050, for the period February 1, 2016 to January 31, 2018; and
b. Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for NMC or his designee to sign up to three (3) amendments to this Agreement where the total amendments do not extend the term by more than twelve (12) months, do not exceed 10% of the original contract amount ($33,405) and do not significantly change the scope of work.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
NMC operates a twelve bed pediatric unit and an eighteen bed maternal infant unit providing medical care for newborns, children and adolescents, as well as hospital based services for the pediatric population (age 0-21) through NMC's emergency department, general surgery and outpatient specialty clinics. NMC currently provides the majority of emergency and inpatient care in Monterey County with over 100,000 visits over the last five years.
NMC would like to enter into an agreement wi...
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