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a. Authorize and direct the Purchasing Manager for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) to execute the Second Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement (A-10277) with California Emergency Physicians Medical Group to provide emergency medicine services at NMC, extending the term to June 30, 2015 and adding $1,362,000 for a revised Agreement amount not to exceed $5,358,405 in the aggregate (for the period July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2015); and
b. Authorize the Purchasing Manager for NMC to sign up to three (3) amendments to this agreement where the total amendments do not exceed 10% 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 and direct the Purchasing Manager for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) to execute the Second Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement (A-10277) with California Emergency Physicians Medical Group to provide emergency medicine services at NMC, extending the term to June 30, 2015 and adding $1,362,000 for a revised Agreement amount not to exceed $5,358,405 in the aggregate (for the period July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2015); and
b) Authorize the Purchasing Manager for NMC to sign up to three (3) amendments to this agreement where the total amendments do not exceed 10% of the original contract amount, and do not significantly change the scope of work.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
NMC has an agreement with California Emergency Physicians Medical Group (CEP), a general partnership consisting of Emergency Department (ED) providers (physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners) to provide complete and exclusive medical director and provider services coverage in the ED. The ED accepts patients 24 hours per day, 7 days a week delivering care to over 47,000 patients per year.
NMC wishes to amend the agreement with CEP to extend the term an additional twelve months in order to continue to provide emergenc...
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