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a. Authorize and direct the Purchasing Manager for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) to execute the Professional Services Agreement with West Coast Brain & Spine Institute, Inc. to provide neurosurgery services at NMC for an amount not to exceed $500,000 for the period August 1, 2014 to July 31, 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 Professional Services Agreement with West Coast Brain & Spine Institute, Inc. to provide neurosurgery services at NMC for an amount not to exceed $500,000 for the period August 1, 2014 to July 31, 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:
Natividad Medical Center (NMC) was recommended for future designation as the Level II Trauma Center for Monterey County. The American College of Surgeons requires neurosurgeons provide dedicated call coverage with a 30 minute response time for Level II Trauma Centers. In order to provide 24/7 care, it is necessary to develop and sustain a core team of quality neurosurgeons made up of employed and independent contract physicians to provide daily call coverage in the Emergency Department and follow-up care to patients in the Intensive Care Unit and Specialty Clinic.
West Coast Brain & Spine Institute, Inc. is a professional medical corporation for which Peyman Tabrizi M.D. is a board certified neurosurgeon. NMC wishes to enter into an Agreement with West Coast Brain & Spine Institute, Inc. to provide neurosurger...
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