File #: A 15-355    Name: Credit Consulting Services, Inc., Renewal and Amendment 6
Type: BoS Agreement Status: Passed
File created: 10/19/2015 In control: Board of Supervisors
On agenda: 11/3/2015 Final action: 11/3/2015
Title: a. Ratify and authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute Renewal & Amendment No. 6 with Credit Consulting Services, Inc. for debt collection services at NMC to extend the term of the Agreement for one additional year, retroactive to July 1, 2015, for a full Agreement term of August 1, 2007 through June 30, 2016, with no increase to the total Agreement amount of $3,100,000. b. Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for NMC or his designee to execute one (1) future Amendment to the agreement which does not significantly alter the scope of work and does not cause an increase of more than $100,000 which is ten percent (10%) of the original amount of the Agreement ($1,000,000).
Attachments: 1. Board Report, 2. CCS Renewal-Amendment 6 w updated BAA.pdf, 3. Credit Consulting Services Amendment 5.pdf, 4. Credit Consulting Services Renewal and Amendment 4.pdf, 5. Credit Consulting Services Amendment 3.pdf, 6. Credit Consulting Services Renewal and Amendment 2.pdf, 7. Credit Consulting Services Renewal and Amendment 1.pdf, 8. Credit Consulting Services Inc Agreement.pdf, 9. Credit Consulting Services Inc Spend Sheet.pdf, 10. Completed Board Order
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a. Ratify and authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute Renewal & Amendment No. 6 with Credit Consulting Services, Inc. for debt collection services at NMC to extend the term of the Agreement for one additional year, retroactive to July 1, 2015, for a full Agreement term of August 1, 2007 through June 30, 2016, with no increase to the total Agreement amount of $3,100,000.
b. Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for NMC or his designee to execute one (1) future Amendment to the agreement which does not significantly alter the scope of work and does not cause an increase of more than $100,000 which is ten percent (10%) of the original amount of the Agreement ($1,000,000).

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RECOMMENDATION:

It is recommended the Board of Supervisors:

a. Ratify and authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute Renewal & Amendment No. 6 with Credit Consulting Services, Inc. for debt collection services at NMC to extend the term of the Agreement for one additional year, retroactive to July 1, 2015, for a full Agreement term of August 1, 2007 through June 30, 2016, with no increase to the total Agreement amount of $3,100,000.
b. Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for NMC or his designee to execute one (1) future Amendment to the agreement which does not significantly alter the scope of work and does not cause an increase of more than ten percent (10%) of the original amount of the Agreement.

SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:

Credit Consulting Services, Inc. is one of two agencies that NMC uses to provide collection services for NMC's self-pay patients and bad debt collections. Credit Consulting Services receives a daily data file of all self-pay patients from NMC's Meditech system and is responsible to send three (3) collection notices to the patient within a 150 day time frame, if no response is received from the patient, then the account is put into ...

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