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Authorize the Chief Executive Officer of Natividad Medical Center (NMC) to execute the Networks by Design Agreement ("Agreement") designating NMC as an in-network provider of health care services for the term of December 1, 2016 through November 30, 2017, automatically renewable for continuous periods of one year and terminable without cause at any time with one hundred twenty (120) days prior written notice.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended the Board of Supervisors
Authorize the Chief Executive Officer of Natividad Medical Center (NMC) to execute the Networks by Design Agreement ("Agreement") designating NMC as an in-network provider of health care services for the term of December 1, 2016 through November 30, 2017, automatically renewable for continuous periods of one year and terminable without cause at any time with one hundred twenty (120) days prior written notice.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Networks By Design ("NBD") is a California based company that represents major agricultural and trucking employers on the central coast by providing a network of health care providers. The Agreement renews annually with a 120 days prior written notice of termination clause.
NBD has requested that the County of Monterey approve and sign the agreement before NBD signs the agreement.
Section 1457 of the Health and Safety Code provides that the records of a hospital or any other county medical facility that reveal the rates of payment for health care services rendered by, or purchased by, the hospital or other medical facility shall not be considered public records subject to disclosure pursuant to the California Public Records Act. Cal. Health & Safety Code ? 1457(c)(1). Accordingly, the payment rates have been redacted from the attached copy of the Agreement.
OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT:
County Counsel has reviewed and approved this Agreement as to legal form and risk provisions. The Agreement has also been reviewed and approved by NMC's Finan...
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