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Approve and authorize the Director of Health or Assistant Director of Health to execute a no-extension Amendment No. 1 to Standard Agreement A-13174 with Jackson & Coker Locum Tenens, LLC for licensed Physicians and Healthcare Professionals, to increase the FY 2016-17 through FY 2018-19 amount by $650,000 to meet the Department's needs for a total Agreement amount not to exceed $1,400,000.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
Approve and authorize the Director of Health or Assistant Director of Health to execute a no-extension Amendment No. 1 to Standard Agreement A-13174 with Jackson & Coker Locum Tenens, LLC for licensed Physicians and Healthcare Professionals, to increase the FY 2016-17 through FY 2018-19 amount by $650,000 to meet the Department's needs for a total Agreement amount not to exceed $1,400,000.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Locum Tenens are licensed Physicians and Healthcare Professionals who are Board Certified or Board Eligible or have equivalent training and experience. Jackson & Coker Locum Tenens, LLC provides temporary medical services in accordance with applicable Federal, State, and County laws, rules, regulations, and policies. The County of Monterey engages Physicians who provide Locum Tenens services in areas of critical medical need where sufficient permanent staffing is not available.
This Amendment No. 1 will assure the continued provision of essential mental health, medication support, primary care, and specialty care for clients of Monterey County Health Department's Behavioral Health Bureau.
This Agreement contains the County's standard 30-day "no cause" provision (Section 7.01), a "good cause" provision effective immediately (Section 7.02), and a defunding provision (Section 7.03).
This work supports the Monterey County Health Department 2011-2015 Strategic Plan initiative: 3) Ensure access to culturally and linguistically appropriate, customer-friendly, quality health services. It also ...
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