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Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute amendment No. 1 with Credit Consulting Services, Inc. and Receivable Solutions, Inc. for debt collection services at NMC pursuant to the Request for Proposals (RFP) #9600-64, extending the agreement an additional one (1) year period (October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2020) for a revised full agreement term of October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2020, with one remaining option to extend for one (1) additional year, and adding $2,177,000 for a revised total aggregate amount not to exceed $4,570,000.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended the Board of Supervisors:
Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute amendment No. 1 with Credit Consulting Services, Inc. and Receivable Solutions, Inc. for debt collection services at NMC pursuant to the Request for Proposals (RFP) #9600-64, extending the agreement an additional one (1) year period (October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2020) for a revised full agreement term of October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2020, with one remaining option to extend for one (1) additional year, and adding $2,177,000 for a revised total aggregate amount not to exceed $4,570,000.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
NMC utilizes two outside contractors to collect on NMC's self-pay patients and bad debt collections as a result of RFP 9600-64. These contractors shall receive a daily data file of all self-pay patients from NMC's Meditech system and will be responsible to send three (3) collection notices to the patient within a 150 day time frame requesting payment. If no response is received from the patient the account is put into bad debt collections.
The agreement documents themselves do not state a total agreement amount specifically. Payment is based on the amount of debt collected and is, therefore, an unknown. NMC is requesting an increased aggregate dollar limit for both agr...
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