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Approve and authorize the Contracts Purchasing Officer or Contracts/Purchasing Supervisor to execute a no-extension Amendment No. 4 to Standard Agreement A-13117 with LocumTenens.com adding $1,000,000 to period July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2019, a for a revised total Agreement amount not to exceed $6,538,959.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
Approve and authorize the Contracts Purchasing Officer or Contracts/Purchasing Supervisor to execute a no-extension Amendment No. 4 to Standard Agreement A-13117 with LocumTenens.com adding $1,000,000 to period July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2019, a for a revised total Agreement amount not to exceed $6,538,959.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Locum Tenens are licensed Physicians and Healthcare Professionals who are Board Certified or Board Eligible or have equivalent training and experience. LocumTenens.com provides temporary medical services in accordance with applicable Federal, State, and County laws, rules, regulations, and policies. LocumTenens.com is an agency that provides physician and psychiatric health care placement services. The County of Monterey engages Physicians and Healthcare Professionals who provide Locum Tenens services in areas of critical medical need where enough permanent staffing is not available.
Due to a nationwide shortage of Psychiatrists, Contract Physicians are a hard to fill position. Currently Behavioral Health has many vacancies in this classification. The Bureau relies heavily on Locum Tenens to provide the needed services and care to patients until these vacancies can be filled with permanent staff.
This Amendment No. 4 adds $1 million assuring that continued provision of essential mental health services, 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) and a "good cause" provision effect...
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