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a. Ratify the execution by the Chief Executive Officer for Natividad Medical Center of the Professional and Call Coverage Services Agreement with Monterey Anesthesia Professionals (MAP) to provide anesthesia services, for an amount not to exceed $12,000,000 for the period January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2022; and
b. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer for NMC or his designee to sign up to three (3) future amendments to this Agreement where the total amendments do not exceed 10% ($1,200,000) of the original contract amount and do not significantly change the scope of work.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Ratify the execution by the Chief Executive Officer for Natividad Medical Center of the Professional and Call Coverage Services Agreement with Monterey Anesthesia Professionals (MAP) to provide anesthesia services, for an amount not to exceed $12,000,000 for the period January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2022; and
b. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer for NMC or his designee to sign up to three (3) future amendments to this Agreement where the total amendments do not exceed 10% ($1,200,000) of the original contract amount and do not significantly change the scope of work.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Natividad must arrange for the provision of professional consultation and treatment of patients of its five operating rooms, including a physician that is in-house and immediately available 24 hours a day and a back-up physician that is available on-call 24 hours a day in accordance with American College of Surgeons (ACS) guidelines for a Level II Trauma Center; 24 hours a day anesthesia services within the hospital's labor and delivery suites; and anesthesia services such as airway management (intubations), central line insertion and acute postoperative pain management. MAP also provides a physician to serve as medical director for general administration and oversight of the anesthesia services.
Ratification of the exe...
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