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a. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute renewal and amendment No. 1 to the agreement with The Greeley Company for Peer Review Assessment services, extending the agreement an additional one (1) year period (May 1, 2021 through April 30, 2022) for a revised full agreement term of January 1, 2020 through April 30, 2022, and adding $24,000 for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $44,250.
b. Approve the NMC Chief Executive Officer's recommendation to accept further non-standard indemnification provisions as per this renewal and amendment No. 1.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended the Board of Supervisors:
a. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute renewal and amendment No. 1 to the agreement with The Greeley Company for Peer Review Assessment services, extending the agreement an additional one (1) year period (May 1, 2021 through April 30, 2022) for a revised full agreement term of January 1, 2020 through April 30, 2022, and adding $24,000 for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $44,250.
b. Approve the NMC Chief Executive Officer's recommendation to accept further non-standard indemnification provisions as per this renewal and amendment No. 1.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
NMC has multiple medical specialties on its medical staff. The Joint Commission requires ongoing monitoring and evaluation of provider performance in order to ensure excellence in physician performance and the highest quality of patient care. It is necessary to obtain the services of an external independent review organization in order to gain objective specialty expertise for some of the smaller specialties and to avoid conflict of interest. The Greeley Company offers comprehensive ongoing external peer review services for continued improvement of patient care and risk reduction at NMC. Greeley also offers special focused evaluations through its...
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