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Approve and authorize the Director of Health, or Assistant Director of Health, to execute Amendment No. 4 to Agreement with Medical Doctor Associates (MDA), dba Cross Country Locums, extending the term for an additional two (2) years for a new term of July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2024, for locum tenens healthcare provider referrals.
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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 Amendment No. 4 to Agreement with Medical Doctor Associates (MDA), dba Cross Country Locums, extending the term for an additional two (2) years for a new term of July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2024, for locum tenens healthcare provider referrals.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The Health Department Clinic Services Bureau (Clinic Services) operates ten community clinic sites designated as Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) which provide preventive, primary, and specialty medical care services.
Clinic Services engages in Locum Tenens services in times of critical medical need when sufficient permanent staffing is not available in clinic due to circumstances such as resignations, extended leaves and increases in demand for services. The Board of Supervisors approved Agreement No. A-12773 on June 23, 2015 with Medical Doctor Associates (MDA) for the provision of temporary physician, nurse practitioner, and physician assistant health care placement services to Clinic Services. Amendment No. 1 was executed on July 1, 2018 to extend services for an additional two years. Since then, MDA has changed its name to Cross Country Locums, while maintaining seamless and uninterrupted service availability to Clinic Services. The Board of Supervisors approved Amendment No. 2 on June 16, 2020 for an additional two (2) years and increased the contract to $1,150,000, and on May 25, 2021, approved Amendment No. 3 to address changes in laws applicable to staffing agencies and increased the co...
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