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a. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Natividad or his designee to execute the Third Amendment to the Professional Services Agreements with Nathaniel Uchtmann, M.D. to provide pediatric and adult hospitalist physician services, extending the term by twelve months (July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024) for a revised full agreement term of July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2024, and adding $200,000 for a revised not to exceed amount of $300,000 in the aggregate; and
b.Authorize the CEO for Natividad or his designee to sign up to three (3) amendments to these agreements where the total amendments do not exceed 10% ($10,000) 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. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Natividad or his designee to execute the Third Amendment to the Professional Services Agreements with Nathaniel Uchtmann, M.D. to provide pediatric and adult hospitalist physician services, extending the term by twelve months (July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024) for a revised full agreement term of July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2024, and adding $200,000 for a revised not to exceed amount of $300,000 in the aggregate; and
b. Authorize the CEO for Natividad or his designee to sign up to three (3) amendments to these agreements where the total amendments do not exceed 10% ($10,000) of the original contract amount and do not significantly change the scope of work.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Natividad operates medical surgical units and an acute rehabilitation unit that provide direct patient care to hospitalized patients 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. In order to ensure sufficient staffing of these critical units, it requires a team of internal medicine and family medicine physicians, known as hospitalist who are immediately available to provide patient care. Natividad would like to amend its existing agreement with Dr. Uchtmann to add the provision of adul...
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