RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute, on behalf of the County, Contract #26-584-2 with Diablo Nephrology Medical Group, Inc. (Specialty: Kidney Disease), a corporation, in an amount not to exceed $360,000, to provide professional Nephrology services to patients at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center and Health Centers and County Detention Facilities, for the period from November 1, 2009 through October 31, 2012.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Contract is funded 100% by Enterprise I Funds. Cost to the County depends upon utilization. As appropriate, patients and/or third party payors will be billed for services.
BACKGROUND:
On December 19, 2006, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #26-584 (as amended by Contract Amendment Agreement #26-584-1), with Diablo Nephrology Medical Group, Inc. to provide professional Nephrology services, including, but not limited to, consultation, training and/or medical procedures for inmates at the County’s Detention Facilities and for patients at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center and Contra Costa Health Centers, for the period from November 1, 2006 through October 31, 2009.
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