RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Contract #77-288-1 with Odyssey Healthcare Operating A, LP (dba Kindred Hospice), a limited partnership, in an amount not to exceed $945,000, to provide hospice services for Contra Costa Health Plan (CCHP) members and county recipients, for the period May 1, 2021 through April 30, 2024.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This contract will result in contractual service expenditures of up to $945,000 over a 3 year period and will be funded 100% by CCHP Enterprise Fund II. (No Rate Increase)
BACKGROUND:
Contractor has been contracting with the County since May 2020 and is in the Community Provider Network (CPN) providing hospice services to CCHP members and County recipients. The hospice services shall be performed by contractor’s doctors, nurses and other health care professionals, including physical therapists. CCHP has an obligation to provide certain specialized health care services for its members under the terms of their Individual and Group Health Plan membership contracts with the County.
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