RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Contract #23-475-9 with K.B.R., Inc. (dba Rash Curtis & Associates), a corporation, in an amount not to exceed $450,000, to provide debt collection services for unpaid accounts for the Health Services Department for the period from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Contractor will be paid on a commission basis for debts it actually collects and will be funded 100% by Hospital Enterprise Fund I revenues.
BACKGROUND:
This contract will meet the social needs of the County providing collection services, for unpaid accounts for services rendered by the Health Services Department, including sending letters, making phone calls, reporting to credit bureaus on behalf of County. The contractor also provides collection services on non-medical past due accounts for the Environmental Health Division. The contractor has been providing debt collection services to the Health Services Department since July of 2010.
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