On February 7, 2017, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #23-611, with Atredis Partners, LLC. in the amount of $160,000 for the provision of consultation and technical assistance with regard to the Department’s Information Systems Unit security and compliance with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) including meeting Federal, State, Local and Industry Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI-DSS) assessments and audits for the period January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2019. On July 23, 2019, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract Amendment Agreement #23-611-1 to increase the payment limit by $430,000 to a new payment limit of $590,000, to provide additional consultation and technical assistance to the Department’s Information Systems Unit, with no change in the term of January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2019
Approval of Contract #23-611-2 will allow the contractor to provide additional consultation and technical assistance for the Health Services Department’s Information Systems Unit through December 31, 2023.
If this contract is not approved, the department’s Information Systems Unit would be more at risk of not meeting Federal, State, Local and Industry security standards.