RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Contract #26-602-16 with Traditions Psychology Group, Inc. (dba Traditions Behavioral Health), a corporation, in an amount not to exceed $18,000,000 to provide physician management and psychiatric staffing for the Inpatient Psychiatric Crisis Stabilization Unit at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center, the County’s Main Detention Facility and Mental Health Clinics, for the period from December 1, 2021 through November 30, 2022.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this contract will result in annual expenditures of up to $18,000,000 and will be funded as budgeted by 100% Hospital Enterprise Fund I. As appropriate, patients and/or third party payors will be billed for services. This contract provides cost savings compared to using contracts with individual psychiatrists and temporary staffing companies.
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