RECOMMENDATION(S):

Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute, on behalf of the County, Contract #26-779-4 with Futurenet Technologies Corporation, in an amount not to exceed $400,000, to provide medical records coding for Contra Costa Regional Medical Center (CCRMC) and Health Centers for the period from October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018.

FISCAL IMPACT:

This contract is funded 100% by Hospital Enterprise Fund I. (No rate increase)

BACKGROUND:

On October 25, 2016, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #26-779-3 with Futurenet Technologies Corporation, for the provision of medical coding, including coding inpatient and outpatient records, scanning and quality assurance for CCRMC and Health Centers, in accordance with the American Hospital Associate Coding Clinic and the American Medical Association, for the period from October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2017.