Upon approval, this action has an annual cost of approximately $3,953,665, with estimated pension costs of $865,503 already included. These costs will be 100% offset with third party revenues.

The Joint Commission accredits and certifies nearly 21,000 health care organizations across the Country. On October, 28, 2016, the commission completed its survey of the Contra Costa Regional Medical Center and its health centers and a plan of correction was issued. Areas of concern included the need for higher level oversight of quality control related to infection control and ancillary services including rehabilitation therapy and laboratory services. The plan of correction must be addressed by the end of November 2016. These positions are necessary to provide high level oversight and management of programs focused on prevention and control of infectious diseases, quality management and safety performance improvement, inpatient and outpatient clinical laboratory services, rehabilitation therapy services and health education and training of clinical staff.  
  
Failure to address these issues may result in the loss of our accreditation status, which will lead to the decline of Federal and State funding to our health care system.