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C. 84

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:	December 6, 2016

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Contract #23–274–12 with Echo Consulting Services of California, Inc.

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 12/06/2016

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:	David Runt, 925-335-8700
cc:	Tasha Scott Marcy Wilhelm

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: December 6, 2016
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute on behalf of the County, Contract #23–274–12 with Echo Consulting Services of California, Inc., a corporation, in an amount not to exceed $1,900,000, to provide hardware, software, maintenance, and implementation services for vendor’s Echo Sharecare System for the Behavioral Health Division’s billing system, for the period from December 15, 2016 through June 30, 2019.

FISCAL IMPACT:

This Contract is funded 100% by Hospital Enterprise Fund I.

BACKGROUND:

Since 1999, the Department has used the Echo INSYST System to process the Department’s Behavioral Health Divisions’ client registrations, service charges, billing, accounts receivable, and scheduling functions. This product will replace the Insyst system with the Echo Sharecare System.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

Approval of Contract #23–274–12 will allow the Contractor to continue providing services through June 30, 2019.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this contract is not approved, the Behavioral Health Division would not be able to process client registrations, services charges, billing, accounts receivables and scheduling functions as efficiently.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

Not applicable.