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To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Ted Cwiek, Human Resources
Date:	February 26, 2013

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Specific Compensation for Temporary Exempt Medical Staff Physicians employed to work in Contra Costa County's Health Services Department

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 02/26/2013

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:	Ted Cwiek, 925-335-1766
cc:	Robert Campbell, Auditor-Controller

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: February 26, 2013
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

ADOPT Resolution No. 2013/113 to authorize the County's Health Services Department to pay the following forms of compensation to Temporary Exempt Medical Staff Physicians. To the extent that employees previously received these payments in error, no recoupment is required.


1. Emergency Room Pay.(B34, B35, B36, B37, B38, B39, B40)

RECOMMENDATION(S): (CONT'D)

2. Weekend Rounds Differential (D20)

3. Holiday Rounds Differential (D23)

4. Physician On-Call OBGYN In-House Differential (D39)

5. Physician Fall Back Differential (D98)

6. Call Back Differential (N51)

7. On Call at 1.0 (1:4) Differential (N54)

8. On Call at 1.0 (1:8) Differential (N58)

9. Physician Evening Clinic (B82)

10. Physician Weekend Clinic (B83)

FISCAL IMPACT:

These payments are included in the department's budget. There is no change in fiscal impact.

BACKGROUND:

The Health Services Department finds it necessary to pay Temporary Exempt Medical Staff Physicians for evening and weekend assignments, physician call, regular obstetrics coverage for holidays, evenings and weekends, call back pay, pay for weekend and holiday rounds, emergency room pay, and fallback duty pay in order to appropriately staff Health Services facilities. These payments will be paid at the rates identified in the resolution. Adopting the resolution will provide authorization for the continuation of these payments.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this resolution is not adopted, the County will not receive the additional necessary services of the temporary physicians described above.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

None.