RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute, on behalf of the County, Contract #26-294-40 with Staff Care, Inc., a corporation, in an amount not to exceed $5,469,000, to provide temporary locum tenens physician services for Contra Costa Regional Medical Center and Contra Costa Health Centers (CCRMC), for the period from January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2019.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This contract is funded 100% Hospital Enterprise Fund I. (Rate increase)
BACKGROUND:
On January 5, 2016, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #26-294-37 (as amended by Amendment Agreement #26-294-38) with Staff Care, Inc., for the provision of locum tenens physicians to cover during vacation, sick leave, and extended leave relief for County-employed physicians at CCRMC for the period from January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016. Approval of Contract #26-294-40 will allow the Contractor to continue providing temporary locum tenens physician services, through December 31, 2019. This Contract contains modifications to Paragraph 18. (Indemnification) of the General Conditions.
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