RECOMMENDATION(S):

Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute, on behalf of the County, Contract #26-872-1 with S/T Health Group Consulting, Inc., a corporation, in an amount not to exceed $454,000, to provide 340B compliance and price verification recovery audits per Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) requirements at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center and Health Centers (CCRMC) for the period from April 1, 2017 through March 31, 2020.

FISCAL IMPACT:

This contract is funded 100% Hospital Enterprise Fund I. (Rate increase)

BACKGROUND:

In September 2015, the County Administrator approved and the Health Services Manager executed Contract #26-872 with S/T Health Group Consulting, Inc. for the provision of 340B compliance and price verification recovery audits per HRSA requirements at CCRMC for the period from September 1, 2015 through August 31, 2016. Approval of Contract #26-872-1 will allow Contractor to continue providing 340B audit services to the Health Services Department for the period April 1, 2017 through March 31, 2020.