RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute Contract #76-662-4 with FirstLocum, Inc. (dba Directshifts), a corporation, in an amount not to exceed $1,700,000, to provide temporary physician services and recruitment services at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center (CCRMC) and Contra Costa Health Centers, for the period August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2022.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this contract will result in annual expenditures of up to $1,700,000 and will be funded as budgeted by the Department in Fiscal Year 2021-2022 by 100% Hospital Enterprise Fund I allocations. (Rate increase)
BACKGROUND:
CCRMC and Contra Costa Health Centers have an obligation to provide medical staffing services to patients. Therefore, the County contracts with temporary help firms to ensure patient care is provided during peak loads, temporary absences, vacations and emergency situations where additional staffing is required. The County has been using the contractor’s temporary staffing services since July 1, 2019.
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