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C. 74
To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Date: June  7, 2022
The Seal of Contra Costa County, CA
Contra
Costa
County
Subject: Contract #26-492-21 with Cardinal Health Pharmacy Services, LLC

APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On:   06/07/2022
APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:
John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor
Contact: Jaspreet Benepal, 925-370-5100
cc: K Cyr     M 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:     June  7, 2022
Monica Nino, County Administrator
 
BY: , Deputy

 

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Contract #26-492-21, containing mutual indemnification, with Cardinal Health Pharmacy Services, LLC, a limited liability company, in an amount not to exceed $1,370,000, to provide after-hours physician medication ordering services for Contra Costa Regional Medical Center (CCRMC) and Health Centers, for the period June 1, 2022 through May 31, 2024.

FISCAL IMPACT:

This contract will result in contractual service expenditures of up to $1,370,000 over a two-year period and will be funded 100% by Hospital Enterprise Fund I. (No rate increase)











BACKGROUND:

CCRMC has an obligation to provide physician medication ordering services for pharmacy review and order input of prescription medications. The contractor provides remote entry of physician medication orders from CCRMC including reviewing and entering of all medication orders received after hours into the Customer’s Pharmacy Information System, providing resolution of incomplete or questionable orders submitted by the County's Pharmacist, providing clinical support to CCRMC staff, and conducting daily briefings with the Director of Pharmacy. The contractor has been providing these services since June 2004.  
  
On May 26, 2020, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #26-492-20, in an amount not to exceed $1,370,000, to provide remote entry of physician medication orders from CCRMC including review and entry of all medication orders received after hours, for the period from June 1, 2020 through May 31, 2022.  
  
Approval of Contract #26-492-21 will allow the contractor to continue providing remote entry of physician medication orders through May 31, 2024. This contract contains mutual indemnification.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this contract is not approved, patients requiring after-hours medication orders at CCRMC will not have access to this contractor’s services.

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