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C.111

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Date:	June 21, 2022

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Contract #74-475-86(7) with Allied Medical and Consultation Services, P.C.

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 06/21/2022

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:	Suzanne Tavano, Ph.D., 925-957-5212
cc:	Marcy 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 21, 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 #74-475-86(7) with Allied Medical and Consultation Services, P.C., a professional corporation, in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000, to provide Medi-Cal specialty mental health services for the period from July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Approval of this contract will result in contractual service expenditures of up to $1,000,000 for FY 2022-2023 and will be funded 50% by Federal Medi-Cal ($500,000) and 50% by State Mental Health Realignment Funds ($500,000).

BACKGROUND:

On January 14, 1997, the Board of Supervisors adopted Resolution #97/17, authorizing the Health Services Director to contract with the State Department of Mental Health, (now known as the Department of Health Care Services) to assume responsibility for Medi-Cal specialty mental health services. Responsibility for outpatient specialty mental health services involves contracts with individual, group and organizational providers to deliver these services. The county has contracted with Allied Medical and Consultation Services, P.C., for Medi-Cal services since 2018.

On July 14, 2020, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #74-475-86(3) with Allied Medical and Consultation Services, P.C., in an amount not to exceed $850,000, for the provision of Medi-Cal specialty mental health services for the period from July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2022.

On March 30, 2021, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract Amendment Agreement #74-475-86(4) with Allied Medical and Consultation Services, P.C., effective March 1, 2021, to provide additional Medi-Cal mental health services with no change in the payment limit of $850,000 or term of July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2022.

On January 11, 2022, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract Amendment Agreement #74-475-86(5) with Allied Medical and Consultation Services, P.C., effective January 1, 2022, to increase the payment limit by $711,000 to a new total of $1,561,000 with no change in the term of July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2022.

On May 24, 2022, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract Amendment Agreement #74-475-86(6) with Allied Medical and Consultation Services, P.C., effective May 15, 2022, to increase the payment limit by $500,000 to a new total of $2,061,000 with no change in the term of July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2022.

Approval of Contract #74-475-86(7), the Contractor will provide Medi-Cal specialty mental health services through June 30, 2023.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this contract is not approved, services provided to Contra Costa Mental Health Plan Medi-Cal beneficiaries could be negatively impacted, including access to services, choice of providers, cultural competency, language capacity, geographical locations of service providers, and waiting lists.