RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute Contract #76-586-7 with SHC Services, Inc. (dba Supplemental Health Care), a corporation, in an amount not to exceed $2,000,000, to provide temporary medical staffing services at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center (CCRMC) and Contra Costa Health Centers, for the period from July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this contract will result in annual expenditures of up to $2,000,000 and will be funded as budgeted by the Department in FY 2022-23 by 100% Hospital Enterprise Fund I allocations. (No 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 April 1, 2017.
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