RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Amendment Agreement with Edward Lau, M.D., an individual, effective June 1, 2022, to increase the total payment limit by $25,000 from $319,488 to a new Payment Limit of $344,488 to provide additional outpatient services with no change in the term of September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2022.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this amendment will result in the total annual cost of approximately $25,000 and will be funded by 50% Mental Health Realignment Funds and 50% Federal Medi-Cal.
BACKGROUND:
The proposed amendment agreement would increase the total payment limit and hourly rate and require the psychiatrist to provide additional services in the Behavioral Health Division’s outpatient clinics. The need for the amendment is due to nationwide shortage of psychiatrists resulting in a competitive market for providers and the psychiatry FTE currently assigned to the division is not able to accommodate shifts in the outpatient clinic locations.
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