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C.165

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:	July 11, 2017

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Payment for services provided by Cross Country Staffing, Inc.

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 07/11/2017

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:	Anna Roth, 925-370-5101
cc:	Tasha Scott 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: July 11, 2017
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

Approve and authorize the Auditor-Controller, or his designee, to pay an amount not to exceed $850,000, to Cross Country Staffing, Inc. for temporary medical staffing services rendered to Contra Costa Regional Medical Center and Health Centers (CCRMC), for the period May 1, 2017 through June 30, 2017.

FISCAL IMPACT:

This contract is funded 100% Hospital Enterprise Fund I. (No rate increase)

BACKGROUND:

On April 26, 2016, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #26-347-27 (as amended by Amendment Agreements #26-347-28, and #26-347-29) with Cross Country Staffing, Inc., for the provision of temporary help services, including radiology technicians, nursing, pharmacy staff and Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANE) services at CCRMC, for the period from July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

Approval of this payment will allow the County to pay Contractor for patient care services rendered while the County was meeting and conferring with the union to pursue a new contract beginning July 1, 2017 with significantly reduced services.

The Contractor is entitled to payment for the reasonable value of its services under the equitable relief theory of quantum meruit. That theory provides that where a contractor has been asked to provide services without a valid contract, and the contractor does so to the benefit of the County, the Contractor is entitled to recover the reasonable value of those services. Cross Country Staffing, Inc. provided services at the request of the County after the original contract payment limit had been reached. The Department is requesting the amount due the Contractor be paid in an amount not to exceed $850,000 for services rendered from May 1, 2017 through June 30, 2017.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this payment is not approved through June 30, 2017, the County cannot pay the Contractor for services provided.