Agenda

Return

C. 91

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Date:	September 7, 2021

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Contract #26-779-7 with Aquity Solutions, LLC

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 09/07/2021

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, 925-370-5741
cc:	L Walker 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: September 7, 2021
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 #26-779-7 with Aquity Solutions, LLC, a limited liability company, in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000, to provide medical records coding for Contra Costa Regional Medical Center (CCRMC) and Contra Costa Health Centers for the period from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024.

FISCAL IMPACT:

This contract will result in contractual service expenditures of up to $1,000,000 over a 3-year period and will be funded 100% by Hospital Enterprise Fund I revenues. (No rate increase)

BACKGROUND:

This contract meets the social needs of the County’s population by providing medical coding, including coding inpatient and outpatient records, scanning and quality assurance for CCRMC and Contra Costa Health Centers, in accordance with the American Hospital Associate Coding Clinic and the American Medical Association.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

On October 23, 2018, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #26-779-5 with Futurenet Technologies Corporation, in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 to provide medical record coding services for CCRMC and Contra Costa Health Centers for the period from October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2021.

In April 2019, the County Administrator approved and the Purchasing Services Manager executed Assignment #26-779-6 which assigned all rights under this contract from Futurenet Technologies Corporation to Aquity Solutions, LLC, effective April 1, 2019.

Approval of Contract #26-779-7 will allow the contractor to continue providing services through September 30, 2024.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this contract is not approved, the County will not have access to this contractor’s services or meet regulatory requirements.