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C. 54

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Date:	September 20, 2022

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Contract #27-997-6 with S/T Health Group Consulting, Inc.

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 09/20/2022

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

ABSENT:

Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor

Contact:	Sharron A. Mackey, 925-313-6104
cc:	Noel Garcia 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: September 20, 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 #27-997-6 with S/T Health Group Consulting, Inc., a corporation, in an amount not to exceed $300,000, to provide pharmacy benefit manager audit services at Contra Costa Health Plan (CCHP), for the period October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Approval of this contract will result in annual expenditures of up to $300,000 and will be funded as budgeted by the department in FY 2022-23, by 100% CCHP Enterprise Fund II revenues. (No rate increase)

BACKGROUND:

This contract meets the social needs of the County’s responsibilities to the County population by providing 340B pharmacy audits with County contracted pharmacies in order to recover possible monies overpaid due to errors, to confirm formulary guidelines and to verify pricing agreements are followed. The County has contracted with this contractor since 2015.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

In March 2020, the County Administrator approved and the Purchasing Services Manager executed Contract #27-997-3, with S/T Health Group Consulting, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $150,000 for the provision of performing 340B pharmacy audits with contracted pharmacies to confirm formulary guidelines and pricing agreements are being followed, and recover any monies that were overpaid due to errors for the period April 1, 2020 through March 31, 2021.

In February 2021, the County Administrator approved and the Purchasing Services Manager executed Amendment/Extension Contract #27-997-4 with S/T Health Group Consulting, Inc., effective April 1, 2021, to extend the original term end date of the contract from March 31, 2021 to September 30, 2021 with no increase in the contract payment limit of $150,000, for the provision of 340B pharmacy audits with contracted pharmacies to confirm formulary guidelines and pricing agreements are being followed, and recover any monies that were overpaid due to errors.

On August 10, 2021, the Board of Supervisors approved Amendment/Extension Contract #27-997-5 with S/T Health Group Consulting, Inc., effective September 30, 2021, to extend the term end date of the contract from September 30, 2021 to September 30, 2022, and increase the payment limit by $150,000 to a new payment limit of $300,000 to continue to provide 340B Program Audit services.

Approval of Contract #27-997-6 will allow the contractor to continue providing 340B pharmacy audit services at CCHP through September 30, 2023.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this contract is not approved, the contractor will not provide pharmacy audit services and the County 340B pricing agreements will not be reviewed for possible error.