RESOLUTION NO. _____________

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA

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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT WITH HEALTH ADVOCATES, LLP FOR COST RECOVERY SERVICES

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RESOLVED, by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Mateo, State of California, that

 

WHEREAS, the process of locating discharged patients, obtaining documents and representing the patient at an administrative hearing is very specialized, lengthy, and time consuming; and

 

WHEREAS, without a contractual arrangement for these services, many inpatient accounts would be charged to Medically Indigent Adult (MIA) funds and be otherwise uncollectible; and

 

WHEREAS, in June 10, 2003, your Board approved an agreement with Health Advocates for cost recovery services. The term of the agreement is two years, from May 1, 2003 to April 30, 2005, with an option for a third year, and a maximum amount of $600,000; and

 

WHEREAS, San Mateo Medical Center is choosing to take the third year option by extending the term of the agreement making the new term of the Agreement May 1, 2003 to April 30, 2006; and

 

WHEREAS, due to Health Advocates’ success in cost recovery services during the two-year term of the agreement, and to the extension of the term of the agreement, the maximum amount needs to be increased by $450,000; and

 

WHEREAS, the parties now wish to amend the Agreement by extending the term one year, making the new term of the Agreement May 1, 2003 to April 30, 2006, and increasing the maximum amount of the Agreement by $450,000, from $600,000 to $1,050,000; and

 

WHEREAS, this Board has been presented with a form of the Amendment to the Agreement and desires to enter into the Amendment to the Agreement.

 

NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY DETERMINED AND ORDERED that the President of this Board of Supervisors be, and is hereby authorized and directed to execute said Amendment to the Agreement for and on behalf of the County of San Mateo, and the Clerk of this Board shall attest the President's signatures thereto.

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