RESOLUTION NO. _____________
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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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