RESOLUTION NO. _____________

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

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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CONTROLLER

TO PAY NON-CONTRACT MEDICAL SERVICE PROVIDERS

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

WHEREAS, it is necessary to send San Mateo Medical Center patients to outside providers when the services or procedures they require are not available on site; and

NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY DETERMINED AND ORDERED that

1) the Controller pay non-contract medical service providers for and on behalf of the County of San Mateo in an amount not to exceed $1,500,000 for the period July 1, 2005 through June 30, 2007, 2) the Controller is hereby authorized and directed to execute payments for such medical services to non-contract medical service providers who provide services at other facilities to MIA patients at 50% billed charges for services found on the prevailing Medicare participating fee schedule for San Mateo County for all Part “B” services that can be reimbursed per Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) guidelines or the Medicare Labor Adjusted Ambulatory Surgery Classification (ASC), and 50% of billed charges for all services not found on the Part B Medicare Fee Schedule or the ASC that are considered reimbursable per HCFA guidelines, for and on behalf of the County of San Mateo as requested and approved by the Chief Executive Officer of San Mateo Medical Center or her authorized designee.

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