RESOLUTION NO. _____________

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

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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD TO EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT WITH HEALTH ADVOCATES, LLC TO PROVIDE COST RECOVERY AND LEGAL SERVICES, INCREASING THE TOTAL AMOUNT PAYABLE BY $1,000,000, FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT PAYABLE NOT TO EXCEED $3,280,000

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

 

WHEREAS, Health Advocates, LLC (HA) has an existing agreement with the County for the period of May 1, 2006, through April 30, 2009, to provide San Mateo Medical Center (SMMC) with hospital based and field eligibility services for programs such as Medi-Cal, Social Security, California Children Services, Genetically Handicapped Persons Program, Medicare, Victims of Crime, and Worker’s Compensation, and Health Advocates also provides cost recovery services, Medi-Cal billing, and legal services to SMMC; and

 

WHEREAS, Health Advocates has also identified more complex uninsured inpatients who are eligible for Medi-Cal than were anticipated under the original Agreement, and as a result of the increased identification of such patients SMMC has expended the total fiscal resources of the original Agreement sooner than expected; and

 

WHEREAS, both parties wish to amend the Agreement increasing the amount of the Agreement by $1,000,000 changing the maximum obligation from $2,280,000 to $3,280,000 for the purpose of HA to provide cost recovery and legal services; and

 

WHEREAS, this Board considered the Amendment and has approved it as to both form and content and desires to enter into it;

 

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 for and on behalf of the County of San Mateo, and the Clerk of this Board shall attest the President's signature thereto.

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