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Approve a fifth contract amendment with Barton and Associates, Inc. for $535,000 for a total contract amount of $1,735,000 to provide additional locum tenens primary care providers to the County's Family Health Services' clinics for the current period through June 30, 2024; Delegate authority to the County Administrator to execute the amendment and any subsequent amendments, with County Counsel concurrence, up to an aggregate of $74,999; and Approve an Appropriation Transfer Request of $535,000 from salaries and benefits to contracted services
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Department of Health and Social Services (H&SS) recommends that the Board of Supervisors approve a fifth contract amendment with Barton and Associates, Inc. for $535,000 for a total contract amount of $1,735,000 to provide additional locum tenens primary care providers to the County's Family Health Services' clinics for the current period through June 30, 2024; delegate authority to the County Administrator to execute the amendment and any subsequent amendments, with County Counsel concurrence, up to an aggregate of $74,999; and approve an Appropriation Transfer Request of $535,000 from salaries and benefits to contracted services.
SUMMARY:
Barton and Associates, Inc. is a locum tenens agency that provides healthcare provider placement services. Circumstances arising from ongoing vacancies in medical professional staffing in the County's Family Health Services' clinics have resulted in the need for this fifth contract amendment. The services provided by Barton and Associates help fill primary care coverage gaps where sufficient permanent staff is not currently available and allow H&SS to maintain continuity of care and optimize patient flow in the Family Health Services' clinics.
Family Health Services (FHS) functions as a vital partner to the community and is currently...
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