Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Colleen Chawla, Chief, San Mateo County Health
Chester J. Kunnappilly, MD, Chief Executive Officer, San Mateo Medical Center
Subject: Agreement with Galen Inpatient Physicians, PC dba Vituity for Hospitalist Services
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing an agreement with Galen Inpatient Physicians, PC dba Vituity to provide hospitalist and medical director services, for the term of June 1, 2026 through May 31, 2029, in an amount not to exceed $13,379,636.
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BACKGROUND:
Under 22 Cal. Code Regs ? 70205, San Mateo Medical Center (SMMC) requires professional inpatient medical services under the supervision of a physician certified or eligible for certification in the specialty of internal medicine to meet California's "Title 22" general acute care hospital licensing requirements. SMMC meets these regulatory and patient-care requirements by contracting for "hospitalist" physicians who are certified or eligible for certification in the specialty of internal medicine to provide and supervise medical services to SMMC patients day and night until the patient is discharged.
In 2014, SMMC recognized the need to modernize its inpatient hospitalist service and issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) to evaluate the market's ability to provide a dedicated group of full-time hospitalist physicians to improve quality of care. That RFP resulted in the selection of a large multi-state physician group to provide hospitalist services.
In 2017, consistent with existing County procurement rules, SMMC conducted an informal solicitation for provider groups to take over the incumbent group's contract when the latter contractor could not successfully resolve contractual service requirements. The informal solicitation consisted of reaching out to several of the vendors that responded to the 2014 RFP. Of those vendors, Galen Inpatient Physicians,...
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