Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Louise F. Rogers, Chief, San Mateo County Health
Jei Africa, Director, Behavioral Health and Recovery Services
Subject: Agreement with Sutter Health on Behalf of Mills-Peninsula Medical Center for Psychiatric Inpatient Hospital Services
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing an agreement with Sutter Health on behalf of Mills-Peninsula Medical Center for psychiatric inpatient hospital services for the term of July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2026, in an amount not to exceed $3,000,000.
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BACKGROUND:
Since 1995, the County has contracted with Mills-Peninsula Medical Center (Mills-Peninsula) for psychiatric inpatient hospital services. Behavioral Health and Recovery Services (BHRS) has also contracted with John Muir Behavioral Health Center and Fremont Hospital for these services. These services are used to accommodate emergency admissions when San Mateo Medical Center is at capacity. Mills-Peninsula is also an LPS Designated Receiving Facility in the County and is generally responsible for receiving 5150 admissions north of Highway 92. Additionally, Mills-Peninsula is the primary provider within the in-County hospital network for adolescent and youth acute psychiatric inpatient services. In order to continue this arrangement, BHRS would like to renew the agreement.
DISCUSSION:
The agreement with Mills-Peninsula is based on fee-for-service rates, which include psychiatric inpatient hospital services for Medi-Cal-covered youth and adults, as well as psychiatric inpatient hospital services for uninsured youth and adults. Administrative Day rates, which are set by the State, are also included. Only services authorized by BHRS will be paid.
The needs of mental health clients served by hospitals providing inpatient psychiatric services, inform the procurement approach that the County has adopted for this contract....
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