Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Louise F. Rogers, Chief, San Mateo County Health
Chester J. Kunnappilly, MD, Chief Executive Officer, San Mateo Medical Center
Subject: Agreement with Maurer Dermatology Associates to Provide Dermatology Services
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing an agreement with Maurer Dermatology Associates to provide dermatology services for the term of December 1, 2022 through November 30, 2025, in an amount not to exceed $1,629,000.
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BACKGROUND:
In January 2011, San Mateo Medical Center (SMMC) entered into an agreement with the University of California at San Francisco Medical Center (UCSF), under which Dr. Toby Maurer (who was at that time affiliated with UCSF) provided teledermatology screening and dermatology clinic services at SMMC.
In October 2017, Mauer Dermatology Associates (Maurer) and the County entered into an agreement under which Dr. Maurer and her associates provided a range of professional medical dermatology services to the County's patients, including teledermatology screenings, dermatology clinics, advanced practice provider (APP) services (e.g. medical services provided by non-physicians that would typically be provided by a physician), on-call coverage, and the performance of dermpath biopsies.
DISCUSSION:
The proposed renewal of the agreement between the County and Maurer seeks to continue the professional in-person clinical and remote health coverage services indicated in the previous agreement.
Biopsy services will be eliminated from the new agreement due a decrease in overall demand. Maurer and the County have also agreed to eliminate APP services, due the availability of physicians to render these services and the difficulty faced by Maurer in attracting and retaining advanced practitioners to render said services.
County Administrative Memorandum B-1 provides that contracts for physicians are exemp...
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