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 CEP America - California, a California General Partnership dba Vituity for Emergency and Correctional Health Services
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing an agreement with CEP America - California, a California General Partnership dba Vituity, to provide emergency and correctional health services, for the term of April 1, 2023, through March 31, 2026, in an amount not to exceed $8,219,336.
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BACKGROUND:
CEP America - California, a California General Partnership dba Vituity (Vituity), provides physicians, midlevel practitioners (known as "advanced provider practitioners"), and scribes to San Mateo Medical Center's (SMMC) Emergency Department (ED) and Correctional Health Services (CHS) in the County's jail.
SMMC routinely has one of the busiest EDs in San Mateo County. In 2022, approximately 33,400 County residents were cared for in SMMC's ED by Vituity's physicians and advance provider practitioners. Vituity also provided medical care to approximately 3,300 individuals while in the custody of San Mateo County's Corrections Division of the Sheriff's Department. Vituity, therefore, provides vital medical services to San Mateo County.
Vituity has been the primary vendor of SMMC's emergency services since 1991; in 2011, SMMC released an emergency services request for proposals (RFP), and Vituity was identified as the strongest bidder. Vituity's long tenure as SMMC's emergency services provider demonstrates its deep commitment to SMMC and SMMC's patients. Additionally, the continuity of this provider has significantly accelerated operational and quality improvement efforts in SMMC's ED and CHS. Finally, the vendor's seamless partnership and integration were critical to the ra...
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