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 Darvin Scott Smith, MD, MS to Provide Infectious Disease Services
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing an agreement with Darvin Scott Smith, MD, MS to provide infectious disease services for the term of January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2026, in an amount not to exceed $300,000.
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BACKGROUND:
This agreement with Dr. Smith will permit him to provide on-call consultation services on a 24-hour shift, seven days per month. Dr. Smith's specialty within infectious disease medicine is tropical diseases, and his availability to the County to provide regular consultation services to physicians and staff at San Mateo Medical Center (SMMC) enhances the County's ability to detect and respond to emergent diseases within the community.
DISCUSSION:
The County independently contracts with several infectious disease physicians to establish and maintain the County's capability of detecting and treating infectious diseases as they might emerge.
County Administrative Memorandum B-1 provides that physician contracts are exempt from the Request for Proposals process.
County Attorney has reviewed and approved the resolution and agreement as to form.
The resolution contains the County's standard provisions allowing amendment of the County fiscal obligations by a maximum of $25,000 (in aggregate).
It is anticipated that Dr. Smith will timely respond to requests for consultation in accordance with SMMC's on-call policy 95% of the time.
PERFORMANCE MEASURE:
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FY 2023-24 Estimated
FY 2024-25 Projected
Percentage of time Dr. Smith timely responds to requests for consultation in accordance with SMMC's on-call policy
95%
95%
FISCAL IMPACT:
The term of the agreement is January 1, 2024...
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