ADOPTED - DECEMBER 8, 2009
Agenda Item No. 25
Introduced by the Human Services and Finance Committees of the:
INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE AN AGREEMENT WITH EDWARD W. SPARROW HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION FOR WOMEN’S HEALTH PHYSICIAN SERVICES
RESOLUTION #09-426
WHEREAS, the Health Department issued a Request For Proposals (RFP) for physician services in its Cedar Community Health Center’s (CCHC) Women’s Health Services Operations; and
WHEREAS, the Health Department’s current agreement with Ingham Regional Medical Center terminates on December 31, 2009; and
WHEREAS, the Health Department’s Women’s Health Services operation within the CCHC provided 17,151 patient contacts to 5,701 women, including 5,046 prenatal visits to 736 women, from October 1, 2008 through September 30, 2009; and
WHEREAS, the RFP was developed by the Health Department in consultation with the County Purchasing Department and was electronically sent to three local vendors, published in the Lansing State Journal and on the County’s website; and
WHEREAS, two coverage proposals were received, one from Sparrow Hospital/Michigan State University Women’s Health Program (SWHP) and one from Ingham Regional Medical Center (IRMC); and
WHEREAS, the Health Department’s RFP Review Committee (Dr. Jaeson Fournier, Deputy Health Officer, Barbara Watts Mastin, Chief Operating Officer, and Katherine Way, Clinical Services Supervisor) recommends that a three year contract be awarded to Edward W. Sparrow Hospital Association in the amount of $50,000 each year; and
WHEREAS, Edward W. Sparrow Hospital Association will function as the business entity for the SWHP; and
WHEREAS, Edward W. Sparrow Hospital Association has indicated it will accept both the terms of the contract and the amount; and
WHEREAS, the reasons the RFP Committee is recommending the SWHP proposal are as follows: 1) the physician coverage model proposed provides greater continuity of care; 2) the quality improvement plan proposed is comprehensive and innovative with focus on
ADOPTED - DECEMBER 8, 2009
Agenda Item No. 25
RESOLUTION #09-426
enhancing the clinical outcomes of the Health Department’s prenatal patients with emphasis on an integrated, coordinated and a community based system of care approach; 3) the rate proposed is thirty-seven percent lower than the IRMC rate; and
WHEREAS, the Ingham Community Health Center Board, as the Board of Commissioners’ Federally Qualified Health Center Co-applicant Board, approved the Health Department’s recommendation on November 17, 2009, and recommends that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners authorizes a physician services agreement with Edward W. Sparrow Hospital Association for these services; and
WHEREAS, the Health Officer recommends that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners authorizes a physician services agreement with Edward W. Sparrow Hospital Association for physician services on behalf of the Sparrow Hospital/Michigan State University Women’s Health Program for the period April 1, 2010 through March 31, 2013.
WHEREAS, the Health Officer advises that Ingham Regional Medical Center and the Health Department mutually agree that it is in the best interest of both organizations and the patients served that the current agreement (as authorized in Resolution # 06-226) be extended through the end of March 2010, thereby accommodating a smooth transition to contracted services with Edward W. Sparrow Hospital Association.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners authorizes an amendment to the County’s agreement, prorated on a monthly basis consistent with 2009 compensations through March 31, 2010.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners authorizes a physician services agreement with Edward W. Sparrow Hospital Association for the period April 1, 2010 through March 31, 2013.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that services provided by Edward W. Sparrow Hospital Association shall include: 1) 20 hours of physician coverage for clinics held at the Cedar Community Health Center; 2) 4 hours per week for a designated physician to serve as the Department’s on-site Medical Director for OB/GYN and Family Planning Services; 3) labor and delivery for all Ingham County Health Department prenatal patients; 4) 24 hour/365 day after hours call and hospital services for all ICHD OB-GYN patients; 5) Consultation and education support to Department nurse practitioners for prenatal care, family planning, and OB-GYN services including execution of collaborative practice agreements with the Department’s nurse practitioners; and 6) Participation in the Health Department’s quality improvement program as it pertains to OB/GYN services and Women’s Health issues.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the annual payment to Edward W. Sparrow Hospital Association will be $50,000 a year for three years starting April 1, 2010 through March 31, 2013.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board Chairperson is authorized to sign any contractual agreements consistent with this resolution after review by the County attorney.
HUMAN SERVICES: Yeas: Tennis, Davis, McGrain, Schor, Dougan, Vickers
Nays: None Absent: None Approved 11/30/09
FINANCE: Yeas: Grebner, Bahar-Cook, Tennis, Davis, Dougan
Nays: None Absent: Nolan Approved 12/2/09