HomeMy WebLinkAbout04 - Award of Employee Health Screening Professional Services Agreements - CorrespondenceReceived After Agenda Printed
December 8, 2020
Item No. 4
Mulvey, Jennifer
From: City Clerk's Office
Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2020 4:23 PM
To: Mulvey, Jennifer; Rieff, Kim
Subject: FW: Agenda Item #4 - Award of Employee Health Screening Professional Services
Agreements - 12-08-2020
From: Laura Curran
Sent: Tuesday, December 8, 2020 4:22:57 PM (UTC -08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
To: City Clerk's Office
Subject: Re: Agenda Item #4 - Award of Employee Health Screening Professional Services Agreements - 12-08-2020
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I tried to call in and was unsuccessful. Can you please include this in the minutes. Thank you Laura Curran
On Dec 8, 2020, at 4:16 PM, Laura Curran <lauracurran@me.com> wrote:
The attached Staff Report for Award of Employee Health Screening Professional Services
Agreements - 12-08-2020 discusses the City's contracts with 4 providers for health
screenings. Included information: The Report includes a scope of services, with billing rates for each
provider, and some background on when the services are used.
Incomplete/ Missing Information. 1. The report does not provide detailed information on past history
and projected service usage,
"Based on the number of personnel, the proposed billing rates and the average rate of services
(annual physicals, skin screenings and miscellaneous test/services), the Fire Department anticipates
the following need for medical services over a five-year period: Newport Center Medical Group
$400,000, Hoag Executive Health $10,000, and Marque Medical Clinic, Inc. $40,000. These rates
are comparable to what the department has paid in the past."
While the Staff Report specifies an Anticipated Spend $ amount for each provider, (For example,
Newport Center Medical Group is receiving a $400,000 contract,) the Staff Report is missing key
information about usage patterns. It does not include information on past usage, by type of service
for needed context, such as:
• # of people who used each service.
# of tests performed by each provider in the past, by type of test;
• Ownership information for each clinic.
• Key: Personnel, i.e. Key managers assigned to the contracts, type of medical staffing.
o (On Marquee, for example, CEO is listed for signature purposes, but the CEO is
generally not assigned to manage a contract.)
In other words, given past history with these providers, what are the " ...number of personnel, the
proposed billing rates and the average rate of services (annual physicals, skin screenings and
miscellaneous test/services)".
2. Rates: "These rates are comparable to what the department has paid in the past." The past may
be useful, but it is not prescriptive in this case.
Have these rates been benchmarked?
What are cost benchmarks for similar services, (for example, from a City's insurance
carrier, Firefighting Associations, Police Officer Associations, or other professional
sources.
Thank you for your reconsideration of this item.
Laura Curran
Newport Beach, CA