DATE:
August 27, 2024
04
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
Title
AUTHORIZE COMPETITIVE SOLICITATION AND AN INTERIM CONTRACT WITH TRADITIONS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FOR MEDICAL SERVICES GROUP SERVICES (DISTRICTS: ALL)
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OVERVIEW
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors (Board) has demonstrated an ongoing commitment to ensuring a robust continuum of services to meet the needs of individuals with behavioral health conditions in San Diego County. The San Diego County Psychiatric Hospital (SDCPH) is a critical setting within the local behavioral health continuum of care, providing services for some of the region's most vulnerable residents. Care and support for operations at SDCPH is largely provided by County of San Diego (County) staff, including nursing, social work, environmental services, recreational therapy, quality assurance, and other staffing categories. Certain services at the hospital, such as physician staffing and other temporary staffing, are provided via contracted providers.
Today's action requests the Board authorize a competitive solicitation for comprehensive physician staffing services via a medical services group and to authorize an interim contract with Traditions Behavioral Health. Through this interim contract, the medical services group would provide physician staffing, including coverage of clinical and administrative physician functions, during the procurement period. Other categories of staffing would not be impacted.
This item supports the County vision of a just, sustainable, and resilient future for all, specifically those communities and populations in San Diego County that have been historically left behind, as well as our ongoing commitment to the regional Live Well San Diego vision of healthy, safe, and thriving communities. This will be accomplished by ensuring the critical behavioral health workforce that supports the provision of quality care for underrepresented communities.
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