Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, August 02, 2016
Consent
SUBJECT:
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APPROVE A ONE-YEAR CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH MEDEX FOR THE PERIOD AUGUST 15, 2016 THROUGH AUGUST 15, 2017 (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
The City contracts with Adminsure to serve as its workers' compensation third party claims administrator; however, Medical Provider Network services were not bundled into the services provided by Adminsure. As a result, the City maintains a contract with MEDEX, a Medical Provider Network (MPN), to assist with cost control in the Workers' Compensation Program. The MEDEX contract expires on August 15, 2016. The City Council will consider a contract amendment for one-year with MEDEX for a period August 15, 216 to August 15, 2017 as a sole source procurement pursuant to Carson Municipal Code section 2604(a).
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
1. WAIVE, pursuant to Carson Municipal Code section 2604 (a), the process as defined by Carson Municipal Code section 2610.
2. APPROVE a contract amendment for one-year with MEDEX for the period August 15, 2016 to August 15, 2017.
3. AUTHORIZE the City Manager to execute the one-year MEDEX contract after approval as to form by the City Attorney.
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III. ALTERNATIVES
TAKE another action the City Council deems appropriate.
IV. BACKGROUND
Human Resources/Risk Management completed the Request for Proposal process and selected Adminsure as the new workers' compensation third party claims administrator. The Adminsure contract started on August 15, 2015. However, an MPN was not bundled in Adminsure's contract. An MPN is used to control medical treatment which saves workers' compensation costs. Adminsure recommended that the City use MEDEX as our stand-alone MPN. After lengthy contract negotiations, the parties signed a one-year contract on December 10, 2015 for the period August 15, 2015 through August 15, 2016.
MPNs are now mainly used as an added service bundled into the workers' compensation third ...
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