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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSafety-Net and Backup Ambulance Services Agreement Renewal.pdf Commission Memorandum REPORT TO: Honorable Mayor and City Commission FROM: Jason Shrauger, Fire Chief Chuck Winn, Assistant City Manager SUBJECT: American Medical Response Safety-Net Agreement MEETING DATE: October 25, 2010 AGENDA ITEM TYPE: Consent RECOMMENDATION: Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to sign the Safety-Net and Back- up Ambulance Services Agreement Renewal as reviewed and approved by the City Attorney. BACKGROUND: The Bozeman Fire Department provides advanced life support non-transport services within the city limits and co-responds with AMR to most emergency medical calls within the city limits. Patient transport services for the city and most of the valley floor are provided by AMR. As the call volume in the city and county has increased, AMR has added additional staff and ambulances but sometimes, because of concurrent call activity in its service area, cannot immediately respond to calls in the city. During these times of system overload, AMR has relied on Central Valley Fire District to respond with their ambulance. The delay caused when this occurs has been a continual topic of discussion which has resulted in the Safety-Net and Back-up Ambulance Services Agreement attached to this memorandum for your consideration. Through this agreement AMR will provide the fire department with a fully stocked ambulance for use by city fire personnel to transport patients within the city when AMR is unable to do so because of other emergency activity. Additionally, the fire department, with AMR’s concurrence, will be able to provide standby services at special events when AMR is unable to provide those services. This contract has been in service since September 2006. The purpose of this memo is to gain approval to sign the annual extension of this agreement. UNRESOLVED ISSUES: None ALTERNATIVES: As suggested by the City Commission. FISCAL EFFECTS: All costs associated with transport and/or authorized standby services will be reimbursed by AMR under this agreement. Attachments: 2006 Original Safety-Net Agreement 9/1/2010 Safety Net Agreement Renewal Report compiled on:10-14-10 28 29 30 31 AMENDMENT TO SAFETY-NET AND BACK-UP AMBULANCE SERVICES AGREEMENT Confidential and Proprietary AMENDMENT TO SAFETY-NET AND BACK-UP AMBULANCE SERVICES AGREEMENT (“Amendment”) is made between American Medical Response Ambulance Service, Inc. (“AMR”) with offices at 2101 Industrial Drive, Bozeman, Montana 59715 and the City of Bozeman Fire Department (the “Department”) with offices at 34 North Rouse Bozeman, Montana 59715. WHERAS, the parties wish to amend the Safety-Net and Back-Up Ambulance Services Agreement that they entered September 1, 2006 (“Agreement”); WHEREAS, the parties wish to extend the term of the; and WHEREAS, the parties wish to amend the Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth herein. NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows: 1. This Amendment shall be effective when executed by all parties and the effective date shall be September __1___, 2010. 2. The parties hereby agree to extend the term of this Agreement for an additional one (1) year term commencing on September 1, 2010 and ending on August 31, 2011. 3. The parties hereby add the following terms to the Agreement: a. Compliance. The parties will comply in all material respects with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations including, the federal Anti-kickback statute. b. Compliance Program and Code of Conduct. AMR has made available to each party a copy of its Code of Conduct, Anti- kickback policies and other compliance policies, as may be changed from time-to- time, at AMR’s web site, located at: www.amr.net, and each party acknowledges receipt of such documents. AMR warrants that its personnel shall comply with AMR’s compliance policies, including training related to the Anti-kickback Statute. c. Non-Exclusion. Each party represents and certifies that neither it nor any practitioner who orders or provide Services on its behalf hereunder has been convicted of any conduct that constitutes grounds for mandatory exclusion as identified in 42 U.S.C.§ 1320a- 7(a). Each party further represents and certifies that it is not ineligible to participate in Federal health care programs or in any other state or federal government payment program. Each party agrees that if DHHS/OIG excludes it, or any of its practitioners or employees who order or provide Services, from participation in Federal health care programs, the party must notify the other party within five (5) days of knowledge of such fact, and the other party may immediately terminate this Agreement, unless the excluded party is a practitioner or employee who immediately discontinues ordering or providing Services hereunder. d. Referrals. It is not the intent of either party that any remuneration, benefit or privilege provided for under the Agreement shall influence or in any way be based on the referral or recommended referral by either party of patients to the other party or its affiliated providers, if any, or the purchasing, leasing or ordering of any services other than the specific services described in this Agreement. Any payments specified herein are consistent with what the parties reasonably believe to be a fair market value for the services provided. 4. Each entity submitting under this notice shall include a provision affirming in writing the submitting entity will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, age, marital status, national origin, or because of actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity or disability in the exercise of contract should it be awarded to that entity. Each entity submitting under this notice shall also recognize in writing the eventual contract will contain a provision prohibiting discrimination as described above and this prohibition on discrimination shall apply to the hiring and treatment of the Contractor’s employees and to all subcontracts. 5. All other terms and conditions set forth in the Agreement remain unchanged. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have hereto executed this Amendment. American Medical Response Ambulance Service, Inc. 32 2 By: ________________________________________ Randy Strozyk Division Chief Operating Officer Northwest Division City of Bozeman Fire Department By: Jason Shrauger Fire Chief 33