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A Resolution Of The City Commission Of The City Of Hollywood, Florida, Approving And Authorizing The Execution Of The Attached Fourth Amendment To The Agreement Between Advanced Data Processing, Inc. D/B/A ADPI-Intermedix And The City Of Hollywood For Emergency Medical Transport Billing And Collection Services And The Provision Of Triptix Program Services For A Three Year Term Pursuant To The Attached Fourth Amendment And Exhibits Thereto.
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Staff Recommends: Approval of the attached Resolution
Explanation:
On December 31, 2006, the Contractor and the City entered into an agreement (the "Agreement") for the Contractor to provide ambulance billing and related professional services.
On December 19, 2007, Resolution No. 2007-434 was passed and adopted by the City Commission which authorized an amendment to the Agreement in order to renew the Agreement and amend Section 4.03 to provide for the Contractor to handle accounts for ambulance services commenced before January 1, 2007.
On December 3, 2008, Resolution No. R-2008-371 was passed and adopted by the City Commission which authorized a second amendment to the Agreement in order to renew the Agreement and amend Section 4.03.
On February 14, 2012 Resolution No. R-2012-045 was passed and adopted by the City Commission which authorized a third amendment to the agreement in order to renew the agreement, receive the Contractor's TripTix system including the provision of upgraded/new tablet PC's which to enter medical records and data into and interact with the main billing and medical records system, and amended schedule 2.01 relating to rates of Compensation and Collection Efforts.
The current Agreement expires on December 31, 2014 and the parties desire to enter into a Fourth Amendment in order to renew the contract for a 3 year period and to amend Section 4.03 and schedule 2.01 relating to rates of Compensation and Collection Efforts and Paragraph 20 relating to the TripTix Programs Scope of Services as more specifically set forth in the attached Fourth Amendment attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
Compensation to the service provider, ADPI-Intermedix, shall be adjusted as follows, per the amendment to Section 4.03, the fee for non-Medicaid transport services shall be reduced from 5.90% to 4.75% of the total non-Medicaid net collections, and the fees for Medicaid transport services shall be reduced from $10.00 to $9.00 per transport with said fees to be paid to ADPI-Intermedix from the total net amount of fees collected.
In addition to the previously described payments due ADPI-Intermedix, there shall be additional compensation made to ADPI-Intermedix for the ADPI-Intermedix TripTix program based upon a percentage of net collections with an annual cap on said additional compensation.
The percentage of net collections to be paid to ADPI-Intermedix for the TripTix program shall be increased from 1.50% to 1.75% of net collections with a not-to-exceed annual cap for said TripTix compensation in the first year, 2015, of $76,000.00; for said TripTix compensation cap in the second year, 2016, of $79,000.00; and for said TripTix compensation cap in the third and final year, 2017, of $82,000.00.
Recommended for inclusion on the agenda by:
Dr. Wazir Ishmael, City Manager
Frank G. Fernandez, Assistant City Manager/Chief of Police
Eric Busenbarrick, Fire Chief