REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF THE COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO
AND RECORD OF ACTION
July 14, 2020
FROM
LEANNA WILLIAMS, Director, Department of Risk Management
SUBJECT
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Amendment to Contract with Matrix Healthcare Services, Inc.
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
Approve Amendment No. 1 to Contract No. 17-899 with Matrix Healthcare Services, Inc. dba myMatrixx, to extend the current contract for one year, for the new term of December 17, 2017 through December 16, 2021, for the continued provision of workers' compensation pharmacy benefit management services, with no changes to the estimated aggregate cost of $4.0 million, with all other terms and conditions remaining the same.
(Presenter: LeAnna Williams, Director, 386-8621)
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COUNTY AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Operate in a Fiscally-Responsible and Business-Like Manner.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Approval of this item will not result in the use of additional Discretionary General Funding (Net County Cost). The estimated cost for workers' compensation pharmacy benefit management services for 2020-21 is approximately $800,000, and will be funded through the Department of Risk Management's (DRM) workers' compensation self-insurance funds (4082 and 4104) in accordance with the terms and conditions in the contract. Sufficient appropriation is included in the DRM's 2020-21 budget.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The County of San Bernardino's workers' compensation program has been self-insured and self-administered since 1972. Since then, DRM has utilized various cost containment programs, including pharmacy benefit management (PBM) services that provide efficient, timely, and cost effective management of prescription drug usage.
The PBM services include timely, no-risk first prescription fill at network pharmacies within agreed utilization parameters, substitution of generic drugs for brand-name drugs, custom formularies, and opioid management. The PBM's str...
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