REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
AND RECORD OF ACTION
September 24, 2024
FROM
WHITNEY FIELDS, Director, Department of Risk Management
SUBJECT
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Contract with Medata, Inc. for Workers' Compensation Bill Review Services
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
Approve a fee-for-service contract with Medata, Inc., to provide workers' compensation bill review services for the County's self-insured workers' compensation program, in accordance with the contracted fee schedule, for an estimated aggregate cost of $2,500,000, for the period of September 25, 2024, through September 24, 2029.
(Presenter: Whitney Fields, 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 Discretionary General Funding (Net County Cost), as these services will be paid from the Department of Risk Management's (DRM) workers' compensation insurance funds 4082, and 4104 (Special Districts), in accordance with the contracted fee schedule (Attachment A of the contract); these insurance funds are financed by departments and Board-Governed Special Districts via internal service rates approved by the Board of Supervisors (Board). The estimated aggregate cost for these services over a five-year period is $2,500,000, or $500,000 each year. The total contract amount was estimated based on statistical usage information from the prior three years. The estimated cost for the remainder of 2024-25 is approximately $458,000. Sufficient appropriation has been included in the DRM's 2024-25 budget and will be included in future recommended budgets.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The County's workers' compensation program has been self-insured and self-administered since 1978. The DRM has developed and used various cost containment programs, including a Managed Medical Care program emphasizing b...
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