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Resolution authorizing the City Manager or designee to execute a Consulting Services Agreement with Digitech Computer LLC for ambulance billing and revenue cycle management services for an initial term of five (5) years, with the option to extend the agreement for up to three (3) additional two-year terms, for compensation equal to 3.75 percent of collected revenue.
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WHEREAS, the South San Francisco Fire Department provides Advanced Life Support (ALS) and Basic Life Support (BLS) ambulance transport services, processing approximately 4,300 ambulance transports annually; and
WHEREAS, ambulance billing and revenue cycle management services are essential to ensuring timely reimbursement from Medicare, Medi-Cal, commercial insurers, and private payors while maintaining compliance with applicable federal and state laws and regulations; and
WHEREAS, as the City's existing ambulance billing agreement approached expiration, the Fire Department determined that conducting a competitive Request for Proposals (RFP) was in the City's best interest to evaluate current market capabilities, technological advancements, pricing, customer service, and opportunities to improve revenue cycle management; and
WHEREAS, following an initial review of the written proposals by Fire Department staff, three finalists were selected for interview, and were evaluated using the criteria established in the RFP, including experience and qualifications, technical approach and methodology, compliance and reporting capabilities, customer service approach, cost competitiveness, and references; and
WHEREAS, staff concluded that Digitech Computer LLC demonstrated superior technical capabilities in automated claims processing, insurance identification, denial management, reporting and analytics, and revenue cycle management, and that these capabilities provide the greatest opportunity to improve compliant revenue recovery and long-term financial performance, and staff entered into negotiat...
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