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Home My WebLink AboutC06-135 CVg-I35_;:;<p , AGREE~ffiNTBE~!EEN EAGLE COli::\TY nnd VALLEY VIEW HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION Thi, agreement ("Agreement"), entered into a<; of April 25, 2006, between the Eagle County, Colorado ("CoUllty") and Valley View Ho~pital Association, a private non-profit Colorado cOfporationCHospil<lI"). Witness(,th: Whereas, Hospital is the owner and operator of an acute-care ho~pital at Glenwood Spring~, Colorado and the Eagle Valley Medical Center clinic in Eagle, Colorado ("[he CliniC); and \Vherea~, Ho<;pital employs in the Clinic two phy~ician~, Drew Werner, M.D. and Angela Ammon, M.D., hoth of whom are lkensed to practice medicine in the Sl<lte of Colorado and are re,ide11l~ ofEagleCollnty; and Whereas, County de~ires to apllOint Dr. Werner as F.agle County Publk Heath Officer and Dr. Ammon as Eagle County Depmy Public Health Offker for the calendar year 2006; and Now, theretore, in con<;ideration of the foregoing premi~es and the following promise<;, the partie<; hereto agree a~ follow~: 1. Appointmeut County herehy appoints Drew Werner, M.D. as F.agle County Public Health Officer to provide service, required of Ho~pil<ll hereunder, and Angela Ammon, M.D. as Eagle County Deputy Public Health Ofticer tor the calendar year 2006 to proviJe services required of Ho~pital hereunder if Dr. Werner ~hal1 be unavailable. In the event that both Dr. Werner am! Dr. Ammon are unavailahle to provide Public Health Officer services as reque~ted by County, County may either (a) elect approve of another physician employed or rel<lined by Hospital to renJersuch service, or (h) elect to contract fortheservice<;ofaphY~ician not employed or retained by Hospital. In the (f,rmer event, such physician must be ~pecifically approved in writing by County prior to the rendering of such ~ervices. The term "Phy~ician" a<; used herein slnill mean any physician employed or othen.vise retained hy Ho~pital and approved by County to fl1f11i~h service~ pur~uant to thi<; Agreement. County may retract it<; approval of a Physician at any time tor cause hy written notice of such retraction to Hospital. The ~ervice, of a Pllysician hereunder may be reque~ted and activated by the Board of County Commi<;sioners, County Adnlinistrator, Director of Environmental Health, Direcwr of HHS, or the F-agle Coumy Public Health Manager. c f l 2. LicensllrealldStafTMembership Hospital warrants that each Physician shall (0) at all times hold a currently valid and unlimited ljccnscto practiccmcdicinc in the Slate lUld (b) apply fur, bea\vankd and maintain in good 5tanuing membership on the ~ooica] Slaff of Huspital with appropriate and unrestricted privileges. or receive and maintain temporary privileges, all in acwrdance with Hospital's policies. 3. Space, Equipment, Supplies, aud Personnel County shall make available during the term of this Agreement such space and equipment as may be required for the proper operationanu conuuctoflhePubJicHealth func(ionsof HHS_ County shall purchase all necessury expendahlc 8upplics for Ihcpropcr ope rationaf Publk HcalthfullCliolls All llon-pl1yliicianpersonnel requireJ fOI the mainlcllaucc of Public Hcalth fim~tiuns shall be empluy~ and assigned hy County_ 4. Hospital and Physician Rl'Spomibilitics In a~~ordance wilh the terms of Ihis Agreemcnt, Ho,piml agrees to provide the appointed or any ollJCrapproved Physician toprovidethefoUowingserviccsupOUlhcrcque.,lofanaulhoriz.txl partylisl~inSedionlabove: (a) M~io::al wnsullation for puhlic hcahh nursing, including wmmunicable disease is,uc;<; andm~icalprotocol,forpuhlichealthclinic>; (b) Communication with and di,scminatioll of information regarding health care need, and isslJCS to private hcalth care provider> in coordination with HHS th rough the County's Health Alert Network; (c) Consultation with Environmental Health, including evaluation of sanitary stirndards and abalement ofnlJisances, and approving cea,eand desist orders; (d)HealthcollSlJltationforplJblieheallhernergcncy,ef\'ice>,bolhpreparedness and response; (e) COllSultation to the Board of County Commissioners, Emergell~y Ivfanagement, Environmental He-Jlth, and HHS, including participatioll in Board of Health meeting,; (f) Provisioll of wrilten reports and reC01l11llelldatioll~ regardingpublio:: he-dlth issues, upon rcasonablcrcqucst;and (g) Participation in training in ihe areas of emergen~y managemenl, plJblic hcalth services and regulations, and ~hild ablJse and neglect reporting. ( r The panies anticipate thal th~ time required of a Physi~j;Ul in the provi,ion of such s~rvices unJer this Agr~"mclll will not ex~oo:l a lutal Nincry Six (96) hours in any contract year. S.RequireJllcnts In th<;;prolisionofserlice,hereunJer, Hospital and Phy,ician,halJdo lh"'tolJowing: {a)SafeguardprotectedheallllinfoffiJatiollofimlividualsanuthccol1tldentialityof situations for which Physician's mnsultationis rcque,teJ,inaccordan ce with the rules of HHS and lh", Health Informatio1l Privacy and ACWUlllahility l\Ct. (b) Ahidc by the applicahlc provisions of County Media Policy; all rntxlia contacts lO Physician in the role of Pulllic Health Offke! for the Counry are to he reported 10 the Director of HIIS, who will coorJinatc with the County AJrninistralOr, the County Attorney and the Coumy Communications Director in providing appropriate re'pon,~s to sllchmediacOntaClS. (C)COIllPlywilhappropriatesta[J(lardsufcuslumerservicetoth~PUblic and provide appropriate consultation in lh<;; devdopment and impkmenlalion of Public Health protocols topwmote themailltenance of high standards ofclIstomerserv ic<;;and professionalislll. (d) Comply wilh the r~quiremel1lS of the Civil Righls ACI of ]964 and Section 504, Rellabi]italionActof1973 concerning discrimination on th<;;basis ofrac<;;, colur, sex, age,rc1igion,nationalorigin,orhandicap. (e) NOlify immedialely .lIAS, at (970) 328~840, of all reports of su,peCIJ;(] child or adult ahus<;;or negleclmade tuor ubserved hy or oth<;;rwise coming to theaU~ntion of Physician (t) Comply with all applicabk laws. resolutions, and codes of County, lhe Stal~ of Colorado, orthefed~ralg()vernmeJll. 6.CompcnsatiollofHospital ^sthe wle sOllrce of com pen sali 011 to Ihe Hospital hereunder, County shall pay lIospil<llthebase ral<;;uf$400,00 per munth pIli, $50,00 per hour for <;;ach hour of professional service provided by Physician hereunder, Hospilal shall submit monthly billings to the CUlllllY. Billings will he paid through theCounty'su,ual biJl paying process. For any IllUnth orlllonths during which no Physician i, providing ,~rvic<;;,her<;;llTIder becauseCoumy has elected option (b) under Section 1 hereof,nuhaseratebillingsshall he Illade by Hospilal or paid by Count y, 7. Insurance Hospital shal] maintain Physicians Profe,sional LiabiJiry In,urance coverage for Physicia[\ of at leaSl One Million Dollars ($1,000,000,00) per occurrence. Hospita] shal] provid<;; a certificate .' ( , evidcncing such coverage upon requc<;tofCounty. 8.lndepcndentConlractorRclationship The relariom;hip of Ho>pital ro County >hall betlllit of an indepcndentcornractor. Nothingin this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to create an employer/employee rdarioI15l1ip, a joint venture n:larion,hip, a lease or lanJlord/tenant relatioll~hip. No ~gCnt, employee, O[ voluntcerof Hospital shall hclleCllled to be an agcm, employee, or volurneer of the County_ 9. Tenn This Agrcernent >hall COIll1Ilence on January 1, 2006 and continue in cffeclumil December 31, 2006. Either party lllilY terminate this Agreement m any time with or wilhoUl cause upon tcn (10) day,' wriltennotice_ Inthecvenrofatcnninationtaking effect iumid-month, the b~sc r~tc payable underScctio!l 6 hereof <;haU be pro-rated, and County shall pay for all hourly billing, for Phy~ieian ~erviee1i renllered prior to the e[fe~tive date ofsu~h termination, 10. Notice.~ Notict:s require<.! to b~ given unller thi, Agr~ement ,hall be in writing and shall be deelllt:d to havebccnllulygivenandreccivet!upondc1iv~rYOrifmailcdbyeertitiet!maiLrerumreceipt requested, postage prepaid, upon the date shown on there~eipL and in cither case to the j{)1Jowiogaddresse,; County Eagk County Health & Human Services P,O, Box 660 Eagk, CO 81631 Altention: Kathleen Forina,h Hospital Valley View Ho~pilal 1906 Blake Avenue Po~t OtTke Box 1970 GlcnwoodSprings, CO 81602 Altention: Deb Wiepkiflg, CNO or ,uch otheralldres~ as thepanies shall inform each olher of in writing in the manner ,~t forth above. 11. Amendments; A~signment; Terminology This Agreement may be amended at any time by mutual agreement oflhe panie1i, but any ~ueh amendmenrshallnotbcoperativeorvaJillunle>sreducedtowritingand signed by thepanies. 111is Agre~ment may not bt: a.%igned by Hospilal wiIllOut the prior wrilten eonsenl of Coumy. AU personal pronouns u>~d in this Agreement. wh~ther used in the masculine, feminine or neuter gemJer, ,hall inc1ulle all other genders; the singular ~han include the plural; and lh~ plural shall ineluJ~ the singular. ( . , . 12. Elltire Agrcemellt, Uilldingoll the Parties TllISAgreenWlllCOn'ititute'itht:enlireagr<%"TIlentbetwet:ntht:parlies rdatcdtolht:sllbjectmatter hereof and supersedes all prt:viousconnnunicmiol1s, negOliatiOI1" oragreemenls un lhesame, whether verhal or wriuen, exct:pt as expressly 'iel fonh herein, This Agrcemem shall be hinJing upon and inuretu the benelit of H05pilal and COllllly and lllCirrespt:diw su CCt:s.lOro,legal repre.lenlativesandpennittedas'iigns. l3.SeverabilitJ' The invalidity ur unentorceahililyofany provi,ion of this Agrttm elltshall nOl atfect the uther provisions hereof, and Ihi, Agreemt:llt shall be conltrued as if such illvalid ur unt:nlorceabk provision\vasurnllled,unks'ilht:slrickenprovioiongoeslotheesst:llceufthe Agrttrnelll and enfurcemt:nt of lhe remaining pruvisioru; would be manifestly illequilable, 14. Go\'erning Lllw/Vellue/Attorney Fees This Agre<:menl ,hall he governed by the Jaws of lhe State of Colorado. Jllrisdiclion alld venlle foranyollil,right, or cause of action arising Olll oflhis Agreemt:n tshallbeexc]llsiwinEagle County, Coloradu. In lhe evt:J1t uf litigation arising out of this Agr<%"TIlent, the prt:vailing party shall bt:enlilled to recover all reasonable costs reasonably and n<=ees.,a rilyincurredincunnection wilhsuchliligatiull, indlldingatturneyfeesandolllofpockelexpt:n'ieo, 15. COUllty Appropriations Notwilhstanding anydling to the comrary contained in lhi, Agreemt:lll, Counly shall have no obligatiuns under this Agreernelll,nor,.halJanypaymentsbemadt:to Hospilalinre:,-peclofany period after Dttember 31st of each calendar year durillg the term of this Agreemem, \vithoul the approprimiun lht:refor by Counly in accordance wilh lhe budget adupted by lht: Board of Coullly Commisoioners ill cOlnpliallce with the provisions of Article 25, Title 30 of the Colorado Revi.,cd Slatutes, the Lucal Guvernment Budget Law (C.R.S. ~29-1-101, et, ,eq,), and the TABOR Amendrnelll (Colurado Conslihltiun, Article X, Sec. 20), 16.llldemnilicatioll Within thelirnits ofitsavaiJable il1'mrallcecoverage, HOopital 'ihall in dt:mnifyandholdhaffilless COUIlly, ilS Board uf Commissioners and the indiviJual rnembt:rs lhereof, its agencit:s, departmems, officers, ageIlls,emploYtts, servallls, aud successors frum any and all Jemands, los,es, liahililie'i, claims, orjlldgmems,cosls aJ1d expenses, including but not limited tu reasonable atwrney fees, arising OUI of any aCl or umis,ion of Hospital, its empluyees ur agt:lll'i ill the performallce of it'i obligatioJ1s under lhis Agreemenl. 17. No Third PartJBelleficiaries This Agr<%"ll1entJoes not, and shall notheJeemedorconSlmedto,cunferl IpOll or gram 10 any third parly or partie, any righl to claim damages urto bring any suit, action, or uther proceeding againsteilherHuspilalorCounlyhecauseofanybreadlht:reofurbecauseofanyoflhelt:f1llS, ~ovenams, agreemt:nts, or cunditionshereill. , (- 18. Counterparts This Agreement will be executed in lriplicate. Two coumerp~ns shall he delivered to the Coull(y andOlleLOlheHospital,andeachsllilllconslituleanorigimlL In witness whereof, the parties hereto have execute..] this Agreement as of the date set tonh above A TIEST: VALLEY ,,'JEW HOSPIT...\L ASSOCIATION fly: rewer, Chicf EXeculive Officer