Subject:
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MedFast Urgent Care Centers Proposal for COVID-19 Vaccine Administration in Brevard County
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Fiscal Impact:
Per MedFast’s proposal - There would be no cost to the County, MedFast would seek funding support from a variety of non-County sources, including medical insurance and CARES Act.
Dept/Office:
Central Services
Requested Action:
Recommendation
It is requested that the Board of County Commissioners:
- Review the attached proposal from MedFast related to vaccine administration within Brevard County; relative to the proposal:
o Accept the proposal as submitted by MedFast and direct staff to draft a contract based on the proposal; and
o Authorize the Chair to execute any resulting contract and contract related documents upon review and approval by the County Attorney’s Office, Risk Management, and Purchasing Services.
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Summary Explanation and Background:
During the regular Board Meeting on March 23, 2021, the Board discussed bringing on other medical providers that would provide the greatest possible capacity for the vaccine to be administered within Brevard County.
On Monday March 29, 2021 Staff received the attached proposal from MedFast to participate in administering the COVID-19 vaccine in Brevard County. The proposal received from MedFast did not state how many locations MedFast would administer the vaccine at nor the capacity of vaccines MedFast could distribute in a given week.
MedFast’s proposal states the following:
- MedFast will not charge the County for any vaccines administered
- MedFast will not charge patients without insurance and will not charge patients with insurance co-pays or deductibles for administration of the vaccine
- MedFast will seek funding to support vaccine administration from a veriety of non-County sources that may include:
o Medical insurance
o CARES Act
The County currently has the capacity to administer over 45,000 vaccines per week at the following locations, through existing and pending contracts:
- Florida Department of Health Brevard County (FDOHBC) - 8,000 vaccines per week at single site in Viera
- Participating Municipalities in Brevard County - 2,500 vaccines per week at multiple sites (contracts executed)
- Hospital Systems within Brevard County - 12,500 vaccines per week at multiple sites (contracts executed)
- Caliburn (Pay Per Shot)- 5,000 vaccines per week at 1 site (contract executed)
- OMNI Healthcare - 18,000 vaccines per week at 3 sites total (contract pending)
Implementation of an agreement with MedFast would be similar to comparable provisions in the OMNI Healthcare agreement currently being negotiated, in that it would not be implemented until such time that the FDOHBC is receiving more vaccine than it can distribute within its weekly operations at the Viera vaccine site and the FDOHBC approves distribution of the additional vaccines to Brevard County BoCC for distribution.
It is recommended that prior to implementing either contract with MedFast, OMNI Healthcare, or Caliburn, vaccine distribution should be made equitably to local participating municipalities, and local hospital systems (based on their capacity limitations) as they have all agreed to provide all aspects of the vaccine administration (from scheduling to giving the shot) at no charge to the County, the recipient, or any insurance company.
Clerk to the Board Instructions:
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