AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT WITH OPTION’S LAB, INC.

Committee Status: 
Approved
Budget Status: 
Budgeted
Decision Impact: 
Routine
FTE Impact: 
No
Funding Source: 
Other (see budget status)

Purpose

We are changing vendor's for UA's due to their ability to bill private insurance that the previous vendor could not, in addition, there were staffing shortages with the previous vendor that made it harder for participants to be tested due to the limited time the vendor was open for business.

Background

Sauk County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC) programs use random substance use testing to monitor participant use. Research shows that treatment court programs following best practices surrounding testing have a 61% higher cost savings and the single most important aspect of testing is witnessed testing collection. This resolution authorizes Sauk County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council Programs Manager to contract with Options Lab, Inc. to provide measurement-based systematic monitoring services for participants in Sauk County’s CJCC programs. Services include standard ten (10) Panel plus ETG or one other specialty drug urine analysis. Options Lab, Inc. shall also employ staff to provide same gender, observed urine collections and operate a laboratory that is certified by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Clinical Laboratory Improvements Act (CLIA), and the College of American Pathologist-Forensic Drug Testing (CAP-FDT). They will also provide screening results, an on-site training and education session, testimony as requested by Sauk County, and a software interface from its test results portal to Sauk County’s existing case management software. Options is an in-network service provider with the local HMO’s and the majority of the cost will be insurance billable. This will result in a substantial reduction to the amount billed to the county.

The existing contract with another vendor will finish the year with approximately $40,000 in annual expenses. The proposed contract with Options Lab, Inc. will be significantly less than this because they will bill client insurance and more fully utilize in-network providers for services. This two year contract should be executed as such that is an anticipated decrease, the exact amount is unknown, but will be capped at $50,000 annually.

Resolution Files: 
File 2019_options_lab_resolution_resolution.docx
File 2019_options_lab_resolution_resolution_1008_2019.docx
File 2019_options_lab_resolution_resolution_1008_2019_b.docx
Budget Status (Other/External Sources): 

This expense is budgeted in the 2020 budget.

Resolution Body

RESOLUTION NO. _____ - 2019

OPTION’S LAB, INC. CONTRACT

 

[Text Box: Background: Sauk County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC) programs use random substance use testing to monitor participant use. Research shows that treatment court programs following best practices surrounding testing have a 61% higher cost savings and the single most important aspect of testing is witnessed testing collection. This resolution authorizes Sauk County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council Programs Manager to contract with Options Lab, Inc. to provide measurement-based systematic monitoring services for participants in Sauk County’s CJCC programs. Services include standard ten (10) Panel plus ETG or one other specialty drug urine analysis. Options Lab, Inc. shall also employ staff to provide same gender, observed urine collections and operate a laboratory that is certified by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Clinical Laboratory Improvements Act (CLIA), and the College of American Pathologist-Forensic Drug Testing (CAP-FDT). They will also provide screening results, an on-site training and education session, testimony as requested by Sauk County, and a software interface from its test results portal to Sauk County’s existing case management software. Options is an in-network service provider with the local HMO’s and the majority of the cost will be insurance billable. This will result in a substantial reduction to the amount billed to the county.

The existing contract with another vendor will finish the year with approximately $40,000 in annual expenses. The proposed contract with Options Lab, Inc. will be significantly less than this because they will bill client insurance and more fully utilize in-network providers for services. This two year contract should be executed as such that is an anticipated decrease, the exact amount is unknown, but will be capped at $50,000 annually. ]

[Text Box: Fiscal Impact: [ ] None [ X ] Budgeted Expenditure [ ] Not Budgeted]  

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Sauk County Board of Supervisors met in regular session, that the Sauk County Board of Supervisor's authorize to enter into a contract with Options Lab, Inc., effective January 01, 2020.

 

For consideration by the Sauk County Board of Supervisors on October 15, 2019.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

 

BOARD OF HEALTH COMMITTEE

 

________________________________                                _______________________________

DONNA STEHLING, Chair                                                  GLEN JOHNSON

 

________________________________                                _______________________________

JOHN MILLER                                                                      SCOTT VON ASTEN

 

________________________________                                _______________________________ 

DIANE REINFELDT                                                             KIANA BEAUDIN

 

________________________________

KEN CARLSON

                                                                                                           

                                               

 

 

Fiscal Note:  There is $50,000 budgeted for these services and the two year contract will be capped at $50,000 per year.

Information System Note:  No information systems impact

Requested Board Review Date: 
Tuesday, October 15, 2019
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