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CITY OF PALM DESERT
HUMAN RESOURCES
STAFF REPORT
REQUEST: REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION TO RETAIN STAT URGENT
CARE TO PROVIDE CITY PHYSICIAN SERVICES
COMPANY: STAT Urgent Care
73-211 Fred Waring Drive
Palm Desert, CA 92260
DATE: August 23, 2001
CONTENTS: Correspondence from STAT Urgent Care dated June 19, 2001.
Recommendation:
By Minute Motion, authorize staff to begin using the STAT Medical Group,
Inc. Urgent Care facility to provide City physician services.
Background:
On September 29, 1987, the City Council, by Minute Motion, authorized staff to retain
the services of Eisenhower Immediate Care Centers as the City's physician.
Eisenhower Immediate Care Center has two facilities in La Quinta and Cathedral City
and has been performing new employment physicals, executive physicals, drug/alcohol
testing, and the treatment of Workers' Compensation injuries. Staff has not been
completely satisfied with the services received by Eisenhower and therefore began
researching other providers in the area.
Discussion:
On June 19, 2001, I met with Dr. Robert Czako and his wife Carla Czako, to discuss
making an arrangement whereby the STAT Medical Group Urgent Care clinic would
provide the City with physician services. The Czakos agreed and sent the attached
correspondence dated June 19, 2001.
STAT Medical Group, Urgent Care has a modern facility located across from C.O.D.
and the McCallum Theatre. Robert Czako, M.D. is Board Certified in Emergency
Medicine, and worked as an Emergency Physician at a local desert hospital emergency
department for 15 years. During the later part of his service there, he identified an
increasing need for quality medical attention in an urgent setting, in the Central Palm
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Request for Authorization to Retain City Physician Services
August 23, 2001
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Desert area. He also recognized the need to provide quality care in a friendly, warm
environment, which prompted him to open his own, independently operated Urgent
Care on May 1, 2001. With the assistance of his wife Carla, a Registered Nurse
specializing in critical care, they have succeeded in opening a quality operated medical
facility.
STAT Medical Group Urgent Care has offered to provide for the physician/industrial
needs of the employees of the City of Palm Desert. The services provided would
include: Annual Executive Physicals; Pre-employment physicals and drug screenings;
DOT random drug screenings; and Workers' Compensation treatment for injured
employees. The facility also offers x-ray and laboratory services on site.
Dr. Czako emphasizes an open-communication policy with employers. Their goal is to
provide the injured employee with quality medical care and rehabilitation, in order to
ensure the individual can return to work in a safe and timely manner. They will provide
a dictated first report to the insurance carrier, and a follow-up verbal report to the
adjuster as needed.
Staff believes that it is in the best interest of the City to terminate the current
arrangement with Eisenhower Immediate Care Centers and initiate one with STAT
Medical Group Urgent Care.
Submitted By:
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Original on File with City clerk's Office
CARLOS RTEGA , CITY MANAGER
PAUL GIBSON, FINANCE DIRECTOR
STAT
lirURGENT CARE
MEDICAL GROUP, INC.
Robert G.Czako,M.D.,F.A.C.E.P.
Diplomate American Board of Emergency Medicine
Fellow American College of Emergency Physicians
Medical Director
July 29, 2001
Martin Pinon
City of Palm Desert
73-510 Fred Waring Drive
Palm Desert, CA 92260-2578
RE: Providing Medical Services for the City of Palm Desert
Dear Martin:
Thank you for the opportunity in allowing STAT Urgent Care to respond to the City's
need for industrial and physician services. It is our hope that you will be extremely
pleased with the requested services in a prompt, efficient, and congenial manner.
Please find below a list of the services requested and the costs associated with performing
those tests and examinations:
- Pre-Employment Consultation for Administrative Employees (cost - $85.00)
- Pre-Employment Consultation for Field Employees (cost - $120.00)
- Executive Physical Consultation ($190.00 & $30.00 for prostate screening)
Other:
- DMV renewal examination (cost - $55.00)
- DOT drug testing (cost - $50.00 & $25.00 if alcohol testing is required)
- Non-DOT drug/alcohol testing (cost - $40.00)
Please find attached the 3 separate Protocols for pre-employment consultations on
Administrative Employees, Field Employees, and Executive Consultations.
If you have any questions regarding any changes please do not hesitate to contact me. We
look forward to working with you in the very near future.
Sincerely,
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Carla J. Czako, R.N.
Office Manager
Sunlife Medical Center
73-211 Fred Waring Dr., Ste. 101, Palm Desert, CA 92260
Phone: (760) 837-0321 • Fax: (760) 837-9114