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A RESOLUTION
25-336
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
November 7, 2023
To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to approve Modification 1 to
Contract No. NFPHC-HL-23-C between the Not-for-Profit Hospital Corporation,
commonly known as United Medical Center, and George Washington University Medical
Faculty Associates, Inc. to provide inpatient hospitalists services, and to authorize
payment for the services received and to be received under the contract.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the “Modification 1 to Contract No. NFPHC-HL-23-C between the
Not-for Profit Hospital Corporation and George Washington University Medical Faculty
Associates, Inc., (“GW MFA”) Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration
Resolution of 2023”.
Sec. 2. (a) There exists an immediate need to approve Modification 1 to Contract No.
NFPHC-HL-23-C (“Contract”) between the Not-for-Profit Hospital Corporation (“Hospital”) and
George Washington University Medical Faculty Associates, Inc. (“GW MFA”) to provide
inpatient hospitalists services to the Hospital, and to authorize payment for the services received
and to be received under the Contract.
(b) The Council approved the base year on December 6, 2022.
(c) Despite a timely start to negotiations, reaching mutual agreement took longer than
expected – a frequent experience for the Hospital as the closure nears. To avoid a disruption in
the provision of these services, proposed Modification 1 is being submitted retroactively.
(d) Council approval is necessary because Modification 1, which exercises option year
one for the period October 1, 2023, to September 30, 2024, is in the amount of $5,978,204.84,
which exceeds $1 million in a 12-month period.
(e) Without this approval, GW MFA cannot be paid for these critical services provided
and to be provided in excess of $1 million.
Sec. 3. The Council determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute
emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Modification 1 to Contract No. NFPHC-
HL-23-C between the Not-for-Profit Hospital Corporation and George Washington University ENROLLED ORIGINAL
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Medical Faculty Associates, Inc., (“GW MFA”) Approval and Payment Authorization
Emergency Act of 2023 be adopted after a single reading.
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.